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TUB BEK: OMAILA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1916.
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flubecribert tearing tha cltj temporarily
should bare The )l mailed to them. Ad
dree 1li be changed aa often aa requested.
Carrania trooper profess eagerness to
capture Villa, but discreetly dodge abort ranee
action.
Giving; publicity to railroad reports of big
luslness rudely clamps the lid on the tears of
poverty shed by legal department!.
China's president and eroperorvto-be ascribes
the rebellion to his "lack of virtue." Accusa
tions of like tenor have been made by Tuan's
enemies, but have hitherto lacked personal confirmation.
The emperor of Russia told the Duma to
cut out the speeches, dispatch the business In
band, and go home. What would happen in
Washington under like circumstances Is too
much for the imagination.
The coming $,000,000 handout to Nicara
gua for value to come is bound to be the Juiciest
melon ever sliced by the politicians of that
country. It carries the indescribable thrill of
' getting money from home,"
One of the pulsing congressmen bluntly
says: "All of us are looking after our own dog
tides." The tanning arrangements of some
districts cause the creepy feeling eight months
In advance of the operation. , :
Congressman Mudd regards a national good
road from Washington to Annapolis as aa
ideal defensive measure, The fact that It would
pass through Mudd'a district underscores the
defectiveness of the ideal defense.
A wall of woe conies out of the gloom sur
rounding spectacular ballet circles. Fashion
Is killing the business. Only a chroulo spend
thrift will pay for scenic effects as free as the
frisking; winds in fashionable parades.
The aggresstve stand of Montana bachelors
against leap year proposals unaccompanied by
back statements constitutes a nervy detl to
suffrage maids. Safety first requires cash
able assurances of ability to support a man. la
the style he has been accustomed to.
The names of Colonel Maher and Brother
Charley are not yet "among those mentioned"
for secretary and assistant secretary of war.
More's the pity. Possibly the president has In
mind material of equal brilliance, but In talent
for wtr, shrewdneis In council and capacity for
team work the colonel and the mayor are un
matchable. While Nebraska could 111 afford
to lose them Just now, the urgency of national
defense affords consolation for the loss.
Recent experience affords no record equal
ling the lavish distribution of corporate wealth
by the Interborough Rapid Transit company of
New York City. To Insure supremacy la build
ing and operating subways, the company dis
bursed $3,442,393 among a dosen law firms,
besides maintaining a permanent legal staff at
a cost of $300,000 a year. The salary of the
president waa advanced to 1 100, Mo a year,
sweetened with two bonuses of $150,000 each.
The company does not operate a gold mine, but
Is enabled to push its deficits over oa the city
treasury, which Is just as good.
Thirty Years Ago
This Day in Omaha
Still After the Literacy Test
Notwithstanding the successive presidential
vetoes of the measure, the Immigration re
strlctlonlsts are still persistently pressing the
literary test as a means to closing the door
tighter against incoming aliens. The so-called
Burnett bill, which went on the rocks In the
last congress, has been reintroduced and re
ported out, even before It could have been
printed and distributed, with a lengthy com
mittee report plainly prepared la advance and
buttressing its argument chiefly by quoting
Samuel Compere.
In the Interval since its previous abear
ance the bill has been modified in some slight
particulars, presumably to avoid the objections
interposed in behalf of the Jewish refugees
from Russia and the Balkans, by providing
that "aliens who show proof to the satisfac
tion of the proper immigration officer that
they are seeking admission to the United
States to avoid religious persecution" need not
meet the literary test. Such an exemption
clause might mark us as still a refuge for the
oppressed, depending, of course, upon the lib
erality or narrowness of view of the officers
charged with Its enforcement; but It does not
answer the contention that literacy In Itself If
no teat of fitness to become useful Inhabitants
oi America and that literacy Is for the most
part proof merely of the denial of opportunity
for education in the native land. The question
of citizenship rights, or rather, full naturalisa
tion carrying the franchise with It, Is entirely
separable from the question of admission
through the Immigration gates.
For our part, we still adhere to the belief
that America ought to welcome every ambi-
ous, able-bodied and mentally and morally
sound person who can be amalgamated Into
our population, and help us build up our in
dustries and develop our resources.
The Drift to Hughes
Band tawreaoe.
Unfinished Business Needs Attention
Omaha is reminded by a statement from
President Earllng of the Milwaukee of certain
unredeemed promises of the railroads, and of
n Important bit of unfinished business. It is
the direct line to Yankton and southeastern
South Dakota. Many times has the Milwaukee
held out the prospect that a line would be built
from Omaha through the great empire of north
eastern Nebraska into the rich territory of
South Dakota, now accessible only by a round
about way, but now we are told the company haa
no Intention of building the line. Once our
people were led to believe that this relief would
be afforded by a connection with the Great
Northern, but that developed Into a cut-off at
Omaha's very back door, its object being to
divert Nebraska grala from its natural market
to the upbuilding of Minnesota cities.
A long time ago energetic Omahans set oa
foot an enterprise that resulted In the construc
tion of the Omaha road to Sioux City and the
Twin Cities. A revival of this spirit now might
have the effect of clearing up at least one bit of
unfinished business that has waited too long for
the attention It merits.
OorayOad fvoae Bee rtls. '
Marahat Cumminga' polio detail for March ahowa
up a force of one captain, one court officer, two ape
tal offlccra. two roundsmen, two Jailors, two patrol
drivers, r.lue men on day baata and thirteen mea on
i.i.ht beats.
Tha county eommlaalonara have received, a propo
rtion rrora th sisters la charge of Be Joaepb'a hoe
pttal to conduct a eimllar institution at the poor farm.
Bank eleartnae Tor Uat weak aggregated ttH,K
At tha Peopla's theater a burleeque oa nobis Hood
waa Ulng put on by A tic Oataa and her company
which la eaid to be side-splitting.
Oeorie Helmrod. 17 1 Douglas, want good Ger
man girt for central house work.
MMler Woods, eon of Dr. O. 8. Wood a, died at their
residence, J-4J0 Davenport street, after twelve yaara of
Invalidism. s.
Tha officer of in Home Fire Inaurance company
era B. W. H. Clark, president; Fred Krug, vice preaK
dent; C W. Hamilton, treasurer; Ralph D. day lord,
earlier; Charles t. barber, secretary and mana.tr.
The Backward South.
Discussing the destination of the convention
delegates from the southern states, a writer la
Everybody's Magasine enumerate the presiden
tial primary states twenty-two of them all
with the one exception of Alabama being north-
era states. "Tha remaining twenty-six states
(which Include all the southern states, but Ala
bama) will allow," he eontinues, "the various
political parties existing withla their limits to
choose delegates to their national convention In
almost any old way,"
This Is a pertinent reminder that, while the
democrats have been loud In professions of re
form In president-nominating machinery and
procedure, it Is Just the states In which they are
in supreme control that are most backward In
adopting reforms. The dearth ' of presidential
primary laws la the southern states Is not be
cause of any desire to hold back republican re
generation, but a determination oa the part of
the democrats there to keep their grip oa the
delegations they, send to their own democratic
convention, and thus to maintain their ascen
dency In deinocratlo councils. The democrats
are willing to reform republican presidential
politics, but will have no reform in their own.
Aa a consequence, the south will be In the saddle
at St. Louis, and it will be the same old south
that has held the whip hand over the democratic
donkey all these years.
Prosperity and War.
The chorus of prosperity growing out of war
continues swelling In volume. Russia struck
the keynote by officially announcing steadily in-
ci easing savings accounts directly traceable to
the prohibition of vodka, the national drink
Correspondents report that newly-mad million
aire are flocking to Berlin and spending money
with the abandon of Klondlkers. Similar con
ditions are remarked In London and In the man
ufacturing centers of the United Kingdom,
where high wages and fat contracts produce ex
traordinary flush times and corresponding ex
travagance. Some of the prosperity has over
flowed Into Ireland. Bank deposits are aald to
be greater than ever before, despite $60,000,000
subscribed to war loans. Good crops and good
prices explains the financial uplift. Back of
the sunshine of good times reported la spots
rests the Immovable shadows of future hard
ships. Every nation at war is mortgaging the
productive toll of today, tomorrow, and poster
ity and each Individual must pay the price If
Europe escapes bankruptcy.
A crusade against the fee system of the
courts Is oa in Tennessee. A recent criminal
trial In Memphis ran up a fee bill between $1,800
and $1,600. Exhibits made by the Nashville
Banner show state officers with incomes as high
aa $40,000 a year, chiefly from fees. There, aa
Isewhere, the fee system Is a survival of polltl
cal graft It has been pretty well stamped out
In Nebraska, but the remaining few fee grab
bers are ripe for an operation.
Complaints about the Insufficiency of the
governor's salary start from false premise.
Public service Is not to be measured by the
dollar. Every aspirant for the office, past and
present, regard the salary aa secondary. Berv
ing the people invariably is the spur of ambi
tion. Honor and power and a llfe-lottg grip on
the title of governor, are aasets of Intrinsic
worth Immeasurably above the dollar. If you
doubt it, ak the candidates.
Weehiarto Oorraapoedant JTew Tovk Foot.
ON one condition-and It la tha only condition that
would make It humanly poaalble for Charlee
Evana Hiihea to accpt the republican nomina
tion for tha presidency would tha dlatltujulahed eaeo
clata juetlca of tha aupreme court leave tha bench to
lead tha republican party.
w. -. . i, . ,i . .k- a the 1 "nttod
I nil nonunion ' m inn mv - -
tatea not tha aalflah political managers, the bootnere.
the contentloua -leadera." tha former offlceholoara. or
thoaa Intereated In eventing thla or that deaertlon i
11?, but tha thoughtful maoeea of America anall uni
versally and apontanaouely demand Mr. Hughee.
Thla Is my own deduction after a careful etudy et
the republican altuatlon ao far aa It affecta Juatlce
Hughee or ao far aa Jueilre Hughee affecta It.
Never waa a public man In a mora delicate
dilemma, never did a man seek by hta course not to
Impair In the allghteat degree, ettner hie own uaeiui
neaa to the great tribunal on which ha alta, or tha
traditions of the hlgheat court In tha land, letters
coma to ' htm by tne thoueands. Ha haa anewered
many more than have bean made public, but in all
ha haa made it clear that neither tacitly nor actively
U he a candidate, and that ha doe not purpoae to
give hla viewa on public auaatlone or partlclpafa In
any political dlaouaalnna becauee he la a member of
tha Judicial branch of tha government.
Than why doean't tha Juatlce flatly announce that
ha would not accept tha nomination If tendered? Irre
pectlva of tha discretion of which ha nj'ght be ao
cuaed In meeting a hypothaaia that doea not extat and
a contingency that may never ariaa at all, there are
other conalderatlone which I believe ronetmln him
to follow eia:tly tha course ha la now pursuing.
And to understand tba embarraaalng position In
which tha Juatlce Involuntarily la placed la to com
mend him for tha way that ha la demeaning himself
In tha midst of It all. For hla position la easy to
understand becauee It la sincere, natural and un
affected. In tha first place, Juatlce Hughes doea not want
to be president of tha United Statea. No one who
knowa tha man Intimately or haa studied hla career
can have any doubts on that point. If It were, In
deed, a personal choice, and no queatlon of publie
trust or duty ware Involved, he wouldn't have It en
a sliver platter. He haa lived In Washington too long
to have any Illusions about tha tremendoua burdens
and the thankless tasks that are heaped upon tha
Innocent head of tha nation's chief executive. Were
the Justice a man who loved power, who enjoyed tha
wielding of It, aa, for example, did Mr. Taft and a
seems fair to Infer theae daya, Mr. Wilson doea like
wise, there might be a different story to telL But
the Justice doean't want power, doean't want the bur
den of responsibility that It entaita. It la not that
tha office of prealdent means ao much work. Tna
Juatlce never ablrked work. Hla Industry dates not
alona from tha daya of hla remarkable career as
governor, but from hla youth, and It la atlll to be
noted In hla quiet, but none the lesa oneroua, labois
on the oplnlona of tha supreme court
Ro far aa the office Itself la concerned, however.
It contains no allurement, no attraction for Juatlce
Hughes. Ha Is content with tha place he holds on
tha bench. Ha believes in the future of the court He
la Impressed with tha dignity and Importance of the
tribunal. Oovarnment today la a complicated thing,
growing mora complicated every day. Tha sueeesa of
American democracy la that It contalna forty-eight
separata sovereignties to check tha rule of tha federal
sovereignty. To maintain tha equilibrium of the na
tion, to act aa arbiter In tha constant but Inevitable
clash of state and federal Jurledlctlona la tha function
of the supreme court the safeguard of American Insti
tutions which the fathers wisely provided. Juatlce
Hughea believes not only that political parties ought
not to go to the supreme court to gat candidates, but
that tha court ought to be beyond thai, free from the
lightest shade of political Influence. But In Amarioa
even tha sacred preclnote of the supreme court may
be Invaded by a powerful public opinion, and the
name of Juatlce Hughea Is Just as much a part of
Political discussion today as that of Wilson, Rooee.
velt, Bryan, or any of the others who are not bounl
by any aueh reatrlctlona as la the distinguished Jus
tice. This is a state of facts over which he has ne
control. f
Amid an thla turmoil and controversy. Justice
Hughea maintains a dignified alienee. He gives no
interviews. He makes no speeches explaining nla
views oa publlo questions. Ha doe not permit the
use of his name on atata ballots. Ha doea everything.
In ahort that can humanly be dona to ahow that he
doee not want tha nomination. He cannot vary well.
as no doubt ha has several times bean tempted to do.
announce that under no elrcumatancaa will ha aocept
the nomination, if tendered, because that would Imply
that he waa aura to reoelve the nomination, and U
man can tell today, or before the convention, whether
auch a contingency will aria. To announoa ahead of
time that he would not accept tha nomination might
also Impose upon htm a responsibility subsequently for
what happens to the republican party which he might
not otherwise have had to ebare.
Should, for example, Mr. Hughe announce that he
would not accept the nomination, and tha republican
party gat Into another tangle such as It had In UU.
with Ita rank and file apllt In half behind a regular
and a proaraaalve candidate. It la conceivable that
many people would blame the Juatlce for having- closed
tha door against It all by hla flat announcement
months ahead of tlm that he would not accept tha
nomination. On the other hand. If the Hughea atrengtb
la Imaginary, and the people are really mora Interested
In the other candidate now being- mentioned. It
much better, aa far aa the record of Juatloa Hughaa
and the aupreme court la concerned, that he, with due
dignity, pay no more attention to tha whole bualneaa.
The Juatlce, therefore, muet meet tha altuatlon as
It 'arises, either Just before the convention or at tha
time of the conclave in Chicago. He la getting hun
dreds and hundreds of lettora from all parte of the
country tailing him It la hla duty to run for tha presi
dency, that It la an obligation he must accept Tha
Juatloa can't tall whether thla la a popular demand or
not. It la tha kind of thing, however, that would
make any man pause
No Individual, no group of Individual, political or
otherwise, truly caa'oompel or coerce Justice Hughea
to enter tha race or accept the nomination If tendered
him. He absolutely dee not want it and haa shown
that by hta letters to Representative Slemp and tha
Nebraska authorities- But there la on thing- that
ran compel him, that would touch any man to the
quick. It te tha voice of tha American people de
manding a new leader, an expreaalon through the
medium of united republican party that -there la
need for a man like Juatlce Hughea, and that be must
be the apokeaman of their eonvlctlona on tha Issues
of the day. Juatloa irughaa probably modeatly doean't
think any auch sentiment exist. Certainly tha Roose
velt a, tha Burtons, the Tarts, tha Barneses, the Hltcn
cocka and the McCalta are doing enough to confuse
the republican altuatlo so that only superman e3
possibly tall what la going to happen.
But tba outstanding fact and consideration la that
If tha people honeatly want Juatloa Hughe they can
have him. The trouble nowadaya la that party or
ganisation are la the hand of man who are more
Interested in promoting particular ceadidaoiee than la
discovering tha true will of to people. Tha primary
ayatem. originally designed to meat Juat such a weak
ness In democratic Institutions, la now so cluttered up
with legal restriction and en Lang lament a to make ft
more tha voice of tha party orinlaatlon than of ta
rank and ftla.
And ao. unteaa tha tremendous demand for Justice
Hughea doe exist, which alone would make him leavw
the bench, and it la -expressed la soma tangible way
by crushing out. for example, all other eandldadea in
tha republican convention and sanding forth ita men
data wlU. nnmlataaabla emphasis, Juatloa Hughee will
be lost both to the republican party and, ooncelvabry.
to the country aa well, a poaalble president of tha
Vailed eutra. .
Camd-By. 0rea Theory of Dlaraas.
OMAHA. Teh. .-Ts the Editor cf Th
Bee: Kindly permit me a word about the
Nathan Rtraua telegram Tha Bea received
from Long Branch, Cel.. In relation to
"Milk and Scarlet raver."
I know Th Bee would not wlah to
make tb lot of tha Omaha mother and
fathers any harder at thla Juncture, but
I note from your editorial that you are
perfectly wiling to "take his word for
It without further Investigation." With
tha valuable contradictory evidence or
Information at hand, you will pardon me.
If I am not willing to accept every new
theory as a fact especially this one. I
m not doubting Mr. Ft rant sincerity,
but when so many doctors throughout
the land are holding to opposite oplnlona,
may we not queatlon th certainty of hla
position T
Having Interviewed a great number of
professional roan here and there, and
nearly alwaya meeting with the frank
admission, that they should be signing
auch articlea as thla, rather than myself.
consequently ought I to bs deterred from
giving expreaalon to auch views t Hold
ing as I da in high regard ear medical
profession, it la far from my desire to
aay a word of unfairness.
Common sens, sanitary requirement
of th dairy man should be demanded of
him. Thla mean a sanitary a tall, good
water and feed and cleanliness In every
detail, also, cut out the pump handle
end th pasteurization machine.
Deliver aa Denmark (the moat enlight
ened milk authority of the world) re
quires, "cool, clean raw milk" never
pasteurised," the housewife can do all
tha boiling necessary. Pasteurization
done In a laboratory by a scientific per
aon la one thing end done by the average
milk man la another.
Who knows but wht th present
tpldemlc may be traced to the use of
pasteurised milk. Now I do not aay ao.
but who can prove that thla Is not so
any more than they can prove their contention.
Medical men, and no other claae of
edcntlfto know positively the real origin
of disease. If they did. It would be a long
atep towards control and cur of th same.
Why then, give to the world statement
of theory, garbed aa facts. It la not fair
to the people.
Dr. Small aay en the "Special Ex
amination of Disease" the following: "If
the fact be elicited that a patient ha
become alck about the aame time that
many othera In the aame region of the
country have become ao, It la perfectly
aafe to regard the malady as) endemic
and that some evil Influence in the
atmosphere la operating to Impress dis
ease upon all, who are In an irnpreealble
condition."
I sincerely believe that more proof can
be produced at present to disprove the
germ theory aa we now accept It than
can be brought forward to prove it
Recently Dr. Louis Ranou of Pari
state t "As a result of long research
h la abl to prove that tubereuloal, con
trary to th generally accepted theory,
must he treated by chemical mean and
not by serums." Dr. Ranou very nearly
admlta my prediction and theory of the
wholesale discard of the germ theory.
Mr. Straus' views are unjust to the
public, the dairy man, the milk Inspector
and the cow. 8. ARlON LEWIS.
Road Balldlag.
NORTH LOUP. Nb.. Fh. 17. T th
Editor of Th Bee: Many people are
opposed to the county engineer, beoause
of th experience with tb state engi
neering department la bridge con-
stuctlon. Thla writer ha given th mat
tar some study, and I will suggest an
Idea In real construction.
It la my Idea that In th parts of the
state where the land la rolling and
rough, not leas than one-third of the
present roads should be changed in or
der to gat better gradea and make thoaa
gradea to avoid anow banka and flood.
Thla i on of th very Important mat
ter which haa been overlooked In the
present road system. Engineers only
can determine the beat routea. .
There la another matter in the laying
of roads fully aa important. I am not
certain that cutting deep gulchea through
the hlUa In order to get a reduced grade
Is th proper remedy In roads running
east and west. They fill with anow
and there have been a half dosen wln-
tera In Nebraska within the Uat thirty
five years. In which ail eaat and west
cuta would have filled with anow.
There Is a way of getting around that.
If the road machinery might be more
thoroughly perfected by which to load,
haul and unload dirt It is my idea
that tha lower ' places on the eaat and
weat roads ahonld be raised Instead of
cutting too deep Into tha hills. If the
hlUa are to be cut down, they should be
reduced in auch a way that anow can
not collect in those cuta. Road-making
machinery might be much improved.
Generally, tha land lying next to the cut
would make a better field If tha top or
the hill were aufflclently reduced to
raise the grade farther down. But thla
requires machinery that will roova dirt
at a vary low coat The only way to
make a road la to begin the construc
tion In tha proper way, because roada
are made for all time, and to lay an
Improper foundation meana that some
time when tha proper work la to oe
started the Improper construction will
prove a complete loaa. Nebraska ahould
get busy and make atata graveled roads
in tha most eubatantlai form. Our
trouble la that wa have too many
Ignorant profeelonal politician anl
fogies In office-tha two going together
tha politician to pull tha wool over the
fogVe eyea and keep him feeling wis.
WALTER JOHNSON.
Raw Blar s Kavyt
ST. MART, Nb Fab, l-To th Ed
itor of The Bea. t note In yesterday's
Be. "America plana a bigger navy than
that of Germany." Thla plan was for
mulated in 1 to protect ua from Ger
man Invasion. This is not sufficient
M, The plan now ta to build bigger
navy than that of England. Thay tell
ua that If we hav tha biggest navy of
any nation on earth we will be secure.
Ia there not more buncombe than logla
In auch an argument? Suppose that wa
had a bigger navy than that of England,
that would not be any security against
Invasion. England and Uermany might
form an all lane. In that oaae we would
need a bigger navy than tha two com'
blned. Suppose that with our almost un
limited resources we war to autld a
navy thai would outclass th two. would
that be positive security! wot at aib
What assurance have w that Franca,
Russia. Japan or any ether nation, or
all other nations, would not Join tha at
l'anee? Logically, then, what wa need
la a blgver navy than the navlea of all
tha natlona combined, in order to be se
cure. This seems to be demonstrative
theory, but this, In my opinion. Is so ex
tremely ridiculous aa not to be worthy
of consideration.
Wa have a fair illustration now of
what preparation to resist attack mean
Germany has pledged Itself that it will
not attack an unarmed merchant vessel,
but says: "If you put aa much a one
gun on board aa a meana of protection
we will sink It tf we can. Verily, verily,
the minds of our democratic1 (and repub
lican ditto) national leadera have gone
wool gathering.
Better use a little common sense, atay
at home and quit poking our noae into
other nations' affairs and there, will be
very little probability of getting Into
trouble. H. FCHt-'MAVN.
Presam a Law of Selection.
FALLS CITY. Neb., Feb. M. To tha
Editor of The Bee: Thla la tha crucial
period in healing the wounds of an af
flicted party and In the selection of strong
men for various offices, and I desire to
offer a few suggestion for the benefit
of said party. Being entirely neutral,
having aupported both Taft and Teddy,
and very aorry that neither la president
today, my desire la solely for the success
of the O. O. P..
Firstly, I deplore the aenselesa flings
that are aimed at both wtnga of tha
party. . Such aggravating slurs are not
soothing in uniting the sore spots In the
two factions. I regret to hear the hy
phenated adjectives "stand pat" and
progressive," republicans for the party
waa alwaya progressive and only when
Mark Hanna aald "stand pat for a con
tinuation of McKlnlcy's policies," did the
name take hold aa a misnomer to a
great party name.
Secondly, In selecting our standard
bearer we ahould look for a strong man
and not so much to meaaurea or plat
form, for what la a platform without
strong backing? As for Instance Dr.
Wilson and hla platform. We ahould dis
courage tha "favorite eon" folly and pick
only the strong men regardless of loca
tion for what does It benefit a state to
name a poor stick for an executive, aa
for example Buchanan In Pennsylvania.
And why not eliminate every United
State senator in the start who Is a can
didate for president. They are alt strong
men and ahould remain on tha Job to
which they were elected, especially in
view of the danger of losing to the op
position in case of their vacating their
office. Tha republicans are anxloua to
gain and not to lose a single senator in
order to again gain control of the senate.
No senator should Jeopardise the party by
boosting himself out of his seat and thus
open an opportunity for th opposition.
Nebraska republicans can recall much
bltternese and trouble In raising govern
ors and congreeamen to United Statea
aenatorshlpa and seeing the opposition
party holding aald Joba for yaara in con
sequence. I admire our Senator Norrls
for refusing to file as candidate for preal
dent and I wlah our neighbor senators
could feel how much they owe to their
party and country and refuse to be
named as candidates. By dropping all
senators, and I will add governor of
states who are "roddlng up" some, the
selecting Is simplified in the choice of a
few ex-senators. For instance, take the
combination, ex-Senator Root ex-Gover
nor Hadley, ex-President Roosevelt, ex
Senator Fairbanks, ex-Senator Knox, or
ex-Senator Burton and ax-Oovemor Her
rick. The party Is not barren of good.
aafe material outside of officials. And
thla principle might apply as well to su
preme court Judges. Good men on the
Job, hold them there.
Bo here's . to the men whose name
apella aucoesa at the poll and who will
be an honor to hla party and his country
whether th nam begin with an R and
end with a T matters not to me.
POUTICUB.
Seen Germany Down and R assist IT p.
BENSON, Neb., Feb. tt. To the Editor
of The Bee: Fifteen yaara ago British
statesmen realised that a defensive alli
ance between Erngiand, France and Rus
sia would eventually become Inevitable
if Germany was to be prevented from be
coming the dictator of Europe. A careful
anal ye is of the Russian premier' recent
speech, as well as the speeches that hav
been made by the British premier, haa
convinced me that the German empire la
a thing of the past that Russia will sur
prise the world and that the central em
pi res are caught in a vise and nothing
ahort of a miracle can extricate them.
Their defeat will be more decisive than
Napoleon' was, for th European war la
only In it Infancy. N. B. Any official
attempt made by the United Statea to
warda mediation would reveal a lack of
foresight on the part of the administra
tion. THOMAS HENRI W ATKINS.
MIRTHFUL KEMASKS.
"Aren't you a 'raid to let that queer
fellow have ao much to do with th ma
chinery?" "(h, no! Machinery la often operated
by a crank." Haltlmore American.
Th Husband I do not know Just how
I offended her, I'm sure.
The wife No wonrier. Charles: you
have such a lot of ways! Puck.
To you know that I am wearing a
million dollars' worth of diamonds?" in
quired the ladv.
"No," said the gentlomsn, "but I am
flad you told me. My time being worth
IS a second. I was only going o give
you two second. Hut now you can have
"ten." Louisville Courier Journal.
tha
Hypocrite!
Clam.
cried the 8wordflh to
"Whv hvnocrtte?" retorted the Clam.
"Tou consider yourself the emblem of
pacifism, and all the time you and your
tribe are ena-ased In the making of
sheila!" sneered the Sword flslu New
York Times.
ONE MISNOMER.
Arthur Chapman In Judge.
When Farmer Jones retired to
A life of ease In town.
He didn't know Just what to do
To keep the ennul down;
He said: "For Idling Tm not strong,
Life's dull In thla here hub;
I'll go where rural char" belong
I'll Join the Country Club."
So Farmer Jones paid In his dues
They took his breath sway
And started In to air his vlewa
Where club member held away;
He thought to talk about the crop.
Of poultry, hogs and bllftht.
But when he awltched to wheat or hop
His hearers said: "Good night!"
The members talked of tennla games.
And golf and bottle pool;
They talked of billiards, bowling frames,
And polo'a latest rule;
Until at last the farmer said:
"I am one awful dub.
But who waa It Insane, misled
Named thla a Country Club?"
HE FEELS LIKE A
REAL "COME BACK"
Jacob Ennls Telia How He
Struck Keynote of
Content
AN OMAHA MAN'S STORY.
When a man lovea life, throws out hla
cheat, pulls his cigar from between amll
Ing Hps and says: "I feel great I can
eat anything." he haa atruck tha key
note of content and ia envied by hla fel
lows. But when the aame man, only a ahort
time before, la all run down, nervous
and can't trust hla stomaon to accept
even the plainest fare, and then comes
back into hla own. he ta ao happy that
he wants to make life better for the
"other fellows" who suffer as he once
did.
That is the story of jacob Cnnla, day
clerk at the Union Hotel. Omaha. Yes
terday he added hla praise in behalf of
Tanlac In order, as he said, that ha
might help others to be benefited.
"Teniae ha changed me from a
'grouch to a normal, happy man." said
Mr. Ennls, "and I want to recommend
It to the men and women who are 'all
run down' aa I was.
"My stomach became so disordered
that the bare aight of food nauseated
me. There was no dainty that could
tempt me. I Waa nervous end could not
get any restful sleep I woke each
morning more tired. If possible, than I
had been the night before.
"Then I read about Tanlao, and tried
it From the very first I felt the im
provement In my condition. Almost
over night it relieved my nervousness
and brought real Bleep.
"Daily I felt better, . and now, after
having taken two bottlea of Tanlao I
can eat anything and, say, but I feel
good. Tanlac la wonderful."
Tanlao ia being specially introduced In
Omaha at the Sherman-McConnell Drug
Company. There the Tanlao man ex
plalna to acorea dally how It ahould be
taken and what results may be expected
'rem it us. ,
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