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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
THE LOCAL LEGIsLATTVE TTcKET.

n LOCAL LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
II an unbiased but well informed
voter were t choose between the two
legislative tickets offered in Douglas
county solely on personnel, he could
not possibly fail to recognize the gen.
eral superiority of the republican
candidates. The republican ticket is
made up OF men in good standing
among their associates. of demon
strated ability in successful private
undertakings, half of them with
previous legislative experience to COM
mend them. Those who served in the
last session and are seeking re-elec-
ton helped to make up the wonder
full record of achievement of that re-
publican legislature, for which they
are entitled to their full share of the
credit.
The democratic legislative ticket in
Douglas county, on the other hand,
with but two or three exceptions, is
composed of disreputables or ques-
tionables. The democratic legislative
candidates, with the same two or
three exceptions, have nothing to COM
mend them and much to condemn
them. Those of them who have made
public records in previous legislatures
or other Offices made records that re-
CURED them to go into retirement at
the close of their respective terms.
The democratic list includes salaried
corporation lobbyists, an indicted
member of the Coal trust, several
common, ordinary political grafters,
and nearly all below par on the scale
of good citizenship.
In a word, the democratic legis-
lative aggregation is as far from being
representative of the people of Doug
las county as 1t possibly could be, while
the republican candidates are fairly
representative Of all the various ele-
ments and interests hat may legiti-
mately claim recognition. No good
citizen will make a mistake by giving
preference to the republican legis-
lative ticket In Douglas county when
he goes to the polls to vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
Postal Savings banks.
pblIadel,hia Inquirer.

ELiiuaNlelAi@ ANAS
The postal saving bank as Endorsed and
supported by the republican platform is no
new thing, except in this country. All en-
lightened governments Of Europe have
maintained it for years. There is nothing
problematical about II. 1t has been thor
oughly tested. and there Is not an intel
ngent- immigrant who does not know all
about 1t.
IN operation in the United States the
proposition would run something like this:
Every postofflce In the land would become
a depository. not to unlimited but to lin
tied amounts, for the savings of the peo-
Pile. This money would be in turn depos-
TIED by The government in regular banks.
and the Individual depositor would be al
lowed interest at the rate OF. say 2 per
cent. Having taken charge of the money
the government would become responsible
for its safety.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02


the Peerless.
philadelphia Public Ledger.
To the Editor of Public Ledger: VIII you
kindly present this as an open letter to the
women OF Philadelphia
VIII you pardon a Nebraska woman. one
Of whose ancestors mentioned a. Philadel'
phia church in his will 200 years ago, IL
she asks you the very pointed question
What are you doing to preserve the dig
njty Of the nation that had It's birth in your
fair city2" "-
The chief place IN a great commonwealth
is sought by a man whom we OF Nebraska
feel Is not a proper person even TO repre-
sent US in the United States senate, and
why? Chiefly because he Is claiming credit
that does not belong to him.. ~Anti-monop-
oily as a political issue had it's rise in the
west a round dozen years before Mr.. Bryan
appeared on the scene, "a government OF
the people and for the people" was a
slogan there while he was yet In Illinois.
The Omaha Bee. General Charles Van
wyck, United States senator for Nebraska,
and Major A. r.. Anderson, congressman
for the Eighth district of Iowa, had their
places and held the regard of their neigh
bors on that platform. 200
Mr.. Bryan claims to be the ''Original De
~lIverer." We cannot trust the Immense
power welded by a president Of the United
States to a man whose moral sense Is so
dull that he will place himself on record
as a plagiarist. The president has the mi
tiative in dealing With foreign nations.
VIII We trust the honor OF the United
States to q man who is so careless OF his
own honor? -gss
VIII we give q man who has enc hobby
today n another tomorrow a chance to
treat with other powers? VIII we make a
man who giibly proposes to unite in his
one person the offices of the president,
congress and the courts, thus ignoring the
constitution. our president2 VIII we make
this man commander of our army con-
troller OF our navy? We hold our fathers
and brothers, our husbands and sons dear
as the apple OF our eyes. Will we place
their lives at the mercy OF this man who
would talk US into q war with another
nation in six months? Are we willing to
sacrifice the nation born in Philadelphia
to the ambition of this man whose only
recommendation is that he Is a good
comedian7 JOSEPHINE SMITH.
Philadelphia, October q, 1908.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
TOO POoR FOR THE PLACE.
Pointed Comment on a BIshOpriC
Declined.
Cleveland Leader.

Cleveland Leader.
Scoffers at modern religion. altogether
too many, It is sad to say. will find a fine,
big target in the excuse which Rev. Alex
ander Mann of Boston, recently elected
bishop Of Washington. has given for de-
cllning the high honor. He Is too poor a
man. The place requires a cleric of wealth,
for the salary is only 5000, and that sum
will not pay thepwages Of the servants in
the episcopal palace there. Bishop satter-
lee. the former incumbent, had a private
income of $4,000, and this was none too
big for the drain upon It.
Custom. ecclesiastical politics or the dig
nifty Of the. church. something cryptic to
the lay mind. has brought about this con-
dition Of affairs In which the social side OF
a bishops work-it can scarcely be called
a duty-dwarfs mis- religious activities. He
must entertain like the primate Of Eng
land. and come into competition In the so
eial way with the moneybags OF the land
who flock to Washington to buy their way
into society. or. rather, to cut into It with a
silver knife and fork.
II Is not necessary, though, to be a scoffer
at things sacred to find material for sin
cere regret In such 9 worldly situation. One
who has honest respect for the cloth,
though he may not be affiliated with any
especial faith, can point out the danger Of
making a church dignitary a social dipio-
mat
A too common lack in religion Is intimacy.
1t isn't personal enough. II does not meet
modern conditions squarely and sympa-
thetioally. It concerns itself too much with
form and too little with friendliness. Il Is
aloof from the troubles. the sorrows, the
sins and the pressing needs OF, the day.
The demand Of the day IA for a primitive
bishop with his scrip and ~serippage, not
one with a palace where the servants
wages are a small fortune yearly.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
ChRfin Picks Taft.
WaehinRton Star Henl.

Al this period Of the game, when tall
claims are in order. Il Is refreshing 10 find
a candidate for president chasing no rain
bows for himself. After a thorough an
vass Of the country Mr.. Chafin picks Judge
Taft FOR the winner. His judgment. how
ever. would rank higher II he had not pre-
dicted a few days ago the dissolution OF
the losing one OF the two principal parties
In this years contest, and the triumph OF
the prohibition party I'm 1912. stfi. as Mr.
Chafin has had an opportunity to sound
sentiment and finds IL largely for Taft, his
announcement Is worthy OF interest. These
are great days in Israel. ana every man
with a prediction to predict should nrepare
TO predict 1t now
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
JEFFERIs OR HITCHCOCK.

The voters of the Second Nebraska
congressional district are asked to
make a choice between Albert w.
Jefferis and Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock for
congress. This ought not to be diff
cult. Mr.. Jefferis has all the advan-
tage possible. He has shown himself
to be a man of strong personality, of
high character and of uncommon abil-
ity. Straightforward and clean cut In
all his ways, he is the ideal of the
young man in public life. He has,
moreover, the advantage of being In
line with the dominant party, COM
mitted to the policies that have made
the United States great. II he is
elected. he will o be an impotent
representative Of the interests of Me-
braska and Omaha. but will be able
to accomplish something for his con-
stituents:
Mr.. Hitchcock has confessed his In
ability to secure anything for the dis
trict, except free garden seed. Mr..
Jefferis will go to congress uhham-
pered by any pledges or alliances that
will interfere in any way with his
duty to his constituents. His OPP
ponents have tried to badger him into
making some sort of a pledge that
would initiate against his usefulness,
but he has resolutely stuck to the
issues and will go to congress free
from any strings save his devotion to
his district and his party.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
Publicity In Divorces,
Brooklyn Eagle


There are three parties in every divorce
case. The first is the plaintiff. The sec.
ond is the defendant. The third is the
public. The public. by which the courts arc
created and to which the courts are re.
sponsible. is entitled TO knoF the facts de-
veloped by n court In the trial Of any
suit for divorce. Publicity permits crlti.
cism and prevents collision. 1t assures
honest trial and fair decisions. To say
that free access to the records encourages
sensational and indecent Journalism Il
equivalent to saying that a press censor.
ship is advisable in a free country. Re.
sponsibihty for publishing what cannot bs
published without ~outraging public decency
will seldom be assumed. and when II is as
stunned public opinion can be trusted TO SC
express itself that a repetition Of the OF,
Tense will be unlikely.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
The Debs Movement.
Rnaton Transcript (rep.).

bO1LUH lI"W'NT'FF N"TV'
Although the Debs movement Is suppos-
edly helping the republicans In their pres
emit contest, not a few persons View the
rising strength OF the socialist party with
serious apprehension. Deb's large vote four
years ago was in considerable part due IN
the number OF radical democrats the coun-
try over who would not vote for Parker
Without that excuse for Debs' strength
now, an Impression prevails that even the
400. 1000 figure then reached will now be eX-
ceeded. Some estimates place his probable
vote at a million. II this should be the
case the country would sit up to take
notice" But fortunately no preliminary
polls give indication Of any such strength
as this to the ultra radical cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
OPENING WESTERN LANDS.
A Few Millions OF Acres RemaIn In
the Public Domain.
yyosttno4os. post

Washington Post.
with the opening OF the old Rosebud In
dian reservation in South Dakota last week
another step was taken in the winning of
the west" In the Rosebud opening 5.17t
persons drew farms OF leo acres, making
an aggregate tract OF $4,000 acres. For
this lane the lucky persons paid the gov
eminent anywhere from Q.@ to - an acre,
according to location. That land In now
selling at from so ( 80 an acre. SO that
the possessors may be said to have got
ten a fortune from the government for q
song.
The Rosebud is only one OF the vast
tracts of western lands which the United
States is throwing Open TO those Of It's
citizens who wish to 20 out west and
grow up with the country. Either by
drawings or by the old git thar" system
Of rushing on horseback In wagons, or
afoot into the opened lands. at a given
signal, the government has already dis.
posed Of over 100000 acres to homestead.
ers. 1t sim had on hand Of good. bad and
Indifferent land something like 754,Ss5, 30
acres, which some day will be giving ia
support to a hardy, thriving population
capable of Wrestling riches from the soil.
Much Of this land lies in Arizona and
NGH mSAiCO. AAIBG IIdClb OL II are IL
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Nearly all
Of 1t is rich. requiring only the magic oil
water to turn it from a desert into q gar.
den. The reclamation service is rapidly
furnishing the water and the homeseekers
who are fortunate enough to draw theii
100 acres each along the line Of irrigation
canals need never fear for the future. For
the old westerner. accustomed to barely
scratch his thousands of acres and depend
on induigent nature for his crops, the 100
acre farm does not seem a great deal oil
land. But the farmer OF the future viii
find 1t more than he can cultivate soien-
ttfically and its yield greater han hi'
needs.
Probably the next large land area to b,
thrown open to settlers will be the arabic
lands of the wonderful Occur d'Alene coun-
try. This is a particularly rich and pic
turesque region in the rainy belt OF Idaho
and it's soil is considered most desirable. II
hArbors many lakes, but the Indians viii
probably be allowed to retain the acreage
along the shores of the streams and bodies
Of water. But the best tiliable and will
be thrown open to settlers and some OF
them are even now estimated to be worth
800 per acre. Even at this late date II
must sometimes seem worth while for the
young man in search of fortune to follow
Horace Greeley's advice.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
why He wants II.

Brooklyn Eagle dDd.
Mr.. Bryan rays it has been pretty wen
Dro,,er that he does not seek the office for
his personal glorlfication. which statement
NAV be founded on fact. But when ano
where ard by whom has its truth been
proyenY only the candidate himself Knows
ybv he wants the presidency, and-his
testimony is that OF an interested party
When he explains that he wants TO go 70
the White House only because OF his strong
desire to see certain policies 80 into Ell
feet. he leaves rot a little unsaid' for
years he has looked longingly In the dirse-
ton Of Washington. The ambition OF MS
life is to be president-his desire for the
distinction is laudable, not discreditaole.
Nor would It have done any harm to say SO.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
whither We Are Drifting.
Springfield. Republican.

II is to be doubted whether George wash
lngton would have, made a speech to night
workers at 3 a. m, however persuaded
but tina means nothing. Night workers
were few w~henrheyran for the presidency,
and it was not necessary TO hustle with
fiery speech from place to place by railroad
trains and automobiles yet unborn. The
Father Of His Country was fortunate in
his period. Things political will have to
be moderated much or else candidates for
the White House four years hence will be
kept talking all night.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
A BRYAN MISREPRESENTATION

In n of his speeches at Syracuse,
N. Y, the other day, Mr.. Bryan did
some clever word juggling in an eff
fort to make his hearers believe that
his bank deposit guaranty plan is SINH
lar to the savings banks in Germany.
He quoted a consular report, showing
the wonderful thrift of. the German
people. as shown by the amount of the
savings deposits and the number of de-
p~ositors. and said that the only ques-
ton wal whether the bankers should
guarantee the deposits, as he proposes,
or whether the municipalities should
guarantee them. as in Germany.
Mr.. Bryan's comparison is wholly
misleading. In Germany these savings
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
A U On TWO.

The bslesman is under examination for
Have you any prejudice against capital
Il have" responded the talesman, 'but
In the case OF this prisoner / would take
pleasure In waving tt."--Philadelphia
My new hat" remarked Mrs. Pretty
race, surveying her mammoth headgear
fectiy in every respect. E SeTTGa1ses R oSt
II matches"
Yes darling; It does" srOaned the hus-
companying bnL-Philadelphia Press.
''Th queen dowager Of Italy was trying
against the duke OF Abruzzi's marriage TO
an American, wasn't sheF'
~ did look for q time as IL she were
lean.
First Admirer-she looked dasgers at me,
Second Ditto-5he cut me dead.
Third Ditto-Well, / must say, when
she came out In that stunning rig she
Fourth pittO-I think she's just killing
philadelphia Press
does your wife want a divorced Incom-
patiblity%" Icy
Something of that sort, reckon" an
p Saiao With her IDEAS Of of'V Comfort eS9s GSn-
cago Tribune.
Have you ever written any sentences
calculated to thrill the woTld?'
Not that / now Of" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. But there Is no telling
what may turn up In somebody's letter
hle s."-WRshington Star.
Masistrstc-ca you prove the horse in
question was treated cruelty in cutting
off his tail?
Lawyer-Yes, your honor; we have dock
umentary evidence in the case,-Indian-
apolis News.
eve find the prisoner not guilty by
reason for insanity" .t.
But the plea Was not that of insanEy,"
remarked the court.
That Just the point we made" re1oined
the foreman. We decided that any mar
who didn't have sense enough 70 know
that an insanity plea was the proper capNE
! must - erssV "-Phnadelphia LedEeA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
Faitb before the Court.

Kansas City star unu.).
Perhaps Mr.. Bryan really believes that
he is going to be elected. He was Just as
confident in 1896 when he met with such
an overwhelming defeat. In October of
that year he gave out q signed statement
at Cincinnati in which he declared:
II have no doubt of my election. I base
my confidence upon the fact that the free
coinage sentiment is growing every day.
The gold standard makes a dearer dollar.
A dearer dollar means falling prices and
falling prices mean hard times.
The number of republicans who have
declared for free silver outnumbers the
democrats who have deserted the ticket.
while 1 nave no doubt as to my election
I believe that the advocates Of free silv
should work from now to election day to
make the majority in the electorHl college
30 large that no party hereafter viii ever
dare to propose submission to a foreign
financial policy"
The fact that Mr.. Bryan was mistaken
in every observation he inside In 1895
merely shows how easy 1t is for him to
express absolute confidence this year
or at any time. II also shows the essential
difference between mere optimism about
conditions and conditions as they reahy
exist in political campaigns.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
what Bryan's Election Means

Philadelphia LeoBer lhu'''
The election of Bryan means four years
of agitation. which will be futile 10 accom-
plish anything except unrest ana confusion
The choice Of Bryan in November WIN GER
tainly mean a long pause until tne cou"
try may make up it's mind what pushes
,s m expect from Mr.. Bryan and the men
who would surround him. 1t will then mean
another long period OF hesitsnoy ex-
treme caution until Organism shall be un-
folded by its specific acts. It will certainly
mean a business policy OF more reserve
than would accompany a Taft adminis'ra-
ton. because not a single man IN the
limited States can say with assurance JUST
what Bryan and his secretary OF the treas
ury might do in a furry OF the money
market IL the gold standard and a sound
treasury practice should be put 10 the
test.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02

President Roosevelt gives out copies
of his letters as he writes them. thus
removing n chance of having them
stolen later on and offered for publica-
ton or sale.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
NIariaPAs ana sariIaae

Just to please the natives. the Navy de-
partment has changed the name Of the
ladrone islands 10 the Marianne islands.
"Ladrone" means rubber. Marianne" is
a Frenehified composite OF Mary and Anne.
We don't know whether sulu 10 an objec-
tonable word or not. but while the femini-
cation OF our insular possessions u going
on. why not call II SaTijane?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
ON PREsIDENrIAL FIRING LINE
Does statute OF Limitation Ran
Against "Crime of 'T3f"


Chicago Tribune trep.).
Does the statute OF limitations run
against "a crime against human kind7"
n not. what has become OF the terrible
crime OF 1873" 10 avenge which Mr.. Bryan
told Us he had consecrated the remainder
Of his life7
In 1896 Mr.. Bryan declared with ~vocifer-
Gus vehemence:
We ask that the government restore that
policy which we once had. that monetary
system We had until Il was stricken down
In the dark and without public discussion.
When we say restore we mean to give us
back something which we have had.
with Coin" Harvey and other Is to 1
agitators Mr.. Bryan insisted that the
"crlme OF 1879 was part of a conspiracy
OF the worlds money changers to inflict
their poor debtors with a dishonest dollar,
by which they were to be robbed for the
enrichment Of the creditors. He further
said:
I denounce the gold dollar as a dishonest
dollar. There are two kinds of people who
and want it because II Is dishonest and
those who favor it ignorant OF It's real
meaning.
Mr.. Bryan explains his silence on the
silver question now by saying that free
coinage is no longer an issue. What, then,
has become OF the 'crime of 1879" which
could be atoned for only by the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver at the ratio Of is to 1 without
waiting for the aid or consent Of any other
nation on earth7 Has Mr.. Bryan consented
to the compromising of that awful felony?
Or has he concluded that the gold dollar
is not a dishonest dollar and that the
crime was purely a Pigment of his mag
ination7
Certain It is that the crime OF 1873 has
not been expiated, and yet Mr.. Bryan has
ceased altogether from demanding that
the perpetrators be brought to the bar Of
justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02

"a vote for Hitchcock is a vote
against Cannon" shrieks one of Mr..
Hitchcock's circulars, and it might
have gone on to say that a vote for
Hitchcock is q vote against Roose-
welt, and TAFT, and any other repub-
lican man or policy. That is why the
voters are going to urn Mr.. Hitch
cock down.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02

The Shallenbergerites see the writ
ing on the wall. and are doing every
desperate and d~espicable thing to
avoid the fate that awaits them. It
il too late to follow up all the stories
they set ahoat, but their day of decep-
tion is nearly over.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
Amusing Democratic Blenders,
Minneanolis Journal.

Senator Dolliver Of Iowa got off so good
a one in the southwest that the papers
down there are quoting it with glee. He
said III his speech: Democratic leaders
know nothing about the tariff. The Dem
yer platform demands that five specific
articles be put on the free list. all of which
are there now. and have been for many
years. The tariff ought to be revised, II
not by It's friends, at least by its acqusint-
ances,' ASP
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
"shallenberger has made a straight.

sQuare-toed fight" shrieks Chris
Gruenther. Promising prohibition in
Johnson county and free whisky in
Douglas county is probably Mr.. Shall
lenberger's notion of what a straight
fight looks like. but the voters will
not trust such a man.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02

Mr.. Bryan will close his campaign
with a whirlwind tout through Kan
sas. That will enable him to get home
through the back door just before the
voting begins.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
All the Rootern In Line.
Kansas CITY Times.

All of the corporation democrats VINO
fought Bryan in 1886 and 1900 are "whoop-
ing 'er up for him this year. They know
that Bryan. If elected, will be unable to ac-
complish a single one of the reforms for
which he speaks; and they know that Taft
not only can, but will.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02

One New England firm is planning
to manufacture $685. 900 bicycles next
year. The bicycle has apparently
Joined with the horse in refusing to
retire in favor of the auto.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02
True.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

IItNoUUIb DSP~N~"
Bryan declares New York is as enthusi-
astic for the democratic ticket as the
states west Of the Mississippi. Appar-
emily true. The states west of the Mis-
isissippi are so enthusiastic for Bryan that
he is almost certain to carry Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Texas.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02

On that subject Of anne once more,
a man named Dote is running for the
legislature in Indiana on the demo-
cratic ticket. The republicans promise
to give him the anti-Dote treatment.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-02

The Little Giant Of Hall County,
has returned from the east. where he
could hnd nothing but Bryan voters.
He win find the Taft voters when he
gets hack to Grand Island.