Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-10
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By Victor Rosewater.


which am sure folk who we're keeping close to
home here have no adequate conception ms
rush of people to take railroad trains and the
CONSEQUENT difficulties of securing accommoda-
tions are explanable Of course, by two things the
eagerness to anticipate the then threatening tie
up of traffic by trainmen's strike and the Stimuli
taneous haste of summer resort visitors to get
away without being held up in the meshes OF the
health guarantees which are being maintained
against the spread Of the infantile paralysis
plague | on one train that had oeen ex-
tended by the addition of extra coaches to be
ffteen-car train and if there were any unoccu-
pied berths the fact must have been known only
to the conductor. At the station In Chicago
such crowds were besiegng the three ticket WIN
dows that two policemen were kept in attendance
to maintain orderly behavior and, rather than take
chance in this bargain-counter crush, went
to the uptown ticket Office which, likewise, had
all the business it could conveniently attend to-
I had with me my little daughter, whom was
bringing home from summer spent with rela-
tves near Baltimore. Fortunately we had
needed admonition and by way OF precaution
were fortified with an officially attested health
certificate. This document, in which the exarnin-
ing physician declares that the child was enjoying
perfect health and has not had poliomyelitis nor
has been exposed to 1t, had to be first embel-
lished with the great seal and autograph of the
municipal health officer under date not more than
twenty-four hours old. 1t was called for, too, at
the boundary crossing into Pennsylvania, where
it was rubber stamped and notation added az
passed by the Pennsylvania health department.
refer to this to illustrate the rigid sanitary re.
qurements enforced in the east and by way OF
Justification OF the quarantine regulations which
are occasionally imposed upon US out here, but
too seldom enforced with the strictness neces-'
sary to make them effective.
With reference to the progress of the ma
tional campaign, according to the measure made
by those in charge may be pardoned repeating
the following extract from an interview printed
in the Baltimore American:
1.-THE outlook never looked better for the
republican party" said Mr.. Rosewater There
is every indication that Judge Hughes will be
elected. / know Of one man in Omaha who
has been a democrat al his life, who has Of
cannot name one single northern state that
Wilson will carry. So far no one has taken
his bet and the money Is still there TOR any
one who wants to cover it.
II have been in New York attending
meeting Of the national republican advisory
the situation and especially Of the west. The
committee made suggestions and will meet
again on September Is in Chicago. Judge
Hughes started on his western tour little
ahead Of the campaign, and, while he has
made wonderful impression wherever ne has
there Is lack OF ginger In some sections. The
real campaign machinery has not yet been set
in motion and the meeting Of the advisory COM
mittee was to 60 well into the situation and
make recommendations. In many sections the
primaries have not been held and so the CAM
paisn cannot be fully gotten under way. When
the campaign starts it will be very thorough,
with systematic speaking all over the coun-
try. There will also be educational features
and a general publicity movement The pri-
maries are being carefully watched and great
effort will be made to secure republican
senate"
incidentally, what told the little meeting Of
republicans the other night is also in point
namely that for the first time since 1888 have the |
republicans and democrats occupied their rea-
.lecton on the record Of his party and the re-
,ublicans assalng that record and waging
,ampaign of offense against the democrats en-
renched in power. In 1896, when President
Cleveland was ending his second term, Mr..
3ryan as the democratic standard bearer, repu-
lated the democratic record and In each subse-
luent campaign the republicans have held the
position with the democrats attack
ng. In those campaigns we naturally called our
democratic critics Knockers and with condi-
ions reversed 1t Is inevitable that the democrats
viii make the same charge against republicans
VINO expose ueInOCTAuC IdHuIcSj ucHOCIAuC
,roken pledges, democratic incompetency, demo-
ratio vacillation and democratic untrustworthi-
less. But in no other way can the issue be
harply drawn and the voters made to understand
he essential difference between the opposing
andidates and the policies Of the parties for
which they stand.
An item in our To-day" column served a. a
eminder to w. G. Shriver of the fact that he,
long with few others, had instigated and exc
uted Mardi Gras pageant in Omaha just
hirty years ago which, crude As 1t was, could
veil be regarded as the direct forerunner of our
eautiful Ak-Sar-Ben parades. After verifying
lis recollection Mr.. Shriver has furnished me
With the following account Of the enterprise:
'The first Mard Gras In Omaha was given
for the entertainment of visitors In the city
during Fair week The idea originated in the
minds OF few young men, and meeting was
called at my Office on Wednesday night and
the show was put on the Friday night follow
ing. Some quick work. chr It developed into
such magnificent and successful affair that
the merchants encouraged the movers to make
the Mardi Gras permanent feature OF the
Omaha fairs.
"The parade moved from No. engine house
on Harvey street east to Twelfth to Doug
las, to Sixteenth, to Cunning, to Twenty
third, countermarching to Sixteenth to Dodge,
to Fifteenth, to Harvey, where it disbanded.
The scene along the line OF march was an in
teresting one. The music of several bands
mingled with the burlesque organizations, the
brilliancy Of the fireworks and street illumina-
tons, the nifty floats and exhibits and the
shouts of approval from the dense throng made
it all scene seldom witnessed. Considering
the short time for building floats. they were
more than creditable. About forty merchants
had floats some Of them having a dozen
or more exhibits. The Union Pacific,