The independent., 1907-02-28

Their clothing torn and tattered,
Beside the council fires.
And there is their commander,
His form / seem to see,
Less brave than Alexander,
Less strategic than Lee.
Less strong was he than others,
So Higgins dareS to say,
Who smote our English brothers
Near MASSACHUSETTS Bay.
Not since / struck these diggin's
Has one, before, talked SO;
But Observation-Disclosures?
That's what I'd like to know.
How would like to be a resident of
South Omaha and have to submit to
forcible annexation?
AS though to add to the sum total of
our earthly troubles, which are numerous
enough already, and the Thaw trial not
nearly completed, Willis j. .bbott writes
to the Chicago Journal that in quiet
and efficient way "Vice President Fair
next republican nomination for the presi-
dency." Mr.. Abbtt writes from a central
point Of observation. He Is IL Washing
ton where the glitter and gloss of things
is most discernible. The vice-president
is occupying q position where il he hap
obligation to express it. All he has to
do is to be kind and courteous TO all,
dress well, look wise nd make himself
generally as agreeable as he knows how
Naturally austere and rather cold
blooded, there must be something of
sacrifice of inherent and acquired dignity
to put himself on social level with con-
gressmen and department clerks, but
without their favor he stands no more
show in a race for the presidency than
a jackrabbit at a courSing meet. With
it he is still short, in times like there,
unless he can satisfy the great common
people that his heart throbs in harmony
with theirs concerning some few national
reforms advocated by men who are not all
fake reformers, as the record of events
will some day clearly demonstrate
When Alton b. Parker went fishing for
the democratic nomination, he did In a
way as Fairbanks is doing now. Never
said a word about anything of general
public interest except the weather out
lasmiled and looked wise and shook nands
with all the court supernumeraries, in
cluding stenographers and the custodian
| of the cloak room. The nomination went
| to him like hungry pup to chic.Aen
breakfast. but what good came Of =
at last? ASK him; ask ANYBODY.
Perhaps Mr. Fairbanks will take warn
| ing from what happened to Parker and
tell the people what he stands for ana
plish for the betterment of the nation in
| case he should be honored ACCORDING to
| his desire. For the present there Is some
| little feeling of prejudice against him be-
! cause of intimate business associations
preceding his entrance into politics, a
| prejudice which his silence will not tend
to mitigate.
| We once heard Of man who led so
busy an existence that when he died he
didn't have time to attend his own flu
neral. Wasn't that going some?
| People are pretty selfish, as may be
noted by the fact that those who used
| to ride free on the railroads were not
at the time deeply concerned jn a gen
eral reduction of passenger rates. II
you want to hear us holler, you must
| tread on our cornS.
| Ever and anon some venturesome lad
| tries experiments with discarded sticks
| OF dynamite and feels sorry for it ali
the rest of his days. few years ago
a Nance county boy pricked the filling
| out Of such a stick and then beat the
| corner of the kitchen stove with the
empty stick. He didn't know where his
thumb went, but found 1t sticking to the
upper edge of the window casing The
stove was damaged in the sum cf SAFE
| Let youth and inexperience impress upon
form is tremendously explosive. and II
all happens with such aggravating sud
| denness that there is no use trying tc
get away after the opening chorus.
When yeu stop and ca miy reflect tha
you were born to die, what makes yo,
afraid7
The main central idea of the squar,
deal Is to make Rfe tolerabie fo
everybody as Il is for anybody.
Missouri farmer feeds his steers mo
lasses with their rations of corn. Ill
says II makes the meat much sweeter.
We have never yet taken interes
enough In q murder trial TO read tn
testimony In full and IL is too late nov
10 get into the fool habit
with little able assistance from on
who thinks he knows how TO max
poetry. an Omaha genius whose nam
doesn't appear IN the directory, fur
nishes these lines In response to an eof
| octaI circular" which saws among otho