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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
rEE NEGRO AND ms VOTE.

Southern papers are becoming very
much aroused over Colonel Waiter
sons urgent appeals to the democratic
campaign managers to do something
to induce the negro voters Of the north
to support the democratic ticket in this
campaign. The brunt OF this fight has
fallen upon Colonel Watterson, as MT.
Bryan can not, without great embar-
rassment to himself, discuss the negro
question this year. In his speech at
Cooper Union hall, New York, last
April, he endorsed the action of the
southern states in DISTINGUISHING the
negroes and since that time. he has
been evading the issue, leaving to his
li%eutenants the work Of Turing the
negro vote to the democratic camp.
The Richmond (Va.) Journal. dis
cussing Colonel Watterson's recent
bids for the negro vote, joins with the
Charleston News and Courier and
other southern papers in declaring that
the democratic party does not want "A
victory in the present campaign If it
must be secured with the aid of negro
votes. The Journal puts the matter
thus bluntly and plainly:
The negro is the secret Of the solid
south" 1t is solid and viii remain solid
so long as the negro question survives. as a
perpetual protest against and a formidable
obstacle to the consummation of the foul
crime OF reconstruction-the fun exercise
Of negro suffrage and the full acceptance OF
the false lie of racial equality. That we
shall be given a free hand I'm this matter
and hat the party w1l support us in 1T
and steadfastly refrain from adopting any
course or pursuing any policy that would
embarrass or compromise us In dealing
with the negro question is the one abso-
lutely INDISPENSABLE condition to the solid
south's support Of the democratic party
a party that without the solid south would
Just at present be about as respectable as
Debs' Socialist and about as formidable
as Hearst's League.
For the responsible organization Of the
democratic party to make a formal bid for
the negro vote and for the responsible leader
and nominee for the presidency to cleo
tioneer for this vote in the so-called doubt
ful states would be a distinct and formal
admission by the party of his political
equality with the whites. rThis would be a
plain desertion of the south and a flat re-
pudiation Of all for which she has suf-
fered and fought and ~served-the one thing
that has made the south solid and bound
her to the fortunes of the democratic party.
The party cannot preach and practice the
doctrine OF racial equality and the negroes
right to the suffrage north of the Ohio and
the Potomac, and south of these rivers
preach. sanction and practice the reverse.
In the meantime the democrats of
West Virginia and Kansas are seeking
to pass laws disfranchising the negro,
while in other northern states the
party managers are making desperate
efforts to induce the negro vote to go
to Mr.. Bryan. Negroes and white men
alike would like to know where Mr..
Bryan stands on this question and If
he endorses the double dealing pro-
gram of his campaign managers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
The FavOrite of Fathers.

When II comes to the important issue Of
large families. it may reasonably be ques-
toned whether or not any of the preslden-
tial candidates, past, present or prospec-
tive. can make a'better showing than Tom
Hisgen. In the speeches he is now making
down south MIR. Hisgen says that he not
only believes that an employer should give
preference to married men. but that every
time there is an increase in an employees
family his wages should be increased. He
has tried this course in his own business
and he has found 1t to work exceedingly
well. How long could race suicide flourish
against the general adoption OF this policy
OF Tom Hisgen's?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
oMAHA,S CITY GorERNAfEN1

1t vas not expected that the visit
ing city fathers would entirely en-
dorse everything hat exists in connec-
ton withs the Omaha city government.
1t has never been held forth as a
model, and even its most ardent sup
porters do not claim perfection for it,,
but with all its manifest deficiencies
and apparent shortcomings, it still has
its advantages n the earnest citizens
of the community are undertaking by
patient effort and as the result OF ex-
p~erience to correct mistakes and inn
prove on methods, so that the city
government of Omaha may in time
come to such a degree OF efficiency as
will satisfy completely the needs OF all
who live under it.
This much is said for the information
OF those among our visitors who have
publicly expressed their disapproval of
omaha's municipal Housekeeping. In
defense of Omaha 1t may be said.
also, that the charter under which we
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
MRAD

]. w. Foley in New Y0rlt Times.
The spellbinder sat In the gloom apart
with a tear IN his dlmming eye'
With a clutch, like death at his aehinS
As the big parade went by.
lie thought OF the days whsn he held the
When his foes, they were strewn like chsff;
lie was useless now, In this later age
OF the campaign phonograph-
lie watched tneIero~d ana he heard the
Till the notes Of The, tune ,srsy DIM;
They had mouse for him
For a box and a squeak and d monstrous
He was cast aside like .chaff.
And he cursed the day thar speech was
In the throat OF aqphOnosraph.
And far from the depths Of the Gloss
He could hear the needle screech.
He could hear the cheers and the echoes
OF the ground-out keynote speech.
lie clasped his breast with a sigh OF pain,
And a groan-oh. a piufuls sound,
And the tearsyfrom his eyeitds fell like rain
AS the photograph went round.
He thought Of the glitter of other days,
OF the period roundly turned,
II the honeyed word andtnthe soundin
phrase ar -vt =
From the campaign textbook learned y
The arm appraised in a climax grand,
The cheer of the ,half-mades vote,
Yet here was his job, on a wooden stand,
With a speech In It's metal throat.
And the thing went round with a buzz and
whirr,
With a scratch and scrawl and clink;
It had wooden arms where the gestures
were, s
But It never stopped 70 drink.
Then a taXicab went whizzing by
That he saw through a mist all dim,
And a lean old cab horse wiped his eve
In sympathy of him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
WHERE DID THEY GET ITr
Money spent for Gorgeous Quarters
for Democratic Committed.

for Democratic Committee.
New York Evening SUM
National Chairman Norman e. Mack has
so much money to run his Bryan campaign
so much so far-that he is ready to extend
theglad hand to a real octopus and invite
wealth TO a front seat in his
private office,
The scene at the Hoffman House head
quarters of the democratic national COM
mittee is at once battling and alluring to
plain democrats. the rank and file. The
place allures by its magnlficehce, but the
plain spellbindeTs wonder how they can
go out on the hastings and declaim against
wealth while Chairman Mack has money
to burn. The headquarters has been spread
out over an entire floor Of the hotel, and
more floors may be rented before the end
OF the week II the money continues to pour
IN. Nobody knows, except Governor Has
kell and Chairman Mack, where It comes
from, but plain democrats from Georgia
and Texas gasp when they enter the ma
tlonal headquarters and see the evidence
of a great campaign fund.
Magnificent suites of rooms have been
rented for the use OF Mr.. Nathan Straps,
who is organizing the business men Of
the country for Bryan, and for Herr Her
man Ridder, who is sending forth Bryan
literature in all languages. There are suites
for Eastern Secretary Kennedy, suits for
Assistant National Secretary Burton. par
lors for the use of General Organizer John
w. Tomlinson. several parlors and recep-
ton rooms for the use OF Vice Chairman
Hudspeth. The furniture is all solid oak
or mahogany Of the latest and most ar
tistie design. Oriental rugs OF the finest
texture cover the floors, Democrats frem
Georgia actully stop chewing tobacco when
they enter the place.
In the Railways leading 10 all these gor-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

The Omaha double-ender is excit-
ing itself tremendously over the pros
pect of the common peoples savings
unless the guaranty deposit law is
adopted. Under the last democratic
administration of national affairs, the
common people were immune from
banking dangers, for they had moth
ing to save except their breath, and
Mr.. Bryan offers no-guaranty that this
condition will not again prevail in
event of his election.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
Springfield Republican.

Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural de-
partment calculates that the wealth of the
United States is increasing at the rate of
100000 a day from farm products alone.
Presumably, however. he would not have
us infer that the permanent wealth of the
nation is expanding at the rate indicated.
If it were the vacuum in inflated corpora
ton stocks would be filled up in less than
a year and many more watered issues taken
care Of. Nevertheless, it sounds better to
put it that way than to say that the
United States is consuming wealth at the
rate of 100000 a day.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

"If you are nominated you cannot
carry New York and cannot be elected,
Why don't YOU step aside and allow
some man to be nominated who cal be
elected?" said Herman Ridder to w.
]. Bryan at Lincoln just a few days be-
fore the Denver convention. Mr.. Rid
der understood the situation thor
oughly and it has not changed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
ExempIaru of strenuous Life.

Philadelphia Ledger.
II the first rule for Americans is the
strenuous life and the square deal, a heavy
popular vote for the prize exemplar will
go to Christy Mathewson and another to
Hans Wagner, One pitches three games
a week in the most p%arlous times known
to base ball, and the other plays every
day and leads his league with the stern
regularity of fate. 1t is an epic of nerve
in action and Spartan good habits between
times. r
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
LAUGHING eAs,

Belshazzer saw the writing on the wall,
"Causcd by local issues, he said.
Herewith he dismissed the matter from
his mind.-New York u
PhYsiclan-My dear follow. you shouldl
Practice deep breathing 4
Caller-Great snakes, DOCTOR 1 DO. -
work in a coal mlne.-Chicagc Tribune.
You arc not very enthusiastic about the
Nope answered Fsrmer Corntossei.
The nearest | kin ever git TO enthusiasm
In any election is 10 persuade nlyseit 70
cheer. up an hope fur the best
ton Star.
4 was en- dishabille when you called
That's one Of the suburbs. amt il? I've
never been out there, ~-tfouston Post.
IT'S silly for anyone to suspect me OF
cheating" said the tricky coal man; my
weigh Is honest as the day.
HIM! remarked the housekeeper. the
days are getting shorter and shorter as the
cold weather approaches. catholic stan
dard and Times. ,-.I ..'@
II say. boy" said the city chap. who
was passing a couple of weeks on the
farm, how long cana goose stand on one
"s'posc yew try it nm see" rejoined the
rural youngster, with a large open-faced
grin.-Chicago News 80.
"A public ottlclal must tbe unllnChlhB
about aying down the law
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. ono
of the great difficulties Is that an officiaA
occasionally gets confused. Instead of layNS
ing. down the law he starts I'm thrown :
down the NATURALIZATION Star.
The Highwayman-Hands upl I've
you covered
The Public Man (much frightened
wh-what have you got theneR :
The Highwaymah-A revolver;
The Public Man much- relievedl-C,k
that's all right. / was afraid II might he
q compromising letter.-Cleyeland PAN
Dealer. "NI
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

big Jeff" is making such Roadway
in the district as leaves no doubt as
to the outcome. II he proves as sue
a congressman as he is a cant
paigner the voters of the Second Ne
brasks district will never regret hav-
ing elected him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

vember election. Ills visit to the home
state OF his democratic opponent was
opportune and the assurances that he
has received in the great turn-outs
that have greeted him must have con-
WINGED him OF the sincerity Of Ne
braska's people. estate pride" is not
going to lead the voters Of Nebraska
into the mistake Of endorsing Bryan
this wear.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
pon,t Am speak I'd Once.

Now that Graves has been officially in
formed of his nomination. what's the mat
ter with starting a contest to see who can
first give the names of all the candidates
for president n vice president?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

The New York World tells Mr..
Bryan that he cannot fight Mr. Roose-
welt with confetti The World has
never convinced itself that its Map of
Organism" will iced 10 be changed by
the November result
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

II is Just possible that the governor
OF Oklahoma may be working for n
OF those insurance companies in Lon
don that is Offering policies against the
election of Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

1t was a we'll dressed, we'll fed and
a happy crowd that cheered Ak-Sar-
Ben XIV on his entry to Omaha, and
the prosperity so noticeable has been
achieved under republican administra-
ton. The voters should remember
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Sir Oliver Lodge insists that he can
hold communications with the dead.
Can he get q message from Senator
Jeff Davis OF Arkansas?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

The League of American Municipali-
ties is beginning to experience the
Omaha welcome so ineptly expressed
by Mayor Jim" at the Boyd theater
Wednesday morning. 1t was not
what Mayor Jim" said, but what he
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
Care and Caution Needed.

81 LOUIS 6iope democrat.
1t is needless to say that accidents will
not stop a~eronautics. An\annuaI casualty
list equal to that at Gettysburg has not
interrupted railroad operations and
growth. But It would be a great thing to
reduce the dangers of all kinds OF iocomo-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Mr.. Bryan says the democrats are
strongly in favor of forest preserva-
tiOn. Naturally. as they have need
for the tall timber every November.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

what part are the candidates for
vice president playing in this cam
paign2" asks an exchange. Well, they
are furnishing the w~hiskers, at least.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Governor Haskell is in position to
sympathize with the phenom who
ome up from the brush league and
has the conceit knocked out Of him
after pitching about one game in fast
company.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
~Expediting Justice.
st. Louis Times.

81 GO0Ao IuuSS.
Omaha has set a fine example to New
York in thai matter of expediting murder
trials. The -Rustln case has gained ex-
cellent headway,~, while the Hams boys
continue 10 st in their cells and consider
the ways of the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
-RouNn Anour Nrw ronk.
nipples ON the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.

nipples ON the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.
The picturesque experience OF the raw
immigrant. long ago embalmed in story.
is becoming more and more a visual rS
had never witnessed the rush OF fire
fighters and their machines to a fire, and
on seeing the belching and changing en-
gines dash along the street at midnight
aroused Lis sleeping companion and eX-
citedly exclaimed, ''The devil Is going by"
To witness such a spectacle in New York
nowadays II Is necessary to go into the
fringes OF the metropolis. where fire en-
gines have been driven by the direct fire
pressure system recently installed in the
down town district. Huge hose carts have
taken their place. These carts weigh about
as much as the five-ton engines they have
superseded, carry 2OOO feet Of five>ply
rubber hose. The NIbing is necessarily
stronger than the old kind, for It must
Withstand a water pressure of 300 pounds
to the square inch. The fire engines usu-
ally give only half this pressure. Behind
the drivers seat on the hose cart projects
a four-foot brass nozzle which can be
turned in any direction to shoot the con-
centrated volume OF water from three lines
OF hose. Such a stream will go further and
with greater force than anything yet avail
able. Sixteen brass MOBILES Of various
sizes are carried on the sides of the cart
A metal handrail above the piled hose is
provided for the crew of eight men to
hang on by.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

If the health reports are not exag-
gerated IL is surprising that Russians
should object to being sent from st.
Petersburg to Siberia.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

The base ball pennant chase is near-
ing the finish and not a player has been
mixed up in any Standard Oil scandal
this season.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Both parties are expressing concern
over the future of the farmer. About
the only person not concerned about
the future Of the farmer Is the farmer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Turkey imported 5000, 900 pounds
OF soap last ear. That may account
for the active house cleaning that is
going on in the sultan's country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Mr.. Taft has left no blazing trafl OF
prairies and corn fields on his way
through Nebraska, but he has left an
impression in the minds of the voters
which will be registered at the No
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Manila has been notified that It
must shake the cholera before 1t will
be allowed to shake hands with the
haQk
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

II should be remembered that it is
Mr. Hisgen and not Mr.. Hearst who is
running for the presidency on the indie
pendence ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Oklahoma serves as a warning to
other states not to elect a governor
who cannot produce references.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city tenn.
porariIy should have the Bee
mailed 60 them. Address viii he
changed "a often ~ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

The president has demonstrated that
he is as handy with the harpoon as
with the big stick.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Democratic leaders are learning that
while tt may pay to be bold, it does not
pay to be Archbold.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

A market report announces a short
age In the Cayenne pepper supply. Mr..
Hearst appears to have taken the en-
tire crop.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Governor Haskell says-but really
it doesn't make much difference any
more what Governor Haskell says.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Anyway, none of President Roose-
velt's correspondence is ever found in
the dead letter ONCE.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

II was a typographical mistake. Ok
lauoma, not ollklahoma, was meant.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02
sTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

state of Nebraska, Douglas County. IS:
0eorge b 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 September, 1913, was
~ Fnllnuraa
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Haskell has not been proved
guilty. says Mr.. Bryan. Neither has
Abe Ruef.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

The Big Pen is mightier than the
Big Stick.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

General Morton is experimenting
samson's work In a delightful way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

And how for the ball.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

A picture Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was
sold for SIC by the sheriff OF New York
county last Monday. The portrait OF Mrs.
Harry X. Thaw by Harrington Mann was
with difficulty brought up from the first
bid of 8 cents TO the selling price at
public auction. The sale took place on r.
Judgment against Mrs. Thaw by Elsie Hat
wig. a Fifth avenue milliner. for the sum
of $3.50. When the sheriffs auctloneer said
that the picture was worth $500 he was
greeted with derisive cheers and laughter.
The bidding went up in bids OF % and so
cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

A dispute between the government and
o. Ogden Mills regarding the value of a
pointing by Sir Joshua Reynolds has been
settled by Judge Waite of the board of
United States general appraisers, favor
ably to Mr.. Mills.
The painting, which is a woman's por-
trait, was invoiced at $4,000. Collector
Fowler, however, had his attention called
to the fact that in the official catalogue
the value was put down as being more
than the amount stated in the invoice. On
this account the collector demanded addi-
tional duty.
The general appraiser held that the work
should be admitted on the valuation con
tanned In the invoice. 1t developed that
the price as catalogued was higher than
Mr.. Mills actually paid. In order to OBJ
tain his picture the importer will be taxed
so per cent duty, amounting to $1,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

An exhibition that attracts n great deal
of attention is to be seen in Duane street.
1t is a lathe that turns out shoe trees. and
there is always an interested crowd stand
ing around to look or. Both the blade
and the block ~revolve, and the size of
the finished tree is adjusted by a model
inserted in a twin lathe by the side, which
guides the swinging arm holding the block,
and makes an exact reproduction of itself.
The whole machine is automatic.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

New York is embarking on a number
of municipal novelties designed to- promote
the general welfare, but the effects of
which are sometimes unexpected and
startling. For example, a new high pres
sure hose cart which was going to a fire
the other day found that It could not pass
an old-fashioned horse car I'm Prime street.
The quick-witted firemen had never con-
templated such an emergency, due to the
extreme width of the new apparatus. but
they rose to it by derailing the horse car
and setting in on one side OF the street.
Then there was room for the high pressure
outfit to proceed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Keep Smiling" the motto to be seen in
many shop windows, is the legend prom
inent in the pariors and rooms of the
most unique religious house in New York.
The hotel for young women, called the
Emeline Y~ork-Tyndall, at IS East One
Hundred and Second street. is a church
house connected with the Peoples taber-
nacle next door. Situated in the heart Of
a Hebrew colony. 1t has Congregationalists,
Methodists, Catholics, Jewesses, Eplsco-
palians, Baptists. Free VIII Baptists. Pres
byterians, Dutch Reform and Lutherans,
and all live happily and contented in the
little rooms that ARE used by girls who
have no other homes, to, live in. The hotel
is closed to girls earning more than sl2 a
week, and the age limit is IS. The price
Of rooms ranges from $3.50 to $3.50 a week.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Precepts OF the Hlustrious Sage. includ-
ing the inverse statement of the golden
rule, will be taught to thirty children Of
Chinatown in a school over which the first
Chinese teacher to follow his profession
in this country will preside. Mr.. Chue is
his name, and his school is to be at 9
Mott street. Mr.. hue teaches not only
the classics, but he applies thereto the
latest method of western instruction. He
imparts not knowledge by duh rule. In
his class no child will be asked to mem
oriEe characters and then learn what they
mean. Writing the language of Confu-
clus in rapid style and committing to
memory the classics will furnish the prin-
cipal work of the school of Mr.. Chue.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

q.
Treasurer.
Subscribed in. my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day of October 1903.
CSeai1 ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Belshazzer saw the writing on the wall,
"CausCd by local issues" he said.
Herewith he dismissed the matter from
his mind.-New York sur.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Il was en- dishabilte when you called
yesterday"
That's one Of the suburbs, amt IL? I've
never Been out there. Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-02

Entered at Omaha postofnee as second
class matter.