Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1916, Page 6

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Address communications rélating to news ‘and aditorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. OCTOBER CIRCULATION .. - B3e18 Dnily—Smdnfio,zu- " 43 Dwight Williams, cireulation m. er of The Bee e ——————A T ¥ Publishing company, being dul{ sworri, says that tl ! ayerage circulation for the month of October, 19186, & 68,618 daily, and 60262 Sunday, L, 4 DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manage i Bubacribed in my presence and sworh to before me _ this 4th day of November, 1916, p g €. W. CARLSON, Notary Pyblic. B i-‘hnibon leaving the | city unmlzll‘y should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- € dress will be changed as often as required. Help get out the vote, .« And don’t forget that Neb;a-kl eeds Hughes’ more than Hughes needs Nebraska. —— _Vote early. lf you cannot vote early, don’t fail 'to vote before 8 o'clock p. m. when the polls . Senatot Hitcheock is worse than worried; likewise Brother Newbranch, = That's very evident! ! ' % \Pnt,y lndfin have submitted their claims and . ! predictions. It is up to the rank and file to make good. . : “ oy P g Gomperl'i; still “standing by ' Wilson,”, but that is no proof that the labor vote is deJiverable by Gompers. ¥ 1 pil ' The sure way to stop the jail feeding graft is ‘to elect Mike Clark sheriff, and thus oust the feed graft gang. y Whether yc;x “vote 'er straight” or are deter: ined to “scratch,” put your cross it the repub- “lican party circle first, . The outcome will also determine whether o ifl."tfl' Arthur Mullen” keeps his foot on Bryan the next four years. N . Y - ~ Ten hours of voting and then more than ten ‘mwo( counting supply election offi#u with ng .argument for an &ight-hour day. | ——— erhaps it is safe Jow for you to answer: you, ‘wet' or ‘dry,' Sendtor Hitchcock?" have you so persistently dodged the ques- 'that Bryan has not taken' bdck a single he uttered fast spring in denunciation of as the Wall street and brewers’ candi- know 3 w-mmi have had their day and prophete fiom‘mw of eager ears.” Now is the hour silent voter, beforé whose majesty bo the ‘rulers of Liberty's ‘millions, : Be advised that the retutns from Nebraska will /' be unusually late and slow. ‘The, polls do not ~,close this time until 8 o'clock at night and the ballot is longer and more complicated for count- uq than ever before. ‘. ———— 'Yes, and don't forget, either, that a vote for WM and Hitchcock'is a vote endorsing the - award of Omaha's $6,000-a-year postmastership Ao-Charley Fanning. Hitchcock picked him and ‘Wilson appointed him, despite all protes v ; —— — ’ ' Watching Popular, Drift: St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Mr. Wilson's Cindinnati speech was not the E'r‘n in which he revealed the fact that he shapes his official course by lyjs conception of the popu- . far’ drift. ' The first intimation anybody Kld—t - except the democratic tembers of the house ju- ' diciary. committee who pigeon-holed the proposed - amendment on the strength of a private letter the president-elect to A. Mitchell Palmer— ‘Mr. Wilson would violate his single-term ledge came in a speech duriug the first year of . his administration, when he told of looking ‘out Potontac and trying to read the public a bit of Hibernian merniment preced- | * .ing 2 bovine encounter, he confided to the coun- 5 u‘,y in his Jackson day speech at Indianapolis in 1915 thas "Wqodrow sat back and ' chuckled” when numerous editors thought they were re- | flecting the nation’s sentiment as to' administea- f dealings with Mexico. In an address to the N al Press club he again commented on the ty of ascertaining popular sentiment. He reminded the correspondents that while each thought he knew what the people of his own sec- tion were thinking nobody was sure of it. He ‘prided himself on his superior ability at “inter- mm. the nation’s tHought,” which en?hem. ism for “catching the popular drift * The whims he most systematically studied :m the congressional elections of 1914 were of the progressives. That was why he pro- 14 a clumsy and invalid federal presidential Y scheme as the chief recommendation to .,:rg session of the sixty-third congress. at is why he favored a federal trade commis- sion, witich his party had riot approved. It ex- jins | ‘uimerul on ‘Hle subject of a tariff co t accounts for his eager advocacy of a leral child labor law, although as a publicyilt he fibn‘t l:fih a measure could be upheld only by absur extravagant interpretation of the n!'l\'m.lz Thiy "why he lbnn%nned his ntion that the government’s relations to a r credit system should be merely supervisory. It 'was in deference to popular sentiment that switched on the subject of preparedness and ed 3 ™ “henw‘lo-’a‘nd ‘ex edhmen i in T, LIt why~he s without investigation, the side of the rail- ; i!-.‘h’ ‘he thought \had the mpost %) 1 Wilson’s Words of Mystery. In his#Sybilline role Mr. Wilson i§ mdst in- teresting. He filled his closing address om Shadow Lawn with gloomy forebodirigs and ob- scure hints of something of dreadful portent lowering over ‘the United States, to be averted only through his continuance in power. Mr. Wilsor™ commenced his administration in’ the same way, going before congress with a personal statement of serious complications with an un- named world power, sure to follow if his wish were not granted. All through his career as president, he has thrown out from time to time mysterious pra’iuions of misfortune of calamity waiting just ahead, from which his foresight and prudence alone cduld save the nation. Why doesn’t he come out in the open and tell the pub- lic the real nature of some of these bogies he is fgre\'er suggesting? He is pledged to “pitiless publicity,” and shrinks at the thought of “in% visible government;” so wouldn’t he but be living up to his professions if he were to take us all into his confidence, and-tell us from what source ‘we are to look for the disaster? He'll have the peo- ple soofi looking on his powerful foe as did Mrs: Hatris on Sairey” Gamp's friend: T don't be- lieve there never was mo such person.” What of Bryan's’ Political Future? : At this particular time a little speculation on the political futyre of William Jennings Bryan may be entertaining, evén though premature. Is Mr. Bryan to continue to be a’figure in na- tional politics or is he to drop out? The answer naturally depends somewhat' upon the. result of this election, & Jt goes without saying that whether Wilson is defgated or elected the democratic party will have to have anothgr standard-bearer four years from now. It also goes without saying that Mr. Bryan's ambition to occupy the White House has ‘not been completely extinguished by three hope- less efforts.’ ezt " “To whom tan the democratic party turn or, (l(htl'. whom other than Bryan own the demo- rats deve’lop as an acceptable” ngtional leader in the coming four years? Can any one else get in front of him in that shert time? True, Mr. Bryan's position must rest, in a large degree, on control by his friends of. the democratic organization of his own state. He must have the ‘home folks™ behind him to com- mand consideration abroad. And the chief ob- stacle before him is the control of the demo- cratic ofganigation in Nebraska by the political highbinders who are his personal gnd party ene- mies. Mr. Bryan also is certain of a steady back- fire from the principl democratic hewspaper organ of Nebraska, ienltor Hitchcock's World- Herald, directed”by an:envious self-seeker who has felt the abasement forced upon him\by the recognition, accobded Bryan in the natignal codn- cils, of the party. If M Bryap is to maintain a position of leadership, his next “great battle” must be to driye the democratic money-changers owt of the inner nnctuny‘of his own party in Nebtaska, ‘ : 3 Thjl fs the significance of the skirmishing which” has bgen taking place within the demo- cratic lines since the prelude to the April/ pri- mary. It is the jmport of this year’s campaign for Mr, Bryan's futdre -activity in polit Labor Not Easily Fooled: |, . Those democratic politicians who think the labor vote can be Gerded jto. the ipolls in a mass’ .T making a serfous mistake, The workingnien of America are not, fools, and have every reason to keep fully abréast of political developments. Moreover, they know when an attempt is being made to_deceive them and are well aware of the emptiness of democratic pretense of friendly in- terest, Having had long experience in the south, where the democratic party s in full control and from ghence it gets whatever ot strength it has in the nation. The sham of the Adamson law is well understood by the wotkers, who are also | fully alive to the fact that the child labor law and the compensation law for federal employes was forced on the president against his will and car- \riéd through congrless by republican votes. These facty cannot be hidden by democratic clamor. ats are 8o Bolicitous for the wel- 7 qd sincere n their profes- sion of desire Yo Ielp, why didn't they raise the #ay of the government employes in the District of Coluimbia, where many hundreds are working for sueh ‘d miserable pittance as would make 3 slave driver blush? - One grave digger, employed at the Arlington cemetery, testified that his pay was $40 a month, that his family had not tasteq meat for many weeks and he didn's know when they would again, and his fellows were in sthe same fix. He was docked for the time he lost from work in going before the house committee, and the bill again avas laid over, although it has been, before two democratic congresses, At the federal ‘building in Qmaha janitors and chat- women are paid at the lowest rate, and have been compelled "to tgke-\.meallpm‘withont pay, that the democrats in Washington could make a show- ing of econgmy. Here also otd and faithful servanfs in the.postoffice have been demoted and their pay reduced, that Mr. Burleson could in- flate a fake surplug in his department. Further- _mof€, the eight-hour law for postal employes is continually violated, dnd protests against the sit- uation are mef with threats of digmissal from the service, RAL + Labor is aware of these facts and isn't, being fooled to any extent by ‘democrits posing as labor leaders and pretending to be able to deliver \he votes of all the organized workers to any candidate, Wdteh the count as a proofrof this, S—— .", Don't Overlook Harmon.' When marking your‘bullot today, do not for- get to put a cross against the proposed, constitu- tional amendment praviding for the appointment of a food commissioner, the purpose of which is to fasten Clarence Harmon on the state pay: roll for life., It is morally certain this amend- ment will be defeated, but it should be so over- whelmed "that no officer of the state of Ne- braska will ever n‘ain shamelessly attempt to perpetuate himself in office ‘through the agency of a constitutional amendment. " If any. doubt rem: Philippine’ vote, “wipe it off the political slate, Late arrivals of Manila newspapers proclaim un- swerving loyalty to the flag and all it stands for in the campaign. Conclusive proof of sincerity is afforded by the féatured headlines: “Roose- velt Flays Wilson,” “Hughes DEnounces Treason of Democrats,” and “President Wilson Routs His Critics.” While the headings sound*a familiar note, they embody the.temper of the islanders and lindicne a lively determigation ‘to land on the winning side at _the finish.: i o 5 - BEE: -OMAHA, -TUESDAY, Faith of Our Presidents (Washington Correspondent of The Bee.) . Of the twenty-seven presidénts of the United States thus far all but two will go into biographi- cal anpals as Christian @hurch members., The exceptions are Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Johnson. Jefferson, thought by many %o be in- different to churches, being known as a liberal in his views, while not connected as a com- mupicant with any denomination, is set down by his most intimate friends as a believer in the Christian religion, He was a beMever, but any- thing but a sectarian. ~ Andrew Johnson called himself a Methodist, but he was not a member g times with his wife, who was a devoted member. Washington, Madison, Monroe, William H. Harrison, Tyler, and Tayjor, all of whom were born ‘in Virginia, where the Episcopal church was the leading .denomination in the early days of the republic, were members of that church; two other presidents, Franklin Pierce and Arthur, | were also Episcopalians. John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, Fillmore, and Taft are aligried as Unitarianss The first of the Pres- byterian presidents was Jackson, followed by | Polk, Buchanan, Lincoln, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison wnd . Wilson. Grant, Hayes, and Mec- Kinley were Methodists. Van Buren, and Roose- velt were members of” the Reformed Dutch church, Garfield bebonged fo the Disciples sect, commonly ‘known as the Campbellite church. That the presidents were believers in the goodness and omnipotence of God is ‘testified in the public utterances of nearly every one of them, Jefferson, who on account of ‘the “established church,” the IChurch' of England, now'known as the' Protestant &piscopal church, being pre- dominant in Virginia affairs and threatening, as in the mother couftry, to rule the state, intro- duced and had passed by the Virginia legislature the freedom-of-worship act. * He regarded ‘that as one thing he would, be willing to have in- cluded in his epitaph, for it enabled people to be {reed from constraint ‘to observe a religion not theirs, a religion, as he fegarded the Epis+ gopal church, of the aristocracy. Just about a year before his death, Jefferson, in a letter to a young namesake, admonished him: “Adore God. Reverence and cherish your parents.” Be just. Be true. Love your neighbor as yourself. Murmur pot at the ways of Providence. So shall the life into which' you have entered be the portal to one ‘of eternal and ineffable bliss.” The fathers of our country were, as a whole, a ‘deeply religious group of men. The makers and signers of the Declaration of Independence, concluding that immortal document, appealed to the “Supreme Judge of the World” for the recti- tude of their intentions. John Jay, afterward the first chief justice of the. United States supreme court, was an exemplar of "the pious state of mind in which the first American patriots ap- grolched the solution of the problems which rought liberty and ‘independence to the colonies. A year before the declatation he 'addressed ar convention of New York, patriots and in an ap- peal which throughout breathed a consecration of heart to God and country, said in conclusion: “We believe and are persuaded that you will do your duty like men, and cheerfully refer your cause to the great and righteous Judge. If suc- cess crowns your efforts, all the blessings of free men will"be your reward. If you fall in the contest, you will be happy with ‘God in heaven.” . i o 4 Two of the presidents, Cleveland, 'and Wil- san, had fathers who were l{res.byterlan minis-‘| ters, and they, too, were of ‘the faith of their fathers. The republican ¢andidate for president is also the son of a minister. His father, Dawid ' Hughes, was for many yefrs pastor of the Baptist ¢church at Glenn Falls, N. Y., and there his son,, Charles Evans Hughes, When a boy, joined the church, , When young Hughes went to Brown university it was with the expectation of his areiits and himself ‘that he would fit himself or the ministry. But his mind was of a,different mould. His aspirations and reading and observa- tion led -him to chopse the law' for a profession. to the trend of the Ardently fond of his profesgion, he clung to the chyych of his family. and throughout his career has been an active worker and a prominent lay- than, teaching in Sundt{‘ ¢ ! I actively with the Young Men’s Christidn Associa- tion. In New York, Mr. Hughes was a member lof the Fifth Avenue. Baptist ' church, .of which while he was a member the pastor, a_former cllu,mlt$lt Brown university, was Rev. Dr. Wil- liam" H. P. Fllmc;{ now presideént ofsthe univer- sity. There Mr. Hughes taught a Bible class of young men, and w\len. he relinquished it for Ais duties as governor of New York, he was suc- _ceeded by John) Rockefeller, jr. Six years ago, when he came to th_mg;on to take his place as a member of the United States supremie court, he transferred his ‘copnection from the New York church to Calvary Baptist’ church in {Washifgton. Justice. Hughes becamg almost as active a member of the’ Washington' church as he was in his home church, He presided over the Baptist conivention in Washington of the north- ern churches two years ago and made a notable- address. He also-made a memorable address two years ago at the celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Calvary ¢hurch. The venerable Rev, Dr, Samuel H. Greene, who has been thirty-seven years the pastor of that church, deprecating the idea of being guoted, said to your correspondent, “Yes, Mr. Hughes has always been an active B. He ‘has attended our church regular]y. has worked for the church ardently. But with all his sectarian pre- disposition, you will find in his speeches and addresses having to do with church work a, broad, and liberal spirjt toward other peoples and denominations.”, o schopls and 'working Just ten years ago- Mr. Hughes was nomi- .nated by the republicans for governor of “New York. Just ten yeaPs)ago, this week, -he deq livered an address to the Young Men's Christian Association of New York City at the’Fifth Ave- nue, church. The address had been booked for him before he was nominated for “office. It sf:oWed perhaps ‘bettqr than anything else he has had to say of (Christian duty what manner of piety was his. He was then ‘a candidate for office for the first time in his life. The exordium of his speech was to dismiss all political sug- gestion. He talked in a simple heart-to-heart, conversational way with the thousands af young men gathered to hear him. He spoké’of the littering oppoxtunities for success in life prof- ered young men in New York, and urged them ‘in striving for prizes. to lead clean, honest, manly ‘lives. . \ “There is one thing more important than any- thing else,” he said} “and that is that within you' there shoald be a citadel which nome can assail, a fortress that cannot be carried by assault, that is ptdof against any kind of attack, and that is t‘;e citadel of self-respect. 5 “We want faith in God. We want_faith in the reign of His goodness. We want falth in all that makes for righteousness.” . 1f elected president, he Will be the first Baptist to be a tenant of the White House. Those who have been most intimate witlt him Jn church en- terprise ard religious fellowship ;say that in no wise has the staunchness of his loyalty fo his religious faith calloused the fiber or congealed the warmth of the man and brother in his na- ture. His bent of mind, while’ severely disciplined, is radiant with an oplinjism that gives him a cheerful look uppn life, wighin and without. His respites and recreations, regularly taken out of a studious,| busy life, prove in his mental’and sentimental ‘composition a sane and genial spirit. Fond of travel, he has gane often across the ocean to tour in Earopean countries. . He has spent many summiers fishing_and hunting in the upper Maine woods and watcrs, his companipn Fusually being his son, Charles Evans Hughes) jr., of whom, like a wise, affectionate father, he made his most intimate comrade. Within® doors he has many times lent” himself with unfeigned zest to diversions of intellectual play, sucg as chess and whist, and his prowess in thege mind vlgorts have attested his wholesome esteem for the tonic of seasopable relief from task drudgery. * ' i . NOVEMBER 17, of the church. He attended that church some- | 1916. Thoug‘n Nugget for the Day. 1'know no method to sécure the re- as their strict -constructien. ectual ¢ —Ulysses S. Grant. One Year Ago Today in the War. Germans won important success at Krusevac. Anglo-Italian army reported on way across Albania. ' Russians extended offensive west of Riga and south of Dvinsk. Secretary Lansing sent note Great Britain declaring blockade il- legal. i Italians officially reporteéd suec- cesses along entire front in three en- gagements. . In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. g A movement in on foot to start a first-class gymnasium in this city. The first meeting to discuss the matter will be held at the store of Collins, Gor- don & Kay. While W. C. Beard of this city was visiting at the residence of L. C. Bald- win of Council Bluffs he discovered a colored man ‘sneaking his overcoat from .the hallway, and, collaring the fellow, he marched him to the po- lice station. Isaac Hodgson‘has left for the Min- neapolis office, accompanied by sev- eral gentlemen of this city who con- template building and who wish t look over the work of some of the famous architects in. that city. Mr. Hodgson 'will return in about a week. Mike Farrell, one of the most ca- pable and best known of the Union Pacific passenger engineers, has been compelled to give up his run by the effects of an attack of sunstroke while workihg in his overheated cab. At a meehng of the Omaha Orato- rio society F. W.'Gray was chosen president and G. M. Hitchcock treas- urers The directors selected were C. D. Dorman, Willlam Wallace and Rev. Detweiler. . Mrs. Adolph Meyer entertained the women of the Coffee club with a de- lightful lunch at the Millard hotel, The fuperal of Patrick McCarthy, who settled in Nebraska In 1853, took place from the late residence of the deceased. The body was interred in St. Mary's cemetery. This Day in History, 1814—-General Jackson,’ without au- thority, at the head of 3,000 men, ap- peared -before the Spanish town of Pensaeola to ‘drive out’ the British, who blew up the fort and retired. 1837—Rev. Elijak’ v Lovejoy, pub- lisher of the Alton ‘(Ill.) Observer, shot dead by a mob at his office. 1839—The emperor of Russia issued ‘a ukase. permitting the title of citi- «zen of the first class to be held by any Jew worthy of it. Pl 1861—Indecisive battle at Belmont, Mo., between the federals under Grant and the confederatés under Polk. ¢ 1866+—King Victor Emmanuel I made his state entry into Venice. 1882—General Benjamin F. Butler | was electeéd governor of Massachu- setts, '« 1885—Canadian . steamer Algonma' foundered in Lake Superior, with loss of forty-five lives.' 1891—~Dr. Harvef Rice, known as the “father of the /Ohipo school sys- tem,” died in Cleveland. Born at Conway, Mass., June 11, 1800. , © 1899%—A military 'expedition on board transports under - General ‘Wheaton captured Dagupan, Philip- pine islands. 4 The Day We Celebrate. Byron H. Smith of the' talloring and haberdashery firm of Willlams & Bmith is today fifty years old. He “was 'born ‘at Richland Center, Wis. Samuel A. Corneer, treasurer of the Union Fuel company, was born November 7, 1860. He is a native of Denmark, coming to this country in 1862, He 1s also -president of the Corneer Bros. company, in the brick “business, and served a member of the Nebraska legislature one term. John W. Hughesy secretary of thé Guaranty Fund Life Insurance com- pany, is 34." ‘He was born in Omaha and was formerly with the Omaha National bank. ) Nels A. Lundgreén, insurance man, was born November 7, 1867, in Sweden, comihg to this country in 1887. He is up for re-election to the legislature. He worked. fof the Ham- mond Packing cbmpany at South Omaha and police sérvice from 1887 to 1890, \ 3 Dr. Herbert WelcH, one 'of the new bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, born in New York City fifty- four years ago today. ’ Charlotte Crabtree (“Lotta”), fa-' mous actress, now retired, born in New York City sixty-nine years ago today. . Mme. Pierre Curle, famous for her researches and discoveries in the fleld of chemistry, born in Poland forty- nine years ago foday. Abram' W. Harris, president of Northwestgrn university and secretary of the board of education of the Meth- odist Episcopal church; born in Phil- adelphia fifty-eight yedrs ago today. Dr. Andresv D. White! celebrated reducator and diplomatist, born at Ho- mer, N. Y, eight-four years ago to- day. ' Timely Jottings and Reminders. ' The president will motor to Pfince- ton to t his ballot today and re- turn thence to Long Branch, where he will meceive the election returns. Candidate Charles B, Hughes is ex- pected to be in New York City tonight to receive the election returns. Former = Wresident _Roosevelt will cast his ballot at ster ‘Bay and for- mer President Taft will’ exercise his right as a voter At New Haven. ‘Woman suffragists are particularly interested in the election im Bouth Da‘ kota, the only state in which that is- sue is to be voted on today. The soclalists exg(-cl to make a sur- prising show of strength at the polls today in Oklahoma, Nevada and Mon- tana and in some of the larger cities. One of the most pretentious corn shows ever held in the south will be opened at Wilmington, N.. C., today 4nd continued: through the remainde of the week. Storyette of the Day. The backyard of a house in a Massa- chusetts town is overlooked by the windows' of an orphan asylum. In this backyard stood a barrel of ap- ples, which were disappearing at a rapld rate. The' woman of the house, a widow and a knowing mother, summoned her 8-year-old son to make inquiry touch- ing the curious disappearance of the fruit. “Yes, mother, I've eaten the apples,” he confessed, ‘but I reallx had to do it +'‘Had to do. it?” “Yes, mother; the orphans wanted 80 many cores.”—Boston Herald. \ e . D eal of bad or.obnoxious laws 8o ef- [ to’ ’ Could Dickeps Say It Now? Neb,, ' Nov. 6— To the Editor of The Bee: The mo&t populat writer in England a generation ago was Charles Dickens. In his “Child's History of England” he 'speaks of the United States as “One of the greatest nations of the earth, and in these times in which I write honorably remarkable for pro- tecting its subje wherever ‘they may travel with 4 dignity and a de- termination which is a model for England.” Would Dickens be able to say as much in this year of gmce?I A Grand ,Island, Something of a Discrepancy. » ‘Hebron, Neb., Nov. 4.—To the Edi- tor of The Bee: I see by the World- ‘Herald*of today that the Byron- ‘| Hughes-Fajrbanks club of Byron has only four members. I suppose they intended thig to read forty. However, 1 wish to say that I am the secretary of the "Byron club, and when I left home yesterday we ‘had ninety mem- all going to vote for Hughes. .. I havé good reason to belleve that by this t#me obur club has a member- ship of at least-100. 1f the party who sent in that report thinks we have no Hughes men in Byron precinct, will ask them to just watch the Byron vote, for it is going for Hughes, W. BaCISSNA. Chris’ Awkward Position. Columpus, Neb., Nov. 5.—To Ithe Editor of Phe Bee: Clever and re- sourceful, Chris Gruenther, editor of the Platte Ceqter Signal, member of the real estate firm of Becher, Hoch- enborger'& Chambers of Columbus, clerk of ‘the distriet court in demo- cratic Platte county, four years ago Nebraska champion ‘of the cause of the reactionary Harmon in the demo- cratic 'primaries, recently defeated applicant for ‘the plum of collector of internal revenue at the hands of the Bryan element and at present guid- ing star of Senator Hitchcock's cam- paign, has caused consternation among his friends by his recent edi- torial, in which he apparently takes a political flop. For the ldst two years Mr. GruentMer has been openly and boldly denouncing: the foreign policy of President Wilson, alleging rank favoritism toward the allies. No republican could be strogger in his views against the president. Something, however, has suddenly oeccurred, something in the way of an unknown force, which has made it politically expedlent for Chris to vir- tually retract all those bitter attacks upon Wilson. “His method attracts admiration, but not respect, for he endeavors to assail the character of Charles E. Hughes.. He subtly im- plies that if Hughth s elected, Roose- velt would rule; in fact, goes so far as to assert a ipre-election pact exists between the two to plunge thé United States and Germany into war. Present. sentiment among his read- ers, however, and any place where this sort of claptrap is erhployed, in- dicates that it is not being well re- ceived. Chris will have to resort to some other Puncombe material for use in his usual eleventh hour letter, i pSI Y Comparison \and Contrést. Oxford,”Neb.,, Nov. 6.—To the BEdi- tor' of The Bee: We are about to elect a president, and there are but two scofes by which we may wisely judge their fitness—first, by the, party they represent, and second, by their ability, to understand and their firm- ness to execute the laws and policies f our government as.shown by their public record. - Hughes, as a legislator, as an execu- tive of New York state and as a judge of our highest court, \has shown an aptitudes to meet squarely and’ justly every duty and obligation devolving upon him while in those offices. The party he represents came, info power With the election of Abraham'Lin- coln, ,and - Mr. Wilson's managers are | now likening the present administra- tion to that of Lincoln, and even claim that Wilson has had to meet the more grave and difficult problgms. There is not one iota of truth in_the elaim or in the comparison. Lincoln found, on taking the office, a bankrupt treas- ury, our national credit destroyed and our government shaking to its very foulldations from an organized rebel- lion.' This deplorable condition came {about under a democratic administra- tion ‘lacking in financial abllity and ‘professing that, they would keep us out of war. On the other hand, Woodrow Wilson, on taking the reins from the republicans; found a treas- ury full to oveyflowing, a national credit theg best on the globe; he found 4 united, happy and prosperous peo- ple and a firm, powerful union which was at peace and respected at home and abroad. Under the republican parly‘l!he blqotest and most cruel re- bellioh wds terminated and a reunion magfianimously organized. Since that time our/ nation’s wonderful growth in wealth, prosperity and world achievements has been under the leadership and gulding hand of the republican party. The democratic party, too, is quite different. . In convention assembled in 1864 they openly declared the war a faflure (now Wilson says it is treason to‘say aught against his wob- bling Mexican policy). They told us the war must be stopped and that Abraham Lincoln must be re- called, Today the same democratic _party is praising Llnco’ln‘ admitting bers, all live men and voters, and are | then | him+nearly equal to Wilson, but then Lincoln has long been dead. Later the democratic party.denownced Mc- Kinley, charging that if we elected him he would set up a kingdom and yuhnlish the Fourth of July; that he would call eur fathers, brothers and our sons to battle and flood our repub- lic with feminine tears. Today they proclaim McKinley a great and good president, but then, McKinley is also dead. For a brief time this party administered our government under Clevelang, They came into power on the slogan that the republicans had too much money in the treasury and that our tariff was a rohper of the pedple. These evils they Viewed with alarm and proceeded to empty the treagury, and they fixed the tariff so our people lost all fear of robbers, as they had nothing to lose. . But we must oredit that administration with building up the soup manufacturing | industry, which will long be remem- bered by our jobless working fmen ot that time. Coming into power for the second time since the rebellion, ‘they were quickly able to fix the treasury, and the soup industry was about to eclipse \its former record when a gi- gantic war started in Europe, sending millions of money toithis country for war necessities, and yet Wilson or- dered a stamp tax, a thing never thought of before when we were at peace., Now Wilson is telling us that he, instead of the European conflict, saved us from the soup house and that farmers should vote for him be- cause his administration has raised the price of wheat. It is sad that Mr. Wilson has so small an opinion of the American voter’s intelligence, and here i8 where he and Hughes differ squarely. The latter appeals to the reasoning power and patriotism of the voter, while ‘Wilgon appeals to the passions, preju~ dices and selfishness of the people. Which shall we choose? ' A. C. RANKIN. Quinby Restates His Reasons. The Bee: As to Senator Hitchcock, for whom I have voted every time he has been a candidate for anything, his action four yeats ago disappointed me. Even after Wilson was elected and inaugurated Senator Hitchcock continued his opposition tg him, and always along reactionary fnes. I do not now recall, and I doubt if his most ardent friends can recall, a sin- gle piece of progressive .legislation backed by Wilson that did not receive Hitchcock's opposition. Indeed, I heard the senator at'our Commercial club luncheon, during = those days, confess to his atdience that, though he was a democrat, at Washington he often stopped to examine himself to see if he were a democrat or repub- lican. Truly he was right, for thou- sands of others at that time had the same difficulty about him. You surely have not forgotten that during that time Hitchcock was the one member of his party on his com- mittee to join with five republicans to force through a substantial dupli- cate of the Aldrich currency scheme, a plan which had received the specific eondemnation of the Baltimore plat- form. I do not criticise some end- ments which) he finally made”to the bank bill; that is not now the ques- tion. The fact is that he was the constant antagonist of the president. You have not forgotten 'his fight against the president's shipping bill, as well as every other forward move- ment. The president's Indianapolis speech at that time censured certain senators, among whom was Hitch- cock. . Yet there was a sudden transforma- tion in the senator’s actions. It was at the time when Mr. Bryan had.an apparent difference with Wilson. Then Hitchcogk transformed from an antagonist to a supporter.’ I dislike to question motives, but judging by the senator's subseduent.actions, some jof which were mentioned in the lettgr to which you take exceptions, I am forced to the conclusion that he thought’ this difference between Wil- sén and Bryan afforded him the op- portunity to accomplfsh Bryan's hu- miliation. He afid his paper have done much work in this diréction since that time. Whatever regret I might have from personal considerations, I feel that my attitude is right. L. J. QUINBY.' Discriminating buyers who seek real musical worth tra- and ok Theyare the choice of the cultured artist, of the experienced virtyoso, of intelligent music lovers who de- mand more than mere reputation, | Easy Terms PiANOS Used Pianos Taken in Exchange A. 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