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The Topeka state journal., 1912-03-27

An imported French novelty n a ore
button. suuare-cut Tuxedo. IN brown as
well as black, with four buttons and
braided edge A white silk vest is
preferably wcrn with this
Demi-veSts are dying. and It seems
that their knell of doom has been
sounded for the coming season ut
least; though they may return to favor
next winter.
The formal dress coat which will
make its appearance about Easter Will
be form-htt1ng, but not closely so. II
win have no exaggerated shoulder or
chest effect; # WIN At snugfy but not
tightly, with plain edges and no or
namentat1on OF the cuffs. The waist
lime will be a Mttle higher than at
present, and the coat viii carry three
buttons, one and q quarter inches
apart. Lapefs WIN be peaked, and a
trihe wider than those OF Last season,
and about z Of an inch wider than
the collar
The trousers win ~ q little more
snugly than Of late, and will reach
just to the top OF the heel. The seams
will be devoid OF braid.
The Topeka state journal., 1912-03-27

JCGI OC4OEc. 4ulS dDU1lo6
overcoats and undercoats alike; also
to vests and trousers, though not in
such marked degree, perhaps, in re-
gard to the latter.
I'VE are getting away from the tight
English coat" said William D. Sharpe,
a well-Ixnown tailor and draper of
Fifth avenue, New York City, who
was, until a year ago, an official of
the Custom Cutters Club and is a rec
Ogrdzed authority on matters sartoriaI.
"Coats for the coming season will be
more as they were a few seasons ago.
They will be cat in accordance with
common-sense ideas. The exaggerated
chest and shoulder will be noticeable
enly by their absence. In other words,
a mans chest, in his coat, will appear
where his chest ought to be-"
The Topeka state journal., 1912-03-27
By orvilie G. Victor.


EMS garments, for spring
and summer, 1912, will show
a distinct difference from
those of last year and the
year hefpre. This annIies To
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.

Chic: Q Post: With the election OF
delegates now going on in various parts
Of the country, the straw vote Cra has
passed, leaving none much wiser than
they were before.
Baltimore American: ". ]. Bryan has
repeatedly refused TO be considered as a
candidate fer the presidency, but his
friends are urging him 10 throw his hat
into the ring. This news has a slightly
reminiscent tone.
indianapolis News: Cheer up, Further
expositions Of the Oyster Bay school Of
political economy are TO be made in
speeches TO be delivered in the near flu
ture which, Of course, will be followed
by statements explaining that they didn't
mean what they said.
St. Louis Globe-D Democrat: Colonel
Bryan seems to entertain a deep-seated
prejudice against Candidate Harmon. If
the latter should be nominated the Ne
braska democracy would take to the
fringe Of timber along the banks Of the
Platte river.
New York Tribune: What is fame? On
the list of signers Of an appeal to the
republican voters OF New York county
appears the name "Chauncey NJ. Tepen.
How were the voters TO know that such
an alias marked the identity Of SO IA
miliar figure in New York politics as
Chauncey NJ. Depew?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
Four New Senators.

The new states Of Arizona and New
Mexico we're not so welded to the
ldea OF newness In public affairs,
with all their pronounced reform
predictions, particularly Arizona, as
to select their first United States SEN
ators from among the untutored in
politics. The four men have all held
office before and are experienced in
political matters. One senator from
each state has been a delegate to con-
gress under territorial regime. an
other has been on the federal bench
his territory and the fourth, only
SO years OF age. has served as state
senator.
Whether this is TO the advantage
Of Arizona and New Mexico. OF
course depends upon how wisely the
selections have been made. Political
experience should be an asset instead
OF a liability, especially to states just
entering the union. II was a bit I'M
fortunate that shady methods in the
election In New Mexico arose. but the
least that can be said Is that the
senator-elect was not a party to the
bribery. to which several men con-
fessed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
Justice 10 Japan.

LINCOLN. Neb.. March 9.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: Mr.. Robertson, who
evidently speaks from a strong theologi-
cal bias in hts attacks on Japan. is
Justly reproved by Mr.. rsuJlgaki in to-
days Bee. The belief Of the average
Christian, carefully nourished by mission
aries and others interested financially
or otherwise in the propagation Of Chris
uanity. that the Japanese az a class are
morally inferior 20 the westerner Is
secuted by observers possessing the his
torian's and not the believers cast Of
mind In the biased view OF the Chris
tian. non-christian Japan cannot Of
course be moral. and therein We have the
probable source OF Mr.. Roberson's griey-
snce.
The late Lafcadio Hearn. for several
years a teacher in the Imperial unIver-
sity at Toxic. author. psychologist. and
a newspaper man of wide experience in
several lands. gives a wholly different
view Of the mikado's realm in his book.
''Glimpses Of Unfamiliar Japan" Mr..
Hearn shows that the religious supersti-
tons of the japanese are happy and
pleasant as compared with the belief In
the cruel vengeance Of an unforgiving
God and an everlasting hell entertained
by western nations"
OF the same tenor is the observation
Of Mr.. Poultney Bigelow. the well known
traveller and author, in the Open Court
magazine for October. 1907. viz: I'VE
Christians who dare not tramp the slums
Of our own cities for fear of criminals
send missionaries to Japan. where human
intercourse Is the interchange Of smiles
and sweet-soented flowers. All religions
must be judged by their fruits. and In
Japan the religious spirit produces eour-
tesy, kindness to animals. absence Of
family quarreis. peace between classes.
loyalty to government
What Japan needs. the scientists tell
US. is not Christianity. but more tinabIe
land and a greater food supply. To the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02

active or open support to Roosevelt.
and they would swallow Harmon
again this year before they would
favor any republicans. progressive or
regular. Insurgent republicans will,
We believe, disappoint this demo-
cratic expectation. Insurgent repub-
licans are not likely to embrace free
trade democracy. and repudiate the
basic principles of government they
have been steadfastly unfolding in
return for the boquet which Mr..
Bryan has been throwing towards
La Toilette, knowing they would do
him no good. but possibly harm him.
Let republicans remember and heed
the open confession by the apostle
OF democracy, that without repub-
lican bolt the democrats cannot win.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
Madero Standing By His Guns.

Whatever happens | shall be
found at my post ] shall not resign.
Reports that have been published that
| intend TO leave the presidency are
untrue"
This declaration by President
Madero is much too simple and en-
phatic to mean anything than just
what It says. 1t marks Madero as a
man of decision and purpose, with
more firmness and resolution than
he is sometimes pictured as possess
ing. II should have decisive effect
upon the recalcitrants, whose chief
object apparently is not so much the
overthrow of the government and the
establishing of a new regime, as the
continuous harassing OF Madero and
the advancement of petty political
rlyalries.
Madero undertook what many re-
garded as nearly the impossible, and,
while he has not yet succeeded in
completing his task, he has not lost
ground, but has forged steadily
ahead. And should he now retire,
that would not only mark him as a
weaker man than he was taken for,
but II would, In all probability,
merely complicate the problem for
Mexico. Where Is the anti-Maderist
who can guarantee any improvement
upon the present leader. whose eleva-
ton to the presidency would offer
any substantial hope for relief which
Madero cannot give? The fact that
Madero has enemies signifies nothing
except that many ambitious men in
Mexico would like to be where
Madero is and that no matter II he
were superseded by one OF them, the
rest would continue their turmoil be-
cause they had not landed the office.
II Madero can thwart the efforts to
scuttle the ship he will have gained
such Roadway as to put the republic
on practically safe seas,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
Tipping Their Hand.

In his last long-winded fulmina-
ton against Senator Hitchcock and
Governor Harmon. Mike" Harring-
ton. speaking OF the Bryanite ele-
ment OF Nebraska democracy, tips
their hand when he says. THE only
man that the insurgent republicans
will support is Wilson. We must
have this support to win" In other
words, the democrats admit them
selves foredoomed to defeat in the
impending presidential contest. as
Stunning President Taft's renomina-
ton which is now universally con-
coded, unless they can persuade
enough insurgent republicans to
come to their rescue.
II conditions were reversed ii is
q safe proposition that neither Har-
rington nor Bryan would undertake
to lead any body of progressive
democrats over into the republican
ranks. Both of them swallowed
Parker in 1904. or at least gave no
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
THE MAN OF THE MANY.

There's a man of the street and you pass
with a qulckened glance of a scornful
eye.
For his hands are grimy and his clothes
And the loon look of the man is a look for
lOrn.
He has worked in the mills, in the rrrLls
and roar,
With the dust in the air and the grease
on the floor;
prison OF steel ~
Where the weak men faint and the
strongest reel.
He has stood on the beam as 1t rose
toward the sky,
With courage that nothing but hunger
He has fashioned the shares of the FARM
And wrought for the palace where beauty
bows.
When YOU sat in your office and made
your plans,
Or drove In racer to view your rich
lands,
This man Of the many who sweat for
Was blowing himself to a steak or a
stew.
He's stumbling home, and you're passing
With a casual glance of your soft fine
And You know. nor care, he's a stranger
This man who is making your dreams
come true.
ANTHONY NJ EAsTERLING.
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
The Water Power of the state.

UNIVERSITY PLACE. Neb., March ..
TO the Editor of The Bee: The prob
lem Of utilizing the water. power OF the
state is a difficult one.
Two elements enter into IL: First, the
question Of capital: second, the ability
Of the mechanical engineer who is to
solve the mechanical side OF the problem
Should the state undertake the problem,
or should the corporation be granted the
franchise?
There are certain serious objections to
giving the franchise to the corporation.
In case the corporation is to undertake
the work such franchises would be turned
to several corporations. which would give
a diversity OF methods. and this would
be source Of great loss In capital and
an inefficient service to the state, with
higher rates for power to the general
public.
There is but one proper way to utIlizs
this water power, and that way is yet -
be found and proven. Now. who is the
mechanical engineer to properly unfold
the problem for the state and the people /?
We should not forget that the work Of
the engineer is not second to the question
Of capital.
For any person to offhand estimate the
cost Of the undertaking is a process too
foolish to consider. The Loup rivers are
full Of sand and the problem of sand lC
the most difficult OF all mechanical ques
tons connected with the undertaking
j am not discussing the problem which
believe best and which will prove most
efficient and cheapest. But what is the
cost per horse power to control tn,
waters7 II the cost be 500 per horse
power. then in that case the cost per
year for upkeep and expense Of operation
with interest will not be far from so per
horse power.
The street railway Of Omaha probable
requires $500 horse power for operation.
II the cost Of utilizing power be 500 PEI
horse power. then the first outlay mus.
be $4,000 for sufficient power for this
one institution. and the power must be
furnished for less money than they are
now paying.
II the state is inclined to take up the
work Of utilization. the chief factor is TO
permit engineers to submit various meth
DDS of utilization and the approximate
cost Of their methods. The man who has
the best method should be appointed for
the work. IL all other matters are In
proper form. The chief trouble will be
the method by which the money Is to be
spent. When the proper time comes
will submit q method.
1t may be possible power could be fur
nished for $40 per horse power. but that
is pure speculation. II the state will re-
serve all rights and the question is taken
up. will make a proposition.
The wise thing to do is TO reserve all
rights until the legislature meets and the
question Is threshed out.
WALTER JOHNSON.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
Good Men for Commissioner.

l. Alfred C. Kennedy.
Now that the filings are closed,
and We know who, among those
previously mentioned, are and who
are not in the running for council
man under 0maha's new commission
plan of city government, it devolves
upon the individual voters to select
good men out of those available. In
each case, the question of good men
is comparative, and the choice no
necessary reflection on those who
are regarded as not quite so good
or course. there is no politics or par
tisanship in this city election. yet We
are not prepared to admit there are
not as many good republicans as
there are democrats or socialists.
The Bee will from day to day point
out few in the list which it regards
as good men. and first among them
is Alfred C. Kennedy. Although
born in New York state, Mr. Kennedy
has resided over forty years right
here in Omaha, being educated in our
public schools. and engaged in the
real estate business for more than
twenty-five years. lie has served
the public whenever called upon in
various honorary positions-on the
school board. on the Library board.
in numerous charitable and philan-
thropic organizations. He is clean.
capable. conscientious, trustworthy.
level headed. broad-visioned, a high
class man in every respect. He is
not a fanatic. an extremist or one
idea man. How he could be ignored
In any set of endorsements supposed
TO be made on a merit basis is in
comprehensive. It ought to be a
privilege for our people to be per-
mitted TO vote for such man to
inaugurate the new regime in city
affairs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
|heBetsLcHtrbo,z
Hot shot from Tucker.

FLORENCE, Neb.. April Ito the
Editor Of The Bee: 7 want to kindly
thank the World-Herald for giving our
champion long-distance office seeker.
Now l have always contended that l
never allowed anyone TO Guido me in
generosity and % per cent Of the citi-
zens of Florence will join me in agree
ing with the World-Herald If they Will
add one more championship to us, for
without doubt We have the champion
liar also. No doubt the liar would like
TO have me do Just what he has &C
cused me OF. to have as many Of my
friends as possible write my name on
the ballot as every vote written ia
would be one less for Paurs opponent
Say. Mr.. Liar. you must brush up in
politics If you expect to be elected to
misrepresent our city In the council for
the next two years. You must not think
because you got that magnificent vote
for the nomination that you are elected.
Let's see. was II six or seven votes you
got? And say, remember, you had no
oppositloH. WIS II through your sHlootil
work that the republicans Of Florence
we're disfranchised and had no oppor-
tunity to have their names appear on
the ballot except by petition? Are you
responsible or is 1t Jasper that had
Paul's petition circulated two days be-
fore the fake primaries were called"
Was It Paul or | who was afraid to cross
swords? II l had any notion OF running
for mayor those primaries would have
been called fifteen days before election.
J. S. crossed swords with me once and
you can safely bet II he lives as long
as you say l have been mayor. he will
not want 10 repeat the battle. / will
add in conclusion that l have no desire
to go into the gum-shoe method in
politics as the champion gum-shoe man
is in your ranks and he will need the
whole stock OF gum shoes when Baker,
Baldrige or Blackburn gets through with
him. +. S. TUCKER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
The Courts Wrestle with Rates.

The legal questions involved In the
railroad rate litigation encumbering
the federal supreme court are mo-
mentous and go to emphasize the
paramount Importance Of transporta-
ton among the industries OF this
country. Practically the whole fabric
OF railroad rate reforms. to which
state and national legislatures have
devoted so much time for years. is
at stake in these pending cases. The
issue turns on the relation OF state
laws to interstate commerce and
should the court decide that the state
laws now In force are restrictions on
interstate commerce. state rate
orders in practically every state, We
are told. win be totally ,extinguished.
But aside from this legal and COM
mercial responsibility. these cases In
volve herculean literary tasks for the
members OF the supreme court. The
record in the Missouri cases alone, II
is said. cover 10000 pages and there
are cases from a dozen other states.
every word of which must be d.
gested by each OF tine justices. II has
been brought out that more words
are written In the Missouri cases
than have been uttered thus far in
both houses OF congress at this ses-
sion. To appreciate that fully one
should glance from day to day at the
Congressional Record. II would also
help us to understand why courts
often seem TO make slow progress in
coming to their conclusions, There
are no limits Of verbosity a lawyer
has to respect and when many law
yers are turned loose into such green
pastures as railroad rate litigation.
sympathies should be turned toward
the judges who have to sit upon the
cases
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
People Talked About

Captain William NJ. Eldrege, one Of the
last two Of Nantucket's famous master
mariners and a man who rounded Cape
Horn seventeen times. died recently at
the age Of s6 after a brief illness.
While the Chicago Tribune and the
Chicago Record Herald have impressed
some readers with the notion that the
Hon. William Lorlmer Is "a dead one -
they are unable to put II over IN the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Governor Carroll Of Iowa intends to
into the newspaper business on retiring
from office. While he may cultivate
politics in a reminiscent way. his long
suit as editor Of an agricultural paper
will be. What know about farming. {"
After a separation Of thirty-five years.
during which they had not seen or COM
munieated with each other. Frank Zacha-
rias. Connellsville CPa.l dairyman. and
his wife were reunited while Mr.. zacha-
rias was on visit to his native home
at Frankfort. Germany.
Mrs. Anna Potter. once a candidate for
mayor Of Kansas City. Kan. died at her
home there. aged 6 years. Mrs. Potter
was pioneer in the woman's suffrage
movement in Kansas and her campaign
for mayor in 1898 attracted Mrs. Mary
Flea Lease and other noted women to
assist her.
Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, admiral Of
the British fleet. vino has just received
the Order OF Merit. has had a distln.
gulshed career. He entered the royal
navy in 1850 and served In the Black sea
during the Russian war. receiving the
Crimean and Turkish medals and the
Sebastapooi clasp. He was awarded the
Victoria Cross in 1884 for a brilliant act
at FL Teh.
: II. P. Pell, who has begun the res
toTation OF historic Fort Ticonderoga.
with a view TO peTfecting II Just as II
Was at the time Of Ethan Aliens daring
exploit. Is a New York banker and
broker. He Inherited the Tieonderoga
property, which was purchased by his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. az a summer
home in 1878
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
4. Jury reform Possible.

tlonal decisions never make the law
thoroughgoing and effective. Some sort
Of practical reform Of juries will be re-
ouired TO do that. II is not so much the
jury system as the jury that needs stten-
ton. In the final STAGE the administration
Of justice turns upon the developed con-
sciousness Of justice in the individual
The individual citizen must respect the
law. He must be willing TO make sacri-
fees 10 uphold II and 10 demand that II
be vigorously enforced. The eceentricitiss
Of lawyers anG the yanities Of courts will
be swept aside before a state composed
Of citizens Of intelligence. conscience aud
a deep sense OF personal responsibility.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02

According to a recent press dis
patch under a Washington date line,
-four out of five democrats in the
capital have come to the conclusion,
reluctantly, that Bryan is playing for
the nomination. That view seems to
be spreading every day. The mere
fact OF having lost three battles
would. in itself. not be sufficient to
deter Mr.. Bryan from engaging in a
fourth. Mr.. Bryan's business is to
keep before the public and 1t all de-
ponds upon how that can best be
done.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
Ten Years Ago

John johnson Of North Omaha. fire.
man on the Sioux city freight train ar
irving In Omaha at a. m. lost foot
at sixteenth and Fort streets. Engineer
Flaherty had been accustomed to slow
down his train at this point. enabling
his fireman TO cut across to his home
and this time johnson slipped
Those who were members of Beth
Eden Baptist church In Omaha during
iSs3-iS6, during the pastorate Of Rev
d. d. odell, were grieved TO learn II
his death at Joliet. ILL.,. where he was
In the pastorate.
Judge W. w, Slabaugh OF the district
court. returned from Tekamah. where
he held court as long as Burt county
was able to produce any cases.
These vestrymen were elected for
Trinity Episcopal cathedral. II. W.
Yates. senior warden; f. Wakeiey, Junior
warden; f. II. Davis, r. S. Hall. S. d.
Barkalow, Philip Potter. Guy c. Barton,
John c. French. Lewis S. Reed.
The local Dartmouth alumni held
banquet at Millard hotel. DR.. C. S.
Sargent Of Wichita, Kan, formerly OF
Omaha. told Of the far-reaching influ-
ence Of the old college: Rev. W. !. Co.
burn said II was furnishing more than
Its quota II religious workers; Prof. A.
H. waterhouse, Guy A. Andrews, Mrs.
$. r. Towne, DIR. E. r. Towne, who was
POSTMASTER, and several others spoke.
The annual election of the Omaha
Metropolitan Police Relief association
chose these directors; Mike Mccarthy.
Antoine linda, Frank Goodrich. Richard
Flynn. Antoine vanous. Peter Jorgenson
and Frank Urban.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02

One New York paper is suing sew
eral others for alleged appropriation
OF a copyrighted story and one paper
makes the retort that the plaintiff
is using the courts to establish a
monopoly on a piece of news. Well,
what is the copyright law for II not
to give to the publisher a monopoly
on the particular literary product
that is copyrighted?