Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 2, 1916, Page 8

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Address communications relating to news and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION 54,507 Daily—Sunday 50,539 Dwight Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average circulation for the month of September, 1916, was 54,607 daily, and 50,639 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed in my presei nd sworn to before me this 8d day of October, 1916. I} ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. ki T VIR U bl ok Bt sl £ 5 Subscribers leaving the city hmpnr-rll‘y should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as required. = Senator Hitchcock is worried. That's very evident! Scuttling a cargo of Scotch high balls surely oversteps the limit. } S— Democratic hopes of victory, though thick as autumn leaves, are equally lifeless. Wilson and dangerous watchful wobbling? Or Hughes and firmness, insuring peace with honor? *l “Boss” Mullen is some fellow. He typifies in a striking degree the democratic idea of commer- cialized politics, | For the ninth time, let us repeat: “Are you ‘wet’ or ‘dry,’ Senator Hitchcock? Why are you dod({ng the question?” | Sir Joseph Beecham left :ornme of, $170,- 000,000, The size of ghe pile demonstrates how well it pays to advertise. “_ The problem pressing on the business world of Omaha right now is to find a record which will remain unbtroken long enough to get acquainted with it. ; Ycll:‘ and “Met's” boost for: Hitchcock, whom he detests, has about as much love in it as Edgar Howard’s wry face at swallowing the same nau-’| seating medicine. / ————— The Bee would put in a timely word for County Judge Bryce Crawford, but he doesn’t _need it. No one is opposing his re-clection, which is conceded unanimously. : Douglas county man for man with their demo- ratic opponents. The superiority of the repub- licdns admits of no comparison. L S ——————— “Another victim is added to the long list of Americans slaughtered in Mexico. The yellow streak at Washington holds’out’no hope of safety Americans who go beyond the borders. —— During his term as congressman from this district John L. Kennedy made a creditable rec- ord and proved himself a useful and efficient rep- _ resentative of his/state and his city. As United States senator he will do still better. . Mr. Business Man!»gtt a commercial agency report on the democratic candidate for county treasurer before you decide to entrust him with management of public finances running into ‘millions of dollars, then you won't vote for Erguipap— _The speed of the soft coal crowd in putting ‘over a price boost seriously impairs their standing in the hard coal belt. The anthracite barons had arranged to turn the trick for themselves and are obliged to defer action until the consumer recov- ers from the soft touch, — * Romance gilds the gloomy side of war here and there. An Italian prince on leave of ab- sence from the Carso, has captured a Philadel- . phia heiress. A titled Englishman wedded his field hospital nurse and a Hohenlohe princess married a soldier whom she nursed. The halo of Mars still holds unequaled charms for maids. i Nebraska Political Comment ' Orleans Chronicle: What will Bryan do; what will Bryan say? are questions which Hitcheock, Mullen, Neville and other members of the democratic “wet” machine are just now anxiously asking. No'one but Mr. Bryan him- self can answer that gquestion, but it is a rea- sonable presumption that what he will do and say to them and the booze interests they.repre- sent will be a-plenty. 3 Qakland Independent: Those who were for Hughes before are more enthusiastic for him than ever after having heard him in Omaha and Fremont. Clear-headed, firm, broad of grasp and keen in intellect, he is a man that no power could swerve from the course he deems right and just. No man can see him and hear him with. - out feeling that there i a man in whose hands " the safety, honor and welfare of the land would be safely trusted. Monroe Republican: There are two demo- cratic papers in Nebraska and their editors are both candidates for office. G. M. Hitchcock of the World-Herald and Edgar Howard of the Columbus Telegram, and yet to read the World- Id you would not be aware of the fact that the editor of the Telegram 4s the democratic . nominee for lieutenant and the Telegram is giv- ing Senator Hitchcock the same kind of cordial sy, Here is an evidence of how the t factions of the democratic party are getting t r. The Telegram ¢ditor is one of Bryan's closests friends, and is naturally with him in the _campaign, And that, no doubt, indicates the ~ posif of many Bryan democrats toward the - senator, ‘and he must have their yotes, And 1, the Brfiln democrats are dry, and so far o ee has failed to get the senator to re for wet or dry. And when Mr. Bryan s his trip the last week before election there is every indication that outside of the dry amend- and President Wilson he will not be enthu- for some of the candidates on the demo- cratic state ticket. “Medsure - th Nfififl lcfl}h\lvc tich; in | THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE. Keep it before the people that the letter of en- dorsement which Senator Hitchcock is parading over the signature of President Wilson was gotten by trickery and misrepresentation, Keep it before the peopie that the charges against Senator Hitchcock which the president was inveigled into denouncing as “false rufmors,” by pretending that they emanated from repub- licans, in fact were publicly and specifically made and time and again repeated by William Jennings Bryan, Mr. Wilson's former secretary of state and three times the democratic standard-bearer. Keep it before the people that these are some of the definite charges against Senator Hitchcock preferred by Mr. Bryan: “Soon after 1900, Mr, Hitchcock began to show his natural bias toward aristocracy and plutocracy by favoring the restoration of Wall street to the control of the democratic party, and that bias has grown with his prosperity until today his sympathies make him much better qualified to represent a Wall street constituency than a state which is almost entireiy, agricul- tural.” B “By 1912, Mr. Hitchcock had reached a point where he was willing to come out boldly in favor of Governor Harmon, Wall street’s can- didate for the democratic nomsnation and, in spite of the fact that Governor Harmon re- ceived only about one-fourth of the democratic vote cast at the primary, Mr. Hitchcock voted for Judge Parker, Wall street’s candidate for the position of temporary chairman, as against Mr. Bryan. His opposition to Mr. Bryan was actu- ated in part by his personal feetngs, in part by his bias toward Wall street and in part by the fact that Mr, Bryan had offended the liquor interests, of which Mr. Hitchcock has been the chief spokesman in Nebraska for the past six years.” “After the president’s' selection and Mr. Brya ppointment to the cabmet, Mr. Hitch- cock demanded the appointment of Governor Harmon's Nebraska manager to the chief place in the government service in Nebraska, and be- cause Mr. Bryan refused to indorse the ap- pointment, and because the president was un- willing to make the appointment without Mr. Bryan's indorsement, the principal appoint- nmm.in Nebraska were held up for a year.” X “Mr. Hitchcock took the side of Wall street against the president when Wall street thought it could'defeat the currency bill. He was the only democrat on the committee who joined the republicans in a minority report. His position cannot be defended without condemnation of the president and the democrats who stood with the president.” “Mr. Hitchcock aided the shipping trust to defeat the president’s shipping bill. Only a few democrats joined with him in this successful fight in favor of the shipping trust against the people, and his course cannot be defended with- out condemning the president and the demo- crats who stood by the president on this “measure.” “Mr. Hitohcock joined a few democrats in preventing the confirmation of Mr. Jones, a personal friend of the president appointed a member of the reserve board. tn this case he | posed as an opponent of the Harvester trust on the ground that Mr. Jones was a director of the Harvester. trust. But the hypocrisy of this claim becomes apparent, for Mr. Jones if con- firmed would haye been only ene director in seven, whereas Mr. Hitchcock wanted to turn the entire government over to Wall street’s candidate for the presidency, and now wants Nebraska represented on the national commit- tee by Arthur Mullen, attorney for the Har- vester trust in Nebraska.” Keep it before the people that Mr. Bryan has not taken back one word of this indictment laid against Senator Hitchcock only last April. Keep it before the people that Senator Hitch- cock is no more a friend of President Wilson nlow, than he was when he was fighting him constantly in the dulg and ;occasionally in the open. Hughes' Conception of the Presidency. Charles livnm Hughes' plenonll message to his fellow citizens, published under the caption, “My Conception of the Presidency,” is as re- freshing in its tone and language as it is rare in spirit and purpose. It is a promise that constitu- tional government will be restored if he is elected, and that the office of president of the United States will again become the center of the na- tion's business life, in all that is comprehended by that expression in its broadest application, and not be merely the gathering point for forces that control a faction within a political party. Mr. Hughes logks upon the president as properly the chief executive of the affairs of the people, and not as a dictator; he thinks of the president as the/admin'istrator of public interests, not a mere party leader. His conception of the duty of the president is clearly outlined, and the pledges he makes that he will uphold the honor, dignity and security of citizenship comes from a man whose public record and personal character are the best possible guarantees that his promise will be redeemed in both letter and spirit. It is com- forting to think that so fine a type of true Americanism is to be chosen president, Wilson Policies and the Farmer. One point the democratic spellbinders do not dwell on when telling what the Wilsonites have ,done for the American farmers has to do with Mexico. Venustjano Carranza, “first chief” of the faction just now dominant because of the inter- meddling in its behalf by our peaceable president, is taking tribute directly from the wheag fields of the United States. The sisal trust of Mexico, de- veloped and fostered under Carranza, and his chief source of revenue, will nip the farmers of the United States for a sum between fifteen and twenty millions of dollars during the current year. This has been brought about by the trust through assistance of the de facto government, securing complete control of the hennequin swamps of Yucatan, and boosting the prices of raw \material from 5% to 12% cents per pound. This increase is reflected in the selling price of binding twine in the United States. Thus does Carranza share in the general prosperity created by Woodrow Wil- son, and thus are the farmers of Nebraska enabled to share in purchase of arms and ammunition for the Mexican bandits who raid our southern bor- der. At no time has a democratic leader been heard to protest against the existence of the sisal trust, because it operates under the protection of a man for whom our univeysal president professes the highest regard. The tribute is heavy, but Car- ranza needs the money, and Mr, Wilson finds him- self unable to deny his friend any?in[, even the privilege of soaking the American farmer. i T | Finnegan Philosophizes On Pitiless Publicity % see Mr. Hughes wud like to know fwhat's come to ‘Pitiless Publicity.” Meself could tell him. ‘Where's “Pitiless Publicity”? says Hughes. ‘In the Ash Can,' says I. “'T was all right on the stump, but in Washin'ton ’tis differ. The Harp that wanst through Trenton’s hall'—I mane Tu- multy, Whin he bursts into song now he picks Ius chune! “"Tis not that Prisidint Wilson s less public than Candydate Wilson—he's less pitile "Tis like the showman. He tells ye all, an' more, about th’ illyfant, but he has mintal res'vashune about the spotted baby. “So it is wid Wilson. He's sof'ned the hard heart iv ‘Pitiless Publicity.’ ‘How about the post- masters?’ axes the refawrumers. ‘We'll nivver tell ye, says the c'mishun. ‘For why? says the league.” 'T'wid embar’ss th' - administhrashun,’ says, the c'mishun, And the people laughs. ‘Ye fired th' hid iv the cinsus,’ says Hughes. ‘Ye lie,’ says Redfield. ‘He raysined widout bein’ axed,’ says he. ‘Ye lje yerselfsays Durand. ‘Ye towld me ye'd fire me, an’ ye gev me place to a pol'tician,’, says Durand. ‘Ixac'ly fwhat I said, yells pink whiskers, ‘I was goin’ to fire ye anny- way, but I nivver axed ye to raysine,’ says Pinky. An’ the people roars. “ ‘“Tell us about all thim dishurvin’ dimmy- crats,” says the people. An’ Washin'ton is swep’ be a storm iv silence. “But doan’t ye think there’s no publicity at all. Teddy himself was none gunshy with the papers, but he cud be quiet, too. “ ‘We'll grab some land in Vinzueely,' says the ambassydure. ‘Tem'prily, says he. ‘Ye'll not,' says Teddy, ‘ve'll agree to arbitrate, says he, ‘or, he says, ‘in tin days Dewey’'ll be there, says Teddy. “‘Me ry'le masther will nivver consint,’ says th’ other. ‘Thin, says Teddy, I'll sind Dewey at wanst. ‘Howld 'em,” says the ambassydure. ‘We agree,’ says he—an' divil a bit did we know how | it was for a dozen year, “ ‘We'll have Ferdy Carey alive, or the Bashi Bazook dead,’ says Teddy, an’ back comes Ferdy. An’ the papers says ‘On demand iv the State de- partment Ferdy Carey has ben released” An’ that's all. “How is it now? The greasers slaughters twinty at Santy Isabel. ‘Another Mexican Crisis,’ says the headlines, ‘Twinty Americans “Killed, they says. ‘The Prisident Calm, says they. ‘Ates Bacon and Eggs. Plays Goluf)’ says the headlines. An’ the paper goes on: \ 3 “ ‘The prisidint’§ appytite at breakfast was good, th' leader iv the nashun gettin’ outside iv grape fruit, bacon and eggs, hot biscuit an’ coffee.. Whin Docther Grayson announced the bill iv fare the tinshun over Mexico was much:relaved. “ “The prisidint is solvin’ in privacy the fateful question, “Will me throat last?” The answer is waited wid feverish anxiety.” “Mondah, the papers says, ‘Nashunal Disaster? Sore Throat Feared, Panic at the Capital. The Prisidint Calm, ‘“ ‘Consternation was spread among all classes today be the report that the prisidint awoke with a sore throat. Strong men fainted before they cud reach the nearest saloon. There is talk iv ap- pointin’ a day iv prayer. It is hoped that Senor Arre-ye-on-though will claim that the dead Ameri- cans raysisted ixicushun. A high author’ty states that this wud end the crisis. The prisidint made but wan remark: “Av they'd not been there they'd not iv been kilt."’ ¢ “Choosdah, they says, ‘Hope revives. No sore throat. Bitten by insect. President calm. All Phrases iv Matther to be considered. “‘The anxiety in the capital was relaved today be the followin’ bulletin: “‘ “The Prisidint has a slight perforation in the cuticle over the inferyure maximary caused ‘be ja inseet bitin" him wHin asleep. The patient was too proud to scratch, (Signed) Grayson.” “‘It is reported also that Gineral Scott will go to the border to bury the dead, and apologize to the insurgints. He will axe Carranzy whethes he would accept a loan if offered. This is considered the thrue's'lution iv the difficulty. “Winsdah the Prisidint goes motdrin’, Thurs- dah' he writes a note and Gineral Scott starts for the border. (Pridah the headlines says ‘Peace in Europe neat. Prisidint studyin’ terms. Will he stop the war? Another note expected. Capital excited over report.’ “But we're comforted be bein’ towld the Prisi- dint will not be bethrayed into hasty ackshun. “Sundah, he’s considerin’ th’ Armenyan ques- tion, an’ Mondah he advises Grandmothers about suckin’ eggs. And another crisis.is past. it goes ivry day. As I was sayin’, there’s a’ plenty publicity, but 'tis not the brand iv 1912." Charles Evans Hughes Says: “I am for building up American enterprise. I won't stand for any abuses, I don’t care what power it is, labor or capital. I am op- posed to surrendering the American govern- ment tp the demands of force. I am against extravagance, against inefficiency, against everything that debases public administra- tion.” % People and Events A Kentucky woman marched five escaping prisoners back to their cells at the muzzle of a gun, It is 100 to 1 shot that the prisoners re- gard woman's proper sphere as the home. Over 10,000 persons registered on the last registration day at Minneapolis, which will carry the total of qualfied voters over 60,000. It is esti- mated the city has 75,000 qualified men of voting age. A survey of vacant houses at Louisville, Ky., shows a total of 2200 empties. Most of them due to penurious landlords failing to modernize their buildings. A like survey in Omaha a month ago showed 900 vacant houses, most of them in- ;:‘aplble of sustaining the American standard of iving. . J. FracK Hanly, the dry belt champion, durin, his tour of the country, lost his overcoat, a trup and a bathrobe, besides a supply of quicke-lunch grub. Some inconvenience was experienced in consequence, but a handsome cat which leaped on the train at Buffalo and was installed as a mascot, relieved the gloom of the situation. . The Nebraska autograph of Public Service Commissioner William Hayward foots the order for a reduction of electric light rates in the bor- ough of Brooklyn. A cut from 11 to 8 is ordered to take effect December 1, and continue one year, to test its fairness. A minimum charge of $1 a‘month to consumers is allowed, but must be credited against consumption where such con- sumption exceeds $12 a year. _ The Irish potato isn't Irish at all, because it was first found in Peru. Miss Margaret Jus- tin, champion potato cook of the Michigan agri- cultural college, deftly cuts the Irish out of the spuds. Had a mere man robbed the “Ould Sod" in this way, something would drop in a-nfinute, Coming from a woman, no doubt charming and intelligent, gallantry forbidg eyen a whisper from Jerry O'Leary or Jerry Howard. _ The Florida federal judge who, while sub- bing in New York, inveighed against, taxi and hotel extortioners, overlooked the master hands in that line. Owners of moving vans, beside the taxis, are as highway holdups to petty larceny. A system of taking all the traffic will bear pre- vails, and families obliged to shift quarters must stand and deliver. Their extortions have aroused public indignation and an ordinance establishing reasonable rates is on passage by the Board of Aldermen. 2, 1916. Thought Nugget for the Day. The axis of the earth sticks out vis- ibly through the center of each and every town or city. —Oliver Wendell Holmes. One Year Ago Today in the War. Russians compelled von Hinden- burg to retreat in Dvinsk region. Great Britain gave conduct of the war into hands of small cabinet com- mittee. Vienna claimed failure of heavy Italian efforts to break through at Gorizia. Austro-Germans turned defeat into victory on the Stripa river, according to Vienna. British army in France and Bel- glum officially reported to number nearly 1,000,000 men. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. The firemen are beginning to ap- pear in their new uniforms. The coat is of the frock order, of dark blue cloth with pocket lapels of the brace style. The caps have a flat top, are about five and a half inches in height, the lining of which is wire gauze which aids in ventilation and at the same time helps to retain the sides in upright condition. The peak extends directly in front and is made of heavy glazed leather. In front is a silver plated design, almost a maltese cross, upon which is stamped the number of the company. Mrs, Dr. Sprague gave a delightful euchre party in honor of her guest, Miss Jennie Wilson of St. Joe. The gentlemen's first prize, consisting of a deck of cards in an imported case, was won by Mr. Stevens, while the ladies’ first prize, consisting of a chair pillow of yellow china silk, was won by Mrs. Gilbert. The booby prizes were a bot- tle of catsup labelled “catch-up,” and a gilded left shoe, with the inscriptian “left last,” and were taken by Mrs. Woolworth and Mr. Willlams. Sven Neva lodge celebrated the sev- enty-second anniversary of the union of Sweden and Norway, at which meet- ing the following delivered speeches: G. Lindquist, P. Wiig and Judge Gus- tav Anderson. Miss Hdith Stuht gave a ‘phantom party” at Hallowe'en to a number of her friends. Among those present were Misses Nellie Heelan, Kate Hewitt, Ida and Carrie Kiewit, Millie Blumve, Vena Wells, Julia Miller, Lida Pat- terson, Nellie Patterson, Millie Dorn, Anna Peterson, Katie Hempel, Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Jackson; Messrs. Ed Burke, John Mullen, Will Doran, John Wittig, Ernest Durke, Gus Acreman, Phil Tebbins, Burt Voss, L. H. Baer, Will Pinkerton and Will Cox. Miss Rena Strang showed a great promise in her first attempt at paint- ing, drawing with accuracy and swift- ness. The object of her skill is a sachet bag of salmon satin lined with pistache green and finished with bows of the same color, This Day in History. 1876—Great fire in Boston, forty- six houses burnd), including North meeting héuse. 1795—James K. Polk, eleventh president of the United States, born in Mecklenburg county, North Caro- lina; died in Nashville, Tenn., June 16, 1849. 1833—George C. Boniface, noted actor, born in.New York City; died there in 1912, 1881—American Assoclation of Pro- fessional Base Ball Clubs organized at Cincinnati, 1887—Jenny Lind, famous Swedish singer, died; born October 6, 1820. 1889—German emperor and em- press were received by the sultan at Constantinople. 1894—Nicholab 11 was proclaimed czar of Russia. 1898—France agreed to withdraw from its pretentions at Fashoda in the Soudan. 1901—The Pan-American exposi- tion at Buffalo closed. 1904—Miss Eva Booth was appoint- ed commander of the Salation Army in the United Stafes. 1906—TFive thousand Jews were re- ported killed in Odessa during the riots. 1914—Twenty-one directors or for- mer directors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Raiiroad company were indicted by a federal grand jury at New York for conspiracy. The Day We Celebrate. C. J. Sutphen, more familiarly known as “Joy,” is 32 years old to- day. He is manager for the Brandeis theater, where he marshals the “joys” and drives away the “glooms” on both sides of the footlights. Gustav H. Kuenne, the well known baker and restaurant man, is cele- brating his fifty-fifth birthday. He is of German descent, but’has been in Omaha for many years. John F. Bloom, chief owner of J. F. Bloom & Co. monument works, was born November 2, 1854, in Kristdala, Sweden. He came to this country in 1873 and started his present )monu- ment business at Red Oak, Ia., re- moving to Council Bluffs in 1880 and ‘to_Omaha in 1900. Warren G. Harding, United States senator from Ohlo, born fifty-one years ago today. Dr. Adna W. Leonard, one of the new bishops of the Methodist Episco- pal church, born in Cincinnati, forty- two years ago today. Thomas B. Smith, who began his career as a messenger boy, and now is mayor of Philadelphia, born in Philadelphia forty-seven years ago today. Dr. Frederick W. Hinitt, president of Washington and Jefferson college, born at Kiderminster, England, fifty years ago today. Rt. Rev. Francis K. Brooks, Epis- copal bishop of Oklahoma, born at Gamblier, O,, sixty-four years ago to- day. Agnew T. Dice, president of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway com- pany, born at Scotland, Pa., fifty-four years ago today. Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, born at Morristown, Vt., sixty-eight years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. All Souls' day. , Candidate Hughes today begins the homeward stretch of his final tour of the campaign, crossing New York state and concluding with a night speech at Albany. The comstitutional assembly recent- ly elected in Mexico has been sum- moned to meet at Queretaro today for organization. Billy Sunday has accepted an invi- tation to lead a spectacular street pa- rade in Detroit this afternoom, to mark the close of the Michigan cam- paign for statewide prohibition. On the occasion of the opening of the twenty-ninth annual exhibition of American oil paintings and sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago this afternoon the new addition to the in- stitute will be thrown open for the first time. Reducing Them Down and Out. St. Mary, Neb., Nov. 1.—To the Edi- tor-of The Bee: The democrats prom- ised us a reduction of the tariff and high cost of living. We must concede the reduetion of the tariff, but if they continue the reduction of the cost of living for another year as they have been doing the last two, the laboring people will become so prosperous as to be able to enjoy dried apples for breakfast, a cup of hot water for din- ner and a grand swell-up for supper.; Three cheers for the democratic ad- ministration. SCHUMANN. Hitchcock Repents too Late. Omaha, Nov. 1.—To the Editor of The Bee: Let me say this to Senator Hitchcock—Your repentance is too long delayed. Your hope to emerge out of your most determined and vio-| lent opposition to President Wilson's administration as an American pa- triot, one who rose above party for country, is futile and vain. You op- posed President Wilson in the coun- cils of the nation in an hour when the very republic was quivering in the balance of a most acute world crisis, while Washington trembled and Ber- lin rejoiced. But today you are far beyond those councils. No national or international policies are before you. You are returned to your native state with platitudes and evasions upon your lips, declaring a passionate de- votion to national democracy and its presidential candidate, Woodrow Wil- son. Your present attempt to set yourself right will not bring you a united democracy. You are inviting and actively ap- pealing for the support of the very elements in most violent opposition to Woodrow Wilson. You are the leader of the hyphen in politics and have played to the passions of races as against the integrity of the ideals and principles of the republic. Yes, Hitchcock's repentance comes too late. He hits the sawdust trail of democracy in the eleventh hour in fear and desperation of condemna- tion. His is the voice of political hypocrisy. J. BRAXTON GARLAND. Bee Editor Not Running for Office. Omaha, Nov. 1.—To the Editor of The Bee: I wish to compliment you on the editorial, “Politics and the Plain People.” It is splendid. Sometimes I feel like asking The Bee the question it has so repeatedly put up to our present senator, “Are you wet or dry?”’ The indications all seem to point to the fact that you are wet. I wish it were not so. H. B. FOSTER, Pastor Dundee Presbyterian Church. A Straw Vote Sign. Seward, Neb., Nov. 1.—To the Edi- tor of The Bee: A straw vote was taken Tuesday at the Woods cigar store in which 164 Seward citizens participated. The result follows: Hughes . on .102 Wilson 62 Sutton . 18 Neville . 80 Wet . . 63 Dry ... . 99 This represents one-fourth of the voting population of the city of Sew- ard. E. E. WOODS. Strong for Hughes. Orleans, Neb., Oct. 31.—To the Edi- tor of The Bee: If there is any vir- tue in straw votes, Harlan county will give Hughes and the entire republican ticket a sweeping majority. A poll of a party of men in Democratc County CHairman Gay’s office, democ- racy's headquarters in this county, was suggested by a democratic county can- didate and the result showed a ma- jority for Hughes and the republican ticket. In fact, the candidate and county chairman were the only two in the crowd voting for the administra- tion. Shadows of Religion. Blair, Neb,, Nov. 1.—To the Editor of The Bee: “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulflll the law of Christ. For if 4 man think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself." The writer does not know whether the above text was intended for one to use, who, in a demaocratic frams of mind, is trying to grasp the political and religious thought of the day under a republican form of government, but we can jggke a shot at it anyway. Is it pot » for some of us to under- stand re we are at when the social and pdiitical world is apparently turned “topsy turvy”.in a spirit of war and “do the other fellow first.” When ministers of the long-established churches, who command princely sal- aries, wake up and find they are in the wrong pew, we are guessing. When a man gives utterance to words that indicate he would have been taken from his pulpit and burned at the stake for using language indicating the fact that old-fashioned creeds and dogmas were wrong, may we ask If there is something “rotten” in Den- mark? Has the time arrived for the perishing of crowns and thrones from the face of the earth, and principles of righteousness that have obtained for about four centuries are t» be over- thrown? Again we find another minister in sore distress because he stands on a platform favorable to the open saiocn. Quotations from Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ are used to establish po- sition. Perhaps the words of our text would fit the occasion, but who can go in a “spirit of meekness" to err- ing brethren and tell thern where to head in. Preaching a sermon from such a text as “And he closed the book” is thoughtful and wise. Texts favorable to the cause of others could be found reading thus, “Let your moderation be known to all men.” Also, “Give strong drink to them that are sad, and wine to them that are grieved in mind; L let them drink and forget tavit Vo and remember their sorrov Let ministers who live ju fieton times" come to Blair on an = morn, bringing their re gregations along. Let ti everlasting hills and view scape, or observing leaf of tree in rainbow colors; one of the many beauty spots of Nebraska and the miui- die west. Come drink at the gr fountain of nature, where the hest in the world is to be found, gni member sorrows no more’ astl your “yoke” will be easier and Lurden lighter, because “if a man thinkcth neetiye m climb t1 the land | himself to be something when he nothing** he is like some of our ent day politicians, not only deceivin: himself, but he causeth grief to oth on the beautiful highway of hu life. T. 3. HILDEUR-\‘A\'T' NEBRASKA EDITORS. Editor Frank P. Shields, who recently sold the Orleans Isser, has returned to Tamora and resurrected the Lyre, which he pub- lished up to a few months ago. The new paper appears in magazine form. 0. D. Backus has purchased the Dawson Reporter from J. R. Harrah and will ‘take possession next Monday. Mr. Backus has been employed as a printer in the office of the Falls City Journal. Editor 0. O, Buck, who has been pro- prietor of the Newman Grove Reporter foh several years, has sold the paper to Robert Channer. { R. B. Cooley has sold the Crofton Journal to J. A. Lister, who took charge of the paper a few days ago, Mr. Cooley has re- turned to his home in Colorado. The York Daily News-Times printed a twenty-eight-page industrial edition last ‘week. CHEERY CHAFF. [- “My wife has a wheedling way with her. She always lowers her voice when she afks me for money." “So does mine; but she ralses it if she doesn’t get what she asks for."—Boston ‘Transcript. “The doctor has prescribed physical ex- ercise for Reggle.” “My -word, old top! gym “No; learning to Magazine. DEAR MR. KABIBBLE, EVERY TIME X CALL ON A CERTAN 'YOUNG LAY AN ELDERLY MAN CALLS ABOUY THE. SAME YIME YO Has he joined a he's discharged his dress himself. THAYS PRESRRLY THE MINSTER— “You have been accused of being a pre- varicator.” Well." replied Senator Sorghum, “that sounds hopeful. The fact that they selected 80 dellcate a word indicates that somebody is afrald of me.”—Washington Star. “Don’t you miss the nolse and bustis of the city, now that you live in the country ?" “Not If I catch my train Browning's Magaaine. “Beggars should not be choos “That's where you're wrong, mister. A beggar's got to be mighty careful in choos- In' the men he tries to touch. If he ain't he's liable to have somebody hand him & job Instead of a dime."—St. Louis Post- Dispatch. PRINTER'S DEVIL INITIATED. ‘When the devil took the Fellowcraft degree, O, my Brothers, it was hard on you and me! On’the Square, and on the Level, To be brother to the devil, O, my Brothers, awful hard on you and me! CHORUS. When the devil took the Felloweraft degree, Oh, the “sticks and slugs,” and roast and Pi were free, There we held him by the horns, Till we trampled off his corns, When the devil took the Fellowcraft degree. Masons rallied for the working, hades proof, Then skedaddled when wo saw his eloven hoot, Called the Tyler with his sword, i Wardens, Deacons, or Ghorde, And we whooped him through the Fellow- craft goof. How it happened there is no one ever knows, Put his whole remains together at the close; Cloven hoofs and horns were gone, There he stood with apron on, And a Brother Grip that ev'ry Mason knows, Omaha. LU B. CAKE, ’ There is nothing imaginary about the world-wide 1 M’Mf PIANOS and PLAYI’{ PIANOS It is the natural recognition accorded to tangible musical merit—the lasting appreciation of supremacy of tone, touch and construction. Easy Terms Used Planos Taken in Exchange A. HOSPE CO. 1513-15 Douglas Street. e [ U TR AT R H T E LR A and the Astor New York’s leading ww-flrm%fim“”.. Single Rooms, with bath, Double . - Pldot.fldmudh&,hmbllm At Broadway, 44th to 45th Streets—the center of New York's socidl business activities. In close proximity to all railway t:nnm. 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