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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
POLITICAL DRIFT.


Former Vice President Fairbanks is coins
TO camp on the stumplng trail Of w. j
Bryan in Indiana.
Congressman Victor Murdoch OF Kansas
Is out In the state OF washington knocking
Cannordsm wherever II hobs up.
In his various contests for the governor
ship Of Georgia Hoke scores two out OF
three innings. Little Joe Brown went down
on the last run.
Since CONGRESSMAN Isongworth fired the
Cannon shot at Beverly. revengeful stand
patters at Cincinnati threaten TO muss the
balance OF his locks.
Elnor Holdale. IIalvor Stevenson, ole
Sagong. Lars BIorge and Andrew Nolstead
are enrolled among the patriots anxious TO
represent Minnesota in congress.
Perhaps Reno does not know II. but the
Nevada town Is missing hot performance
in failing to have the democratic primary
contest Of Nebraska transferred to its
midst.
Hiram Johnson, winner of the republican
nomination for governor, had been prom
ised a large consignment OF lemons by the
fruit raisers, but the shipping directions
were lost in the confusion Of the returns.
The misfortunes OF Congressman Joe
Slbley of Pennsylvania creates enough
vacuum to draw tears from an oil tank.
Having spent S42,5O0 to win the nomination,
he resigned his precious toy accepted an
official call to court, and discovered o
startling weakness OF his heart, which
forbids his giving personal attention to
the formalities OF a judicial quiz. Poor. old
Joes sighs to be let alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
A NEW POPULAR SONG.


Strickland Gillian In Baltimore Sun,
Say, Maisie. may l always. buy yoYr chew
ing gum tor your
That rs me wish tnat fills my heart
whene er see you chew.
l watch your Jaws 50 WI won, ana ike
wise wobple-wID.
And cannot help but go plumb nuts about
your classy Jib.
You surely ring the bell for me when be-
hold you. munich.
AS on q chunk of pepsin eud see YOU
gayly lunch.
II you say no you're sure to break my
tender heart In two
Say, Maise won't you let me buy your
chewing gum for you?
CHORUS.
Buy chewing gum for you Maisie,
Buy chewing gum for you.
I'd like to fill the rest Of life
A watching of you chew.
The COW that minds me so of you
Was quite a pet OF mine-boo hOoi
So. Masie, won't you let me buy your
chewing gum for you?
Your chewing gum for you.
The first time e'er l seen you chew the
tears como to my eye;
1t put me so In mind of times back In them
days gone by,
It made me think OF boyhood days way
Where l was raised without fear of any
kind of harm. f
Because your Jaws went myum- te-ny urn,
Just like. COW we had
That used to be a pet OF mine--oh, MAble,
weren't I sadl
And SO again, as in the start, would be
II you would say 1 always could buy chew
ing gum for you.
(Chorus.)
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

they were sold. Business was pretty
good and after a while it got better.
but he didn't stop advertising.
He keeps his advertising running az
steadily as the ticking. of clock, and
says he sells more hats than any other
halter in Chicago. ~ At any rate, he
was saved from bankruptcy. has en-.
larged his store, and sells thousands
of hats every season In and. out OF Chi
cago. 4
And nothing but good advertising
did It.
Good advertising Is the greatest
business building force in the world
it will build up rundown business,
and keep a good business from run
ming down---and the time to advertise
is all the time.
The Bee has a plan and service of
advertising copy for you, Mr. Mer-
chant, that will be worth your time to
see and hear, whether you adopt them
or not. They will add ideas to yours.
They will suggest Improvement and
stimulate expansion. +4.
May we submit themY o. Pc
Phone Tyler 1000 for an appoint.
ment. 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
The Democratic Campaign Book.

i.
The democratic campaign text book
has duly made its appearance and
consists almost exclusively of rehash
of extracts from the Congressional
Record inserted by the oratorical
highway or by the-leave-to-print route.
That the text book should be made up
chiefly with scissors and paste-pot is
not unusual, but quite the regular
thing. But in this case the chief diff
Guilty met is that the democratic
speeches of i'll omen were poured
forth before the record of achievement
was made up on which the republican
administration and congress has a
right to go before the people for a
vote of endorsement. The democratic
text book, therefore, feeds it's readers
with captious criticism and dire fore
bodings for which there is small foun-
dation now even II there might have
been some while congress was still In
session with its work unfinished.
The democratic text book also car.
ries a postscript culled from the
speeches of insurgent republican sena-
tors and congressman which the demo
cratic campaign managers evidently
believe will prove serviceable as ammu-
milton against their political enemy
Yet all the Insurgents keep on insist.
ing and repeating that nothing is tc
be gained for the country by turning
the responsibility for legislation over
to the democrats, who have proved
themselves incapable apd incompetent
time and again, and who have no pro-
gram except that of negation and OBJ
struction. The insurgent contribution
to the democratic text book will prob
ably have it's antidote furnished by
the insurgents themselves. But tn,
use which the democrats are makinI
of these speeches shows that theil
own political capital is scarce, of baC
quality and poorly adapted for publ,
consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
Forest Fires and Forest Rangers.

Forest Fires and Forest Rangers.
One fact looms big in connection
with the dreadful destruction of po-
tential wealth in timber in the north
west during the last few days. II is
that the forest rangers have proved
their fidelity at least. It seems be-
yond human capability to cope with
fire. once it gets we'll under Roadway
in the woods. The mighty scourge
seems irresistible in its onward sweep,
its fiery breath licking clean its path,
and leaving only smoking ruin in its
wake. The forest rangers knew this;
they were men of experience in wood
craft, and understood the danger they
we're in. But they also understood
the responsibility of the duty they had
assumed, and so the appalling roll of
the dead contains the mention of
whole squads OF the rangers, wiped
out.
The sad note of the tragedy is that
few If any Of these brave men will
ever be known. 1t will be possible,
when the whole affair is finally
cleared away, that some of the names
of the missing may be positively
known, but many of the volunteers,
who Joined in the unequal combat and
lost their lives, must remain forever
unidentified. These men are well en-
titled to place on the nations roster
of heroes. In an emergency they
risked their lives in performance of a
service to their country. 1t matters
little that their attempt was futile
they did what they could, and in death
deserve much more OF remembrance
than they are likely to get from a peo-
pie who so soon forget the sacrifices
of the dead in a scramble of compe-
tition among the living.
The forest ranger in his daily round
is an inconspicuous servitor of a great
republic. In the time of his supreme
test, he has proven himself worthy of
the trust, and in death, met while on
duty, he should have at least the
recognition given the soldier whose
life goes out in the glory and crash OF
war
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

Nebraskans can afford to watch for
time longer the efforts being made
in Iowa to enforce laws of a prohibit
tory nature dealing with the liquor
question. For longer than twenty-five
years the question has been before the
courts over there, and all the while
the tangle has been made more and
more impenetrable. With its present
local option law. under which dry
communities are dry as they care to
be, Nebraska can we'll afford to rest
while its sister state is trying to ex-
tricate itself from the morass OF mis-.
takes into which misdirected zeal has
plunged it.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
The President in Politics

In the breezy review OF American
affairs for British readers contributed
monthly to the National Review is
usually to be found some sidelight on
our current events with little'differ-
ent color to 1t than that which we or
dinarily see. Such a point is illumi-
mated in the August number, where
the American correspondent. calls at
tention to the inevitableness that our
president must become the overshad-
owing figure in American politics. AS
contrasted with British conditions, he
regards it as a curious reflection, but
nevertheless strictly accurate, that,
with the exception of the president,
there is seldom, if ever, q national fig
ure in America that is national in the
sense in which the term Is used in
England.
An English cabinet may contain
half a dozen potential prime ministers;
an ex-prime minister, or secretary Of
state for foreign affairs, or chancellor
of the exchequer, or viceroy of India,
is almost always a commanding polit-
ical figure In America, on the con-
trary, members of the cabinet, politi-
cally, are only of minor Importance
for two reasons-first, that the tenure
is uncertain, being at the pleasure of
the president, and leaving him with
out any policy of his own aside from
the instructions of the president; and,
second, that the American member of
the cabinet ranks below the English
minister and, more often than not, be-
! fore becoming a cabinet member, has
simply a local reputation and is prac-
tically an unknown man until he is
called to Washington. We are assured
that this is not said by way of dispar-
agement, but simply to show how diff
ferently cabinets are constructed in
Great Britain and in the United States.
| Neither are the members of the house
or of the senate national figures, be-
cause they are representatives of sim
gle state or of a district smaller than
state.
These things explain why under the
American system of government the
president has become the great ma
tional figure in politics. They explain
also why the president has come to
represent national ideas in legislation
as well as in administration. and to
have put out of balance the old theory
of equal and coordinate branches OF
! government The conclusion offered
must be of as much interest to US al
to the English leaders for whom II
was especially intended. With the in.
creasing tendency to look to Washing
ton instead of to the states as the cen
ter OF governmental action, 1t follows
as a matter of course that the power
of the president is magnified. There
may be a reaction, but the opinion Il
ventured that twenty-five years hence
the authority exercised by the presi
dent will be vastly greater than It IL
today, and that whether this is men
ace time alone can tell.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

Re-checking telephone companies
failing to make reports to the State
Railway commission as required by
law discloses the fact that during the
past year ten have been bought out
by the Independents and seven by the
Bell people, which would indicate that
the difference between the one and
the other, so far as reaching out fol
extensions and competitors is con.
cerned, is the difference 'twixt twee'
dledee and tweedledum. If the state
antitrust law is infracted every time
one telephone company buys out an
other the attorney generals office car
keep itself mighty busy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
A LITTLE SLOW, BUT SURE.
Uncle sam Squares IN Account Forty
Five Years Old.
Dastop inf

Five Years OLD.
Boston Transcript.
The national government Is generally as
sumed to be slow about paying its bills. but
over against that dlstressful fact is to be
set the comforting certainty that II is sure
A Worcester man has verified this truth
Two years ago the War department ad-
vised him that a sum Of money was due
him for his services in the civil war, and IL
he would make a claim, attested by two
witnesses, he could recover IL. The Wor-
cester man, maryelling a little-for he
thought he had closed accounts with the
government long ago-executed an elaborate
voucher and sent it forward. Then he
waited. and kept on waiting, visions Of all
he would do with this treasure trove dane
ing nimbly through his brain and taking
the form of automobiles and steam yachts.
The dreams faded when he got his check.
The letter accompanying it set forth that
in August, 1851, he was underpaid 81 cents !;
in September, 1868, he was underpaid 81
cents; in April, 1885, he was overpaid 81
cents, and on another occasion he failed to
draw clothing to which he was entitled to
the amount of $40 Hence the check,
which he received after forty-five years,
1t called for S2.74,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
CONSERVATION AND THE STATE.
QnestiOns to BE Considered at St.
Paul Meeting.
IlnonIyIxy,, Ura ole

PnuL Meeting.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Governors of Utah, Washington, Wyom-
ing and Idaho held a conference at Salt
Lake City at which were also present rep
resentatives OF tho governors of Nevada,
California, Colorado, Oregon and Minnesota,
The object of the conference was to put
into official form the views Of the several
states ON the question of conservation.
These views have been embodied In a
declaration which will be offered to the
National Conservation congress for adop-
ton when 1t meets at st. Paul on Septem-
Der s. The declaration contains seven sec
tions, the gist of which Is that conserva-
ton is primarily a state question and that
such conservation as the federal govern
ment undertakes in the administration OF
public lands should be recognized as a
trusteeship for the maturing states.
We do not think that either Colonel Roose-
welt or Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, both OF whom
are scheduled to speak at the conservation
congress will seriously quarrel with the
theory that conservation is primarily @
state duty. One OF Colonel Roosevelt's most
conspicuous acts, before going out Of Of.
flee. was to call the governors of the states
into convention In Washington to discuss
state conservation policies and the relation
OF the national government to the natural
resources of the states. National trSisteeshiI
OF those resources is unnecessary where
the states themselves are able intelligently
| to undertake development The one trouble
with the practice of state conservation II
that it is frequently too narrow to take
into account more than the interests of this
Individual commonwealth. The conservation
of forests and water power can seldom b,
neglected by one state without seriously
affecting its nelghbors, II the states woulc
collaborate In an intellgently comprehen
sive scheme Of conservation, the dutie.
OF the federal government as conserva
tor would be materially llghtened. The st
Paul congress may bring coordinate actor
much nearer than 1t now seems to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

prices Of horsesg Feed has risen in price.
farm labor has gone up, and every charge
incidental to the farm is higher than Il
was, but this does not account for the
sudden and sharp increase In the cost OF
horses The farmer has long been an
eleemosynary Institution and he Is Just
discovering the truth II the cost OF rails
ing a colt. including all it's food, stab
ling and the labor Incidental TO It's care
and training be taken into account II will
be found that any horse three years old
has cost at least 5000
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

Speaking with reference to the nom
inee of Nebraska democrats for United
States senator, Mr.. Bryan in his Com
moner says:
He ought to have every democratic vote
and enough insurgent votes to elect him
In other words, he cannot be elected
unless he gets republican votes, and
why any republican should vote for q
democrat repudiated in the primary
by Mr.. Bryan himself is not evident
on the surface.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

pulls them across the line or leaves
them just below It. The same rule
applies in many forms Of business
that cover a large territory in which
population is vital factor. National
banks may be cited as an illustration,
requiring larger capital and reserve
when located in cities OF the higher
population levels.
Only by realizing the manifold
points at which the census reaches
down to our everyday life can it's real
Importance be appreciated.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
EmOIuments of FEiendship.


Lawyer McMurray explains that he is a
friend of the Indians. Friendliness toward
Indians is in itself nothing to be rebuked.
His emoluments for being a friend have
been about 100000 year, with prospects
that this would mount into the millions
very soon. In the circumstances the sin
certify of Mr.. McMurray will be ques-
toned. Disinteres,ed friendship does not
fatten on that 1t esteems. And If the In
dams were in need of friend and cast
ing about for one they could not afford
McMurary.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
WOMAN HOLDS CHILD
ABOVE WATER EIGHT HOURS
Mrs. John Burch of Sedan, Kan,
Saves Life of Baby that Fell
Into Cistern.

SEDAN. Kan, Aug. 2s.-Ths 2-year-old
child of John Burch, a farmer near this
city, fell into q clstern containing five feet
of water. Mrs. Burch Jumped into the els
tern and held the child above the water
eight hours until her husband, returning
from his work, searched for her and found
her. She collapsed after being rescued and
IS dangerously III. The child suffered no
illness. Friends will apply for a Carnegie
hero medal for Mrs. Burch.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
Our Birthday Book
August 81. 1910.

Rev. John f. Hummon, pastor OF
KountEe Memorial Lutheran church. was
born August n, 1872. He is = native OF
Ohio and educated at Wittenburg col
lege and Wittenburg Theological seminary,
He was three years In the ministry IN
Urbana, o., and Nevada, Ia. before his call
TO Omaha.
John X. Harte, contractor and builder
Is Sc years old today. He was born ir
Louisville. KY. and has erected many OF
our substantial buildings. He has also been
president OF the Builders exchange
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

One OF the chief disapointments of
the railroad magnates is that the net
profits persist in increasing. despite
the complaint that rates are too low
Some other reason must be assigned
before the public will be ready to well
come further Increase of carrying
charges.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

With good grass cattle selling close
to 81 at South Omaha, and the run Of
live stock the heaviest in years. it will
take something more than Wall street
talk to make folks out vest think they
have ruined themselves buying auto
mobiles.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

Lincoln newspapers are still ex-
pressing amazement that Mayor
Jim" running on a threat to remove
the capital, should have gotten 500
votes more in Lancaster county than
did Governor Shallenberger It is
amazing, but 1t only goes to show how
far some Lincoln statesmen are out of
touch with the real sentiment of the
people in their own community.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
First Win the House.
Philadelphia Press.

Those republican congressman who are
training themselves to succeed Uncle Joe
Cannon in the speakership will best serve
their purpose by devoting their present
energies to tue election OF republican
majority in the next house. To have a
republican speaker II is necessary to have
q republican house; not difficult mat
ter II everyone does his share Of the
work
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

STANDS ON ALL FOURS.
How the Automobile Failed to Ex-
tinRuiGh the Horse.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger


tinHuiGh the Horse.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The automobile was destined, 1t will be
remembered to extinguish the horse. As
the buffalo is maintained in small herds in
the interests OF the study Of natural his
tory, or as the gnu and the giraffe are ex-
hibited in zoos to satisfy the idle
curious, so 1t was proposed that a few
horses should be saved, II possible.
How well the few have been saved is
shown by the Year Book OF the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, On January 1, 1900.
there were nearly 14oOO,oOO, horses in the
United States OF q total value of 1900,
100000. On January /, 1909 the number
was nearly 3OOOO.0OO. OF a total value Of
nearly ss,OOotOOO,oO0 The average value OF
horses in 1900 was s44,el; the average value
in 1909 was 1864 When the figures for
1910 are compiled the average value of the
horse will be shown to have reached a
record during the last year
What is the explanation Of the high
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

AS the days grow shorter the time
to light up those automobile lamps
grows earlier, and carelessness and
neglect of the auto drivers becomes
greater. Automobiles can invite
trouble in more ways than one.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
BLACK HILLS PIONEER DEAD
Able Holmes, Who Was Friend OF
Bret HRrte, Dies of Typhoid
Fever.

DEADWOOD, s. D., Aug 26.-(Special
Telegram)-Albe Holmes, veteran mining
man of the Black Hills, died here this
morning OF typhoid fever. He was G. years
old. Holmes came here In the early days
from Carson City, New, where he was the
intimate friend of Bret Harte. the novelist
He was a thirty-third degree Mason and
widely known In the northwest.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

Some of the stories that are being
told in Oklahoma now read most re-
markably like the facts The Bee dug
up in Nebraska a few years ago. when
IL was exposing the frauds that had
been perpetrated on the Indians OF the
Nebraska reservations. The red man
has always been looked upon as fair
game by his white brother.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

In actual warfare, from shiloh to
Manila, Nebraska troops have figured
with glory. and now come the state
troops to add to the record by winning
fame in mimic war. To defend a
wagon train successfully against the
onslaught OF regulars Is credit enough
for one maneHver camp. and shows
that the quality Of our fighting men is
not deteriprating iasiS N
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

'Would-be senator" Willis e. Reed,
who also ran, cheerfully explains he
got what he expected. There is one de-
feated candidate who is not disap-
pointed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

Omaha theater managers have
formed an association for mutual ben
EFT. OF course, this is no trust. as
theater-goers are likely to find out
when told at the box office that there
will be no trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
How to Promote War.
Indianapolis News

The principal objection to General
Grants scheme, to have the government
in case of war take automobiles at first
cost from the owners, is that some of the
discouraged upkeepers may hustle around
and start a war for their relief
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

More of our street railway lines are
to be equipped with pay-as-you-enter
cars. whose successful trial operation
is thus afirmed. Another place to
wonder why 1t was not thought Of
sooner.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
And now the Bohemians are to hold

And now the Bohemians are to hold
a big celebration in Omaha. They
will find the city just as ready for
their entertainment as it has been for
any of the other great gatherings that
have lately been cared for here. The
census figures are no gauge Of the size
of Omahas hospitality.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

One candidate for legislative hon
Ors in the late democratic primary
lists among his expenses an outlay of
81 cents for platform for campaign
purposes" Overcharged at that.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

II paving brick with the Buffalo
trademark lie good enough for use be-
tween the street car rails, why should
It not be good enough to pave the re-
mainder of the street surface? It
would be an sye-opener TO know, II 1t
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
movInR Picture OF Figures.
Sioux city Journal

Neither Jim DahIman nor Governor
sballsnberger counted on a recount, but II
looks as II they may have a pretty tough
Job In political arithmetic to work out
before they get through with Il
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
COmpensatIOns of Candidates.

THESE are the days when the candidate
for office makes 1t point to attend
every picnic within the bounds OF his
district He figures that he gets all the
fried chicken he can eat whether he gets
any votes or not
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27
Shortening the Reach.

A S,OOo0OO,OOO bushel corn crop ought in
the fullness Of time and the natural course
of events to bring ham and pork chops
within the reach Of people OF limited
means. But that is no assurance that II
will do so.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

One point has been settled since
Mr.. Roosevelt started on his western
trip. Tim Woodruff knows where to
get on.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-27

Old King Corn is not worrying half
as much these days as are some of the
fellows who have been playing the
market short.