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Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21
Opening in Gage County.

BEATRICE, Neb.. Oct. a.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The republican campaign was
opened here this afternoon by Hon. Nor
ris Brown and the local legislative ticket.
Mr.. Brown pointed to the prosperity Of
the republican party. The questions OF
corporation taxes and railroad rates, he
said. are met fairly and squarely by the
republican platform. On these questions
the democrats are silent. 1t is probable
the railroads feel they will fare better
with democrats in power and so the roads
are trying to defeat the republican nom
nees. 1t is not true, as democrats assert,
that It is necessary to elect them to sup
port Roosevelt. Mr.. Brown read from an
editorial in the World-Herald of October
8. which denounced the president, declared
him an enemy of labor. a favorite of the
interests and a recipient of favors from
the corporations. The writer coupled
these statements with the contention that
1t is necessary to elect democrats to sup
port the president. Referring to state
politics. Mr.. Brown stated that railroad
valuations had been raised upder repubu-
can rule. wherein they had been lowered
by the fusionists. He recited the history
OF the fight in the courts to collect taxes
levied upon the railroads His address
was received with enthusiasm, though the
audience was small, due to the threaten
ing weather.
The legislative candidates made brief
speeches and declared they stood upon the
state and county platforms of their party.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21
VI. G. O'Conneu at Tecumseh.

TECUMSEH, Neb., Oct. A.-(Special
Telegram -Solicitor of the United States
Treasury NJ. q. O'Connell. who is an Iowa
man, but now of Washington. d. c. ad.
dressed n Tecumseh audience this evening
on the political issues OF the day RS viewed
from a republican standpoint. Mr. OCon-
nell is a splendid speaker possessed OF
much political history. and thoroughly con-
WINGED his audience of the facts as he pre-
scented them. The marvellous history of
the republican party was reviewed and the
speaker thought Roosevelt the best presi-
dent the United States had ever had. Mr..
o'Connell is a brother of Judge J. G. OCon-
nell OF Tecumseh, who is the republican
candidate for representative in the state
legislature from the Fifth district. Mr..
OConnell will speak in Sterling Monday
evening and in Auburn Tuesday evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21
Governor Awaits Ira nscript.


Governor Mickey will not remove to
Omaha as soon as his Official connection
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21

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The National tribune., 1906-11-15
4 REPupLICAN CONGRESS.

We congratulate all the veterans of
the country upon the result of the
Congressional elections. The Rcpub-
licans will control the next House of
Representatives by a plurality of from
so to so. This is what The National
Tribune earnestly hoped for, and II
urged its readers to work to secure
Undoubtedly this fortunate result was
due in a great degree to the solid votes
of the veterans. They are in numbers
in every Congressional District in the
country. Not even in the South are
there districts without many Union vet
erans, while in the North they number
thousands of the constituents of every
Representative.
a very small percentage of the vet
Grams in any District in the North yot-
ing against the Republican nominees
would have handed the control over
to the Democrats. Therefore, the pres
ent majority is undoubtedly their work
| and they are entitled to proper appre-
citation for it, This will make strong
ly for the final passage of the Service
Pension bill, because, apart from the
recognition of the veterans, there has
been great work in the education oi
Congressman along the line of the Ser
vice Pension bill which would have beer
entirely lost if new men had beer
brought into Congress. These would al
have had new ideas. new plans, new
projects in legislation, and the Service
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
RRYAN.S COMMENTS.

William j. Bryan says that the cleo
ton indicates a trend in favor of the
Democratic Party. and in New York the
party won a signal victory in spite of
all the tremendous efforts put forward
by the Administration. The defeat of
Hearst, while a great disappointment.
"is explained by facts which rob Mr..
Hushes's victory of both glory and po-
liticaI significance" TI,"s" facts were
the enmity of McCarren sud Mcclellan
and the strong hostility of the corpora
tions. President Roosevelt cannot find
much cause for rejoicing to have his
own State go Democratic, and to find
that McCarren, Murphy and Croker had
more influence in securing Hughes 3
election than himself will not gladden.
his Thanksgiving Day. The Democratic
gains in Congress have not been as
great as the party expected, but they
are sufficient to make 1t probable that
the Democrats will control the Congress
to be elected in 1908. The victory in
Missouri brings joy to every Democratic
heart. Oklahoma comes in as a stall
wart Democratic State, with her Con-
stitution to be written by Democrats.
While the Democrats failed in Nebras-
ka, they made substantial gains, among
these being one Congressman and with-
in 200 votes of electing another
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
THREE FINE VOLUMES.
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"OpeDinE the Mississippi and '.The
Army of the Cumberiand''-NOw in

In response to a number of requests
The National Tribune has decided to
publish, as soon as they can be put
thru the press, John McElroy's "Strug-
gle for Missouri" Opening the Missis-
sippi' and the Army of the Cumber-
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them. They will be fine octave vol
umes, handsomely bound, printed on
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and abundantIy illustrated with maps,
portraits and sketches. The accuracy
of these histories has received unstinted
praise. They will be most interesting
reading to those who have already read
them and valuable additions to perma-
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address, which is lower than books of
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as the books are ready for delivery.
The orders will be filled in the order
of their receipt. Address The National
Tribune, Washington, D. G..
The National tribune., 1906-11-15


Either Boss Murphy played sharp
game of deep treachery or else he was
unexpectedly and exceedingly lucky.
The defat of Hearst releases Tammany
from all obligations to him in the dis
tribution of patronage. while the cleo
ton of all the remainder of the ticket
will give Tammany complete control of
all the patronage in the State offices
outside of those directly under the Gov
ernor. The Secretary of State, Con-
troller, the Treasurer. Attorney-General
and State Engineer have altogether
many rich plums to bestow, and as they
are all creatures of Tammany this lus-
cious fruit will be parceled out as
Tamnany dictates, with Mr.. Hearst's S
teeth on edge as he witnesses the
awards to men who probably put the
knife into him. The expenditure of the
s101. 100000 for the great canal will be
under the State Engineers control, and
be not merely a plum, but a pudding
stuff full Of plunps
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
sHOTHER PROFESSOR BREAKS OFT.

The college professors are giving con-
stant exhibitions that il is a good deal
easier to give man an education than
common sense. Many men are ruined
by bestowing a Mood education upon a
No brain The curriculum of col
leges seems all to0 likely to bring to
the front a man who has no ability
except a fairly good memory to store
assimilate nor Understand. A specimen
of thi; is Prof. John w. Burgess. who
received an appointment to the Uni
versity of Berlin as representative
American teacher, and in his initial
speech declared that the Monroe Doc
trine and high protective tariff are al
most obsolete, and the acceptance by
the United States Of its position as
world power has made them both near
ly senseless. Inasmuch as Prof. Bur-
CESS was accepted in a measure as an
appointment by the Administration this
silly declaration raised an immense hub
bub abroad and gave the Administra-
tlCn no IItie dUIlDydnce- All the pa
pers which get inspiration from the
White House fastened to assure their
readers that Burgess was not in any
sense an authorized spokesman Of the
Administration, and that the possibility
of his being SO regarded in Berlin was
causing the President much annoyance
OF course, the yellow papers made the
most Of 1t. and published the sensa-
tional remarks with startling headlines
about Monroeism and high tariff being
out of date, and that Burgess was the
pioneer of our new diplomacy. Prof
Burgess, who had been received with
much enthusiasm by the American resi-
dents in Berlin, was promptly sent to
Coventry socially, and his position has
been very unenyiable. He is now try
ing to explain the matter away by say
ing that the reporters misunderstood
him. It is likely that his stay in Berlin
will be short.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
..THE rRrGurErL PENSION TAN"

THE FRiGsIfFli PENSION TAN
Under this heaal the badly-advised
Catholic Columbian Record. of Indian
apolis. has the following editorial:
"The annual REPORT of the Commits
sioner of Pensions shows that there
are now the immsnse army of 9s5.971
persons drawing bension money from
the National Treasury, that the enor-
nous sum of S136.237.T49 is required
every year to pay them and that the
fabulous amount of s3,259. 1875. .306.60
has been given away to pensioners of
the war of the rebellif-'
THE country has paI,- .Near for the
services of the G. A.. r.
I'm addition to these billions of do
lars these patriots have been given
millions of acres of public lanI, many
of them have held public office by q
preference right conferred by law
which they could not have secured on
merit and other privileges and largesses
have been bestowed on them.
and their cry is still for more"
Why any American citizen, especially
one who lives in a State which fur
nished so many good soldiers of the
as this passes the comprehension. If
the writer should make a canvass of
his readers. and we have no doubt the
Columbian Record has many readers.
he would find in them a strong proper
ton of aged men and women who in
their youth willingly gave all for their
country. For this they are receiving
now a beggarly little stipend averaging
possibly So a week, and which is for
many of them all that stands between
them and the poorhouse. If he will
read the history of his country with
light and understanding he cannot fail
to comprehend how meager has been
the returns made by the Government
to those who sacrificed everything for
its preservation. A very casual read
ing of any good history of the war of
the rebellion and what that struggle
cost the young men of this country will
SO cheaply. The pension roll of the
United States embraces more men who
have actually fought than all the PEN
sion rolls of Europe put together, and
III of the Nations of Europe have done
since the days of Napoleon. Let the
reverend editor turn for while from
ecclesiastical literature, mingle with the
many veterans in his flock and learn
from their lips truths concerning the
mighty struggle of which he writes so
flinpantly.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

The Independent voter seemed to be
out with his merry little pencil more
actively than ever before known in the
history of the country. The heading
on the ticket counted less for him than
ever before and the character of the
nominees much more. Everywhere he
confounded the hopes and fears of poll
tics. In places where the Republicans
We're depressed with the prospect of
great losses they went thru astonishing
ly well. even making gains. 1t was the
same with the Democrats. More than
10000 Democrats in New York City
disregarded the injunctions of their
leaders and drew the fatal pencil across
Hearts, name while voting for all the
rest Of the ticket. 1t was bad day for
bosses everywhe-;
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

In Germany they have carried un>
form to a most ludicrous degree. \
man in uniform can do anything that
he sees fit, apparently. without anybody
even criticizing his actions This has
been brought to the opera bouffe point
by the exploit of a fat-nOsed, insignifi-
cant shoemaker, EhO bought n uniform
in secondhand store. put it on. went
to the little city of Koepenick, a town
of 81 900 inhabitants. took command of
the II soldiers he found on duy there,
entered the Town Hall, took from the
Treasury 1000 and then disappeared.
He has since been arrested. but this
will not stop the laughter of the world
at the Prussians, and henceforth it ia
said that ito Koepenick" will mean in
the German language any high-handed
robbery under false pretenses. The
German people themselves are begin
ming to discuss the fetish" of the uni
form and the many 1bsurdities to which
this leads. One of the leading papers
reasons that If man in the uniform
of an officer should commit any ordi-
nary crime no civilian or policeman
would dare arrest him, tho they would
not hesitate moment if he We're in
civilian clothes. Therefore. it must be
the uniform and not the man that de-
terS them. d iU
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

Pension bill would have received scant
consideration. We shall hope that the
coming session of Congress will be
marked by much good work in the
direction of extending the Nations JUS
tice toward its aged veterans. We shall
hope for the passage of the Prisoners
of War bill, the Service Pension bill
and other minor measures which have
received the general support of the
veterans and their friends. The situa-
ton is far more favorable t. all this
legislation than it would have been if
the opposition had gained the ascend
ancy in Congress.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

Senator William A. Clark, of Mon
tana, showed that keen sense of coming
events which made his fortune in busi-
ness When he decided to go out of
politics it seemed that the Democrats
of Montana had fair show of carry
ing the State and re-electing him. The
election. however, has resulted in a de-
cisive Republican majority. with 81 Re-
publicans in the Legislature to 43
Democrats. giving the Republicans a
majority of 13 in the ballot for Senator
Mr.. Pray. the Republican candidate for
Congress, was elected by 5000 plural
fly.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

The unexpected happened in Cali,
fornia- where the Republicans felt very
gloomy as election day approached over
the dissensions and divisions in thei
party and ct the rampant attitude of
the labor vote. Gillette, the Republican
candidate for Governor, will have a
plurality of about 10000, where four
years ago Pardee had 1,550. The en-
tire Republican State ticket is elected,
the Legislature is overwhelmingly Re-
publican and all of the members of
Congress are of the same political COM
pleXion
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
THE TEMPORARY SOLDIERS, HOME.

There is a good deal of criticism and
adverse comment from certain quarters
as to the selection of the old Schuetzen
Park for the Temporary Soldiers Home.
1t is alleged that the location is too re-
mote from the center of the city, the
depots, etc, making it very inconven-
tent for the old and feeble veterans.
furthermore, the appropriation asked
from Congress-s75.0 900 for the house,
the small surrounding piece of ground
and the repair of the buildings OBJ
jected to on the ground that suitable
accomnl odations in the city can be So
cured for much less money.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
We trust that Mr.. Samuel Gompers

We trust that Mr.. Samuel Gompers
will not be discouraged by his con-
spicuous failures in his first entry into
politics. The Republicans cannot afford
to lose him, as it would appear that
wherever he made the most noise the
Republicans did unusually well. He
started in with much trumpeting to de-
feat Mr.. Littleheld in Maine, and re-
peatedly assured the country that he
had LittleEeld beaten The returns
showed that LittIefield had run much
better than his competitors in districts
in which Mr.. Gompers had not labored.
It was the same with regard to Mr..
Mudd, in Maryland, for whose scalp
Gompers went with much viciousness.
Mudd appears to have been reelected
by an increased plurality. The third
leading victim of Gompers's deadly op-
position was Speaker Cannon, who gets
more than 10000 plurality, or 1000
more than he did two years ago. when
Mr Gompers was not in evidence. II
would seem, therefore. that Mr.. Com
pers is an ally that the Republicans
should cultivate.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

1t is gratifying to read that Speaker
Cannon's plurality will be 10,aSS. or
1000 more than he obtained tSo years
Ego. This is as it should be- His dis
trict ought to be proud Of him, and
make sure that he shall remain in
Congress as long as he desires. Men of
his ability and integrity and who reflect
SO much credit upon a district should
have practically unanimous vote. This
is due the country, and the people Of
his district should subnerge all petty
jealousies and rivalries to retain in
public life a man whom the whole
country desires there.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
ALL EX=PRISONERS OF WAR.
Everybody Fall in for General Ro1l-Ca11.

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The National tribune., 1906-11-15

The Literary Digest has received the
honor of the Russian censor's disap-
proval on account of d couple of car
toons which il reproduced relating to
the Car and which seemed quite mild
in this country in comparison with
many others that had been published.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

In the Civil Service examinations for
appointments TO the police force of Chi
cago one candidate defined homicide to
be where a man leaves his wife and
family under 16 years DID," another,
that it was where "a woman kills her
infant" a third, that ''it is where a
person commits suicide himself" while
a fourth was certain that it was ''to
ruin a persons face by acids" One can
didate defined gaming to be killing
birds or game out of season." and an
other. "to make fun of people"
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

1t is believed in New York that the
first use made by Mr.. Hartman of his
acquisition of the Illinois Central will
be to bring into close traffic relations
that great road with the Union Pacific
and the Baltimore & Ohio. This COM
bination will also be in the interest of
the Pennsylvania Railroad and strong
ly adverse to the Gould system. The
requirement of the Illinois Central
makes possible a thru line from ocean
to ocean long before the Goulds can
complete their Western Pacific and
connect the Wabash system with the
Western Maryland. 1t is thought en-.
tirely likely that Mr.. Harriman's mer
from the Union and Southern Pacific
Roads will soon be operating the Hi
nois Central system, with Mr. Harahar
retained for while as mere figure
head President
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

Chairman Sherman, of the Republi-
can Congressional Campaign Commit
tee, says that the result is exceedingly
gratifying. OF the districts which the
committee had marked as certainly Re
publican il only failed in carrying four
and of the doubtful it carried more
than it had expected. The result shows
that the people emphatically indorsed
the Administration of President RooSe-
welt, and approved the work of the 5sth
Congress.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

John G. Wallenmeier, the Republican
candidate for State Treasurer of New
York, lost votes on account of his treat
ment of August H. Crown, a veteran
with an honorable discharge. we'll
known ability and good character.
whom he refused to allow to be ap-
pointed Postmaster at Tonawanda. In
stead, he preferred Peter Dahl. sa-
loonkeeper, and the veterans of that
section seemed to have remembered
this when they went to the ballot box.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15

August Bebel, the greatest of Ger
man Socialists, and whose lead is un-
questionably followed. declares that
trade unionism is incompatible with So
cialism, and the two must sooa become
antagonistic. Under State Socialism the
trade unions. he says would have none
of the powers and privileges which they
claim, as Socialism is intended to bring
men as near as possible to an equality,
and give all as much as possible of the
rewards and luxuries of life. There
fore, anything which tends to give any
man or set OF men more than another
must be opposed to true Socialism.
The National tribune., 1906-11-15
FOIBLES OF THE BAR BY Henry
S. Wilcox Published by the Legal

Some time ago the author published
a bright little book under the titi-, Of
'Foibles of the Bench in which he
took up the idiosyncrases of the vari-
Gus Judges and made readable sketches
of them. He has now done the same
for the members of the Bar. and makes
good pen pictures of a number of types
of lawyers.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-23
AL GOOD DEMOCRATS. ATrEN.
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Washington, d. c., Aug. 10, 1903
To All Democratic Voters;
II there was ever time in the his.
tory ~ the Democratic party for the
manifestation Of loyalty and patriot.
ism on the part Of its members, il !.
right now.
II We are to win victory and elect
President two years hence, we mus,
first elect House OF Representatives
this fall
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To win the House NE need money IN
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