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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18

When Woman 10 a Boo.
A woman without laugh In her
is the greatest bore In existence
Thackeray.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
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Wheat and the Grain Gamblers.

One of the common symptoms OF an era of
imitation is the development OF the speculative
fever, which is running its virulent course through
the United States just now The activity of the
gamblers is noted in every direction but particu-
larly is It felt in foodstufs and provisions, with
wheat the center of attraction. The shortage in
the wheat crop Of the United States for the year,
with the great demand for export, has sustained
sensational advance in prices until point has
been reached at which buyers have turned sellers
and crash seems imminent
Manipulation Of prices is chargeabe with much
OF the advance in the price OF wheat. The crop
Of the United States was far below the record Of
yield Of 1915, but only slightly below the seven
year average with the unsold wheat OF last years
crop the yield of the present year afforded plenty
for the domestic consumptive demand and left
generous amount for sale abroad quite as much as
was sent out Of the country last year The
shortage therefore, 10 not such as to warrant the
extreme advance registered. Reckless buying BY
foreign governments has been factor and brok-
ers, taking advantage Of this, have pushed up
prices. This in turn has encouraged the purely
speculative activity, and bettors on the price OF
wheat have plunged to the limit. The exagger-
ated price Of wheat does not rest on corner, but
on the foreign purchases, and with the news that
British buyers have Withdrawn from the market
or turned Sellers the upward sweep Of the cereal
is likely to be checked.
Nebraska farmers have profted greatly by the
situation, having sold their crop at almost dou-
bic the price they got for it during the second
year Of President Wilson's term. The public is
also feeling the effect Of the great gamble in the
rising price Of -four and the dwindling weight Of
the loaf Of bread The end to this bubble can not
be far of.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
Democratic Pledges Worthless.

From the time Mr.. Wilson was inauguratec
as president in 1913 until now the entire course
of his administration has been direct viola
ton or reputation Of the platform on which ht
was elected, and to which he pledged his solemn
devotion. In no respect has this disregard fol
his pledge been more fragrant than in his neglec,
of Americans and American interests beyond the
borders of the country. In the Baltimore plat.
form the democrats declared:
The constitutional rights OF American cti-
zens should protect them on our borders and
go with them throughout the world and every
American citizen residing or having property
in any foreign country is entitled to and must
be given t he full protection of the United
States government, both for himself and prop
erty.
How was this promise redeemed? Turn to
Mexico, where Americans have been subjected
to every manner Of abuse while our president
has waited and watched. Yet, in 1916, at St.
Louis, the democratic convention put its candi-
date on record in this language:
We again declare the policy that the sac
red rights Of American citizenship must be
preserved at home and abroad. The
American government should protect Ameri-
can citizens in their rights, not only at home
but abroad.
This plank already has been repudiated by
the president and his supporters Notice has
been formally served that Mr. Wilson will not
invoke the powers of the United States to pro-
tect Americans who have ventured abroad in
furtherance OF private enterprise. In this the
Omaha World-Herald approvngly comedies
democratic platform pledge means nothing,
but the Interpretation put on this by the demo-
Gratis themselves is that any American who visits
foreign land for any purpose whatsoever does
IT at his own risk so long as Woodrow Wilson is
in Office
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

The democratic campaign is being made upon
the new conception Of nationalism that timidity
Ii the supreme virtue and vacillation the highest
proof of directive intelligence. The people are
asked to support candidate whose course has
been one Of wayering, faltering and retreat; who
has at no time taken firm, determined stand
for American rights and American interests,
except in words that were belied by deeds or by
inaction; who has permitted the destruction of
American lives and American property in other
lands without serious attempt at their protec-
ton, without an earnest effort toward reparaton;
who has established the principle, that Americans
residing abroad are yagabonds who have no
proper claim upon the power Of their govern
ment, who have no rights the administration is
bound to respect; who has caused the American
congress 10 abandon its independence and to leg
islate under the compulsion Of fear. In no in
stance has Woodrow Wilson displayed the quail
ity of courage under circumstances that required
courage. The banner of the democracy In this
year Of 1916 should be white flag and upon 1t
should be emblazoned the inspiring watchword.
Surrender"
Does this represent the new spirit OF
Americs1 Is the America OF the future to be a
spireless creature that jumps at every shadow,
and takes refuge behind barricade OF words
at every alarml Are we to become the China Of
the Occident supine, without pride, without
honor. and condemned by the rest Of the woridl
Or does the old spirit Of rs and Of "a. the spirit
that holds right above safety, still inspire and
control usi Are we to look upon courage and
frmness and justice to all men as the chief
qualities OF our government, or are we to pro-
claim by our votes that fear and hesitation and
the injustice they create are to be the new vjr-
tues OF new agci Shall our emblem continue to
be the Stars and Stripes, or shall we erase these
cniblems Of glory won and glory held, and leave
but.a pale sheet to wave over US, flag that
waves only in retreatf For the first time in
American history cowardice has become ma
tionzi issue, The question is before Us. What
shall the answer bef
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
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being in New York at that time and there, oppo-
site Madison Square, stood long line of hag-
gard-looking men, women and children with
several policemen to tell 'cm to move on'-the
line headed into a vacated storerom on which big
signs read in substance:
Free Bundle Room Clothing for the needy
here. Hours 8 to g. Let US call for your castoff
clothes"
And the line of poor shivering folks waiting
to get something to cover their nakedness was
as long when again passed in the evening as it
was in the morning.
That showed the normal operation OF the
democratic tarif--what we were up against be-
fore the European war stopped ocean Jtranspor-
tation started the munition factories and nulli-
fed our democratic free trade statute. 1t shows,
also what we will be up against again whenever
this war ends, II we have no protective tariff to
keep our American labor from being dragged
down to the wage level of the war -burdened old
world.
Is the tariff an issue in this campagn2 1t as
suredly is-for it is the issue of industrial pre-
paredness Our American industries were es-
tablished and built up under republican policies
and republican policies will have to save them
now from the democratic bourbons Of the south
just as republican patriotism had to save the
union fifty years ago from disruption by this
same southern democracy
To use phrase coined by another distin-
guished democrat, st is a condition and not
theory that confronts u.s." If the United States
is going to take care of itself when the fighting
millions return to peaceful pursuits, it will need
practical republican leadership as typi6ed by
Hughes in place of the theoretic bungling ex-
perimenting we have been having under Wilson.
Fondly your FATHER
Concluding Letter Tomorrow)
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

Drift to Wilson" Vanishing.

The drift to Wilson," Of which the democrats
have been pratng so loudly is rapidly turning the
other way, and is sure to leave him, as the poet
hath it. at night on the bleak shore alone" !"
Evidences Of the recession multiply daily, till an
expert checker is kept busy in tallying former
supporters Of the president who are coming out
for Hughes, One Of the most notable Of these
is the Chicago Daily News, an independent news
paper Of much influence, which gave Wilson great
help in 1912. The News announces that it can
abide no longer the president and his methods,
and advises its readers to vote for Hughes that
the country may again have real head Henry
Cochems Of Wisconsin, power in the ranks of
the progressives, has declared himself as being
afirmatvely for Hughes, in contrast to some Of
his associates who are negatively for Wilson
Similar reports OF change in attitude of able men
come from all over the country. 1t is an unmis-
takeable sign of the drift away from Wilson
Thinking voters of the United States are tired of
policy Of vacillation and weakness, of tempo
rizing and surrender, and want president who
at least knows his own mind, and has the ability
and courage to meet problems as they are pre-
sented.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
Tragedy of Mad King


II ever there was telling satire upon the
divine right OF kings or of hereditary rule it is
to be found in the history recalled by the death
Of Otto, the mad king of Bavaria.
Bavaria is the home of peaceful industrious
and contented people dragged under the heel Of
Prussia against its will in the consolidation of
the German empire after the Franco Prussian
war; and dragged at the heel of Prussianism into
the present war Of frghtfulness Its capital
Munich is one Of the great world centers of
the arts, and yet for the greater part OF its
almost 100 years as a kingdom Bavaria has been
nomnally ruled by mad kings, That designation
does not include Maximilian H. father of Otto;
yet Maximian, by far the best OF his family
who ever reached throne, was not exactly
model monarch, according to our modern stand
ards. His people rose against him in the revolt
tionary storm that eliminated in lS4S, and made
him drive Lola Montez, the dancer-who is
buried in Greenwood cemetery under her own
name Of Gilbert-out of his palace and kingdom.
The Bavarians do not seem to have been both
cred about Lola's morals or her relations with
their sovereign, but as she was Catholic, they
raised storm about the ultramontane influence,
and the charming woman had to 60
That commonplace royal story pales, how
ever, beside that of Maximilian's son, Ludwig.
who succeeded, and his friendship for Wagner.
Ludwig was music mad, and about the onlv
service he ever did to the world was his support
Of Wagner, and his making possible the Wagner
theater at Bayreuth.
Otto. the brother of Ludwig, who has just
died suddenly, was unmistakably mad from his
early youth. He got into the Franco Prussian
war on the staff Of the Prussian crown prince,
and one Of the stories is that he ordered his
troops to charge a stone wall, under the delusion
that il was detachment OF French soldiers.
His military career came to sudden end He
never wanted to succeed Ludwig on the throne.
and he never did succeed except in name. The
powers OF his position were exercised BY his
uncle, as regent. and in 1913, the uncle formally
succeeded to the throne as Ludwig III.
The mad king had been confined all his life
with giant keeper, armed with revolver and
has been as pitifu an object as any patient in
one Of our asylums. He had passion for music,
like his brother, and phonograph was used in
his confinement to keep him quiet In his youth
he was friend OF Jenny Lind, and, because she
told him that Barnum did not love music but
was merely Snowman, in his RACES later he used
to order Barnum to the tortures As a poor, mad,
suffering man, Otto ii was a tragedy As a
symbol Of royal power and authority he was a
joke, more savage than even Dean Swift could
have imagined.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

s of like nature, and am told 1t is.
can't see where the progressive part
zones in.
And now Mr.. Wilson is begging
democrats to vote for Hitchcock.
Isn't that Enthusiastically Wilson,
ian? Votes, votes, votes. Is there
anything Wilson will not trade for
votes? What progressive measure
was he ever for till it looked to be
vote-getter? He was picked and
groomed for governor Of New Jersey
and president because he would stand,
"like adamant," against the 'initia-
tive, referendum, recall, government
and municipal ownership, bank guar
antees and other western fads" The
men who groomed him and talked
with him made the common mistake
of believing he meant what he said.
He threw them down for the whole
Bryan program Just as soon as he had
figured out that Bryan had the votes.
Then he threw Bryan down Just as
soon as he figured that Bryan had lost
the votes. He was adamant against
national child labor laws and the
whole progressive program as an un-
warranted and unconstitutional In
reference with the authority of the
states till he saw looming ahead an
election in which progressive votes
would come in handy, and then with
characteristic precipitancy he jammed
child labor law through congress.
Will progressives swallow the baitf
Not many Of them. OF course, pro-
gressives like Quinby and Tibbles will,
but / mean men who belonged to the
progressive party The presidents
reversals and re-reversals on the pre-
paredness issue are too recent to need
mention. On the whole, il q COM
posite photograph Of his various posi-
tions since he used to write what he
really believed and believes could be
thrown on the screen, 1t would look
very much like brilliant pin wheel.
But what's the use? Judge Wray's
crouch is against any degree of pre-
paredness; he belongs with Wilson
now. but Lord, help him and the rest
of us if Wilson, overnight, should
conclude that votes are to be had by
war. Ready or unready, we'd have
war right off the bat. I'm afraid Of
war myself; that's why / don't want
to provoke 1t by unreadiness nor risk
1t by following a man who will trade
1t, sight unseen, for a handful Of
votes.
Think 1t over. progressives.
-... H. W. MORROW.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
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Ways Of Promoting Temperance.

Omaha, Oct 26.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Instead of spending mil
lions of dollars to destroy an industry
that is in itself legitimate, the prohi-
bitionists should devote their energies
and funds to the teaching Of true
temperance. With education and
moral suasion taking the place Of pro-
hibition. the country would rapidly
see the dawn of that brighter social
day which all decent citizens are
looking forward to.
Society's duty toward the intemper-
ate is not to remove temptation from
his path by prohibiting legislation and
by so doing punish the majority of
citizens who have committed no crime; 4;
society's duty is rather to teach moral
suasion along the lines of true temper
ance; to fortify citizens with ideals
which will enable them to resist evils;
to provide fit homes, clean surround
ings and moral teachings If you take
away liquor without correcting other
social evils the cause of temperance
is retarded rather than advanced.
H. SCHULZ,
1925 South Ninth Street
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
Letters Of a
Politician to
UiS Som

Ny Dear Jack:
It's just like you to ask if the tariff is an is
sue in this campaign. / can see the incitenent
to ask that question when you say your college
chums who are democrats shy off when the tariff
is mentioned and insist it is no longer worth
talking about. That's pretty good evidence they
feel they have here the hot end of the poker.
Don't you remember how the democrats used
to proclaim in their platforms for tariff for rev.
enue only-that protective tariff was "uncon--
sttutiona"-yes, they called it "robbery'-and
that the taxing power could be rightfully used
only to collect the money needed to foot the bills
of a government economically administered
They got themselves in quagmire all right as
they discovered when they attempted to make
good on this talk. Rather than abate jot Of the
free trade principle they voted, for example, all
the protection off of sugar, though they knew
free sugar was certain to destroy the whole
sugar industry. For fear of consequences, how
ever. they provided for reduction on the install
ment plan, and before the final installment voted
il back-in other words, they took refuge again
in protection.
In transforming other schedules they could
not wholly resist the temptation to save little
pork for. themselves. While nearly every
northern farm product-corn, wheat, cattle, hogs
was placed on the free list, protective duties
were kept on whatever the southern planter
grows Why, they actually took the tariff off
OF potatoes raised in the north and put duty on
peanuts produced in the south.
Don't forget, either, that the democrats al
ways decred tariff commission because, as is
quite obvious a purely revenue tariff could be
framed In dark closet. So they unceremoni-
ously ousted the nonpartisan tariff board estab
lished by the republicans and voted down the
same suggestion several times when proposed as
an amendment to the Underwood bill Yet now
they have taken il up and claim it for their own.
But why tariff commission unless to figure out
what the measure Of protection to different in
dustries should be?
The one thing our democratic tariff tinkering
succeeded in accomplishing beyond bubble was
to knock American industries into cooked
hat" as it were 1t opened the gates to a food
of tax-free, cheap-labor foreign-made goods to
drive our American made articles out of their
home market and it opened the soup houses al
most at the same time. Never since the days
Of Coxey's army-good old democratic days they
were, too--were SO many able-bodied willing-to-
work men hunting jobs as during the year or so
after the Wilson Underwood tariff-for-revenue
law went into effect Why, remember distinctly
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
DEAR Mr. kABBBlE,
HOW CAN I TEST ny WlfEs
LONE For NE?
-AARcsicAck FlE,SHelfWoaEl
W.
HAVE cARhS PRINTED WlTA
mrs. .AhRpAcA,cA< FleSAENtpoGH'
ON THEM AND SEE " SHE
Will AceHr THEM
WW t.

He-My love- honestly I wonder when
God made you how he had anything left
for the other angels.
She-What I love about you, Jack, is
that you never fatter.--Judge.
rs it absolutely necessary that I speak
to your father?" asked the wooer after
the girl Of hts heart had promised to be
his. : -
Why, Of course. He is the head Of the
family. you know
1T isn't the head Of the family I'm
afraid OF. It's the foot"-Philadelphia
Ledger. 5I.I =
Niece-katherine writes me that Mrs.
Dasher has got the alimony
Aunt Selina-Dear! Dearl I'm afraid 1T
VIII go hard with her She is such a
frail, nervous creature.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
THE GOLFERS REcEss1oNAL,
F. G. Hartswick in Judge.

F. G. Hartswick in Judge.
Patron Of golfers, known OF old,
Lord OF our game from week to week.
Beneath whose kindly hand we hold
Dominion over spoon and cleek,
Saint Andrews shade, be with us yet,
Lest we forget! Lest we forget!
The arguing and fighting dies,
And we are weary, worn of soul
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
A high one" at the nineteenth hole,
Saint Andrews shade. be with us yet.
Lest we forget! Lest we forget!
II, drunk with sight Of par, we loose
Wild tongues that all buffers scoff--
Such boastings as the caddies use,
Or lesser breeds that know not golf,
Saint Andrews, shade, be with us yet,
Lest we forget! Lest we forget!
For alibis, whose fond recourse
Is talk Of 'if'' and "how' and 'bux:s
For players who obstruct the course,
And putting know how to putt
For bettered lie and unscored stroke,
Saint Andrew, mercy on thy folk!
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

For second time the Episcopal convention
declined to accede to requests for admitting
women as delegates. The action, no doubt arose
from the growing conviction among laymen that
ehurch-women do much more than their share Of
church work Men naturally object to increas-
ing women's burdens to the limit Of overwork.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.

The passenger and ticket office of
the Union Pacific is to be removed
temporarily to the fourth floor, pend
ing change in the present offices on
the second floor. These offices are to
be entirely remodeled and thrown into
communication with those on the
south side of the building now occu-
pied by the auditor and cashier. This
will give the whole south half of the
building to the passenger and ticket
department.
The Fred Krug brewery has re-
ceived another Improvement which
will be a source Of income to the
management, namely the process of
artificially cooling the cellars of the
brewery, in which the beer is stored
The excavation for the work is now
ready and the work will be finished
during the present year.
The mosquito netting which has
been doing service in protecting the
chandeliers of the county building
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

Another 100000 soldiers are called for in
Canada, in addition to $4,000 already sent across
the Atlantic. The drain on the young life Of the
Dominion is surprising not only in number, but
in the cheerful alacrty Of the sacrifice The
loyal support and sacrifices Of the colonies in this
struggle demonstrates as never before the
strength Of British imperial ties
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
GRINS AND GROANS.

"Bliggins always agrees with anything
say"
Yes. It's his way of intimatng that
he doesn't consider your views sufficiently
important to be worthy Of an argument"
Washington Star.
Did Miss Sourgirl have her photographs
taken yesterday"
Yes"
Good likeness?"
Yes, must have been, for she refused
to have them and demanded another sit
ting."-New York Times
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

A purchase and shipment Of German dyes for
the federal treasury print shops has been ap-
proved by the allied blockaders The concession
insures continuance Of the fast colors OF Ameri.
can currency. Fast colors become an article Of
surprising ieetness
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27
One Year Ago Today In the War.

italian won road to Moro by storm.
Russian fleet bombarded Bulgarian
port Of Varna. ....
Paris reported failure of German
attacks at La Courtine.
Teuton and Bulgarian armies ef-
fected junction in bend of Danube.
Lord Lansdowne told House of
Commons Serbia could not hold out
much longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

The boom in financing industrial enterprises
approaches the high record following McKinley's
election. The lessons Of experience with inAa-
tion rarely bother brokers They are content
with the commission and cheeriy pass the worry
to the investor
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

For state only fifty years old Nebraska has
done tolcrably well. In fact, il compares favor.
ably with Older neighbors that possess the advan-
tage or handicap Of prohibitions whichever way
you look at 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

Omaha will stake national hog show .
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer The event is
three weeks past, and the prizes awarded.
Cleveland might catch up with the procession
and some of the prize money by entering
samples Of its porcine stock for next falls
show.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

Is it possible that an election is to pass here
in Omaha without any proposition to issue bonds
to be voted for on the ballotl II so, wonder of
wonders!
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

No leader of organized labor has yet sue
ceeded in bartering the citizenship OF members
to political party. The safety and influence Of
unionsm rest in pursuing the charted course Of
independence Of political parties and maintaining
absolute liberty of citizenship.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

Foreign dealers who puncturcd the wheat
bubble and struck the bulls for day revealed
how unsubstantial are the props Of the specula-
tive boom and how simple are the methods Of a
shakedown.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-27

But if this district is to be represented in
Washington by a congressman who pays his
debts, our present congressman will have to be
retired. Do your voting November.