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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
BRYAN ON HUGHES.
FORMER Gives an Accurate Measure of
His CRlibcr.


One Of the most Illuminating episodes If
the campaign is Mr.. Bryan's attack upon
Governor Hughes. The latter needs no de-
tense in these columns. The people of the
west know Hughes for what he is. But
Mr.. Bryan's attempt to poison the public
mind with charges having, as he very we'll
knows, absolutely no foundation requires a
good deal OF explanation from those who
call Mr.. Bryan sincere and ~couraseously
high-minded.
Mr.. Bryan's declaration that Governor
Hughes looks at questions from the
standpoint OF the railroad rather than from
the standpoint of the patron" is given the
lie by Governor Hughes whole public ca
reer, and Mr.. Bryan in the bottom OF his
heart knows It, Governor Hughes veto of
the New York railroad rate bill commended
itself to every just man as an act Of COM
mon precsution in the interests of justice
and sane reform, Mr.. Bryan's charge that
it is Governor Hughes disposition to take
the side of the trusts as against the people
is proof positive Of both shalIowness of
thought on public affairs and INSCRIPTIONS
demasosy.
Lest there be any doubt as to Mr.. Bryan,
the Tribune takes leave to present 10 its
readers Mr.. Bryan's assertion that Gov.
ernor Hughes speech presents all evidence
necessary to convict him of lack Of sym.
pathy with the general public" and that:
1t is not strange thar he should oppose
the democratic remedy on the trust ques-
ton, for he bas never shown any interest
in the correction OF the evils that the
trusts have brought upon the country.
Mr.. Bryan's remarks are not merely evil
dence Of the injury Governor Hughes has
done the democratic cause in the heart OF
Brysudom. They are plain indications OF
the spirit and intelligence which guide Mr.
Bryan in his estimates Of public men and
a sinister foreshadowing of what manner
of counselors would surround him in case
OF his election to the presidency
And il Is not strange that q moral sense
to which a Haskell is acceptable should
repudiste Charles Evans Hughes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
Two ReaaOns.
Minneapolis journal q.

Minneapolis Journal Crep.).
The voter who is still undecided in his
choice for Taft or Bryan should consider
these two points;
First, Mr.. Bryan says he would destroy
the trusts by compelling them TO sell hat
part of their plants that makes an excess
of product over fifty per cent OF the total
product made in the country in any line.
This is ~unthinkable and the candidate who
would. as president, attempt such a pre-
posterous thing, would drive the country
into bankruptcy. The fact is that fifty pei
cent output could never be determined
and forced sale could never be realized
There would be no buyers of q fragment
A concern that theoretically WAS making
forty-nine per cent could buy the excess
part of the selling plant and in time eX.
coed fifty per cent. II il an endless
chain.
Second, When Governor Hughes asked
Mr.. Bryan how he would go about one Of
his certain proposed reforms Mr.. Bryan re,
piled that he had not worked out the de-
tail yet"
The man who ounts himself iii 10 b.
president cannot be as haEy as that IL h'
hopes to be safe.
These two facts alone show how uttsrly
unfir Mr.. Bryan is to be president.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
PROSPERITY.
Impressive influence of Last sun mer'I
Conference of Governors.
Charities and Commons.

Charities and Commons.
II is more than a coincidence or 2 conceit
that the form in which the governors of
our states and territories drew up and
signed their declaration for the conserva-
ton of the country's resources resembles
that of the Declaration of Independence.
1t may prove to be as prophetic as the
occasion was historic. They certainly began
to make new history at that conference in
the White House last May. As it is fol-
lowed up, that occasion will be ranked
with the victory for union in the civil war,
the adoption of the constitution and the
Declaration OF, Independence, in the historic
significance OF its grasp upon the destiny
OF the whole country. While the psrtici-
pants in the conference, then and ever
since, have greatly impressed others with
the profound impression they themselves
received of the monlentous Importance Of
the situation they faced ard the duty il
imposed, they did not attempt to do more
than state it and strike the note to arouse
the legislatures and the people to action.
The forces OF the nation have already
begun to respond TO the summons of their
final appeal. Let us conserve the founda-
tons OF our prosperity"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
BEING BURIED ALIVE.

News dispatches from Kansas City
tell the story of a woman who mar
rowly escaped being buried alive at
Ellis. she was supposed to have died of
heart disease and the minister, after the
body had been placed in the casket and
the funeral Grafton delivered, became
curious and asked for q last look at the
remains. Then the discovery was made
that the woman was not dead. Physi-
clans were hastily summoned and sue
ceeded in reviving her. She is improv-
ing and shows signs of complete re-
covery. tst
The publication OF the dispatch
serves to recall the not distant time
when such stories we're common and
where many persons were haunted
with the awful fear of being buried
alive. Little is heard of such fears in
these days and physicians who have
made It the subject of investigation,
state that there is not one ~substantiated
case in a million reported ones of any
person having been buried alive. Prac'
tically no danger of such a horror
exists in these days. The signs Of
death are too clear and too plain to be
mistaken by the trained physician; and
his judgment may be accepted as prac,
tically infallible. Where the under,
taker uses eLibalming fluid, as is now
the almost universal custom, pre-
mature interment is impossible as the
injection of embalming fluid into The
veins settles any question as to the life
of the subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
ON PRESIDENTIAL FIRING LINE.
Fear Of Organism Among the Bust
ness Men OF the Country.

Fear OF Organism ANON the Bust
ness Men of the Country.
Cleveland Inquirer Gnd. dem)
Mr.. Taft has under him row the solid
ground ard the powerful business senti-
ment which bore Garfield, Mckinley and
Roosevelt to Victory. and it would seem
from the news the wires bring OF business
mems leagues, busines mems parades,
railway officials roundup Of employees,
manufacturers manifestoes to their work.
ingmen, that Chairman Hitchcock and his
aids are at last down to the successful
lines of Mark Hanna's campaigns. This is
a most significant situation when states
like Ohio, Indiana and New York are to
decide this contest. No states in the union
are so keenly alive TO business conditions,
none in which activities of business are
more desired by the voters who are to de-
eide. If the cry of "Wolf!' "Wolf!' has
not been overdone in prior years or now
fails to affect men already discouraged by
a republican, panic, the scare will result
in republican majorities in the three states.
Why were the republican managers given
the opportunity to make this appeal to
the conservatism Of the country? The
rights Of labor did not demand an attack
on the courts!
AC SAAOliSNot OBpOoiNibA ~ A"N o"N |
to Mr.. Bryan had been created by repub-
lican manipulation of charges of the crude
ness, the ~unsoundness, the recklessness Of
his views on financial, commercial ard in
dustrial affairs. His eakness has ever
been with the business men of the country.
His stand for silver, his approval of the
treaty which gave us the deed to the
Philippines, his demand on his party that
it should be put through, bearing with IL
the payment OF 20,0o0,0O Of United states
cash, and his subsequent assertion that we
had no rights in the islands; his declaration
for government ownership of railways and
then mis- absolute silence on that national
que stion. None of tfese things appealed
ITO the conservative business men OF the
country and therefore it was all the more
requisite that Mr.. Bryan's canvass in this
contest should be devoid Of radicelism.
How does it stand before the country
today? His chief hope OF success lies
through the work of a man who ~denounces
the judiciary of the country, declaring it
makes for despotism, and who would, IL in
his power, revolutionize that branch OF our
government which was created to preserve
i~nviolate the rights Of every human being
existing under the flag Of the United
States.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

ANttNcSdlN " a NlhOANR
Let's start out with giving Mr.. Bryan
the solid south, including Maryland
and Oklahoma, a total of 166 votes.
He will have to get seventy-six more to
be elected. Where can we find them?
Suppose We bring his total up to 17S
by adding West Virginia. Add Ne
vada's 3, C~olorado's 5 and Nebraska's
8, and bring him up to 1S9. Then
credit him with ohio's %. ~Indiana's
10 and Montana's g., and he will have
ESQ, or twelve short of election. With
Delaware. Idaho and Utah added he
would still be three votes short.
Trying another combination with the
1876 votes for starter, add New York
with 80 and Indiana with Is and Mr..
Bryan's vote would be 22O, or twenty
two votes short of election. Colorado,
Nebraska, Nevada and Delaware might
be added and still leave him n vote
short in the college. With New York
out of the calculation, Mr. Bryan might
carry all Of the other states named and
gather in Ohio and Wisconsin and still
be Ave votes short of a majority. On
another basis OF calculation, Mr.. Bryan
might capture the 166 votes of the
solid south, including Oklahoma and
adding Maryland, West Virginia, In
diana, Ohio, Nebraska, Nevada and
Montana, and still be eleven votes shy
of election.
After all of the combinations have
been made, it is evident that to be
elected Mr.. Bryan will have to carry
the solid south, including Maryland,
and New York, Indiana and Ohio or
Illinois. In other words. in order to
be elected he must carry a lot of states
that he does not expect and can not
hope to carry.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
L "A AT 1gE GATE.

T. A. DAILY in Catholic Andard n Times.
II Father Mack was NOT SO old
He'd know the thing to do.
He'd never let the parish hold
SO impudent a shreW
And bitter hearted common scold
As Mary Ann McHugh,
She's made the mother heart i'll me
AS heavy as a stone,
This happy day that was TO be
The proudest ! have known,
Whose sun this mornin' rose and smiled,
His blessin's full to pour
Upon the wedding Of my child.
Marie Eleanore.
oh, never was there bride more glad,
} No cloud was in her sky,
And every blessed thing she had
That evor wealth could buy.
You would not find, where'er you'd search,
a fashionable frock
Than that assembled in the church
At haff-pawst 10 o'clock.
Such elegance and wealth and style!
1t swelled my heart with pride,
When my Marie walked down the aisle
A happy, happy bride.
Great crowds were there outside TO walt
And watch US passin' through,
But first among them, by the gate,
Stood Mary Ann McHuEl;
And clawlin' with her skinny hand
The bridal veil, she cried;
"oh, Mary Ellen, lass, you're grand!
Was ever sweeter bride?
'Tis proud today our father'd be,
For, glory be TO Cod
'Tis scarce a score o. years since he
Was carrying the hod.'
My day was darkened after that;
was so mortified,
Behind my carriage door sat
And cried, and cried, and cried.
And now I've been to see the priest
And, comfortless, come back.
| thought some helpful word, at least,
I'd get from Father Mack:
But he's too old to understand,
And so he merely smiled
And took me gently by the hand
And said to me: MY child,
Our lead our wise, and IL they've got
One Joy in you or me,
lis pride in what we arc, not what
We think we'd like to BE-"
II Father Mack was not so old
He'd know the thing TO do.
He'd never let the parish hold
So impudent a shTew
And Differentiated common scold
As Mary Ann McHugh.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Bryan?
ceIeago Recora.Herald nnd.l

SNAehO wv
After the conventions Of the two leading
parties had made their nominations the
Record-Heraid expressed the opinion that
both the republicans and the democrats
had put their best foot forward-had Sc
lected their strongest standard-besrers TO
head their respective tickets. Judge Taft,
TO any candid mind. certainly appeared
to be the fittest and most logical candi-
date for the presidency on the republican
side. His distinguished record, his sc-
knowledsed ability and rectitude, his AN
dor and fairness and his sympathy with
the progressive movements within his party
would hayo dictated his nomination II the
president had not expressed himself by a
word or sign in his favor.
Mr.. Bryan. on the other hand was the
equally natural, almost the inevitable
nominee OF the democrats. He Dwell his
wonderful popularity in and outside the
convention to his eloquent and effective
advocacy of political and social reform, to
his earnestness, his dignity and good tenn
per in defeat. his many attractive personal
qualities.
The csmpaign is nearing It's 'close. IT
has not been necessary to revise our early
estimates Of the leading candidates, Judge
Taft has made a splendid impression by
his speeches and arguments and has con-
f!rmed the high opinion which not only his
friends but his honorable opponents had
formed Of his mind and character. Mr..
Bryan. surprising himself. has made an
extraordinarily brilliant canvass and has
astonishcd even his intimate associates by
his vigor, his enthusiasm and his adroit-
ness.
But which OF these two progressive and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

$500
able candidates is entitled to the prefer
ence Of independent votersG Which cNcels
in those special qualifications which the
might, the position, the responsibilities OF
the United states and the power and in
fluence OF the chief executive demand OF
the presidential candidate?
The Record-Herald is satisfied that Judge
Taft is the filter candidate wins to his
judicial and administrative experience. his
intellectual poise and stability, his habits
Of elaboration and care, his demonstrated
capacity TO deal with complex issues and
difficult situations.
The people are committed to the essen
tial policies OF the Roosevelt regime and
no backward step is possible. The war on
corporate and political abuses must so on,
but it must be directed iudiciously, in a
spirit Of construction and evolutionary
progress. Judge Taft is pledged to main
tain and ''clinch" accomplished reforms
and to extend them gradually without un-
due haste or unnecessary disturbance of
industry and commerce. His election would
make for more rapid recovery, for a sense
OF confidence and security, for faith in the
future industrial, political and moral prog.
ress OF the country. There would be no
fear Of excessive radicalism and consc-
Quent reaction.
With full appreciation Of MIR. organs
gifts and claims, the Record-Herald feels
that the deeper and permanent interests
OF the country and the people would be
better subserved by the election Of Judge
Taft, the statesman. the diplomatist, the
administrator and the conservative-pro'
g~ressive thinker.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

stringent New HuIcs Prescribed hS
COmptroIIer Of Currency.


Comptroller Of Currency.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Comptroller MUrray's new rule affecting
directors OF national banks is one to be
highly commended. Il Is greatly to be
preferred to the proposed guarantee oi
deposits that would relieve directors o.
their responsibilities, because the comp
troller demands that directors shall direct
By the new order every bank examiner
ts required to summon the board Of every
bank examined, whoreupon he shall re-
quire each director to answer all and sew
eral OF the twenty five questions prescribed
by the comptroller Of currency. These
questions are designed TO elicit from each
director exact Information as to the extent
Of that directors knowledge Of the affairs
OF the bank. The examination will dis
close the relative accuracy Of the informa.
ton given by the directors, their RESPONSE
bility to the stockholders and depositors.
and the fact that they are so reminded
will deprive them Of any excuse for evad.
ing their duties.
Nothing in Comptroller Murray's official
career has exhibited so clear a perception
of the cause OF the bank troubles as this
circular touching the duties OF directors.
Activity OF directors and appreciation OF
their duties are a guarantee of deposits
without vicious diffusion OF losses.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
THE ONE WHO KNOWS.

1t is a little surprising that the news-
paper correspondents in this country
and Europe who are making a deter
mined effort to find out whether the
duke of the Abruzzi is going TO marry
Miss Katherine Elkins, the daughter
of Senator Elkins, do not go to the one
person who knows. They have tried
everybody else and got all sorts of con-
dicting stories,
According to the cables, King Ed
ward is opposed to the match, Abruzzi's
stepmother has announced the engage
ment. King Victor Emmanuel has
withheld his consent and the duke can
not marry without it. Senator Eikins
has said the marriage would take place
at Christmas. Senator Elkins has de-
clared that there will be no marriage.
Queen Marguerite is violently. opposed
to the match. Queen Margherits Ii
deeply In love with Miss Elkins and
wants to bestow a title on her so the
marriage to the duke will be recognized
by the nobility, 1t is also officially
stated that the marriage can not take
place until Miss Elkins Joins the duke,
church and it is made plain that the
difference in religion will not della!
the ceremony.
All this is wasted time and cable
tolls cost money. Miss Elkins is
typical American girl. She knows
whether she is going to marry the
duke. II she is. ell the courts and
kings and princes and churches will no.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
4 JOB FOR MIR. ROOSEVELT.

9Vb VI AAAAH
Those who have been worried over
what MIR. Roosevelt would do after his
retirement from public life next March
nay content themselves. He has de-
cided, according to an announcement
from Washington, to become an asso-
ciate editor of a weekly magazine, con-
tributing articles weekly on political
and economic subjects. This will dis
pose of the report that he was to be-
come the head of q big university, the
manage of a big commercial insti-
tuition, the president of the peace
tribunal al The Hague and other posi-
lions that have been picked out for him
from time to time. including a g in
the United States senate fpom New
York.
No one could expect a man of Mr..
Roosevelt's tireless energy to settle
down to a life of inactivity. He is a
ready writer, an omnivorous reader
and so imbued with a desire to be in
the thick of the fight that he may be
relied upon to furnish some mighty
intetestin' readin'." as Horace Greeley
would say, when he assumes his edi-
torial duties.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

The American man who is interested
in politics-snd he is not a really de-
sirable citizen II he is not-may have
a lot Of enjoyment in making combina-
tions and estimates OF the electoral
vote, Just as a base ball fan may
and rest, recreation and comfort in
figuring the percentage tables and the
averages of his idols. Interest may be
found in this, without regard to the
political bias OF the individual. There
is nothing mysterious about it. All
that is required is a pad OF paper, a
pencil, the electoral table and a little
interest. Let US figure. Here is the
electoral college table in full:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
LAUGHING GAS.

M~ayme-lf you don't love him why are
YOU going to marry him?
MaNbelle-O. l expect TO love him after
we are married. He has promised that On
the morning Of our wedding day he will
shave off his dinky little French beard
Chicago Tribune.
Where were We last night, Casey? ."
'Shure, OF plunged into the social swim
at McCarthy's."
% know the wather Is niver very dspe
there, an Judgin' firm yure face We must
nave hit botthom. '-Puc
She dnnocently)-What made Mr.. Triple
go off so suddenly last night?
He Creflectively)-I rather think il was
because he was Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
can.
Why did you take this job? The other
man offered you $40 to start with, too
The other man offered me $40 wages to
start with; this man offered me $40 sal
ary. catholic Standard and Times.
DO you think that the people ought to
ruler" asked a patriot.
Don't Ssk me-" answered the nervous
man. TN prejudiced against the idea.
I'm a base ball umpire. Washington Star.
II see Bryan is .chsrging that the repul-
II guess he means that in thinking the
people wanted him, he)has found out he Is
sold, '-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
Personal NOTES.

Seventeen suffragcttes have gone to an
English jail rather than give the promise
to behave themselves. There isn't a par
tic!e Of glory in behaving.
The statement is made that nine deer
hunters have been killed in Wisconsin so
far this season. There is no doubt that
deer hunting is much more dangerous than
tiger hunting.
A professor in a Kansas university puts
the dead line for matrimony at SIS a week.
1t is foolish, he declares, for any younS
man 10 accept the responsibilities OF Z
wife and family if he is not making al
least that amount.
Prof. Lombroso, the Italian criminolo,
gist, whose main theory is that crimi.
nality is a disease and should be treated
as such, recently talked to a representa-.
tive OF the Jewish Chronicle of London
In the course of his remarks he commented
upon the extraordinary freedom of the
Jewish race from drunkenness, for which
he could venture no reason.
Betting on the general result Of the presi,
Dental election showed no variation at Tho
close Of last week from figures already
published. In the large cities last satur
day these odds on Taft were posted: Bal
timore, g to /, and no takers: PHILADELPHIA
? to 1; ST. Louis, 4 to /; PittsbuIg. 8 10 .
Cincinnati, 3 to l; Boston. 10 TO I, and
New York, 3 to /. Very little money IL
being wagered at these odds.
The surgical operation which separated
Spain from its colonies proves a blessing
in disguise. The country Is progressing IN
a gratifying way, and is the only nation in
Europe which has not felt the depression
OF the year past. II fact, It is the only
nation on the continent showing gains in
the last six months in imports and e&.
ports, and it's offer Of an issue of bond,
was heavily oversubscribed by its own peo.
pie, In a material way Spain has been q
substantial gamer by the war OF 1905.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

The democratic means for raising
campaign funds are many and varied,
but their promissory note plan is the
limit in this line. The old lightning
rod swindle was a fair proposition COM
pared to this.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

~ came from the west full of con-
fidence in democratic success" said
Mr.. j. Worth Kern OF Indiana to a
New York audience. He must have
taken all the confidence in democratic
success there was in the west. There's
none left.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

Newspaper workers who have TO
worry along on $40O, 900 a year or
less will sympathize with Howard
Gould, who complains that his income
has been reduced to that figure.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

The New York World four years ago
predicted that Judge Parker would
carry New York by 100000. President
Roosevelt carried It by 49, This
year the World is predicting that the
state will be carried by Bryan,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
KeeRInE I'D the BLUR,
Philadelphia Press

II the democratic prophets believed in
their own predictions there would be some
chance Of getting others to take stock in
them. Their whole scheme is to keen ur
such a noise as to make It appear things
are going their way. The country has TO
go through that sort of bluff in every pres
dental campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

The administration Of county affairs
lie such as warrants the reelection Of
Commissioner IRE and the election of
James A. Walsh in order that the good
work begun by the republicans may be
continued.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27

snd and other relatives on
both sides OF the ocean will not per-
suade her to do so. Some one should
ask Miss Elkins, the only person who
knows, whether she is COINS to marry
the duke.