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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
WHAT DOES HE STAND FOR,

y III Bkh1 III ADAf
Mr. Bryan is strong because of the
things he stands for.-world-Herald last
Sunday.
II Mr.. Bryan is strong because of
the things he stands for, what is It he
stands for?
Does Mr.. Bryan stand for free trade,
that he advocated when in congress?
No one else of consequence in this
country stands for free trade, so how
can his free trade ideas make him
strong?
Does Mr.. Bryan stand for 16 to 1
free coinage. on which he made his
first race for the presidency? Il is
true that he has never specifically re-
pudiated the free silver idea. Does
his clinging to 50-cent silver dollars
make him strong?
Does Mr.. Bryan stand for the anti
imperialism and the naturalization,
on which, he made his second preslden-
tial campaign? He then insisted that
the Filipinos we're already sufficiently
advanced to undertake their own indie
pendent self-government, and that was
eight years ago. He then demanded
immediate reduction of our army and
stoppage of naval expansion. He has
since back-tracked enough to favor a
strong navy, but has never resclnded
his demand for disbanding half the
army. Does that make him strong?
Does Mr.. Bryan stand for govern
ment ownership of railroads? He has
expressed himself personally convinced
that the only solution of the railroad
problem is to como from federal own
ership and operation of trunk lines
and state ownership and operation of
branches and feeders. Does his ad-
vocacy of government ownership of
railroads make Mr.. Bryan strong?
In his last campaign Mr.. Bryan stood
for the Oklahoma deposit guaranty
scheme and the so per cent antitrust
cure-all. If these projects constitute
his strength. they at least failed to
bring him the necessary votes.
IN this same campaign Mr.. Bryan
stood for Boss" Murphy and Tammany
and 'Fingy'' Corners in New York, for
Roger Sullivan and his political train
robbers In Illinois, for TON" Taggart
and his gambler friends in Indiana;
for Haskell and Haskellism in Okla
homa, for Standard Oil Bailey in Texas
and for Mayor Jim" and the other
",Jims" in Nebraska. Is this what
makes him strong?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
CAUSE OF THE EGG FAMINE.

CAUSE OF THE EGG
For some reason not explained, the
American hen is not living up to ad-
vertisement. Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson never grows weary of singing
the praises of the busy hen and telling
about her valuable contribution to the
wealth of the world and the health
and comfort of the human race. In a
paean of praise to the queen of
the poultry yard, the secretary said
that the product of the hen coop is
now nearly as valuable as the product
of the wheatield. That sounds fine,
but analysis fails to support the asser-
ton. The value of the wheat fields Of
the nation this year is c~onservatively
estimated at about 1870, 1000, 900. If
there is anything like $670,O0O, 900
worth of eggs in the country, the plain
people would be pleased to have the
fact demonstrated.
Mr.. Wilson figures that the total
value OF farm products for the year
will be in excess of $4,000, O0O, 900.
The volume OF the principal crops Of
the country is 3 per cent greater than
last year and "a per cent greater than
the 1ve-year average, while the quail
ties are better and the prices higher
than for years. All this means a lot
of fairness for the farmers, who may
or may not need the services of an up
lift commission, but the figure cut by
the egg in this display Of riches is
sadly disappointing. 1t is not unusual
to have a short famine of fresh eggs
in mid-winter, when the scratching
area in the poultry yard is limited; it's
occurrence at this time, at the close of
a mild autumn, is most u~naccountable.
It is difficult to believe that the hen
has any inside information on the de-
preston that has prevailed in other in
dustries and has, accordingly, gone on
a sympathetic strike, but that may be
the answer for near-fresh eggs at SO
cents a dozen and fresh ones not OBJ
tainable at any price.
The hen is not making good on her
fr%eputation or the country's expecta-
tions. Instead of saying so much about
the hen. Mr.. Wilson should speak d.
rectly to her and ask her to get busy
and join in the general welcome to re-
turning prosperity by making her GUS
tomary contribution to the worlds
supply of breakfast food.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
CHOW DID IT H1PFENso
Some Information Eagerly Sought
and Readily Given.

ana Hehuiiy given.
New York Evening Post Qnd).
Bryan's insistence IN finding out just
what hit him, arouses the kind of admira-
ton hat would naturally go out to a man
bravely conducting his own postmortem.
His own familiar blend Of the logic Of
Socrates and the high school debater is
applied with his usual terrible effective
ness to an analysis of Tammany's show
ing on election day. Was 1t the fault OF
the candidate? Bryan asks. Or of the
democratic platform? Or of Tammany ?
Or are there democrats In New York out
side of Tammany? But why so many
"ors'' where lands are proper? 1t was
the fault of the candidate and the plat
form, and of Tammany; and there are
democrats in New York other than those
gathered under the standard of Charles F..
Murphy. The republican sweep of New
York was the fault of the candidate, be.
cause the candidates name was Bryan.
1t was the fault Of the democratic. plat
form, because upon 1t stood Bryan. 1t was
the fault of Tammany because its savory
company can only harm the mar 1t sup
ports, even II he is a Bryan. And that
there are thousands of democrats in New
York City outside OF Tammany is proved
just by what happened to Bryan on cleo
ton day. Were a non-Tammany democracy
in power In New York, Bryan's last state
would be worse than the first. The support
OF such an organization could not be pur-
chased by proclaiming Great is Tammany
and Murphy Is its prophet or rushing
from Fairview to the Lincoln railway sta
ton to shake hands with that high-souled
Commander of the Faithful.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
FEAsTs THAT WE'RE FEAsTs.
sample Instances of Bis BIOwOuti
a Few Centuries Ago.
roni..i. xr..it.

Golfers Weekly. 1
Thanksgiving stands TO most not as a
memorial to the Pilgrim Fathers. nor yet
as a day OF sacred gratitude for prosperity
and crops. but rather as a holiday marked
by food. After locstned girths, when at
last, in the phrasing of that traditional
college girl, gastronomic safety sdmcn-
isles one that he has reached the ultimate
stage or ~deglutition. there perhaps is to be
traced even pride in the accomplishment,
rather than the more suitable shame. II
so, humility may be recaptured by study
ms the feats OF those who went before
us. Our forebears coul outeat us easily.
Observe the Items for a feast in honor OF
the archbishop OF York in the year 1866:
Three hundred quarters OF wheat. 800
tuns Of ale. 100 tuns of wine. one pint OF
hypocras. 100 oxen. Elk wild bulls, 1000
sheep, S4 calves. the same number OF
swine, 400 swans. 1000 geese, 1000 capons.
1000 pigs, 400 plovers, 100 dozen of quails,
200 dozen of birds called 'rees,' l04 pea.
cocks, 1000 mallards and teals. 2O4 cranes
2O4 kids. 1000 chicken. 1000 pigeons. 4,OOO
crays. 2A bitterns, 400 herons. 200 pleas.
ants, 500 partridges. 400 woodcocks. 100 cur
lews, 1000 egrettes, more than 500 stays.
bucks and roes. 1900 cold venison pasties,
1000 parted dishes OF Jelly, $500 PLATA
dishes OF Jelly. 1900 cold baked tarts. h5oc
hot venisOn pasties. 1900 hot custards. sos
pixies and Dreams, twelve porpoises and
seals. with a proportionate quantity 81
spices. sugared delicaeiss and waters OF
cakes
Tn number OF guests consuming the
above Is not ~recouRted, but enough is
known to realize that the English of those
days overate themselves far more vio-
lently than we do today, They were as
far from US in enc direction as the Jap
anese are in another. Think OF the con-
nection between civilization and food. and
take less turkey than you can eat-pleas-
antly favored With a little cranberry,
most fascinating sauce.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
SING HOME THE LOVED ONES,
BALTIMORE Sun.

Baltimore Sun.
Sing home the lad. sing home the lassl
Sing home, sweet mothers, DER the land
The old trees dream amid the grass,
Sing home the glad Thanksgiving bandi
Sing home, sweet mothers. sing them home
The loved lads life hath ta'en to roam;
Sing home the lass with sweet, sweet curl,
The old home waits for boy and girl!
Sing home. sing home the. wandering crew
The brave, the bright, the loved, the fairi
The seas are sweet, the skies are blue
Thanksgiving, and the old folks there!
Sing home, sweet mothers, lads gone forth
To east and west and south and north;
Sing DER the wide hills, oaming waters,
The old loved lads and lovely daughters!
Sing home the chicks that went astray,
Sing home the hayward and the wild pop
Sing home young lips of holiday,
The grown-ups and the little child;
Sing home. sweet mothers, sweet with song,
Thanksgiving, and the old homo throng;
Bright faces, and the lovelit walls
How the red holly glows the halls!
Sing home the lad, sing home the lad,
Sing home, sweet mothers. all OF timer
Make once again thy old hearts glad,
j.. Thy old sweet. eyes Of love make SHINE;
Sing home, sweet mothers, lad and lass,
The old trees dream amid the grass;
Sing round the old Thanksgiving board:
Sing home the loved once more, dear Lord!
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

+, The city council will undertake to
recover the amount of the Bemis judg-
ment from Armour & Co, who put up
the COLLAPSED billboard that did the
damage, by placing the claim in the
hands of attorneys agreeing to press it
for a contingent foe pure and simple.
In other words, if the city does not win
1t will be out nothing. 1t is too lad
that the city's water works litigation
could not have been placed on a con-
tingent. because II It we're Omaha tax
payers would be the gamers on suits
lost by at least slOO,0 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
HUNTING A NEw LEADER

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with Mr.. Bryan in old Mexico, seek
ing rest. the 1roquois club of Chicago,
one of the stanch democratic o~rgsniza-
tons Of the country. has already
started q still hunt for a new leader.
hoping TO find an acceptable standard
bearer for the 1912 campaign. The
club has planned a dinner on Jackson
day, at which the list of eligibles will
be put through their PAGES. A Chicago
dispatch says:
The club has invited the democratic
governors and governors4elect OF five
states to foregsther in Chicago on that
date and at a suitable banquet to express
their thoughts. The Invitations include
Governor Johnson Of Minnesota. Gov
ernor-elect Harmon of Ohio. Governor
elect Marshall of Indiana, Governor
Burke of North Dakota and Governor
elect Sh sllenberger Of Nebraska. 1t IL
the opinion of the I~roquois club that IL
the democracy cannot get Its bearings
and lay a straight course for the future
with the aid of such talent then there is
no hope for II.
Unfortunately the full list of invited
guests is not given. The invitations
include phrase leaves room for spec
ulation and conjecture. Mr.. Bryan
may or may not be invited and there
is nothing to show whether the demo-
cratic governors of the south are to be
present or be required to take their
medicine and support the leaders Sc
lected by the northern democrats, Just
as they have always done. Is It posi-
Bile, too, that Governor Haskell of
Oklahoma has not been included in the
guest list? II the invitation list fslike
the Denver platform, as binding for
what 1t includes as what it omits, the
way is open for some very interesting
counter demonstrations at the proper
time.
But the real question Is, Will the
new democratic leader come out of this
list of guests? Governors-elect Har-
mon Of Ohio, Marshall OF Indiana and
Shallenberger of Nebraska won by the
help of the wet end" of a temperance
fight and neither of them car claim
that his election was due to a growth
of national democracy in his state. If
these men make good with their con
stituents, will their national promi-
nence be due to their catering to the
influences that won office for them,
and, If so. can they go into a national
campaign inviting the extension of that
influence to a dominating part in ma
tional politics? Governor Johnson is
more comfortably situated, as his cleo
ton was apparently due to his personal
popularity in the state of Minnesota,
where the liquor question did not hg-
ure in the state campaign.
The Iroquois leaders may go as far
as they like in picking a new demo-
cratic leader. 1t is one of the easiest
things in the world TO make and un-
make leaders and presidents and kings
and p~otentates at the banquet board
when the bird is hot, the bottle cold
and the spirit Of good fellowship warm,
but things often appear differently on
the morning after, After the Jackson
day diners have their plans properly
laid they will discover that Mr.. Bryan
will have to be taken into account be-
fore any rejuvenation of the demo-
cratic party can be carried into execu-
ton. Mr.. Bryan may be retired from
command, but he will have a voice in
the naming of his successor.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
AIRS OF WASHINGTON L1rE.
Minor scenes and Incidents sketchea
on the spot.

Senator Burrows OF Michigan displays
great disrespect for the vote OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia. He doesn't care whether
II comes his way or not; in fact, he doesn't
want it in his business, for IL he did want
1t. the chances Of capturing a majority
would be mighty slim. All this because the
Michigan senator is knocking the show fes-
lures of the inauguration ceremony. There
is no feature OF life at the national capita
nearer the heart OF loyal washingtonisns
than the inauguration parade, with its
tumultuous crowds, the tramp OF march
ing hosts. the prsncing OF caparisonsd
steeds. the glitter OF sabres, the waving
piumes, unfurled flags and bunting galore.
and all The psraphernalia essential in well
coming the coming and speeding the re-
trims president. Senator Burrows would
cut out all the fuss and feathers, even the
inaugural ball, and make the qusdrennial
blowout as tame as a Kommerfest in Kan
sas. The suggestion is all the more pain
full coming from an eminent member Of the
upper house, and provokes a soulful sob
from the Washington Post. solemnly and
soberly the Post pleads: The social usages
and traditions of earlier times which we
retain are few. and we ought to cultivate
and perpetuate them as links with the past,
rather than throw them aside. Such Gus
toms lend grace to the prosaic realities of
life, and add a touch of mellowness to the
hard outlines OF official routine"
Not only must the pomp and circumstance
of Inauguration be maintained, but the Post
would go to the limit of relieving the
population of the task OF paying the
freight Listen;
why should the ceremonies aud ~festivi-
ties attendant upon the induction into Of
flee OF the nations chief magistrate be
taken charge of and paid for by the hand
full Of people who happen to live at the
capital7 The Inauguration itself-every-
thing connected with it's of national i'm
port and consequence, and IL II is to be
kept up at all with anything but the bsldest
official requirements, It should be pro-
vided for and conducted on a national
scale, with national means. and under ma
tional direction. Congress should appro-
pirate a sufficient sum to cover necessary
expenses, and should put It's expenditure
and the entire supervision of the inRugu-
ration into the hands Of a joint committee,
with power to call in local advice and as
s~istance."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

got in it was impossible to get out until
the whole thing was over.'-CatholU
Standard and Times. re-
The sweet young thing with. the beautb
full red hair approached the parrots cage
Pretty Polly! 20 she said.
Fire! fire. screamed the parrot
Chicago Tribune.
City Editor-What do you mean by say
ing in this robbery story that Brow
was knocked down and relieved of $lOOi
Were you ever robbed yourself? a.,
New Reporter-No, sir.
CITY Editor-That accounts for It. II
you'd been robbed you wouldn't describe
the loss of S1CO as a relief-St. Louis Re-
public.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

ust submitted in this state, must itself
aanvass the vote or provide the can
wasting machinery when It meets in
January. Presumably on this reason
ing, IL the legislature failed or refused
to have the vote ~csnvassed, the amend
ment would never become effective,
even though it had been unanimously
ratified. 1t may be noted. however,
that Judge Thompson is only a private
citizen and not the supreme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Outside of the amount put iu by the
candidates brother, not a single con
tribution TO the republican campaign
fund equals the contribution made by
the Riddor family to the Bryan cash
box. The need of a limit on the size
of single campaign contributions is evil
IDENTIFY just as great for the democrats
as II is for the republicans.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The retirement of Robert Dempster
from the School board is to be regret
ted. But IL he had to resign. would it
not have been better to have handed
in the resignation a few weeks sooner
and to have let the people Ali the place
by choosing a successor at the last elec-
ton?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The vote to erect a new court house
on the site of the old n is already
bearing fruit in stimulating private
building enterprise in the immediate
vicinity. That is where the taxpayers
recoup themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Judge W. II. Thompson, otherwise
known TO Nebraska democrats as the
Little Giant" has handed down a de-
eisioh in writing to the effect that no
constitutional amendment can be
adopted without being so declared by
a canvasSing board duly provided by
the legislature. and that the legisla-
ture, having failed to provide such a
eanvassing board for the amendment
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Our new high school principal de-
clares that as a result of personal in
vestigation he has found the defects of
graduates who have gone into the bust
ness world seldom on the technical
side of education" He should exam
inc their handwriting and their SPELL
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The newspapers are telling a story
about the wind whisking $4,000 in
gold certificates from the hands of a
New York man and the crowd picking
up the money and returning every bit
Of it to its owner. Yet some folks con-
tend that fiction is on the wane in this
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
Mighty Risky Business,
New York World.

2 Why, OF course, the Standard Oil busl-
ness is hazardous. The prince OF Monaco
at Monte Carlo conduct a hazardous bust
ness and makes a sure profit of $500 600 a
year. And Captain Kids business was ex-
tremely hazardous-for the merchantmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Chicago Record-Herald.
1t does not appear that join d. con-
tributed anything to the Taft campaign
fund. The names of Foraker and Archbold
also are absent from the list of contribu-
tors. This being the case, it isn't likely
that publication of the list.before the cleo
ton would have had any effect on the vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Bishop Williams says women must
cover their heads in church and DR..
Parkhurst says they must not wear
Merry Widow" hats in church. What
can the poor woman do who a to
be In style2s
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The trainers OF that constitutional
amendment e~nlarging the supreme
court evidently made a mistake. They
should have Ysated the appointment OF
the new judges in the State Bar asso-
citation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The fight owe the sugar tariff be-
fore the ways and means committee
appears to be between the American
planters and the American re1ners.
The American simply pays.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

General Menocal. the defeated can
diaate for president OF Cuba. says he
win be a candidate at the ext cleo
tion and will keep on trying until he
lands the prize or dies. Apparently
he wants to be known as the W. J.
IEyan OF Cuba
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The Belgian Parliament Is being
congratulated upon taking charge OF
the Congo Free States. The natives of
the Congo are tosbe congratulated upon
their release from the ~tyrannic rule of
old King Leopold.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Private" Dalzell announces that he
will accept the United States senator
ship from Ohio II the legislature will
ofer IL 10 him. In that respect. he has
no advantage over Joseph Benson For
aker.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Nations with a notion of picking
trouble with the United States will
learn something to their disadvantage
by reading the record of the battlsship
Nebraska in target practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The suspension of fourteen banks in
China will be followed by the suspen-
sion of the heads sof fourteen bank
presidents, II the old policy is ad-
hered TO.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

who wants to be superintendent of
the city hall when the present incum-
bent is promoted to the command Of
the Milford Soldiers home? Don't all
speak at once.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
Bryan and CatIIIne,

II is a little severe on the part Of our
Italian guest to compare Bryan with Cati-
line. Still there is one question in .Cicero's
grafton that might reasonably be asked
of him: "Quousque tadem. abutere Bryan,
patienta nostra?"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Samuel Gompers declares that he is
not a democrat. BY the way, has the
New-York World had a satisfactory
answer to its question, What is a
democrat?"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

John d. Rockefeller has been paid
$3.50 as witness fees by a federal
court. He ought to apply that On the
fine and reduce the amount to s2s,-
239,99S.bO. E
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
IN which the government has en-

upon which the government has en-
tered
Increasing deficits in time of peace
are troublesome propositions and. from
a purely political standpoint, the ad-
ministration of Mr.. TAFT could have no
greater handicap than a record of reck-
less extravaganza by the, coming last
session OF the Sixtieth congress
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The Tennessee legislature is to pass
a resolution asking for the disarma-
ment of nations. 1t should also pass
one demanding the disarmament of
Tennessee editors and politicians.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Tine 3-year-old emperor of China
should have little difficulty in bossing
the empire. The ~S-year-old is a boss
everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

Richard Croker says he has got out
of American politics. He declines,
however, to tell how much he got out
of American politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

A simplihed spelling school in Eng
land wants children taught to spell by
ear. The complaint in this country is
that too many OF them already spell
that way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

with the nearness Of the holiday season
orders from the Treasury Department
have started the coming machines in I'M
Gle Sans minis on an overtime rush,
turning out copper pennies. A round mil
lion were coined last year, and they were
soon lost sight OF after they passed into
general circulation.
The wee folk whose tastes and desires
do not run into e~xtravagant lines, are
able to get fully as much goodness and
unadulterated pleasure out OF a dozen or
more bright shining brand new copper
cents, which to them are just as attrsc-
tive as gold coin, as they would from
the higher denominations OF money.
From the official way OF calculating,
one thousand Of the United States bronze
cents weigh seven pounds and a half
avoirdupois. They contain about ninety
per cent Of pure copper. Where they all
eventually get TO is a mystery, for they
never come back to the mint to be re-
coined, though year after year the coin
ing Of the little coppers goes on. This
question is a puzzling one and in keep
ing with the inquiry frequently made and
still unsatisfactory answered;-'Where do
all the pins go to-"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

One of Mr.. Bryan's closest friends
declares that Nebraska is no place for
him and never was" Mr.. Bryan, him
self, however, has not yet admitted his
mistake in locating in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25
Danger of ChsnwinE steedn.

Governor-elect Shallenberger of Nebraska,
who fractured his leg riding the goat should
cOnfine his equestrian studies to riding
Mr.. Bryan's mule. -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

The stingless honey bee has been
evolved. The stinglessi presidential
bee is yet to be found.