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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-29
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Talking about packing plants Champ Clark will have to build one to feed his houn dogs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-29

Colonel Bryan instead of being : Progressive might be termed an az gressive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-29

Teddy says that life is just one damn thing after another.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-29

Talk about your reactionaries, what about our own beloved Jeff Davis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-29
Daily Graphic.

Entered at Postoffice at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as second-class mail matter
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

yet society halts upon the threshold
of. perhaps. the most important and
apparent OF all social reforms.
It will undoubtedly. be difficult to
apply any set rule at first seeking to
thwart mismating In marriage, but
most reforms worth while are at first
difficult. 1t is agreed that 1t Is
easier to prevent domestic infelicity
at the altar than it is to cure 1t In
the divorce court, and yet nothing Is
done to make it less difficult for any
one to get married who takes the mo-
ton. The sea OF life is thickly
strewn with human derelicts because
almost no attention has been given to
this very subject Of hereditary dis
ease In its relation to crime and in
sanity. These streams Of error can
not be controlled except at their
source. Attempts at damming them
up at their mouths only drive them
over their banks and cause serious
destruction.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

Dean W. T. Summers plan Of max
ing marriage contingent upon a GER
tificate of sound health receives
stout support from the Illinois Home
opathic Medical association. which
declares that marriage without pre-
nuptial medical exRmination Ii q sin.
for "the greatest sin any man or
woman can commit Is the deliberate.
premeditated bringing into the world
Of diseased offspring"
There is point at which sin be-
comes crime. Tue intimate relation
between hereditary disease and Grim
lnallty. a. the records OF every state
win show. lays solemn stress upon
the necessity Of taking every possible
precaution against inherent disease.
Men do not deny these truths to
themselves. then why shoad they
Ignore them when they 20 to dis
charge their duties and responsibili-
ties to societyf The trend Of public
thought has led toward social re-
form. The multiplicity Of divorces.
the influence OF prenatal conditions
upon wrong living and insanity, are
facts that do not admit pf Doubt and
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
GODS FLAGS.

M. W. leighton In Boston News Letter.
I'm sure Gods flags are the fairest flags
In ali the wide. wide world,
And they tell so true what the weatheru
When we see their folds unfuried-
Crimson and gold In the west at night
The following day will be clear and bright
A long gray fish in the evening sky
Jack Frost 10 hurrying fast this way.
Long, silvery rays shot through With
Twill rain somewhere before me night.
taeht fleecy clouds in a clear. blue sky.
lake the snowy sheep In the posture nisn;
rhs day win be fair for work or play;
Rejoice and sing for the merry May.
streak OF light meath q leaden dome
faillng-haste ye home
Black clouds. rolling. hurrying by.
Boreas whistles and sweeps the sky.
still. 30 still, with q ooppery hue
Eathauake weather-no sign OF biua
I'm sure Gods flags are the. fairest fiags
In an the wide. wide world;
They tell so true what the weathern re,
when we see their folds unfurled-
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
Fires and Insurance.

1.-THE most fruitful. cause of spon-
taneous combustion" says Fire Mar
shall Doyle of Illinois, sis the friction
between big policy Of insurance and
q small stock Of goods" And he
added that this cause knows no race
distinction. Moreover, he adjured the
Insurance men who heard him that
they could not escape their due share
Of the responsibility. In no other
business is ordinary prudence so
recklessly disregarded according to
this expert. Incompetent or careless
men are sent abroad with bundles OF
promissory notes in their hands, to
make over to the first individual they
meet with; the loss, which is almost
Inevitable. is met by the community.
For the loss entailed by fire is
total. The owner Of building or
goods destroyed is personally reim-
bursed from a fund collected from
the general public by the insurance
companies, but the wealth de-
stroyed is never replaced.
Aside from his message to the
general public. which is pregnant
with impressive truths. but little ap-
preciated, Mr.. Doyle's argument APP
plies most directly to the insurance
companies. This paper pointed out
many years ago that the moral haz-
ard" OF fire risk Is fostered by the
carelessness or incompetency Of the
insurance men themselves. stricter
OF risks, closer supervision
Of agents. and q more rigid regulation
in all regards by the Insurance COM
panies Of dealings with their patrons
will go very far toward the awaken
Ing of the public to its responsibility
In the matter Of the present tremen-
dous fire waste. The first steps must
be taken by the companies, though,
for the easy-going American people
will not seriously consider the moral
hazard phase Of the question until
the insurance concerns divest them
selves entirely Of their share OF the
risk that Is menace to all.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Indianapolis News: The way the Meth
cdist conference hesitates about leaving
the question Of ''amusements'' TO the con-
science OF its members doesn't. seem to
imply much confidence In that conscience.
st. Paul Dispatch: A Chicago bishop
thinks 1t would be q bad move to place
salaries high enough to tempt men to
enter the ministry for the sake of the
pay. It certainly would be bad thing
for some already In II anything were to
be done to start a stampede of orators
in the direction Of the pulpit.
Boston Transcript: The National Fed
GRAFTON Of Gospel Missions. now In ses-
sion here. Is serving to elicit inspiring
stories Of the good deeds done by men
and women who minister to the helpless
and hopeless people who seem to have
no other friends. There are many. such
mission workers. Probably most Of them
are OF that class. But we wish that, In
the general interest, the National FEEDER
alton might find a way to diffsrentiate
such persons. explicitly and publicly.
from the heartless pretenders who found
9 mission or . rescue home or some such
establishment '.for what there Is in.sit.,
Chicago Inter Ocean: The Rev. Or.
savidgs Of the Peoples church In Omaha
has united 5000 couples in marriage and
with the fees has founded and maintains
. home for old people. where fifty or
more aged couples are supported In com
fort He is not only well advertised as
marrying parson. but has matri-
moniai drummer to bring him custom.
This agent 10 an attractive woman who
haunts the courthouse where couples 60
for licenses and makes the rounds Of the
railway stations when trains are due
She can spot" marrying couples at
sight She steers them straightway TO
the license clerk and thence to her par
sons joining room. The only thing that
troubles us about this IL that Rev. DR..
savidge will feel time hang heavy on his
hands In heaven.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

The church has cause to praise
the automobile. One religious bu-
reau has made an estimate that ao,-
900 country churches which had been
closed and deserted are now open
and holding well-attended weekly
services as q result Of the coming OF
the auto. Prosperity among the
farmers has enabled them to buy the
rapid transit vehicles. and they are
going for distances Of fifteen and
twenty miles to their churches every
Sunday. according to this census.
Aside from the primary fact that
these thousands Of edifiees are once
more filled with worshipers. is this
even more important fact to the re-
lIgionists. namely, that the long abb
sence from divine service apparently
did not mean Indifference TO religion
or a falling from grace so much as
as the lack Of convenient means OF
reaching the place Of worship.
The automobile was at first re-
garded with disdain by many devout
persons. especially II II were used
upon the Sabbath day. But It must
not ever again be called a device OF
the devil. Let It rather be praised
and blessed as the swift chariot Of
the Lord. which the Psalmist found
to be Just twenty thousand" in num-
Der. a reopened church for each
chariot, and to David these twenty
thousand chariots were as "eyen
thousands Of angels" Here. then,
Is modern invention doing yeoman
service as missionary evangelist for
the church in the out-of-vay places.
Over In China and japan foreign
are whisking to and fro
between their widely separated sta
lions on motorcycles. Evideptly our
twentieth century progress and pros
perity are among the first fruits Of
Righteousness. At least they have
In them the power to be made such.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

why This Opposition 10 . Fourth
Nomination.

Nomination.
New York Herald. ~
We should like to Inquire Of our neigh
Dor. the World. why should not Colonel
w. J. Bryan be the democratic candi-
date for president II two-thirds Of tho
Baltimore convention want him?
Mr.. Bryan 10 now a fine example Of
mature and experienced manhood. He
10 50 years old. He ran for president
three times when the figures proved that
the democracy was unpopular. Now that
the party 10 undeniabiy popular, why
should not Colonel Bryan reap the re-;
ward Of keeping the fires brightly burn
ing7
He is certainly stronger in the east
than ne ever was before. The money
power. which was once opposed to him
IA now less hostile. Only the other day
Colonel Bryan was entertained at
luncheon at the Metropolitan club. this
city. when about fifty vell-known men
Of wealth were present and listened to
the witchery Of his words.
Does he not possess the honesty that 10
requisite TO democratic candidatef Al
though large land owner. does he not
live In the simplicity that Is becoming In
. great democratic He does not lie. he
does not split hairs, he possesses the
old courage. attacking democrats. great
and small. He gave to our republican
statesmen most OF the ideas on which
they have been making political capital.
while they have been making capital
walk the plank for twelve years.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
ONE TERM FOR PRESIDENTS.

Brooklyn Eagle: The proposition TO
limit the president to single term OF
six years Is not designed to spoil the
song Of any peerless candidate who runs
but never arrives.
Chicago Tribune: At this moment ths
proposal for a change In the presidential
tenure involves two questions. and one
Of them by rights should not be raised
That Is the question Of opportunisn- This
is not the time for the proposal The
sincerity of the senator whose name Is
attached to the resolution is not doubted
The sincerity OF many of the men who
give it support "a
Sioux City Journal: Not only has the
need for hard and fast limit Of tenure
been impressed. but the advisabiiity OF
relieving the president Of the incentive to
fight for any denomination has been
realized as never before. The combine
ton has resulted In sincere sentiment in
favor of the single six-year term. The
term Is fixed at SIX years ss COM
promise based on sentiment that . four
year term is too short for good ex-
ecutive. while. the eight-year term Is too
long for poor or Indifferent executive.
Cleveland Plain Dealer; The movement
to prevent a presidents reelection or
possible perpetuation In office grows
rapidly into definite shape. The senate
judiciary committee has decided to pre-
sent q favorable report on the Works
This measure. similar to one
that Is IN the committee stage in the
house OF representatives. provides for q
amendment extending the
presidential term from four TO six years
and making the president ineligible for
reelection. II passed by both houses the
can be voted on by the states
within two years. and. II promptly APP
proved. would become effective before the
election of 1915
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

A very present menace to peace
and good order Is the unlimited II
cense INDUCED by political speakers.
Never in the history Of the United
States was a campaign marked by
such assaults on the personal char
acter and public capacity Of our Off
cials AZ have been INDUCED during
the present campaign. II the self
appointed leaders Of thought and ac-
ton In America indulge In such con-
tinuous abuse OF men with authority
vested upon them by their fellow
citizens. what may we expect Of the
unthinking and poorly trained men
tally among the peoplef Is It any
wonder that anarchy and mob vio-
lence have disgraeed our country?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
A Boost for tn. Wireless.

The naval appropriation bill intro;
duced In the house emphasizes the
importance wireless telegraphy IL to
play in ocean traffic and communities
ton from now on BY the inclusion Of
provision for s1.ooo.ooo. 100000
of which is to become available this
year, toward establishing q wireless
system around the world. This item
seems to have been inserted in the
bill after It had been drawn up and
doubtless 1t is resultant. indirectly,
from the Titanic disaster.
OF all the somber lessons that
tragedy taught US not the least was
the inadequate use made OF this
phenomenal means Of communities
ton. The fault is not to be ascribed
wholly to the unfortunate entrance
of the commercial spirit, either.
though, of course. that had its dele
terious effect. 1t. would be criminal
negligence not to profit as fully as
possible from the lack of sufficient
wireless facilities on this terrible oc-
casion. Since 1t is nature from which
we are drawing these resources. we
may as well make our drafts as
heavy as necessary, for the resources
are inexhaustible.
The purpose Of congress Ii to make
the service equal to the utmost
emergency: to make It capable Of re-
laying distress signals at the same
time it Ia accommodating CONNER
cial interests. Congress. Of course.
does not mean to scold for the lack
OF progress made with this infant In
vention.. for the world has scarcely
recovered from the first shock Of the
amazing wonder Of It. The celebrity
Of modern progress 10 aptly exempli-
fled In this very demand and move
for a globe-encircling system Of
wireless.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

grapplers and harder mats outside
than inside educational fields.
Athletics, to be successful of their
purpose, must be clean and must
teach men to be clean. A good maxim
has been laid down, that 1t is better
to lose on the square than to win
unfairly. And 1t takes much better
sport to lose than 1t does to win. The
young man who learns how to play
fairly and squarely and how TO lose
courageously,l even though he lose
more contests than he wins, Is the
young man who has got the best
his athletic training had to give him.
That is one point Of articulation be-
tween clean sports and citizenship.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

Cyrus H. Mccormick's $4,000 gift
to Prineeton's champion foot ball
team may have been influenced
partly by the fact that Mr.. Mccor-
mick has a son at that university
who plays foot ball. but It signifies
the premium big men are today
placing upon the value and i'm
portance of athletics In education
A speaker In Omaha during the
week went 50 far as to say that II
We are going to have clean citizen
ship in the future. We must have
clean sports and athletics today. That
might have excited ridicule . decade
ago. Not 50 now. Our colleges and
universities and even graded schools
recognize this principle In making
athletics q part of,their eurriculums.
First. they see the Importance Of
strong bodies to alert minds. The
germs Of evii-doing do not ordinarily
lodge easily IN the boy with whole
some. well-deseloped physique: and.
Of course. the germs Of physical dis
ease do not
But this. Important as 1t il. is only
part OF the system. The strenuous
rivsiries and competitions Of foot
ball. base ball. boxing. wrestling,
running and jumping are calculated
to bring out and develop the best
there Is In the youth. They should
first Of all develop the muscles. then
they should teach the necessary les
son Of self-restraint under difficulty,
seif-mastsry against odds, cool-hezd-
edness, the ability to think quickly
and accurately and think and execute
q. the sane time. Lies competi-
lions are more fierce often than those
encountered On gridiron. or dia-
mond. or . mat. Kicking the bali
over the goal and pinning an oppo-
nsnt's shoulders 10 the floor do not
cease with graduation from school
Tor college There are higher goals
and mora skillful tackles. stronger
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
One Of the best pieces Of news thi

One Of the best pieces Of news that
has come over the wire for some time
Ia that the anthracite miners will
ratify the proposed scale Of wages
agreed to by their leaders and the
operators. This insures peace. The
miners have thus set . good example
to other vorkmen and the operators
are entitled also to credit for their
patience and consideration OF inter
ests outside OF their own.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

II you are observant you will notice
that several changes are being made In
the stores within our city. One OF the
newest stores Ia that in which Fred
Brodegaard' 10 housing his fine jewelry
assortment. Mr.. Brodegaard believes In
doing everything well: visitors to his
new establishment. Sixteenth and Doug
las. are agreed that he has done things
up In fine shape. Sometimes Jeweler
Fred likes change In the every day
business routine and then he holds q
wedding or pulls off duel in his store.
The houn' daws song. as II moves
from state to state gathers surprising
volume and other things without the
assistance Of animated monographs.
The temperance Of former Governor
Pennypacker in the public iife Of Penn
syivania lends an air OF probability to the
charge that the late primary upheavai
woke up the dead.
"chlmmie Fadden" has broken. into
congress. George AIDE Is talked Of for
governor OF Indiana. and Jeff and Mutt
are getting ehesty. All kinds OF fun en-
livens the campaign.
roster Of the revised Seven Wonders
Of the world'' put out by Cornell pro-
fessor. falls flat because It omits the
greatest Of all wonders-the amazing
versatility Of claimants Of convention
delegates
Here, surely, is q man and a patriot,
Mayor-elect George A. Koerner Of Bar
ron. Wis. a former railroad man. gave
up the honors Of office rather than sur
render his railroad pass. Such loyalty
to an old friend challenges Carnegie
medal.
II congress decides on the coinage Of
scent pieces. q visnette OF Tom Johnson
would be the most Appropriate decora-
ton for the new coin. Johnson's success
full battle for 3-cent fares In Cleveland
was the first emphatic boost for three
coppers In one"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
Encouraging Figures.

A report Just made by the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
vention OF Tuberculosis comes as a
bright ray of light amid the general
gloom that has surrounded the con-
seryationists OF fate. While In nearly
all other avenues of the effort to
save, morally. or materially. disap-
pointment has SO far rewarded under
taking. those good people who have
devoted themselves TO propaganda
against the great white plague in the
United States. find themselves pos
sessed OF such showing as is most
encouraging.
1t is stated on the authority Of the
association named that In the decade
from 1901 to 1910 the death rate
from tuberculosis In the United
States declined from 1853 per 1907
600 persons living to 1903. de-
crease of 1877 per cent, while the
general death rate declined but half
as fast. or 81 per cent These figures
can be q little better understood
when expressed In slightly different
terms. They mean that the great
total of $4,000 lives are now an
nually saved that formerly fell to the
reaper who came ''in consumption's
FORM
This is not triumph OF faith.
but a victory for common sense. AT
the time the work Of overcoming the
ravages Of tuberculosis among the
people was undertaken. It was looked
upon as visionary, especially because
scientific men were not agreed as to
the exact origin OF the disease and Its
Of Communication. While the
debate went on, devoted individuals
pressed forward the spread Of GER
tain rules for living that must be
beneficial, no matter what conclusion
may eventually be reached in regard
TO some OF the more abstruse fac
tors in the case. Common sense in
preparation OF food. Of care for chit
dfen. and particularly babies. OF
hygiene for all. was the keynote Of
the crusade. and its answer to the
world Is that $1,000 lives are now
saved that at another time were use
Iessly sacrificed. This result surely
d the most encouraging that could
be- hoped for. and the day will yet
come when the white plague win
have disappeared.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

A court Of domestic relations In Chi
esgo has decided that q wife Is not
obliged ITO follow her husband and hold
out her hand like monkey for money
but Is entitled legally TO her share OF
his means. This will be regarded a. an
intoierahle assault upon sacred and
vested rights BY the class Of husbands
who think . wife has no use for money.
beyond carfsre. and that while the wife
does her part Of the business Of the do
nestle firm. the husband Is the only
one entitled TO handle the cash.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

The standpat rank and file out
voted sths progressive bishops on the
amussFasht rule and Methodism will
continue to denounce dancing.
theater- going. card playing and . few
other prescribed pastimes as sinful.
while many good Christians in that
and other churches continue to In
dulge in some OF these diversions.
John Wesley, himself, was advanced
enough TO see that this was matter
for the individual conscience, but the
general conference at Minneapolis.
which refused by vote Of 446 to 3o5
to change the rule. differs with wes-
ley. But when did man-made rule
accomplish what the rational appeal
OF the gospel. itself. failed to accom-
plish?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

King Frederick was not a brilliant
man, but invariably displayed sound
common sense in all political and finan-
cial matters and. by his simple and DEM
ocratic habits. endesred himself to all
his people.
This was said Of the Danish ruler
at his death. It takes q big man to
be the kind Of . king that Frederick
was. a man bigger than brilliance or
genius. The Creator has not en-
doued many Of the kings Of the earth
with the glittsring spark Of genius,
perhaps because II too often only
glittsrs when . steady. glowing light
IL needed. Sound, common sense"
seems much more in keeping with
the sturdy people over whom Fred
erick exercised power than brilliance
and simple. democratic habits" bet
ter than austsre. autocratic manners.
Possibly Frederick might have
made . good king even II he had
been q brilliant man. but not without
his other qualities. Democratic sim
plicity and common. sense usually
count for more In king or peasant.
So, this tribute to Frederick may
offer encouragement to the millions
OF other men who are not brilliant
and cannot DO ingenious. but can be-
sensible. The world needs Its gem
fuses. but manifestly not 10 much as
IL needs iss plain. sensible men. else
there would be more Of the former
than Of the latter. for Providence
made no mistakes In perfeeting His
great plan. tfs
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

We would respectfully remind. Messrs
Gomez. orozoo and other strikers against
the partially established order, IN Mexico
that before revolutionary government
can obtain recognition By . civilized
power fts authority. must be recognized
by the citizens OF considerable terri
tory who live under Its laws and pay
taxes for Its support II must have a
capital . system Of taxation actually
producing revenue and judicial system.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

ewho will roll away the stone!"
But the faith that moves mountains
does not pause before imaginary OBJ
stacles to worry over that question.
when they reached the tomb Il was
open, and 1t Is usually the case that
the strong, trusting heart finds Il
possible to cross each bridge when It
Is reached.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19

The Lincoln Star expresses its de-
spalr over the situation in which
Nebraska democrats find themselves.
and weeps in large type because
their anlmosities are irreconciiable.
But Mr.. Bryan viii soothe and solace
all after the Baltimore convention.
50 the Star may wait and be com
forted.