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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
TEE OUTLOOK IN MISSOURI

\ THE developments Of the political
situEtiun In Missouri since 1896 show
thAtahabalance of power in the state
hainqtheShands of independent voters,
who have very fixed ideas on issues
offered for their consideration. The
record shows that the trend of this in
dependent vote has been toward the
republican party and the republicans
otahe state are encouraged to believe
they will be able TO keep Missouri in
the republican column this year.
1t may be admitted that Mr.. Bryan
Is stronger in Missouri than Judge
Parker was in 1904, but there are
other conditions which offer encour
agement to the republican leaders. In
1895, Mr.. Bryan received 363,6e7
votes In Missouri, a plurality owe Mr..
Mckinley Of 5s,727. At that time, the
silver sentiment was strong in Mis-
souri,, the democrats being ardent ad-
mirers Of "Silver Dick" Bland, who had
been their candidate for the presiden-
tial nomination. In 1900, Mr.. Bryan
received 351,922 votes in Missouri, a
loss of $4,000 from 1895, while the
republican gain in that time was 49,
900. In 1904, Mr.. Roosevelt carried
the state by 25,137 plurality over
Judge Parker, whose total vote was
296,S12. At the same time, j. w.
Folk, the democratic candidate for
governor, was elected by 10000, indi-
eating the numerical strength of the
Independent vote of the state. In that
election, the republicans elected all of
their state officials, with the exception
of governor and commissioner OF in
surance, and elected a majority of the
legislature, giving-them a United States
senator.
The situation in Missouri this year
holds a number of local features that
promise to appeal to the Independent
vote in favor of the republican candi-
dates. Mr.. Bryan is no stronger in
Missouri than he was in 1900, If he
has not lost ground. The free silver
sentiment is as dead in Missouri as 1t
is in other states and the voters of the
state are particularly well satisfied
with Mr.. Taft and with the administra-
ton OF the republican legislature. At
torney General Hadley, who has estab-
lished a national reputation by his con-
duct of affairs of his office, is the
republican candidate for governor and
his election is practically conceded,
even by the democrats. He is opposed
by w. S. Cowherd, a democrat from
Kansas City, who is a forceful cam
paigner and a man of ability, but who
is admittedly allied with the corpora
ton interests of the state, against
which the democrats and citizens gen
orally have been in revolt for several
years. The republicans are united as
never before in the history of the state
and the democrats are sadly divided by
factional uuarrels. The state is ad-
mittedly in the doubtful column this
year. with chances favoring the repub-
licans. t. '-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Brynn's First InstnIlment.
prnnL1yp EoC1a HpA Jatn

Brooklyn Eagle Nnd uefn,).
We are restrained from characterizing
as they deserve the impressions and eva
sions Of this First Installment by the con-
sideration due to the nominee of a once
historical party for a still historical office.
Mr.. Bryan's address is one not of peril
hence, but of impertinence; it is one OF
pertness, not of power, or Of candor. 1t
neither suggests nor induces conviction.
The candidate pettifogs, where he would
persuade, and begins by tooling himself
before he would impress others. Unteach-
able or Interchangeable partisans may he
stirred by the First Installment, but
men to whom truth is more than aught
else, men to whom parties and candidates
pass to review, under the light of reason
and of justice, and with the wish to choose
between them for the best good of Amer
lea. should realize, long before next No
vember, that Mr.. Taft should be advanced
in public service to the presidency, and
Mr.. Bryan be preserved to the journalistic
field and to the lecture field, as equal
theaters for his rhetorical and histrionic
gifts Of utterance and OF acting.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
PENALTY ron CARELEssNEss.
staEEerInE Losses by Fire I'm This
Ceuntry.
NeU Ynrk Glnhe

NEW ~ SAobtH
The totals OF fire loss in this country may
signify little TO the average mind, but the
comparative figures should mean much,
The figures issued by the national board
Of fire Underwriters show that the average
fire loss per capita in the United States for
the last five years was $500, against 80
cents for six European countries, including
France, Germany and Austria. 1t may be
objected perhaps that II is unfair to select
this particular period for purposes Of com
parison, since both the Baltimore fire OF
1904 and the saL Francisco fire Of 1906 are
included in IL. And yet II these two fires,
representing about sS5o.OO0.OOO, were deducted
from the total fire loss OF the country for
the five years-which is estimated at $751;
III, 56-th total would be reduced by but
little over a fourth. And the American per
capita loss would remain about six and one
half times larger than the European What
Is to blame for this great disparity? Are
We so much more careless than EuFopeaEs2
Are Europeans building codes. IRE depart
msnts and water supplies from ain and a
half to ten umes better than th0ss found
in the United Stata
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
WHEN THE FIsT WONT BITE.
National snortsman-

There's days when the fish won't bite:
It's either too calm OF else too rough;
It's either too warm or not warm enough.
IT'S either too cloudy or the suns too
bright;
The winds the wrong way, or the moons
not right;
It's either too wet, or else it's too dry:
or for some other reason, you can't tell.
why,
But there's days when the fish won't bite.
There's days when the fish won't bite;
You may try every lure, you, may try
You may do what you viii, and wait and
wait
From morning till noon and from noon TIL
night.
But you wont get a nibble tho you tHI
all your might;
You may grumble OF swear,
But the fish don't care,
For there's days when the fiGh won't bits.
But there's days when the fish will bite;
When II amt 700 calm and Il amt TOO
When I ain't too warm, but just warm
enough;
And ne big old fellows, Oh. Joy, how th.1
line tight
How they leapl How thy run!
Gee whiz, but It's fun
On ths days when ths esh viii bita1
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
The People WIN Rule.

~FHIIdutIpHIa LtuBeT Und.l.
II is impossible to avoid a contrast with
the clear, judicial examination Of all the
large problems Of the day which was
made in the corresponding speech of the
republican candidate, and the most ardent
admirer of Mr.. Bryan cannot find the con-
trast to his advantage. In his peroration,
the candidate returns TO his glittering gem
~eralities and claims confidence for the
democratic party because OF its devotion TO
1.-THE people" and its willingness TO die
for a great cause This may be a reason
for sympathy or even admiration, but
scarcely for practical trust, Mr.. Bryan Is
exercising his mind needlessly. Whatever
party or candidate succeed, he may r,sl
assured that the people will rule" and
will have their way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Personal NOTES.

Alton B. Parker rushed for a unaway
rig in California the other day and over
hauled 1t. He never sprinted like that after
the Bryan ~bandwagon.
The democratic candidate for governor
in Maine offers to retire in six months
after election II he does not keep his prom
Use to enforce all the laws.
Seventeen cases Of photograph records
loaded with Chinese music have been re-
ceived in New York City. The Society for
the Suppression of Useless Noises has no
picnic ahead Of It.
Mrs. William c.. Eakins, the wife Of a
New York broker, is a candidate for mem
bership Of the Arlington Board OF Educs-
ton, and she is the first woman in New
Jersey to be nominated for an elective Of.
flee.
Thomas H. Greene OF Fail River has
been carrying letters for thirty-flve years
now, and last week the other letter carriers
invited him to a clambake and gave him
two gold stars for the sleeves Of his uni
form. =
The gas meter has been brought to book
by the Public Service commission in New
York, with the result that but 10 per cent
OF the 5000 meters tested proved accurate.
But this is less important than that over
SO per cent were fast. :
The German emperor Is never without hisi
revolver, and he is extremely skillful inl
the use of the weapon. 1t is inspected andl
freshly primed every morning, so as to
make sure 1t is in perfect working order.
Firmly convinced that he is going to die
by the hand of an anarchist-this fate hav-
ing been prophesied for him long ago-heI
is determined to make a stern fight for hts
life, and to have, at any rate, II he falls,
Of inflicting some injury upon his assailant
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Difference in Greatness.

bUTTIIIVIV NTTVTIVuW.
The Prime Minister OF New Zealand says
that both King Edward and President
Roosevelt are born rulers, each richly en-
dowed with common sense. Americans will
agree 10 this to some extent, although the
personalities Of the two are very different.
President Roosevelt's is that OF the ag-
gressive, dominating type which simply
cannot remain in obscurity, but will rise
10 the top, regardless Of circumstances
while il is likely that II King Edward had
been born a private citizen, he would have
made no more impression in the world than
as an amisble gentleman, meeting circum-
stances with tact and ability, but neither
shaping nor overcoming them.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
THE nnsrRArNiNc ORDER.
A Fact Conveniently Overlooked hy q
Democratic Stumoer.

NNrIlllNAANI tNNI.
The democratic congressional COMMITTEES,
IL circulating the speech ~ Mr.. Henry OF
Texas. o very able lawyer and a ye-v firS
crater. on tho subject Of injuactions. MR.
Henry asserts that for three-auarters - al
century It Was the law that no injunction'
should Issue In any case without reasonahls.
previous notice to the adverse party. or his
attorney. Of the time and place OF moving
the same.
Whether that statute. that was enact al
I'm 1898 and repealed in 1917. is obnoxious
to sections 1 and ? OF article ~ Of the con.
s%titution has never been determined by
the supreme court. for the reason. perhaps.
that during the entire life Of the statute
temporary restraining orders Were issued
without notice and a temporary restraining
order sccompiishes for the occasion pre-.
cisely what an injunction would eftoc.
There is q heap Of eloquence Wasted q .
argue that II is not the jurisdiction " A
court OF equity to prevent or 10 punish
crime, but no one denies that a court O.,
equity may make order to preserve the |
right OF property. II a citizens goods arel
threatened with destruction It lie his right
to appeal to a court Of equity, filing atfi.
davits setting forth the facts and sivins
bond to indemnify anyone wronsed by trs
Issuing Of the writ. to have a restraining
order issued and served on the part,
menscins his property without previous
notice TO that party. II no wrong is IN
tended nobody Is harme by that transa,-
ton.
True. it may prevent crime, but it PIE
serves property, and whatever preserves
property can work injury or hardship T.
no good citizen. Every man in a free cOun.
try is entitled to what he legally acquires,
and his accumulations should be exempt
from the vandalisms OF all malefactors
Every man in a free country is entitled 90
labor for a living without let or hindrancs
from any individual disturber or any mob
Of collected disturbers.
And a government that does not secure
the citizen in his right to his property and
his right to work merits the contempt ofF
every freeman. Let US not make a Mo-
rocco or a Venezuela OF our free republic.
Let us throw the protecting arm Of the
law around every man, whatever his sta
ton or condition.
And, II we are not greatly mistaken, the
American people intend to shield every
good citizen from the turbulence and the
violence of every evil culprit,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
THE WAY TO BOOST BUSINESS.
Tip for Railroad Managers who TaIk
of Increased Rates.
New York Evening POSI-

new 1Ofk Evening Post,
Because the railroads have rot filed with
the Interstate Commerce commission the
proposed schedules for advanced rates. let
no one imagine that their campaign Of
education is TO be abandoned. The power
OF suggestion is to be used to accustom
shipper and the general public to the in
crease, and we shall finally see the higher
rates conceded by the shipper as by one in
an hypnotic trance. In all seriousness, the
higher rate schedules are being kept as
ar instrument in the railroad armory. If
the suit filed by the Texas commission
against a significant synchronous riae in
rates Of many railroads Is not held a trans
erosion Of the Sherman antitrust act. II
the e~lectior news is reassuring, II crop
prospects indicate that the traffic can bear
another stiffening Of charges, the project
for higher rates will be quite ready. 1t will
be well not TO forget this skeleton in the
closet. Meantime a stray item of railroad
news shows a more excellent way Of aug
menting earrings. South Jersey distributed
more than 100000 Of produce over New
England, the middle west and Canada last
month, an increase Of $50, 700 over last
years July shipments, The significant ex.
plaLation given is:
Special schedules were established. and
trains known as preference freights' were
run, making time equalled only by passen.
ger trains. The market was greatly
widened as a result OF the development
campaign undertaken by the Pennsylvania
railroad in behalf Of the commercial and
agricultural interests OF southern New
Jersey"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

ton is the natural result Of the popu-
lar tendency toward what may be de-
scribed as the mor progressive senti-
ment Of the country, c~rystsllized gem
orally into the Roosevelt policies. The
new progressive sentiment has estab-
lished itself firmly in the senate and,
with augmented numbers. and larger
courage, will make itself felt in max
ing the senate more responsive to
popular demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
COMES OUT FOR TAFT.
adj Democratic Paper of Mary
land Deserts Bryan.

land Deserts Bryan.
Baltimore sun.
II Is the judgment of the sun that the
material welfare OF the people Of the
United States-industrial and financial
would be promoted to a greater degree
by the election of Taft than by the elnc-
tion OF Bryan; that their rights would
be safeguarded as carefully by Taft as by
Bryan.
The Sun is convinced that the "arm Of
the law personified by a president Of
balanced Judgment, with a thorough
knowledge of the lava man Of steady
purpose, just and resolute-would prove
a better defender Of the rights OF the
people, would do more to promote their
material welfare. than the big stick has
done in the hands OF Mr.. Roosevelt or
than the big club could do in the hands
of Mr.. Bryan. 1t is our deliberate judg-
ment that for the next four years the
material interests Of the people Of this
country would be safer with Mr.. Taft at
the head of the national government than
with Mr.. Bryan. We further believe that,
while lawbreakers would be brought to
account by Mr.. Taft with as little fear
or favor as Mr.. Bryan could display, the
methods employed by Mr.. Taft would not
curtail the ~workingman's opportunities
for employment by disturbing the bust
ness OF law-abiding men and corpora
tons, as has been witnessed In the last
few years.
MI. Taft's experience in important ad-
ministratiVe posts, his judicial tempera-
ment, his patience and ~thoroughness in
investigation, Justify the belief that as
president he would execute the law faith
fully and well, but not spectacularly.
And while this type Of man ought to be
in the White House all the time, he
seems to be especially needed now, when
the country is emerging from an indus
trial and financial depression which
brought distress and suffering into many
homes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

roar Of applause" and all night and
all morning the trains had been bring
Ing thousands and thousands Of Wis
itors to the capital city It is welcome
to. The RAILROADS. saw none of these
trains and the lincoln people who
gathered on the VSate house lawn suf-
fered little in thSAl auditory sense by
reason Of any uprSS chat greeted Mr..
BRYAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Divine Law Expounded.


NtN bih Gun NlbpJ'
We canno overlook that discreditabls
passage Of Mr.. Bryan's speech of accept
ance in which he says:
There is a divine law Of rewards. When
the creator gave us the earth, with It's
and the rains with their moisture. He pro-
claimed, as clearly as IL His voice had
Numbered from the clouds, Go work, and
according TO your industry and your inte Ii
gence, so shall be your reward" Only
where might has overthrown, cunning und-
ermined or government suspended this
law, has a different law prevailed. To con-
form the government to this law ought u
be the ambition Of the statesman; and NJ
party can have a higher mission than t.
make 1t a reality wherever governments
can legitmately operate.
Analyze this doctrine. Does Mr.. Bryan
mean-and TIE ques ion nay b. asked with
out a particle of irreveIcnce-that God has
enacted for the benefit Of human beings
a divine law establishing the measure Of
the rewards OF their industry and intelli-
sence; that the divine law has been so
loosely framed or so ncgligently enforced
that Gods definite into ntions in this re-
spect are continually tEwarted by the
might Of the powerful OF the wiles Of tho
cunning among His creatures, and that
supplementary legislation dictated by Mr..
render effective the divine law which the
Creator has linpotcntly proclaimed?
II Mr.. Bryan's words do not mean that
what can or do they mean-eXccpt that
the old propensity to the u%tterance of sane
timonious humbug for political effect is
still his master?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Land Grabbers Forced to DIsEOrge.
New York Tribune.

The recovery by the government within
three years OF l,291, 1853 acres OF land in
Nebraska from the clutches of land grab
bers is a gratifying achievement and dem
onstrates tina 1t is well worth while to
try to enforce the law. That splendid area
will afford homesteads for a multitude OF
honest settlers and pay a considerable re-
turn to the government, instead OF enrich
ing unprincipled gratters. And there are
probably millions OF acres more elsewhere
which may be reclaimed in the same way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The meanest man has been found
egain. He lives in Lincoln and has a
plate that was intended for Mr.. Bryan.
1t is unkind in the extreme to deprive
the Peerless OF any little mementoes
of this kind, for he will need them all
in future years to enable him to over
come some of the bitterness of thought
that will result from the outcome of
his present venture.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Not as Bad as He Looks.
Brooklyn Eagle.

The bankrupt Harry Thaw does not
seem to be quite such a fool as the lawyers
and doctors took him for. That lawyer
who charged a dollar a minute for time
spent In sleep working out his clients
problems In the subIiminal region of con-
seriousness manifests a greed that nothing
short OF an insane desire to part with
millions could satisfy. Thaw came near
being synonymous with 'freeze-out."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Cooled on.

Cleveland Plain Dealer lind. DEM.
Mr.. Bryan in his address says nothing
70 arouse antagonisms, voices no new de-
mands and in no way alters the popular
conception OF him-that, while still a re-
former, a p-ropagandist at heart, he is a
less rampant one than the public became
familiar with eight and twelve years
ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
One Excellence.
env Pos (rep.).

DtWNVT TU6I Vtp,J'
The speech has one excellenCe-it reads
pleasantly, demands no thinking, awakens
no animosities and skillfully evades every
issue that the course of the campaign may
raise to a burning question" Time has
indeed worked its marvels with Mr.. Bryan
when twelve short years have softened him
from the burning fever of the Crown OF
Thorns 10 this pink tea notification that
might have graced any lady's afternoon"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

Boston Transcript.

|VNIVH ITNHHNTITI'
The fleet has met with a warm reception
at a cold season In New Zealand, where II
Is now winter. The mean temperature OF
January is IS degrees In the north island
and 30 degrees in the south, and in the lat
ter June sees the mercury down 10 40 de-
grees. As August progresses the New
Zeaianders are cheered by the reflection
that warm weather can not be far off.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
A Boo.ter of Business.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

DItNtIdIIU Ut" IO"
Following Mr.. Harriman's vacation trip
along the Union Pacific there is a re-
sumption Of activity that is very encour-
aging to all beholders. Mr.. Hartman has
some queer ways, but when it comes to
perceiving the approach of prosperity he
is in the van.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

Douglas county will still bear the
brunt Of the state taxation and will
still be the target for many unkind
filings from persons who do not realize
the real relations between Omaha and
Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The democrats propose to take an
immediate poll of the country. The
poll taken BY the republicans on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November is the one that counts.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

Nearly every state in the union
was represented in the crowds says
a Lincoln dispatch to the Chicago
Record-Herald on the Bryan notifica-
ton. Yes, ever New Hampshire was
represented, Mr.. G. M. Hitchcock of
Omaha appearing as the proxy from
that state on the notification COM
mtttee
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
A Deal with the dutch
ST. Louis Times.

Under a new treaty with the Neither
lands we can buy our brandy at a lower
price, in return for which Dutchmen VIII
be able to get our meat products at smaller
expense. 1t would appear that the Hol-
lander gets the best of the deal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

Building plans filed in fifty-nine
cities in July are 11.s per cent over
the corresponding month in 1907. The
tide Of business is running in the right
direction again.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The same old phantom crowds so
familiar IN all his recent progress are
again pursuing Mr.. Bryan. The diff
ference between the stories told by the
Rryapite correspondents and the cam
era Is the difference between the
takirs' idea Of truth and actual facts.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The effort to capture the printers
national organization for Bryan failed
for the reason that the printers are an
uncommonly intelligent body of men
and their national convention is made
up of their best representatives.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

Brother-in-Law Tom has backed
away from his hastily assembled bunch
of straight-out populists, This is
mighty consoling to the local unterri-
fed, who would, no doubt, have greatly
relished the prospect of voting for
Elmer Thomas as a presidential
elector,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has ruled that railroad passes may
be issued to 'indigent, destitute or
homeless persons" Democratic poll
ticisns will be on the eligible list after
November 8.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

Mr.. Kern that his letter
of acceptance viii be shorter than that
of Mr.. Bryan's. Mr., Kern has fewer
words than Mr.. Bryan, but more
Ehiskers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The presidents commission, in seek
ing means Of inducing the boys to re-
main on the farm, might try the plan
OF having the farmers daughters wear
directoire gowns.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

Governor %Sheldon's prediction that
Nebraska is not going democratic this
fall is not only based on faith, but on
facts as we'll. Even the democrats do
not expect to carry the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

State Senator Onion OF Texas is COM
ing north on'a speech-making tour in
Bryan's behalf. Onion is one of the
speHbinders TO whom the term "baited
breath" applies.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The sultan of Turkey proposes to
build a fine new Parliament building
at his own eSpepse, Where did he get
the price?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
Where DID bic GO ItI
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Speaking Of publicity about campaign
funds Mr.. Bryan has a splendid oppor-
tunity to explain whence came the SS",-
am that Chairman Mack says was left
over by the management in o.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17

The Eagles will find the atmosphere
Of the Missouri valley splendid to fly
in. They roost high here, and can
boot whenever they like.