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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
P-odennnrd,n Defent nnrknlnun.

The ,Brodegaard Crowns defeated the
Barkalows Sunday by the score of 6 to in
an interesting game. Trotter was hit hard,
but managed to keep the hits pretty we'll
scattered. Swift got fifteen strike-outs.
The BarkalOws got three runs In the sew
enth on two bases on balls and two clean
hits. Score:
R.H.E.
Crowns .........1 0 I 0 sc II o
Barkaiows 10 o o 0 0 0 8 / % s /
Batteries: Crowns, Swift and Dame;
Barkalows, Trotter and Murphy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

HIverside beats Lakeside.

The RiveTsides won a one-sided game
Sunday afternoon at Her park from the
Lakesides by the score OF 10 to 0. Batteries:
Riversides, Kranda and Polifks; Lake
sides. Turner and McGAOun.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
:, Game Postponed. IS g
onak ~TownshIn Mins.

At st. LouisAst. Louis-New York gam,
postponed, rain.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

BOSTON, July 2O,-The automobilists in
the annual tour for the Glidden and Hover
trophy started at 7 o'clock this morning
on the ninth day of actual touring, for
Poland Springs, Me, a distance OF lJi
miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
DemDsters Defeat travellers.

BEATRICE. Neb.. July 2O-(Special.)-
The Dempster ball team shut out the
United Commercial Travellers nine here
Saturday evening. Miller for the Dempster
team pitched a no-hit game, Score R.H.E,
Dempster .......'-....E II 3
United Commercial Travellers ........ o 0 5
Batteries: Dempsters. Miller and Ogden;
United Commercial Travellers. OTth and
Zimmerman.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
Bronze Catches Big Muskie.

Harry Bronze has returned from Teal
Lake, Wis, where he had some remarkable
luck at fishing. AS a trophy Of his trip he
brought back with him a twenty-elght-
pound muscalounge, which is now being
frozen in a cake OF ice and will be exhib-
tied in Walters restaurant window.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

a Daily. b Daily except Sunday. Q sun
axcSpt Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
Standing of the Teams
AMER LEAGUE.
WEST. LEAGUE.
NATL LEAGUE.
AMER ASSN


Western League-Omaha at Des Moines,
Pueblo at Sioux City, Denver at Lincoln.
National League 49, Boston at Chicago,
Brooklyn at Pittsburg, Philadelphia at Gin
%ctnnati, New York at st Louis.
c American Deague-Chicago at New York,
st. Louis at Boston, Detroit at Washing
ton, Cleveland at Philadelphia.
American observation-disclosures at Co
lumbus, Kansas City at Toledo, Mime
apolis at Indianapolis.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
TOWNSHIPS BRING DOWN BIRDS
Gun Company Team Takes Two Good
Games from the SterIinRs.

Tho Townsend Gun company team won
a double-header Sunday afternoon at
Benson park from the Sterlings. Score
first game, Il to 6; second game 10 TO D.
CIV Young pitched both games for the
Townsends and his work was excellent,
ElIlott's home run with three men on bases
in the first game was a feature: Score
first game:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
L~oGtsviIIe Wins from Toledo.

LOUISVILLE July 0~-LoUsville won the
last game of the series today from Toledo,
being called in the seventh TO allow the
visitors to catch a train. Score:
train,
louisville ................. o 0 o 0 '-3
Toledo ......,.......,...... o 0 0 0 . l u
Stolen base; Abbott. Sacrifice hits:
Halla, Harley. Two-base hits: Harley,
Stanley. Struck out: BY Halla, 8; by butt
hoff, g. Hit by pitched ball: Woodruff.
stovall. Wild pitch: Halla Time: 1:2O.
Umpire: Owens.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

lot ). Hume place 80 s 300
lot Is sell n%E section, stf5-iS. 49,, $500
lot s. block z. sulphur Springs add 1900
fractional lot s. block l4a, OMAHA. /
Fred w; Wolf TO Fred X. Klenke. lot ~
Robert IL zGs and vile to Lncretia
B Gissns n1s lot "a, block s. Potter 90,
Joseph MSManus to james W. Davis,
Iot'L., block ~. Amber place. ........,. IL
n, p. Dodge, 1ry and wife to Wassa
Hall eSd Building association lot
Hush s. Thomas and Wife to Daniel
j. Flynn, east 80 Il. sh lot II, block
John smith and wife to c. L. soren-
son, lots : and 8 RSitim IN Tos PS5k9' l
Anton swensen and wife to James 4 ~,
The Mills Real Estate company 70
Daniel l. Korn, lot 2 block hs' oo
AS S a / Reed ct al to John
stinRd. lots ~ ana Is. block 3. Van -,
Gs Sa@ ". a Shields and wife to Thomas
F. Stroud, lot 8. block l. Patriek's "a -,
Saratoga add. loo
Margaret, . Berger 10 LYDIA b
Msrtin, lot a. block Is. Kountse ga
Rasnns Petersen and wife 10 Omaha
Paint and Tile company, lots 1 and
s.. block IA Credit Fancier add. and
other properly lOO
jobs A. Creighton Real Estate and
Trust company 70 Alice Walter, lot
s. block. 6 C~reighton'S lst add. 1000
E~ii4abetht M. ShahPn 70. Reed Bros
lot'iR, block 2. Tsplat OF Durant
Ed%ih X Lewis to Harry D. Reed.
part nNh sell A-l5-ls. ..--.....--. !
United Real Estate and Trust COM
- pany 70 Josephine n Weidenfeller.
lot II. tnd west ST. lot ~ block IS,
K0nntse Place .S"i""i"s""".,"". 800
ToaGi ga s
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WEBSTER sTA.-1STH a WEBSTER

chiOaso, ST. Paul Minnsapoii. a
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ST. LOUIS

IWo-base ms; DnaSeI WaII1 ~ CTbTeUsbrn1'
70 in seven innings; off Manning, 2 in two
innings. Sacrifice hits: Hartzell, Williams,
T. Jones. Stolen base: T. tones. Double
plays: Morarity to Conroy to Chase, Chase
to Kleinow. Left on bases: st, Louis, Z;
New York, 5. Base on ball: Off Chesbro,
/; off Manning, /; off Waddell, 2 Base on
errors: st. Louis, 8; New York. 1. Struck
out: BY CHESHIRE, 2; by Manning, 2; by Wad-
dell, 4. Wild pitch: Chesbro. Time: LAS.
Umpires: Hurst and Evans.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
Y
OMAHA.


Two-base hits: Wilson, II. Kennedy, Croft.
Three-base hits: Croft, r. Kennedy. Struck
out: By Routt, u; by Crone, . Earned
runs: Omaha, 5. Left on bases: Omaha, y:
Shenandoah, T. Time: 245. Umpire: Taylor.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
CHICAGO DEFEATS BOSTON
Cubs Play Loose Fielding Game, but
Win by Timely Batting.
VISITORS FAH 10 HIT REU1BACH
Betting OF Tinker, Holman and
Ritehey and Great Throw by
sIasIe Retiripg Ritchey mt
Plate Are Features.

CHICAGO, July 20.-Chicago played a
loose fielding game today. but by timely
batting and the inability of the visitors to
hit Reulbaeh, WON easily. Tinker,s. Hof4
mans and Ritchey's batting and a great
throw BY ,sisgle, retiring Ritchey at the
Z plate, were the features. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

GLENWO0D. Ia, July 19.--(Special. lone
Of the most exciting games of ball ever
played in. .Glenwoed took place Saturday
afternoon. On July 4 West Oak defeated
Lyons township in a seven-inning game
by the score of 5 to T.. The game this
afternoon was played for $50 a side. Pick
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
DIsrrncefuI Conduct

OF liver and bowels. in refusing to act.
is quickly remedied with DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. sc. For sale by Beator
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
GIbbOn Defeats Kenesaw.

qIBBoN, Neb,, July 0-(special.)- lin an
Interesting game OF ball today Gibbon de-
neither side scoring until the sixth mining
when kenesaw made one and Gibhon 8
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
LEGAL NOTICES


MOTTO TO CONTRACTORS AND EN-.
g~ineers-The, Village of Sidney. Nebraska,
invites bids and Will open same at 1880
for the INSTALLATION and completion Of a
wafer works system as per plans and
specifications on file with the clerk OF said
village. reserving the right TO reject or
accept any or all bids, or reject or accept
any Fart thereof.
whole or any distinct part, towit:
one pumping station. tr
one duplex pump.
one gasoline engine, Is horse power.
one steel stand pipe Of 10000 gallons ca
One well 10 feet in diameter and 40 feet
1900 feet of s-ineh pipe,
$50 feet OF 6-inch. pipe.
1880 feet OF 4-inch pipe.
1900 feet OF 2-inch pipe.
Twenty hydrants,
All valves and specials necessary TO COM
pleta the work in a first class workman
The board reserves the right to increase
or diminish the quantity of any sized pipe
BIDS are TO be sealed and addressed to
the village clark, and marked Proposals
SWAN DERRICK, Chairman.
.u LESLIE n .tRAUEH, Clerk.
J-I-s-lolEle-l7-2i-2S-24
NOTICE AS TO SALE OF WATER
Bonds-The village OF Sidney. Nebraska,
io:N a. ms on saturday, August l. 1908, foI
the sale OF water bonds I'm the sum OF
NATHAN. Of five hundred CSO0J dollars each
due in. twenty years; optional at the end
OF five years; dated May l, 1908; interest
al 6 per cent per apnum. payable annually
at the office of the village treasurer oil
Sidney, NebraskaATher is no other bonded
or other debt. The actual value Of ree
and personal propert as found by tn.
Board of EQualization is SS56,Oo0,
Bids are; to be sealed and addressed 4
the village clerk and marked PROPOSAL
for Water Bonds"
.lF SWAMI DERRICK Chairman.
EESLIE NEUBAUER. Clerk.
J-7-elO-l4l6-17-21-23-A
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

IWO-base MT: LumIey. Ihree-base hts
Wagner, Jordan. Home run: Wagner.
Sacrifice hits: Leach, Maloney. Double
play! Jorden. Lewis and Jordan. Bases
on balls: OFF Mcintyre, 3. Struck out: BY
Willis, A. by Mcintyre, .. Left on bases:
Pittsburg 49,; Brooklyn, 2. First base on
crrorsi:r Ptttsburg, - Brooklyn, 2. Time
l.31. Imnirp, EInRlle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

MARYvILLE

Iwo-base hts: Hawthorne. Three-base
hits: Williams, 2. Home runs: summe.
Stolen bases; c. Clair, Dougherty. Struck
out: BY Williams, 10; by Bogatts, 5. Base
on balls: OFF Williams, 2; off Bogatts. l..
Hit by pitcher: Gibson. Passed ball: Crit
tendon. Time of game: Fifty-five minutes.
Umpire: Smith.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The feature Of the game was GIBBONS
ability to hit at the critical time.
Batteries: Glbbon, Leach and Mercer;
kenesaw, Dewey and Mcclellan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
AInmitOs Defeat MiIIarda,

Willard met its first defeat at the hands
OF the fast Atlantic team Sunday. The
game was holly contested until the seventh,
both sides playing errorless ball. Score:
Alamitos ............1 $1,000 % 10 Q
Millard ..............0 / 0 o 0 0 0l 3 0
Batteries: Jensen and Cross; Talen and
Sefty. Two-base hits: Quigley CD, Wood
ruff, Cross. Struck out: BY Jensen, 10; by
Talen. Z; Base on balls: off Talen, /. Sac
rifice hits. O'Nell. Callahan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
Rodgers takes ChampionEhip.

MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. July l9.-(spe-
~cial.)-Harry j. Rodgers won the handicap
championship Of 1e MarshalltOwn Country
club On Lhs loeal-Solf course this afternoon
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

KANSAS CITY, July 2~O.-Minneapolis
took the last game OF the series here this
afternoon. The locals pounded Patterson
for ten hits, but could score only two
runs. Brandon held the Millers 10 five
hits, but his error lost the game. Score.
Slated for Sullivan In the ninth.
'Batted for Brandon in the ninth.
Kansas City........O 0 006iOi %
Earned runs; Kansas City, /; Mime
apolls, /. Two-base hits: Neighbors,,
Sullivan, Welday, Home run: Freeman.
Brandon, /. Struck out: BY Patterson.
p: by Brandon, 6. Hits: off Patterson.
/ In nine innings; off Brandon. in nine
innings. Left on bases: Minneapolis, .;
Kansas City, 8. stolen base: Oyler. Sac
Tifice hits: oyler, Patterson. Beckley.
Base on errors: Kansas City, /; Mime
apoIls. /. Time: 1870 Umpire: Kane.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
TIGERS WIN FROM ATHLETICS
Detroit Gets an Even Break on Series
with Philadelphia.
DAVIS IS PUT OFF FIELD
First BRseman Disputes Decision and
RetIres at Request of Umpire
scores of other American
League Games.

PHILADELPHIA, July 9o-Detroit got
an even break in the series here by de-
feating Philadelphia today. Davis was put
off the field for disputing a decision.
SCores
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Three-base hits: LaWler, c. Clair. Home
runs: II. Vance, summa. stolen bases;
70: Clair, Gibson go, Hamill, Hawthorne,
tendon to Fishback. Base on balls: Off
Adams, g. off Smith, T. Hit by pitcher:
two innings; by Smith, l. Time OF game:
Two hours. Umpire: Smith.
Score, second game:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

South Omaha % 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 II 3 I
Batteries: Dietz, Probst and Smith; South
Omaha, Hlnkle, Cavanaugh and Shamblin.
Struck out: BY Probst, 7; by Hinkle, A;
by C~avanaugh, l. Three-base hit: Hall.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
senators Win from Maps.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Washlngton hit
Thielman hard today and defeated Cleve-
land, 8 to 3. Falkenberg was very strong
with the men on bases. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
Philadelphia Wins in Eleventh.

CINCINNATI. July 20.-Philadelphia de-
feated CinoihrHti in aslong-drawn-out game
by scoring a. rpn on an error and a double
in the eleventh Inning. The locals tied
the score In the ninth by consccuthe hit
Cincinnati. 49,. o. o 0 I o l 0 O-s
Philadelphia 80 0 8 0 0 o Il
Two-base hfts:' 'DooIin, Titus, %Jacktitsch,
Paskert. Three-base hit: Mclean. Sacri-
flee hits; Kane, KnRble. Stolen bases
Higgins, Kane, Knabe, Titus (), Double
play: Knabe to Dooffn 20 Bransfield. First
base on ballsi off Spade, 3; off Corridor,
3, Struck out; BY Spade, l; by Corridor,
2. Passed ball ~ Jaolslitsch. Time: 205.
Umpire; Rigler. e. s-,rs
a.. siGams Postponed. $ 60
At st. Louis-st. Louis-New York game
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
BrovnH Win from Athletics.
NEW o

NEW YORK, July 9o.-New York was
weak In hitting and fielding today and
ST. Louis had little trouble in winning.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
PHILADELPHIA
DETROIT

Two base hits: Schaefer, Downs. Three
base hits: Hartsel. Sacrifice hits: Cough
lin, r. Collins. Left on bases; Detroit, p;
Philadelphia, 5. Stolen bases: ~Schaefer,
Cobb, Barry. Struck out: by Donovan, s.;
by Plank, s. Double plays: Murphy and
+. Collins; Coughlin. Downs and Rossman.
Base on errors: Detroit /. Base on balls:
off Donovan, /; off Plank, l. Hit by
pitched ball: by Donovan, ?. Passed ball:
Powers. Time: 1850. Umpire: O~'Loughlin.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The Blatz team defeated the Benson Mer-
chants Sunday by a score of s to 4, which
was 4 to 4 until the eighth inning. Kerns
pitched a fine anne while Fitzgerald
made some good catches.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Two base hit: Lord. Three base hits:
Jones', Gessler. Hits: off Altrock. 3 In
one and one-third innings; off owen, Z
in seven and two-thirds innings. Sacrifice
hits: Lord, Isbell. Stolen bases: Lord.
Wagner, Thoney. Left on bases: Boston,
4; Chicago, 8. Base on balls: off owen, L.
Base on errors: Boston, 2. Struck out: by
Young, 8; by owen, 8. Time; la. UNI
pires: Sheridan and Connolly.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-09
A SAFE VOYAGE
OVER THE PACIFIC
BattIeShip Fleet Arrived Yes
terday at Auckland After
SO Days Sailing,

AUCKLAND, Sunday, Aug. Ask
teen white ships, comprising the bat
tleship division of the United States
Atlantic feet under the command 9t
Rear Admiral Charles s. Sperry, .
rived at S:40 this morning and anchor.
ed in two columns in the roadstead
abreast of the city, after a voyage OF
80 days from San Francisco including
a stop over of six days at Honolulu.
They viii remain here until Saturday.
When the warships entered the har-
Dor the usual salutes we're exchanged
between them and the shore batteries
the Australian flagship Powerful and
the cruisers Encounter and Pioneer.
Shortly after snchoring Admiral Sper-
~, accompanied by his staff, went
ashore and paid his respects to Lord
Plunkitt, the governor of New Zea-
land, and afterward visited VIM. A.
Prickitt, the American consul. The
Governor and consul later returned
the admiral's visit aboard the flag
Ship Connecticut
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-09
LITERARY STATESMEN.

Dispatches from Kennebunk. Me-
state that John Kendrick Bangs has
entered" politics in Maine The word
enter is anachronistic John Ken.
drick Bangs entrance into politics
took place fifteen years or more ago,
when he was walloped in a race for
the mayoralty of Yonkers. N. Y. This
Maine affair is only revival. but it
appears to be earnest.
In laying aside the typewriter for
the committee meeting, Mr.. Bangs is
following in the footsteps of Winston
Churchill, Booth Harrington. George
Ade, Brand whitiock and other less
Known contemporary American writ
ers. 1t cannot be said that the trail
has been a very successful one. Tar
kington gave it up as bad job after
two years in the Indiana legislature.
Churchill was beaten for the COVER
norship of New Hampshire, and has
since made no further essays.
The modern popular novelist who
wins 20 a governorship. or even seat
in congress. is Jet to be brought for
ward. There is color" to be gotten
out of political experience. as Tarking-
ton found. but from financial point
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-09
CRIMINAL PICTURES.

1t has been established beyond rea-
sonable doubt that the power of arts
tic suggestion murdered Joe vernet.
an aged rancher at Fresno. Perhaps
the authorities viii begin to consider
seriously the statement made from
time TO time in the Los Angeles Her
aid, that demoralizing and suggestive
pictures are not necessarily those of
the school tenderly alluded to as 'un-
fit for publication" The scope of the
suggestive picture is as far reaching
as human nature. A picture-record of
theft may breed thousand thefts. A
handsomely executed realistic illus
tration Of burglary, complete in every
detail, may lead to a dozen burglaries.
A picture of murder may result in
murder Suggestive pictures may pro-
duce an epidemic of crime. All demon
alizing and pernicious examples of
what is falsely called art" should be
removed from public places. bill
boards. street cars, etc. without de-
lay: while the moving picture proprie-
tors should be ordered to eliminate
every crime suggesting feature or go
out Of business. Lopez, the wretched
youth who murdered Joe vernet, the
Fresno ranchman, might today be a
decent member of society if he had
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-09
THE VOICE OF
THE sYcoPHANT.

The preposterous sdulation of the
president which was so offensive in
the republican national platform is
reproduced in this address of the
Roosevelt candidate for the success
sion. One woGld suppose that Mr..
Roosevelt was a political genius
whose administration had ushered in
a new era, or at least man OF monu-
mental achievement. As the president
revised the platform and edited this
speech, it is evident that he can swal-
low marvellous amount of persona.
fattery. He insisted four years ago
that he was not only the candidate,
but the platform and the overshadow.
ing issue and he now insists that al
though he is not the candidate, but is
represented by a member of his cab
met. he is still the platform and the
one great issue. One would have a
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-09
A SLOW CAMPAIGN
IN OHIO.


Since the Chicago convention cem-
pleted It's work and gave the repub-
lIcan party il Ohio the place Of leader
ship. the most notable feature Of
Ohio politics has been dnllness. some
what relieved but not broken by the
notification proceedings at Cincinnati.
While it may be too early to say
exactly what this means in detail, ii
does not mean the spontaneous en-
thusiasm which results in landslides.
The republican campaign in Ohio is
distinctly mechanical now. and popu-
lar enthusiasm is not one of It's assets.
Coneeding the republican national
ticket all that could be claimed for
the personal and good qualities of its
nominee for president and vice presi-
dent, il is now evident. says the st.
Louis Republic. that these have made
no stronger popular appeal in Ohio
than they have in New York. What
ever the results. they win be methodf-
cal. consequent upon a campaign man
agement rather than Of spontaneous
movement
While this is manifest on the sur
face, the first attempt to get below
the surface appears in the Boston
transcripts publication of replies
from bankers and business men in
Ohio to a circular letter of inquiry
from Boston banking circles. A Gin
cinnati opinion thus recorded is that
the outlook seems favorable for
Taft" with the highly significant ad-
dition also for Judge Harmon as the
emleratic nominee for governor"
The claim of the majority vote of the
state for a favorite son as oresiden-
tial candidate which considers the
probability of a majority for the OPP
position party on the state ticket
makes the result doubtful for the fay-
orite son. The view from Sandusky is
that the Ohio election will be slow,
with a fair possibility of democratic
success on the state ticket and repub-
lfcan on national" While other re-
plies claim everything usually for the
republican party but sometimes
against it, the most important view
thus developed from Ohio is that the
campaign is to be slow. The extent
of its slowness measures its power Of
dragging back on the movement of
the republican campaign in all other
states. It will be methodically stimu-
lated in Ohio as the need of stimula-
tion becomes more pressing, but moth
ing has yet appeared more significant
than the now patent fact of its Glow
ness, which will make artificial slim
ulation more and more necessary as
substitute for spontaneous move
ment.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-09
AN OMISSION.

The City of Clovis; the Flower OF
the Plains; the Athens of New Mexi
co; the Brightest Star in the Galaxy
of New Mexican Cities; the Fairest
Flower on the Sun Kissed Plains; the
Surprise of the Occidental Sun; this
is Clovis, the Cornucopia of the Strug
Cling Poor Man, the Heaven Of Rest
for the Trail-worn Homeseeker. the
Mecca of Health for the Nerve Shat
tered Invalidr'-Clovis Post.
But where, o where, are "tEe pref
test women and the most chivalrous
mem" The enthused brother has ev-
identity overlooked one of the choicest
stock phrases used in apostrophes de
livered to budding municipalities. IT
is to be hoped in the premises that the
editor Of the Post will not be called
knocker
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-08-09
TIE TURKISH
TRANSFORMATION.


The bloodless revolution in pro
gress in Turkey is one Of the most
picturesque political transformations
of modern times. The sultan. recent
ly hated, is now frentically acclaimed.
Once a recluse. the type of all that
was cowardly and tyrannical, he now
walks among mis- people, liberates po-
litical prisoners. proclaims constitu-
ton, calls for an election under it,
and promises to establish true con
stitutional government. 1t is little
wonder, says the Washington Post,
that the change was regarded at first
with entire skept,cism, which gave
way to open-mouthed amazement as
the sultan made good his promise.
There is plenty Of skepticism left,
particularly among the cynics who
watch the sultan from European chan
ceneres. The sultan's actions are
attributed to craftiness, fear and de-
sire for revenge. which viii crafty it.
self when he has his enemies in his
power He is credited with every
base motive and denied the possession
of any worthy impulse He has be-
hind him a lifetime of treacherous
dealings with other powers, and they
cannot be blamed if they look upon
his eleventh-hour conversion with
suspicion.
There are several reasons, however,
which may be considered as inducing
the sultan to act in good faith in re
modelling his government. The most
potent one, probaly is the detection OF
the army. If the army officers have.
been won over in body, as alleged
by the Toung Turk party, the sultan
is merely making a virtue of necessi-
ty when he grants reforms But other
reasons may have Influenced him in
the same direction. He is not an ig-
norant man, and cannot have been
blind to the march of events in other
countries. He must have perceived
that his course had isolated him from
civilization and progress, reducing his
country to a contemplate place among
the powers, enervating his people, and
retardipg the development of region
that was once the garden of the earth.
Advancing age, the burden of isola-
ton and fear, the knowledge that his
name was a hising and byword-
these may have caused the sultan TO
make the radical change now under
way.
Those who have no confidence what
ever in the good faith of Abdul Hamid
may stin look upon the reforms as
permanent, on the proved experience
that revolutions never go backward
The Turks are probable unfit to rule
themselves, as Americans understand
government: hut they love liberty.
and having tasted it, they will not let
it depart. In the process of winning
their liberties they may go to great
excuses, but in the END they will take
their proper place in the world. It'll
will be one of the most marvellous
facts of the twentieth cntury if the
Turkish empire is transformed and lib
eralized without bloodshed.