Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1916, Page 8

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. L VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice s second-c N TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. “: By Carrler By Mall per month per year Dafly and Sunday Datly without Sunday Evening and Sunday.. Evening without Sunday Sunday Bee only Shiss o R0C Zoiii Daily and Sunday Hee, three yoars In advance, $10.00. Send notice of change of address or irregularity In de- ltvery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only Z-cent stamps taken in payment of small mccounts. Parsonal checks, except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Ruilding. South Omaha—2318 N street Councll Bluffa—14 North Main street THE BEE: OMAHA Germany's Proffer of Peace. Until the exact nature of the terms on which Germany and its allies, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, proffer peace to the Entente Allies, dis- cussion of the situation must be much in the nature of speculation, That such an offer can be made in good faith is surcly an encouraging sign. In each of the several countries now en- gaged in war statements have been made by high government officials of terms and conditions on which peace would be acceptable, but of such manifestly impossible character as to leave some doubt as to the exact purpose of the speakers, If the present proposal contains anything on which honorable and lasting peace may be predicated, it sdncoln—526 Little Bullding Chi £1% People’s Gas Bullding 248 Fifth avenue k of Commerce. nth street. N. % ¢ 2 4 ] | | « 3 1 ' H | Address comm | matter to Omal "CORRESPONDENCE. ations relating to news and editorial e, Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 55,483 Daily—Sunday 50,037. Dwight Willlams, ::Ireulldtlzn manager ;': ;l":l:' 'l';: Publishi company, befng dul W , b IVQI"I.‘F,:‘ rcu|lllnnn for the month of November, 1916, was 55,483 dally, and 50,037 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn lo before me this 2nd day of December, 1916, €. W, CARLBON, Notary Public. o - - Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad. dress will be changed as often as required. As a model good fellow the stock yards Santa Claus heads the class. i Observe how quickly peace propositions re- duce the gas in speculative balloons, 3 — The specter of bankruptcy ranks foremost among the forces of war pressing for a quick fiinish. A kindly ht; spared Carmen Sylva the spec- tacle of her country paying the price of a dis- astrous war dance, Qil is going up, wheat coming down, The ups and downs of rival monarchs fail to shake the lofty serenity of King Coal Progpects of a shake-up in the Washinglon cabinet grow more remote as the days pass. How- ever, London, Paris and Petrograd furnish all i f ‘ needful excitement in that line ‘; Three Balkan kings have been put out of business this year. Food and fuel monarchs in this country challenge a like fate. The road roller of public indignation, once started, flattens all before it. — ¢ German efficiency is largely responsible for the overthrow of the Asquith ministry. Prime Minister George recognizes the service by in- ~ corporating in his platform several planks “made in Germany.” S—— In times of stress a democracy submits to modified dictatorship as readily as an autocracy. _ The stake of national fife overshadows all else and justifies measures which are impossible in normal ‘times. ——— “Major General Funston shows considerable strategy in flanking « theological discussion and in avoiding a pulpit deliverance, 'Still, he must be credited with putting out entertaining and instructive Sunday reading. —————— Major General Goethals sounds the true note of national progress in three words: “America for Americans.” The more vitality put*into it by our acts the greater will be national unity, patriotism, self-respect and advancement, ———————— Intimations are out from official sources that Christmas offerings to the' amount of $200,000 would be welcomed at the democratic national ‘committee headquarters, A copious contribution hox at the pie counter seems to be in order. —— The revival of the custom of presidential confabs with Washington correspondents sug- gests among other things a merging of political peace with the tonic qualities of the season's good will. Four years more is a rare brand of democratic exhilaration It is difficult to reconcile the wealth-making possibilities of the drug business with the Assman theory that sidelines are needed to make ends meet. Until the contrary is shown it is prefer- - able to believe that close confinement spurred | | the desire for outdoor exercise. Easy money was incidental, Some time must elapse before the inner sig- ' | nificance of the allied shake-up becomes apparent. Dissatisfaction with the progress of the campaign is the main cause, but the fact that the change embraces military as well as political management portends the scrapping of campaign methods hitherto pursued. Their development whets the interest of jaded neutrals. “I Have Lived’’ Chicago Herald. Now and then, above the clang and clamor of the world's discontent, rises a refreshing note of human gratitude and gladness. Such a note is ng:‘ded hyl the Rev. Jn':eph An(hunthilhurn. a Chicago clergyman, in the autumnal “philosoph of life” called “Everyman’s World."” i i “My sun has passed the meridian,” says this rnhl elder, “and is moving with rhythmic and eliberate stride toward the western horizon, be- _yond which lies the alluring world of mystery and wonder. ‘"As I look back over the years I feel that | should say a liturgy of thanksgiving to Fortune for the lavishness of her bounty toward me. She has not alwa? consulted my desires nor humored my moods. I have found her to be more a Stoic ‘than a Sybarite in her manners and methods, She has made me pay with a sufficient liberality for the many felicities I have enjoyed (hmugh the grace of her favor. 1In the things of lesser impor- tance the mysterious providence that rules over the affairs of men has been frugal with me; but [ have been blessed beyond measure in the one treasure of priceless significance, the treasure of lyeu I have lived!” ot a bad saying that, for those still in the thick of the _fifi. t, still seeking fortune's favors, to remember. The point of view alters all possible erspectives; things seen in the retrospect seem menm indeed from the same objects under ad- ‘vance or even contemparaneous consideration. Mr, Milburn has not found life's pilgrimage too easy or luxurious. Indubitably he has known periods doubt, -distress, discouragement, depression, ‘now, from the western slope, he recalls amainly life’s general sweetness and splendor. The of his sunset song is less a Nunc Dimittis a pacan—"1 have lived!” b is the most acceptable Christmas gift that could be made to a distracted world. Nothing will be gained for the moment by analytical discussion of Germany's motive or position; the nature of the terms offered is the point on which action must turn, Under the Propped Up Ceiling. Appropriations must originate in the lower house of the legislature, and as this body sits under the propped up ceiling of its chamber its members will have ever-present incentive to work out ways and means for providing the state with a new capitol building. Sentiment/is very gen- eral in favor of such a proceeding just now, the | people finally having awakened to the inade- quacy as well as the insecurity of the antiquated building now doing duty as a statehouse at Lin- coln, The Bee has advocated action on this line for several years, and herewith renews one of its suggestions. That is that the new statehouse be made part of a comprehensive plan for ar- rangement of public buildings at Lincoln, so that the whole will form a center of architectural beauty of which the people will be forever proud. This plan may be worked out in detail and carried into effect by graduated steps, but so devised that in time the several buildings of state, county and city government will unite with those of the uni- versity in forming an harmonious group in which the importance of the state as typified by its capital city will find proper expression. This glan does not contemplate any extravagant expenditure of money, but should provide for economy, both in construction and maintenance. Action is im- perative in the matter of the statehouse, but wisdom should prevail in any move that will be made. ———— Fewer Laws—More Enforcement. The Nebraska lawe (on the subject of cam- p_aifu funds and expenditures) are undoubtedly violated or evaded in sorie instances. It sorie- times looks as if the federal laws lay lightly upon those subject to them. Must we have elec- tion to keep campaign funds and practices within' bonnds?~ Lincoln Jonrnal, Laws limiting campaign expenditures are undoubtedly evaded in Nebraska, just a3 are many other laws. The trouble is that no one, except those directly concerned as candidates for office, have the slightest inkling of what these laws re- quire and the candidates only secure that infor- mation by posting themselves after they throw their hats in the ring. , L It is the multiplication of dead-legislation rég- ulating everything down to the minutest details that makes for so many dead letter laws and, when it comes to securing enforcement by special machinery of detection, prevention or prosecu- tion, it is only a question which dead letter law should have first attention. Perhaps election “wardens"” are really needed but we have changed our elections so that they come but once in two years and the jurisdiction of the “wardens” should be broad enough to let them keep themselves busy in' between. They might watch the candidates who are elected to see that they do their duties scrupulously nndz- their oaths ‘of office. And then, to make doubly sure, we might have another set of “wardens” to watch the wardens. Really, we see no escape from this outcome unless we elect public officers we are willing to trust and lawmakers who have enough not to pass unenforceable law | \ Grant and the Training School. Miss Jane Addams, opposing the suggestion of the secretary of war that admission to West Point be as far as possible copfined to students from vocational or technical schools, says such a rule would have deprived the nation of Grant's great services. The significance of this is that Miss Addams is not given to such loose state- ments, even in the exhuberance of debate, She is too careful a student not to be famillar with the circumstances that preceded the entry of Ulysses ,S. Grant - into the West Point military academy. Jesse Grant, in &ommon with most American fathers, was anxious his son should have the best education possible, and shaped his life to that end. Young Grant worked, as did boys of his time and station, and was sent to school in winter, According to his own story, he pieced out his education with knowledge gathered from the few books available to him, and when he went up to stand examination for appointment as a ca- det he was well equipped. Happily for the coun- try, boys are no longer so restricted in their ef- forts to gain education as was the great gen- eral and president in his youth, and just as the young men of today have extended opportunities and advantages, so is more to be expected of them, and the nation, in calling them to its serv- ice, has a full right to ask for the better quali- fied among them. No limitation is placed on op- portunity, Emulation of Grant's industry will at least give any American lad his full chance to rise as high. A census of America's false gods, taken by W. J. Bryan, shows up a total of nine. First in the list stands gold. Beside it the remaining eight are insignificant. The tyranny of gold passes belief at times. It has hired men from pressing affairs of state to the Chautauqua circuit, where golden eagles mocked the call of duty. Its crimes are beyond number. Yet it is not a thankless god. Consider the brighter side. A cross of gold with no more substance than a figure of speech once blazed the way to fame and painted the route with its own colors. A falge god, truly, as a figure of speech, but in substance a mighty exhilarating associat Better go slow with nation-wide petitions on the high cost of living. There is the risk of con- gress being convinced of the necessity of ad- | vancing members' salaries to $10,000, 3 | A oot | Mr. Bryan, we suspect, is the most powerful single individual in the United States. J. P, Mor- gan, “Billy” Sunday, and Theodore Roosevelt might be thought of as challenging his pre- eminence, but we doubt that they are to be con- sidered as serious rivals, Morgan can break eggs for a million people and carry off the omelet, leaving them the shells, but he could not make a chautauqua ad- dress. Whatever power he has will die with him. Bryan's will live twenty years after he is dead. He will have directed the thoughts of men and women and their children. It will take at least twenty years to eliminate Bryan. Twenty days may eliminate Morgan, Exasperated American patriots will be encoun- tering the Bryan sirup of life at least twenty years after this amiable man has been gathered to his fathers. “Billy” Sunday operates violently on a restricted area. He stands a community on its head. Boston now offers the spectacle of the Brahmins on theirs. The bean not being the natural resting place of the human race, there is a gradual resumptionl of the normal business of standing on the feet, but while Mr. Sunday is effective he is very effective. He has not such influence as Bryan. He is no such power. People cannot always be running to a fire, as Charles Eliot Norton (or was it he?) said of reading Carlyle. Bryan does not turn out the fire department. +He uses a sausage stuffer, fills it full of sirup, and fills the people so full of sweetness that they are ready to burst. The business of beating folks over the head with a good solid club is Roosevelt’'s. The more the sound indicates solid bone or protected va- cuity the more enraged the colonel becomes and the stouter his raps. People will stand on their heads for a while, but they never like to be pounded on them. Therefore Bryan with his sirup squirt is more deadly than Roosevelt with his club. It is no accident that now while Colonel Roosevelt considers himself in the position of the mate of the New Bedford whaler whose skipper wanted silence, and damn little of that, Colonel Bryan is the cock of the walk in Washington. He is talking, as always, without thinking. He typifies the impulse to talk without thinking. We have nothing but admiration for this amiable man, but the damage he does is enormous. He has permeated the west. His mood is the mood of the west. He is more responsible for President Wilson now than he was four years ago. He is the most powerful living American, and our only wish is that he had been a German or a Jap, or even a Canadian or a Mexican. Twenty years after his last word has been uttered the effect of what he has said will have to be combated by Americans who wish the coun- try well, Uncle Sam’s Farm New York Times. If Uncle Sam is no longer “rich enough to ’ive us all a farm,” as the song, familiar in the 60s, and born probably of the homestead law of 1862, hath it, he is not yet landless. Secretary Lane counts somewhat more than 250,000,000 acres of public land, and that mostly in “the arid region,” waiting for irrigation. A sizable tract, but what a mere patch compared, say, with 1,000, 000 odd square miles of the Louisiana purchase, reckoning Oregon in it, as the land office always has reckoned. (“Doing a land office business” will soon be an unrecognized fossil of speech. In a few years the land office will have no or small business to do. In less than ten years, probably, no public land of consequence will be available for the homesteader., There will still be plenty of western ‘“desert,” that mysterious region, since so shrunken, that used to sprawl vaguely over the old American atlases, and Mr. Lane is sure that this can be tapped for water. ,In the last finul year more’ than 19,000,000 acres of public lafd was taken up. -So the home- steaders are still active, It will be a good thing ‘or American farming when there is no more pub- lic land. Scientific. intensive cultivation is what is most needed. The Department of Agriculture is do:lng mighty. good work in teaching the farm- ers that. Aladdin's Lamp Eclipsed Leulsville Courier-Journal. Aladdin’s lamp wasn't a public utility. Elec- tricity, the servant of everyone who pushes the button, eclipses Aladdin’s lamp as the sun eclipses 8 match. Electricity is a Jinn, as powerful as that which awaited the call of Aladdin. It serves individuals, science, industries, cities, countries. The all-powerful Jinn of the twentieth century is at call upon the plunging steamer in the midst of the blackest storm upon the bosom of the heaving ocean beyond the equator or at the Arc- tic circle. Electricity propels the submarine. It is the life-spark of the aeroplane. It draws the coal and iron from the mountain's heart and per- forms innumerable magical feats of strength and intélligence undreamed of by Aladdin. Electricity in its general application for prac- tical purposes is too new to cease to excite won- der in the mind of anyone who has imagination. There still is a fascinating sense of power in be- ing able to lay a finger upon a switch in a dark room and turn on a flood of light, to say nothing of witnessing the less common manifestations of the harnessing of a force which the average man does not in the slightest degree understand, al- though he has been for some time perfectly fa- miliar with its use. No science is more progressive than electrical science. Every year discovers to the world new and wonderful employments of the electrical cur- rent. Everyone who reads hears occasionally of some “latest” electrical device, and in reading the next day's news forgets about it. Pep le and Events One of the male victims of Charley Wax, femi- nine heart-breaker and crook, tried to spoil his face with two vigorous swings, but Wax was too quick in ducking. The irate man hailed from Philadelphia, where Charley ogled $2.400 out of his wife. “Beating the high cost of living is a simple matter of intelligent marketing,” remarked a Chi- cago woman, addressing a group of food investi- gators. In proof of her claim she produced a dozen eggs bought for 26 cents. Eight of the eggs were opened for inspection and stood the test. The remaining four revealed enough sllrenglh to force a hasty adjournment for fresh air. = Under the leadership of Benjamin J. Rosen- thal and the co-operation of employers praetical steps are bcinj taken in Chicago to rclieve the distress caused by the rule barring men of 45 years and over from new jobs. It is said there are 10,000 able-bodied men idle on account of age objections in the city. The main object of the movement is to fimf what particular work the men .are used to and their physical condition and thus bring their wants before employers. It has a prattical and philanthropic side, pro- motes industrial economy and promises to halt poverty. Beside some of the smooth jobs pulled off along legitimate business lines “wild hoss trades” and similar tricks of the shady profession appear as insignificant as a jitney in a provision shop. Seth H. Whiteley, an insurance philanthropist of Philadelphia, fathered a plan to msure the police of the city on the group plan. The Polic Bene- ficiary association fell for it. At the end of eleven mont{u Whiteley admits having cleaned up $49,- 584,78 on an original investment of $4,000. The state insurance commissioner, after hearing Whiteley's admission and confirming it, pro- nounced the scheme “expensive and suspicious pllilamhrophé." Police comment is limited to | one word, “Stung." , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916. | | { December Thought Nugget for the Day. A noble action is a deed, Though unachieved. —Jchn Kendrick Bangs. One Year Ago Today in the War. British took over French front near River Somme. Italians captured Austrian trench west of Gorizia. Berlin announced Anglo-French forces had been entirely expelled from Macedonia. Announced that British government would take over American securities held in Great Britain in exchange for bonds. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Mr. Dewey has on exhibition at his store a water color portrait of his daughter, executed in Japan, on some odd crepe-like fabric. The likeness is excellent and shows that the Japan- ese have some ldea of art notwith- standing the queer vases they send over here. John Schill of this city has Invented an automatic car-coupler, which is at- tracting favorable attention from the railroads in this part of the country. The Bee is pleased to acknowledge recelpt of an elegant basket of flow- ers from Jay Kelsey, the newly-estab- lished florist at 1402 Dodge. If this tribute may be taken as a sample of Mr. Kelsey's work, that gentleman {8 able to cater inl a tasty manner to the demands of the Omaha publie. Philip Kraus, a faithful employe of August Dorman on Thirteenth, was married t o Miss Jessie Fanta, a niece of Mrs. Stein, on Douglas. The second meeting of the Young Men's Hebrew club was held at the synagogue, at which time a constitu- tion was adopted and the following were placed on the entertainment committee: Messrs. Sloman, Anspach- er, Kahn, Wolfe, Harris, Frey, French, Ganz and Heyn. Among the latest additions to the professional ranks of the city is Dr. Frank Murphy, a highly skillful phy- siclan from 8t. Louis. He is located on the corner of Saunders and Sew- ard, At the last meeting of the directors of the Corrugated Iron Works James Griffiths, the builder of Brownell Hall, was elected secretary. This Day in History. 1789—Charter of Dartmouth col- lege granted. 1814-—Samuel D. Le Comte, chief Justice of Kansas territory and who presided over the famous convention of 1867 which framed the Le Comte constitution, born at Cambridge, Md. Died in Kansas City April 24, 1888, 1816—The Provident Institution for Savings, one of the first savings banks in the United States, was incorporated in Boston. 1841—General Bamuel Houston en- tered upon his secofid term as presi- dent of the Republic of Texas. 1844—First immi, ts to Cali- fornla in wggons, the “Murphy com- pany,” reached Sutter's fort. 1864—Federals under General Ha- 2en assaulted and captured Fort Mc- Allister, Ga. 1884-—Centenary of Dr. Samuel Johnson commemorated in London. 1898-—Empress dowager of China recelved women of legations at Pe- king; first time in history of China. 1902—British ' and German war- ships bombarded Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. 1906-—The engagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Congressmam Nicholas Longworth was announced. The Day We Celebrate. Rev. Daniel E. Jenkins, president of the University of Omaha, was born 13, 1866, at Flintshire, North Wales. He was educated for the ministry at Melbourne university and was president of Parsons college at ' Fairfleld, Ta., before coming to Omaha. John, Latenser, the architect, is just 67 years old. He was born in Ger- many and wants everyone to know it. The court house, the high school build- ing and many of our handsomest busi- ness blocks are monuments to his gen- lus, William G. Cleveland, president of the Cleveland company, dealing in sur- flcnl supplies, 1s today 52 years old. e formerly traveled for the Parke- Davis eompany, Detroit. Daniel Baum, jr, is just 39 years old. He was born in Lincoln and is officially vice president of the Baum Iron company, although he made his greatest reputation as an auctioneer, disposing of his brother's household goods. krank 8, Keogh is also just 39. He is secretary of the Paxton-Gallagher'| company and a coming young busi-, ness man, Dr, A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard university, born in Bos- ton sixty years ago today. Arthur George Perkin, celebrated color chemist, upon whom England is relying for the development of its dye industry, born in Middlesex, England, fifty-five years ago today. Hamilton Wright Mabie, noted edi- tor and publicist, born at Cold Spring, Y. Y., seventy years ago today. Dr. Samuel Fallows, bishop of the Reformed Episcopal church, born in Lancashire, England, eighty-one yéars ago today. Edwin O. Excell, well-known evan- | gelist and composer of gospel songs, | born at Uniontown, O., sixty-five years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, {8 to be the presiding officer at the first afternoon session of the Amerlcan Civic association, which is scheduled to open its annual conventicn in Washington today. The American National Red Cross society, of which Woodrow Wilson is the honorary president and Willlam H. Taft the chairman, ls to hold its twelfth annual meeting today in Wash- ington. Governors, former governors and governors-elect from more thgn half the states of the union are expected to arrive in Washington today In an- ticipation of the opening of the annual conference of their national organi- zation. Chicago's eighth annual poultry show, one of the largest exhibitions of its kind In the middle west, will open in the Coliseum in that city to- day and continue until December 18. Approximately 2,700 miners em- ployed by independent companies in the iron fields of Wisconsin, Michi- an and Minnesota will go to work to- ay under a new schedule, which pro- vides for a 10 per cent Increase in ‘wages. Clerical and lay representatives of the Episcopal church are expected to gather in New York today from vari- ous parts of the country to attend the consecration of Rev. Hugh Latimer Burleson as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of South Dakota. The ceremony is to be performed to- morrow in the Cathedral of 8t. John i the Divine. The Pees LeSHer Light in Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs, Dec. 8.—To the Edi- tor of The Bee: Your editorial, “The Light Referendum,” in the Morning Bee is all o. k. This reminds the writer that Council Bluffs also 'should have more light, especially along the street car line. No one can see the streets at night and is obliged to grope his way home after alighting from the car. It does seem that the street car | company doesn't care very much for the accommodation of its patrons, or it would find a remedy for the troubie, But as long as the property owners on Avenue A don't put up a fight for a better lighting system from lower Broadway to the bridge along Avenue A the city as well as the street car company will make no move. The longest blocks the writer has ever scen have but one lightning bug at each end and such a nice lot of cot- tages the whole length (say about two miles) on both sides of the street car track and as I believe, the nicest part of the city. I should like to hear from other property owners along these lines. J. G. BLESSING. | Objections to the Primary Law. Omaha, Dec. 7..—~To the Editor of The Bee: The talk about changes in the primary law leads\me to make a few remarks about that law. [ plead “gullty” to having been an ad- vocate of a primary law, but having| watched Its operation through the de- | vious, various and sometimes fantas- tic phases I am ready to say "l have| sinned” and promise never again to| open my mouth in approval of a di-| rect primary law. 1 One of the ridiculous features of| our present law is that requiring in| presidential years all nominations to be made in April, at a time when we are ugually having our most disagree- able weather and when the average| citizen is thinking more about how he can get that last ton of coal and if he can get along with his old over- coat than he is of whom he would pre- fer to vote for next November for the various offices. This also subjects the successful candidates to seven months of leg-pulling and pan-handling from all the unkempt mob of men with “in- fluence.” Another abominable feature (now happily done away with) was the open primary, and that fortunately was sshort lived, but it showed what freak- ish acts could be performed by peo- ple who said they wanted to purify politics. It was clalmed that the primary law would lessen the expense, but the statements of candidates’ expenses shows that claim has been cast into the discard. The expense of the primary being thrown upon counties is another of my objections. I wonder how many of Omaha's well-Informed citizens know that the cost of the primary election last April to Douglas county was $17,616.12, The general election, of course, we must have and the expense must be borne by the public, but we have that now only every even numbered year, which is a little relief all round, but now 'we have another sweet-scented thing called the ‘“referendum,” which we have just gone through with, and which will cost Omaha about $6,000 to answer a simple question, upon which I would venture a guess that a4 good percentage of those who signed the petitions could not now say what it was for. I have always refused to sign any petition for any- for I am “dead agin them” and have always been. Another objection is that it per- mits a minority to nominate, as has been shown here. If 1 remember rightly, not long, ago seventy-three candidates sought twelve places. Now if a compact minority of one-fourth of the voters had selected twelve candi- dates and the others had divided their votes nearly equaly?among the other sixty-one, the twelve would -have been nominated, although they might not any of them have a majority. Perhaps my strongest objection is that the primary law completely de- stroys party organization. In the old times we had our vigorous ward and county organizations and our ward meetings were full of spirit and men were known for the faith that was in them. But it has become very fashion- able with many people to, speak of themselves as an independent voter. A plague upoy the independent voter! I would rather have a sturdy oppo- nent than a lukewarm friend. I would quote John the Revelator when he | Stool, Scarf they have ever enjoyed. M cabinet and lamp free. Kimball Piano. . ... Cable-Nelson Piano. Henderson Piano Steinhauer Piano. . . PLAYER PIANQS $1.00 Pe ever you say suits us—as thing under the initiative and refer- endum and shall continue to refuse, (R A PIANO OFFER FOR CHRISTMAS Bench, Cabinet and Lamp for the price of piano alone Don’t disappoint the wife and children this year, but let us help to make this the grandest Christmas These famous instruments at these reduced prices are included in our Christmas offer. You get a c SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRICES NEARLY NEW UPRIGHT PIANOS— $125, $150. You make your own terms of A. HOSPE CO. 1513-1515 Douglas Street. wrote to the angel of the Church of Laodicea: “I would that there wert hot or cold, but beca thou art neither hot nor cold I will spew thee out of my mouth.” In 1860 my father drove an ox team twenty-five miles, taking me, a boy of 14, with him, t wr General Thayer ma a political & h, and in the first Grant campaign 1 rode twenty-five miles to march in a torch- light parade in Omaha and the demo- crats had a parade the same night and it required much planning to time and route the two parades so as to avoid a collision. That was forty-eight years ago and I guess it is safe now for me to say that I had a pistol in my pocket that night. In those days there was life in the parties, but the primary law has destroyed it all. I have here briefly and very faintly expressed a few of my objections to the law and it would be of no use for me to write what I really think about it, for it would be rejected as unprint- able. JONATHAN EDWARDS. “It Is a wonder the majority of stenog- raphers in business offices are feminine.” “Why is it?" “Because that fa the only position left fn which a woman will lst herself be dictated to."-—Baltimore American. The cat settled herself luxuriously in front of the kitchen range and began to purr. Little Dolly, who was strange to the ways of cats, regarded her with horror. 0, gran'ma, gran'ma!” she cried. “Come here quick. The cat's begun to boll."—Christian Reglster. Willls—What kind of a school is your son attending ? Gillis—Very fashionable—one of these in- stitutions where you develop the mind without using it.—Life. Doctor—You can live but a week—ahall 1 telegraph your wife at Palm Beach? Patlent—What's the use? She's having a good enough time there as it {s!—Puck. CATO'S SOLILOQUY. Joseph Adaison. (Cato sitting in a thoughtful posture, with book on the “Tmmortality of the Soul" in one hand, and a drawn sword on the table by him.) It must be s0.—Plato, thou reasonest well' Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and Inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out a here- after, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity!—thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through wi new scenes and changes must we pass! The wide, the unbounded prospect lies be- fore me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon t. Here will I hola. us,— And that there is, all Nature cries aloud ‘Through all her works,—He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when? or where? This world was mads for Caesar. I'm weary ' of conjectures,—this must end them all. (Laying his hand on his sword.) If there’s a Power above Thus am I doubly armed. My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me. This. in a moment brings me to an end; But this {nforms me I shall never dle. The soul, secure in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defles its point The stars shall fade away,, the sun himseir Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amid the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of ‘worlds. Pleases Everybody Christmas is the ome big time of the year when the little folks cer- tainly do punish “sweets,” and it is, therefore, to your interest to see that your Christmas candy purchased measures up to the highest standards of Purity and ‘Wholesomeness. 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