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Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

| that the medical schools of this state
! are already, or will soon be. in position
to afford students the necessary prepa-
ration and that Nebraska should be I'm
the van rather than i'm the rear In the
movement to elevate the medical stand
ard.
Every honest effort to elevate the
standard of professional education has
always had the hearty support of The
Bee and any effort TO exact from ply
sicians educated in the east the same
qualifications that are required from
those educated here will have its cor
dial approval. At the same time it may
be well to repeat that to make haste
slowly in the long run attains the de-
sired object quicker. Admitting that
the standards applied to medical prac-
titioners in Nebraska are by no means
what they should he, would it not be
more practical and therefore more ad-
visable to increase the requirements for
practice by degrees until they shall
have reached the Illinois plane? We
have. not yet set the limit up to three
years of efficient medical school train
ing and it might not be bad policy to
educate the people and the physicians
NJ one step at Il time.
Just as the matter of bar eXaminn-
tions rests almost exclusively with the
body of attorneys, so the requirements
for certificates to practice medicine rest
largely with the body of physicians
throughout the state. The physicians
should take the subject up for discus
sion in their local and state associations
and formulate some plan by which
the medical standard may be gradually
raised without unnecessary hardship
upon any one. If they will come to Il
agreement as to what is
desirable, there should be no difficulty
in getting the legislature to enact the
legislation necessary to put it into eff
feet. 1t will then rest with the medi. |
cal men of the state to live up to the |
regulations ana for the ply |
Sicians constituting the State Board of |
Health to enforce them strictly upon
in the profession.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS.
sweeping Results of the President,
Civil Service Order.


The presidents comprehensive order trans
ierrlng to the classified civil service lists
nearly 10000 federal employees is one of the
most creditable acts of his administration
as to the wisdom of the principle under
which the civil service is divorced from
partisan politics there can be only one sound
opinion The subject has been thoroughly
thrashed out. In national. state and mu-
nlcipal governments the efficiency of olic al
and OF clerical labor is in the ratio of its
detachment from all considerations but
those OF merit. Thirteen years have ELAPSED
since the frst civil service order was is
sued by President Arthur. No one will
deny that the federal bureaucracy since that
day has very greatly improved upon what
1t was before. More than half of the l6O -
600 employees of the national government are
row within the purview of the civil service
system.
Mr. Cleyeland's order is not legally bind
ing upon his successor: but the next presi-
dent whoever he may be, will scarcely adopt
a. reactonary policy by revoking it, on
the contrary. he will probably be heart ly
glad to get rid Of the burden of appointing
thousands upon thousands of indstinguish-
able subalterns and will be more inclined to
extend the system than to abridge it,
There are 10000 and more fourth class
postmastershDs not yet on the classified
list. These ought to be placed there
Every federal emplOye whose duties are in
the main of a clerical character should be
under the civil service system.
When that is the case we shall have n
national civil service as stable. smooth and
satisfactory as that Of England.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
KRUGER AND KRuGERDoM.

Springfield Republican: Bismarck's judg-
ment Of "OOm Paul" seems to be justified
Years ago he said that President Kruger
was the greatest statesman he had ever
met
Minneapolis Journal: Dom Kruger is very
quiet In his public documents. but he has
IN reserve a large, nine-jointed Dutch oath
for the nation that attempts to grab any
OF his government swamp land.
Chicago Tribune: While Kruger's speech
falls short of the best policy in what It
leaves unsaid, there is nothing i'm what he
does say that offers much opportunity for
the hostile English critic There has been
some expectation in European capitals that
he would make some positive declaration of
policy regarding the future relations with
Great Britain. Reports to this effect in
England have carried between the lines the
hope that the crafty Boer might fall into
some indiscretiOn at this time that could
be turned to England's advantage. There
has been disappointment in this respect also
for the speech has proved to be an uncom-
promising utterance. rather colorless than
otherwise.
Detroit Free Press: There is nothing sur
pricing In the report that John Bull is angry
with the kaiser and is trying to hold him
responsible for the disgrace which has come
in the Transyaal matter, Nations like indi-
yduas, angry when they are caught
doing some disreputable thing; and that 10
what has happened to John this time. The
conclusive eFluehce ol the dispatches round
in Japeson's captured luggage that his raid
was put up by the principal directors of
tho South African company, with Cecil
Rhodes in the lead. forces upon the British
government the necessity OF sacrificing GER
tainly Rhodes and probably the entire com
pany; and this means the utter abandon
ment OF its prestige in that part OF the
globe John Bull has been outwitted By
President Kruger. and believing that the
Boer leader has prOfited by the advice or
friendship OF the kaiser, he naturally turns
upon the latter German
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

close attentiensto the South American
markets ando carefully studying their
requirements. nur manufacturers have
manifested ne-rery great interest in
this trade AUD, with II few exceptions,
nave made littls effort to cultivate ii.
This has been something of Il rcproach
TO manufacturers, although
an explanation WAS found i'm the fact
! that until the yIast few years the large
ana steadily growing home market fur
nished an awplS field for their enter
| prise. But a point has been reached
in the development of the productive
capacity of The United States when
the home market Is not sufficient to
absorb all that our manufacturing i'll
| dustrcs can produce. with the large
competition of foreign manufacturers.
The latter cannot be excluded and
therefore in order to keep American
mills and factories in operation an out
let must he found for the production in
excess of the demands of the home
market South America with its 4O,-
n00.OO0 of people. offers the most fD
vorablc field for aggressive effort on
the part of our manufacturers, ana
while the immediate results of such
effort may not be altogether satisfac
tory or profitable, there can be no doubt
if pcrsevered In the ultimate benefits
will most amply reward the enterprise
and repay the cost.
American manufacturers have one
important advantage in proximity to
the southern markets. They are at
disadvantage in having to ship their
goods in foreign vessels. Nothing is
more essential to the increase of our
trade with South America than the
establishment of steamship lines run
ming direct between our ports and the
principal ports of the southern coun-
tries, and it will be one of the most
Imperative duties of the republican
party, when restored TO the control of
the government to encourage the cS
adjustment of such transportation |
lines. With that done and the policy |
of reciprocity revived, our manufac-
turcrs, if they shall show the enterprise |
for which they are distinguished and |
shall intelligently and carefully cater
to the wants and requirements of the |
people of South America, cannot fail |
to realize II steady growth of trade
in that quarter which should not many
years hence place the United States ut
the head of the nations having large
commercial relations with the south
ern half of this hemisphere.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
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EUROPEAN TRAVEL.

| lne season OF European travel is al
hand and the indications are that a
| greater number of Americans will cross
tlle sea this summer than at any time
III the past. 1t is a conservative eSti.
mate that these travellers will REQUIRE
not less than $5O.OOO,OOO in gold and
| probably the sum will be much larger
than that. The demand for the yellow
metal from this source is already being
| felt and it will continue for the next
| two or three months. This is one OF
| the considerable items in the iutcrna-
tional exchanges which contributes ma
tcrinlly to maintaining the balance
| against this country and it grows
steadily from year to year. NOtwith-
standing the depression of the past two
years the number of Americans visiting
Europe increased and this year prom
ises to show still greater multitude of
American tourists in the old world. with
plenty of money to spend.
1t is of course wholly useless to dep
rccate this growing tendency of we'll
to-dO Americans to go abroad and to
II
general welfare if they were to remain
here and spend their money in patron
izing the many excellent summer re-
sorts in all parts of their own country.
thereby getting better acquainted with
it. II is idle to talk of patriotism in
who have become thoroughly imbued
with the idea that the only proper thing
is to pass the summer months in Eu-
rope, even though they may find less
comfort and pleasure abroad than they
could get at the mountain and lake and
Every intelligent person knows that
there are just as desirable and health
ful places in this country as in Europe
to pass the summer season, but most of
those who 90 abroad are not looking for
comfort and health They have other
motives. 1t will have to be admitted,
of course, that the attractions of Eu-
rope are very great and that to some
n tour of European countries repays
the cost in the educational benefits de-
rived from it, but probably only very
small percentage of those who go
abroad thus profit by it, To majority
of them, unqueStionably, it is merely
matter of sightseeing and social pres
tige.
However, Americans who can afford
to go to Europe-and to some, doubt
less it costs less than to remain at
home-will continue to do so in increas-
ing numbers, taking with them from
500, 100000 to S100,0O0,000 annually.
When the balance of trade is large on
our side and other conditions are IA
vorable this drain is of little conse-
quencc, but under existing circum-
stances it becomes an appreciable fac
tor. 1t is highly probable that this will
be realized during the next two or three
months, for a call during that time for
500, 100000 of gold on this account may
necessitate the withdrawal of a con
siderable proportion of the amount
from the national treasury.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

An argument is now advanced in sup,
port of the Nicaragua canal that the
opening of that waterway would benefit
the coal interests of the east by enab-
ling coal to be shipped to the Pacific
coast, there to undersell the coal nj
present imported from Japan, Australia
and Vancouver. Before the completion
of the canal, however, the great coal
fields of Wyoming and Colorado will
be developed and the coast market cap
tured for their product. With the
Wyoming coal accessible to California
the demand for eastern coal would
hardly be appreciable.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
DemnnI for Jury Reform.

-,
The fact Is, the original idea of n iury
was body of men drawn from the vicnage
ana supposed to know more about the sub
Ject of dispute than any one else. In a
great city, of course there must be safe
guard thrown around the selection of Jurors
10 Keep venal and corrupt men from serving,
but that is comparatively easy if the service
of good and true men can be compelled.
In the impaneling of juries as now prac-
tlced there is too much latitude given to the
lawyers. This is the cause of great DELAYS.
1t Is doubtful if the lawyers on either side
should be suffered to interrogate the juror
IN any way whatever. but, if at all. only
as to merely formal matters. The uualih-
cations of jurors should be investigated
solely by the judge and determined by him.
Trial by jury is itself on trial Thoughtful
publicists are in doubt whether it will not
have to be abandoned The topic is n
timely one. Jury reform is what the people
demand
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
Wheels in the PuIpit.


When, year or 80 ago, the pastor of a
church in Jersey City announced that he
would preach a sermon to bcyclists, and
asked those fond of the sport to attend the
service in bicycling costume the occurrence
was looked upon as simply another caper OF
the sensational clergy. Since that time, how
ever, the effort to join bicycling and re-
ligIon has become general. Sermons like
the one referred to are common, resulting In
great ransacking of texts and twisting Of
biblical metaphors to meet bicycle life There
are numberess church bicycling tours and
CLUBS to which only church members or mem
bers OF certain denomination are admitted
In some localities it is considered proper TO
rlde bicycles to church. and in these places
there are rooms fitted up under the churches
where bicycles can be checked and cleaned
while the services go on above
Are the bicycists sharing in church serv-
ices. or are church services sharing in hi
cycling enl have the bicyclists led the
churches captive to their tire and pedal?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
srArrEs OF GREAT GENERALS.

| Washington City will in time have
more statues of military heroes thar
any other city in the world. On Tues
day next there will be unveiled at th&
national capital an equestrian statue
of General Hancock and the occasion
| promises to be a notable one. There
will be an imposing military demonstra
ton, under the direct command of Brig.
adler General Brooke and the ccre.
monies connected with the unveiling
will be of Il highly interesting charac,
| ter. General Hancock was one of the
| ablest, braveSt and most brilliant of the
| union generals. His military career
was marked throughout by Jealous de-
votion to duty, by excellent judgment
| in every eNigcncy, and by unsurpassed
gallantry. No duty was ever required
of him that he did not perform well
and he enjoyed in equal measure the
confidence of his superior officers and
of the soldiers he commanded General
Hancock achieved his greatest glory AT
Gettysburg and his military fame will
be forever associated with that great
battle. perhaps the most important Of
the war in its consequences to the union
cause. The Hancock statue was pur-
chased and erected by the government
and is therefore national memorial
of the distinguished soldier.
1t is proposed that congress make an
appropriation for the erection of n
statue to Major General Meade in
Washington and undoubtedly this will
be done. for no union general has n
better claim to have his memory thus
commemorated. The military ability of
Meade has not been generally apprc-
ciated at its true worth, nor has jus.
tice been done to his achievements. He
was great soldier, rs is abundantly
mand of the Army Of the Potomac from
Gettysburg until Granr assumed the
command of that army, aud if he had
done nothing more than defeat and
drive back the confederate army ut Get
tysburg he would Lave established
sufficient claim to Il national monu
mcnt in the capital Of tie republic.
The Army of the Tennessee will erect
an equestrian statue of General Sher-
man at the national capital. A fund
of 100000 has been raised by volun-
tary subscriptions of hose who served
under General Sherman and it is in
tended to erect Il statue Of the Illus
trious soldier that VIII wOrthily com
memorate his great services 10 the coun-
try and also be a fitting testimonial
of the affection in which lac was held
by the soldiers of the army he com
manded. 1t viii be Il tribntc to both
the military genius and the personal
qualities of the man. whose memory
will ever be sacrediy cherished by the
American people.
There is no better way In which TO
express the gratitude of the nation to
its great soldiers than in perpetuating
their memories in marble and bronze,
nor Is there any more effective rGeans
of inspiring popular patriotism. There
cannot be two many statues of the
great commanders whose skill and
courage saved the union ana made for
ever illustrous the Military history of
the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
CONDITIONED ONES.

Theodore Dresser in Every Month
| sing of the toiling masses, of the hands
that never cease an,
From their labor and wretched living till
the soul wings home in peace;
For the name of the poor IS legion, where
the name of the rich Is score,
And the hearts OF the poor are trampled
by the things which the rich adore.
In drear. sad lanes of cities, in the crowded
hauntS of men,
Dwell those whose very laughter makes
AS n strata are they, mbedded, meath
peace and comfort and ease;
Like an Atlas, bearing society," on shoui-
der, and bended knees
AS of old, they live unheeded, as of old
they die, unsung,
Yet their deeds are true as any, while their
woes appal the tongue;
And theirs is valley of shadow, ven OF
moil and tears, a.,
Where the river of love seems less to flow
with the roll of the ceaseess years
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

Argentine is preparing TO take adj
vantage of the failure Of the Cuban
sugar crop by pushing its product in
the United States. This is all the
greater reason why the sugar cane
planters and the sugar beet growers
of this country should be encouraged
to increase their output at the present
time. Once intrcnched in the home
market and the home sugar producer
will not be driven out by any foreign
cOmpptitor
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
THE MEDICAL STANDARD.

The comment of The Bee upon the
recent action of the Illinois State Board
of Health making attendance rpon forr
annual courses of medical instruction
prerequisite to applications for GER
tiiicates TO practice medicine in that
state has called out letter from one
of our well known physicians of reclg-
nized standing in the profession in
which the position is taken that there
can be no logical reason why Nebraska
should not immediately follow the ex-
ample OF Illinois. The point is made
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
Specimen 90 Trust Greed.

The New York Ice trust does not believe
that what Is sauce for the goose is sauce for
the gander As soon as the demand for its
product increased the trust advanced the
prices. Ice was then in greater demand than
before, and the trust, acting ca a too com.
mon custom, shot up the selling price But
Wheh its employees decided, in view of the
increased labor eXacted of them. to put nm
the price of their commodity, in other words.
asked for more wages, the trust kicked like
a balky mule. 1t was all right for the men
who composed the trust to make hay while
the sun shone. but, of course their employees
thing ~ -
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

Harper's Bazar: THE giraffe has tongue
eighteen inches long" said Mrs, GaIrill,
| MIR Garrin who had had "A long curtain
lecture the night before.
Detroit Free, Press: Are they contem-
Il think so. lie gave her a gold brace
let with paddock and he carries the key
Chicago Record: Your wife. seems anx-
"jrp TO date? She's way ahead; she's got
lot of trouble borrowed for year after
next"
London Plck-Me-Upi The Bishop Q0 Co., young 4mf
comfort in the thought that You made your
husband hSRHy Wills ne Ponr IlyeJ Jack was in
heaven till he died.
Indianapolis journal: Mrs. Gabble-Baby
seems to be awfully slow in learning TO
'hH Mrs. Gabble's Husband-Hove you ever
given him a chance to try?
Washington Star: "Josiar," said Mrs C 5rn-
tossel, I'VE was a sayin' the other day thet
hiram didn't seem ter have no bent fur
anXthin, in pertickler'
out an look at i'm some time when he's
a-scorchin' on his bicycle
Chicago Record: Girls are artful; here's
a club of twelve who have vowed never to
marry: o,
That means they expect an equal NUM-
Der of young men to try to change their
minds"
Chicago Tribune: "Our house,,cleaning
went OFF without any grumbling this year
How did that happen?'
why. / put some dimes and quarters in
the rockets of my old vests and then told
nv wife that l had lost so bill"
Taxas SITTER: Two New York ladies, who
had not seen each otner for some time,
met at a church socable Said one: -
"Do you know what l heard about you?'
81 heard that last summer while your
YOU went on a picnic
: IT'S vile slander 1t was only an eX'
CurSOn.'
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

A rare treat is in store for the pa
irons of the coming state fair and
visitors to Omaha during festival week.
The Northwestqne Scandinavian Sing
ing society Will come 1000 strong-one
Of the strongegta musical organizations
in the country This feature should be
placarded all overothe west. 1t Is bound
to be one of tho greatest drawing cards
Of the fair BECAUSE of lis novelty and
of the artistic merit of the Scandi
naviaD singers. - i}
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

1t seems that NJ most horld predlc-
tions as to the popularity of the bicycle
this season arqItae be verified, Never
before was therp shch horde of people
ON wheels as npw. The wheel has been
adapted to neaply every form of occupl-
lion and pleasure and the novelties and
Conyeniences offered on the market for
the wheelmans use are so numerous
and varied as almost to dazzle the i'm
agination. This is the bicycler's year.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

Senator Vest of Missouri says that he
Is an unwilling delegate to Chicago,
chosen by the people of his state to
represent them in the democratic ma
tional convention. No one will blame
him for being unwilling. Most people
are unwilling to participate in an as
semblage out of which no possible good
can come. 1t is not necessary of course
to remind Senator Vest that there are
no unwilling delegates to the repub-
lican convention at ST. Louis.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
EXTENDING AMERICAN TRADE.

One of the objects of the National
Association of Manufacturers Is to ex-
tend the foreign trade of the United
States and especially to cultivate the
markets of South America. In pursu-
ance of this object it is proposed to
organize this summer party of thirty
representative business men, cOmpris-
ing all the leading branches of trade,
to visit the principal trade centers of
South America and to investigate the
conditions of business there and study
the peculiar needs of the several coun-
tries. incidentally, it Is believed that
good results must come from the per-
sonal contact OF representative bust
ness men of the United States with
the business men of South America.
This is the first organized effort in
this country TO establish closer trade
relations with the countries south of
us and to expand our commerce in a
quarter where IL should be much larger
than ii Is. While the manufacturers
and merchants of England. Germany
and France have for years been giving
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

The republican national convention
will declare against the 16 to / free
coinage fallacy. Republicans in Ne
braska might rs well recognize this
fact sooner us later. Kicking up Il
free silver racket at the present time
Is not calculated to strengthen and
farmonize the party or increase the as
snrance of party success.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

Because an author has been num-
bered among the converts to the bicycle
craze is no good reason why he should
put all his heroes and heroines on BIZ
cycles. novel is not necessarily mod
ern because it deals with punctured
tires
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

United States people who are reported to
MI all Europe this year, and spend 100000
600 in gold would have been wiser to have
stayed at home or have visited some of the
interesting places in their own country
There are thousands of Americans wandering
over the continent who know little of the
county next to that in which they were born
and nothing of the adjoining state
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

The Standard oil monopoly has un-
dertaken to crush ont another COM
petitor that has dared to lift its head
over In Iowa. The old process of re-
ducing prices until the smaller com
pany is frozen out is again in progress
and will doubtless end in the usual
way-the swallowing Of the smaller
concern. The most perfect example of
a trust anywhere to be found is the
great Standard Oil monopoly.