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THE GROWTH OF BSYAN SENTIMENT
In his address ai Washington Park. New
Jersey Tuesday. Mr Brian made the fol-
lowing striking observation as to conditions
sarroundins the present campaign: "My
friends no matter among what people you
go no matter what section you are in. no
matter whom you may address you wiH find
that todav the people have a better under-
standing of what the republican party stands
for and what its policies mean than you knew
a few years ago. And if you want know
why after two defeats I have been renomi-
nated with no president to help me with his
patronage it is due to one thing alone and
that is the growth of the ideas for which I
stand and the conviction among the people
that 1 am cn their side. "
The above statement as to the at'itude
of the masses toward the democratic ticket
and the reason therefor is not In the least
exaggerated as It finds abundant conflrma-
. tlon In expressions emanating from conserva-
tive and nonpartisan sources having wide op-
portunities for the ascertainment of the real
situation.
Mr. Bryan's patriotism stands absolutely
unquestioned among !n'ellgen' -oilo and
the wisdom of the policies advocated by him
finds support in the efforts of the present
administration to strengthen its hold upon
the public esteem by seeking to put clumsy
Imitations into opera; ion. a purp s" which
has. In the main met with defeat because
of the opposition of rcacUiiiaries in the re-
publican party.
The light of publicity haa been turned
upon the records of the two parties as per-
haps never before and it is in coming to a
knowledge of the 'ruth thai the people are
made free. H'jnee. as the campaign pro-
gresses 'he conviction grows stringer with
the piiWio that the result a: the polio will
be a brilliant victory for the NVbraskan.
TEE NOMINATION OF HUGHES.
Th" nomination of Charles E. flnghes for
governor of New- York has not made the
republican situation in that State easier.
His sucro-r as 'i:e rir p. the fact tha'
the opposition cn:ld not concentrate against
? him. The test votes taken in a number of
districts ;irir to the S;. mouse convention
showed that at bast half thr republicans
did not want him at all. and the course of
the convention !nn-n.-'. rated tha- he could
not have been nominated but for t lie aid of
1. Mr. Rooseelt who. following his course to-
ward Taft. lined the republican officeholders
up for him
i' Republican leaders a re openly expressing
their doubts of the abi'.i v of the patty to
(. elect Hughes and insterid of simplifying the
' situation the convention has simply added
' to republican perplexities
Whatever one may think of Governor
' Hughes' efforts to suppress race track
gambling he has utterly neglected to take a
1 single step look iii!.- to the suppression of (he
;. gambling of the s'ock exchange an evil corn
pared with which all the race track gambling
'- since the discovery of America is but a small
f matter.
I Tile governor has pursued the minnows
Slid permitted the rosl sharks to d-v.iur
their human prey at will And the fact has
naturally had the effect of arraying against
y him a large class who disapprove of his at
1 tacks upon racing and alienating another
V class who believe that the unspeakable meth
Ods of the stock exchange should be cor
t rected.
Governor Hughes has never been a popular
Candidate Two jenrs ago he would have
been defeated had his opponent been other
Vjf":
. than Hearst. At that time the democrats
'elected all their State candidates except the
" bead of the ticket and but for Hearst's can-
4Mdacy the majority for the entire ticket
. 'would have been large.
'; ' The democrats can view with eomplacener
the situation which the nomination of Hughes
lire ants. With a united party and a clean
State ticket! they will have ao trouble la
HOUSTON
MIWWMHHM I
sweeping the State carrying the elector!
ticket which on Moovat of the Inherent
strength of Mr. Bryan's candidacy Is already
strong enough to stand on Ita own bottom.
Mr. Roosevelt's participation In the local
quarrels of the party recalls Mr Garfield s
attempt to dominate New York politics in j
1881 and Is likely to produce similar re-
sults. It will be recalled that in 1SS2 Mr
Cleveland swept the State over Mr FolgT.
the administration candidate by 192.000 plu
rality.
The throwing of the Roose-velt influence in
the scale In behalf of the Hughes faction has
naturally incensed the anti-Hughes faction
and the latter Is out for war and it will be
remarkable If It does not visit Its-wrath upon
the republican ticket from the electors down.
The result at Syracuse could not have been
more gratifying to the New York democracy.
NEGLECT OF C0ITNTBY ROADS.
This statement from the Lufkin News con-
tains decidedly more truth thau poetry:
There are people who are enthusiastically
supporting any plan for Improving the
navigable rivers of the State who are living
on country roads which are Impassable for
farm wagons except in dry weather "
Enthusiasm In behalf of feasible plans for
imnmvtncr the navirable waterways of the 1
State Is all right but when such enthusiasm
causes one to lose Interest In local improve-
ments in which he is directly concerned and
toward which he is obligated to contribute
It may be carried too far.
Good roads are absolutely essential to the
prosperity and happiness of the people and
those communities which have made It a
first consideration to go ahead and improve
them have made the greatest progress In
that direction. Wherefore applying the ad-
vice of the Divine One: "These ought ye to
have done and not to leave the other un-
done." It Is within the power of every community
to have good roads and good roads are a
mighty factor In hastening the work of im-
proving the navigable waters of the State.
It is a weakness of human nature to look
afar off for opportunities hence in neglecting
the duty that lies nearest us. we frequently
miss the opportunity that would have been
the fruition of our dearest hopes. We strive
for social good by trying to reform our neigh-
bor whereas If we were to look within with
an honest purpose we would achieve
speedier results. And so It goes
May the present generation gather wisdom
from the past and rising equal to the occa-
sion bend their energies to the duties near-
est at hand. In this way will Texas grow.
THE HERALD'S F0EECAST.
The trend of public sentiment Is toward
democracy and all the independent fore-
casts show it. In addition to the careful
forecasts made by experienced political writ-
ers like Well man and Messenger we have
the New York Herald's first estimate of the
campaign which shows 20 certain votes for
Taft. 161 certain votes for Bryan and 116
votes doubtful. In reaching this estimate
the Herald apportions the States as follows:
RE1M B! M
California
( onnetticut 7
STATES.
New Jersey is
North Dakota 4
Ohio 2.1
Oregon 4
VennsyKania 34
Rhode Island 4
Vermont 4
Washinjrton 5
Wyoming t
Total J06
Ilciaware J
Idaho 3
Illinois '7
Iowa 1J
Kansas 1 "
Maine 6
Massachusetts 6
Michigan 14
New Hampshire . . 4
DFMOrRATH STS'FS.
Alabama n
Arkansas 9
Khrid! 5
lrriii .1
Krn'oikv 1 .1
I ouisiana . . .... 0
M'ssissippi 10
Miss. .11 lK
Nevada t
Iklahoma . . . .
North Carolina
South i arolina
I rnnessre . .
T rx.is . . . . .
irgmia
0
18
Total
. i(.i
IMl" nTFIT. STTFS.
... s I'tah 3
. . 1 - South I akota 4
.... H Wisconsin 13
.... 11 West Virginia .... 7
( dorado s
I ndiao - 1 -
Maryland X
Mimi- sota 11
Montana t
N.lraska X
New ork ... . 31
Total lid
Mr Wellnian in his recent forecast placed
Illinois. Iowa and Ohio among the doubtful
States and he is by no means a pessimistic
republican Wo should f:iv thai his more
intimate acquaintance with Western condi-
tions makes his forecast in that respect mote
reliable than the Herald's
The Herald's findings with reference to
New York may. tiowever. be accepted as re-
liable. As indicating the unsettled condi'
tlons In th" Kmplre State the Herald says:
' I'nprejud'ced persons assert that they will
watch the fight with the keenest interest
and will not be surprised at anything. They
aver that It would not be astounding to see
Itryan carry the Sta'e by 100000 and In the
next breath they declare they would not be
amazed to see Taft run up a bigger plurality
than Roosevelt had Interest In the
Sta
ticket thiiR far overshadows the fight for
the National ticket Opinions differ among
democrats as among republicans as to Just
what strength Governor Hughes will develop.
There are democrats who believe that with
Hughes as th candidate for governor the
democratic State ticket will have a walkorer.
There are others who shake their heads and
say thev would rather see anyone besides
the governor at the head of the republican
ticket Republicans are puzzled even more
deeply than the democrats by the Hughes
situation. The great majority of the State
leaders believe confidently and sincerely
that Hughes win not be a strong candidate."
As for .Bryan's prospects in the State the
Herald a8 "It Is pretty generally conceded
that Bryan Vs much stronger than he was
either In 1S
1900. Men who openly op-
posed him In
fa campaigns are working
for blm this yei
Reports from the rural
districts Indicate
the old sentiment
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DAFLYOST: TOTTBsbAY MpBNINGSEPTMER 17. 19d8.
feels himself that he has a good chance to
carry the State. Charles F. Murphy's atti-
tude has shown that Tammany will put Its
whole soul Into the campaign."
These observations are very significant
They show that never before were political
conditions In the debatable States more
mixed; that never before were republican
troubles more numerous nor democratic trou-
bles so few "This is the universal testi-
mony and it proves tha' the democratic
chances for a greal triumph are brightening.
The Cleveland Leader plead for justice to the
n-.r'her in law. A mere plea tor justice to hi
i:u'M imtortant creature docs nnt indicate how-
ever whether the leader if her admiring friend
or vindictive enemy. What constitutes justice to
a mother in law an way
it is the holes in the peek -a boo waist that cost
the money no! the Roods.
The M.tcon Telegraph h.is found a subscriber
who oimxcnili an editorial " ( n Tapp." If the
Telegraph -.m11 sultitute near lu-rr for the edito-
rial it mav create worlds of enthusiasm among
its readers and hold a crowd around the spigot
all the time.
The lady's "I will" at the .iltar is generally
followed bv "I won't" at the hearthstone.
The people on the fVnce will he the most eager
I to romp on the prostrate form of republicanism
after we have swatted it down and we shall be
fortunate if we can keep them from taking the
postornces by storm even before the inauguration
of Rrvan.
The president was greatly pleased with the re-
turns from Maine. Indeed almost tickled to
death.
A Fort Worth man jumped from a hotel bal-
cony in his attempt to commit suicide. We trust
those persons who are disposed to censure him
will be just enough to try' a Fort Worth hotel
themselves liefore they become too harsh with
him.
We do not impeach Mr.
further than to say that Mr.
is believed.
Hearst's veracity
Brvan s statement
We have finite a number of accomplished pian
ists in Houston who can play the accompaniment
for Mr. Graves' speech in Houston next week.
As for Mr. Hisgen we say let him have the
samples of his axle grease with him.
Any wav. Mr. (".raves is the only man in the
country who is a vice presidential candidate at a
salary of $15000 a year.
Thanksgiving Day this vear will be an extra-
ordinary occasion. In addition to the bountiful
harvests to lie thankful for the country will have
an opportunity to be duly grateful tor the elec-
tion of a democratic president.
The New York Times is not as enthusiastic
about that alleged Cleveland letter as it ought to
be if the document is genuine.
With that inspiring motto "Soc Ft Tu Um"
inscribed on our banners and the Sword of the
Lord and Gideon in our good right hand we are
making gashes in the hulk of republicanism while
the angels sing for joy.
General Apathy is with the republicans this
year while old General F.nthusiasm is on the Old
Ship of Zion stoking for Bryan.
A lone Houston widow has contributed h?r
mite of I cent to the campaign fund. And that
1 cent is more than some Texas democrats who
hrve drawn more than $100000 in public salaries
have yet contributed.
The St. I.ouis preachers are praying f' r rain.
A drv St. I.ouis must lie a condition that would
have challenged the genius of Dante.
We have engaged the Fannin county Fivm
th
Rock rooster that recently knocked out .1 1 Hn-
pound man in one round to do the official crowing
for Texas on the auspicious occasion of Mr.
Bryan's election.
Of course the pill box hats are rife in Houston
and our prescription is to take the entire i n-
tents of one at leat once during a lifetime.
A fa'hion authority says thr hookless w 1
lack beauty and grace. But they greatly dir
ish the cpiantity of hushandenal profanity wl
the old "hook down the backs" evoked.
This time next year the ( lyster Bay date !
will be so rare that people will have to ton
the gazetteer to locate it whenever it appears
The unfurled and unturlahle pennant of
undefeated and undefeataMe High Ball t
waves proudly in the Septomtter gale while
is silent 111 the deserted baseball park.
A N harton suhscrilier warmly commends I h-
Post's pleas lor campaign funds. Neverl iicl. - s.
we can not say they are as touching as thev i':l i
to be.
John I rrnple (raes wants to joint debate w
our Mr. Kern hut we can not afford to ri-rom
John 1 eniplr until he acpurcs a set of whiskf
either with or without a reputation.
SOME POSTSCRIPTS.
Senator Knox
f Pennsylvania refuses tu liav-
a trlephnrn in lus home saying it causes up r
bother 'han anytrrnfj else in life.
A proposed organira'ion in Fngland is the
(itnM of rol. w!inr sole duty it shall v to (arc
for the I ni;lish cathedral.
ncrnmrnt analvsrs of so-called tenii'- r m-r
J dr:nls sold m 1-nnland prove that they mn:.un
trom 2 to 12 . in per cent ot alcohol.
( onsVlcr.il. 1c progress has been made w Mh a
schntu- t .r temporary interchanges of p.il.ln
school ten hers between different parts of thr
British eirpire.
Boston waiters' and other unions are making
an effort to have the license comminsioncrs :n ikr
a Aile that women can not be employed to rvr
liquor 111 any licensed place in the city.
There are indications that cod'rcat ion will
Ik- introduced in the common schools of I'.'il.n
in the lowest ( lasses and tip to the point w herr
the Rirls heum to et instruction in duni.Mtr
scirn if.
The internal tonal committee of diamond mer-
chants is said to he in a fair way to reMoie har-
mony between the hostile interests. The ! r Mrers
and Premier Mine companies have rcstnied in
potiat 011s. I
( v r 100 tons of coal are beinR taken dailv
from the Susquehanna river in the vie nut v f
Espy. nlumhia county. ' Five dredges are bem
operated in that section. Many of the residents
of that section rse thr coal taken from the bed of
the river.
The illustrious pout of dramatic critic of the
Paris Debats has leen vacated by Emile l axue;
on account of ill health and Henri de Kegmcr
the poet who gave th Hyde lectures in the
United States aix or nm yetrt ago. has suc-
1
Chirps From Texas Sanctums
; An Impediment to Religion.
It's hard fo keep your religion in- Granger-
the sidewalks are too bad Granger News.
Hearst's Methods.
Hearst is using the money bag the sand bag
and the .scandal reticule. Sulphur Springs News.
Wouldn't Be 8tnding Room.
If a lot of us were as many as we think we are
there wouldn't be standing room. Ain't it the
truth5 Waco Times-H cralit.
Dealing Fairly.
The people of Texas should deal fairly with
: lie railway interests of this State and the Her-
.il .1 believes they intend to do so. Ilit at the
..otic tune it is fully intendeVl that the railways
-lull deal equally as fair with the people of
I cxas. - -WcJl'mrford HeratA.
Known By His Surroundings.
Had roads sorry school and church houses
:iud sorrv homes are proof positive that a ma-
jority of the people in that community are some-
v hat like the public roads. They don't mean to
l-c that wav. hut you know a man is known by
his surroundings by his environments. Tyler
1. 'iincr end Tunes.
j If They Would Tell the Truth.
I It prohibition and anti-prohibition orators
1 wruld tell the truth the whole truth and nothing
I hut the truth there would be no reasonable ob-
; jection to a State campaign. But they don't.
Many Kood men accept as facts without investi-
gation. statements that are not only false but
! pernicious in their influence. Bryan Eagle.
i Factories to Utilize Waste Material.
hen the plants are in operation for making
paper out of cotton stalks the farmer will not
onh hive a market for what is now troublesome
to yet rui of but will reduce the boll weevil pest
considerably. Of course the paper factories will
be 111 close proximity to the cotton fields. Luf-
km Nen-s.
A Losintf Game.
Hon. A. P. Barrett has deserted Fannin county
for Iicxar county and the "old Bailey district"
will know him no more as a candidate for con-
gress. Barrc:t and Chamters formerly of Red
River countv. have formed a partnership. Bar-
rett is a brilliant campaigner but he found politics
a losing game and it is a losing game for most
men. Dallas Tunes Herald.
A Growinq Menace.
One of the most dangerous threatening and
growing tendencies in this great republic at this
1 time is
the r.:ob spirit and indiscriminate lynch -
1 ns for almost any kind of an offense and the
mucker the conservative sentiment of the whole
country is aroused to suppress it. the better it
will prove tor the future weltare and reputation
of our government. Lartdo Iimt's.
Conserving the Country's Wealth.
The water supply of the country must be saved i
the timber supply of the country must be saved ;
the fuel supply likewise and so on'dnwn the list.
If all of this careful using of the endowment of
nature had been begun years and years ago. there
would not be such a howl going up now for the
conservation of this wealth of the country. You
will never miss the water until the well runs
dry. Terrell Transcript.
Co-operation Will Get Them.
This waiting for legislation to secure good
roads is wrong. Co operation will get them
started and once started it will surprise you to
find how easy it is to keep them in passable con-
dition. What is needed is to arouse the people to
the idea that the road which adjoins their prop-
erty is their road and that it is a matter of per
sonal interest to sec that it is maintained.
Demison fierr.ld.
Tames 'Em and Votes 'Em.
The Garner Moore debates have taken on nil
the stremiosity of a six cvlinder car making the
elbow curve in a cup race. Political j in j it.su
p.irtv strangleholds and near hairuulling lands
the big aud'cnce in Handsome John's district. The
Southwest I exas congressman is a Hagenbeck 111
the poltti'-.il jimle and tames "em to eat out nf
his hand .is he (lushes cm toward the ballot box.
--Fort H'.'rft'i Star.
Missing Happiness.
The man or the woman who finds no joy in
living is fearfully wrong somewhere. Sometimes
physical pain is so constant and so great that it
robs one of all joy. but such is not often the case.
Ordinanlv mental anguish is what kills joy and
mental anguish that does this usually comes from
wrong living. It is the lault of one's own life
lhen jov goes out of his life and comes not
back. Most ut us miss a reat deal of happiness
that could he ours for the taking. The man
whose life is not full of joy is wronging himself
and other-. It is so easy tn find happiness if we
only will find it. The trouble is with the most
of us is that we insist on seeking it in the wrong
way or refusing to accept it when otTered us.
Fonham ei.s.
Victim of the Passions That Blind.
Wilbe Hearst who has been credited in many
instances with being ijuite farseeing in the ways
and affairs of men and allowed himself to get
worked up because he can nai sway the columns
of people to his standard and away from Bryan
the victim ot hi- design has losl his head completely
(for be seems to have no heart to lose) and he is
vociferating like a madman calling Bryan all
sorts of names and branding him as a traitor etc.
Willie is cert.nnly stark blind if he doesn't know
who the people would rather believe -he the
knocker or ilbam Jennings Bryan. For a man
who has given evidence of possessing consider-
able ability in the past it looks like he would
have sense enough to see. but he is stupefied
with the evils inherent. Those whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad. il Paso
Xcu-s.
About Comic Paes.
At last a word of warning has been spoken
against the "funny page." which most Sunday
papers feature. These pages possess really littkr
humor there is nothing elevating and they do
not have a good impression on children who are
usually encouraged to read and enjoy them. Re
cently at the playground congress in New York
Miss Maude Summers sounded the keynote of
alarm when she deplored the stvle of comic pic-
tures in which "evil is aggrandized and emphasis
is played on deceit ly cunning and disrespect for
gray hairs." Icing pictures that teach children
to laugh when boys throw water from an upper
window on an aged apple woman or outwit an
infirm old man. "Humor has its place in litera-
ture for childhood and it would be well if gifted
vriters for children would be found capable of
substituting genuine fun for the coarse vulgar
type now so prominent. Miss Summers' criticism
is timely and the majority of so called funny
pages" should cither le radically imjfroved of
-eliminated. They really amuse hut a few and area
distinct bore to manv and their influence on
children can not be good. Cleburne Enterprise.
Marathon in Vaudevllla.
(b'rom the NcH Yorn World.)
Greece was all very well but when H comes
to receiving substantial recognition of eminent
worth the "ten twent' thirt' " circuit has its
advantages: the moving picture machfne is more
mighty than the trump of fame.
Mr. Harrf man's Latsst.
y (From th Indianapolis News.)
The plan to haul trains over the Rockies by
electricity from nearly water power showsthat
Mr. Hard man proposes to conserve a few; natural
8TILL PRODDING THE POST. I
We have a suspicion that that Peeler -Onion-Garlick
combination was invented by The Hous-
ton Post purely for advertising purposes. At-
lanta Georgian.
We should like The Houston Post a good deal
better than we do if it would not insist on spell-
ing "pumpkia" minus the "p" in the middle.
IVas'ttngton Herald.
41 What is Cuffey running for anyhow? asks
the Reading Telegram. If George fiaiey of The
Houston Post is to be believed ths colonel is
headed for the Brvan band wagon. AlUntown
Call.
The Houston Post has promised to supply every
newspaper paragrapher in the country with a
possum for Christmas. But to an epicure what's
a lean Texas possum compared with a fat juicy
Maumee muskrat ' Toledo Blade.
The Houston Post has an editorial paragraph
from Lake Charles under the head "Chirps irora
Texas Sanctums." Please bear our protest. Ac-
cuse us of anything everything but of Teing a
Texan here's where our howl goes up. Lake
Charles Press.
The Houston Post acknowledges that the Texas
watermelon season is on the wane. What sur-
prises us is that George Bailev doesn't come right
out flat footed and try to string the public into
the belief that Texas has three or four water-
melon crops in one season. Los Angeles Express.
In Texas as elsewhere the people are edoing
most of the Riving the-attitude of the great ma-
jority of officeholders apparently being that the
democratic party achieved glory enough when it
elevated them to otfice. Houston Post. If this
keeps u p the poor Texas officeholder wjll wish
the cruise of the people had perished before some
pestiferous patriot suggested the idea of nourish-
ing it through popular subscription. ;VTt' York
Tribune.
THE USUAL JABS AT TEXAS.
An economical Texan objects to knee skirts
for women because his wife's stockings would
come so much higher. S'ashvillc American.
The Northern spy applejack distilled in Otsego
county New York is eight times as heady as the
bendavis applejack of redheaded dimpled Texas.
Xeu- York Mail.
Many Texans visiting Toledo last week took
small souvenir bottles of Mellifluent Maumee
water borne with them. It is suspected it will be
given to crving Texas babies as soothing syrup.
Toledo Made.
The St. I ouis Times snys a Texas girl who
was prevented from marrying jumped into the
"Chicago lake." We knew Pake Michigan would
lose its good name if it staved around Chicago
much longer. Washington Tost.
Nothing is too good for Texas. The latest
i the Bermuda onion that Texas raises better
than Bermuda herself. The Hcrmudans are
alarmed fearing that Texas competition will de-
stroy their source of income. Mobile Register.
An August rain in Roval Richmond is as gen-
tle as the dew and as oooline: as an Alpine breeie.
The ery toilers in this hanpy town are more to
be en icd than the idle rich who seek impossible
comfort in Torrid Texas. Ku hmond Txmes-Dts-Patch.
"Now that GufTev has sold out his oil inter-
ests in Texas to the Standard receiving $25000.-
000 therefor. Mr. Bryan must be more convinced
than ever that he made a mistake in pronouncing
iutTey an undesirable citiren" savs the Buffalo
Express. Rather a typical republican point of
view we think .Hri:shinton Herald.
ODD THINGS IN A DAY'S NEWS.
Karl Hill who killed Klbridge Davis a farmer
at West Bainbridge. last Thursday was turned
over to the local pnlice yesterday by his father
who claims the $50 reward and will get it.
When a package containing some turtle eggs
that had been sent bv mail from the South was
I opened at Mnrristown Pa. it was found the egs
had hatched
and there were two little kicking
turtles.
A cow attempted to f-ght a locomotive near
Bloomfield. V J holding up the tram half an
hour and refused to get otf the track until her
owner was summoned. He called the cow by her
name and she followed him home.
Trying to keep a pet kitten fnun falling off
the roof of his home. Raymond Uager. 8 years
old. luing at Hutchinson street. Philadelphia
fell ott himself yesterday breaking his right arm.
The lad had gone upon the roof against his moth-
er's wishes.
Two oMrii -hes broken to sulkies and taught to
trot will be raced at the coming Minrola fair on
Pong island. The ostriches have trotted a mile
in little le.s than 2 v. I hey are called Fleet-
foot and Klcctwing. and are driven to light sulkies
built for them.
Five well dressed voung men were arraigned
in New York charged with plavtng " craps' on
the street. They all claimed to have been looking
at the game. "You are fined 2$ rents each." said
the masgistrate. "If von use the city's streets
you must pay for the privilege."
Looks Still More Like Bryan.
(Fnrn V c Si. I.ouis Republic.
( losr presidential flections are generally de-
cided in (Ktolter- often in the last half of that
month. Hut if October this year makes good the
promise of September. William Jennings Bryan is
poiner to the White House.
When the Denver convention adjourned hun-
dreds nf good practical politicians felt that Rryan
had heen nominated tn lead a forlorn hope. Thi
impression lias urnwn weaker with every day that
has passed until now. when news from many
parts of the country strengthens the notion that
it is Taft who is leading the forlorn hope.
Kepuhlican diss.-nsmns in Iowa Wisconsin Illi-
nois anil Weft Virginia spell nothing good for
Taft. The exploitation of Mr. Speaker Cannon's
record hy the democratic congressional campaign
committee anil the remarkable exhibition he has
made of himself in his attack on Rryan have ac-
complished wonders in teaching the people what
kind of a congress thev have when the republicans
control the house of representatives.
The remarkable di iifonstration which attended
Bryan's trip across Ohio do not look well for
Taft in his own State. The cry of distress which
comes from republican leaders in Chicago nd the
deliberate business opinion of Mr. James J. Hill
have their origin in the knowledge that the tide
of sentiment is turning strongly toward Bryan in
all the agricultural States of the Middle West
and the Northwest.
The republicans inay raise a big slush fund and
rush a hurrah campaign all through October but
there is hard common sense in the American peo-
ple which sees the difference lietween the false
pretenses of the Chicago platform and the hon-
est purposes boldly and plainly proclaimed by the
democratic party at Uenver.
Business has no reason to b alarmed at the
thought of Bryan's election and it is not alarmed.
The tariff standpatters fear Taft more than they
love him. Bryan is just as conservative as Taft
is anil his personal popularity is vastly greater
than Toft's.
Building Upon Sand.
(From the Springfield Republican.)
There is certainty of an early attempt to over-
haul the tariff if not an actual overbading
whichever way the eleojjon goes. Business inter-
ests will necessarily regard this as a disturbing
factor but the lesson of it all is that there taould
be lest tariff for business to depend upon. To
build upon legislation of this special character II
to build on fniDUHofii (bat are rer txpdaed .to
By Jitod Mogrmn Ltwia.
NfeVER:
' The brew that made Milwauktt famous
isn't here tonight.
The pipe 1 used to love to fill
And loved to set alight
la dead and cold tut down the hall
Babes wait a pillow fight.
And all alert they watch my door
And scarcely breathe at all
They wait for me to make a more
And listen for the fall
Of my feet sneaking to their door
And for my cry "Play ball!"
And I will do a pussy-foot
And reach the other door
Behind them where they watch for me
And suddenly will pour
Armfuls of pillows on their heads
And round them on the floor.
Then what a scramble there will be
And what an awful lot
Of tumbling down across a bed
And what an awful swat
They'll give their dad. till dad and babes
Are most exceeding hot.
And giggle 1 they'll both giggle like
The gurgles from a jug
And laugh until they are too weak
To lift up or to lug
A single pillow then I'll get
A kiss apieee and hug.
And then I'll have to listen through
The "Now I lay me" time.
And baby's bed will look so tall
I'll have to help her climb
Up over its high side and in
And promise her a dime.
And that's the program every night
A bribe to go to sleep
A lullaby e. crooned soft and low
Above a cuddled heap
And when I think them fast asleep
A pussy-footed creep.
The same old lilting lullabye
Day after day and ears
Terked up to hear rare fairy tales
Soothing of baby fears
And won't it ever weary me?
Not in a million years!
IGNORANT.
"Are you going to marry' Widow Jinx?"
"I don't know. I've juste1 returned from my
vacation and ain't in touch with affairs yet."
SIMPLY GREAT.
He said of safety razors
"I'd like to rise and state
I've used one for a year or more
And they are simply great!"
His listener looked upon his face
To see if 'twas as stated
And found it was ; it looked to him
Like it was simply grated.
GLORY BE!
Verses in the Northern papers
All about the early fall
Call to mind that here in Texas
We have winter not at all.
MISTAKEN.
"Here's a thrilling story of presence of mind
in a theater panic."
"Aw. chestnuts! I s'pose the theater caught
fire an' a beautiful chorus lady started a song
attract the attention of the audience."
"You are wrong as usual; a beautiful chorus
lady started to sing and the manager set fire to
the theater in order to draw the attention of ths
audience."
INTO THE TREADMILL.
The first day of school
Is a boy's busy time.
New clothes to get dirty.
Old fences to climb.
Strange scholars to lick
' New teachers to try
New girls to look at
With a wink of the eye.
There are lots of new books
Into which goes your name
A lot of new pictures
To color in same.
Then early dismissal.
Then in the old pool
The season's last plunge
On the first day of school
The next day is irksome;
Vacation was good
The hunts on the prairie
The hunts in the wood
The camp by the shore.
But school had to call !
Now it seems like you'd had
No vacation at all !'
HAD TRIED IT.
"The negro in order to gain the confidence ot
the whites should stay at home outside of work-
ing hours and go to bed with the chickens."
"Ah. went to bed with ne last night suh an'
it suttenly tasted good."
HAD TRIED.
"Youse can't keep a good man down."
"Naw an' youse can't hold a good man up
look at de bum lamp I got."
THE HELICOPTER.
We think a lot '
Of Edison
For the great things
That he has done.
But when he says
He's a machine
To make the brothers
Wriglit turn green
With envy we I
Want to be shown ;
This doesn't sound
Quite right we own
But Thomas will
Remember he
Sard he'd a storage
Battery'
So handy and
So good and cheap
That it would rock
The babes to Sleep
Run autos in
Whole day-long flights.
And furnish houses
Lights o nights ;
He's not made good
With it not yet.
And if he don't
Watch out he'll get
Himself the horse laugh
Without doubt;
Go fetch your
Helicopter out.
Then If it don't
Wright's deeds surpass.
You're in Nicola
Tesla's class.
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