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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
An Election Straw.

The congressional by-election in the
Sixth Illinois district has been ex-
pected at the outset to be a test of the
voters attitude concerning the recent
tariff legislation, but such a peculiar
campaign developed that 1t is not easy
to read any particular lesson in the
returns. Certainly the result cannot
be accepted as an exhibit against the
new tariff law, for while only half the
vote was brought out, the relative nor
NAL republican majority was main
tanned. Mr.. Moxley, the successful
republican candidate, was Senator Lor-
liners personal choice for succession
to his seat in the house, and in the face
of the bitter hostility of the Chicago
republican newspapers because of his
deal with the democrats at Springfield,
Mr.. Lorimer may claim a victory which
is largely a personal one. So many
conflicting interests were brought into
the canvass that it is not safe to draw
conclusions, although the fact that
speaker Cannon took the stump for
Mr.. Monkey, and invited any rebuke
the voters desired to register against
Cannonism, gives some significance to
the republican majority maintained
against both democratic and i~ndepend-
ent nominations of considerable
strength.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
An Echo from the Past.

The death Of Scion Chase, farmer
orator Of Chase's Mills, remove not
only a familiar figure from the local
life of Maine, but also a landmark OF
devotion to a lost cause. For years
he had been forgotten by the public,
yet thirty years ago he was a national
figure, and his passing serves to re-
awaken ONE of the echoes of the
strife Of American politics.
Scion Chase was a greenbacker Of
the greenbackers. The west will re-
member him as the man who drove a
yoke Of oxen from New England
nearly half way across the continent,
and stumped the country for the
greenbaek. utilizing his haywagon as
a Tostrum. At that time he was near
ing so years. and the homely earnest
ness Of the graybeard had much TO do
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
NC Turkey,s Lament.


Farewell. oh, farewell to thee, joys Of
the barnyard!"
Thus gobbled a turkey within his last
coop.
'Ah, meier did the beauties so charming
Now that my fair future is al in the
soup.
No more shan I scratch with eager
Thy soil to turn up grains Of corn for
my dear;
No more shall I roost on the perch in thy
The fatal day men call Thanksgiving is
here!
All fair Is that season to hearts Of the
But to us poor turkeys It's laden with
We trail round detected, we know not
VIII 90 TO the book as they ak off
What care we that splendid and fat they
And stuff us with things that are
favored and sweet?
They 90 us no good, these dear post
Since the s]tuffins so fine we are not
there to eat.
And those who escape this feast canni-
IT'S but to prolong their sad time Of
suspense,
For Thankssivlng gone there is yet
And that Is, alas, but a few short weeks
hence.
All, sad ana past hope is the fate Of
a turkey,
The humans viii I'll US with hate and
with dread.
The fate they innict, they themselves can
endure.
But the turkey is done for who loses
S. W. GILLIAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
A Proclamation
By George Washington, President Of the United States.

When we review the calamites which az
flict 80 many other nations, the present
condition OF the United States affords much
matter Of consolation and satisfaction. Our
exemption hitherto from foreign war, an
Increasing prospect Of the continuance OF
that exemption. the great degree Of inter-
national tranquility VIZ have enjoyed. the
recent confirmation OF that tranquility by
the suppression Of an insurrection which
90 wantonly threatened It, the happy course
Of our public affairs, In general, the unex-
ampled prosperity OF all classes Of our
c~itizens-are Circumstances which peculiarly
mark our situation with Indications Of the
divine beneficence toward us. In such a
state Of things It is IN an especial manner
our duty as a people, with devout rev.
erence and affectionate gratitude. to ack-
nowledge our many and great obligations
to Almighty God and to implore Him to
continue and confirm the blessing we ex-
perience.
Deeply penetrated with this sentiment. /.
George Washington, President Of the
United States, do to all re-
ligious societies and denominations, and to
all persons whomsoever within the United
States, to set apart and observe Thurs
day, the nineteenth day Of February next,
as a day Of public thanksgiving and
prayer; and on that day to meet together
and render their sincere and hearty thanks
to the Great Ruler Of Nations for the
manifold and signal mercies which dis
tinguished our lot as a nation; particularly
for the possession Of constitutions of gov
ernmen which unite and by their union
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

establish liberty with order; for the pre-
servation Of our peace. foreign and do
nestle; for the seasonable control which
has been given to a spirit Of disorder In
the suppression OF the late insurrection;
and generally for the prosperous course OF
our affairs, public and private, and at the
same time humbly and fervently to be-
seech the kind author OF these blessings to
prolong them to us-to imprint in our
hearts a deep and solemn sense OF our
obligations to him for hen-to teach us
rightly to estimate their immense value
to preserve us from the arrogance Of pros
perity and. from hazarding the advantages
we enjoy by delusive pursuits-to dispose
us to merit the continuance OF his favors
by not abusing them, but our gratitude
for them and by a correspondent conduct
as citizens and as men-to render this
country more and more a safe and pros
porous asylum for the unfortunate Of other
countries-to extend among us true and
useful knowledge-to diffuse and establish
habits Of sobriety, order, morality and
piety, and finally to impart all the bless
ings we possess or ask for ourselves TO the
whole family OF mankind.
In testimony whereof I have caused the
seal Of the United States Of America TO be
affixed to these presents and signed the
same with my hand. Done at the city OF
Philadelphia, the first day Of January. one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-flve,
and OF the independence Of the United
States Of America, the nineteenth.
By the President, G. WASHINGTON.
EDM. RANDOLPH, Secretary Of state)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Triumph of the Mind Wave.

When Young America comes to the
rescue, we may be sure that it will
be by the most approved and up-to-
date method, as witness the experience
of Father Knickerbocker at the behest
of his hopefuls furnishing a startling
example Of the progress of the rising
generation. While the parents of the
metropolis had been in wonderment
over the spirit rappings of the visiting
Italian medium, and had been puzzling
their heads over other occult problems
of the day, the children, in their
straightforward, practical way, have
scored a real victory along telepathic
lines.
1t seems that the adults had been
unable to convince the Board of Educa-
ton of the needs of a new high school.
Earthly methods failing, the children
took up the crusade, and appealed to
the higher realms of thought. At a
fixed moment, three thousand of them
stopped dead in their tracks, with face
turned in the direction where the
Board of Education was assembled,
pointed their forefingers at the recall
citrant budget-spenders, and concen-
trated their thought on a preconceived
prayer designed to compel the erec-
ton Of the new school. The result
was instantaneous, in the adoption Of
e resolution authorizing construction,
and is bound TO be heralded as a tri-
umph of the mind sweeping away OBJ
stacles. Yet the uninitiated may be
pardoned the lingering suspicion that
1t may have been only a case where
the School board had had, all the bonn
bardmsnt it could withstand and took
the easiest way out OF a bad dilemma.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Walt and snw wood.

San Francisco Chronicle.
1t is well enough not to get excited over
the case of the two Americans who were
executed in Nicaragua until the facts about
them are fully developed. Since Filibuster
Walkers time Nicaraguan governments
have been suspicious of Yankee adventur-
ers; and when two Of these gentry were
caught making war with dynamite, one of
whom had been in revolutionary move
ments before, both were given a short
shrift. At least such is Nicaragua's ex.
PLANTATION, and the fact that the Americans
were where they had no business to be
j~ustifies a suspension OF judgment until the
whole story is known.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Gods children between them drew the
copper into wire and sheathed It with
gutta percha and laid their cable beneath
the oceans. The children worked with
their Father, and the Father worked with
His children. 1t is not one man who has
done this. 1t is not a hundred men. II
is the union of the world, 1t Is this union
of the children with the Father, and OF
the Father with the children. The great
victories have been the victories which
you and l nave prayed for every morning
when we nave wished that the Fathers
will may be done on earth Just as It Is
done in Heaven.
All for each, and each for ALI
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Some Remarks on Those who Prey on
the Unfortunate.

the unfortunate.
Chicago Record Herald.
Every now and then a lawyer is dis
barred for some serious offense. Some
times his offense Is a crime which can be
punished by the courts. At other times it
is near to a crime, but unppnishable for
technical reasons. Occasionally serious
abuse Of patrons within the letter of the
law also leads to disbarment.
There exists, nevertheless. a large class
of predatory lawyers whom disbarment
proceedings never reach, but who go forth
to prey upon the weak and unprotected
as unquestionably as II they operated with
a Jimmy and a kit Of burglar tools IN the
middle of the night. The fact that they
are tolerated to exist in such large numbers
Is among the worst OF the abuses that are
to be charged against the legal fraternity
at the present time.
These men are the ones who 20 forth
hunting business I'm the form Of damage
suits, and who do not hesitate to stimulate
suits OF this kind where no good grounds
for them exist. They cause continual
heavy losses both TO the defendants I'm
these cases who are mulcted and to the
prosecutors who most usually pay their
lawyers exorbitantlly heavy fees. The mers
items OF court costs alone Is a serious
waste OF individual resources, while the
accompanying burden upon the courts
themselves by thee Unnecessary business
they must handle Is an added evil.
Such lawyers have been seen flocklns
TO Cherry TO secure damage suits against
the mining company. They are the enemies
OF the company, OF the ignorant and d.
luded people who trust their cases TO
them and Of Justice itself. Every railroad
company has continually TO fight fraudu-
lent damage suits, the inception Of which
is chargeable to predatory lawyers. Most
large factories have a similar burden. our
cities are notorious sufferers. In the ca e
OF the Chicago sanitary district the law as
It exists actually puts a premium on such
suits.
II Is most difficult 10 phrase any rule
or regulation for the bar which will leave
lawyers free to do legitimate work ana
which yet will suppress this evil. To find
the proper tests by which the offenders
can be disbarred is the task OF the bar
Itself. The public feels the need, but can
do no more than call attention 10 II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

A Union of All Men for the BETTER
ment of All.

ma 1ANh ~ N htANCE-
ment of All.
DR.. Hale in Woman's Home Companion.
Sixty years ago there was something
called a world, in which some of US were
alive. 1t was a world of four or five con-
tinents of Earring interests; a world parted
by three or four oceans. If ] wrote to my
brother on the other side Of the world l
might expect an answer in six months.
II In the region where he lived the water
failed, or the winds did not blow, the poor
people there lay down and died Of famine.
barns Of Ohio might be bursting, but
the starving people had TO die.
But sixty years have changed all that.
All that has been changed because God
has worked with His children, and His
children have worked with him. Men have
been working each for all, and all for
each. When a botanist in Java made gutta
percha flow from a tree. and, when
Alexander Agassiz and the rest compelled
the Lake Superior mines to deliver their
coppe some hundreds of thousands of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
ntIcIpEtIons

OF course well have a turkey
a great big husky Teller.
N vcVetabuls OF every kind
peTtakers, white and yeller.
Turnips, m squash, m onions. too
I'm! I'm! N celery,
~ stuff,u', that's the best Of ALI
Fixed W with savery.
N pies! Wen. I'm prepared 10 saw
All other kinds is fakes
Alongside o. the punkin ones
An mince my mother makes.
Besides there's apple turnovers
To cap the hull array.
An l can have two slabs OF each.
Cause it's Thanksgiving day!
But after eatin' fruit an nuts
N candy with the rest,
i bet IN feel like letting out
The buttons on my vest,
N walkin' round the block Is good
For appetites like mine:
Then afterwards I'll feel like more
Gee! amt Thanksgiving finei
-Lippincott's Magazine
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
A Change in Form Only.
Phlladelphla Record.

The dissolution Of the Oil Trust will not
necessarily impair the ability of John
d. Rockefeller to bestcw money on edu-
cation, and eradication of hookworms and
other matters of public beneficence. The
corporate ownership remains unchanged,
and so long as a half dozen or a dozen
individuals remain harmonious the various
refineries, which they Jointly own, will not
compete with each other seriously.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary, the World-Herald, is living on
the hope that Nebraska republicans
may have a factional cat and dog fight
over next years election, under cover
of which the democrats may sneak into
office. The World-Herald practically
admits that the only chance for the
democrats to win in Nebraska lies in
republican d~issension. But our dem
ocratic friends nay be disappointed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

When the national park promoters
placard the historic ground at the
scene of W%ashington's crossing of the
Delaware will they please erect a tab
let setting at rest the popular delusion
that the mustrious ferryman stood up
in the rowboat all the way?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The defeat of the measure before
the Chicago Board of Trade intended
to prevent corners in foodstuffs shows
where that body stands. The profess
sional Spectator always has a corner
in his heart for a squeeze, provided it's
yield is headed toward his own purse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Abdul Hamid thought he had three
millions in the German bank, but the
fact that the cashier declines to recog-
nize him without his regal helmet
teaches us that when we have a Job
as king we ought 10 stick to II. For
Adults case. II looks like a Ease Of
no eToWn-the double cross,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Applications are said to be pouring
in from would-be census enumerators
who would like to help count the pop
ulation OF Omaha and OF this congress
sional district. The first requisite
be assurance of ability to do a
better Job than the school census emu
m%erators.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Applicants at the Door

FhlIauelpnla HreSS.
Ex-President Roosevelt will be a busy
when he returns to the United States
next year. The waiting list for admission
to the Ananias club is long enough to en-
gage much of his time. Cook and Peary,
Ballinger and Pinchot,i Parr and Reynolds,
Cannon and Ridder have proposed each
other for membership
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Members Of the Omaha Real Estate
exchange are being instructed how to
draw Wills. There was a time when it
made no difference to an Omaha real
estate man whether he knew how to
draw a will or not, but happily that
time Is past.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The present plea OF certain railroads
that they are carrying the mails at a
loss is hardly sustained by the spirit
of competition they occasionally dis
play to get the big end OF the contracts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The mayor-elect Of Indianapolis is
facing a complaint before the grand
jury charging him with violating the
corrupt practices act by promising APP
pointive offices in return for political
support. Nebraska has had a corrupt
practices law for ten years, yet no one
has ever been called to answer under
it. The elective officers in Nebraska
have been lucky-that's all.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Health Commissioner Cornell has a
new plan for solving the garbage prob
lem The good doctor solves the gar
bage problem every year, and each
solution different from the last one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
One ~UndOubted Fact.
Wa abIn0fOp Harald

Another foot ball player had his back
broken Friday. OF course. 1t may be argued
that he was not properly trained" was
the victim Of brutal playing" and so on.
1t is not disputed that he is dead, how
ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

In the meantime the unanimity with
which contamination OF prospective
mergers IS deferred indicates that the
promoters realize that Uncle Sam has
he drop on them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

4 man has just died who was ONCE
boy for Daniel Webster. worked for
Presidents Lincoln and Johnson and
was a neighbor OF Mark Twain. = Had
not his personality been so constantly
obseured by great lights he might have
become famous himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The State ~anti-saloon league reso-
lutes approval Of the Douglas county
R~nti-saloon league. Seeing that they
are m and the same, they certainly
ought TO approve one another.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Melons Expressly Made.

The S24,0O0,O00 watermelon divided by an
100000 express company is likely to gen.
crate a boom for the parcels post measure
if the latter is not forestalled by an ef-
fective reguIative reform Of the express
business.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The council resolution for an in
quiry into the question whether the
city should carry insurance on it's pub
lie buildings will be all the hint to get
busy that the fire underwriters need.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Mr., Latham may be skillful enough
TO go hunting in his aeroplane, but the
amateur aviator who tries it will be
more apt TO And the wild steers maxi
kng cameo him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
SPICED CHEER.

There is one thing which woman could
understand In political matters II she had
the franchise"
What's that2'
when sweeping reforms are on the
carpet.'-Baltimore American.
Haskins-I suppose you have put your
summer buds up with camphor balls TO
keep the moths out.
gilded balls to keep the wolf away.-Boston
Transcript.
Professor (of English literature-At times
you find It difficult, I dare say, to COM
prehend the involved style Of Mr.. James.
Miss Mis- de M N,giIc,t,t,, no. pTofessori never
The only troubled have is to find out what
he is driving at.-Chicago Tribune.
Say" inquired the boy next door, of the
little girl whose father suffered from
asthma, what makes your father wheeze
so?'
4 guess it's one of his inside organs
playing rFueN' 80 etfi 'dt 20 'nr 1u.
so you like classical musicf'
We'll" answered Mr.. Cumrox. I'm
beginning to be won over. When some
one goes to the piano It's a satisfaction to
know that you're not going to hear the
kind of words they put to the average
popular song. Washington Star.
Maria, what's this salad made OFF,
.Ghopped celery onions, vinegar, salt,
other ingredlents?'
The scraps of everything we had left
from dinner yesterday, II you must know"
Chicago Tribune.
you and that playwright are fast friends
since you fought a duel"
Certainly answered the French play
wright. "Have we not, risked our lives
to advertise each Embellishments
News.
ia like to have you meet Mr.. Lohscome.
He's the vice president of our literary So
ciety."
why, is il any particular honor to be a
vice PRESIDENT I thought"
Not Of the kind you are thinking about =
perhaps, but it's some distinction to be 4
vice president Of our literary society, let
me tell you."-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Thankful Muses.
Elovating Sentiments Suited
TO the Day, splood with a
Few frivolous Expressions.
A Thankful Land.

A Thankful Land.
Look to the North. set like O gem
UTon the bosom of her hills;
Look to the South, whose blood-stained soil
The patriots soul with fervor thrills.
Lock to the East, where pilgrim bands
Found refuge from the oppressor's hate
Look to the West, whose treasures stores
stand guarded by her Golden Gate.''
Aye, look again beyond the seas.
And catch the CLEAN in isles afar
OF Stars and Stripes in fluttering folds,
Afloat where our possessions are.
Where'er that sacred emblem flies.
Or North or South, or East or West,
Behold the free mans ratal land!
Behold America, the blest!
Then at this glad Thanksgiving tinR
Rejoice! and once again rejoice!
And for this goodiy heritage
Praise We the Lord with heart and voice.
EDITH VIRGINIA BRADT.
Thoughts of Thanksgiving Day.
Let this be the day that crowns the year
With symbols Of fruitfulness and cheer.
Though winds blow cold and white snow
Yet memory warm shall bring her gifts.
From many a scene Of months gone by,
TO which our hght-winsed thoughts may
Yes, while we sit by the fire. here,
In thoughts we may walk through the
circllng year,
Out where the springtime burrows rolled,
Al the shining p~lowshare turned the mold;
out where the sod in vernal heat
Grew soft to the tender lambkin's feet;
Out where the cultured, mellow land
received the seed from the farmers
Out where the orchards fragrant flowers
Bedecked the ground with their petal
showers;
Out where the breathing fields lay green,
With the lines of fence and roads be-
tween;
Out where the pastured cattle fed,
And mothering ones their younglings led;
Where the ripping wheat and rustling
ouiyered and laughed in the sunny
While the wild birds flung DER field and
Their joyous notes from the new-leafed
tree;
Where over the feast of grain fields ripe
The rat quail sounded his whistllng pipe,
While harVesterS bore the MONDAY heat,
TO gather and store the precious wheat;
Where early autumn, with milder air,
Gave vine and tree the colors most fair.
And touched with her soft and artfui
brush,
Their fruits hung low with a winning
blush.
From all these sources Of life and wealth,
or comfort, content and bodily health.
We well may draw and freely confess
a feeling Of truest thankfuIness.
Onaha BEHIAH +. COCHRAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Sugar trust. Heretofore it has been neces-
sary for them TO occasionally give their
TO other matters, which must
been exceedingly annoying to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Decidedly UnprofItnbIe.
Baltimore American

BALTIMORE American.
Life imprisonment for five men who held
up a railroad train in Nebraska may con-
vince this class of thugs that a less siren
uous occupation would prove more profit
able.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Subscriber leaving the city tenn
p0rnrily HhOuld have The Dee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed az often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Now that MIR. Wellman has endorsed
Mr.. Peary as the only man who
reached the pole. DR.. Cook may con-
slider himself ruled out Of the Arctic
court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The special rate put in by the rail-
roads for the Corn show at Omaha
presages an attendance bigger, better
and grander than ever.''
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Dime Novel Gone Wrong.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Five train robbers have Just been SEN
fenced to life imprisonment in Nebraska.
Another dime novel gone wrong. That was
not the proper climax at all.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The policeman who rushed into a
.heater crying fire." doubtless had
ais eye fixed on a Carnegie medal. He.
might be permitted to squirt at one of
Gather. r
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

With disbarment continuing effec-
tive over Is, the other members of the
city law department will soon be COM
planning OF overwork.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

The Standard oil gets a chunk OF I'M
pleasant legal lore just in time to save II
from being distanced by the Sugar trust
in the great unpoDularity contest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Still, that peachless peach brandy
may have been so named because of its
after-fruits.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25

Zelaya's policy toward Americans in
Nicaragua must have been that of put
up or be shut up.