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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
PERSONAL T

Men in New York who have money to
bet on the election, and make q practice
of betting, appear TO hsv settled down
to the belief that TAFT will be elected.
The odds on Taft are 8 to 3 ana 3 to 1
In some cases.
II. A. Kuhn, a Pittsburg operator, is
said to have perfected a machine that
can dig and load coal at the rate OF a
ton a minute. The individual miner, with
the best methods hitherto In use, can
turn out only from six to ten tons a day.
New York has a state debt Of $2S, 600, 900
and a balance in the state treasury OF
$4,000, 900 to offset It. That is doing pretty
well. but Pennsylvania can beat II. Penn
~sylvanla has a cash balance OF $780, 900 or
100000 in excess Of what remains OF the
state debt.
An Australian cattle king, Sidney Kid
man, is said TO own more Of the British
empire than any other Individual. He is
the proprietor OF 4s.21e square miles of
land and has 100000 cattle and 10000 horses.
He is entirely Helf-made. When IA years
old he was earning only $3.50 a week.
Ths worlds record for a baby globe
trotter is held by Kathryn L. A. C.. Nor
gan, who, though only 8 years old, has
Travelled 10000 miles, or more than eleven
times around the globe. She Is the daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George e. Morgan,
formerly of Chicago. whose business in
terests have taken him into all parts of
the world.
Two princess, representatives of the only
real American royalty, descendants OF that
Massasolt whose word was law to thirty
villages and 10000 redmen. are living In
poverty on the shores of Lake
sett Massachusetts. They are Teweeleema
and Woo~tonekanuske. An effort is being
made TO secure for these last of the royal
blood of the Wampsnoags q material recoS-
milton OF their rights and OF the services
which their ancestors, the mighty saohem
Massasoit performed for the pioneers of
New England, for without Massasoit's
friendship and protection the struggling
colonists would have been swept from the
land.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
WHY


According to the democratic plat
form, shall the people ruler" is de-
clared to be the paramount issue in
the present campaign. The same demo-
cratic platform in other declarations
seems to dwell upon mathematical
percentages as constituting SOM sort
Of a political talisman. II the ques-
ton whether the people rule can be de-
termined by Mathematics, u demo-
cratic friends are invited to apply the
percentage test to what confronts them
In Nebraska az a condition rather than
a theory.
Previous to the recent statewide
primary, an agreement Is said to have
been reached between the candidates
seeking nomination on both demo-
cratic and populist tickets that n Of
them would yield to the other in the
event the people failed to award both
nominations to the same man. While
this deal has not yet been fully exc
cuted, the democratic nominee is pro-
ceeding on the assumption that he is
the chosene one and that he will in
due time by some hocus pocus be sub
stituted for the candidate nominated
by the populist end Of the fusion COM
bine.
According to the official canvass, the
democratic gubernatorial nominee, Mr..
Shallenberger, received. 1886 votes
out OF a total vote polled for gov
ernor amounting to S2,577. In other
words, he was the choice of 3S per
cent of the democratic voters partici-
pating in the primary.
According to the same official can
vass, the populist nominee for gov
ernor, Mr.. Berge, received 2.317 votes
out of a total of 3,671 votes polled
for governor. In other words, he
was the choice of SO per cent of the
populist voters participating in the
primary.
These figures present the question
squarely, Why, If the people are to
rule, should Mr.. Berge as the popu-
list nominee, retire in favor of Mr..
| Sh~sllenberger as the democratic nomi-
nee? Mr.. Berge il the choice of SO
per cent OF the populists while Mr..
Sha~llenberger is the choice of only 3S
per cent of the democrats. Shall 3S per
cent of the democrats dictate to 60
per cent of the populists who shall
be the populist nominee?
Or reverse the proposition. Sixty
two per cent of the democrats by their
votes have said they did not want Mr..
Shallenberger as their standard bearer
and 81 per cent Of the populists have
said they did not want him as their
standard bearer. Clearly a large ma
jority Of both parties has spoken out
to the effect that he is not their choice.
We repeat, Why should Mr.. Berge be
retired after he Ia clearly nominated
by nearly a two-thirds majority of the
populist party in favor of a democrat
who polled only 3S per cent of the
votes of the democratic party?
II shall the people ruler" is the
paramount issue among the democrats
why not put it in practice first al
home?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
THE UNCHEERED HERO.

]. W. Foley in New York Times.
Tim Brooks he studies awful hard
And faithful all the year,
But goes out IN the schoolhouse yard
And never gets q cheer;
And Billy Gibbs, he shirks n frets-
He hates to work at all
But you should hear the cheer he gets
Because he hits the bail.
Tim Brooks he always leads his clasa
And gets his lessons done:
But Billy Gibbs lets hours pass
Just thinking 10 some fun;
But no one cheers and throws his hat
And says "Hurrah for TIM"
But when BIZ Gibbs goes up to bat
The boys all cheer for him.
Bill Gibbs he suffers awful pain
When he comes 20 reclte;
He canrot do his sums again
Or get his grammer right;
Then teacher calls on TlmIny Brooks
But when we play a gau,e she looks
And cheers for Bill outside.
Sometimes Tim Brooks he sees the game
And watches Bii at bat
He gets excited just the same
And cheers and throws his hat;
But when he has his sums In school
And Bill Is watching him.
Bill quite forgets the Golden Rule.
And never cheers for Tim.
/ guess ia rather be like Tim
Than Billy Gibbs, but when
The boys outside are cheerlpN MIN
II sounds quite pleasant then
And Il must sometimes seem Quite hard
To stud all the year
And SO out I'm the school house yard
But nevsr set q ehsNA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
SOME UNSETTLED ISSUES.

In his speech at Lincoln formally
accepting notification of the action of
the national convention at Denver, Mr..
Bryan said that the only way he could
account for having been thrice nomi-
mated by his party as a candidate for
the presidency was that the principles
which he and a host of others had
espoused in former campaigns had
grown in popularity with the people.
Painstaking search of the records of
political events for the last dozen years
fails to show that the principles
espoused by Mr.. Bryan in his former
campaigns have gained any
ing hold upon the American people.
In 1896 Mr.. Bryan solemnly assured
the American people that no great
question could be settled until silver
had been raised to a rank with gold.
Silver has not been elevated to that
rank, and Mr.. Bryan has not recanted
his statement. Last April, in a speech
at Danville, Ill, he declared that every
plank laid down in the democratic
platform at Chicago in 1895 is stronger
now than It was then. He has given
no promise and no hint that II elected
president he would not again try to
raise the free silver issue.
In 1900, Mr.. Bryan, while still cling
ing to the silver issue, made anti-im-
periAlism the paramount issue. He
predicted that the American republic
would perish II the Ftlipinos were not
granted immediate independence. The
country still survives and, under re-
publican rule, the Filipinos are being
rapidly educated to the point when
they will be able to assume the man
Ngement OF their W affairs, but Mr..
Bryan has not recanted his proposition
on the Philippines. He has offered no
assurance that he would not. II elected,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

The Bryanite scheme Of Political


AWAANNN = NthAN
Mr. Bryan's scheme. which he calls a
guarantee, IL an insurance proposition, and
II ia entirely mutual in its nature. The gov
eminent docs not stand back OF Il. There
are no stockholders who pledge their re-
sources. There IL nothing, except a GER
tain definit and limited fund. This fund
Is to be used to insure risks which are not
selected. 1t is to insure all alike. good or
bad. and all at the very same rate. The real
working Of the scheme amounts to this;
The stockholders Of an Indiana bank guar
antee that the assets (which they are not
allowed to see) Of, say, an Idaho bank are
and shall continue to be good; and that tho
directors OF the Idaho bank lover whom
they have no controD shall always be men
Of rectitude and sound judgment. Mr..
Bryan thinks that this little idea OF his
will prevent panics. In 1893 the existence
Of a gold fund to guarantee the payment
of government currency in gold many times
larger proportionately than the deposit
guarantee fund would be was of no avail in
preventing a gold panic. In 1900 a currency
and specie reserve fund in the national
banks, equal to about 10 per cent Of their
deposits, did not prevent one OF the most
frantic currency panlcs in the history OF the
national banking system. What reason is
there to think that. in times OF stress and
uncertainty, a fund OF a few millions to
guarantee deposits of thirteen billions
would nave any more reassuring effect?
The scheme is worth little or nothing as
protection. 1t would greatly increase the
number Of failures by the encouragement
Of reckless banking. 1t would not help to
meet panics. 1t would help greatly to bring
them on.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

Allerton S. Cushman, one of the *
perts of the Department of Agricul-
ture, has been furnishing some stu
pendous figures indicating the tribute
the rural communities Of the nation
pay every year for the privilege of
having bad roads. In an address be-
fore a good roads convention at At
lantic City, Mr.. Cushman said:
There are 2,151.5 $40 miles Of public roads
in the United States. OF this mileage sta
tistics for the year 1904 show that about
Z per cent are improved. During the
crop year 1SO5-06, IS, 4s7, 0OO.O % pounds of
farm products were hauled over common
roads from farms to shipping points. No
figures are included for forest or mine
products. or for the general commodities
of life that go from city to country. 1t
Is evident that the slightest saving in cost
Of hauling per ton would assume striking
proportions when considered for the entire
country. Figures show that these great
crops Travelled In wagons over the country
roads 2Os, 49,, ga miles. merely In being
transported from the farm to the railroad
shipping point. Investigations have es-
tablished the fact that the average cost
Of hauling per ton per mile is about Is
cents; on stone roads, dry and in good
order, about s cents: on stone roads in or
binary condition, ~ cents; on earth roads
containing ruts and mud, 80 cents; on
sandy roads when wet, 80 cents; on sandy
roads when dry, 81 cents
A reduction In the cost of hauling from
Is cents to u tents would mean an aver
age saving Of over $25O,OoO,0Oo
The figures quoted, and Mr.. Cush-
man is relying only on the record, show
that the American people are paying
about $1,000,000 a day as a penalty
for their refusal or failure to get INTO
the good roads movement. The $780,
00O,0 referred to by Mr.. Cushman
becomes more significant when It is re-
membered that 1t is a loss which
direct from the pockets of the farmers.
The railroads do not pay any particu-
lar attention to the condition of the
country roads. They take the wheat,
corn and other farm products at the
railway station and the producer gets
the value, or market price, of the ship
ment. If the farmers of the nation
are paying $1,000, 900 a day more than
they should in the cost of carrying
their products to the shipping point, it
requires 40 expert to show that II they
had good Eoads they would be receiv-
ing $1,OOO,0O0 a day more for their
products than they are now receiving,
or about So a year for every man,
woman and child in the nation. Every
cent saved in the cost of transportation
is a cent added to the price the farmer
receives for his products. The ad-
dition of $250,000, 900 a year to the
income of the American farmers would
mean a great strengthening of the
purchasing power of the agricultural
class and a marked increase of agri.
cultural assets. In addition to this d.
rect gain, the good road adds a value
to every acre of farm land in the ma
ton, a growth In value that would
much more than cover the cost of es-
tablishing and maintaining good roads.
No farmer can lose on any investment
he may make in improving the high
ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
JURY FIXING is GENERAL.
Breakdown of Methods of Criminal
Justice In San Francisco.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Every move made in the Ruef trials gives
moral evidence the systematic bribery Of
juries is being practiced which is as con-
vincing to the public as were the signs Of
corruption during the entire schmltE
regime, but before the explosion. Nobody
doubted then that the mayor, the super
visors and all officials appointed by Schmitz
were thieves. Nobody doubts now that all
through these graft trials there has been
systematic corruption of juries. In private
conversation 1t Is treated as a matter of
course. Nobody, of course, cold prove"
1t. Nobody needs legal proof to be con-
WINGED. One thing is open and notorious
and that is that either the law does not
permit trial Judges to compel justice to be
done or even to enforce common decency in
their courts. or that the judges have not
the stamina to enforce the law. That the
lawyers for the defense and prosecution
have not been sent to jail for their out
rageous conduct in contempt of court is
not only disgrsceful but ruinous. If mem-
bers OF the bar only show that they despise
the courts, does anyone suppose that the
public will respect them?
Nobody doubts that the judges are honest,
and yet nobody doubts that Justice is
bought and sold IN their courts. 1t Is to
be hoped that legal proof can be found to
secure conviction OF those indicted for Jury
fixing or that 1t may be proved that they
are not guilty. One reason for the strong
conviction that systematic bribery Is going
on is the persistence with which business
men whose names are In the box are ap-
preached by agents with the name scoun-
drel as indelibly stamped on their features
as IL tattooed there, and who seek to draw
out opinion on the graft cases. If they do
not fear to approach we'll known citizens
of good reputation It Is not difficult to i'm
agine what is done with the low characters
Of whom the judges have named so many
for jury duty.
The fact is that 1t has come to be a fight
for the life OF our judicial system. II that
goes we are gone altogether. No more Is
there safety to any man when justice IL
bought and sold in our courts. Some way
ought to be found whereby these jury
bribing cases may take precedence over all
other judicial business. And there should
be some way to get to the bottom Of the
matter. When our judicial system itself Is
put on trial all other possible litigation
sinks into insignificanCe.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
Mr.. Taft ana Labor.
Chicago Tribune (rep.).

CHlCaBo 1IIpuHe Ntep.).
Mr.. Taft as secretary OF war and as gov
ernor general Of the Philippines has been
one OF the greatest employers of labor in
the nation. The union man who wishes not
to be led astray by unjust charges, who
wishes to know the truth about this So
called enemy OF labor. would do well to In
duire what Mr.. Taft's attitude has been
towards labor on the Panama canal and
in the islands. The Steam shovellers' union
did not find Mr.. Taft It's enemy, for he is
an honorary member Wages and condi-
lions and future interests OF workmen he
has watched over and bettered. and In the
labor legislation which the president sought
IL was Mr.. Taft who was his chief adviser
and aid.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05


"The king ID dead. Long live the
king"
The Ak-sar-Ben season Of public
festivities has closed for the year, but
the spirit of the organization goes
marching on. In many ways the
season has been one of the most sue
cessful of the whole lot. The enthu-
siasm OF the knights was manifest all
through the summer from the first
meeting at the Den until the last.
While the actual number of members
was not so great as in some former
years, no membership was ever more
ardently energetic in the cause than
these who enrolled under Ak-Sar-Ben
XIV. Many notable gatherings as
sembled at the Den during the season
and much good work was accom-
plished. The carnival festivities have
been successful in every way and the
board Of governors and those who CO.
operated with them, which practically
means every business man and loyal
citizen, are to be congratulated on the
outcome.
But now comes the real period Of
work for Ak-Sar-Ben. The seed
which has been sown during the sum-
mer and fall must be carefully nur-
tured that its growth will be strong
and its future substantial. Ak-Sar-
Ben stands for more than merely a
good time at the Den during the sum-
mer and a frolic at the street fair dur
ing the fall. 1t embodies thoroughly
the principle Of cooperation and mu-
tual assistance. 1t means something
FOR every business man in Nebraska.
1t is a live wire and its effect should
be felt always throughout the length
and breadth Of the state. 1t depends
on the business men entirely as to
whether the seed sown during the
summer at the Den shall bear fruit in
the way of material returns during the
coming months.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
CHOICE BETWEEN TWO MEN.
Reasons why Former Democratic
Paper supports Taft.
RraoLlyn EagIn -

The Eagles reasons for supporting Mr..
Taft and for opposing Mr.. Bryan are based
on the important considerations, and have
not been effected by the unimportant. The
latter Just now are sensational, but cannot
rightly become or be made significant. Mr..
Taft is a judicial, steady, wise and con-
sistent man, with unmatched experience in
high administrative offices, which he has
well filled. Mr.. Bryan has had a for
gotten and incidental record In a talk
shop, the house of representatives. The peo-
pie have twice refused to elect him to the
presidency.
Their refusal was fortunate for them and
a valuable advertisement for Mr.. Bryan.
Their further refusal would be equally we'll
for them and for Mr.. Bryan. Their cleo
ton OF Mr.. Taft would secure in their high
est office a service which has been very
useful to the people in places only less
high. The election Of Mr.. Bryan would be
neither wise nor safe.
Let the readers keep these plain facts I'm
mind. No other facts are decisive. The
election will turn on and settle no other
factsl Mr.. Taft would be a reinsurance
Mr.. Bryan would be a Earring liability.
The first conviction that would follow from
Mr.. Taft's election would be a sense OF
safety and steadiness. The first one that
would follow from Mr.. Bryan's election
would be a sense OF unsafety danger and
sensationalism- How presidents affect
government and how power effects men
can be well appreciated by those men
who study the careers OF the two can
dates.
II a wise course OF action follows such a
study, Mr.. Taft will be elected. II an
unwise course Of action follows from such
a study, Mr.. Bryan will be elected. Be-
tween safety and risk, between Taft and
Bryan, the choice will be made. II is a
choice the people should be trusted wisely
to make, unaffected by any other matters
which. howeVe exciting end interesting
are not important or lasting.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
Frank g Monnett refused TO express

Frank s. Monnett refused to express
an opinion as to the guilt or innocence
Of Governor Haskell, but he left room
for a natural inference when he said
to a Chicago reporter: II am 10Y here
to take the stump for Mr.. Bryan.
Until Mr.. Haskell retired, l did not
feel that I could consistently be active
in the campaign, after having been the
man who had, as a prosecutor, made
charges against Governor Haskell"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
Bids for Votes,

Springfield Mass,) Republican Qnd.).
The Independence party in New York
state demands legislation exempting the
estate improvements to an amount not
exceeding 5000. This seems 20 be an effort
TO apply the Henry George plan on a
limited scale for the sake OF catching the
farmer and small householder vote. Any
how. as a bold. bald bid for votes on the
basis OF special class favors 1t Is unsur-
passed. The effect OF The scheme would
be TO throw the whole burden OF taxation
upon the larger real estate improvements
In so far as It would not fall back upon
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
Demand o the Real Question.

new YORK Evening Post Und.),
Webster began his reply to Hayne with
a demand that the real question before the
senate be read. Similarly, 1t is high time
that the attention of the American people
were recalled to the true issues before them.
For the last two weeks the air has been
shaken with explosions and outcries, but
their r%elevance would be very hard to make
out. Whether Roosevelt or Brayan be the
greater master Of abuse and inslnuation,
may be a very important matter as between
them, but the voters are not to pass upon
that question. They are not even going
into the booths to declare that they think
Haskell a villain, and Du Point a man
tainted with wealth. II this presidential
election is to be a thing for grown men and
not children, better arguments than sound
and fury must be used. Governor Hughes
in his Youngstown speech, and again at
Indianapolis, went to the heart of the bust
ness in his keen analysis Of Mr.. Bryan's
character and political record. Mr.. Taft,
too. has of late been devoting more energy
to this topic. 1t is the vital one. The ques-
ton Is II we have any way OF judging a
mans future, except by his past, and
flightiness and d~emagoguery can develop
overnight into steadiness and sagacious
craftsmanship.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

Ak-Sar-Ben is a gracious king and,
therefore, expresses warmly his appre-
citation of the assistance rendered him
by the army of the United States in his
efforts to entertain the guests of the
season. And the public, generally,
will echo the thanks of Ak-Sar-Ben.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
philadelphia Lawyer in Action.
New York Times.

A Pennsylvania Judge has just rem
dered a novel decision In a 2-cent fare
case. The legislature. il seems. had a
right to pass such a law, but IL had no
right TO depreeiate the value OF the COM
p~lainaht.s property, as the judge found
the law did. Therefore. the judge de-
cides not that the Law Is unconstitutional.
but that II would be unconstitutional II
enforced to the plaintiffs prejudice. and
therefore should not be enforced at all.
We are slow In learning. and still far
from approaching how much more than
enactment IL takes to make a law.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

w. A. Clark, the Montana mining
king, has just returned from Europe
and is confident that Mr.. Bryan will
be elected. II is too bad, for Mr..
Bryan, that Clark cannot contribute
as literally this year as he did to the
silver bullionaire's slush fund in 1895.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
Knocks for Mere Man.
st. Louis Republic.

ST Louis hepuDllc.
What is so ridiculous physically as a
man7 Street cars, automobiles.
and railroads have shriveled his
legs, lack OF exercise has shrunk his
arms. smoking and foul air have flat
his chest, sedentary work and
earelessness rave rounded his shoulders;
when he isn't grotesquely fat he is
ridiculOusly thin; he is porcine or a
study in Ozteology.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
There Are Others.
I-ndianapolis News.

NIIlFNTEWIVEEN NNWWWf
The railroads should remember that.
however shining they may be, they are
not special marks. Other business has.
suffered from decreased net earnings as
a result of last years handmade panic
as well. The difference is that in most
cases other business does not enjoy the
privilege of making pleas for unusual
consideration in annual reports that are
widely published
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

The Omaha bank clearings are still
slipping along at a high water stage,
showing a record each week of bust
ness transacted In excess of last years,
a most comfortable indication of con
ditions prevailing in this region.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

Delegates to the League of American
municipalities understand now better
than ever why Omaha people are proud
of their city. They have seen how
beautiful and energetic a really live
western town can be.