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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
WHITFIELD TO A POINT.

Fall into line, there, for the march
back to town."
81 cant do It, captain; I was wounded
construCtivcly, and besides l have actually
torn my pants. Louisville Courier Journal.
rs palmistry of any practical value?'
well" answered the girl addressed, ITS
a very good way to get your hand held
Washington Herald
"Once was hard pressed by wolves. It's
a terrible sensation"
II know how 1t feels. I used to open the
dining room doors at a summer hotel
Kansas City Journal.
Simon had just issued the stern command:
Thumbs up!'
This, while comparatively harmless, was
followed soon by the stern mandate
Hands up!'
And the World has been full Of tribulation
ever since.-Chicago Tribune.
II want you to PROMISE me-" he said,
that after l am dead and gone you Will
not have carved on my tombstone anything
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
TWO DEMOCRATIC Rooms.
Floating ON Hot Air In Ohio and In
~ - 81, diana.

4s;,ey 81 diana. ..s.-.
Il Washington Star.
The Harmon presidential boom over
shadows the Marshall boom. They are
next door neiglbors, but the advantage is
with the Harmof boom in the way OF news
paper notice as gthefresult of the fact that
Governor Harmon Is in the field this year
for reelection. In Indiana the governor
ship is not In the scale.
But there is a Marshall boom, modest as
1t appears, and scant as is the attention
it is now attracting. The boomer does not
confess to a candidacy for his party's ma
tional leadership but admits that If nomin-
ated for the presidency he will accept. II
is safe to say he means that
This man is serving as well at Indian
apolis as Governor Harmon is at Columbus
He is making a very good governor. He
has shown the qualities Of leadership. The
instruction by the democratic state conven-
ton for a senatorial candidate was his
work, and executed over the opposition of
Thomas Taggart, and his machine. 1t was
an exhibition of8both grit and good sense.
On the leading national issue--the tariff
Governor Marshall holds with the Carlisle
school. No beating about the bush by him.
He advocates alstraight revenue revision,
upon lleb as an
evil which should be completely uprooted
at as early day as possible He follows
in the footsteps of the men who dominated
Indiana in the days OF Its democratic in
fluence.
Both the Harmon boom and the Marshall
boom depend upon contingencies II Ohio
and Indiana go republican this year both
booms will disappear. If Ohio goes repubh-
can and Indiana democratic the Harmon
boom will collapse, and the Marshall boom
should gain. II Indiana goes republican
and Ohio democratic the Marshall boom
will collapse, and the Harmon support
should go to the Buckeye neighbor.
Democratic success in Indiana will bring
a new man into the national field. John w.
Kern will then share prominence with Gov
ernor Marshall and Senator Shively. But
we may not expect him TO become In those
or any other circumstance a presidential
quantity He does not measure up to the
requirements of first place, and brought
no strength to the ticket two years ago
when he ran for second place. So that,
even II thanked by Mr.. shively on the one
side and by. Mr. Kern on the other Cover
nor Marshall would still be the command
ing figure OF the trio, with Indiana brought
into the presidential limelighl.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

that is not In keeping with what my ~,
has been.
"Ail right" she agreed "Tn have Il let
perfectly blank Chicago Record-Heraid
The old woman who lived 1.-THE Shoe cx
planned: gr"..
Il have TO on account Of the clothespin'
skirt"
Thus we see to what fashion will drive a
woman--New Yort .t. t4'
What Is the Z ..-ou OF the party
boss Of that district co..
He Is a shocmakt r.
A fitting business"
How soT' - II
"He ought to be able TO keep his hettW
men well heeled. baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
Fewer Deaths on Railroads.

Only 253 passengers of railroad
trains were killed during the year
ended June 80, as compared to 3S1
the year previous. This is still too
many, but the reduction is great and
1t is encouraging, for It not only shows
what can be done in the way of pro-
tecting the lives of people who ride on
railroads, but II also illustrates the
fact that railroads are making a faith
full effort in that direction.
The public and the government have
been holding up to the American rail-
roads the small number of deaths on
European lines and demanding an inn
provement The effect has been whole
some Our lines have not yet reached
the low list of the continental roads,
but they will very soon at the present
rate of reduction. 1t is apparently true
that the big railroad Arrangements in
this country today are more deeply
concerned in the ways and means of
controlling speed than of attaining IL,
and the problem before them is, not
so much how to facilitate the quick
delivery of passenger and freight, as
how to make the conveyance OF it's
human traffic safe and secure.
Toward attaining this end millions
are being expended in modern devices,
and, in this, as in other departments
-of railroad service, western lines take
leading part. The Union Pacific has
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
Our Birthday Book
August "a. 1910

Warner Miller, former United States
senator from New York. was born August
H. 1888. at Hannibal N. Y. He occupied
a noticeable place in the public eye during
the Garfield Conklin feud.
Henry Reuterdahi. the naval artist, is
just 80. He was born in Sweden, and his
speciality Is drawing pictures OF naval bat
ties and life on warships for the maya
zines
DIR. Daniel F. Lee physician and surgeon
In the Boston store block, was born August
u, 1878. here, In Omaha. He IL q graduate
OF Omaha Medical college, and was county
physician for two years.
Otto Lckert, one OF Omaha's policemen.
is Just AZ years old today. He was born In
Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

There is no good reason why the
hides of animals slaughtered at South
Omaha should not be tanned and
worked up into leather and leather
products right here. The manufactur-
ing industries which Omaha ought to
encourage particularly are those which
transform the raw material of field,
farm and range into finished articles
for general consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
warrior Fenst Tor the "sInin.n
Baltimore American.

I9UINIIIIVIU 'zfIIIVIItUII'
General Grant has established a preceden,
by inviting the private and non-commis-
stoned men killed" in recent sham battle
to dine with him. AS the guests were
theoretically dead, the GOrdian knot OF
military social etiquet was thus cut in the
most graceful and humorous manner, as
such etiquet could affect only those living
in active service. II this precedent is fol-
lowed, no one will complain Of being UNI
pired out in mimic warfare as dead"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
writing to an eastern paper on the

Writing to an eastern paper on the
county option issue, Editor Dobbins Of
the Lincoln News has this to say:
AS the governors part in legislation
relates only to attaching his approval or
dlsapproval, the question will, in fact, be
sent to the legislative districts for settle
ment
That is exactly what The Bee has
been contending all along, and il SO,
no ones republicanism can be deter
mined by his support of or opposition
to county option.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
The FIeecins of Poor LO.

MoMurray paid the Indians uoilal
zach 10 sign contracts giving MN ~ per
cent Of any price he might get Ior uie''
Iands. BY the expenditure OF 1io'OOO zen
thousand contracts were obuaiheo, On VIZ" ~
MdMurray had strong hopes Oh oleei'"s
a. 10000. Evidently the req men heeu
guardian, but Uncle Samuel mas NV
sSf,oient In that capacity
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Prohibition is not in sight in Texas
just because the people are to have the
chance to vote for or against 1t. Such
an opportunity in Texas more likely
means that prohibition will be out Of
sight as soon as the votes are counted.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
PARCELS POST.
Privileges Refused at Home Granted
Abroad.

Abroad.
Boston Transcript.
The accomplishments Of a parcel post
agreement with Hungary tends to force the
same issue at home. People naturally ask
why it is that eleven pounds Of merchan-
disc can go by mail to foreign country.
while only four pounds will be taken by
the same agency for transmission between
cities here; and further, why the long dis
lance mail shouldsbe carried at the rate
OF II cents a pound, while 1s cents is the
home rate. OF course 1t is very long story.
The government goes into these foreign
arrangements. in part, because of it's obli-
cation as asmemper of the Postal Union
while 1t abstains from granting the same
privileges at home because 1t has not yet
seen fit TO take over the express business,
as any extensive popularization Of the
parcels post idea would do. Good argu-
ments may be made on both sides of this
project; but most people would clearly like
to see the government take Up this work.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

A blind man could see that harmony
reigns supreme in the ranks OF democ-
racy. Thus far only these candidates
are mentioned for the presidency;
Folk. Francis. Harmon, Bailey and
Gaynor, in addition 90 Mr.. Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
HIking COR cooler CIImate.

Washingon Herald.
King Alfonso does not cut a very heroic
figure as he journeys toward England
just now; but his majesty is consoled, per-
haps, in the thought that England has
Spain beaten to fragile in the matter Of
safety and sanity at this precise time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Mayor "Jim's" creosote block veto
puts the city attorney up TO defend
something which he has said is in
defensible. A little thing like that,
however, never bothers a lawyer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

And still. If voter were TO go it
blind on candidates for the legislature
in the coming primary the worst he
would get out OF the republican entry
list would be better in point OF ability
and integrity than the best he could
get out OF the democratic entry list.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

A lot OF literature ON behalf of one
of the candidates for nomination on
the democratic ticket is going out on
letterheads of the democratic city
central committee" If anything like
this were perpetrated by republican
committee, what a howl would be
raised.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
Searching for a Hole or Two.

IHuIuHHpOIIH NtWb.
The railroad attorneys who have been
meeting at Portsmouth explain that there
is no wish to evade the railroad law. All
they are trying to do is to construe &c SO
1t won't be necessary to evade It.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

The railroad lawyers of the country
who met at Portsmouth. N. H., to try
to crack the new railroad law found
1t too hard a nut for one sitting and
have adjourned until October 1, when
they will renew operations.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Please take note that "Would-be
Senator" AL sorenson is still standing
on his own personal platform without
waiting for the aid or consent OF any
state convention on earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Three county commissioners are to
be nominated on each party ticket at
the primary next week That's a ma
jority of the whole county board. and
It is up to the voters to make no mis-
takes
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

The favorable publicity which the
only legislative candidate on the re-
publican ticket who signed up State
ment No. 1" is receiving from demo-
cratic sources speaks for itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

The redoubtable Jerry" Howard,
who in the late legislature at Bryan's
command helped enact the so-called
Oregon law. writes to The Bee to say
that he forgot to sign Statement No.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Governor Patterson OF Tennessee
can doubtless see in the overwhelming
defeat of his judiciary ticket the hand
writing on the wall for himself when
election day rolls round.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

But the clergyman who said base
ball would be played in heaven did not
mean 1t would be played in heaven the
way Omaha has been playing 1t this
season.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

l." AS a law-maker Jerry might be
a great success II he did not have to
compete with the bunch Of grafters
with whom he was associated at Lin
coin.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
what Busine.. Method. WIN Do.

Wall Street Journal.
Success of the Postoffee department dur
ing the last fiscal year indicates that bust
ness-like methods would be just as pro-
ductive Of results in the government service
as elsewhere
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

subscFiSeru leaving the city tenn
poraPiIy shouId hRvs The Bee
mailed 90 them. Address VIII he
changed as often rs requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Those inmates of old Charlestown
penitentiary who made counterfeit
money showed a disposition to i'm
prove their time, anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Tom Watson now expresses fear for
his life because of the splendid fight
for decency" he is making in Georgia.
Mercy. save u.s.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Mr.. Bryan's tongue is still in his
head" observes the Washington Star.
Yes, and not paralyEed. either, as Joe
Bailey and Governor Harmon are due
to find out.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

The death of a guinea pig that alta
a frozen egg teaches US that we shall
have to be very careful about sharing
our food with our pet animals.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Congressman Hitehcock's official or
gan reproduces an article from Col
lier's Weekly knocking on Senator
Burkett for enumerating the things he
got for Nebraska as constituting one
reason for his retention at Washing
ton. The chief argument Congressman
Hitchcock can urge in his own behalf
is that he has spent six years at Wash
ington without, getting anything for his
constituents and can promise to do no
more If promoted to the other end Of
the capitol. $3.50 t Y
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

"A split ticket is a ruined ballot"
shouts our amiable democratic con-
temporary. Yes, and some ballots will
be ruined without splitting the ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
NI,dsummer Activities.
Wall Street JournA

Great activity prevails in rural districts
Farmers are eultivatlng and harvesting
while congressman are busily engaged In
losrollnS
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

An actor has flown ffty miles in an
airship, but nobody will take it as any
thing but stRge play. RS
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

One can almost hear Colonel Bryan
writing his prepare to stand aside"
order to Senator Bailey.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

A Boston professor insists he will
live to be 121 years old. But Boston
professors say so many queer things.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
srATrNrrN1, t,r CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
state OF Nebraska, Douglas County, IS.
Publishing Company, being duly sworn;
says that the actual numDer OK tull ana
complete copies of The Daily, morning NJ
Evening and Sunday Bee printed durlhS lhe
month az Julv Io10 was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Walter Wellman announces that he
will begin his flights at once. Had he
left OF? y
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

General weyler evidently made
those Galatians believe he could come
back.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Is that presidential bee in Senator
Bailey's new silk tile or his old black
SLOUGH hat?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

How many documents will this offlce
send out?" repeated an official OF the print
ing office to the question Of the curious
man. ASK the man that takes the CEN
sus of the sea sands. The exact number
is very difficult to determine just now. we
have scores of skilled men working night
and day on the job. Roughly speaking
should say considerably over 1O-0OO'OOO
This is no tale of statistics; the man who
wants that sort Of intellectual diversion
can get his fill from any stump this sum
mer.
Tho authors of these have in many cases
headed them with attractive titles calcu-
lated to fix the attention Of the inditfer-
ent. julius Kahn Of San Francisco dubs
one OF his efforts 'Muckrakers Of Other
Days" beguiling one into the belief that he
IN about to treat himself to the perusal OF
a yarn OF the Tom Lawson school OF liter
Azure. Nick" Longworth gives promise
OF a Yuletide story with plenty Of good
cheer, with the title. The Payne Law and
a Christmas dinner" on the back OF one OF
his tariff speeches, while Loudenslager In
vokes poetry for the benefit Of the farm
ers, to whom his speech Is directed, by
christening it Lest We Forget"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

1t is to be hoped none of the
Knights Templar were arrested for
violating Chicago's lake bathing ordi-
nances. .sf ,g5g
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12
Campaign Thunder.

Government Printing office ~
Washington working Overtime for
the Congressional Committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Now congress hall is deserted BUT tne
tourist who dssoends into the basement
whence leads the subway to the eap'lUt
viii see in the arched crypts that uIuelns
the building rows on rows OF boxes sta1 me-
twice man-hsight, that number II M
the hundreds and stretch faI SWAY ~ ~
the dim galleries. Garden seeo lllnnS ~
man from lonely corners NO. me e,. ~
SO much as q mustard SEED IN az 'i.~v
Vulnerable array. 1t Is pelaIeu il' - 49,.
waiting to be shipped to the se~N =.
80 on North Capitol street. They are all
OotS,, .haned. these boxes. and the philoso-
r,ba- uondsrs upon the foresight OF some
S.,N members in thus providing cheap
rossns for interr1ng their dead hopes VINE"
tha -,n .ets on next election day
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

ret total ...,................ .1'SlO'o4S
Daily average .............s... 4a'sSs
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
W. Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day OF August, 1910.
NIB. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Champ Clark, not be outstripped by the
Loudenslager muse, has blazOned across
the front of a sour diatribe on the in
iouities Of protection the legend: "All the
Perfumes of Araby the Blest Cannon
sweeten the Payne-Aldrich Bill to Please
the Dainty Nostrils of the People" To Off
set such long titles the republican congress
sionAi campaign committee has fixed on
two of the best documents the terse WORDS:
Spike A" and Spike B."
And this is why the printing office, turn
ing from the publication OF placid FARMERS
bulletins for the Agricultural department.
and drowsy patent office reports, Is run
ming day and night with an energy that
shines out from the somnolent holdings
~ washington Hike a diamond on cotton
shirt. The cargo of material, as soon as
ready, Is at once shipped out to the eager
hands of committee and subcommittee
which will within the next thirty Gays
blanket the country with 1t Ike heaVy
snowfall He is % rare man VINO VIII escape
getting orammed with Information TINS
vear In addition to this work of individual
political bullets and bombshelis tne print
ing office is also busily engaged in getting
"a for the democrats that huge mine OF
IN formation. the Campaign Text Book
which contains all the facts the orators
Of that party are supposed to need IN
this business. AS a rule the campaign com
mittees of the parties pay for the printing
of these text books. but In the closing oi
the last session of congress RepresentauYe
LLOYD. now chairman Of the deinocra'lS
congressional committee, turned tne uloA "
getting Uncle Sam 10 do It for thenl' chuei
tha General leave to-print" order MADE Dy
the house at that time he had inserted IN
the Congressional Record tne uue pae1 -
49, +.yt book with a suitable introduction
A. ali the facts and figures contained IN
ths hook are TO be found somewhere IN
me record for the session the government
ro,,.t needs now print as many copies oil
the compilation as the democratic eoniriiuVee
des,rea This teaches us that we may DC
economical II we know the rules
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

dull. dreary. somnolent summer atmos-
phere envelopes Washington. President
cabinet and others big enough TO get away
without asking for a vacation have fled TO
cooler regions, and only the mild-mannered
civil service clerk rubbers through the twi-
light corridors of public buildings. In
Washington II is night all night in the
night time and every day is Sunday, save
in the great building at the corner OF North
Capitol and II streets. There Il Is day all
day in the daytime and It knows no night
The rumbling machinery whirs necessarily,
reports a correspondent OF the New York
Times, and tired shift is replaced by shift
indifferent as to what quarter of upper or
neither sky the sun may be disporting his
summer self. Wagons go busily along, re-
ecive their bulky oargoes and hurry away
to the railway station.
For this is now the great ammunition fac
tory of the country, turning out war ma
terial for the hot campaign that set in just
last week. Here are manufactured for both
the belligerents the projectiles whose mod
els have been approved by the veteran lead
ers who sit in council on either side of the
great combat; projectiles by the thousands
and millions, fashioned to suit the particu-
lar form of fighting the battle may assume
In different parts of the nation and the
Individual ability of the fighters to handle
them.
1t is the government printing office, and
the sign now outside the door is "ammu-
milton at all hours, served TO order and
prepared while you watt
Ut is turning out cannon bread" for the
S91 congressional representa- lives who have
lately glrded up their waistcoats and hast
ened from the task of saving the country
at Washington to that of saving their Off
cial lives at home; for every man who
boosted seat in the last house u.s. calling
on his constituents to indorse him, not by
embossed resolutions and engrossed testi-
monials of appreciation, but by going to
the polls and voting for him And the
weapons with which this manyfielded fight
will be waged, the missiles whereby each
one hopes to carry defeat into the enemy's
ranks, are the speeches made by him and
his party representatives on the floor OF
the last house These campaign projecdles
are of every size. from the small steel
jacketed leaflet containing some short and
caustic paragraph, to the bulky, forty-page
bombs compiled hast winter by the far-see-
ing political generals to burst this summer
into the camp of the foe and scatter de-
struction.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-12

Entered at Omaha postoffico as second
lass matter.