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Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

trouble, or the American people must
be saddled with the burden of con-
tributlng to the support of Philippine
government. Then there Is the ques-
tion of trade with the islands, as to
which the advocates of their acquisition
have expressed great expectations.
With the open-door policy we must
compete for this trade on equal terms
with other commercial nations and we
shall get only such share of 1t as can
be won by superior enterprise and the
ability to supply goods on as favorable
conditions as our competitors. Those
who have expected that possession of
the Philippines would necessarily bring
with it control of the trade of the
Islands must give up this idea If the
open-door policy Is applied there. 1t is
not a very important trade, the i'm
ports of the Philippines last year being
valued at only Little over $4,000, 900
of which the United States furnished
S162, ,446-but of this we should get only
fractional part In view of this, how
will American manufacturing and com
mercial interests regard the open-door
policy?
The matter will receive very earnest
discussion and the proposal of the gov
ernment will undoubtedly encounter
vigorous opposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
THE UPEN-DOOR POLICY,

Our government has proposed to OBJ
serve the opendoor policy in the Phil
ippines-that is, to admit general com
merce to the islands free, following in
this respect the example of Great Brit
ain in China. This proposal has met
with enthusiastic approval from the
English press, which had before eX-
pressed grave apprehension that the
United States would, in the event of its
taking the Philippines, adopt tariff
system there which would be detri-
mental to the trade of other countries
with the islands. The London news
papers have been profuse in advice and
warning on this subject. They have
declared that if the United States re-
jected the Open-door policy there would
be deep disappointment throughout the
British empire, where it would be felt
that British sympathy and support had
been given to no good purpose, while
such course would be disastrous to
the prosperity of the Philippines. 1t
Is impossible to say whether or not
these expressions have had any lntll-
ence at Washington, but it is probable
that they have received some considera-
tion there. A short time ago Lord
Salisbury said that the entrance of the
United States into Asiatc affairs would
not result in any injury to British in
terests in Asia. Did the British yrilne
minister then have information as to
the intention Of our government which
has just been disclosed to the world?
Obviously in order that this country
may have any right to ask for the
maintenance of the Open-door policy in
China, which is absolutely necessary to
the extension of our trade in that great
field Of commercial exploitation, we
must ourselves observe this policy in
any possessions we hold in the far east.
Our refusal to do this probably would
not change the established policy of
Great Britain in its Chinese possessions,
or the declared intention of Germany in
would place us in an unfriendly COM
mercial attitude toward these nations
which sooner or later might operate to
our disadvantage. If we are gorg to
enter upon the career of a "word
power" manifestly it would not be wise
to begin by inviting antagonisms. We
shall avoid this by adopting the open
door policy for the Philippines, but how
will our interests in respect to those
islands be affected thereby?
In the first place there is the question
of revenue, If it is contemplated to make
the Philippines self-supporting, instead
OF charge upon our national treasury,
The American policy is to make foreign
merchants and manufacturers contribute
to the payment of the expenses of gov
ernment through the custom house. If
we do not apply this policy to the Phil
ippines we must either resort to internal
! taxation which might be regarded by
the people us oppressive and cause
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
A PERTINENT QUESTION
Is the Work of Christianizing Here
Completed or AbandOnedf



The country is getting a deal Of fine talk
from religionists about Destiny, under the
Almighty, conducting this nation into new
fields of civilizing, evangelizing, uplifting
effort on the other side OF the world
Even Bishop Doane, who was depreca ing
the expansion frenzy and calling attention
to the necessity Of regenerative endsavors
nearer home few weeks ago, has gone
over to the enthusiastic church folk who
behold providential leadings in this ma
tions demand for the entire Philippine
archipelago.
"It is God who hath wrought this out
and who hath changed the face OF the
world, who hath made the little one a
strong nation, who has wiped from the
map Of America" declares the bishop, with
more about the "deliverance OF an op-
pressed people, an open way among the
nations for a purer faith, truer liberty, a
finer civilization
The cry for relief from oppression, for a
purer faith, truer liberty, finer civiliza-
tion was heard in Detroit last week. It
came from the Methodist evangelists in
convention assembled. But it did not refer
to the Islands Of LuZon, Cantanduanes and
Rapu-Rapu, but to the great American
cities. The reports of these workers In
city slums revealed an appalling state Of
inquity and degradation and the crying
need Of moral cleansing. Great centers Of
population remain unreclaimed from bad
government, political corruption and un-
speakable social conditions. The problem
near to the hearts OF these city evangelists
seemed to be the betterment Of civilization
in their own country. To their mind Des-
tiny under the Almighty had directed them
to the plague-shops in their own cities.
But from the declarations Of the expan-
sonists within the churches 1t would ap-
pear that christianizing work Is completed
here or about to be abandoned for the de-
velopment Of a purer faith, truer liberty,
a finer civilization in the islands Of Sibuyan,
Riliran and BohOl
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM.

Buffalo Express The capture OF 1loilo by
the insurgents emphasizes again the fact
that 1t is they, rather than the forces OF
the United States. which have conquered
the bulk Of the Philippines from Spain.
Philadelphia Record: The cost OF life, as
well as the cost OF treasure, necessary to
maintain the sovereignty of northern ma
tions in hot and malaral countries near the
equator should be well considered. History
shows that II never has been difficult for
the people OF the temperate zone to subdue
the people OF the tropics, but the con.
querors have always been in turn subdued
by climatic conditions. The habitat OF the
races along lines Of latitude can be dis.
turbed, but 1t cannot be permanently
changed. AS is the climate, SO is the man.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Either we have
the Philippines or we do not possess them.
II they are ours already. why should we pay
si0,00O,0oO, or $1.OOO,00 or 81 to Spain for
them? II they still belong to Spain and we
are determined to make that government
yield them to us, why not demand them in
lieu Of cash indemnity? 1t is questionable
whether they would not prove very dear to
us in a gift; why then, give Spain bonus
OF $40, 900 or any less sum for a property
of such doubtful value? Can Spain give a
clear title to the Philippines, anyway? We
seem to have Manila and the insurgents,
most OF the rest of the archipelago. Having
bought the islands from Spain, shall we
have to buy them over again from the ma.
tives? The $40,000,000 may be needed for
the latter purpose more than for the former.
Leslie's Weekly A great many persons
in the United States do not want the Philip.
pines, even IL We can get them for nothing.
Nobody seems to want them II we must pay
in cash for them. 1t would seem to most
persons as IL Spain should heartily con,
gratulate itself that we have not demanded
a money indemnify as we'll as the possession
Of its colonies in the West Indies and all
Of the Philippines. France had to give to
Germany two OF the formers best provinces
and to pay $1,000, 600 Of indemnity be-
sides at the close Of the Franco Prussian
war. Singularly enough, both France and
Germany are now inclined to side with
Spain in its declaration that our terms OF
peace are neeilessly oppressive. The United
States has not been in the habit Of paying
>indemnities to nations with whom 1t has
been compelled to fight. The most popular
motto Of the country originated many years
ago and read millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute" That motto is
good enough for all time. The London
Chronicle states the case in a nutshell when
it says: "a war in which the justly van.
quished nation receives a solatium OF
sc, 900, 900 (s30,000,O ,O00) would be a novelty
so great that it must be seen to be be-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
REVENUE Law REVISION.

The most imperative demand the tax
payers of Nebraska will make upon the
coming legislature is for radical re
vision of the revenue laws. Our present
revenue laws were enacted soon after
the adoption of the constitution of 1875.
The few amendments made within the
past fifteen years have made the tax
laws of Nebraska patch.quilt designed
to cover some defects while at the same
time opening the way for rank discrimi.
nation in the distribution of the burdens
Of government.
First and foremost our system Of AS
sessment offers premium on wholesale
perjury and an incentive for the cor
ruption of assessors. The evasion of
taxation by the owners of personal
property Is so general that practically
the entire tax burden falls upon tie
owners of real estate. The owners of
mortgage loans and men who have
money to loan seldom make any returns
for taxation, while the mortgaged farm
or town lot is compelled to contribute
should justly be charged to the money
lender.
While every acre of land and every
foot of ground in towns and cities
owned by private parties is separately
assessed for local as we'll as state taxes,
the lands owned by railroads h the
form Of right-of-way, depot grounds and
buildings, their terminal facilities, their
equipment and rolling stock, furniture
and other chattel property are exempted
from the ordinary process of assessment
and punched at so much per mile by
the State Board Of Equalization. This
body, unlike the county or town board
of equalization makes the apprasement
and pretends to equalize the appraise-
ment it has itself made.
What is true Of railroad assessment
also applies to telegraph, telephone and
express companies These Inequalities
in assessment work injustice and fre-
quently hardship upon the great body
of taxpayers who exert little influence
on state boards with whom they do not
come in direct contact.
In other states, notably in Iowa, reve-
nue. law revision has recently been ef-
fected through revenue commissions.
whose investigations and conclusions
should afford a sufficient basis for the
framing of comprehensive law for Ne
braska. The conditions in Nebraska are
in most respects the same as those in
Iowa and neighborng states whose sys-
tens of taxation are based upon expert
ence and devised to avoid the very OBJ
jections that are urged now against Ne
braska'S revenue laws.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
THANKSGIVING,

A free people. living in the most IA
vored land on earth, enjoying the bless
ings of the highest civilization and in.
dependent OF the rest of the world as to
all the necessaries of life and those
things which contribute TO human COM
fort and appiness-Americans have al
ways reason for thankfuness. In spite
Of mistakes and follies, of bitter polit-
ical contention, of the misleading teach
ings of demagogues and the corrupt
practices of unscrupulous politicians, no
other people have so much cause for
gratitude as the citizens of this repub-
lie.
In his thanksgiving proclamation Pres
ident Mckinley said that few years in
our history have afforded such cause for
thanksgiving as this and he referred to
the blessings of abundant harvests,
the wonderful increase in trade and
commerce, the improvement of the pub
lie credit and the closer bonds of unity
between all sections OF our common
country. 1t has indeed, been n remark
able year. Since last Thanksgiving day
hundreds of millions have been added TO
the wealth of the nation Il great trade
balance has been created IN our favor
which has placed us in position of alb
solute financial independence and we
have made progress in every material
direction. Nor can there be any doubt
that intellectually and morally the
American people as whole have also
advanced. We have grown in the
worlds respect by signal demonstra-
tion of American prowess on sea and
land. In all the conditions of national
power and influence we are stronger
and greater today than a year ago.
The annual observance of day of
thanksgiving is distinctively American
and there can be no question that it ex-
erts wholesome moral influence upon
the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

The burning Of the Baldwin hotel In
san Francisco emphasizes anew the ne
cessity for a different kind of construc-
ton in all large buildings of this class.
To crowd hundreds of people into a
structure which consists of exterior
brick walls and labyrinth of wood
partitions Is criminal and the cupldity Of
those who build them should be
allowed to pile up five, six or more
stories of a firetrap in which unsus-
pecting people are liable at any time to
meet q horrible death.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
THANKSGIyING-1SOS.

James Buckham, in Leslie's Weekly.
Praise and thanks for freedoms conquesti
Praise and thanks for peace restored;
For the myrtle on the pillar, for the wreath
beside the sword:
For the silent, shining cannon: for the
hand-clasp and the vow:
For the heightened roll of heroes-for the
martyrs love-kiss'd brow.
And I thank Thee, God, I thank Thee, for
the dear ones, mine and all,
Who We ,ome back with shouts and chaplets
to the festive board and hall.
Oh, the hand-grasp and the heart-clasp and
the mothers kisses dear
And the joy around the hearthstone in the
fullnesS Of the year!
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

The Great Northern is the latest road
which it is rumored will come to
Omaha. The exposition opened the eyes
of a great many men to the fact that
they have been overlooking golden OPP
portunities for a long time, and rail
road managers are among the first TO
shed the scales which obscured their
vision. The Great Northern is one of
the most progressive systems in the west
and the winding up of the affairs OF
the bankrupt Sioux City & Northern
leaves the road within a hundred miles
of the goal. 1t is poor railroad which
is not looking this way at present.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
The Reformed Presbyterian church in

The Reformed Presbyterian church in
fraction of church discipline by mem
bers accused of voting at the recent
election contrary to the church creed
While the constitution guarantees and
public sentiment upholds the theory
that every one shall have the right to
worship as his own conscience Dictates
the great mass of people will have little
sympathy with the church in its
troubles Its right to exist and hold its
property, the lives ana liberties of its
members are protected by law and they
have no right to evade their responsible
ties in the election of men to make and
enforce these laws. Benefits conferred
always entail responsibilities. The
rights Of each member Of a community
are interdependent with the rights of
every other member and he who i'm
asines himself a good citizen while
shirking his share of responsibility Is
deceiving himself. 1t Is not sufficient
to refrain from violating law or from
interfering with others to earn such n
title. A negative position is never the
full measure of public duty. The same
rule is applicable with still greater
force to the business man who has not
time to vote and the purist who dis
dains to mix in the so-called mire of
politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

None Of the railroads at present occu.
pying Omaha streets for trackage and
right of way ever paid the city any
thing for the valuable privileges they
enjoy. That is Of course no reason why
city streets should be given away indeh-
nitely, but 1t readily explains why these
railroads want the line drawn against
every road except their own.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
Troubles Enough at Home.
PHILADELPHIA Record.


Spain, it seems, has troubles Of her own
quite apart from any that may be caused
by the victorious action Of the United
States The Carlists declare that they have
obtained loan which is equivalent to say
Ing that they are about to start on the war;
path. and the Red Cross society, which
should be non sensational, IL anything, has
issued a circular calling on its members
to prepare for days of sorrow and blood"
The Sagasta government should hasten to
adjust its foreign affairs, for 1t will evil
dently have quite enough to attend to at
home If these representations are fulfilled
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Uncle Sam is the Richard behind
every bush which European diplomats
see In these later days. Whenever an
unappropriated island or one which is
not being utilized to its fullest capacity
is discovered the report Is at once cir
culated that the United States is about
to acquire it, Bad little diplomats must
be frightened into submission in some
way and the old scarecrows have about
lost their efficacy.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

President Mckinley had 271 electoral
votes and Mr.. Bryan 176 votes two years
ago. This year the republicans gained states
in the west casting twenty-five electoral
votes and lost Kentucky in the south, cast
ing twelve electoral votes. n net gain OF ten.
Two years hence two or three of the western
states now in the democratic -populist
column viii doubtless be found in the repub-
lican column.
So the dream OF a political union between
the south and the west will have TO be dis
missed. for the present at least, AS the fig
ment OF diseased Imagination.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

The Ute Indians must be progressing
when they have arrived at the point
where they think they can manage
their own affairs, and have preferred n
request that no more commissions be
sent to talk them into parting with
their lands
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Two native members of the San. Juan
Board Of Public Works have been ar
rested for embeZzlement of public
funds. Unless the United States au-
thorities cease meddling with time-hon-
ored customs in this ruthless manner
there is bound to be trouble in the new
N0SSnSSinn
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
GLOOM ON THE HORIZON.
All a Fleeing Show for Democracy
Hope Given.
Philadelphia Press.

IHIIHutIpI11H FTeSs.
The recent elections show that only few
OF the western states voted with the south,
and that onfy Colorado Utah, and Montana
can be depended upon in the future. The
other states in that neighborhood, like Ne
braska, Idaho and Nevada, were carried by
such small majorities by the populists that
the hope Of holding on to them two years
hence will be slim. Had the country elected
president the other day the electoral vote
according to the returns would have stood
as arranged in the following table:
Pan Elertoral DeD,ncrnt IL E1ecfora1
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

A Chicago railroad official testified be-
fore the congressional postal commits
sion that there was no profit to the rail
road companies in transporting the
mails. Strange what poor business
men these railroad managers are to
struggle so fiercely for business In
which there Is no profit.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Nebraska comes out of the recent
storm without being in the least disfig-
ured. Reports of heavy losses of live
stock are groundless. The Nebraska
farmer and stockman knows how to
take care of his stock, and furthermore
the storm was by no means so severe as
those experienced every winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

General Blanco has resigned as gov
ernor general of Cuba and the Spanish
ministry has accepted the resignation.
1t Is really too bad that the general
will not be able to extend an official
welcome to his old friend, General
Fltzhugh Lee, on or about the first of
the new year.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
Eject of Hawaiian Sugar.
Springfield Republican.

Five new Hawaiian sugar companies have
been incorporated since annexation, and a
great increase in the sugar output of the
islands Is anticipated. And not without
reason. The budding beet sugar industry
Of California might as we'll close up. 1t has
not the advantage OF 20-cent semislave
labor
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

erty. The constitution requires uni
form taxation. This is therefore not
only a palpable violation of the letter
and spirit of the constitution, but also
a gross imposition on other taxpayers
thus compelled to pay taxes the rail-
roads should by rights bear.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

The approach of cold weather serves
only to warm up the atmosphere in the
vicinity of the senatorial battlefield.
BY January 1 things should be red hot
right around the legislative halls.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Some good things come from Mani
toba, but If there is any more of Mon
days variety of weather in stoch the
people up there are at perfect liberty to
keen II.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

While the turkey is the only officially
recognized Thanksgiving bird, the other
winged animals from angels to swal
lows may be expected to contribute
freely to the gaiety of the occasion.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Omaha would give thanks along with
promised to Douglas county if the post
office department would only hurry up
Its installation.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

There must be a greater Omaha be-
fore the census takers come around in
June, 1900, IL Omaha is to take its
proper rank among western cities in the
showing that will pass as official for
ten years thereafter.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

One of the uppcrmost questions about
to agitate the public schools is whether
the janitors or the teachers will make
the new president of the school board
and name the important committees.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

The weakest place in the charter is
that which exempts railroad property
from assessment for city taxation by the
tax commissioner on the same basis of
valuation that applies to other prop
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

De-DemoCrat.
A Denver paper says Colorado this year
will produce gold to the extent Of $40, 900 900
and perhaps s3O,0O0,OOO. The silver senti-
ment in that state begins to look like an
effort to bull gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
Growing Peaceful.

Chicago Record
One new objection to foot ball is that as
now played 1t doesn't provide enough
accidents to keep its opponents supplied
with arguments against it.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Christmas and New Years may come
on Sunday, but no calendar maker will
dare move the Thanksgiving feast from
its accustomed day in the week.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
STATEMENT OF CIRcULAr1o,l.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County S.:
George Il. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that the actuai number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning
Evening and Sunday Bee, printed during
the month of October, 1898, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Globe-Democrat.

Colonel Bryan talks like a man who ought
to take his boom to the nearest umbrella
mender and have the rents patched before
the winter rains set in.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24
Give thanks.
Let the division of turkey proceed.

The price of coal has again become
the all-important factor in household
economy.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

son to give thanks this year than any
time before.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Chicago Tribune Colonel Alltork-1t
would have seemed a horrible thing to you
gentlemen, / doubt not, but 1t was merely
one of the incidents of war. l had trodden
upon corpse!
one of the Sufferers-1 don't doubt II.
once walked for two hours on an empty
stomach!
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

..'.s...s.......'.
Less unsold and returned papers,. 17.S23
Net total average. 707 .275
Net daily average. 2o.7 ~
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 3lst day Of October. 1898.
N z. FELL,
Notary Public
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-24

Chicago Record: Are you ready Tor
winter, Adolphus?'
Yes my wife has taken the embroidered
ed-plush cover off the snowshovel.'