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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
BRYAN AND BROWNSVILLE.

Colored voters throughout the
country who have been trying to make
themselves believe that they have a
grievance against the republican pres
idential candidate because of the
Brownsville incident and have hope
of relief and redress in the demo-
cratic party may find themselves unde-
Ceived by no less an authority than
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska.
It must be said for Mr.. Bryan that,
personally, he has made no effort to
capture or propitiate the negro vote.
In his speech at Cooper Union hall in
New York last April he commended
the south for its suppression of the
negro vote and declared that northern
states would enact the same disfran-
chising laws, If conditions in the north
were as they are in the south. Some
of Mr.. Bryan's advisers and lieuten-
ants. however, nav ind~ustriously
been trying to make political capital
out of the Brownsville Incident and
seeking to encourage the belief among
the negroes that their interests would
be best served by the success Of the
democratic party. Mr., Bryan makes
1t plain that he has no part in this
deception. In Mr.. Bryan's Com
moner, under date of December IA,
1906, appeared this editorial, which
Mr.. Bryan admits he wrote:
Whatever constitutional lawyers may
decide concerning the power of the presi-
dent 70 discharge or to reinstate, no un-
biased person will deny that the offense
was grave enough TO justify the president
in doing whatever ne has the power to do,
II is inconceivable that faiF-minded people
should c~riticise the president for attempt
ing to relieve the military service of the
menace Of a body Of troops whose MEM
beBs will shield a group of criminals,
When this matter was called to Mr..
Bryan's attention a few days ago,
coupled with the statement hat GER
tain negro delegations had called upon
him and had gone away with the inn
preston that he agreed with them as
to the merits of the Brownsville Incl
dent, MIR. Bryan said;
Some OF them have talked a great deal
TO me about 1t. I have listened And
when they got through would say, in or
der that they might not repeat anything
enormously from me, You are saying
that not l."
Perhaps they AVE gone away with the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The report of the Bureau of Labor
at Washington, showing that the aver
age wages per hour in 1907 were higher
h those in 1906, while the average
work day was shorter, will hardly be
used by the democrats as a campaign
document. Achievements under repub-
lican policies and administration are
far more likely to carry weight with
the thinking voter than empty asser-
lions and alluring promises made by
the opposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

impression that I fully agreed with what
they said, though I may not have an
swered. That may explain the reported
statement from Bishop Walters that l as
sured a negro delegation that I regarded
Roosevelts action as unjust and that I
would recognize negroes in appointments
to office.
1t would appear that there is no
room left for further argument on this
subject. Mr.. Bryan has informed the
negroes of the nation that, so far as
he is concerned, he is a southern dem
ocrat on the negro question.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
Provincial sporting spirit.
Baltlmore American.

II Is claimed that the British are dis
pleased at the way in which Americans
are carrying off honors in the Olympian
games. Not long ago, when Richard
Cookers horse won the derby, British jeal-
ousy was so obvious as 10 be commented
upon quite widely. Where Is that broad
minded sporting spirit that the British al
ways boast OF as characterizing their ma
lion? Doesn't a good sport lose as grace
fully as he wins.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
. TICKETS.
Means the Actual saving of Thou
sands of Dollars.

Dhl AlAllklAdih ANtNSs
Literally speaking" remarked the sta
tistical man, the democratic and repub-
lican tickets, taken together or singly. mar
for man, are the shortest ever put before
the country. Nine letters are enough for
the democratic candidates, eleven for the
republicans, and, singularly enough, the
same figures apply when the presidential
and vice presidential candidates are taken
in pairs. Twenty letters are enough for
the two teams, seven OF which are used
more than one time, so that in reality the
names could be built out of thirteen pieces
Of type.
THE democratic ticket is by a wide
margin the shortest ever put out, Polk
and Dallas in 1874, Pierce and King I'm
1852 and Cass and Butler in ls4s, each TAX
ing ten letters, being the only ones close
TO the mark. The longest was Cleveland
and Stevenson in 1892, eighteen letters
The republican ticket ia as short as any
In history. Grant and ColfaX In 1858
Grant and Wilson In 1872 and Blaine and
Logan in 1884. each with eleven letters,
were the only tickets as short, while the
longest was Roosevelt and Fairbanks in
1904, eighteen letters, the same as the
democratic record.
Bryan has the shortest name OF any
Ca Tie dNlllbtl - navy WV III
for president, except Polk and Cass, in
1876. Taft has the fewest number OF let
tiers in his name Of any republican presi-
dental candidate in history, Kern has the
shortest name Of any democratic vice presi-
Dental candidate, except King, 1859. Sher-
mans seven letters OF course bar him
from making any universal showing In
the short letter race.
The short tickets means the actual saw
ing Of thousands OF dollars In the com
position Of the great mass OF literature
that will be used in the campaign. Each
candidates name will be used hundreds OF
thousands Of times. in every variety OF
print from the smallest microscopic type
to the yard high bill board letters. To
headliners the tickets are happy hunting
grounds, TO printers they are easy to mold
and set up, and 10 the public in general
they are practically impossible TO misspen
or mispronounee.'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
one ON the Doctors.
MINNEAPOLIS Journal.

one OF the amusing things connected
with the successes Of Melvin W. Sheppard
Of the -Irish-American Athletic club OF New
York at the Olympic games In London, is
the fact that Sheppard was rejected as
physically unfit to enter the police depart
ment on MAY 2 OF the present year. shep-
paTd passed his mental examination, but
the police surgeons found that he was suf-
fering from heart trouble and kindred all
ments. They rejected the young athlete as
suffering from Chronic endocarditis and
artesiosclerosis." Sheppard has proved
himself a remarkably vigorous endocardiae.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The worlds supply of cork is said to
be disappearing at an alarming rate.
The worlds supply of stuff hat goes
under the cork is also disappearing at
the rate usual in campaign years.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Candidate Kern was called out of
his sleeper at midnight in the heart
of Kansas to make e speech on his way
home from the Denver convention. 1t
has been a long time since the K~ansans
have had an, opportunity to look upon
the Kern kind of whiskers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The mikado asserts that Japan's
financial stringency is due to the gov
ernment's mistake in acquiring owner
ship of the country's railways. The
identity of the w. j. Bryan of Japan
is not disclosed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

A Denver man told Mrs. Longworth
that he had voted for her father twice
and a few minutes later was heard
making the same statement to Mrs,
Ruth Bryan Leavitt. He probably told
the truth both times. That's the way
they vote in Denver most OF the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

bills for hydrant rental several times
over than to have been subjected to
the Misrepresentation that has been
scattered broadcast as a result Of this
testimony
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

OF course, If T. Fortune Ryan is
prohibited from giving more than $1O,-
600 to Mr.. Bryan's fund this year, he
may equal his former contributions by
giving another $4,000 in the name of
some member of his family.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

It will be remembered that the old
Knights Of Labor organization went
TO pieces when its leaders tried to de-
liver II to a political party.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The new prime minister of Japan,
who %announc that it will be his ma
tons policy to promote peace through
out the world, evidently does not know
son.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The Lincoln people who come to
Omaha tonight to visit with Ak-Sar-
Ben will receive such a welcome as
will make them wish they had started
long before.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
Holding Up the Lawyers.
kansas city Times.

Kansas CITY Times,
Certain railroad companies have been
sued by a Chicago attorney for 100000 for
service fees. Some OF the things that law
yesr do for railroads are worth a great
deal more than $1,000, 600, II the wear and
tear Of the conscience counts for any
thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

William T. Dust is a candidate for
maycralty nomination at Detroit. He
is taking a good many chances, as the
election comes during the rainy season
In Detroit.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Commander Peary may endure
many hardships in his dash for the
north pole. but he will miss the SPELL
binders and the campaign ~roorbacks,
which should serve TO reconcile him to
any ordinary suffering.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The Postof1ce department has is
sued an order prohibiting the use of
the mails for the transportation of
cocaine and its derivatives. The De-
partment of Justice should also get
busy after INSCRIPTIONS dealers who
send the deadly drug through the
mails.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

II viii not serve more than one
term as president says Mr.. Bryan.
On November 8 the American voters
will strike the words more than
from the sentence.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Colonel Guhey .dmits that he gave
t20,00 to the BRYAN campaign fund
in 1900. The limit placed by Bryan
on contributions for 1908 will not
worry Colonel Guffey.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

A ~phrenologist mas been examining
Mr.. Bryan's head and has found sew
eral large bumps. He will find an
other, IL he makes an examination
after November 8.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The announcement that the Persian
rebels have taken Tabriz will be of
much interest to persons knowing
whether Tabriz is a state, a city or a
rug.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Commercial agencies are now pre-
dieting a car shortage by the middle
Of October. A car shortage is the
handmaiden of a democratic vote
shortage.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Champ Clark declares that the dem
ocratic convention at Denver was con-
Quoted idiotically, Champ may now
make his peace with the conductor Of
the convention, If he can.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

So far as Mr.. Bryan is concerned,
he wants 1t understood that he thinks
there is n sup4rfuous syllable in
Colonel Guffey's name.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The Britishers are not making much
of a record in the running races in the
Olympic contests, although Uncle Sam
gave them some lessons in hat art
as far back as 1875 and 1912.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The question is not how much did
the Auditorium cost, or what is the
present bonded indebtedness, but
whether the taxpayers of Omaha are
willing to vote bonds that the city may
purchase the structure that has turned
into an elephant on the hands of it's
private owners.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

a dispatch from the Virginia Hot
Springs says that Mr.. Taft is busy
"digesting the democratic planks."
What digestive powers that man must
have,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
The Factory whistle.

Boston Transcript.
Bryan says the president must be able
to detect sophistries, Bryan should be able
by this time to recognize such phenomena
a mile off.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Democrats throughout the country
are holding meetings to ratify the Den
yer nominations. Democratic ratifca-
tions are always held before election.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
ThI. ia Real Work.

Philadelphia Ledger,
Gompers is a laboring man all right. It's
no easy job TO keep up the p~retense of con-
trolling the labor vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The Corn show is growing almost
as rapidly as the corn. and that is
going some this hot weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

What is meant by a net income?"
asks a subscriber. 1t is a term used
by fishermen.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
LAUGHING GAS.

dc you intend to make a bid for publ,
Rpplausc?'
Certainly not" answered Senator Scr.
ghum. You don't nave to bid for ap.
plause. 1t is one Of the few things needed
that you can get for nothing. '-Washing
ton Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Have been expecting something of
the kind. The Atlanta Journal says:
Look what Ignatius Dunn"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Yes, he was a fellow Of royal. instinct,
Did you hear how he spent the final rem
nam Of his great fortune?"
mo. How was it?'
II went into a restaurant and bough
a full-sized beefsteak." -C1eveIand Plait
Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Reid-Those tires on your automobile
look as good as new.
G~reene-Yes; when ] was out in the sub.
urbs today ! pumped some good, fresh
country air into em.-Yonkers Statesman
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION:

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION:
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, .ss.:,
George 3. Tzschuck, treasurer OF The
Bee Publishing company, being, duly
sworn, says that the actual number OF
full and complete copies OF The Daily!
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of June, 1905, was as
follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
WHEN OUT OLE TOWN.

WHEN OUT OF TOWN,
Subscriber leaving the city tenn
porarily should have Bee
mailed TO them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

1t is held by the War department that 1t
is possible to refuse to re-eniist a former
soldier, Notwithstanding he possesses an
honorable discharge with character good"
In a particular case which has been cited
to the War department the enlisted man
obtained such a discharge through the err
ror or carelessness of the officer issuing
It. An executed honorable discharge can
not be revoked unless 1t shall have been
obtained by fraud on the part of the SOL
der. A mere mistake on the part of the
officer executing It will not justify revoca-
ton. At the same time this ex-soldier un-
der existing law is not entitled to the priv
ilege of re-enlistment and instructions may
be given to all recruiting officers to this
effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

1t will be necessary to incorporate in the
new edition Of the army regulations shortly
to be distributed from the War department
an amendment of the paragraph which re-
lates to the absence OF enlisted men without
leave in order to conform to the War de-
partment decision in the matter, the text
Of which has been published in the Army
and Navy Register. This is to the effect
that an enlisted man, unless serving an
enlistment entered upon prior to May IL,
1903, will be required to make good the time
lost by such absence. If serving an en'
listment entered upon prior to May II, 1905
he cannot be required by sentence Of court
martial or otherwise to make good the time
lost, except as provided in the forty-eighi
article of war, but the period Of absence
will not be regarded as service in the COM
putation of continuous service pay or for
retirement.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Senator A.-And do most Of your con,
stituents think as you do on this ques
ton?
Senator X-Well, most Of them think az
they think / do.-Somerville journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

In the case Of an army officer engaged
in the inspection of the organized militia,
II is held that as his use of the telephone
was necessary in the execution of the in.
spection with which he was charged by
competent orders, the telephone tolls may
be treated, allowed, and paid for ss means
Of communication in the transaction Of
business. They do not come within the
scope of the act OF June %, 1906, which is
restricted iu It's operation to the reim-
bursement Of inspection officers FOR the
actual expenses OF travel" II is held that
the case is one falling within the operation
Of paragraph 1904 of the army regulations
and constitutes a proper charge against the
appropriations for the support of the quar-
termaster's department..
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

you didn't use my manuscript said the
visitor severely.
ut was not adapted to our purposes.
We couldn't use it.
How about the stamp that was en-
closed?'
'Oh, that was all right. We used IT,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Gratifying interest is manifested in the
examination to be held in various parts of
the country early in August of candidates
for appointment to the junior grade of the
army medical corps. Already 100 applica-
lions have been received at the surgeon
generals office, with the prospect that
fully $50 candidates will be authorized to
report before the examining boards, Of
which something like twenty will be con-
vened in as many different places conven-
lent to the residences of the candidates.
1t has been decided to receive applications
up to the date Of the examination instead
OF closing the books on the first day Of
July, as vas originally announced.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The quarternaster general of the army
has indicated to the officers in charge Of
the several quartermaster supply depots
the maximum and minimum quantities of
each article carried at those places. These
quantities contemplate one years supply
for each Of the several depots based upon
the requirements, stations, etc, as at pres
ent garrisoned. II is hoped to fix upon a
six months supply as being the minimum
quantity and a years supply as the maxi
mum quantity of all supplies which cannot
be readily purchased within ninety days,
and small quantities, say three and six
months, respectively, as the minimum and
maximum quantities to be carried Of such
! articles of stock as can readily be pur-
chased within ninety days. These maxi
mum and minimums of stock, however,
will depend entirely on the funds available
for stocking depots and will of necessity
have to be determined at a later date. 1t
is desired, however, to establish a maxi
mum and minimum stock for each article
between which depot quartermasters will
maintain their stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21
ARMY GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON.
Current Events Cleaned from the
Army and Navy ReRtster.

~ M" navy NekheNeF'
An improved army shoe will be tried out
or tried on at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, to which
post have been sent seventy-five pairs OF
new russell shoes and a like number OF
black dress shoes, consisting Of a full set
Of sizes and widths. A board OF officers
Will be convened at Fort Sheridan to have
these shoes tried by members Of the gar
rison under the observation. also. Of the
chief shoe inspector from Boston. The
board will c~riticise the shoes and make
suggestions Of changes. The russell shoe
embodies Improvements which have been
recommended hitherto, the tops being not
so high as the old shoe and their being
fewer lacing holes and those Of large size.
The russell shoe is on the orthopedic last,
while the black shoe is on the standard
commercial last.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

bEOtNGE Is. SC1UC
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
petore me this lst day of July, 1908.
M. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

Entered a; Omaha postOfnee as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

There's one thing | like about those
sheath dresses said the husband.
Whats that?" asked the wife.
There don't seem TO be a lot OF but
toning to do at the back!"-Youkers States
man.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

VICTOR RosEwATER, EDITOR.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

The Pessimist-So general and all-pervad-
ing is the corruption of commercial life IN
these days that there is not one class or
trade which has a clean record.
The Optimist-Yes there is one trade
with a clean record.
The Pessimist-What is that?
The Optimist-Bath tub manufactures
Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-21

FOUNDED BY EDWARD RosEwArER
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-02
PubIle Menaces to Morall.x.

Perhaps it is waste of words to
moralize over social scandals, but each
new domestic upheaval In what is
called our best society (meaning our
wealthiest) exerts an evil influence so
far beyond its source that the impulse
to plead for higher standard of
morals among the richest people is
hard to resist 1t must be admitted
that little good has resulted from the
most earnest remonstrance in the past
The young lions in society, in many
instances. continue to conduct them.
selves as if they were unconscious of
any public duty incumbent upon them,
as II they were unaware that the DO.
sition they hold. by the grace of the
community, carries an influence which,
If exerted for evil. menaces the very
existence of the social order Yet this
is the plain truth.-New York Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-02
Enoaoement GIFT.

Hand-embroidered tops for chemises
and nightgowns may be bought at
comparatively little cost. to be at
tached to the main part of the gar
ment, which may be made at home.
This is quite an innovation, but one
likely to be very profitable, for, in buy
ing ready-made chemise, for in
stance, it is almost sure to be too long
or in some way unsatisfactory, and the
same may be said of a nightgown.
If Just the hand-embroidered yoke
is bought, however, and the rest of the
gown made at homo. the material will
surely be more carefully selected and
the garment may be made to exactly
fit. The hand-embroidered yokes are
attached to the skirt of the garment
by means Of some beading or valen-
ciennes lace insertion, or it. might be
done with little bit of narrow real
lace.
These detached yokes make ideal
gifts for prospective brides, or they
may be carefully saved and made up
at some future time into really hand
some articles for the trousseau.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-02
CALF ENTERED AN OBJECTION.
Why Ono Milking Machine Was Never
Put on the Market.

Inventive genius seldom achieves
success at the first attempt A half
grown boy in Pennsylvania, who had
devoted his leisure hours for many
months to the making of a milking
machine OF his own devising. at last
completed it to his satisfaction and
resolved to make trial of 1t. With
out saying word to anyone he car
ried his machine down from the attic,
where he had wrought patiently day
after day to bring it to perfection, and
took 1t out to the barnyard, where
old Cherry, the family COW, stood
placidly chewing her cud with her big,
lusty calf playing round her. A few
minutes later his mother saw him try
ing to re-enter the house unseen. He
was covered with dirt from head to
loot and In state of Generalization
generally. In his hand he was car
rying something that looked like the
wreck of toy battleship. For
mercy's sake, Jud," she exclaimed,
what have you been doing?" I've
been trying my milking machine on
the cow. he said. Your milking ma.
chine! Good land! Did the COW do
all that to your" NO." answered
Jud. "Old Cherry would have stood
for 1t all right 1t was the calf that
-er-kind O. seemed to object to the
machine ne'-Youth's Companion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-02

simply the Joy with which Seffy had
filled her-only joy, vast and free. The
red famed In her cheeks at what
she saw. l shall not describe 1t. No
lover was ever more abject-no lady
was ever more furious! We see the
comedy Of 1t only. We would not have
been hurt, eh? But we did not live
then or there nor under Sally's curious
small conditions-nor with Sally's tenn
per. Curiously enough, this Scripture
came to Sally's mind:
Gould ye not watch with me one
hour?"
You know what strange and inop-
perfume things come into the dis
tressed. unguarded mind.
Sally rose with a dignity which
even Sam had not suspected. and said ::
Gentlemen. good night"