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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The American voter must soon reach a
decision. If he sits down quietly to
think It over, he will be surprised at the
simplicity OF the proposition that con-
fronts him. and amazed at the mass of
irrelevant stuff that has crept into the
campaign.
For example, one might imagine that
the publicity of campaign contributors
was a matter Of vital import, but when it
is apparent that admittedly neither
party has or can get any money worth
mentioning, even for legitimate expenses,
the source from whence it comes seems
hardly worth bothering about. Nobody
doubts that both sides in the past took
all the money they could get and asked
no questions, but this is ancient history
there is no money now to wrangle
over.
So, as corruption by the Standard
Oil Senators and representatives of both
parties have been included In its assets.
1t is not alleged or suspected that either
Mr.. Taft or Mr., Bryan is among those
assets-hence that subject is but an in
teresting reminiscence So with the moral
issue-the moral standards of the nomi-
nees are unassailable.
The question in it's last analysis mar
rows down to which of these men is likely
20 give the country the better administra-
ton. To that there can and Will be but
one answer. Mr.. Taft has occupied i'm
portant public positions for a score of
years, and mas always and uniformly made
good. His judicial decisions have been
assailed chiefly by those who have not
read them, but nobody has yet charged
him with failing to administer the law
as he found It, which is all a judge can
do. His distinguished career in the orient
and subsequently in the cabinet, has re-
Elected credit upon himself and his
country. II the simple question, Has Taft
made good? could be submitted to the
electorate, the vote in the affirmative
would be we'll Mig unanimous.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The death of Alfred Darlow will
come with a keen sense of personal
loss to many newspaper men and other
writer's throughout the world. Mr..
Darlow was widely known and greatly
admired for other qualifications than
those of a successful advertising man.
He had the peculiar personal charm of
a man of great literary attachments
and warm personality. His work al
ways bore the evidence of discrimi-
mating taste and was effective because
it was carefully done.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
Taft or Bryan---Which?
Philadelphia Public Ledger und).

on the other hand. we have Mr.. Bryan.
As a preacher he IS a SUGGEST; as a stump
speaker. he has no equal i'm this country
"a a destructive critic he has no superior.
lie is admittedly lacking in executive
experience. SO far as constructive ability
is concerned. he has with great frequency
suggested various panaceas for the coun-
try's ills. which have always heretofore
been repudiated at the polls. one day II is
Is TO l; another, abandonment of the
Philippines; a third, government owner
ship of railroads, and now, limiting the
output of trusts and guaranteeing bank
deposits-perfectly impractical and vision
AIRY schemes, all of them.
The Haskell incident cast an important
sidelight upon Mr.. Bryan's judgment of
men. Taken at his best, Haskell was evil
IDENTIFY a soldier of fortune, a Wall street
promoter and execution-proof. Yet Mr
Bryan made him chairman Of his platform
committee and national chairman. One
shudders to think of the possibilities of the
men with whom Mr.. Bryan might surround
himself, in the administrator Of the gov
eminent.
II one were looking for a man to manage
a large private enterprise, and the two
nominees were seeking the position, no one
would hesitate an instant in making the
choice. The doer would be preferred to the
talker; the practical man to the theorist;
the man Of experience to the experimenter.
When important judicial appointments are
to be made, who can best be trusted TO
make them. the judge, or the popular
orator and public lecturer
II Mr.. Taft be chosen we shall have the
country in the hands of a sane, experienced
well-poised man. Should Mr.. Bryan be
elected. we shall be in the hands of a man
OF good intentions, no doubt, of exceeding
volubility of speech, a manufacturer OF
panaceas, and a coiner Of phrases. We
think the American people will enter upon
no such hazardous experiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
AN OUTRAGEOUS ACT.
Sample of Oklahoma Methods Prac
ticed in Nebraska.
lr--NA--LA- l.

ticeo IN Nebraska.
Washington Post.
The assault upon Mr.. and Mrs. william
r. Hearst by a Nebraska deputy sheriff.
at the instance of Governor Haskell Of
Oklahoma, was the act Of a desperado,
which should meet with prompt punish
ment. Mr.. and Mrs. Hearst were in a sleep
ing compartment in a sleeping car, prepar-
ing 10 retire, when a deputy sheriff knocked
and demanded sdmittance. Mrs. Hearst re-
fused to admit him, whereupon he broke
through the door, brushing past Mrs.
Hearst, who apparently was on the verge
OF hysteria.
This was a piece of brutal ruffianism,
entirely unwarranted except as a device
to advertise the insufferable Haskell. 1t was
as much an outrage as II the officer had
broken into Mr.. Hearst's own house. The
editor had no means of knowing that an
officer was trying to find him, and il he
had known, there was no occasion on his
part to dodge the service In a statement
concerning the affair, Mr. Hearst says
he offered to donate to Governor Haskell
enough money to prosecute his libel suit
in order that it might be tried speedily.
But Haskell did not avail himself Of this
offer. and now It appears that he has
had the trial postponed until after election.
MT. Hearst says he does not believe the
case will ever come to trial, and HaskelTs
actions serve to confirm this view.
But whatever the merits Of the contro-
versy. between Hearst and Haskell may be,
the lawless and violent act Of the Nebraska
deputy sheriff deserves rebuke. There was
no excuse for II even II IL were lawful,
since Mr.. Hearst had given notice that
he would accept service through the mails
The outrage Is a good illustration
OF the character OF Haskell himself and
serves TO explain why ne fails 10 hold
the respect 0 fdecent men
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
TERMINAL TX.

While the people Of Omaha and
South Omaha we're vitality interested
in all the reform measures put or the
statute books by Governor Sheldon
and the republican legislature, they
were more specially concerned and had
more at stake in the law subjecting
railway terminals to taxation for mu-
nicipal purposes than in any Of the
other reform measures.
Terminal taxation was o only
after a fve-year campaign necessarily
waged against discouraging obstacles.
The terminal tax law enacted by the
republican legislature and signed by
Governor Sheldon ended an abuse Of
the rankest sort by which the most
valuable railroad property in Omaha,
South Omaha and other cities escaped
municipal taxation entirely and the tax
burden belonging on the railroads was
piled onto the shoulders of individual
taxpayers. The lowest estimate of the
taxes thus evaded by the railroads in
Omaha alone was 500, 900 a year, or
the equivalent of an added 1 mill on
the city tax rate imposed upon every
private property owner.
When the fight for terminal taxa
ton was on the astounding spectacle
was presented of an open alliance be-
tween the democrats and the railroads,
negotiated by Mr.. Bryan's brother-in-
law, as chairman of the democratic
state committee, by which the tax
Sinking railroads were given the help
of all the fusion members of the legis-
lature who could be Influenced by
"Brother-in-Law Tom" In spite of
this democratic treachery to the peo-
pie, the terminal tax law was passed
and put into effect, and we are just
about to reap the benefit of the first
tax levied under its provisions.
What are the taxpayers of Omaha
and South Omaha going to do about 1t?
Are they going to reward the demo-
cratic sell-outs and punish the repub-
licans who stayed on the firing line for
them? 1t is the irony of fate that the
democrats are presenting for election
to the legislature in this county the
two men who, in the legislature of
1897, were most directly responsible
for inserting in the Omaha city charter
the clause exempting railway terminals
from taxation, which proved to be
worth at least a million dollars TO the
railroads.
Do the taxpayers of Omaha, South
Omaha and Douglas county want to
put themselves in a position where the
rest of the state will assume that the
mighty battle for terminal taxation
has been so Don forgotten? Is it not
fair to say that the republicans who
fought the battle and won are more to
be trusted to hold the prize than the
democrats who tried to scuttle the
ship?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
WHEN YOU HAVE DONE YOUR BEST

S, L. Kiser in the Record-IIcraId
When you've done your best, having
hoped and planned,
And, in spite of all, you have failed To-
land;
When you've done the thing that for many
days
You have banked upon, and no word Of.
praise
Brings the flush OF joy to your carcworn
cheeks
When you've done your best, and when
no one speaks
The cheering word you have Iongcd to
hear,
And nobody seems TO know or care
When you've done your best and youf
rivals speer
And the hopes are shattered that were SO
When the dreams are ended that were :,
sweet,
And the victory that had seemed SO near
Has been turned somehow, into sore de
feat .
When you've done your best after planning
long,
When you've had your chance and have
failed to score,
When you shrink from the gaze of tue
passing throng
And wonder why you had hopes before
~Then-then, when your best has useu done
and all
The airy castles around you fall.
Be a victor yet-with a conquerorS will
Fling your challenge forth-aud do better
still.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

man type, who resent any effort to
raise the negro from a condition of
practical serfdom. Negroes of the
north will do we'll to remember the
Jackson case when they are urged to
vote for Mr.. Bryan. Wherever demo-
are in power, the negro is dis
f~ranchised and denied his rights be-
fore the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

? The campaign in Nebraska is warm
ing up fast enough and the democratic
barrel is ~spouting in every direction.
The e~xtravagant claims made by the
Bryanite shouters are now being boil
stored by pipe line streams from the
national committee in their despera-
tion to make good.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
Pulling UP Hill.
Wall Street Journal.

WdTI bIItVI JUUIHdI'
Chear up. Hope need not be entirely
abandoned. Today's treasury statistics
record the fact that our international trade
for the first nine months of the calendar
year amounts to S2,O2S, 900, and for the last
twelve months to $685.. 10000. An interna-
tional balance Of 1883, 200, 900 in nine months
in our favor is one of the fundamentally
sound facts of the situation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
Bryan's Partisan EmptyIuEs.

Springfield, CMass.) Republican.
About this time in a presidential contest
partisan speakers run emptyings. AS a
melancholy instance OF this behold Mr..
Bryan denouncing Governor Hughes as the
hacker of trusts! No man in American
public life is more clearly entitled to
credit as the defender of the rights of the
people than the governor of the empire
state. He is a reformer who has achieved
results without talking everybody to death.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Don't forget that Saturday of this
week is the last day for registration,
and that you must register II you want
to vote, either at the election this fall
or the city primaries next spring. No
former registration is good.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
Nebraska Needs No Medicine.

Wd5HI0BIOH stat NIIU'J'
Nebraska gave Mr., Bryan its vote in his
first race, but then changed its mind and
leadership, and has since gone republican.
1t needs no medicine, and is distrustful of
new remedies for keeping its health. Can
Mr.. Bryan win it back this year? He is
paying it marked attention and seems hope
full of making an impression. Personal re-
spect for him is high. But often that is far
from political support.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Former Senator Clark of Montana
is to make several speeches for Bryan.
The committee doubtless would like 1t
better il Mr., Clark would let his elo-
quent check book talk for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

schools until such time as the com
plants may be thoroughly investigated
and remedied. The people need no
assurance that the Board of Education
will do all that it reasonably can to
make the Omaha schools thoroughly
safe in every particular.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Aeronaut Hollands balloon had an
accident because, as reports say, 'its
appendix was too long" Aviation is
going to be an expensive luxury il the
balloons contract that fashionable
disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

While talking about political pros
poets, remember that no democrat can
possibly be elected to Office in Nebraska
without republican votes, and there is
no reason why a republican should
vote for a democrat this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

and buried in the earth for two years was
given to Mrs. Brown to examine. The
money had rotted and was little better
than green-tinted pulp. She was so sue
cessful in separating the decayed paper,
piecing the bits and declphering the letters
and figures, that practically the entire
amount was redeemed and made good to
the distressed owner.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
PRACTICE Work at Home.
Chicago News.

Before President Roosevelt is made peace
maker for the habitable globe he might
show his qualifications by putting a stop
to certain barbarous features of class
rushes and hazing at our own universities.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

An oficeholder in New York was
discovered to have taken out his citi-
zenship papers only two days before
his appointment. Tammany may have
promised him the job before he came
over.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The Omaha Board OF Education has
very naturally disappointed the local
yellow journals by suppressing a re-
port from the chief of the fire depart
ment on the condition of the public
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Mrs, Grace Snell-Cofin = CONN
Walker-Layman-Love is seeking a di-
vorce for the purpose of marrying Mr..
Layman again, Why doesn't she
marry Nat Goodwin
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
After the scare the slump.


% IUuIb NIyUO-DOIHUNI Z
1t Is remarked that after a Bryan scare
comes a Bryan slump. From the first it
has been noticed that the Bryan noise is
in inverse proportion to his gain In solid
support.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Senator Lodge inquiries what demo-
crat there is in the country who is
qualified to be secretary of state. SEN
ator Lodge does not know Mayor jim.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Why is it that the local democrats
are so anxious to return the Howell
Ransom combination to the state SEN
ate? Is it possible that there is any
thing in sight?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The democrats themselves are be-
ginning to get onto Tom Aliens curves
and the Tammany contributions are
not helping his work in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

There seems TO be no trace of the
panic anywhere except in the Gould
family, where Howard has been COM
PEELED to cut his living expenses from
Ss5O,OOO to 5000 OO q year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Carrie Nation declares that tobacco
causes tuberculosis. Carrie has evil
IDENTIFY been reading about the tobacco
consumption of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

A base ball pitcher has been nomi-
mated for the legislature in Maryland.
AS an orator he is said to have a very
effective delivery.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The discovery of some fossil g G is
reported from Wyoming. The cold
storage houses have had that kind for
a long time.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Oregon is Boosting of a peach that
weighs seventeen and a half ounces.
Omaha boasts of hundreds of them
that weigh from 10 pounds up.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The Pullman company has issued an
order prohibiting tipping among its
employees. Why not prohibit tipping,
fpn0
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The progress of the campaign in Ne
braska gives less and less comfort to
the democrats as the days go by.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The list of prominent democrats
who have not contributed to the am
paign fund is too long for publication.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The man who fails to register will
have no more voice in the elections
than a suffragette.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Speaker Cannon is studying French.
The speaker may have a desire to ex-
press some of his feelings in a foreign
tongue.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The $40, 900 jackpot of 1904 is be-
ing duplicated in Nebraska, but with
out getting in such big chunks.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Montenegro declares it is not pre-
pared for war. Its standing army
is probably taking it's annual vacation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Morse, the ice king" is on trial in
New York and the lawyers are making
1t hot for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Mr.. Hearst is still pursuing his fad
Of collecting autograph letters from
senators and oil magnates.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

~putter and eggs are up again"
says a market report. The housewife
would like to know when they were
down.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The base ball fans are learning to
talk English again.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

"Old gas meters must co. says the
New York Times. They do.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

I'VE are fond of all sorts of pie"
says the Ohio State Journal. That's
an Ohio weakness.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

The mint at Philadelphia is working
overtime. 1t is a cheering sign when
Uncle Sam is making money.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

John Worth Kern declares that he
is an optimist. The man who has a
railroad pass these days naturally feels
that way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Has anyone discovered any marked
hostility on the part of any OF the
trusts to Mr.. Bryan in this campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Wyoming and Colorado are sending
messages of cheer to the coal man.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
ErArEMENr or C1RCrLATGoN.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska, Douglas county, Sc:
George 3 Tsschuck, treasurer OF The
Bee Publishing Company, being July
sworn. says that the actual number OF
full and complete copies of The Daily.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month OF September, 1908. was
az foiioma.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
WHEN our OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarily should have The Bee
mailed 90 them. Address viii be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Designs have been completed for new
postage stamps of the following denomina-
tions: One cent, 2 cents. 8 cents, 4 cents,
6 cents, 6 cents, s cents, 10 cents, Is cents,
50 cents and 81. The s. and s. denomina-
lions now in use will not be reprinted.
It will be some weeks before all the de-
nominations will be put on the market.
The 2-cent stamp will be the first dis
tributed and IT is expected that shipments
to postmasters will begin some time in
November. The new issue has been de-
signed with the object of obtaining the
greatest simplicity commensurate with ar
tistic results. The profile has been taken
in each instance instead of a full view,
giving a bas relief effect. All the stamps
are of a similar design, containing a head
in an ellipse, the only decoration being
laurel leaves on either side of the ellipso.
The lettering is in straight lines, at the
top being "U, s, Postage and at the bot
tom the words 1.-TWO Cents"
The 1-cent stamp contains the head OF
Franklin, while all the others will bear
that of Washington, taken from busts by
Houdon. The most notable differences in
the new issue will be the minimum OF
lettering. The colors are the reds and
blues Of the early stamps. Director Ralph
Of the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
regards the new stamps as the most ar
tistic ever issued by the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

THE national capital continues to grow
I'm wealth and population in spite OF the
hard times" reports a Washington cores
pondent. The annual assessment just
completed, gives the real estate valuation
as sos, S24, SS4, an increase OF 100000 over
the previous year. There are found TO be
5,6i9 buildings I'm the District, 1877 having
been erected in the year reviewed. The
growth of Washington is Of national in
terest. 1t has long passed the critical
stage of its existence, when men still
doubted IL it would be ever anything more
than a struggling town. Today it has
passed the 10000 mark, and its aspect is
urban without being obtrusively so. II
Is a great residential city, and though on
a great trade route between the north
and south obstinately, perhaps wisely. re-
fuses to become a mart or emporium. An
artificial capital II il, precisely like St.
Petersburg, which was also built with the
set purpose Of becoming the seat Of a
national government. The two cities have
grown and flourished around the offices
OF administrative activity. thus proving
that a location essentially commercial Is
not a condition prerequisite TO the develop
ment OF capitals
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

UEOHGE 3.
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day Of October, 1865.
(SeGl.) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

AIRS. 4. r.. Brown. for twenty-five wears
an expert In the United States treasury
has finished a task that called for exceed
ing patience and deftness. a roll Of bank
notes which had been hidden in a lin can
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor scenes and Incident Sketeched
ON the spot.

Minor scenes and Incidents Sketeched
ON the SPOT.
The waves OF political strife, the shout
ing and jostllng of marshaled partisans,
apparently do not disturb the serenity Of
the social side of life in the White House.
Plans are being perfected for a series OF
functions for the winter season designed
to bring the social side of the Roosevelt
administration to a brilliant close. One
of the chief events in the estimation of
the younger set is the coming out dance
Of Miss Roosevelt, the presidents second
daughter, announced for December 70
While this will mark her debut into the
social life of the younger set, as has been
announced before, the first state dinner
she attends will really mean her formal
debut. This dinner will be the first cabi-
net dinner of the season and will be given
shortly before Christmas.
Though the announcement sent out from
the White House describes the entertain
ment as a small dance. the number of
Invitations will not fall far short of 1000.
The dance will be held in the East room Of
the White House and, according to present
intentions, will follow the plan adopted
when Miss Alice Roosevelt came out, that
Of dispensing with the cotillion.
Commissioner of Pensions Warner re-
ports a remarkable case of stricken con-
science. Some time ago the commissioner
got a letter from a pensioner of the civil
war surrendering his certificate and en-
closing two $500 coupon bonds of the United
states and a draft for Sl72, thereby making
full restitution to the government Of all
money he had received on account of the
certificate of pension.
Commissioner Warner refused to give
the name Of the soldier and declared he
had not disclosed it to the treasurer of the
United States, to whom were turned over
the bonds and conscience money. When
the conscience contribution first arrived
the commissioner caused an examination to
be made of the records in the case. On
the showing the veteran was entitled to
his pension beyond a question A special
mime was sent out 70 make an in
vestigation IN the theory that the soldier
might be mentally irresponsible.
The conscience-stricken man was found
to be in excellent health and of sound
mind. Thereupon the account with con-
science was declared closed and the bonds
and money were converted into the miscel-
laneous receipts of the Treasury depart
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

Entered at Omaha postonce as second
lass matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

BY using the various departments Of The
Bee Want Ad Pages you get the best re-
suits at the least expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR