Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 18, 1916, Page 4

| 7 s ; . { ;9-,»‘_’3 Wilson boast abaut .. of business” does not THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VISTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Carrier per month. By Mall per Daily and Sunday Dally without Sunday Evening and Sunday. Sunday Bee only...... Dlfl! Send notiece of change of address or livery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only 2-cent stamps taken in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, except on ({-nh and eastern exchange, not accepted. - OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. Lincoln—826 Little Building. Chicago—818 People's Gas Building. York-—Room 803, 286 Fifth avenue. 8t. Louis—503 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—726 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Address communications relating to news and matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Sn-mn.m. SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION 54,507 Daily—Sunday 50,539 Dwight Willlams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average circulation for the month of Septembe: ‘was 54,607 daily, and 50, Sunday. DWIG! WILLIAMS, Circulation Manage: Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 3d day of October, 1916. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city Ionponfl should have The, Bee mailed to them. - dress will be changed as often as required. —_—— The republicans will be in preponderant evi- dence hereabouts on election day, also. o)ltnln.l Now is the time to climb ongo the republican « bandwagon before it gets too overcrowded. . After all, the outstanding features of the Mex- ican muddle are the huge bills Uncle Sam must . pay. | tions, our democratic senator shows a practiced ' agility, | fi As an artful dodger of embarrassing ques- 1f we hear correctly, Senator Hitchcock’s « ,answer to the question is, “Rosewater is trying to * beat me.” P e It is again conclusively demonstrated that the way to introduce the speaker of the evening is to introduce him, A few weeks of favorable weather added $9,000,000 to the value of Nebraska's oat crop. The friendship of the weather clerk is a big asset in a hot crisis. The harsh lashings of alien state officials fur- nish Chicago's city government the most inspir- ing reasons for making home rule a rnllying cry and a vehicle of salvation, Worry stalks through railroad headquarters once more. Car shortage and what to do with surplus earnings haunt executive desks, The &mnmn’ lot is not'a happy one. 5 1y S——— * Under the Scathing ‘analysis of Mr. Hughes, > aking the shackles off t even as long as the proverbial cake of ice in that widely famed hot place. B s — _ The Episcopal triennial decrees that the word “gbey” shall remain in the marriage service for three more years. Despite this alleged handicap, lfl;copll wedding\l will throb with joy as here- tofore. ¢ ——en S— A shortage of coal threatens New York City. Municipal /law forbidding the use of soft coal reduces smoke smudges to the minimum, but _the city a fascinating squeeze for the an- thtacite barons. b [ cmee— , Tho,u(enndum is a great thing, but it works both ways. Since it requires only industry and time to secure the necessary signatures for a ref- erendum petition, we can readily conceiye of the corporations resorting to the referendum some of these fine days to hold in abeyance legislation distasteful to them. Spmepre—— British shipping losses due to war, completed by Liverpool marine authorities, amount to 10 shillings on each £100 worth of cargo brought into port. In the first half of this year British shipping d u.soo,ooo,oog worth of stuff. The loss tage js insignificant beside the aggre- gate movement. ' ' Raising Real Americans St. Loyls Glebe- The cant phrase, born of,a craven spirit, about “not raising my boy to be a soldier,” will not in the least alter the fact that all except a very few American boys, when they reach military age, will choose to be soldiers if the safety and honor of their country demand it. Washington and Lincoln were raised with a view to usefulness in civil life, but certainly- with no intent to weaken their sense of patriotic duty in any national emer- gency. Both became American volunteers in early manhood, Washington in the Braddock cam- n&n. and Lincoln in the Black Hawk war of Their later military ) responsibilities were heavy indeed. Both were iy nature men lovin, the constructiveness and amicadle fellowship ol peace, but neither ? ioned the law that force may be necessary if a righteous cause is to have nnythir* better than an evasive or cowardly sup- port. The world cannot be run by temporizing makeshifts. It is claimed that we have been “kept out of war” in Mexico. Nevertheless, a large Amefican army is on Mexican soil, and the cost of maintaining is that of a war footing. If foreign soldiers were on our territory we should call it war, and act accordingl he same is gue of certain gunpowder transactions at Vera ruz. American mothers in the past have raised their sons to be manly citizens, to be firmly courageous in spirit, and to be in every way bravely efficient in gphoidml the principles upon which our free rnment is founded. Americans have not run to :lllumm.* Our wars have been fought mainly by mien who mBed voluntarily from civil pure suits into the and returned to peaceful voca- tions as soon as the national authorities declared. the purpose to be accomplished. Volunteers will i )dll":e our chief reliance, though a replrn::y n&l in the use of modern arms will be looked re carefully. Are any American bpys in tl times raised with the understanding that they are not to be soldiers under any circum- stances? If insult or outrage is to be resented, national honor is to be . invasion repelled, then American mothers are rais- . ing Iwr who nuf become soldiers. . And they will be totally different from the fick from which they are desvended if they fal- or fail in the hour of trial. s efended, or possible Mr. Hughes' Magnificent Speech. Mr. Hughes' Omaha speech, concluding his tour of Nebraska, may be put down as one of the greatest expositions of the issues of the day ever presented anywhere. The vast throng as- sembled seemed to realize that the distinguished speaker was giving his best thought in terse un- derstandable language. Every one present could feel that he spoke with deep conviction and with a courage that recognizes the potency only of truth and fears nothing from dispassionate truth- telling. What he said plainly reflected his own sincere belief in the correctness of his position and his abiding confidence that his appeal for the application of correct principles to our govern- ment would find a ready response. That this expectation was not disappointed was fully attested by the rousing applause that marked every telling point scored, and, the gen- eral enthusiasm with which all who listened and heard were inspired. The despicable attempts ‘of the local newspapers, wedded to the Wilson can- didacy, to make out differently by distortion and misrepresentation only prove the forcefulness of the Hughes presentation and illustrate the dis- reputable character of the democratic campaign methods, Let it be emphasized that the capacious Omaha Auditorium was filled (and thousands turned away) by people coming only to hear Hughes, and not attracted by Ak-Sar-Ben car- nival or semi-centennial parades. They came from far corners of the state as well as here at home, and one and all were entranced by the keen analysis and unanswerable logic and im- pressed, above all, by his accurate grasp of big subjects, his far-sighted vision and his unswerv- ing devotion to duty. The general verdict is that it was a magnificent speech—that it raised Mr. Hughes to a still higher level of public esteem and admiration than was ever his before. Concern of the Farmer in Conditions. A message to the American farmer is found in the address of H. E. Stockbridge of Georgia, talking to the Farmers' National congress at In- dianapolis. Mr. \Stockbridge insists the farmer is more than a mere incidental beneficiary of the temporary prosperity brought by the war. Just at present, however, he is too busy counting his profits to worry over the fact that he does not get his fair share of the consumers’ dollar. Better organization for the farm is urged 4s a matter of preparedness to bring the agricultural industry into line with the general advance of efficiency. Most important of his utterances, so ‘far as the farmer is concerned, relates to the ‘Adamson bill as an cight-hour measure, No attempt, he said, has been made to apply the law to the farmer, and “yet the farmer is the chief immediate sui- ferer from the recent attempt at enforcing this principle in another industry.” Mr. Stockbridge also pointed out that no ef- fort had been made to reduce the hours of labor on the farm; only the farmer's profits are cut off by the law. This comment, coming from one who defends the other acts of the Wilson administration, such as his Mexican policy, and whose political affilia- tions are such as to leave no doubt as to his sym- pathies, should convince the farmers of the merits of the general criticism that they will be the ones who will pay for the increased wages pro- vided by the Adamson law. < em———— The Light Contract to a Referendum. The filing of a referendum in the case of the electric street lighting contract which has bgen approved by the city council, makes that measure inoperative unless submitted to and ratified by if the council proceeds to submit the proposition under the provisions of the referendum law, the vote upon it is not likely to be had for upwards of two months—certainly not until after the im- pending presidential election which is absorbing the public interest and attention, As a conse- quence, the consideration of whether the con- tract is a good one or a bad one for the city, may well be deferred until the atmosphere is clearer. Before giving their final judgment the people will be entitled to all the facts in the case and full information about conditions in other cities as well as the best opinion as to probable ad- vantages or disadvantages of acceptance or re- jection, About the Child Labor Law. Our democratic friends are loudly boasting of how President Wilson freed the “slaves” in the cotton mills and factories by signing the Keat- ing child labor law. They seem to think the public will forget that this bill was pending in congress during the entire time of Mr. Wilson's term, and that it took three years of incessant effort on thg part of its advocates to secure its enactment. When the president, last summer, made up his program of legislation that must be passed before adjournment of congress, he omit- ted the child labor bill, then held up in the senate by southern democrats. Public clamor, which the Omaha World-Herald refrained from joining, forced Mr. Wilson to include the long delayed bill in his list of paramount laws, and urge its passage. It was fought in the caucus of democrats, and some of the southern colleagues of the World-Herald's owner declined to be bound by the caucus rule when the bill was recommended for passage. They fought it on the floor of the senate, and the votes registered against are votes of democrats. It could not have been passed without republican support, and when it did go through it was pricked by a joker, inserted by a democrat, that may defeat its purpose. No credit'is due the dominant party that this measure is now a law, and that the little white slaves of the southern cotton mills have the promise of eventual eman- cipation, . ememp——— The drift of this country toward regulation of public necessities as well as public utilities is in- dicated by a prediction that the Public Service commission of Pennsylvania is likely to fix the price of coal mined in that state. The prediction was made by Prof. Keedy of the University of Pennsylvania Law school, in an address before a national convention of public service corpora- tion managers. The action of various warring governments in price fixing no doubt stimulates thought of neutral people along that line. Neu- trals, like the victims of war, are at the mercy of too miany controllers of human necessities and turn to government regulation for relief, Omaha'’s efficiency as a market town overtops the dreams of the founders, A succession of rec- ord-breaking receipts of stock and grain vindi- cates the dreamer as a visioner of reality. a popular vote of the people. At best, however,’ THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1916. Contest of Wits and Wages William R. Willcox: Chairman Republican National Committee When the war is over and the American pro- ducer whets his wits by contest with the wits of the rest of the world, as President Wilson would have it, he will learn, if we are still under the operation of the present tariff law, that he will not only find a severe contest in our home mar- kets, but in the markets of the world. It must be remembered that the markets of the world are to the American producer about 5 per cent of the value of the home market, and it will be impossible for us to capture foreign markets if we cannot retain a large hold upon our own—and the reason is this: In time of peace, we do not primarily manufacture goods for ex- port—our export sales are in large part a surplus after we have supplied the home market. No American mill could be kept running or® foreign orders alone. It is only when the domestic sup- ly is such as to run the machinery and employ abor at full time that we are able to profitabl make a surplus for the export trade. We shall, therefore, when the war is over—if we continue under the present tariff law—lose both going and coming. We shall Tose our home market, because we cannot compete with other producing nations which pay only a small part of what we pay for labor, which is often at least 90 per cent of the cost of production. Having lost even a large part of our home market, we will not be able to roduce in sufficient quantities to compete in oreign markets where we must pay the freight and fiay a considerable duty in order to enter those markets. This means one of two things—either idle- ness for our own laborers, or a reduction of wages to the foreign level. It matters not who pays the so-called tariff tax, whether the*exporter pays it all; whether the importer pays it all, or whether it is shared by both. It is not by any means a competition of wit. It is a competition of wages, and the sooner the American workmen realize this, the sooner will we return to a tariff that will equal at least the cost of ?roductian here at home as compared with that of producing na- tions abroad. This has been clearly shown under previous low tariffs. It was proven beyond 'ques- tion from 1846 to 1860. It was proven again more recenllf' from 1894 to 1897, and it was proven con- clusively during ten months’ operation of the Underwood tariff before the war broke out. The winter of 1913-14 is too recent in our minds for us to forget or disregard it. Wherever the present tariff has stood alone without ad- ventitious aid, it has brought to us disaster in every way, and even with the aid of the war, it is also a failure from every standpoint. We can lose the revenue and make it up by direct taxation, but we cannot lose the oppor- tunity to do our own work and make it up in any way whatever, and it must be remembered that if Mr. Wilson is re-elected, we cannot change the present tariff law for at least hve years, and un- doubtedly the war will come to an end long beiore that time and we shall have to endure\the same conditions which we did before the war broke out, and those were disastrous in the extreme. Mr. Wilson may theorize all he may upon American ingenuity and American wit, but in- genuity and wit at $4.00 a day cannot compete with the Chinese coolie, or the Japanese, or the Asiatic or African who only gets cents a day for doing the same kind of work. That is the whole thing in a nutshell, and it would be well for the American laborer and voter to study the truth between now and the 7th of November. It must be remembered that, with only one exception, every large producing nation on earth has a protective tariffl.) So the competition is not a question of wit, but a question of tariff— and that means a further question of cost of pro- duction in wages. We are even now, ‘with 30,000,000 engaged in war and war preparation, importing wares that displace homemade ‘wares to the value of hun- dreds of millions annually. “This will be largely increased at the end of the war if we do not change our tariff, and the only way to bring that about is the election of Hughes and a protection congress. ; People and Events Dan R. Hanna, the lively son of Mark, is speeding up for the matrimonial championship, of Ohio. His fourth wife pulled down a divorce decree at Cleveland last week. g A Chicago cigaret fiend went to bed with a lighted smoke bétween his fingers. A little later he woke up with the bed ablaze and his hair and night clothes burning. Firemen rushed him to the county hospital to cool off and poultice the blisters. The Associated Advertisers’ club of Phila- delphia heads a crusade against fake advertisers, who are unconmmonly numerous in the city. Particular attention will be paid to the fly-by- night concerns and the home made fakir, whose operations besmirch the city’s commercial morals. Fivé officers of the Aroostook Potato asso- ciation, a New England group of rhiddlemen, have been convicted in the federal court for oper- ating in restraint of trade. The officers sought shelter under the Clayton act, as an agricultural association, but failed to make the jury see it that way. The only thing they raised were potato prices. A receiver searching the banks and papers of Barrett Brothers, vanished brokers in get-rish- quick stocks, in Chicago, finds debits increasing and assets shrinking, The chief feature of the latter are bunches of stock certificates that are marvels of the printers’ art. Experts say) that while bankers would not give 50 cents for the whole supply, singly, they might bring that sum from art collectors. Miss Jeannette, Rankin, republican candidate for congress in Montana, stands a good chance of being the first woman member of the national house of representatives. Reports indicate a tendency to make the delegation one from each arty. Miss Rankin was a big factor in making ontana a suffrage state. She is tall, straight as a mountain pine, an entertaining speaker and has a wealth of red hair far surpassing the anroral crown of Victor Murdock. A good fat potato patch these uplifting Oc- tober days surpasses the average gold field. Spuds are sure-thing winners on a booming market. gus! now the potato fields of Long Island are anking money f9r the owners, profits from sales mounting up to 'gladsome figures. Shortage of male help brought to the fields flocks of women and children, who are paid 3 cents a bushel for icking behind digging machines. One unusually industrious woman pulled down $40 for a week’s picking. A federal judge from Florida subbing for a brother judge in New York, vocalized his inward pain in sentencing a smuggler. “This is not a lace calculated to breed good morals,” said the judge. “The way a man is held up for taxicab fares and hotel charges I can hardly blame a man for trying to put one over once in a while. If I lived in New York ten years I might be tempted to beat Uncle Sam myself.” What happened to the smuggler is immaterial, It is enuuzfi to know that Father Knickerbocker got his'n. A crowd of men jammed around one of the exhibits in the New York electrical show, where a young woman demonstrated how up-to-date toggery is put on and taken off without the bother of safety pins, hooks or buttons. Trim- med down to a dainty corset cover and “a diaphanous petticoat,” she put on various gar- ments of silks from electrically driven looms. As the changes progressed the crowd grew and pressed so close that the show was forced to suspend. Of course, curiogity had much to do with drawing the crowd. Men, especially, bene- dicts, are eager for a showing of dress improve- ments, which will dispense with the labor of con- necting the back reaches of wifey's dresses. Thought Nugget for the Day. America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of man- kind. —Danlel Webster. One Year Ago Today in the War, Austro-Germans took Obrenovatz on the Save. Violent bombardment by both sides at Tahure, iIn Champagne. German war office announced that strong Russian attacks before Dvinsk were repulsed. Franco-British forces from Salonica attacked the Bulgarian stronghold of Strumnitza. General 8ir C. C. Monroe appointed to command of Mediterranean expe- ditionary force, displacing General Sir Jan Hamilton. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Aaron Cahn intends to erect a hand- some eight-story structure on Four- teenth and Farnam. When erected, Mr. Cahn’s building will doubtless cause the moving of the frame build- ing immediately east, which is upon property belonging to Mr. Smith of Boston, and this fact will doubtless impel the latter to put up another building such as is demanded by the necessities of the times. W. J. Connell has decided to cut down the top terracé of his beautiful grounds on S8t. Mary's avenue. This will necessitate the removal of nearly 50,000 yards of earth and also the residence on top of the same. Mr. Connell will erect a new residence fronting on Sixteenth, and still later a more, beautiful structure on the site of his old home. Chief Galligan and Charles Fischer, foreman of the hook and ladder com- pany, have made arrangements for the placing of three more hydrants, the purchase of 1,000 more feet of hose and another hose cart. Forty friends of My. and Mrs. James Fair gathered at thé home of the lat- ter, Twelfth and Marcy, to commem- morate the tenth anniversary of their marriage. Mr. Fair is one of the best known and esteemed engineers on the Union Pacific road. Articles of incorporation were filed of the Walnut Hill Loan and Invest- ment company, which has a capital stock of $26,000. The incorporators are: 8. D. Mercer, C. F. Taggart, Chris Erickson, A. H. Lander, Mike Van Horn, L. P. Pruyn, J. W. Inlow, P. A, Gavin, J. W. Dysart, D. 8. Lander, R. M. Taylor and Willlam H. Ijams. The Omaha delegates to the Young Men's Christian assoclation state con- vention at Lincoln are Leavitt Burn- ham, G. A. Joplin, Dr. Leisenring, Dr. Parsons, J. E. Ensign, C. F. Harrison, M. L. Stone, G. E. Ferry, J. L. Ken- nedy and B. F. Lankton. This Day in History. ' 1839—Thomas B. Reed, speaker of the national house of representatives for six years, born in Portland, Me, ).i')leld oI’n ‘Washington, D. C., December ,» 1902, 1869—The famous Sumner Palace, in Peking, burned by the British and French. 1363—Germany celebrated the fif- tieth anniversary of the battle of Leip- c. 1870—Chateaudun, an ancient city of northern France, was captured by the Germans after a severe conflict. 1883—Centennial gf the disbanding of the army of the revolution cele- brated at Newburg, N. Y. 1893—Mrs. Lucy Stone, one of the earliest champions or women's rights, died in Boston. Born at West Brook- fleld, Mass.,, August 13, 1818. 1897—Rear Admiral John L. Wor- den, who commanded the Monitor in the battle with the Merrimac, dled in Washington, D. C. Born in West- chester county, New York, March 12, 1818 1911—All-day battle in Hankow, China, between the rebels and govern- ment troops, in which hundreds fell on both sides, 1912—The BSaratoga battle monu- ment was dedicated at Schuylerville, N. Y. The Day We Celebrate. Dt. Harold Gifford, ophthalmic and aural surgeon, is celebrating his fifty- eighth birthday. He was born in Mil- waukee and educated at Cornell uni- versity and the University >f Michigan with post graduate work in several European universities. He {8 A mem- ber of the faculty of the University of Nebraska medical department and a recognized American authority in his work. Fred 8. Knapp was born in Middle Granville, N. Y., just forty-seven years ago today. He started out as/an un- dertaker, boxing dead bodies, but now makes all kintls of boxes for all sorts of contents. Dr. David C. Barrow, chancellor of the University of Georgla, born in Oglethorpe county, Pennsylvania, six- ty-four years ago today. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chemist of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture and originator of the “pure food” propaganda, born at é(enl. Ind., seventy-two years ago to- ay. Dr. Robert 8. Hyer, .president of the Southern Methodist university, born at Oxford, Ga., fifty-six years ugo to- day. Frederick 8. Snodgrass, outficlder of the Boston National leayue base ball team, born at Ventura, Cal, twen- ty-nine years ago today. Bert E. Shotton, outfielder of the 8t Louis American league base ball team, born at Brownsheln, O., thirty years ago today. John B. Lobert, infielder of the New York National league base ball team, born at Wilmington, Del., thirty-four years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Delegates from practically all the states are expected at Indianapolis to- day for the annual meeting of the Na- tional Farmers' congress, Colonel Roosevelt is to open his tour in behalf of the republican national ticket with a speech at Loulsvilie to- night. Charles E. Hughes 1s scheduled to spend today ip Michigan, speaking this afternoon at Kalamazoo, and to- night at Grand Rapids. The Bangor (Me.) Theological semi- nary is to hold a notable program of exercises today in celebration of its one hundredth anniversary. The Jovians, a svcial organization composed of men connected with the electrical industries, is to open its an- nual convention today &t Indianapo- lis. Baltimore's claims to the location of one of the proposed farm loan banks are to be presented today at a lear- ing of the Federal Farm Loan hoard in that city. A conference designed to establish closer relations between the farmers and the labor unions of Illinois is to be held today at Quincy, IlL dent ‘What Voting “Dry"” Means. Omaha, Oct. 17.—To the Editor of The Bee: 1If this state is voted "dry” next month, for the amendment liter- ally reads that we must not make (“the manufacture’) wine, and this means for one's own use and from his own grapes, what then becon:es of the law of nature? Will it stop working also? We cannot even make bread, where yeast is used for the '‘rising” without making alcohol, and in the warliest stages it Is as high as 2 to i per cent. Indeed, it is the splitting up of the alcohol that makes the gas that makes the bread light. The “unfer- mented” grape juice of the market contains usually from .005 to .05 per cent in the more carelessly prepared article. A rotting apple or other juicy fruit is Ilikely to contain minute amounts, and vinegar sometimes con- tains several percent, as do canned fruits that have started to ‘‘work.'” According to Charles H. La Wall, a Philadelphia chemist: “In making some home-brewed root heer recently I suspected from the physiological effect upon a person who drank a glass of it that more alcohol was pres- ent than is commonly supposed, for the conditions under which the bev- erage is made are very favorable for the development of appreciable amounts of alcohol on account of the yeast, sugar and water.” In eleven days he says he found that root beer to have 1.52 per cent of alcohol. It would probably have as much as hard cider if it stood a while longer, and which is more than ordinary beer. Even as it is, in ten days the equivalent of one bottle of ordinary beer is three bottles of root beer. Al- cohol has been made from beefsteak, and it is in small amount in the syrup bottle at the soda fountain. The proper thing to do is to lariat the “devil” in alcohol by roping the wild yeast that is forever floating in the air and thus get results” GEORGE P. WILKINSON. party. all. other. I am, Nogales, from, but Why Doesn’t Hitchcock Answer? Cedar Bluffs, Neb,, Oct. 16.—To the Editor of The Bee: Although I vote the democratic ticket, it is with a great deal of satisfaction that I see your cartoons and réad your, editorials in your paper in regard to where Mr. Hitchcock stands on the wet and dry issue. That is the one great issue be- fore the people of this commonwealth and it is within the rights of the peo- ple of the state to know where he stands. Personally I think I know where he stands, but thé ''massed should! know it. He has gone out over the state and tried to influence a certain foreign vote by telling them what he tried tc do for their cause when he knows very well, and knew at that time, that the bill would fail to pass. This petty politics he plays should not go very field. far with anyone think over the subject very deeply. He has also gone out over the state and told how he supported the presi- measures. onposed in many That he did, but he much of the legislation that the pres- ident wanted to pass. In uther words he is trying to ride pack to Washing- ton on the back of President Wilson and the democrats of Nebraska should go to the polls on November 7 and repudiate him as a man of their different also A. L. STUART. The Soldier's Joy of Letters. 10.—To the Editor of The Bee: As I came into the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion here today the secretary gave me some mail addressed to “The soldier ‘Who Received No Mail Today.” There was no name to indicate who it was handwriting was so much like my mother's it did almost as much good as if it had come from home while my mother was still liv- ing. There were many clippings from 'your paper, and I believe you have the means of expressing my apprecia- tion to her for this kindness. I am now in Central Young Men's Chris- tian Association, which was built on the arrival of the militia units here by just such people as she is. You in Omaha don't know what a con- venience a place of this kind is in this Godforsaken country and don't realize how much such is appreciated by soldiers, especially regulars in the Ariz,, Oct. the CHARLES HALL. Com. Twelfth Infantry. who will stop to When the currency bill was before the senate he offered many amend- ments to it, and why? Did he do it to help the bill, or did he offer those amendments thinking that to hold the bill up it would finally fail to pass at These are a few of the thinks I wish you would ask him to answer. But the liquor question above all is the test of strength between masses and the breweries of Nebraska, and that is the question he must an- swer. Where he stands. So I ask you to keep at him until you get an answer one way or the the Personally, I will deem it a pleasure to go to the polls and cast my yote for Mr. Kennedy for senator because he makes himself plain on that one great question. Trusting you will be able to force him to make a stand and in such a way that you will be able to show him up before the people of Nebraska, We are in a little town of unpatri- otic grafters, who want to substitute us for the old Mexican federals, who were either disgusted or cowerdly and didn't offer much fight against the new order of things. here are wise to the rumoristas and are so well informed on the Mexican situation it is hard to live peaceably with them while they try in their underhand way to start trouble again. Gee, this is such a pleasant place to be. Well, anyhow, thank this kind old lady for me. If I can be of any service to you, I will gladly do so. The regulars — e = dealers. SMOKELE. 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