Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 13, 1916, Page 4, Image 4
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1916. .THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BV EDWARD KOSEWATEK. I VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE IEB PUBLISHWO COMPANY. MtOPRlETOK. Entered a Omaha peeteHlea at 1Imi matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Vf Br Carrier itir ami sunder ' Bally aUael Seatfier i Evenmf and Sunday Evening without Sunday..... onowr pn naif, ,,.u DeUr M Sunday B, three yeara k advance. ' Send notice of ehange of eddreae or Irregularity n a. Ilvrv to Oraaha Baa. Orcnlatiou Popartmoilt. REMITTANCE. Rmlt by tan, essewae or postal ordor. Only 3-wnt token la varment " accounts. Personal exaept oa Omaha and aaitora eitcaangc. not aceepaea. OFFICES. Omaha The Urn BaiMlnf. south Omaha Sill N itreet CouneU Bluffs U Horta Mala Street. : . Lincoln tit tittle Building. Chlcafa 111 Peeane'a Gas Building. ' NewYora Beaan Ml. 1M fifth avwMe. . St. Loam ll No Bank af Commerce. , , Wasataauai 1U Fonrtaonth etreet. M. W. . - . CORRESPONDENCE. Address eom.anic.tion. relating ta am and editorial matter to Oeaaae Baa. tdHarml paesi latent. OCTOBER CIRCULATION 53,618 Daily Sunday 50,252 ' Dwight WIIHama, cireul.tle. manager at The Bat Publishing company, hem, duly sworn. , average etreulattea far Ike month of Oetober, 11. Wet IMli daily, m . Bandar. 6W10BT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manner, gubearihee) ht ma pretence and aworn to before ma " 4ft T W":aW0M. ttour. Fama, Subscribers leaving the alt temperarfly haU km Tha Baa. snaileel to tinea. ,AaV treat wilt W shaageel at fiea at ramtitrom. Picking presidential candidate now for 1920 : ii t any rate a harmless pastime ' Let no on envy Mr. Wilton hit job of tteer Big the ship of tuw throufh the troubled water of the next fonr yean. :, y If the returns from MinnetoU justified the - teareh, perh'apt the noiseless trail of John Lind could be readily mapped out. The fate of hero aviator of war differs little from that of the common i.rua of high flier. Sooner or later ooth tome back to earth with a crash."; ' y .. . But the one ihing the senator should compli ment himself for, above alt others, is the sue cessful job of coaMail-hanging which he performed. It teems that the only thing "LIT Arthur Mul lea" lost out of hit basket is the job of sheriff of Douglas county and he had already milked that dry. "-- ; v All the vocal hammers in Gotham art working overtime pounding the eardrums of Tammany, The fact that Tammany's men trailed less votes than Wilson doesat moderate the vigor of tha tattoo. . " N-v-' t Expert reports trace infantile paralysis to cats, dogs, rats, fleas and automobile gas.. The variety of carrier already accused suggests that the experts have not exhausted their stock of guesses. A -r ;;. If it accomplishes ' nothing else, the wide advertisement of the arrest of Armgaard Krl Craves, self-styled "inteniational spy," should revive demand for his two sensational books In danger of growing dusty on the shelves, The; conversion of Mayor Jim to the cause of votes for women must be regarded as straight goods, without Strings or chasers. A formal re ception and profession of faith before the Equal Suffrage club alone remains to cinch bis trail hit tin - . ' ; . v The true temper of the voter is more ac curately reflected in the election of coagreesmen than in the vote for president Republican con trol of the popular branch of eoagreat proves that white standing for Wilson hf voter tied the can o the donkey. - A hint of returning British sanity is seen In the appointment of General Sir Bryan Mahoa as commander of the army In Ireland. General Mahon is a native son, Galway born, and I pre sumed to know and feel a sympathetic interest in the people's welfare. The change foreshadows an early end to martial law, which has been needlessly rigorous in many parts of the Island. The total value of the mineral product of the United States for the calendar year 1914 amounted to (691,000,000. Nebraska's soil prod ucts this year aggregate in value $341,000,000. As a steady, reliable producer a slice of Ne braska soil discount any available mineral prospect between the Yukon and the Blue Mountains. 1 ' Good Losers -Waaalnftoa Paat A Short Ballot Recruit. , Friends of the short ballot movement will welcome the active assistance of a powerful re cruit in the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune may perhaps have favored the short ballot heretofore, but it is now spurred on by the lesson of the re cent election, to take up the demand and put punch into it. Nowhere haa the case been better stated than in these words of the Tribune: " If the people are to control, their political machinery must not be so complicated that the average man cannot follow its workings. When the voter is given a ballot such as the one he struggled with last Tucaday he can not vote on his own knowledge on most of the offices. He must vote on faith or not at all, except in the most conspicuous cases. The result is not the expression of the pop ular will. Candidates are nominally chosen by the people, when in fact the people have been compelled to thoose blindly. . The political machines have chosen these men and tne people have accepted them passively. ' The multiplicity of elective officers is not democratic but anti-democratic. It weakens both the responsibility of officials and the re sponsibility of citizens. We mutt make gov ernment as simple and responsible as possible. If we do not we shall never have popular self government. , These arguments, with variation, have been urged by The Bee time, and again, but will bear constant repetition, until the needed reform is accomplished, whether it comes all at once or is attained only by degrees. , , V Car Shortagt end Freight Rates. One of the .most recent arguments advanced in support of an increase in freight rates is the present car shortage. It is now contended that the revenues of the roads are so low in time of business depression that it is impossible to ac quire sufficient equipment to meet the demand when business is expanding. This point is very plausibly set forth, but holds about as much of real merit as most of the propositions presented to bolster up the higher rate campaign. While superficially attractive and apparently sound, ex amination generally discloses a fundamental weakness. The car shortage argument .raises a question in economy. Is it desirable that the public shall pay for extra box cars that must be idle and un productive during a good part of the time in order that shipments may be expeditiously made at certain rush seasons? Are we to add the transportation industry to the list of "seasonal occupations"? The producers naturally want to get their wares to the market at times when the prices are in their favor. Under existing condi tion the rash to market crops, live stock and other farm produce necessitates storage at cer tain points, which favors price manipulation and control, practice much complained of. If it were possible to meet the demands for shipment of goods, the plethora at the storage center would be till greater, and the consequent effect on the price to the producer would very probably be the opposite of what is (ought, H would find himself oa the market at a time when the excess of supply over demand would have its natural result, and (he purchaser with facilities for stor age would reap any advantage that might grow out of early marketing. No good would come to the consumer, who must finally pay the price. ' A distinct advantage . may be noted in the situation that wilt provide the railroads with steady employment for the equipment they have, even If it doe extend the period of handling the farm produce through a greater portion of the year. The public must always stand the expense of idle equipment, no matter in what industry, a the alternative ia bankruptcy for the enter prise. A better adjustment of the transportation problem would be the extension -of marketing over a greater period, thus insuring more de pendable employment for the t railroads and greater stability in price. v I Tammany Really Dead? I "Tammany is dead 1" proclaim the New York World. "That is the true significance of the election returns from New York City." Which Information is, indeed, Interesting if true But i wiu nu more man inn assurance to con- vince the people of its truth. The1 fact is that Tammany ha more feline qualities than the proverbial 'cat with nine lives, for it has been killed over and over again and pronounced po litically dead more often even than has William Jennings Bryan, himself, yet has none the less bobbed up as big as ever to do business again at the old stand. The World seems to have per suaded itself that in the next municipal election "the atampede to avoid the Tammany nomination for mayor will tax the resources of the police reserve." Here we have a prediction and a test. We shall see how dead Tammany really is by the time New York City gets ready to choose an other set of municipal officials next year. , v ' Of almost greater interest than that mani tested in the deportment of a winner ia that be stowed upon the general bearing of the loser. 1 he latter certainly comes under close and critr cal scrutiny, and the way in which he carries him self haa no little to do with the determination of the niche which he gains permanently in the hearts of the people. In this respect the distinguished citizen who ran second at a result of yesterday's poll will do well it he even succeeds in becomint an ac' crptable understudy to former President Taft, It ever man lias carried gracetully and big-hearted I y the burden of defeat it has been Mr, Taft. How deeply he must have felt his defeat, how ever, and with what even and admirable amia bility he has "toted" the memory long after other than the honorable scars might have been thought to remain, are both brought out in some remarks recently made by him on the subject of world wide peace. During their delivery Mr. Taft un wittingly referred to the "planks" in the league's ''platform." In response to the laughter that fol lowed, he smilingly excused himself in these words: "Struggle as one will. to escape from the paths of past degradation, there still remains some traces which find expression in a word here or there, now and then." Brave words, these, in condonation of words that in themselves constitute no offense, but rather were calculated to endear the utterer to those who heard them. Such demeanor has not always characterized the losers among our great. Unless history it in error, John Quincy Adams, defeated for re-election, slinoed out the bark dnnr of the White House as "Old Hickory" triumph antly entered the front. In the light of that for titude of the later president, big of body and of soul, this can never occur again. . Whatever the trniDtations that come with the smarts of defeat. he can speak to the loser as did Paul to the Lortnthiant, Covet earnestly the best gifts; and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way." - . Nepotism Again, . One of the indictment brought by the repub lican of Missouri, in their platform, against the democratic administration in that state charges nepotism and promises legislation to put a stop to it. The nepotism business, which is nothing but a graft, as everybody, knows, is not confined to Missouri, but is likewise an affliction frequently suffered in Nebraska. s There ia no good reason, however, why this abuse need be tolerated if only public opinion is aroused to its viciousness. An anti-nepotism bill, drafted by the editor of The Bee, introduced into our legislature two sessions ago, came very near passing the house even' over the active opposition of the Office-holding horde who had loaded the public pay roll, with "their sisters, their cousins and their "aunts." Some 'fearless and aggressive member of our next leg' islature can make a record for himself by pushing through a law scoring for Nebraska ahead of Missouri in putting quietus on the noxious nepotism nuisance. Chinese Proverbs Think twice and do not speak at all. Only those become priest who cannot cam . a living. . 1 '. . At seventy a man is a candle in the wind. A thousand soldier are easily obtained; one general is hard to find. Do not lace your shoes in melon patch. Easy to open a shop; hard to keep it open. Of all important things the first is not to cheat conscience. , All pursuits are mean in comparison with learning. In united family happiness springs up of .; itself. He bought dried fish to spare its life. Win your law suit, lose your money. Better do kindness near, home than go far to ; burn iacenae. If you suspect a man don't employ him; if you employ him don't suspect him. Eugenics and Birth-Control Literary Dlfeet.. Birth-control is sometimes regarded as a meas ure of eugenics. A writer in the Journal of Heredity (Washington. October) asserts that it has nothing to do with eugenics; some eugenists approve it, while others violently oppose it. Only two organized bodies appear to have taken a definite attitude on the subject, both of them on religious grounds. One is the Catholic church, the other the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon church. Eugenics, the writer reminds us, is a movement to better the quality of human mate rial; its quantity,- whether more or less, is a matter of secondary interest.' Of course if it can succeed in lessening births among the unfit ana increasing them among the fit, it will be ac complishing its object. We read: "Antagonism of the Roman Catholic church toward the 'birth-control movement is well known. This antagonism is based on theological grounds, but it has frequently been pointed out that the result, whether the church has the fact in mind or not, will be to give the church a slowly increatinc oreoonderance in numbers, in any community where the population is made up in part of Catholics and in part of Protestants. , "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon church, has taken a similarly antagonistic stand on birth control. Theological objections are raised against it; but in this case what may be called the eue-enic asoect the problem of altering the relative proportions of different classes in a pop ulation, is clearly seen and acknowledged. ii r ... t . i . -i .i. n i; -f e ..:-.. t in tne jury issue ui uiv jcu ouncij suAg.- xine an official publication issuea at aau ub Citv. five of the twelve elders who make up the supreme council of the organization, state their view on birth-control. , "The eua-enic view . of 'the subject is most clearly seen by Elder Joseph F. Smith, jr., who point out: I feel only the greatest contempt for those who, because of little worldly learning or a feelina- of their own superiority over others, ad vocate and endeavor to control the so-called "lower classes from what they are pleased to catl "indiscriminate breeding." , The old colonial stock that one or two cen turies ae-o laid the foundation of our great na tion is rapidly being replaced by another people, due to the nractice ot this erroneous doctrine eft "small families." According to statistics gathered by a leading magaxine published in Mew- York, a year or two ago, me average numocr 01 cnu dren to family among the descendants of the old American stock In the Mew fcngland states was only two and fraction, while among the immigrants from European shores who are now eominsr into our land the average family was composed of more than six. " 'Thus the old stock is surely being replaced -by the "lower classes," of a sturdier and more worthy race. Worthier because they have not learned, in tnese modern times, to disregard tne great commandment given to man by our Heav enly Father. It is. Indeed, a case of the survival of the fittest, and it is only a matter of time before those who so strongly advocate and practice this pernicious doctrine of "birth-control" and the lim iting of the number of children in the family will have legislated tnemseives ana tneir kina out ot this mortal existence.' 'It is nrooer to ooint out that birth-control is not, as the public seems to suppose, an integral part of the eugenics propaganda. Many eugeni cists advocate it; many, others oppose it In either case, it must be regarded as a fact with which eua-enfes must deal. If one section of a community limita the number of births, and an other does not, It Is easy to calculate how soon the latter section will supplant the former, and there are plenty of object-lessons such as Mr, Smith cites in the old colonial stock of New England. "The eugenicist, of course, is more interested in the quality than in the quantity of the popula tion. The quantity is important only in a relative way. In opposition to Mr. Smith and other peo ple without adequate knowledge of biology, the eugenicist holds that there i a difference in the inherent quality of various sections of the popu-, lation, and that if an inferior section multiplies much more rapidly than a auperior section, the result will be very serious from the standpoint of national efficiency and racial progress. . "Precisely such a result has taken place in the United States during the last half-century. "It is unquestionable that the number of births has been much limited in the economically most efficient sections of the population of the United States, and very little limited in the least efficient sections. "It is also unquestionable that the spread of the birth-control propaganda in the 'lower classes' is at the present time very rapid. Whether or not one approves of that spread, it is certain that the birth-rate in those classes is likely to fall, thus checking the very serious differential nature of the present birth-rate. "If, at the same time, eugenics can succeed to some extent in increasing the birth-rate among the socially moat valuable aectlons of the com munity, then the present demonstrable deteriora tion of the American stock, as a whole, will grad ually become less menacing." , ..'. I TO DA VI Thought Nugget for the Day. One Inch of Joy surmounts of grief a apan, Because to laugh la proper to the man. Francis Rabelais. One Venn Ago Tofiay In the War. German mission arrived at Athens. Kuln offentiv on Rlga-Dvinsk front gained momentum. Germana and Bulgarians drove Ser biavna out of Morava valley. ' Shah of Persia received allied min tatera and declared himself friendly to allies. . ' In Omaha Thirty Yearn Ago. The membera of the German School tuwociation have styled themselves "The German Ladies- School Society" and have placed it under the manage ment of the following officers: Misa Lucke, president; Mias Augusta Perry, secretary; Alias Stella Rosewater, treasurer executive committee. Mm. Louia Helmrod, Mrs. W. Segelke and Mlaa Nettle Richards. The last of the dangerous walls of the burned Barker block were torn down, leaving standing but the first floor. Workmen are busiiy engaged in rebuilding the Davis building adjoining the Barker, while the Ames office will soon be In first claaa condition. The rat alelghbells of the season are Jingling, but the constantly falling snow prevents any great demand for sleigha from the local livery stables. There was an oppressive air of quiet around the court house, occasioned by the absence of Deputy Sheriff Phillips, who was snowed In at the Millard, and his side partner, Mike Leahy, who had not succeeded in get ting through drifts of snow that made him a prisoner In the boiler room under the temple of justice. Superintendent Whitlock issued a building permit to Nathan E. Adam for the construction of a residence to cost 18.000, at the corner of- Twenty second and Miami. , This Day In History. 171 Sir John Moore, who conduct ed the memorable British retreat to Corunna, born in Glasgow. Died at Corunna, January 1, 180. 17TS Montreal waa captured by General Richard Montgomery. 1800 Admiral John A. Dahlgren, who Invented the aystem of ordnance that bears his name, waa born In Philadelphia. Died in Washington, D. C. July IS, 1870. 1814 General Joseph Hooker, cel ebrated union commander, waa born at Hadley, Mass. Died at Garden City, L. I., November I, 1879. 1851 Submarine telegraph between England and France opened. 188 Right Rev. Anthony O'Regan, third Catholto bishop of Chicago, died in London. Born In Ireland in 1809. 1885 Serbia declared war against Bulgaria. 1890 The Irst (state legislature of Wyoming convenajd at Cheyenne. 100 United States cruiser Yosem Ite waa wrecked at Guam by a ty phoon.. -. 1907 The 'German emperor waa welcomed In London. ; 1909 More than S00 lives were lost in an explosion in the St Paul mine at Cherry, 111. 114 Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott waa appointed chief of staff of the United States army. The Day We Celebrate. 1 ' E. P. Roggen ia celebrating his sixty-ninth birthday. He la an old-timer In politics, having been secretary of state for two terms some thirty years ago. I H. N. Jewett wholesale lumber mer chant waa born November 18, 1849, at Fort Madison, Ia. He haa been forty years In the business and before com ing to Omaha he lived in Broken Bow. W. H. Rowland, traveling passenger agent for the Pennsylvania lines, with headquartera In omana, is 47. tie waa born at Stubenvllle, O., and first en tered the railroad service aa clerk In the freight house at Denison, Ia. Dr. Frank S. Owen, oculist and aur lat, I celebrating his alxtieth birth day today. He was born in Seville, O. Thomas F. Bturgess, suitor or tne Twentieth Century Farmer, ia Just 58 years old. le waa born on a farm near Niobrara, Neb., became a printer and thence Into farm journalism. Louis Brandeit, associate Justice of the supreme court of the United States, waa born at Louisville sixty years ago todav. v Joseph F. Bmttn, president or tne Mormon church, waa born at Far West Mo., seventy-eight years ago to day. Prince Albert, ruler ot tne nine principality ot Monaco, was born sixty-eight years ago today. The duke of Marlborough, who mar ried Miss Consuelo Vanderbllt of New York, was born at Simla, India, forty- nve yeara ago today. John Drew, one or tne roremosi actors of the- American stage, v born In Philadelphia sixty-three yeara ago ttiday. J. Bloat FFaasett former congress. man and long a republican leader in New York, waa born at Elmlra, N. Y., alxtv-three years aero today. Charles E. Courtney, the celebrated coach : of tha Cornell university crews, was born at Union Springs, N. Y., sixty-seven yeara ago today. "Bud" Goodwin, the world's great est all-around swimmer, was born in New York City thirty-four yeara ago toaay. , Elections Cost Too Much New York Worle- ; The entrance of Hon. Jeannette Rankin, con-gresswoman-elect of Montana, into the highest level of legislative life, presents a perplexing question in politico-social etiquette. Having wort the title "Honorable" by right of victory, by the same action the -distinctive prefix "Miss" is overshadowed if not wholly discarded. Many dis cerning women rightly contend, as measure of safety, that men should bear a tag or title in dicating their status as married or single. Should Congresswoman Rankin prefer the new to the old and more interesting title, the example may be followed down the line and produce in masculine circles some of the confusion besetting eligible maids. Until this question is settled right the safely of the country Is not wholly assured." California reveals in its political gyrations the main characteristics of its climate. Los An geles revels in sunshine and republicanism, while San Francisco sprouts fog am) democracy . . Once more at the conclusion of a long-drawn-out presidential campaign the thought will occur to most people that these contests begin too early, demand too much time and cost too much energy and money. June conventions are a survival of stage coach days when communication was slow and difficult. Under existing conditions .there is no necessity for making nominations before Septem ber, and a month devoted to the consideration ot the claims of candidates and parties should be ample. Formerly vast sections of the country were difficult of access. Today there is hardly a hamlet from coast to coast that is not in touch with or within easy reach of the telegraph, the railroad and the printing press. , ; Camnaign ot unnecessary length involve more than useless expense and labor. They are distracting to all the usual activities of life; they lead to repetition; and to escape the tiresome ness of repetition, they encourage the unscrupu lous to promote archaic electioneering devices that do no credit to anybody. The American people are at all time well informed politically. Having had an opportunity to examine any candidate's record for four or five weeks, their knowledge of the general situation should fit them tor an intelligent expression of opinion in less than lour or five months. lew, But It Has Withstood That Test Benson, Neb.. Nov. 12 To the Edi tor of The Bee: The most remarkable thing about this movement for state prohibition is, that at least 75 per cent of the agitators for it are people who lack self-control, reformed drunkards who cannot take a drink without crav ing for a barrel. Thus we have the unique spectacle of people who lack self-control making an organized at tempt to get legislation enacted to control people who are capable of controlling themselves. -State orohi- bltlon Is a blow at the Statue of IJberty ana a contravention ot the constitution of the United States, which forbids the enacting of laws by any state, that con- iiicu witn the constitution of the United States, or has a tendency to abridge the personal rights and liber ties of the people residing within Its jurisdiction. Therefore, the supreme court of the United States would be Justified In declaring the measure unconstitutional. THOMAS HENRY W ATKINS. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The third season of grand opera In Chicago, unde- the direction of Cleo fonte Campanlnl, will be opened to nicht with a performance of "Alda." Nearly S00 delegates, representing 8,000,000 organised worxers, win sather In Baltimore today for the thlr ty-slxth annual convention ot the American Federation of Labor. Tha Interstate Commerce commis sion la to hold a hearing at Pitta- burgh today In tha case ot the Amer ican Bridge company against tha Union Pacific railroad. The claims of St Louis as a location for one of the proposed farm loan banks will be presented to the Farm Loan board at a hearing to be held at St Loula today. Storyelte ot the Day. - A new arrival at a certain boarding house waa a man who had taken part jn a famous arctic exploration, and at dinner time he often regaled the other boarders with stones of his ad ventures. "fas." he said, after one partieu larly thrilling description, "we wers slowly starving to death. Just when things were at the last gasp one fel low had. an idea;, he cut up our boots and made soup of them, and "Hush, hushl" hissed all the other boarders, anxiously. "Don't , let the landlady hear . you!" Philadelphia Ledger.- ' ; A jJtsoord on That Diet Omaha. November 11. To the Edi tor -of The Bee: I have read the menu compiled by the head of the home eoonomic department of Bellevue col lege. I can only aay that she should blush for shame. Her diet recommended to us aa a triumph of economy, Is one to make any true American sit up and take notice. If worse than that of any penitentiary: worse than that of slaves in ante-bellum days. , Man Is entitled to all the fruits of the earth, not Just enough to keep body and soul together. no, my dear lady: vou had better employ your time in evolving some scheme whereby all laborers of lall classes oan have a full, bountiful share of all that Is good and nourish ing ana pleasant to eat MRS. ELLEN BALIS EGAN, -162 Grant Street. No Jeremiad This Time. -Omaha. Nov. 10. To the Editor of The Bee: To meet individually all my true and tried friends who voted for me Tuesday would be a physical Impossibility. ; r Tnererore, j desire to extend my most sincere and heartfelt thanks-l through your great paper to those patriotic citizens regardless of their political affiliation, particularly the working class -who have elected me for the third time to represent them. I wish to assure them that they will never regret voting for my election. My record at the 1909 and 1915 sessions of the legislature' is an open book and speaks for itself. I might further add that I am extremely grateful to the women for champion ing the cause of my election. Likewise I will say that it ia throua-h no fault of mine that these noble women are disfranchised. JERRY HOWARD. fuel, lust as we have for transporta tion, pure food and drugs, weights and measures, etc. All Europe haa been driven Into this drastlo and paternal supervisions to keep its poor from o starving. . .. , " In four years from this time an , parties will have to adopt prohibition - in their platforms, as they now do in moat prohibition states. It will be not . only the paramount but the dominant issue by that time. Woman suffrage, will stand next In importance. Both -, parties kow-towed to it In 1918; both will have to adopt it in 1920. The next administratis n will have no easy Job. The European war will ' close and England will establish a government In Mexico, if we do not. Mr. Wilson haa not prevented war, only postponed It. We must protect life and property in Mexico or give up the Monroe doctrine and cease to be a world power. When Europe gets through with Its war it will no longer suffer its subjects to be killed and its property destroyed as the United States has pusilanimously done for the last four years. There is little to hope from Mr. Wilson on this line. He sacrifices all for peace, justice, honor and national dignity. This country needed a change of administration to meet the momentous issues that must soon arise, but it has lost its oppor tunity by standpat conservatism. I The United) States was never so prosperous as It ia today. There is no real scarcity in products; there is money to burn, and yet the common -people are having a hard struggle to live. Something la wrong; there is a screw loose somewhere and the ma chinery will be wrecked If it Is not tightened. Let us not be deceived by . our apparent prosperity. There la a silent but tremendous discontent In little, unincorporated business. A , cataclysm ia not far off. "When Rome was at the senith of her glory, a mor tal disease waa upon her vitals." -... ... D. C. JOHN. ' . LAUGHING GAS. Mother Children. I'm allocked I Ton each promised mo yon wouldn't eat roar orangea till after dinner. You have deceived mo. Willie No, mamma; we didn't eat our own oranges. Tommy ata mine and S ale his. Boston Transcript. "Did you oure that patient you had with the falllnf memory?" . . 'I thought so at one time," replied the doctor, ;but I'm not so euro about It now. He T went away andforgot to pay hla bill." r Judge. . "If I rejected you. would you commit , suicide?" "I don't know, girlie, ' Your l-yearold-surter Is very attractive. In a few yeara But she accepted him forthwith, and he -la working hard Bow to meet the inntall menta on an angaaement ring. Loulsvilto Courier-Journal. : Post-Election Reflections. '' Omaha, Nov. 12. To the Editor of The Bee: This has been an election of surprises and has nullified the prophe cies or the most skilful campaigners. Logically and " historically, . Hughes should have been elected ; not that Mr. Wilson made a conspicuous failure, but because of the distress caused by high prices, for which he and hla party, however, are In no way responsible. They lowered the tariff to lower prices. but the monopoly maintained by the gentlemen a - agreement completely nullifies that action. It would be the same if every article of commerce were put on tne free list. ; Tarirr under monopoly no longer haa anything to do with retail prices,. , Mr. Wilson has no more responsibility for high prices than with the weather; but the party in power must always bear the blasne of hard times, whether responsible or not According to past history, this administration ought to have gone down under the present pressure of high prices. The Adamson law waa a serious mistake and greatly weak ened Mr. Wilson's grip on the people. His weak policy toward European belligerents, and especially Mexico, in Bplte of the laws he steam-rolled through congress, greatly weakened him In the estimation of patriotic men. With all these things against him. why was he not defeated 7 Because the republicans did not or ganize a good campaign against him. In the first place, they did not make concessions enough to the progres sives. If Hiram Johnson had been nominated with Hughes, he would have carried California and pulled the ticket through. The cool treatment given that great reformer alienated that state and gave it to Wilson. The republican party was defeated, not by Wilson's popularity, but by standpat conservatism. If the breach of 1912 had been healed, aa it might have been, the G. O. P. would certainly have been restored to power. ' This is not the only surprise. Iowa, a thoroughly dry state, elected Mr. Harding, a thoroughly wet candidate, for governor. Nebraska went decis ively dry and yet elected a man gov ernor who has the reputation ot be ing wet The fact that the state gave prohibition 26,000 majority and Hitch cock 18,000 shows that many men can still plow with a horse and an ex hitched together. The democratic party owes its suc cess to its adoption of reform meas ures advocated years ago by the pro hibition, the, socialistic and labor parties. The republican party will have to do the same or go to the po litical scrap neap. Before the next presidential elec tion there wilt be an industrial, eco nomic and political revolution that will require a new political alignment. Now that tariff, supply and demand no longer control prices that combines and monopolies are- making it almost impossible for the common people to live we must havo a commission to control prices ot food, raiment and m wire owscrMo nv VelEArVMoV fx UKr-VJrUCr frlm.WeMON( i -OtSrWlKtH fSMIHWb OF fH3l IMET&U. W.ftjptMty: Amateur Poetess Ten dollars for cor recting the meter of thla little verse! Profeaslonal Poet Oh, yea: for thla tort of work 1 charge regular plumbing rates. Life. .. . a ' f - "Aren't you the boy who waa here a week "ago looking for a position?" "Tea. air." - "I thought so. And dldnt I tell you then that I wanted an older boy?" "Tee. air; that'a why I'm here aow." ' southern Woman's Magaslne. . i - "Did Marie gat many handaomb wedding' presents?" "Tea, Indeed. Her frlondo were quite! extravagant In what they cava her. Why. a he got a Whole crafe of egga and two bar-.. rela of flour. Baltimore American. "Senator Squaratt1 aaya ha atands tor the greatest good to the greatest number." . "Well, he does'. Only ho thinks the great est number Is always number one." Life. vnoes your minister practice what he preaches?" tha newcomer quoatloned. "He does," the oltiaon answered with a sigh. 'and I'd be perfectly willing to have him stop. He lives next door to me, and begins at 7 o'clock Sunday momma to prac tice what ha Is going to proaoh." New ' York Timaa. . ' "The people of your tow"n applauded ma with fine enthusiasm." "That Isn't altogether enthusiasm." said a member ot tha reeeptlon eommlttoe. "Some of It's hospitality." Washington Star. .' . THE ETERNAL PLAY. : Rlrhard h Galllenne, In Harper's Masasine, Third act of the trnal playl - In postr-ltke embl.onr!, ' "Autumn once more begins today" 'Tie written all acrose the trees In yellow letters like Chinese. ., , : r . How many hundred centuries v Hath run this play, with ne'er a pause ! That which this llvlof audience sees Thrilled all the dead to wild applause And yet the strange old drama draws. Hot all alike adjudge the play: Some laugh, some weep, and " some there be Dem the old classic's had Its day, ' And some scarce any of Its see, , . - Nodding In witless apathy. . And others more than all the rest i One act out of the . four prefer Spring, In her wind-flower draperies dresV Or Summer, with her bosom bare; Winter ths.n these some deem more fair. Some, mayhap melanohollo deem Autumn the meaning of the play The smile that says, "'Twas all a dretm!" The sigh that says, "I can but stay A little while, and then away;" The rustling robe of Joy that ends', : V The moon-cold kits upon the brow. The fading sail of sea-sped friends, The love that Is another's now, The voice that mourns, "Ah! where art thou?" ; - For all her purple and her gold. Autumn hath such a tale to tell ' I The tale that tells us all Is told; 1 Teal but she tells It wondrous well. Weaving strange hope Into her spell I The hope that, when we sit no more At thla old play, and needs must ge -. Through yonder shrouded exit door. The mystic Impresario - ' Hath still for us a stranger show. . 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