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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
ONE or TBE Rest YET.

Disguised as a Japanese schoolboy,
Golfers Weekly star numorist has
been contributing to the gayety of the
campaign by timely discussion of cur
rent political events His latest effer-
v~escence, under the caption MY Con-
ception of the Presidency dilates IN
the official notification ceremonies Of
the several presidential nominees with
a parody put into the mouth OF Colonel
Bryan which deserves to be embalmed.
1t is as follows:
Hon Bryan say,
"A President should be nike Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt only more so. Malefaetors,
ETC., needs not cringe off from me for
fearful that 1 will burn up America when
l am elected. Because 1 can't. A Presi-
dent are only a bluff. He don't amount
to a rolling pin. Hon. American Govt
are a system Of checks & balances, so a
President are deliciously powerless when
he wish to reform IL. 1 promise to be
helpless as possible. Could l reform Hon.
Currsncy from jaggy path of debochery by
feeding him Gold Cure or something's
All mol What could 1 do with them
naughty Currency when Senator Alrieh are
tempting MIN away Win fdklSn eye-Wlnh I
TO increase weakness of my position l am
willing to consult Hon. Vice-President on
oil matters of no Importance and talk
kindly to him on National subjeoks where
common sense are not expected. I believe
In deep breathing & outdoor exercise, but
l are cross about that woolley tariff OF
sheep and should be lnsulted IL offered q
second term. otherways 1 are willing to
act like a Majority on all occasions and
what 1 think about Brownsville Affair are
a matter of private conscience which I
refuse to DISCUSS by advice Of Hon. Cam
paign Manager"
Mr.. Golfers Japanese ~schoolboy has
caught the spirit of the occasion. In
his facetious way he has portrayed the
"chameleon-like" qualities of the dem
ocratic candidate better than a laugh
ing mirror. This gem Is worth past
ing in the scrap book.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
AN INJUSTICE CALLING FOR REMEDg

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The most glaring mistake incor-
porsted in the Nebraska primary law
is that which provides for the state
conventions to formulate and promul-
gate the platforms for the respective
political parties. These platform CON
~yentions. which are to meet simultane-
ously for ali parties, are to be made
up Of one delegate from each county in
the state. This will give a possible
membership OF ninety in eacn conven-
ton, of which forty-six will be a ma
iority to do the business.
The arbitrary allotment of one dele
gate to each county violates every
principle of representative government
and might under conditions work the
gravest injustice by committing the
party to policies favored only by a very
small minority and opposed by the vast
majority. The d~isproportion Of this
convention representation could
scarcely be worse. Douglas county,
for example, which casts at least one
tenth of the total republican vote in
the state. will have just one vote out
of ninety in the platform convention,
while sparsely settled sand hill coun-
ties. that cast only 100 to 200 repub-
lcan ballots, will have equal voice and
vote.
Nebraska has six congressional dis
%triets, with approximately equal voting
strength, but in these platform conven-
lions the First district will have only
seven votes, the Second district only
three votes n the Fourth district
only eleven votes, a total of twenty
one. while the other three districts.
with about the same population, will
have sixty-nine. In a word, the re-
publicans living in the Sixth congress
sional district alone can, II they wish.
more than Offset the wishes Of he re-
publieRns in the three other districts,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
CIsreIAna,s Ln.t Word,

From Grover Cleveiand's Paper.
There is fear on my part OF being mis-
understood in what l am about to say, but
surely the fair-minded man must ealize
when he considers my attitude toward my
own party, all now a matter of immutable
record, that It is prompted by a sense OF
simple fairness. Personally and Officially
I have had the opportunity OF knowing
many things concerning Mr.. Taft that were
not q matter Of general knowledge, and
with q keen interest 1 have watched his
large share In the conduct OF our national
affairs in very recent years. His excel
lence as a federal judge in Cincinnati ia
something not to be underestimate or
overemphasized, for should he come to ths'
presidential chair the qualities which made
him a Judge of high ability, which I know
him to have been, will be the most needful
70 him az president OF the United States.
His high ideals OF honesty and or relative
Justice, his great capacity for severe labor,
and his humorous wisdom in the face OF the
serious problems are attributes equally val
liable and ~comnNsndatory to a people seek
ing him in whom they may repose the trust
of their collective interests while they turn
their increased attention to their pressing
individual demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
MinneanolIh journal lrep.l.

minneapolis JOuTndl NIep'Js
Mr.. Taft, quite properly, puts it In a
sentence, when he says that in the end the
issue in the campaign will be that Of conf
dence In the parties,
At this time there are a multitude of
questions which this candidate or that has
rushed to the 'front.', in a Fictitious effort
to make a paramount issue. Mr.. Bryan
has tried his hand in a series of speeches
dealing with the tariff, trusts and injunc-
lions, but none OF them except bank deposit
guarantee has struck the least fire. The
voters have not been aroused to any pitch
Of enthusiasm thus far by any of the prom
ises made them.
Where one issue or another does not alb
sorb public attention. many superficial OBJ
servers jump to the conclusion that the
people are not thinking about the campaign
at all This 10 not necessarily true. Be-
cause the public does not go wild over the
difference tweedlsdee and tweedle-
dun, it does not follow that II is thought
less. The probability is that It Is thinking
hard. but along it's own lines. II Ii, as
Mr.. Taft suggests, making up its mind
which party is the most reliable agent for
the carrying on Of the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
PERSONAL VoTEss

London's largest hotel is in a receivers
hands. The walters got at the guests first
Honors are easy between the two vice
presidential nominees, SO far as the ram
paign poetry is concerned. One bard
rhymes Sherman with 'sure man., and
another rhymes Kern with "worryin'.'
n increased number of persons claim
ing to be victims OF the lcne h-iKhwaymsn
Of the Yellowstone suggests that up-tc.date
Turpins should tag their victims. A sym
pathetic public would know FOR sure, h
is 1T"
Farmer e. ID. Smith, who's likely DO be
q United States senator from South Caro-
lima, was born I'm a Methodist parsonage;
one of his brothers became a Methodist
bishop. another is a presiding elder. Smith
is a graduate OF wofford collese and an
M. A. of Vanderbilt university.
The Alaska wheat hefalded In a weekly
paper as q miracle worker will yield Is.
instead OF 900 bushels to the acre, which
IL below the Average OF better grades
OF hard winter wheat. The Department
of Agriculture thus tracks to earth ono OF
the best nature fakes Of years.
Rev. BILLY" Sunday revivanst, IL averse
to having his sermons printed, knowinT
that his vocal blows are intended for ears,
not eyes. While at Hammond, Ind, the
other day he raided a print shop and "pled'
several forms OF hot stuff Of his wi make
which was about to be turned into a book.
The printers didn't do a thing. Btry car
ried a sledge hammer.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. chief OF the Blu
reau OF Chemistry of the Department OF
Agriculture. and honorary president OF the
first international congress for the rspros-
sion OF adufteration OF food and pharma-
o%eutical products. which convened in Gen.
eva' Switzerland, Tuesday. under the aus
pieces of the White Cross society. has re-
oeived a cabiegram from the congress ex-
pressing regret at his inability to be pres
Snt ana +appfauding his iname.A iHolt
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
1~NsURING DEPOSITS.
Some Pertinent Remarks ON the New
Cure-AH.
Washington Post.

washington Post.
The f~allacies that sometimes take posses
sion of the human mind are curious and
incomprehensible. When Lord Chesterfield,
as head of the royal commission, had aided
in reforming the calendar according to the
mathematical computations, 30 that Christ
mas would fall on December Is, st. Valen-
tines February IA, May day during the
fifth month Of the year, Michaelmas term
a few days after the autumnal equinox,
and the vernal equinox on March q, one
day as his carriage was going up Ludgate
hill a mob pursued him, peitlng his carriage
with sticks and stones and demanding that
he give them hack the eleven days of which
he had robbed them and thus shortened
every human life by just that much time.
Lord Chesterfield could no more shorten
the lives of his fellow subjects by regulat-
ing the calendar than he could make ~
O'Clock noon at sunrise at White Hal by
turning the hands of the clock to the
figures on the dial expressive Of the noon
hour.
And a political party can no more abolish
a financial panic by providing for insurance
OF bank deposits than it can extinguish a
drouth by act OF ongress requiring that
there shall be a copious, warm and re-
freshlng rain every Sunday Of July and
August.
1t Is no more disastrous to the oommun-
ity, dollar for dollar. for a bank to go
into insolvency than Il is for a merchant
to break who owed as much, and TO as
many customers, as the bank has depcsi-
tors. A broken bank hurts business no
more than an insolvent railroad, and. dollar
for dollar. nc more than an insolvent
farmer. or lawyer or doctor, or preacher.
The man who loses xl0OVO in trade hurts
himself and the community as much a.
the man who loses $4,000 deposited in bank.
II is nothing IN the world but socialism,
and II we are to have 1t let US insure
everything. The Greeks and Romans had
schemes 20 abolish poverty. but they were
unsuccessful. There Is but one cure for
poV~srty-Snergy, industry, frugality, good
judgment.
These. and these only. will knock II out.
II cannot be done by the prseepts OF phil
osophy. by the p~ratings Of the demasegue,
or by act Of congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
TIE CONSULAR SERVICE.

The American Exporter recently
sent letters to $50 American manu-
featuring concerns asking their views
on the efficiency of the American con-
sular service and their suggestions for
improving 1t. The replies strongly in
dicated the desire of the manufacture
ers and exporters to have business ex-
p~erience made the main avenue to APP
pointment to the service.
This view of the manufacturers and
exporters is a strong endorsement of
the plan inaugurated by President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root some
months ago for a general overhauling
OF the consular service and the adop-
ton Of plans for increasing its
efficiency. Under Mr.. Roosevelt's ex-
ecutive order, now in force, every APP
plicant for a consular appointment
must submit to a rigid examination
to test his fitness for the work. He
must have a knowledge Of the COM
merce of the country and an %acuuaint-
lance with the foreign languages.
Promotion, after appointment, is made
solely on the record VI the consul,
without any political influence.
The George Washington university
recently established a department of
political science, with the view of CIV
ing special training to applicants for
consular appointments, and Secretary
Root has warmly approved the work,
declaring in a letter that the new
course of study promises to aid much
''in breaking up an inveterate abuse.
like that which has made our foreign
service to so great IN extent a refuge
for failures in life, broken-down poll
~ticians, unsuccessful business men, men
who have outlived their careers and
have no ambition"
Desirable as the proposed reforms
may be, the government will doubtless
experience some difficulty in securing
men with the desired equipment for
the consular positions. Two consul
lates Of the United States pay the oc-
cupants $12 1000 a year, and less than
a score of them pay $500 a year,
the others running from $1,000 to
81, 500. An active and successful bust
hess man would not think of accepting
a consulship and a man trained for the
consular service would soon be taken
from It by more attractive offers from
exporters or manufacturers. Before
the consular service can be placed
upon a business basis the government
will have to readjust the consular sal
aries to compete with those received
by trained experts in business life.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
AnythIns to Catch Votes.
Kansas City Times 0nd.).

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The effect OF the p~osthumous Cleveland
article on the presidential campaign has
been just what might ave been expected
the awakening Of many real democrats
10 the fact that the party has drifed from
safe moorings under Mr.. Bryan's leader
ship, and that there Is no hope Of It's re-
establishment on a firm basis until a new
leader arises.
1t is not a question of Mr.. Bryan's will
ingness to do what is best TO build up the
party and TO make It formidable and vic
torious; Il is a question OF his judgment.
Just when conservative democrats had
taken courage from the fact that he had
dropped old and repudlated Bryan issues.
he comes forward with new and lll-con-
sidered devices to catch votes.
The Cleveland letter and the later de-
velopments of the campaign show that Mr..
Bryan is as much OF an opportunist today
as he was In is6 and 1900.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
BLAZING THE TRAILS.

]. W. Foley in New York Sun.
They dart from Dan to Beersheba-they
leap like ~kRngaroost
They breakfast out at Council Bluffs ana
One loops the loop TO Fairview ere the dawn
comes with the day,
The other makes a running jump and lands
one scorches out to Keokuk, one races up
TO Troy,
one whizzes through Missouri. and one
covers Illinois:
The campaigns growing strenuous-'twouid
break a seTpent's back
To follow all the trails now blased by
Hitchcock and by Mack.
one dashes out to Denver, aud one tolls to
T1mbuctOo;
One chases 70 Chicago ere the other gets
half through; o.
One jerks Taft out Of Arkanssw and moves
him up to Maine;
One boosts Bill Bryan our Of Butte and
checks him for Champaign;
One breakfasts down IN hankakee and
sleeps In Jacksonville;
One goes to bed at Fresno and wakes up
at Bunker Hill;
The rails are red and burning hot, the air
with smoke Is black,
And dust hangs heavy DER the trails Of
Hitchoock and on Mack.
The engines puff ana smoke and wheezs-
there Is a whizz and whlr;
As Hitchcock passes New Orleans, a hot
and hazy blur
Another snort m,%5ty aE sbe shus ana s09t--A mad
As Mack goes by a fuzzy streak upon the
From Baton Rouge to Plymouth Rock the
hay highway bends;
From Burlington to BaIumore-and ere the
campaign ends
The red horizon viii be sPlit-a long and
And space viii somewhere hold ths trGjlS
Of Hitcheoek and az Mack
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14

A Near View Of Hartman, with n
Touch ot Sarcasm.

1AoNNANA INST
some account Of what has been done by
e. H.. Hartman lie siven by John X. Mum
ford, in a contribution 20 he current mum.
Der OF Harper's Weekly. II says that when
he bought the Union Pacific 1T was A
~'drassled creature Of the railroad mar
ket." that since then. there has been no
letup In the march OF Improvement; that
distances have been shortened with the
result OF saving time and money: that
Nco,0oo,oo have been spent In betterments,
and that now the line. is The main artery
OF across the country. A Ne
brRskan commissions recently made an es-
innate OF the value Of a ~twenty-mile strip
OF land running ten miles back from the
Union Pacific lines on either side. Forty
five years ago It was worth about $4,000
Wo' Towns and villages having sprung up
In the interval, its estimated value il
81. 761, 200. 900.
Much of this iniquity could have been
averted II the proper authorities had taken
the precaution OF sending Mr.. Hartman TO
the penitentiary about nine years ago. The
Union Pacific could have remained a de
relict." Instead OF this, Il IL promised 10
fulfill the prediction that Il win become
to the country what Broadway ls TO Man
haitian. BY the simple process Of sentenc-
Ing Hartman to a t~en-year term, a great
deal OF trouble would have been avoided.
Overland Limited now crosses Salt
lake by what Is known as the Luein cut
off, instead of making a circuit, thus saw
ing 1880 a day which the railroad could
otherwise have spent, to the profit OF some
body. Moreover. Mr.. Hartman viii per-
In saying little or nothing. This war
rants conviction for life.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
Importance Of the RECORD.

Governor Hughes at youngstown, o.
The republican party makes appeal to
public confidence as the most important
political agency for conservation n for
progress. BY virtue Of Its achievements,
Its leadership and It's aims It stands forth
as an efficient instrument for strong and
capable administrator, az a safeguard of
stability and of the prosperity which de-
Ponds upon stability, and as an unrivalled
power for the correction of abuses. II
lands In striking contrast to the record Of
vacillation ana ineptitude, presented by the
chief opposing party. That opposing party
proffers a candidacy which IL at once q
monument and a guidepost. 1t memorial
ICES the fallacies and unsafe policies we
are asked TO forget. ana 1t points the way
to business uncertainty and to the impair
ment of the confidence which IL the seour-
lty of Industry and trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
Commas Element in Hawaii.

chicago News.
The Daily Bulletin Of Honolulu prints
the statistics OF births by nationalities In
the Hawaiian Stands during the last year
n draws from them the conclusion that
the japanese are destined to become the
dominant element OF the population be-
cause of their high birth rate as compared
with that of all the other elements.
The total number of births was 1883.
The number OF Japanese babies was 2445,
over 50 per cent Of the total, or more than
the births of all the other n~ationalities COM
bined. The Hawaiians ranked second, with
e74 births; the Portuguese third, with 591;
the Chinese fourth. with SSs; the Porto
Ricans fifth, with ia The sixth rank is
held by Americans, with lbs births. The
births Of Spanish children numbered eighty
six, Of German thifty-seven, Of British
thirty, and of all other nationaIities forty
two.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14

There are still altogether too many
automobiles running around Omaha
driven by boys and girls who have not
the strength, much less the judgment.
to control them In critical moments.
Some prerequisite qualifications ought
to be insisted upon for the privilege of
speeding these high-power vehicles in
the city thoroughfares. 1t lie nothing
but pure luck that Omaha has moi had
a multitude of bad automobile acct
dents this season.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
on PREslpRNrIAL link LINE.
Features of q Campaign
Admirably Conducted.

~
Judge Taft has steadily grown on the
country since his nomination, His judicial
poise, his sobrlety OF utterance and his
attitude OF deep responsibility have all i'm
pressed the country. They are what is
wanted to give confidence In a period Of
doubt and depression.
The campaign has reached the point
where It Is wise to make his personality
known and familiar over the country.
Every presidential campaign has it's special
characteristics and the contest of 1905 is
marked by its sober discussion and the
manifest movement OF the great current OF
public opinion towards a conservative de-
sire to see the great issues now opening
handled with care, consideration and a ju-
dicial scrutiny.
No personal charges are made. No cam
paign orators are aspersing either candi-
date on either side. There Is an absence
OF the rant, the talk and the attacks on the
money power heard in other years. The
gravity of the situation IL seen and the
responsibility of the national decision ap-
preciated. but the matter is being argued
rather than sgitated.
Judge Taft appeals to the precise condi-
ton and to such a campaign. He has the
qualities which draw. men to him In times
like these. The speeeh-making campaign
on which he Is to enter will not only win
votes by arousing public interest, but 1t
will add to the strength of the republican
party in every doubtful state he visits by
showing the people a man they can trust.
Judge Taft Is In addition a man of action,
combative and aggressive. Nothing could
keep him out of the thick of a fight which
he led.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14

This pistol-toting business is getting
to be altogether too much of a tempta-
ton to unprovoked shooting. 1t is
easy enough 10 imagine that someone
is threatening a holdqp or an assault
and to take that as an excuse for ar
get practice, but it Is dangerous to the
peace and safety OF the community for
it's Inhabitants to have their revolvers
too handy. Some feasible way of put
ting a check on pistol-toting in Omaha
is highly desirable and almost impera-
tive.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
Darius Green vindicated.
Kansas CITY star,

The remarkable progress made in flying
machine experiments in the last year. to-
sether with the continuous activity Of
numerous inventors. makes It practically
certain that in a short time the aerial
problem will be solved and that slrships
will be come something more than toys"
At present the Wright brothers lead the
world in these inventions and experiments.
They have excelled, especially in the man
agement Of their devices. To say the least
they a v INDICATED poor old Darius
Green. and have made a past absurdity a
present reality. Who knows but someone
may invent perpetual motion or find a way
to lift himself BY his WI bootstraps?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
NEW PARK ON GREAT DIVIDE
Fascinating Wilderness of Peaks,
Glaciers and Lakes I'm Montana.

otnchers anu Lakes In montana.
The crown of the continent Is the new
national park to be created in Montana
under the patronage OF senator Thomas II.
Carter. 1t is an unknown scenic wonder,
a fascinating wilderness OF thirteen glaciers
ami many peaks and lakes, whose melting
Ices help to feed all three oceans washing
the shores of North America. 1t is posi-
BILE to launch three chips from points
within gunshot OF, each other in the park,
which, with propitious currents. eventually
will float one into the Gulf of Mexico, the
second into the Pacific, and the third into
Hudson bay. Thirteen enormous icefields
have received names from explorers, but
hundreds OF smaller glaciers remain hidden
in canyons or on the flanks of the score or
more mountain peaks from 5000 to 10000
feet high stiTl awaiting exploration and
names. Hundreds of lakes, some OF them
many square miles In extent, fed by glacier
streams that In some instances plunge I'm a
single fall over cliffs 1.O00Cfeet high. hide
In the shadow OF great mountains which
almost defy exploration and ascent save
by the mountain goat. II is proposed that
the government shan establish an elaborate
system OF roads and trails throughout the
park, bringing all It's marvellous scenic
wonders within reach OF the American peo-
pie. The creation Of Glacier park also
means the establishment OF a great breed
ing ground for big game, which, under
present conditions. IL being slaughtered
with rapidity, The park area is alive with
mountain goats, mountain sheep. elk, deer,
bears, bald eagles, ptarmigan. and several
varieties OF grouse. There are many trout
streams which never have been fished. The
park embraces the most picturesque part
OF the Lewis and Clark national forest and
il bounded. on the north by the Canadian
line, and on the east by the western
boundary Of the Blackfeet Indian reserva-
ton, and on the west by the Flathead
rivers irregular course.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14

The Third and Sixth districts can con
troll an absolute majority.
That this is an unfair and dangerous
method OF making up a party conven-
ton needs no demonstration and IL
should caution the delegates when they
finally get together. no matter what
political party they represent, to give
proper weight to the real distribution
of the party strength rather than to
the fictitious one-to-a-oounty idea.