Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 23, 1916, Page 2

RETAIL BUSINESS BETTER THAN EVER October Is Doing Things to Past Records Even Before Month Oloses. “DEADBEATS” ARE LESS The retail business thus far in Octo- ber has. been the heaviest ever rec- orded for that month in Omaha, ac- cording to the leading merchants, and the feeling is that the close of the month in another ten days will estab- tish & record for October retail busi- ness in the metropolis. “General prosperity of Nebraska and the corn belt,” is the way the re; tailers explain it. That is the only explanation they have for the large volume of business. The Ak-Sar-Ben crowds cannot figure as a factor in this increase, for the Ak-Sar-Ben crowds have been in Omaha in Octo- ber for many years. Collections Good. Customers are paying up their ac- counts better at the retail stores than they ever did. This is noticeable at headquarters of the credit department of the Associated Retailers of Omaha, where detailed information is kept by means of a card system of all accounts opened and the promptness or lack of promptness with which they are paid. ~ “Collections were never .in better shape,” said Secretary J. W. Metcalfe of the association. due to two things, general prospe this section, andy a clearer realization on ~ the part of the buyer of what it means o him personally to keep his credit - standing good in the community b: - meeting his bills by the tenth or fif- - teenth of the month Aucceedi{n' the month of purchase. One's ability to credit is based entirel¥I on his it of paying, not at all on his finan- standing. One might be a mil. aire and yet have the reputation never paying a bill without being for it.” Such a person, in spite f his known wealth, would have diffi- culty getting credit. On the other hu‘. person or the lowest salary have good credit if the records that his habits of meeting his is probably not a line of ¢ carried b department in Omaha that has not'enjoyed od trade in October. September, much better than September ylu'lao Clothing and shoes sold Im?lin large quantities. - which is always con- d a good index to the »mmunity is the 5ewe7 'fl.fi"’umi"“ '," etar 4 er dur t few months. Not only is this e jewelry trade in Omaha, true. t the stdte and 3 are considered down sty minute,” ’ h?: the A, F. lgm}th ! company said al jewelry e tii v-y;‘tly bm.ez .year. He, too, has foun tate u come in. able in: is gn of John' Mor- ‘Cargon, Ia, habif e b e 5 ! ing in, he ephoning his orders u‘nd Iuvln: rushed by parcel p ‘resbyterian Synod Jrges Members Aid Dry Campaign Work ngs, Neb, Oct. 22.—(Special.) e lb«l‘fl?: synod of Ne- afte: la:’ g to addresses by bv, James E. ke, D. D., of Ni fie, Tenn., and Senator Horace of Colorado, adopted a series of tions expreulnl' the attitude of mod on prohibition. resolutions pledge support to prohibitory amendment and urge ‘members to vote for it on election ; denounce the Nebraska Prosper- league for its work against the ndment; commend the activity, of ederation, and call on all byterians to give moral and finan- ‘assistance to the prohibition ! . It especially calls attention fact that the fight will not be r when the amendment is adopted, that money will be needed to de- expenses until the laws are fully reed, therefore “we commend our rd and all kindred agencies to our es for increased contributions.” issionary work was discussed to a ~ great extent at the session, and satis- %fit‘i:n_exprflud at the growth of Hastings college within the last two years. HARLES & HUGHES 'REAL LABOR RECORD (Continued ¥rom Page One.) A st dosdhebnor e RN esident, in regard to labor meas- which have come before him for during his incumbency of the f frwdem, and giving what o be the. record of Hon Charles [vans Hughes, republican minee for president, during the time er) u»l::;chte justice of the d s supreme court. -be observed that Mr. Me- rg specifically requested informa- to the labor record of the tes. for the presidency of the nited States’ It was the solemn |H the labor representative com- the Federation of i g ; order that the rers and all interested e gl of these candidates THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER Bryan’s Leadershipin Mullen’s Hands;|STATE STRONG FOR Wilson and the Soldier Boys’ Vote HUGHES, THEY FIND Idol of Democracy Shattered by the Bosses of Nebraska, But Revered by Many. By HARRY O. PALMER. Time was when Nebraska, and the little spot known as Fairview, consti- tuted the Mecca for American demo- cracy, and frequent were the journeys and pilgrimages made to the shrine of the Greater Commoner. That was when democracy stood for great prin- ciples opposed to which were the great principles of the republican gany. However, in those days Ne- raska democracy ‘'was dignified to say the least. It was during this hey day of the Nebraska democrat that I studied down in New England. When- ever it was announced that I was from Nebraska the almost certain remark which followed was , “Ah, hal the home of Mr, Bryan. Have you ever been at Fairview?” It was always a leasure to assure these eastern fel- ows that Mr. Bryan and I were the best of personal friends, and that I had frequently been at the home of the democrat on news assignments. But alas, how things have changed. Today if we are deceived into believ- ing that the present day democratic leaders in Nebraska express the wish of most Nebraskans we might suppose that Mr. Bryan had pass€d into re- tirement, I think now of the vicious attack which was made upon him dur- ing the last primary campaign to pres vent him from going to the national convention when Mr, Hitchcock was devoting pages of publicity to making Keith Neville the democratic nominee for governor, and himself the demo- cratic nominee for United States sen- ator. I think now of how Mr. Bryan stood out bravely for the dry side of the great moral issue which is con- fronting the Nebraska voter this fall, and of how he endeavored to have his one-time party adopt the right side of this issue. But he found that it was no longer the party of - Bryan, that it was no longer the party qof 1896, and the many years of illustriou activity which followed that cam- paign, but on the contnrhthe party of Hitchcock, Neville and Mullen, and the particular vehicle for defeating those things which Mr. Bryan wishe; to accomplish. I am wondering today whether or not Mr. Bryan will be able to free his party from the strangling .l:up of the crowd who have it throttled. 1 am wondering whether he will try to do so, or whether he will be content to make peace with those powers who would have de- stroyed him. Like many other repub- licans, I haye always differed from Mr. Bryan in my views on most g:onom c questions, but I have always arded him ver: highly for his hig! attitude on broad moral questions in- volving the welfare of mankind, and 1 wonder hopefully if Nebraska may not again become the Mecca of Amer- better represented the interests of labor and the ideals for which the trade union movement stands. The oo':unlme had no moral right to sup- préss that part of President Wilson's record which was inimical to the in- tarests of labol to conceal that art of Mr. Hughes' record which was favorable to the interests of labor. Instead of making a frank statement of the facts, a was prepared and circulated throughout coun- try enumerating in minute detail all the measure: portant and unim- gorunt-dwhich have been approved y Mr., Wilson during his term as president of the United States. Not one word is said, however, in regard to thos¢ measures advocated by organized labor, among them the vitally important immigration bill — which was criticised or vetoed by the resident—the immigration bill hav- fing been vetoed by him notwithstand- ing the fact that it had been passed by an overwhelming majority of both branches of congress. Hughes Has Good Record, * “The only office Mr. Hughes, re- publican candidate for president of the United States, ever held in which he had an o:pormnil to demonstrate either friendship or hostility to labor legislation, was that of governor of the state of New York, and it is his record as governor of that state which r. Gompers and = his associates should have furnished Mr. McClur and the wage-earners of the Unite States to enable them to judge which of the candidates is the more entitled to the confidence and support of the e | organized wage earmrers and of all who are interested in the general wel- n response to yaur request I take sure in giving you, in part at , the labor record of Mr. Hughes as governor of the state of New York and in quoting sentiments of ap- preciation of his services expressed at a time when he was not a candi- date for any office and when political partisanship could have had no influ- ence in determining the utterances of those who gave voice to their ap- preciation of his attitude and his services in.connection with measures in which labor was vitally concerhed. Real Constructive Work: “While Mr. Hughes was govérnor of New York the Labor department was made a real instrumentality for the protection of wage earners, through the administration of labor laws. ne of his early acts was to appoint men, a former president of the United Brotherhood of Carpen- ters and Joiners of America, as com- missioner of labor; many additional inspectors were supplied in the La- bor department; the bureau of mer- cantile inspection was created and the inspectior: of mercantile establish- ments was transferred from the health officers to the Department of labor; the child labor laws were made more stringent; proper ventilation and suit- able washhouses in factories were pro- vided for; protection was given to tunnel workers; limitation of the hours of labor of employes of street railways was extended to cities of the second class; the semi-monthly payment of wages to emplo‘yea of steam railroads was provided for: an cifht-hour day law covering railroad, telephone and telegraph operators was enacted. While governor Mr. ughes appointed a commission, of which John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, was a member, to study the subject of the employers’ liability and workmen's compensation legislation this commission made a comprehen- sive rgport upon which Governor Hughes recommended and the legis- ture enacted the first wokmen's com- | ican democracy. Will Mr, Bryan make good our expectations? My guess is, that he will. During six weeks of almost constant travel in the state I have met numerous demo- crats in each town visited, yvho have said that they would vote this year to suppress those men in public life who had almost driven Mr. Bryan from Nebraska politics. At Hebron, some time ago, the boys’ band of five pieces played on the street before the meeting in the opera house at which John L.'Kennedy, republican candidate for United States senator, and Charles H. Sloan, repub- lican candidate for congress spoke. Mr. Kennedy said in opening his speech that from his room in the hotel he had heard the boys playing and that they had played so vigorously and so well that he had supposed there were at least twenty pieces in the band. This happy observation from Mr. Kennedy pleased the boys immensely and they applauded with einthusiasm. Mr. Sloan followed Mr. {I(cnncdy on the pogram. He said that e, too, had heard the boys playing on the n&ect from his room in the hotel and that, although he knew, but little about music, the notes of the different instruments blended with such perfect harmony, one into the other, that until he saw them he had supposed that there was only one per- son playing. During the last\week I met a man, a solider boy rather, who was home ona furlougz from the American war with Mexico. He had been stationed on the border for several months, but had gotten away long enough to come home and look after some business matters and run for a county office. I asked him if the Nebraska boys who were engaged in the present Mexican war did not wish to vote this fall, and observed that Wisconsin had just made voting possible at the border for Wisconsin soldiers. He said they sure want to vote, and what is more if they vote they will vote for Hughes. He said there were two things which were connlntlr being said by border soliders, nlmw, “We want to go home,” and “We want Hughes,” He said that 90 per cent of the boys were sick of being made pawns in a great political chess game and that they resented being kept on the border any longer for merely political reasons. He said that a vote would be taken whether the Nebraska legislature was convened to provide the right to vote or not. Some time ago at St. Paul a Nebraska Guardsman told me that 75 er cent of the boys would vote for ughes if permitted to vote and now that this later report has come in making the percentage even as high h|as 90 per cent, it strikes me that something should be done to deter- mine why the governor has not called a session to proNde the right to vote by mail in such a case. ensation law adopted in the United tates, , Labor’s Tribute to Hughes. “Upon Mr. Hughes' retirement from the governorship to accept an :{ ointment as associate justice of the nited States supreme court the 'Legislative News, the recognized or- gan of the New York State Federa- tion of Labor, editorially paid thie tribute to him: HE WAS A GREAT GOV- ERNOR. “Now that Governor Hughes has retired from politics and as- cended to a place on the high- est judicial tribunal in the world, the fact can be acknowledged without hurting anybody’s politi- cal corns, that he was the great- est friend of labor laws that ever accupied the governor's chair at Albany. During his two terms he has signed fifty-six labor laws, in- cluding among them the best la- bor laws ever enacted in this or any other state. He also urged the enactment of labor laws in his messages to the legislature, even going so far as to place the demand for a labor law in one of his messages to an extra ses- sion of the legislature, “Only one hundred and sixty- two labor laws have been enacted in this state since its erection in 1777—in 133 years. One-third of these, exceeding in quality all of the others, have been enacted and signed during Governor Hughes' term of three years and nine months. “With such a record of ap- proval and suggestion or pro- gressive legislation in the inter- ests of humanity to his credit, it is easy to believe that human rights will have a steadfast and sympathetic upholder in the new justice of the supreme court of the United States. Misrepresents the Facts. “The principal charge, indeed the only one, which Mr. Gompers and his ‘associates bring against Mr. Hughes relates to the Danbury Hat- ter's case. A subtle attempt is made to convey the impression that Mr. Hughes was in some way responsi- States supreme court which held that the boycott of Loewe by the Danbury hatters came within the scope of the prohibitions contained in the anti- trust law. The fact is that this de- cision was rendered more than two years before Mr. Hughes was ap- ointed as a member of the United tates supreme court, and therefore he could not b‘y; any flight of the imagination be held accountable for this decision. “In conclusion I desire to say, from my experience, that Mr. Hughes has always been a constant friend of the workingman and has proven his friendship by advocating legislation for their protection. Fraternally yours, “JOHN WILLIAMS” Catch Big Catfish, Fremont, Neb, Oct. 22.—(Special.) —A mud catfish, weighing 62 pounds, believed to be the biggest fish ever taken from the Platte river in this vicinity, was caught by Joe Carlson and a companjon while hunting Fri- day evening. The big fish was found in a shallow pool, where it had evi- dently gone in the gearch of food, and was left there when the water receded. | Coughs and Colds Are Dangerous. | | Internal throat and chest troubles pro- | duce Inflammation. To reduce inflammation, loosen cough, destroy cold germs use Dr. King's New . Discovery. All druggists.— Advertisement, ble for the decision of the United |®! Republican Speakers Report Sentiment Growing for Party’s Candidate. CERTAIN TO BE ELECTED (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Oct. 22— (Special.) — Charles E. Hughes will land the elec- tion without the shadow of a doubt, according to the reports brought to republican headquarters by speakers filling dates in the east and central west, as well as in Nebraska. W. J. L. Crank of Denver, who has made nearly a hundred speeches in Nebraska, is enthusiastic over repub- lican prospects'for carrying the state. Senator E. J. Burkett, who has been speaking in Missouri, North Dakota and other states of the central west, says_ theére is no question but that Hughes will be elected. W, E. Andrews returned from a speaking trip through eastern states and is of the opinion that there is nothing to it but Hughes. Mr. An- drews will speak in Nebraska before the campaign closes. New Yorker Enthusiashc. Dr. W. A. Hunsberger of New York, who has been putting in three weeks in Nebraska, al%o says that the continued interest which is increasing day by day spells Hughes. f;ormer Governor C. H. Aldrich, who has been speaking during the last week in the state, is another who feels a great increase in the Hughes senti- ment and a decided indication that the whole state ticket will be elected. Charles Matson is having great suc- cess in his meetings and in the organi- zation of Hughes and Fairbanks clubs. Clubs are being formed all over and the call for material and literature is showing that the voters are waking up and ready to settle the matter for t{emulves. Mr. Matson is sure Ne- braska will go republican without any question, Attempts of democrats to break up regublicnn meetings, as in Omaha when Mr. Crank spoke and also yes- terday at Utica, where the crowd at- tempted to disturb a meeting in which Mr. Matsoh was speaking, brought out a discussion among the speakers who gathered at the republican headquar- ters this morning. Said one man: Peculiar Condition. . “There is a peculiar condition which has been shown in this campaignu. From the very start of the campaign when democrats attempted to break g? a meeting addressed by Mr. ughes at Nashville, Tenn,, down to the present time, the papers have been full of accounts of where republican meetings have been disturbed by dem- ocrats and speakers insulted in many instances, but 1 have not seen a single instance of where democratic meet- ings have been disturbed by repub- licans, You can’t find a newspaper account of such a disturbance through the whole campaign. Of course at Chicago when Wilson spoke the wom- en there attended the meeting and carried barmers favorable to Hughes, but no attempt was made to disturb Mr, Wilson; but it was left to the sup- porters of Mr. Wilson to knock down these women and otherwise maltreat them. I won't say that the rough- necks are all in the democratic party, but I submit ¢he evidence for judg- | ment.” Scarcity of Cornhuskers. Fremont, Neb,, Oct. 22.—(Special.) —Farmers in this section of the gtate are having difficulty in securing corn- huskers to harvest their corn crop. The Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, which maintains an employment bureau, has calls for over fifty men, but is unable to supply them. Some of the farmers are offering 5 cents a bushel, with board and room, while most of them are paying 4 cents. The corn is of good quality and the yield is heavy. WONDERFUL TALE OF AN AGTRESS Struggled with Sickness and Dis- couragement; How Relieved. Dayville, Killingly, Conn.—*I shall be glad to have every woman know what I know now, l]flllllllllfll]”]i after using Lydia E. \ Pinkham’s Vege- 3 table Compound. Although I am only 24 years old, I have eight years, I hated the doctors, for & doctor told me to give up the stage | where I was playing with my husband. I had bearin, down Julxu. m{ health failed me, I eould not wark on the stage, and wasn’t able to tend m‘ baby or even get myself. was ways downhearted discontented with the world, and only lived for the sake of my little girl. The doctor sald to move to some quiet little town away from the noisy city, and I might be able to live and feel well, so I went to Day- ville in November. At that time I was aodck Ifiofl:inotw.lkm?dm usband kept house n One day %lnury Td e kbanre, Yegetable a nkham'’s o mnd, and started hfi:”it. Within weeks time I was a different wo- man, could get around, and felt so good that it was & pleasure to do_my house- work. I felt contented and hsppy, and now am the plcture of heal nd am Q0 Q Every Night suffered for the past | 23, 1916. WOMAN PUNCTURES HITCHCOCK’S - TALK (Continued From Page One.) to private corporations to be de- veloped. “Yes,” shouted Mrs. O'Hare, when she got the floor, “hold them and then lease them to Guggenheim. Why in the name of common sense lease them? Why not work them our- selves?” The senator had also praised the Adamson bill and had even drawn some applause from the socialistic crowd on his talk for the eight-hour bill, but the socialist woman punctured his sails when she said: “The Adamson bill is not on the statute books because the president wanted it, but because 400,000 railroad men had brains enough to organize and stick. They did not go to the president with the plea to please give them a crumb, but they stood up like men, shook their fists under his nose, |7 and said, ‘Give us the whole loaf.'” under democratic. “If you were going to hire a man to run a big business | institution,” he said, “would you take | the recommendations of a man of | cight years’ or the one of forty-eight years’ experience?” CARRANZA DECREE PICTURES MEXICO | AS BANDIT'S PREY (Continued From Page One.) to the circumstances and accessories after the acts as well as to cut-purses, pickpockets and petty thieves in gen- eral, and further establishes the ob- | ligation under severe penalties of a 3 The senator had no better luck|77 with his praise of the democratic pro-|77 %ram for self-government for the hilippines. “Mr. Hitchcock,” she said, “had a lot to say about self-gov- ernment for the Filipino, but not one word about self-government for Ne- braska women. If it is good for the black and tanned Filipino, why not for Nebraska women?” ; Three-Hour Debate. Some 3,000 men and women gath- ered at the Auditorium to hear the three-cornered debate. It was an- nounced that Senator Hitchcock and Mr. Howell would take the stage again after the woman had finished and would answer any questions hurled at them, but the debate lasted three hours, and when Mrs. O'Hare had finished the crowd left and would not wait for the questions. So the meeting adjourned. Music was mingled with the talk- . fest. To begin with the violin choir |77 entertained. A, violin quartet, pupils of Prof. Frank Mach, followed the ad- dress of welcome. Isabelle Rodman glve a violin solo, as did also_Clara chneider. All Want to Talk. G. C. Porter, socialist candidate for congress from this district, presided at the meeting. He had difficulty in keep- ing the crowd quitt, as many ardent socialists wanted to ask questions when the republican and democratic speakers were talking, A dozen ush- rs had to rush here and there in the room, clutch men by the shoulders and push them back into their seats when they rose to interrupt. Senator Hitchcock spoke first, re- viewing the democratic administra- tion and sraising the various bills it has passed. R. B. Howell followed, reviewing the republican record for sixty years, showing that since sixty years ago the country has been forty-eight years under republican rule and eight years Vill pay for the chance to hgal Catarrh Kondon’s Catarrhal Jelly, the manufacturers of jhis remedy feel 80 sure that it will relieve catarrh —that they offer to pay for a chance glprova its benefit to any catarrhal sufferer. They announce that any resident of this community can go to almost any drug store and get a com- plimentary trial can at the expense of the manufactuters. 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