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Evening star., 1908-01-12
Mr.. Bryan and Fairview.
This is from Omaha:

Many western railroads are prepar-
ing to let all delegates to the demo-
cratic national convention stop off in
Lincoln to visit w. ]. Bryans home
The Burlington and Rock Island main
lines pass through Lincoln, but the
Union Pacific must send its Denver pas
sengers on side trip OF fifty miles
TO permit them TO visit the Monticello
OF the West. However. that road is
preparing 10 send its convention trains
over that route without extra Charge
Representatives of all three railroads
were IN Lincoln today conferring with
Mayor Brown as 10 the expeditions
handling OF large crowds without de-
lay, and the mayor has promised to
arrange with the street car companies
for quick service to Fairyiew during
the pilgrimage to Denver"
But Will the owner Of Fairview be at
home to welcome the pilgrims? The
house itself cannot inspire much feel
ing. Pictures show il as of modern
nondescript architecture. commanding,
as the name OF the site implies. a fair
view
Monticello is different. 1t is interest
in itself stranger coming in
ut OF II need not be told It's history
want TO stop and inspect tue place.
Z is COLONIAL and picturesque secluded
and restful Nothing is easier than to
associate the spot he environ
ment with To man who,
although in n late in life,
was one of the -4Gest dreamers the
world has ever known.
BUT Mr.. Bryan on the lawn, or stand
ing In the. front door, at Fairview
would make a picture for strangers to
remember. His glad hand offered thA-o
would leave tingle %hich worshipers
Evening star., 1908-01-12
The THAW RELAPSE.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch
The spectacle of two Thaw proceedings
going on at the same time may cause
the situation to undergo Violent re-
lapse.
From the Columbus Evening Dispatch
It's to be a nine-h day in the Thaw
trial this time. That ought to heip some
TO speedy conclusion of the hearing,
but 1t will make heavy reading for the
people who want to keep up.
From the Indianapolis Star.
Evelyn wears the same childish costume
she did before. thus showing that in her
opinion at least her gown was not acces-
sorry to the damage done by dementia
americana and brainstorms.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
The Thaw pictures are again cum
beflng newspaper space which could not
be less usefully employed.
From the Louisville Courier Journal
In the newest unpublished photo
graphs of Mr.. and Mrs. Thaw they wear
the clothes they wore last year But
perhaps the family purse has been thrown
TO the alieniSts.
From the Kansas City Star
This is the week Evelyn rhaw puts
away her finery. gets into the simple blue
frock with the school girl collar and
does" her hair low. 8
Evening star., 1908-01-12
The New
Premier.
War IN KENTUCKY.

From the Syracuse Post Standard.
The night riders in the kentucky To-
hacco fields are doing their best to make
the tobacco trust popular.
From the Syracuse Herald.
- danands upon what kind Of tobacco
those Kentucky might riders are burn
inc as To whether we can forgive them or
not 1t is just possible that they are
deserving of medals rather than denun-
citation.
From the Chicago News
While we have heard no claim of that
sort advanced, Kentucky may be practlc-
ing war to be ready If the japanese ever
come after us.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat
1t would never DO. of course. 10 oner
the suggestion that those Kentucky night
riders seem to be pretty Rough Riders.
From the Springfield Union.
We may still cherish the fond hope that
the tobacco those Kentucky night riders
are burning is the stuff of which nickel
in-the-slot cigars are made
From the Cleveland Leader.
Kentucky is the land of the dark and
smoldering tobacco warehouse ruins.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The Kentucky night riders should have
sworn off from burning tobacco In bulk.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
BROWNSON.

One more added to the malefactora
Another one OF our detractors,
Shorn of shame and moral characters,
Added to the Roosevelt Club.
o Brownson. when you went and gagged
Because doctor had been bagged
To boss a ship whose only freight
Was lazy, sick invertebrate
Marines and tars, you should have kept
Your temper and have been adept
In watching whence the breeZes blew
And chorused Teddy's ev'ry view.
Vain is the pride experience boasts.
Vain Is the knowledge OF our coasts,
Futile the navigator's art.
Worthless the compass and the chart:
For what are these when they arc weighed
Against the temper and TRADE
or him whose college of physicians
Has diagnosed him as-Omniscience7
Misguided tar! Wasted the years
You've spent in building up careers;
vainly you thought your tarry breed
Was trained to meet a nations need,
Forgetful that q storm tossed vet
Is useless a warm bossed pet;
Unmindful that song is sung
Till chanted by a White House lung.
Remember universal ken
Has stamped 1t as the first Of men.
Ruler and railer. you who wear
The cloth must learn the yoke to bear.
Brownson! you underlngs who serve
Must learn to recognize that nerve
Is better than education
And pills than navigation.
Boston Traveller.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
New York at Denver.

The anti-Bryan play in New York is
for an uninstructed delegation to Den
yer. and 1t seems likely to succeed.
With Chairman Conners of the state
committee. Tammany Hall and Wall
street all pulling together to that end,
the chances are against the Nebraskan.
He has friends in the city and state, but
they, are neither numerous nor infiuen-
tiaL- Some aAe a drag rather than a
heln.,- :
Not2for twenty-four years has New
York cut q figure of credit and conse-
quence at a democratic national con-
yentton. It will not do to cite 1904,
for the work that brought about the
nomination. of Judge Parker was
wrought In the face Of what practi-
caHy was no opposition. When Mr..
Bryan took himself out Of the way
and gave his support to the Impossible
candidacy Of Senator Cockrel. he left
New York unobstructed And when
Judge Parker sent his telegram to the
convention indorsing the gold stand
ard. he came within an ace Of undoing
all that New York had done.
We must go back to 1884 to find
the Empire state In the proper form
among the brethren. The delegation
which landed Mr.. Cleveland a winner
that year carried itself we'll and
achieved a notable victory. in 1888
New York had nothing to do but join
in the general acclaim. Mr.. Cleve-
land could not be resisted, although
there were many New York democrats
who fervently wished him at the bot
tom of the sea.
In 1892 New York was laughed at.
She really was divided against herself.
On the one side were the Hill people,
and on the other the Cleveland people.
Bourke Cochran made rousing
speech, which entertained the conven-
tion but won NO votes, while William
c. Whitney marshaled the south, and
overwhelmed his own people.
In 1896 New York was lost in what
was a veritable shuttle, and in 1900
she was in so helpless a plight at
Kansas City that she presented a man
for the vice presidency unknown out
side of the metropolis and known there
only in, connection with very nght gen.
eral gossip for the daily newspapers.
Mr.. Croker brought him forward, and
afterward an opinion obtained that he
had done so in spirit Of joint disgust
and despair.
What, then, with this record in view,
has Mr. Bryan to fear from New York
at Denver? If men of the Conners and
Murphy type appear there as his OPP
ponents, what can the effect be on dele
gates from other states but in his
favor:
Evening star., 1908-01-12
A Prophet.

Saws OF Joe StruthNrs ITS goin to be
Tho fiarcest winter YOU ever see,
" amt ma ter q lzed to date,
Rut It's a-comn'. so ias' YOU wait"
That's what Joe Struthers 'ud say. an
more.
AS he sot by the door in the general
store
A-takin' his ease an a-laushin'. too.
At the way his talk got us chilled clean
through,
Sure nun one night the blizzard come,
An OIL Joe had to git busy some.
A-choppin wood SOS TO please his wife.
An a-huggin' the stove to save his life.
To see him hustlin' an likewise scared.
Was worth a blizzard, we all declared.
1t was one O. those cases that life may
bring
Where the talk is wuss than the real
thing.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

of popular regard by his energetic but
sporadic warfare on certain corporations;
but with the only vigorous and effective
but limited reformer on either side out of
the race the interest Of the people lags.
and the whole presidential campaign Is
going slowly and indifferently every
where. =
unless something unforeseen-something
stirring. something vital and definite
comes to awaken the people and put life
ana vigor and a sharp issue into the
hustings. the campaign of 1908 promises
70 drag between a ponderous but amiable
Ohioan and an honest but persistent Ne
braskan. who both believe and advocate
practically the same things. until the
November ballots give the quadrennial
quletus to the mild excitement of a COM
naratively issueless election
But where is the Independence
League? Mr.. Graves must have heard
OF that organization. If not. William
randolph Hearst can supply him with
1ull particulars The league exists, if
we are all properly advised, to meet the
very emergency Mr. Graves describes
1t Is an old charge that the country has
lost confidence in both Of the old parties;
that both in Office have failed to make
good. and that the need of the hour Is a
new party. recruited from the best men,
bers of the old parties. and led by men
who are not under the thumb of the
money power
Fully convinced of this, Mr.. Hearst, sew
eral years ago. set about to provide a rem
edy: and the Independence League was his
onerlng He has been busy since with
MS propaganda, and has something to
show now in opposition to the old par
ties in New York. Massachusetts, Illinois
ana California. In the Bay state last
November the leagues candidate for
governor was second in the race, forcing
the democratic candidate to take his
dust.
Has the league thrown up the sponge?
Is there to be no league candidate for
president this year? Some people have
been expecting that Mr.. Hearst himself
would accept his party's nomination, and
give all those who might be discon-
tented with affairs an opportunity to
express themselves at the polls Is that
to say hope-not to be
realized? Is Mr.. Hearst, like Mr.
Graves. to be a mere observer Of the
mild excitement of a comparatively is
sueless campaign? Let him get into
the game. and the campaign will be any
thing but one of mild excitement" Why
should he not?
Evening star., 1908-01-12
The GREAT DROUGHT.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Has any one stopped you yet to say
that this here prohibition business is
getting serious. by gum?
From the Dayton Herald.
There ought to be great demand in
Georgia for soda fountains with spikes
in them.
From the Detroit News.
With whisky barred even from the
United States mails in Georgia there is
nothing left but the proprietary medicines.
From the Columbus Dispatch.
Down in Georgia, where prohibition has
Just become effective. they complain that
in walking straight. as they now do, they
find it a good deal more difficult to dodge
the automobiles.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
Jack Frost" is the name of a new tenn
perance drink that has been introduced in
Georgia. 1t can hardly be expected to
give much comfort TO people who feel the
need Of something lot.
From the Newark Star.
When a Georgian reaches for his hip
pocket now don't shoot; .smle!'
Evening star., 1908-01-12
Wall Street and the Track.

New Workers. are discussing the relative
wickedness Of Wall street and the race
track as indictments to gambling apropos
of Gov Hughes recommendation to pro-
hibit betting at horse races. There Is a
disposition In the big town to criticise the
governor FOR not undertaking to class
the spectators with the sporting game
and to move against the one as we'll as
against the other. Such criticism fails
to take into account the fact that Wall
street, considered as a financial institu-
ton. centering IN the stock exchanges. is
necessity. and that the gambling is
only incidental to 1t, whereas the race
track is luxury and the chief. virtually
the sole. object Of it is to furnish the
mechanism for the laying Of wagers
Wall street" could not be abolished with
out seriously injuring the country. per-
haps without completely choking the In
dustrial channels. The race track could
be wiped out of existence tomorrow with
out disturbing a dollars worth of legiti-
mate, wholesome investment.
1t matters nothing whether the financial
Exchanges are utilized by the speculative
ly inclined to gamble in the prices of Sc
curities. as far as the true value or the
actual necessity Of the institution itself
is concerned. Undoubtedly laws could be
profitably enacted and enforced to lessen
the evils of stock gambling. Speculation
is an evil that has brought great distress
to millions of people and has lowered the
moral tone of large numbers. perhaps Of
entire communities. But SO delicate Is
the shading between speculation and busi-
ness enterprise that definition of the
difference would tax the ingenuity of the
greatest analyst and master of language.
Every merchant who buys goods at whole
sale in large quantities, to sell them at
retail in small lots. takes his chances on
the rise or fall of the market and the
willingness of the public to buy at the
prices he sets. This transaction is. in
one sense. a gamble" But it is neces-
sary. 1t is the life Of trade. 1t is the
.oundation Of legitimate business.
No especial acumen is required to
discern the true character of the race
track and its outgrowth of unwholesome
speculation. No sophistry can avail to
defend 1t. Its power lies in the size of
the investments involved. in its main
tenance and the hold 1t has upon large
numbers of the people. The prejudice
against sumptuary legislation e4lists in
its support some people who perhaps
would otherwise align themselves for its
abolition. But public sentiment is chang
ing In this respect. The serious danger
of the poolroom has been generally rec
ognized. The common sense of the people
is bringing them to realize that II the
appurtenant gambling machine is evil
the central power station, the track, must
be more evil.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
when The TARIFF is SETTLED.

OF course. we'll settle the tariff question-in
time.-Republican Exchange.
Prosperity'll come to this trust-ridden land
When the tariff is settled-is settled
Wen pay up our debts and We'll drive four-in-
When the terrible tariff is settled!
That's just why we're nettled-
It's plain the day.
When the tariff Is settled
Wen holler ..Hooray."
Prosperityll come with a blare o. the band
When the tortuous tariff is settled:
Well march to the music an shout o'er the land
When the wonderful tariff Is settled.
That's just why we're nettled-
It's plain the day,
When the tariff is settled
The world will be gray!
Atlanta Constitution.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
ECONOMY.

A recent benedict sends US the following
verses showing how soon a man learns nsw
wisdom, once he's fairly caught:
/ used TO get my dinners
At restaurants and such:
The check the waiter brought No
Was usually this much
.S2 So
But now since I've discovered
The joys of welded bliss,
Matilda gets the dinners.
The cost for two is this
$0.6o.
However, there's a gas range
That ornaments my fiat;
The way Matilda runs IL
Brings monthly bills Ike that
i520!"
Cleveland Leade
Evening star., 1908-01-12
NLOGRAMMAR.

I seen him when he done 1t
amt told no one why,
But-well twas her begun 1t
To hinder he and /.
I'd always took to Sadly
| liked the ways Of she;
For her was born q lady,
Which were not you nor mt.
And when we'd saw her getting
To no more be the same,
Us all began regretting
That her had ever came.
But him-'twas him as hid 1t;
I'll learn him what we meant
he hadn't ought to did IL,
Nor had she ought TO went.
But her and me will floor him
I amt began in fun:
Who'd went there long before him
And Witnessed all he done.
| hain't content with scorning-
III bif his map to rag.
Because he snook that morning
And leaved her held the bag.
Richmond Times -Ditspsteh
Evening star., 1908-01-12
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
AT HOME And ABROAD.

Abroad We always try to be
Polite; we study etiquette:
The tricks OF high society
We never have forgotten yet.
We stand upon our dignity.
At least. as far as We are able:
While waiting. you Will never
Our hands above the dining table.
Our soup we never. never blow,
We never start right in on cake;
We mOiulate our voices low,
We seldom ever make n break.
We never josh the maid who serves.
Nor look 10 see IL she Is pretty:
In fact we're on TO all the curves
or high life in a modern city.
To think OF asking for dessert
Before the solid course Is through
Is something. ] may here assert.
That we would never. never do.
All proper customs we obey.
On celery we never MUNICH;
We dine in quite the proper way.
And then go out and buy q lunch.
At home it's very different. though,
Our elbows on the tables rest:
II hot. our tea we always blow.
And eat the way that pleases best.
We josh the maid and roast the cook,
We call for things we do not see:
And sometimes father reads q book.
Which may not be propriety.
We even In our shirt sleeves dine,
While mother wears a dressing gown;
The customs. gladly We resign
OF all best families in town.
Abroad our etiquette's displayed,
Our manners perfect, l repeat:
At home behavior's not our trade,
But there We get enough to eat.
Detroit Free Pres
Evening star., 1908-01-12
FRUITS OF EXPERIENCE.

II q woman will
Don't attempt to chide.
All your wordy skill
She will put aside.
She won't be denied;
She'll keep on until
All has been supplied
II q woman will.
If woman win
You TO her must bow,
Thus avoid q chill,
Thus prevent a row.
Give II to her now.
She may take II Ill,
Anything allow
IL woman will.
IL woman will
Then she will, you know.
Swallow down your pill.
II she'll have II so.
Don't you fume or fret:
Smile and pay the bill
What she wants she'll get
II q woman will.
Chicago News.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
DIVORCE CURE.

II men would hand their honeys
Throughout the liyelong year
Their pay. without extracting
The price of one small beer.
Would come home In the evening
And by the fireside sit.
For want of paying business
Divorce courts all might quit.
Nashville American,
Evening star., 1908-01-12
The CAUSE.

Kerchoo! Kercheel
His red eyes drip.
But silent be!
1t Is the grip.
His nose is red.
kerchugl kerchoo!
He feels half dead.
And SO would you
In such a plight,
4 woeful case.
His skin is tight
And flushed his face.
kerchoo! kerchee.
Just hear linn rip.
But silent be-
1t Is the grip.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Necessary.

Necessary.
II suppose you have studied the United
States Constitution?"
"Of course" answered the statesman
Of highly modern tendencies. II have
been obliged to study the Constitution
in order to point out reasons for not pay
ing any particular attention to it."
Evening star., 1908-01-12
A Report on Prohibition.

did prohibition work in your town."
ITO a certain extent" answered the
irresponsible character.
What do you mean?"
Them got drinks was prohibited
from sayin' anything about it
Evening star., 1908-01-12
Two men.

Now, Jonesby is a decent chap
As decent as can be:
l never saw a man as good
A listener as he!
But Smithsby. please deliver me
Why, he's an awful borel
He ALWAYS wants to talk and talk
And talk foreyermorel
Buffalo Evening News.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Justice Harlan's declaration that he
does not care how big the navy is SO long
as 1t is big enough manifests the fire.
quent disposition of reform advocate to
dodge cold figures.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Millions of dollars are pouring into the
New York savings banks. This will dis
appoint the pessimists who were saying
farewell forever to prosperity.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Announcements Of increased estimates
Of the cost Of the Panama canal are likely
to cause Poultney Bigelow to have a few
more thrills.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

After suffering SO much by having poll
ticians lsteal his thunder, William Jen-
nings Bryan must be doubly annoyed to
find young senator walking off with his
very name.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
GA Born Orrvtor.o -

He wore top boots. He blew out the gas.
He chewed tobacco-but let that pass;
His stanch constituents said. you know
That feller's speakin beats Cicero
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Admonitions of what China would do If
it ever woke up as a warlike power have
extended over several generations.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Occasionally giving a new member of
Congress permission to talk out in meet
ing is like making him the victim of
practical joke.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

San Francisco has seen so much crook
edness that some of its citizens find 1t
hard to draw the distinction between
graft and legitimate profit.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

New York sport bet $1,000 that Gov.
Johnson will be elected If nominated. This
sort of talk shows very little considera-
tion for Mr.. Bryan's feelings.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Every effort New York makes to relieve
the crowd In one place seems to succeed
merely In starting another jam.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

There will be no quarrel with Japan
over the immigration question, although
there may be some very keen diplomacy
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Most of the weather prophets have
earned a share of thanks for pointing out
how much worse the climate might have
been.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Admiral Brownson has not yet let wor-
riment run his constitution down to |
point where 1t is necessary to call in Dr. |
Rixey.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

With no further occasion for confess
sions Harry Orchard must find himself
rather lonely.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
An Object of Endeavor

You say YOU have always longed to be
rich p said the philosonher
Yes" answered Mr. Curoro~
"And famous"
Yes"
"Ard ,nf1uential?"
"Yes"
What for?'
$50 as to make home hanny When ono
If the girls got married I wanted the
whole familv's picture in the papers so
as to make the neiehbors jealous"
"Why were the old-time writer's so much
more delicate and lucid in their styles of
expression than those of the PRESENT."
because there were no such things as
fountain pens and typewriters to get out
Of order and worry them =
Evening star., 1908-01-12
JackSon'S
Victory.

times with its former emphasis. In The
Star of January 8, 1858, is the following
news item illustrating the patriotic senti-
ment which was then evoked by the men,
ory of Andrew Jackson's victory at New
Orleans:
This day being the anniversary Of the
ever glorious battle of New Orleans,
neither house of Congress will meet. All
the banners of the city are on the outer
walls and the democrats especially are
having a high time ont. Tonight the
annual supper of the Jackson Democratic
Association comes off at the Philharmonic
Hall, adjoining The Star office. where,
besides a feast for the appetite. an ample
one for the mind will be spread before
the large company that will then and
there assemble. The program for the
occasion tells that quite a number of the
most DISTINGUISHED democratic popular
orators of the times are expected to sp ak.
and we are sure that their reputation as
speakers would crowd the hall. independ-
ent of the influence of the glorious oc-
caSiou.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

The new prime minister is said to be a
very astute politician and has amassed
great wealth. He first
The New made himself known to the
pro,,;.r representatives, of the pow
ers in Tehoran as the gov
ernor general of Arabistan, where his
strenuous action provoked the vigorous
protest of the British legation at Teheran.
The mollah or religious party, heretofore
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Although we have in these days numer-
Gus occasions Of national celebration,