THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1916.
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dress will b. changed as oftra as required.
Chop uey it booming in price. Still, tome
people persist in flouting the horrors of war.
For the sixth time we ask: Are you "wet'
or "dry," Senator Hitchcock? Why are you still
dodging the question?
Ambassador Gerard wilt remain at home un
til after election. His decision insures a direct
hunch on the duration of the job.
Women teachers outnumber men teachers 10
to 1 in Nebraska schools. The educational field
progresses steadily toward an Adamleis Eden.
Is it possible that an election is to pass here
in Omaha without any proposition to issue bonds
to be voted for on the ballot? If so, wonder of
wonders!
That's a good one, isn't it? Senator Hitch
cock's pretense that Wall street is afraid of him
or forgetful of how he bolted the caucus to serve
the Wall street vote! :
' But if this district is to be represented in
Washington by a congressman who pays his
debts, our present congressman will have to be
retired. Do your voting November 7. m
By the death of Judge Adams, PresMent Wil
son has another federal judgeship to give nut for
the circuit court of appeals of this circuit. De
serving democrats, don't all apesk at oncel
With a harvest of farm products . totalling
$341,000,000 in Nebraska, the problem of ade
quate storage facilities for the money promises
edifying amuaement during the long winter
evenings.
Foreign dealers who punctured the wheat
bubble and struck the bulls for a day revealed
how unsubstantial are the props of the specula
rive boom and how simple are the methods of a
shakedown. -i . ,-
For a state only fifty years old Nebraska has
done tolerably well. In fact, it compares favor
ably with older neighbor that possess the advan
tage or handicap of prohibition whichever way
you look at it.
. Manipulators of food prices do not get very
far in the warring nations. Italy follows the ex
ample of Germany in throttling mercenaries who
seek to enrich themselves at the expense of a
defenseless public.
Can it be possible that In resoluting in favor
of better safeguards for .the deposit guaranty
fund our bankers could have been taking a shot
at Arthur Mullen, the new boss of the demo
cratic party in Nebraska
For a second time the Episcopal convention
declined to accede to requests for admitting
women as delegates. The action, no doubt, arose
from the growing conviction among laymen that
church-women do much more than their share of
church work. Men naturally object to increas
ing women's burdens to the limit of overwork.
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Plain Questions
It LstUe Cle.c Dsssssrat-
The democratic campaign is being made upon
the new conception of nationalism that timidity
is the supreme virtue and vacillation the highest
proof of directive intelligence. The people are
asked to support a candidate whose course has
been. one of wavering, faltering and retreat; who
has at no time taken a firm, determined stand
for American rights and American interests,
' except in words that were belied by deeds or by
inaction;- who has permitted the destruction of
American lives and American property in other
lands without a serious attempt at their protec
tion, without an earnest effort toward reparation;
who has established the principle, that Americans
residing abroad are vagabonds who have no
proper claim upon the power of their govern
ment, who have no rights the administration is
bound to respect; who has csuted the American
congress to abandon its independence and to leg
islate under the compulsion of fear, In no in
stance has Woodrow Wilson displayed the qual
ity of courage under cireumstsnces that required
courage. The banner of the democracy In this
year of 1916 should be a white flag and upon it
should be emblazoned the inspiring watchword,
"Surrender." ;
Does this represent the "new spirit" of
America? Is the America of the future to be
spineless creature that jumps' at every shadow,
and takes refuge behind a barricade of words
at every alarm? Are we to become the China of
. the Occident, supine, without pride, without
. honor, and condemned by the rest of the world?
Or does the old spirit of 76 and of '64, the spirit
that holds right above safety, still inspire and
control us? Are we to look upon courage and
firmness and justice to all men as the chief
qualities of our government, or are we to pro
claim by our votes that fear and hesitation and
the injustice they create are to be the new vir
tues of a new age? Shall our emblem continue to
he the Stars and Stripes, or .hall we erase these
emblems of glory won and glory held, and leave
but .a pale sheet to wave over us, a flag that
waves only in retreat? For the first time in
American history cowardice has become a na
tional issue. The question is before us. What
' shall the answer be?
Democratic Pledges Worthless.
From the time Mr, Wilson was inaugurated
as president in 1913 until now the entire course
of his administration has been a direct viola
tion or repudiation of the platform on which he
was elected, and to which he pledged his solemn
devotion. In no respect has this disregard for
his pledge been more flagrant than in his neglect
of Americans and American interests beyond the
borders of the country. In the Baltimore plat
form the democrats declared:
The constitutional rights of American citi
zens should protect them on our borders and
go with them throughout the world, and every
American citizen residing or having property
in any foreign country is entitled to and must
be given t he full protection of the United
States government, both for himself and prop
erty. 1
How was this promise redeemed? Turn to
Mexico, where Americans have been subjected
to every manner of abuse while our president
has waited and watched. Yet, in 1916, at St.
Louis, the democratic convention put its candi
date on record in this language:
We again declare the policy that the sac
red rights of American citizenship must be
preserved at home and abroad. The
American government should protect Ameri
can citizens in tneir rights, not only at home,
dui aDroaa.
This plank already has been repudiated by
the president and his supporters. Notice has
been formally served that Mr, Wilson will not
invoke the powers of the United States to pro
tect Americans who have ventured abroad in
furtherance of private enterprise. -In this the
Omaha World-Herald approvingly coincides.
A democratic platform pledge means nothing,
but the interpretation put on this by the demo
crats themselves is that any American who visits
a foreign land for any purpose whatsoever does
it at his own risk so long as Woodrow Wilson is
tn office. , .
Wheat and the Grain Gamblers.
One of the common symptoms of an era of
inflation is the development of the speculative
fever, which is running its virulent course through
the United States just now. The activity of the
gamblers is noted in every direction, but parties
larly is it felt in foodstuffs and provisions, with
wheat the center of attraction. The shortage in
the wheat crop of the United States for the year,
with the great demand, for export, has sustained
sensational advance in prices until a point has
been reached at which buyers have turned sellers
and a crash seems imminent. ,
Manipulation of prices is chargeable with much
of the advance in the price of wheat. The crop
of the United States was far below the record of
yield of 1915, but only slightly below the seven
year average; with the unsold wheat of last year's
crop the yield of the present year afforded plenty
for the domestic consumptive demand and left a
generous amount for sale abroad, quite as much as
was sent out of the country last year. The
shortage, therefore, is not such as to warrant the
extreme advance registered, Reckless buying by
foreign governments has been a factor, and brok-
ers, taking advantage of this, have pushed up
prices. This in turn has encouraged the purely
speculative activity, and bettors on the price of
Wheat have plunged to the limit The exagger
ated price of wheat does not rest o a corner, but
on the foreign purchases, and with the news that
British buyers have withdrawn from the market
or turned sellers, the upward sweep of the cereal
is likely to be checked. 1
Nebraska farmers have profited greatly by the
situation, having sold their crop at almost dou
ble the price they got for it during the second
year of President Wilson's term. The public is
also feeling the effect Of the great gamble in the
rising price of flour and the dwindling weight of
the loaf of bread. The end to this bubble can not
be far off. '
"Drift to Wilson" Vaniehing. 1
The "drift to Wilson," of which the democrats
have been prating so loudly, is rapidly turning the
other way, and is sure to leave him, as the poet
hath it, "at night on the bleak shore alone."
Evidences of the recession multiply daily, till an
expert checker is kept busy in tallying former
supporters of the president who are coming out
for Hughes. One of the most notable of these
is the Chicsgo Daily Newt, an independent news
paper of much influence, which gave Wilson great
help in 1912. The News announces that it can
abide no longer the president and his methods,
and advises itt readers to vote for Hughes that
the country may again have a real head. Henry
Cochemt of Wisconsin, a power in the ranks of
the progressives, has declared himself at bejng
affirmatively for Hughes, In. contrast to some of
hit associates who are negatively for Wilson.
Similar reports of change in attitude of able men
come from all .over the country. It is an unmis-
takeable sign of the drift away from Wilson.
Thinking voters of the United States are tired of
a policy, of vacillation and weakness, of tempo
rizing and surrender, and want a president who
at least knows his own mind, and has the ability
and courage to meet problems as they are pre
sented. .
Another 100,000 soldiers are called for in
Canada, in addition to 350,000 already sent across
the Atlantic. The drain on the young life of the
Dominion is surprising not only in number, but
in the cheerful alacrity of the sacrifice. The
loyal support and sacrifices of the colonies in this
struggle demonstrates at never before the
strength of British imperial ties.
'."Omaha wit! ttake a national hog show,"
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The event is
three weeks .past, and the prizes awarded.
Cleveland might catch up with the procession
and some of the prize money by entering
samples of its porcine stock for next fall's
show.
No leader of organized labor has yet suc
ceeded in bartering the citizenship of members
to a political party. The safety and influence of
unionism rest in pursuing the charted course of
independence of political parties and maintaining
absolute liberty of citizenship.
A purchase and shipment of German dves for
the federal treasury print shops hae been ap
proved by the allied blockadert. The concession
insures continuance of the fast colors of Ameri
can currency. Fast colors become an article of
surpassing fleetness. -:.r
The boom in financing industrial enterprises
pproaches the high record following McKinley't
election. The lessons of experience with infla
tion rarely bother broker. They are content
with the commission and cheerily pats the worry
to the investor.
ft' Letters of a
K3 TlUa-.J A X.
KUlltllSiaiL UJ
Jiis Soto
IV.
Mv Dear Tack:
It's iust like vou to ask if the tariff it an is.
sue in this campaign. I can see the incitement
to ask that question when you say your college
chums who are democrats shy off when the tariff
. 1 . , . .u
is mennonea ana insist 11 is no rungcr wm in
talking about. That's pretty good evidence they
feel they have here the hot end of the poker.
Don't vou remember how the democrats used
to proclaim in their platforms for a tariff-(or rev
enue only that a protective unit was uncon
stitutional" ves. thev called' it "robbery" an
that the taxing power could be rightfully used
only to collect the money needed to foot the bills
of a government economically administered?
They got themselves in a quagmire all right as
they discovered when they attempted to make
?:ood on this talk. Rather than abate a jot of the
ree trade principle they voted, for example, all
the protection off of sugar, though they knew
tree sugar was certain to destroy tne wnon
sugar industry. For fear of consequences, how
ever, thev orovided for reduction on the install-
ment plan, and before the final installment voted
it back in other words, they took retuge again
in protection.
In transforming other schedules they could
not wholly resist the temptation to save a little
"pork" for. themselves. While nearly every
northern farm product corn, wheat, cattle, hogs
was placed on the free list, protective duties
were kept on whatever the southern planter
grows. Why, they actually took the tariff off
ot potatoes raised in the north and put a duty on
peanuts produced in the south.
Don't forget, either, that the democrats at
ways decried a tariff commission because, as is
quite obvious, a purely revenue tariff could be
tramed in a darn closet, so tney unceremont
ouslv ousted the nonpartisan tariff board estab-
lished by the republicans and voted down the
same suggestion several times when proposed as
an amendment to the Underwood bill. Yet now
thev have taken it ud and claim it for their own
But why a tariff commission unless to figure out
what the measure ot protection to different in
dustries should be?
The one thing our democratic tariff tinkering
succeeded in sccomplishing beyond quibble was
to knock American industries into a cocked
hat." as it were. It opened the gates to a flood
of tax-free, cheap-labor foreign-made goods to
drive our American-made articles out ot their
home market and it opened the soup houses al
most at the same time. Never, since the days
of Coxey't army good old democratic days they
were, too were so many able-bodied willing-to-work
men hunting jobs as during the year or so
after the Wilson-Underwood tariff-for-revenue
law went into effect. Why, I remember distinctly
being in New York at that time and there, oddo
site Madison Square, stood a long line . of haggard-looking
men, women and children , with
several policemen to tell em to "move on the
line headed into a vacated storerom on which bis
signs resd in substance:
"Free Bundle Room. Clothing for the needy
here. Hours 8 to 6. Let us call for vour castor!
clothes.
And the line of poor shivering folks waiting
to get something to cover their nakedness was
as long when I again passed in the evening as it
wai in tnq morning. ,
1 That showed the normal operation of the
democratic tariff what we were up against be
fore the European war stopped ocean, Transpor
tation, started the munition factories and nulli
fied our democratic free trade statute. It shows.
also what we will be up against again whenever
this war ends, if we have no protective tariff to
keep our American labor from being dragged
down to the wage level of the war-burdened old
world.
Is the tariff an issue in this campaign? It as
suredly is for it is the issue of industrial pre
paredness, uur American industries were es
tablished and built up under republican policies
and republican policies will have to save them
now from the democratic bourbons of the south
just as republican patriotism had to save the
union fifty yeara ago from disruption bv this
same southern democracy. . .
(u use a pnrssc coined oy anotner atstin-
guisnea democrat. 11 is a condition and not a
theory that confronts us." If the United States
is going to taxe care ot itseit wnen tne hghting
millions return to peaceful pursuits, it will need
practical republican leadership as typified by
Hughes in place of the theoretic bungling ex
perimenting we have been having under Wilson.
Fondly your FATHER.
(Concluding Letter Tomorrow.)
Tragedy of Mad King
Brooklyn Eagla.
If ever there was a telling satire unon the
divine right of kings or of hereditary rule, it ia
to be found in the history recalled by the death
ot Jtto, tne maa King ot Bavaria.
Bavaria is the home of a peaceful, Industrious
and contented people dragged under the heel of
Prussia against its will in the consolidation of
the German empire after the Franco-Prussian
war, and dragged at the heel of Prussianism into
the present war of Rightfulness, ilts capital,
Munich, is one of the great world center, of
the arts, and yet for the greater part of its
almost 100 years as a kingdom, Bavaria has been
nominally ruled by mad kings. That. designation
does not include Maximilian II, father of Otto;
yet Maximilian, by far the best of his family
who ever reached a throne, was not exactlv a
model monarch, according to our modern stand
ards. His people rose against him in the revolu
tionary storm that culminated in 1848, and made
him drive Lola Montez.. the dancer who is
buried in Greenwood cerheterv under h er rtum
-name of Gilbert out of his palace and kingdom.
int Bavarians 00 not seem to nave been both
ered about Lola's morals or her relations with
their sovereign, but as she was a Catholic, they
raised a ttorm about the ultramontane influence,
and the charming woman had to go.
- That commonplace royal story pales, how
ever, beside that of Maximilian's son, Ludwig,
who succeeded, and his friendship for Wagner.
Ludwig was music mad, and about the only
service he ever did to the world was hi nnnn,i
of Wagner, and his making possible the Wagner
theater at Bayreuth.
Otto, the brother of Ludwig, who has just
died suddenly, was unmistakably mad from his
early youth. He got into the Franco-Prussian
war on the staff of the Prussian crown prince,
and one of the stories is that he ordered his
troops to chsrge a stone wall, under the delusion
tnat it was a aetaenment ot French soldiers.
His military career came to ' sudden mrf H
never wanted to succeed Ludwig on the throne,
and he never did succeed except in name. The
powers of his position were exercised by hit
uncle, at regent, and in 1913, the uncle formally
tucceeded to the throne at Ludwig HI,
The mad king had been confined all hit life
with a giant keeper, armed with a revolver, anrl
has been as pitiful an object as any patient in
one of our asylums. He had a passion for music,
imc ma orotner, ana a pnonograpn was used in
his confinement to keen nim auiet In hi vnmh
he was a friend of Jenny Lind, and, because she
told him that Bamum did not love music, hut
was merely a showman, in his rages later he used
to order Bamum to the tortures. As a poor, mad,
suffering man. Otto II was 'a traaedv. A a
symbol of royal power and authority he was a
joke, more savage than even Dean Swift could
nave imagined.
1 mmm jaasL swaai
Thought Nugget For the Day.
Our country 1. the world; our
countrymen are alt mankind. Will.
lam Lloyd Garrison.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Italian won road to Moro by storm
Kunslan fleet bombarded Bulgarian
port of Varna.
Pari, reported failure of German
atutckn at La Courttne.
Teuton and Bulgarian armies ef
feoted Junction In bend of Danube.
Lord Lansdowne told House of
Commons Serbia could not hold out
much longer.
In Omaha Thirty Yeara Ago.
1 The passenger and ticket office of
tne union Pacific la to be removed
temporarily to the fourth floor, pend
ing a change in the present offices on
the second floor. These offices are to
be entirely remodeled and thrown into
communication with those on the
south side of the building now occu
pled by the auditor and cashier. This
will give the whole south half of the
building to the passenger and ticket
department.
Tne Fred Krug brewery hat re
ceived another Improvement which
will be a source of income to the
management, namely the process of
artificially cooling the cellars of the
Drewery, In- which the beer is stored
Th excavation for the work Is now
ready and the work will be finished
during the present year.
The mosquito netting which has
been doing service in protecting the
chandeliers of the county building
from the summer Insects has been re
moved and the hangings are belnar
Durnisnea to withstand the approach
01 winter.
Big pieces or brown granite are
new being put in the front of the
new First National bank bulldlne.
it is a mistake about George Oe len-
oecK, nignt watchman of The Bee.
having purchased the paper. His
high-stepping is over the arrival of a
twelve-pound daughter at his home In
umana view.
George Krug, manager of the cele
brated Anheuser-Busch Brewing com.
pany, 01 hi. Ijouis, mo., is in the city
wnn a view , to establishing a mam
moth store house at this point for
their beer. The structure on north
Ninth street will be retained until the
new building, to cost about $50,000.
can be erected. ..
This Day In History,
1775 The British troops appropri
ated Old South Meeting House, In
Boston, as a riding school and stable.
1800 Benjamin F. wade. United
States senator from Ohio during the
civil war period, born near Spring
field, Mass. Died at Jefferson, 0
March 1, 1878.
1838 John D. Long, governor of
Massachusetts, and secretary of the
navy during the Spanish war, born at
KucKlleld, Me. Died at Hingham,
Maes., August 28, 1016,
870 Marshal Bazaine and the
French army of 160,000 men sur
rendered to. the Germans at MeU,
after a siege of seventy days.
is a 9 Marriage or tne duke of
Sparta (now king of Greece) and
Princess Sophia of Prussia, sister of
the present German emperor.
1891 Th. New York court of ap
peals decided the celebrated Tilden
will case In favor of the natural heirs.
1904 The New York Subway was
opened from city hall to West 145th
street.
1905 Treaties between . Norway
and Sweden completing severance of
union signed.
1912 General Felix Dias. revo
lutionary leader, condemned to death
by a court martial at Vera Crusj.
The Day We Celebrate.
John L. Kennedy, lawyer and
former member of congress from this
district, was born October 27, 1864, at I
Ayrshire, Scotland. He came to this
country at the age of 1 9 years, studied
at Knox college and graduated in Jaw
at the Iowa state university. He be
gan the practice of law in Omaha in
2 and was a member of the law
firm of Kennedy & Martin. He was
member or tne Fire and Police com
mission, being appointed by Governor
Sheldon.
J. . Van Rensselaer, superintendent
of the Union Pacific district of the
Pacific Fruit Express company, with
headquarters at Omaha, was born
October 27. 1888, at Philadelphia. He
started out as ornpe boy and ' mes
senger for the Lake Shore In 1883
and has steadily gone up the ladder
with various railroads and express
companies.
John Richards, clerk In charge of
government accounts at the auditor's
office of the Burlington. Is 68 years old
today. He was born In Crieff. Scotland.
and came to this country In 1882, being
with the Burlington as accountant
continuously since November of that
year.
Alfred W. Gordon, head of the Gor
don-Lawless company, manufacturing
n cans, is today celebrating his thir
ty-third birthday. He came here from
Chicago, where he was born.
Oliver K. Dellecker is today 62
years old. He has been manufactur
ing cigars In Omaha for a quarter of
century.
Sidney S. Kent is Just 87 years old
today. He Is assistant caahler of the
Merchants' National bank.
Theodore Roosevelt twenty-sixth
president of the United States, was
born In New York fifty-eight years
ago today.
Prof. Roscoe Pound, the new dean
of the Harvard Law school, was born
Lincoln, Neb., forty-six years ago
today.
Viola Allen, long a leading actress of
ths American stage, was born at
Hunfsvllle, Ala., forty-seven years lu-o
today.
Sylvanus (Vean) Gregg, pitcher of
the Boston American league base ball
team, was born at Chehalls, Wash.,
twenty-nine years ago today.
Ways of Promoting Temperance.
Omaha, Oct 28. To the Editor of
The Bee: Instead of spending mil
lions of dollars to destroy an Industry
that Is in Itself legitimate, the prohi
bitionists should devote their energies
and funds to the teaching of true
temperance. With education and
moral suasion taking the place of pro
hibltlon, the country would rapidly
see tne dawn of that Brighter social
day which all decent citizens ' are
looking forward to.
Society's duty toward the intemper
ate Is not to remove temptation from
his path by prohibiting legislation and
by so doing punish the majority of
citizens who nave committed no crime;
society's duty is rather to teach moral
suasion along the lines of true temper
ance; to fortify citizens with ideals
which will enable them to resist evils;
to provide fit homes, clean surround
ings and moral teachings. If you take
away liquor without correcting other
social evils the cause of temperance
Is retarded rather than advanced.
. H. SCHULZ,
132 South Ninth Street.
Registration Wan "With Reasonable
Dispatch."
Omaha, Neb., Oct 26. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: On October 28 you
published a picture taken outside of
my office In the court house, purport
ing to show a crowd of unregistered
voters unable to get Into the office
on account of a large crowd.
This statement and this picture are
absolutely untrue so far as they give
me impression tnat there was a crowd
waiting to register sufficient to cause
any congestion. This picture was a
frame-up, engineered by opponents of
tne election commission law, who
have never had any love for this office
or my administration of the same.
There was no crowd Inside the office.
and those presenting themselves to be
registered were being taken care of
witn reasonable dispatch. Outside
of the door the group of men shown in
tne picture were not waiting to reg is.
ter, but were marshalled according to
a set pian ana posed lor this picture.
Some of the leaders ar. standing in
me foreground of the picture. Mr. L.
D. Kavanaugh of my office, happened
to pass out of the room at the time
this picture was taken and saw the
prearranged plan. This picture was
taken at 8:80 p. m. and from that time
until 8 o'clock, when the office closed.
voters did not have to wait but a very
lew minutes to get their turn at the
registration desk.
The reason for the nlctura In un.
doubtedly contained in your newspap-
per statement tnat. "congestion is
caused by the fact that registration is
neia at tne central office alone and not
In the various voting precincts, as was
the case before the new law was
passed." ' There n no doubt but that
tne individuals responsible for this
picture would much prefer to have
registration in the precincts under the
old system, especially In the Third
ward. HARLEY O. MOORHEAD,
Election Commissioner.
Yet He Didn't Move Back to Kansas.
Loomls, Neb.. Oct. 25. To the Editor
of The Bee: Having received Prosper
ity league matter telling of the sad
effects of prohibition in Kansas, I beg
to say that a twenty-years' residence
In that state with my wife and grow
ing iamny tnorougniy convinces me
of Its good results financial I v and
morally. Also, If it Isn't a good thing,
why don't Kansas Jump back Into the
wet column? She's been trying it out
long enough. J. A. McGUIRK
Wilson and the Progressives Again.
Omaha, Oct 26. To the Editor nt
Tne Bee: one of the Metcalfe boys
met me on the elevator this morning
and expressed considerable surprise
tnat 1 naa not, as 1 informed mm.
joined the Wilson Progressive league.
xie aian-i seem to mink . my reason,
Because 1 am a progress ve." was a
good one. I hadn't heard of the
league before and went and looked It
up. I And that Omaha Is represented
among the vice presidents by such
sterling progressives as L. J. Qulnby
and T. H. Tibbies. Of course, neither
Qulnby or Tibbies were party to- such
rank deception; neither of them, ever
registered as a progressive, attended
any progressive meetings or con
tributed a penny or a minute's time
the movement. Both are Bryan
democrats, nave been for years and
both before that were populists, and
neither ot them is ashamed of it
Qulnby went to the state senate as a
democrat and Tibbies Is an editorial
writer on the World-Herald. If the
balance of the very slim list. Brother
Wray of York,, rwho is a natural
Bryan democrat, with socialistic ten
dencies, succeeded in getting together,
s of a like nature, and I am told It Is,
1 can't see where the progressive part
lomns in.
And now Mr. Wilson Is begging
democrats to vote for Hitchcock,
isn't that characteristically Wilson
ian? Votes, votes, votes. Is there
anything Wilson will not trade for
votes? What progressive measure
was he ever for till It looked to be a
vote-getter? He was picked and
groomed for governor of New Jersey
and president because he would stand,
"like adamant" against the "Initia
tive, referendum, recall, government
and municipal ownership, bank guar
antees and other western fads." Ths
men who groomed him and talked
with him made the common mistake
of believing he meant what he said.
He threw them down for the whole
Bryan program Just as soon as he had
figured out that Bryan had the votes.
Then he threw Bryan down just as
soon as he figured that Bryan had lost
the votes. He was adamant against
national child labor laws and the
whole progressive program as an un
warranted and unconstitutional In
terference with the authority of the
states till he saw looming ahead an
election in which progressive votes
would come in handy, and then with
characteristic precipitancy he Jammed
a child labor law through congress.
Will progressives swallow the bait?
Not many of them. Of course, pro
gressives like Qulnby and Tibbies will,
but I mean men who belonged to the
progressive party. The president's
reversals and re-reversals on the pre
paredness Issue are too recent to need
mention. On the whole, if a com
posite photograph of his various posi
tions since he used to write what he
really believed and believes could be
thrown on the screen, it would look
very much like a brilliant plniwheeU
But what's the use? Judge Wray's
grouch is against any degree of pre
paredness; he belongs with Wilson
now, but Lord, help him and the rest
of us if Wilson, overnight should
conclude that notes are to be had by
war. Ready or unready, we'd have
war right off the bat I'm afraid of
war myself; that s why I don t want
to provoke It by unreadiness nor risk
It by following a man who will trade
it sight unseen, for a handful of
votes. .
Think It over, progressives.
H. W. MORROW.
GRINS AND GROANS.
"BMcstna always as reel with anything
1 aay."
"Tei. It'a ' hla way of Intimating- that
ha doesn't consider your views sufficiently
Important to be worthy of an argument."
Washington Star. ,
"Did Miss Sourglrl have her pohotgrapha
taken yesterday?"
"Yes.". ,
"Good likeness?"
"Tes, must have been, for she refused
to . have them and demanded another sit
ting." New York Times.
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that you never flatter. Judge. '
"Is It absolutely neoeesary that X apeak
your father?" asked the waaa-
the girl of his heart .had protnleed to b.
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family, you know."
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afraid of. It'a the foot." Philadelphia.
Ledger. ...
Nfece Katharine writes me that Mrs.
Dasher has got tha alimony. .
Aunt Sellna Dear! Dearl I'm afraid it
will go hard with her. She Is such a
frail, nervous creature. Boaton Transcript,
THE. GOLFERS' RECESSIONAL.
F. O. Rartawlck In Judge,
Patron of golfers, known ot old.
Lord of our game from week to week.
Beneath whose kindly hand we hold
Dominion over spoon and cleek.
Saint Andrew's shade, be with us yet
Lest wa forget! Lest we forgetl
The arguing and fighting dies, '
And we are weary, worn of soul
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
A "high one" at the nineteenth hole,
saint Andrew'a shade, be with us yeu
Lest we forgetl Lest we forget!
If, drunk vth sight of par, we loose
Wild tongues that all duffers scoff
Such boastings aa the caddie, use.
Or lesser breeds th&t Vnnw nn ir
Balnt Andrew'e. shade, be with us yet,
Leet we forgett Lest we forget!
For alibis, whose fond reoourse
.Is talk of "If and "how" and 'boas
For players who obstruot the counaa.
And putting know how to putt
For bettered He and unscored stroke.
Saint Andrew, meroy on thy folk!
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Congratulations to Colonel Roose
velt 58 years old today. .
Georgia will observe today .is
"Frank Stanton day," In honot of th.
poet.
Charles E. Hughes Is billed for
speeches at Utlca, Auburn, Geneva
and Rochester, N. Y.
William H. Taft Is scheduled to
speak tonight at Clinton. Ia., lu be
half of the republican national ticket
The entire breeding establishment
belonging to Richard Crocker,, with
the single exception of th. Derby
winner, (irby, will be sold at auction
today at Glenralrn, Ireland.
The American Iron and Steel In
stitute, mad. up of 1,600 lending Iron
and steel producers of the rountry,
wll meet at St Louis foday for a two
day conference. ,
Announcement has been made that
a message from President Wilson will
be relayed by amateur wireless opera
tors to all parts of the country at 11
o'clock tonight
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