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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 191 0. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD OSEWATK VICTOR ROSEWATEB, EDITOR. THE BEE MJmiMNa COMPANY, PKOPBIETQg. Entered at Omehe poetofliao M eeoood-olaao noattor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally snd gender Dally without Sunday,, Evening snd Sunday-. . Kvenlng without Sunday Sunday Bee amy Br Carrier nor month. ,,,..,te... 4a.,, ,lte. .21.. By Hall per rear ,...! .... a.SS ... s.os .... (0 a.e In advance, I It Ml. Daily and Sunday nee, atree yaara in V--i" Sand notice of change of atidreee or In-eguleritr In do. ilverr ee Omaha Baa, Xlreolalieei veperMnow.. REMITTANCE. Mamr. by draft, eapraes ar ooaul order. Only l-eent stenrts taken la Dormant or emeu aceovnta, re. euept an Omaha and aaatarn eichanse. nat aceented. OFFICES. Omaha The Baa Building. ' South Omaha IIS It N .treat. Council Bluffc-14 North Main street, Lincoln its Little Building. Chleate SIS People'a Ga Building. New Yard Room BOS, Hi Hflh avenue, St. Louia lot Naw Bank at Commerce. Waohingtoo 726 Fourteenth atraat. n. Wr CORRESPONDENCE. -Addrcaa eowimunieatlona ralatlns to newt and editorial attar la Omaba Baa, Editorial Pariartniant OCTOBER CIRCULATION -83,818 Dally-SundaT 50,262 Dwlfbt Wllllamf, circulation manager of Tha Baa Pabliablnt aompany, balnc duly aworn, .aya that tha average circulation for tha month el Oatobar, ISM, wae IM1I iaUy. and 10.219 Sunday. . ' DWIGHT WlIXlAhS. emulation eleneger. ' gubeerlbed In my preeeneo and .worn to baton ma tkla 4ta day of November, Mil. ... ; C. fr. CARLSON. Notary Publlo. Subscribers leaving tho eltv temporarily should bar Th Bo mailed to thorn. Aa). dreea will be sheafed as flea as required. , - "j itf m. i iim MMBsmaEgMsassssr Strike talk in November lacks the political punch it carried in August. v ' Bui Mr. Weather Man, wi don't want all our winter order delivered at once. It is just possible the railroads and the train men may yet have to resort to "ar-betray-shun." 1 ' . ., . ' Can it be possible the senator will take that political viper, Ignatius J. Dtinn,-to his bosom again? , No more cabinet changes until Wilson changes his mind. Still, he has quits s habit of changing his mind. . ' : , Jack Frost ta s prince of impartiality. Van quithed and victor gel the tame quality of goods from him, The wonder is that s few more places where stakes have been held for election betters have not been broken into and plundered. It is up to the Omahs liquor dealer to find out whether the four months' extension, calling for S full year's license fee, is worth the price. l While we have abolished the office of coroner, nothing preventa niybody and everybody" from holding his own Inquest on a political corpse. A number of investigation? into the rising cost of living insure the ultimate consumer sev eral free feasts of variegated hot air. Nothing more. . ' ,.s ' According to the letter of the law;1 Governor Morehesd, you are the chief food inspector. What are you going to do about your discredited "poor food assistant!" The task of ironing out the unseemly wrinkles of the starch trust' is passed Up to the Federal Trade commission. ,A federal court bath reduced the stiffening and facilitates the. Job, The official canvass of the Douglas county vote will sgsin consume a week or ten days. It could easily be done in twenty-four hours by employing three sets of canvassers instead of one 'set,.' T " ' " : - Although it won out, our amiable democratic contemporary just cannot repress its pique and peevishness over the late political .battle. Which only goes to show how scared and worriel the senator was. ' M" 1 ) 1 11 ' . .:"''! Th "On to Berlin" cry of s London editor found quick response on the Ancre. An advance of a mile is notable where gains sre measured by the yard, and demonstrates the superiority of edi torial strategy in a hot campaign. An inquiry into the live stock industry be tween California and the Missouri is urged In interested quarters. Apparently the packers and the cattle barons disagree on all but one of the price essentials the price package handed to meat eaters. ' ; Colonel Bryan goes into winter quarters with one large scalp dsngling at his belt. Had the common people voted at he. advised his stock of fur would defy the rigors of Nebraska winter, As things have gone democracy and the state are left to grope along In fitful darkness. V People and Events - Adamson Law Proves Its Own Futility. . '. Developments earlier than expected have sustained-practically every charge alleged against the Adamson law following its passage. A con ference between the railroad managers' committee and representatives of the trainmen has failed to reach any agreement as to the meaning of the law, or how it is to be applied to existing wage schedules. Adjournment of the conference is fol lowed by renew.'d threats of strike in case the railroads do not accept the interpretation put on the law by the brotherhoods. This, too, is quite vague, as Grand Chief Engineer Stone a short time ago sent word to his subordinates that he could then give them no assistance, as he was undecided as to the meaning of the new statute. Not enough time has elapsed to permit any satisfactory examination of the measure and its relation to the intricate wage schedules affected, 'which simply leaves the situation as it was prior to the passage of the law. - , " The action of the trainmen's committee makes clear that no peace is possible under the plan advocated by President Wilson. The men are not 'content to wait until the j terms of the bill are construed and its meaning, if it has any, has been determined, but, as before, insist on having their own views adopted. The rail roads have gone into court, led by Judge Lovett of the Union Pacific, who gave his support to President Wilson, to ssk thst the whole thing be thrown overboard. If this effort succeeds, the railroad wage case will be restored to the situation that existed on Friday, August 28, when the wheels of congress turned with s celerity never before witnessed, while Austin 'Garretson held a stop watch and threatened to loose s strike order if his behests were not heeded. ' In plain words, the Adamson law is a sham, meant only to deceive the workingmen into belief that an eight-hour work day had been established. The charge that it was purely piece of campaign buncombe is fully established. I Nothing or Stephens to Brsg About, . For fear his Third district constituents may not be duly impressed with the fact of his re election, Congressman Dan Stephens is sending out letter giving the complete unofficial vote without waiting for the official count. "My ma jority has reached a total in the eleven counties of 3,644," he boasts, "whils Wsrner.'s majority in the seven counties he carries totals 843. My net unofficial majority is 2,801." I Of course, it i is only Congressman Stephens' ingrained modesty, which prevents him from giv ing the figures for two years sgo and letting his constituents institute their own comparisons. In 19)4 Mr- Stephens was elected over his republican competitor by a vote of 26,488 against ,18,007, or a majority of 8,481. While he has Increased his total vote by 1,403 in this presidential year, Mr. Warner has an Increase to his credit of 7,083 and has reduced the Stephen's majority by J.680. It will be well for Mr. Stephens to realize that he was saved only by the Wilson wave and hot by any merit or popularity of his own. Another such magnificent victory will be his ruin. - A Long Island man who imagined he was good-looking and said so in a matrimonial ad, lias disappeared. He received a bushel of ipro posals anil sought safety in flight. . An indignant Philadelphia cititen suggests as a means of checking "automobile massacres" the confiscation by the city of the guilty auto, to be sold at public auction and the proceed turned over to the nearest relative'of the victim. . New York police are taking an inventory of i the coal supply of the city, for the purpose of determining how far the dealers are responsible for working a (amine scare for extra velvet. In dications point to concerted action in price boost' mg. - '.- Town authorities of Mayne, Pa jumped with Diked shoes on a rude speeder, not because he shook up the dust at s thirty-five mile clip, but because he explained that he did not see the town by the roadside. What he got served as an eye-opener. Business is business, end precious little gets by the loan sharks of Chicago. Men suspected of betting on the election have received circulara intimating, if short of cash to pay bets, credit is O. K. "Simply hand in your name and get tha cash." Easy money? Looks like it, until you get the hook. A committee of the Chicago city council dipped into the rising cost of living far-enough to find strong evidence of conspiracy, collusion and holduo among provision dealers. City in spectors report st least 32,000,000 eggs in storage in the city, controled by six cold storsge com panies, who dole out the goods to retailers as they see fit and fix the price as greed dictates The council committee formally requests th United States attorney to put the grand jury on ah ta,i ot this snd other looa corners. His Action Too Hasty. The Oregon preacher who resigned his citi zenship in pique over the election of Woodrow Wilson gives very good evidence of his lack of (justifications essentisl to being a good American. First off, it is required that the citizen give his support to the government, no- matter which party or faction may be dominant. He is safe guarded in his right of criticism, and at atated periods he may register his resentment or ob jections by voting sgainst any or alt the princi ples and candidates of the party in power, Of course, this csrriss with it the duty of submission to the decision of 'the majority. In patience must the republican put up with the democrat in office, and vice, versa, biding th time when an election affords opportunity to turn th tables. This impetuous minister should have found in his faith something to sustain during th Urn he will be compelled to see a man not his per sonal choice in the president's (hair, realising that he had made his personal protest more potent in the ballot box than it possibly esn be in renunciation. , ; Desperation of th Democrats. (The desperation of the democrats il shown by the threat now mad to contest th election of Harry S. New and James B. Watson, chosen by direct vot of th people of Indiana to sue ceed Messrs. Kern snd Taggart In the United States senate. . The move may be useful as ruse to .retain indefinitely he democratic, floor leader In the senate, But it will also be of service as showing the insincerity of th president's party in its pretense of devotion to free govern nietit. None ahould know better than "Tom' Taggart of the practices of the party in past elections m Indiana, aa he was very recently acquitted of a charge of complicity in th exten sive election frsuds in that state. To ignore the vote of the entire people of the state is not asking too much of these men, especially when the extremity of the democratic party requires that it have all the votes in the senate it can command. The tactica are characteristic of the leadership. V , - -' '' - Effect of Our Inefficiency. Just now the American people in general are paying for indulgence in the national habit of pro crastinatiou. We laugh at the man who didn't fix nis csutn rout lit goou wcaincr, auu incii iuiiuw hit, example faithfully: The fuel shortage in No vember misht have been anticipated in June. Cold weather always comes in the fall, and the people alwaya put off buying fuel until time to light the fires. This practice is not very complimentary to our national intelligence, a fid could very well be given over for the better way of making sea' sonabl preparation. The time may yet come when we will lay in our winter fuel in the summer time, and not tie compelled to shiver during cold weather white waiting for the slow movement of blockaded traffic. The railroads are not to blame for th car shortage so much as the 'American people, who put off buying till the rush is on. Facing the Future i ni Boaton Tranacrlpt Oregon and Wisconsin plainly are outclassed in progreasive legislation by South Dakota. The former contented themselves with local legisla tion by referendum. South Dakota bursts these narrow bounds and reaches for national political regulation. , Requiring presidential candidates to pull off joint debates for the benefit of the state points to sn abundance of nerve tonic in that section. , ,! ' v.. '. ? ' v-.. J ' Well, well, our old friend Pstricia Newcomb pops up one more. Evidently Patricia's time has been too much occupied of late writing double- shotted editorials to tndlt letters to herself. The good losers of on year make the best winners .pi another. We are glad to see that there is no thought in ny responsible republican quarter of contesting the election of last Tues day We commend to republicans elsewhere the counsel of Frank H. Hitchcock, who led the Hughes forces to victory at Chicago and is xer cising his influence today angainst any idle sulk ing or suspicion about the result; "The best thing a beaten party can do is to accept the situation philosophically, acknowl edge defeat and preserve the party digmtty. Any cry of fraud would be unseemly in the absence of absolute proof. Thre thousand plurality for Wilson in California ought to end it oa far aa that state is concerned. It would be useless in the sense that it would serve no practicsl purpose to ask for s recount in the smaller states unless grounds are discovered on which such a demand could be made in voting a considerable group." ,; It ta nnni the less trratifvinc. because not in th least surprising, that Mr. Hughes is unwilling ta unction anv steo toward a contest, but only awaits the official announcement' of the result to extend his congratulations and best wishes to the winner It would profit his party in the public esti mation of the present and strengthen its hop of better fortune in the future. H, instead ot wrang ling over a result settled beyond any reasonable ground ot question, republicans everywnere would st about the urgently-needed work of reorganization. With no thought ot criticising those who am tneir nest u can oe saiu witn candid fairness . that the campaign to conscript Mr. Hushes for the nomination was conducted with an efficiency and intelligence whose duplica tion in the campaign to elect him president might easiy have changed the result. Such reflectipns, however, should induce neither recount nor re criminations, but they ought to encourage radical reorganization for the future, and that without delay....... ;, .-v Kf Mark Twain on War , '"Ther haa never been a just war, never an honorable one on the part of th instigator of th war. I can see a million years ahead, and this rule will never change in so many as half a dozen instances. The load little handful as usual will shout for the war. The pulpit will warily and cautiously object at first; th great big dull bulk of the nation will nib its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there should be a war, and will say earnestly and indignantly, 'It la unjust and dishonorable and there ia no necessity or it.' Then the handful will shout louder. A few fair men on the other sid'e will argue and reason against th war with speech and pen, and at first will have a hearing and be applauded; but it will not last long; those others will outshout them, and presently the anti-war audiences will thin out and lose popularity, Before long you will see this cur ious thing: The speakers stoned from the plat form, and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men who in their secret hearts ar still at one with those stoned speakers as earlier but do not dare to say so. And now th whole nation pulpit and all will take up th war-cry, and shout itself hoarse, and mob any honest man who ventures to open his mouth; and presently such mouths will cease to open. Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of these conscisnce-smoothing falsities, and will diligsntly study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himaelf that th war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after his process of grotesque self deception" -..:'i', ..'...,' from hit paalhamooa book,"Tha Mjitariona Sinae." As Wall Street Sees It WoJI atroal Journal. There are valuable lessons to be drawn from the election for the presidency. It has punctured some old fallacies, and it has aon wonaertui work in restoring our sense of values. I It has oroved two most important thiiiKS. One Is that voters cannot be delivered in blocks as they were ten vears ano. The other is that there is a dis tinct shift of voting strength westward, although perhaps not so tar west as some iqiks sweepingiy assume, ; It is plain, for instance, that nobody can de liver the labor vote. Mr. Wilson and his friends must realiz now that it was not worth buying; and certainly never worth the price of the abject Adamson law. 'in tne centers ot industry Air. Hughes ran overwhelmingly better than his op ponent, and this is true of even the principal railroad centers. The American Federation of Labor demonstrated once again that whatever it may offer in exchange for servile legislation It cannot offer votc in sny quantity to influence national election in a material 'degree. ! I Then, again, the vaunted pro-German vote did not materialise. Can any analist of election figures point to a single place where the German vote made any substantial difference or swayed the balance, even where it was as delicately ad- iusted as the national balance of votes is now? Jere is snother ghost conjured up by the terrified politician, which should be finally laid at rest These autocracies within a democracy are mostly wind, and the election proves it. This, at least, is a national gain, well worth the price paid. . ' . And the old machines went to pieces for the same reason. Tammany hall serves to point the moral even if it does not adorn the tale. It is absurd to say that it only gave Mr. Wilson 40,000 plurality in New York. The independent voters fav him that, and it is not demonstrable that ammany hall had anything to sell, or still less that it-sold it. At least, it may complain of injus tice when its hoary old machine is accused of "knifing" the Wilson ticket, It is not guilty, and in fact, after a century of mischievous1 activity Tammany hall haa degenerated into a benevolent society, dependent upon the subscriptions of those still credulous enough to believe tn its ability to deliver goods which it no longer pos sesses. - . There is another lesson in the westward shift of the voting power.. It it too early to draw con' elusions on this, but it is plain that New York and the New England states no longer dictate the results of a national election. Perhaps this is just aa well. Decent Wall street is shedding no tears over the obvious change. Wisps of Information About t..-.; 'I Women ' The first women's university in India has been opened in the city of foona. -,".- 1 i Mrs. Georgia A. Kobinson, recently . ap pointed to the office of policewoman in Los An- geies, is tne nrsi coiorea woman in tne united States to hold such a position. , ; - ' . Symbolising' the duty and mission of its members, the Women's Medical club of Colum bus, O., has adopted as its official pennant i white atork on a yellow background. . Miss Msrgaret Chinn of Seattle is in the first Chinese woman ever to inarticulate at tne uni versity of Washington. Miss Chinn is a na tive of China, but has resided many years tn this country.- Despite her long residence here, she can speak and write the Chinese language with esse. ' . , ; Miss Esther Cleveland, daughter of the late Grover Cleveland, formerly president of the United States,' has arrived in Paris to take- up work among the blind soldiers at the "Phare de Porta." on American institution which has accom plished much good under the' direction of Mias Winifred .iloiu- .....,-:, ,.:.;..v.. , I TO HA VI Thought Nugge for the Day. hold ft truth, with him who singa To on clear harp In diver apnea, That men may rite on stepping . otnnoal ' Of their dead selves to higher things. -Tonnyoon. One Tear Ago Today la tha War. f 8ever Infantry fighting In th labyrinth" la Artota. Russians Bushed Qermana back three milea on Rig front. - Russia announced Intention ta in vade Persia to stop German activities there. French repelled violent Bulgarian attacks and effected Junction with the Serbians- near Phllep. . . ; In Omaha Thirty Year Ago, - E. R. Kimball and Mlaa Viola Barr were united In marriage at th resi dence of the bride's parents, Sixteenth and Jaokaon, Rev. A. F. Hherlll offi ciating. - , . -. Rabbi Benton has returned from Hastings, where he was anowed In. Hearing an unusual noise abeut a o'clock In the evening, General Smith, who resides on South Twentieth street, went Into his yard and found one of the extra norsea urea oy in none ear company to , draw, the car up St, soMjioorla Mary's avenu hill, had taken refuge from the storm on his poreh. The general put a blanket around the poor beast and notified the man who had charge of these animals. A team attached to on of the Ne braska Oil company's . wagons ran away at South Omaha. The horses had finished two laps around the Ex change building and had started on the third when they were caught . . Fred, westbroke, the champion bi cyclist of Canada, has been challenged to a raee In this city with Prince's unknown. He writes to George Kay that he will be here tn December and that he will race with any wheelman Who will meet him. Articles of Incorporation were nleo of the Omaha Illuminating company. The Incorporators are C. C. Warren, H. T. Clarke, P. C. Himebaugh, Frank .Warren and R. W. Breckenridge, who will conduct the operation of an 'in candescent electric light system. The new comers to the city are hunt ing up the fellow who told them that Omaha had open .winters. This Day In History. J "t 1780 Baron de Steuben, who or ganised the American army tn th revolutionary war, born at Madgeburg, Prussia. Died at Steubenville, N. Y November 8, 1TI4. 1848 ramplco. Mexico, abandonee by Santa Ana and occupied by Amer ican force under Commodore Conner. 1848 Count Rossi, minister of in terior, murdered tn Rome, and pope besieged in his palace. 1841 sixty persons were killed ana eighty Injured by an explosion on the Steamer ''Louisiana", at New Or! nana 1860 Saturn's dusky ring discov ered by Bond. " 1863 Edward Everett delivered the oration at the dedication of the na tional cemetery at Gettysburg. 1871 American end, of the French ocean oebje landed at North East ham, Cap Cod. -. 1887 A German naval expedition occupied Kalo-ehau, China, In retalia tion for tha massacre of German mis sionaries. t . - . 1104 An . arbitration treaty be tween "the United State and 'Ger many was ilgned at Washington. 1811 Th plan for the dissolution of tha Standard Oil company was made public. . The Day We Celebrate. . W. W. Carmichael, salesman for the Diets Lumber company, is today just 44 years old. He was born at Mer cer, Pa. ...... Vincent Aetor. one of America's richest young men, born In New York City, twenty-flve years ago today. Manuel, II, of Portugal, one of Eu rope's kings without a throne, born In Lisbon, twenty-seven years ago today. j . - Gerhart Hauptmann, famous Ger man poet and dramatic writer, born In Silesia, ftfty-four years ago today. Charles E. Merriam, noted Chicago alderman ' and university professor, born at Hopklnton, la., forty-two year ago today. . Jame Wood Morrison, prominent motion picture aetor, born at Mat toon, 111., twenty-eight years ago to day. Patrick Ragon, pitcher of the Bos ton National league base ball team, born at Blanchard, la., thirty-two years ago today. -.- ' Timely Jottings and Reminders. Today Is the fete day of King Al bert of the Belaiana. The Federal Farm Loan board Is scheduled to hold a hearing today at Fort worth. A great exposition and basaar for tho benefit of the war sufferers Is to be opened In Detroit today Under the auspices of men and women repre senting twelve allied nations of Eu rope. ..... j Officials of automobile speedways will moot In Chicago today to perfect a national organisation to govern the sport of automobile racing In the United States. . JStoryett of the Day. V - Harold was passing through a pe riod of eoldler worship; any one with epaulets was to him all-wise and wholly perfect He went one day with his mother to call en an elderly widow whose hus band had been a general In the eivll war. During the course of the con versation th two women became In volved In a very mild disagreement as to some trlnlng detail. Harold endured It for - a moment, then he observed, ehldlngly: "Mother, don't you think a general's wife ought to know J" New York Tiroes, , -. ODDS AND ENDS. - A eantldereblo eroadenin of tha lata! rienta of woman la provided for ia tha now oWU coda of BrnaU, whtah it to aoo Into off eat on January 1, next. 1 Tho Srat Anorloaa -Monro to bo oraalntd o prlaat, Ray, C. R. goalee, S. S. , win obaarva ahortlr III Boltimoro ike twoBtr-flfth anniversary or bia ordlnauom. In the old cathedral of Vincennae, Ind.. ore sreaerred tha original oeooonta of thi veranaa of Chentplaul in ISIS sad of Fa to on Hennepin and Charlevoix. Tha teeth of rati ond nleo have no note. Ai the animal weara them doom or snow inr, whlan prevent them from becoming too Ions, they keep erewinf again Wewport Nawa, VS., hat soeaed on ordi nance miking It unlawful for oar peraona oondoetlni a hotel, mlnnit or publie hoarding hottee to allow dove, eota or other demeetie animala to roam at large In hitches or dining TO Her Figure 8 till Too High. Omaha, Nov. 14. To th Edlter of The Bee: I found a copy of The Bee several days old ysterday with an ar ticle about what Miss Jackson of Belle- vue college has been telling how to support a family for IJ.6U a week Now this lady's Idea Is commendable. bift I can show her where her Ugures are a good deal too high yet , I wrote you about a year ago to show people how to cut down the coat of living and In spite of the sneers of a lot of folks who gorge themselves on meat and luxuries and then wonder why they can't get along, X have gone right along and my family of seven Is living cheaper now than we did a year ago,' .. wa nave cut out potatoes ana sugar altogether. That ia our answer to the trust that haa put up th price and If everybody else would do the same you'd see the prices tumble quick enough. .. Beans, cernmeal and oatmeal ar the most nourishing foods en earth and they are comparatively cheap, if peo ple had enough sens to eat them. But, no, they want' fine steaks and pork chops (a food that Is good for noth ing) and they want the finest canned goods and all such luxuries. Most of the men aren't boas In their own house. As soon aa their wives and ohlldren begin to kick about the food they give In and let them go ahead and buy all they want. I don't do that for I'm the dobs and new that th family have got used to ft they are just aa well satis fled as ever and I'm getting money put' In the bank for the future, As I said before, I do all the buying. Just last week I got a bargain. The grocer had fifty pounds of oatmeal that he was going to feed to his horse. He said It had weevils In ft I got It for 45 cento. It Is practically as good as oatmeal that careless buyer would pay 6 cents a pound for and cooking kills weevils. There I saved 88.05 right on that one purchase, a whol day's wages, i The high price of butter ana eggs doesn't affect our little Home, because we don't une them. On pound of cheese, which costs me 40 cents, takes the place ot butter and lasts us one week. We make It a rule to buy only one pound each week. We eat It ojily for supper. When I get th cheese Saturday night I divide It at ones Into seven pleoes and w have one-seventh of It at supper every day. I figured up as near aa I oould what it costs us for food a week, and It comes to only 81-98. There ar my self, wife and five children now, my oldest daughter having left home lino she started working. We don't waste any fuel baking braad, but buy day old bread at ti cents for a dosen loaves. ' v The trouble with most people Is they want to live too high. I earn 880 month, but I have money saved, if the men would spend the money they work so hard to earn Instead of turn ing It over to their wives to be squan dered with careless buying, they would have enough to live on and some to put in the bank. A. B. MICKLE, . No Religion tn Politics. ' Omaha, Nov. 14. To the Editor of The Bee: The election Is over and now we can discuss some of the Issues that were raised in the campaign without doing harm to any candidate, and therefore I desire to 6 lacuna one Issue that was raised which seems to me to be paramount that ta, the religious issue. ' f .- '-..... v ... ' During th campaign , number' of tioket were circulated, classifying the candidates for office either Protestant or Catholic This was done for the purpose of appealing to religious big otry, and not for th purpose of in forming the elector as to the quali fication and fitness of th candidate for the omces wnton tney sougnt. Tho eonstitution of the United Statee Is built upon ths foundation of religious iiDerty, ana wnen mar foun dation shall be taken away, the whole structure of our government will fall. Thar is nothing more contemptible to my mind than the thought that one person shall have the right to dictate to another his religious con duct and It has been this principle of religious liberty that, has made our government so great ana powerful. Religious bigotry recognises nsithsr virtue or truth, integrity ar aisnonesty. It Is founded on hatred and deceit and brings forth corruption and dis honor, . Those eltizens who encourage It ar not patriots and are only en- deavorins to undo that which our tore- fathers accompusnea tnrougn unioia suffering and sacrlnoe. -' Therefore, all our people who be lieve In the maintenance of our great government and Institutions, should frown -upon the raising of religious is sues In politics and ahould treat as traitors to our government (hose who desire for political reasons to array the members-of one religion against those ot another. Personally I feel 23,020 It that your , Autorhobile License Number? If that is your license num ber drop in and we will put on FREE OF CHARGE a set of G. L. W. Spring Oilers. , G.L.W. Spring Oiler Co., 894 Brandeti Bldg., . Omsh. very deeply on this matter and I anall always protest against tne infamy t'f cellgious persecution and religloua k.,. 1 im iin.iai.rlMn u . ... FRANKLIN A 6HOTWEIX- Placing the Blame For It Omaha. Nov, 14. -To th Editor ot The Bee: With very few exceptions D. C, John wrote a great letter to Tne Bee. By It a person can see he is a well posted man. I want to take 'exception, however, to the statement he makes that this country was never more prosperoua Under McKlnley and Rooeevelt the country was much more prosperoua (when you figure the greatest good to the greateet number). He makes the statement himself that the middleman, the backbone of the United States, can hardly live on account of high prices. The only alass to blame for Hughes' defeat (If he Is defeated) Is th west ern farmer, who will not let go hit grip on high prices. W ar enter ing upon a new era. When New York no longer elects a president It will b the east sgainst the west. - Mr. John does not blame th ad ministration for high prices, but blames monopolies (and I might add cold storage). If the administration la not to blame, who In the world la to blame T Germany, the biggest monopoly country in ths world, seemed to be able to control monopoly under government management The very worst thing in the world Is self ishness and It is nothlpg else that has brought on this terrible war, ..-.-. J- G, BLESSING. Time to Knock- Out Nepotism. Omaha, NovJ4. To the Editor, ol The Beeix I heartily agree with your editorial In today's Issue headed "Nepotism." You state the truth when you say "Nepotism is nothing but graft." If the newspapers had the courage to publish the truth many of the politicians would be In the peni tentiary. From the city hall to Lincoln, thenee to Washington, D. C, it Is lamentable to witness how the public is mis- renrenentati hv .lo.modurk ann ti.ll. hops of the corporations. There is no necessity to give names. However, I shall mention Postmaster General Burleson. His treatment of the federal employes locally and ele where,lt positive proof of his In competency. Likewise A. D. Melvin. first assistant to the secretary of agri culture. He hardly knows which end of a steer the horns have a right to be on, Nevertheless hs holds his job through the Influence of the beef trust I might add, too, that- ther are electors at Washington - who are equally as incompetent : ' Possibly the press might Inform the public how their representatives will behave at Lincoln. It is near home; Washington Is a long distance. But In all seriousness how many of the dear people outside ot the poli ticians and their relations have any Idea "ot how affairs are managed In the city hall and county building. I shall Introduce an antl-nepottsm bill at this session of the legislature. I be-r lieve that th time Is ripe for a gent eral cleaning of the Augean stable. ( r :- JERRY HOWARD. GOIFNUTS ON THS GREEN. t Louie Globe-Democrat , A lady sat upon a bench And watched tha golfnuta at their play: Although their talk aaamad Greek or Frenolv Soma thlnga aha Overheard tham aay Convinced her that to entft the blame Was als-eltventha of -tha game. r "J hit a tree," one golfnut moaned, "And killed a corking maehte ehot." "My ball la dead," the other groaned, , ' "My driving Iron haa tone to pot." And po they deftly preaaed tha buck Per dubbin work to "rotten luck." . "The wind eeme up and curved my drive, Said Number One with petulance; . "Theae WhiCfen balla are far too Jive," if ' Said Two. "They de on indtantdaneo.'' Whenever one excaae could find The other wot not for behind. " .v Ther oauaed ond eoonted Tha ladv blinked In Dalnei Sha wondered If their acorea were Jokea. ur merely unaimtao Ilea. And muaadt "It la a atmple same; You merely fib and shift tha blame. up their atrokasi ea ourpnae. Mid-Week Specials at the Reiall Drug Store Aipirht Tableta, I dot. for,.,.35e Aleock't Porous Plaatara. . . . .12e Brorao Saltaer, . lOe, e, JSC, 70 IQe Bourjeoit Java Hiea Powder for ,.t..ao BOa Cherlee Fleeh Food :.3eo iSe Carter's Little Liver Pllla. .ISc 1.11 4c and SI -24 ISa Sloon'a Liniment for. ,;, , , lee fioe Sentpre Giovlne for,....,2So Reaafl Kidney Remedy. . .4Sc, SBo SHERMAN I McCONNELL - DRUG COMPANY Cftrntr ICti D-J. t Cfrntr 16th wid Harnty. - . (Th. Owl.) CtOTi.r tBth and Ftmtm. 4' V. Comtr Mth an. Fan, - , (Tha Harvard.) 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