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Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

AS A POLITICAL NECESSITY.
Friendly Comment on Governor
Poynter's Veto.

Washington Post Qnd. rep
1t is not quite fair to charge-as many
newspapers have done and are doing-that
the Nebraska populists and democrats have
refused TO pay honor to the gallant soldiers
of that state who have done splendid work
in the Philippines. This charge is based
on the fact that Governor Poynter vetoed
a resolution of thanks, accompanied by an
important declaration, and that his friends
in the legislature supported his veto. When
the incident occurred, some ten days ago,
fiagellation of the governor and his party
began, as was to have been expected.
We do not believe there would have been
any objection to the resolution, or that the
populists and democrats would have been
less enthusiastic than the republicans in
supporting it, if it had been confined to
thanks to the soldiers and laudation Of
their courage. We cannot imagine anything
in the way Of eulCgy that would have
aroused partisan feeling. But the Trainer
of the resolution deliberately contrived to
set a trap for the anti-eXpansionlsts-to
compel them either to defeat its passage and
face such obloquy as the act might evoke,
or to endorse expansion. The resolution
read:
THAT we acknowledge with gratitude and
joy the debt that the state owes them by
reason of the honor conferred upon it by
their valor while defending in the Philip
pines the principles of our government and
adding new glory to our flag"
The governor, after consulting Mr.. Bryan,
wrote a veto message in which he said:
81 cannot stultify myself and the calm
judgment of the thinking people of this
commonwealth by giving official approval
to the statement that the war of conquest
now carried on in the Philippines is in de-
Tense of the principles of our government
and is adding new glory to our flag"
The approval of that would have been a
surrender Of the whole case of the anti
eXpansionists, and that is Just what the
artist who wrote 1t hoped for. 1t was not a
pleasant official act to veto a compliment
to the brave Nebraska boys in the Philip
pines, but it was a political necessity. And
there Is no occasion to hurl epithets or try
to put patriotic men under a cloud of dis
loyalty. One may be a good, patriotic citi-
zen and still believe that in fighting the
rebellious Filipinos we are not defending
the principles of our government" Com
pared with such eminent republicans as
Senator Hoar and George S. Boutwell,, the
governor of Nebraska is very conservative.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
MOST BE

A paper that is generally regarded
ms the home organ of President Mckin-
ley, the Cleveland Leader, has declared
war against the trusts, urging, as The
Bee had already done, that the next
congress should take up the trust uues-
ton and deal with it to the full extent
of the legislative power of the govern
ment. The Leader declares that all
trusts are harmful TO the people, that
they are created in order that the peO-
pie may be robbed in one way or an
other. 1t says: ''The only course open
to the several states n to the United
States is to destroy the trusts. The re-
publican party leads in reforms. The
republican party should make imme-
diate and relentless a upon trusts"
This Is good advice and it is given by
one of the most earnest and loyal re-
publican papers in the country.
AS we have heretofore pointed out,
the antitrust act was placed in the fed
eral statute books by the republican
party and the only serious effort that
has been made to enforce that act was
by Il republican administration. That
law, it is true, has not accomplished
what it was intended to. 1t needs to be
amended or to be supplemented by new
legislation and it will be for the next
congress in its wisdom to determine
what is best to be done. But it must
do something. The people expect it and
they will hold the party to a strict ac-
~countability for neglect, evasion or dere.
LECTION in this respect. The question is
certain to be prominent in the next
national campaign and the republican
party must meet it fairly and fearlessly.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

forces do not exceed. If they are equal
to, the American forces, but If they
carry on a guerrilla warfare, as most
probably they will, the American forces
will need to be at least double that of
the enemy in order to carry on an eff
fcctiyely aggressive campaign. More.
over during the rainy season, soon to
begin, it is probable that 30 per cent Of
the American troops will be incapaci-
tated for duty. OF course there is the
possibility of n decided change in the
situation, but Judging from the indica-
tions there Will still be much fighting to
do and that Of the most trying kind, in
which case a considerably larger force
Is likely to be required.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

NV lOTh NUTIU.
The Bureau of Statistics has just published
these significant figures:
Our exports of agricultural products dur
ing 1898 amounted to 1852, 900, 900, a gain Of
$l20, OOO, 900 over 1897. Our exports of
manufactured goods during 1898 were $685.
0O0, 900, or $2S, 900, 900 more than in 1897.
Thus while the American farmer continues
to feed the world, American machinery and
the American men behind the machines are
pushing the product of their industry into
the very markets from which we have in
the past drawn the better part of our own
supplies of manufactured goods.
1t is no wonder that English ironmasters
and machinists and manufacturers are al
most in panic over American encroachments
upon markets which have hitherto been ex-
clusively their own.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
4 rLNE FOR cALM corNsEL

We do not believe there is any serious
danger Of wa growing out Of the Sa.
moan controversy. 1t is hardly coucciy-
able that either of the governments con
cerned would engage in hostilitics over
the questions involved, which should
easily be settled by a commission, as pro-
posed. The islands are of little value
commercially and it would be most de-
plorable if the enlightened nations that
are parties to the Berlin treaty of ISIS
providing for the protection and govern
ment OF Samoa were to engage in an
armed conflict over such a region.
This, however, is not impossible ami
the occasion calls for calm counscl and
deliberation. As was said by senator
Davis, chairman of the senate commit.
tee on foreign relations. after a visit to
the president, I'VE must be careful and
not lose our heads; we must not form
an opinion until all the facts are known
All who approve this judicious attitude
will deprecatc much of what is reported
to have been said by Representative
Hull, chairman of the house military
committee. That gentleman is quoted
as saying that if Germany persists in
its present course there may be war, yet
the German government has done moth
ing to which the United States govern
ment has made objection. Germany
proposed n commission to investigate the
Samoan situation and settle the diff
Guilty, which this government promptly
to. After some delay the prop
was accepted by the British
government. 1t was expected that the
commission would leave at an early day,
but the British foreign office concluded
that its representative must receive his
instructions by mail instead of by tele-
graph. which will not permit the com
to depart for its destination for
perhaps several weeks. This has caused
in Germany, but this should
not cause any feeling here against the
government. On the contrary,
desiring the earliest possible settlement
of the controversy, we should be in sym
pathy with it.
In the meantime Germany has made
no protests or demands. Some German
newspapers have urged that our govern
ment should be asked to disavOw the
action of Rear Admiral Kautz, but the
German government is not to be held
for such u~tterances. 1t is
possible that government thinks it's rep
reSentative at Apia has acted properly, |
but it has not said so and has shown an
desire to ascertain the facts. in
which respect it is in full accord with
our government. If 1t should be shown
by a full and fair investigation that the
action of the German consul was wrong.
the British and American govern
ments contend, it is not to be doubted
hat Germany would disavow his action
render whatever PREPARATION could
Justly be asked. Germany does not
war with Great Britain and the
States. She knows that would
disastrous to her, whether it should
confined to the three countries or
lrew others into the conflict. Nor does
he United States desire any addition to
The hOStilities it has on hand. The
American government can afford, while
irmly maintaining it's rights in this mat
to be fair and just to Germany and
undoubtedly this is the disposition of the
administration. |
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
COLONEL SELLERS 0uTCLAssED.
Trusts Put Out Stock to the Amount
of S4.1S5.iSO,7O

lAoi ma L '''s'
This enormous sum, two-thirds as large as
the cost of the civil war and 81, 500, 600, 900
greater than the largest sum the debt of the
United States ever reached, is the aggregate
capital Of the trusts or amalgamated COM
panies organized in the last fifteen months.
The manufacturers OF the country in 1890
had a total capital OF Sc, 1899 ,3S5. The
trusts only include a small share Of the
total manufacturers, yet their capital is now
two-thirds as large as the total sum in
vested in all establishments making any
thing in all the land, and more trusts are
being organized daily. The real capital value
of these establishments acquired by these
trusts is not over 81 900, 900, 900, II it is that.
the capitalized value being in general
swollen fourfold.
This reckless overcapitalization is accom-
panied by a speculation as reckless. Prices
are advanced from week to week in one OF
those periodic crazes of which history is
full and which have always ended in a
smash.
One good result the organization Of these
trusts is accomplishing, the ownership of
these properties is being dIffused. The
manufactures OF each class consolidated be-
longed at the utmost in each case to 200 or
300 owners, Often all the owners concerned
did not number fifty or sixty. These own
eTS sell NOT because lnelF WOTkS nave been
profitable, but because there has been little
or no money made out OF them in poor
years and in good years too little for the
risk Of ownership. The profit in all manu-
featuring has been growing narrower and
narrower and the movement toward trusts is
really an attempt to sell out to the public
at a high figure.
The first result OF this change from in
dividuals to corporations is that the number
OF owners Is greatly increased. Thousands
OF buyers are absorbing these shares all over
the country. Where in 1890 the great manu-
featuring plants were held by a few thou
sands OF persons, by 1900 they promise to
be held by tens II not by hundreds OF thou.
sands-stockholders in the trusts.
This diffusion Of ownership will doubtless
difuse the effect of a crash, but il will
make 1t far more widespread. The system
OF lOanlng on securities also greatly adds
to the perils of decentralization. Judging
from all past experience, when the in
eyitable smash comes some monetary insti-
tutions will find themselves embarrassed by
loans on trust securities, though in all well
managed banks careful discrimination is AL
ready exercised in loans on trusts.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
Signs of the Times.
Chicago Record

A significant sign of the ines is that while
there IS a substantial advance in the amount
of wages paid there is also a largely in
creased demand for laborers in almost every
department of American industry, and this
applies with special force to iron and steel
and allied activities. That this indicates an
improved condition of business of all kinds
is attested by the fact that there has been,
at nearly all the financial centers of the
country, an increased demand for money a,
higher rates of interest, which shows that
men can borrow money, put it into their
business and make a margin on it over ana
above the interest paid.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Having recovered its typewriter the
Filipino junta at Hong Kong has issued
a reply to the proclamation of the
American commissioners significant only
in the statement that the natives "do not
expect n complete victory, but to empha-
size their rights and to protest against
a ruthless invasion" The statement is
in strong contrast with previous bom-
bastic pronunciamentoes, but does not
afford any encouragement that the strife
in the islands is near an end
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Kansas authorities propose to take
prompt action against eastern insurance
companies which discriminate against
the state. "A bill is pending in the Con
necticut legislature prohibiting insurance
companies and banks chartered in that
state from investing in Kansas secur
ties. Kansas people believe if the com
panies take revenu u of their state
they should not be allowed to blacklist
its securities. The big eastern insurance
companies which drive Il most
profitable business in the west certainly
have no excuse for attempts to dis
credit the section from which so large a
portion of their income is derived.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES

The question as to whether the Amer.
lean forces in the Philippines will have
TO be Increased cannot be determined at
this time. A dispatch from Manila IA
few days ago stated that a prominent
American officer had declared that 1OO,-
600 soldiers would be required to subdue
the natives and keep open communica.
ton between the islands and in IA sub
sequent dispatch the opinion was ex-
pressed, as representing the Judgment
OF many American officers, that at least
10000 men would be necessary to pacify
the islands and maintain order. \
Washington dispatch states that Gen
eral Otis has not called for additional
troops and insists that his present force,
reinforced by the regiments under
orders to proceed to Manila, will be
ample.
The judgment of General Otis is or
course entitled to great consideration,
but 1t will be remembered that a no less
able and experienced soldier, General
Merritt, estimated the number of troops
that would be needed in the Philippines
at far less than the force now there, OF
course he had no opportunity TO ascer-
tain the strength of the native army
and not unnaturally moderated it, as
well in regard to fighting qualities as 10
numbers. General Otis has learned that
the Filipinos will fight, but it is by 40
means certain that he also does not
underrate their strength and
There Is reason to think that their
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

The regents of the Colorado State uni
versity are fearful they will be compelled
to close hat institution before the end OF
the school year on account of the small
appropriation made by the legislature.
Colorado should import a few of Ne
braska's skilled educational lobbyists.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
A more rlgId r%egulatlon Of mousse NOV

A more rigid regulation of house moy-
ing through the streets of Omaha is Ger.
talnly in order. When a house gets
started on wheels 1t should not be al
lowed to stop in the middle of a busy
thoroughfare. The streets are intended
for public use and not as a stopping
place for stray buildings. In other cities
house movers are required to operate at
night only in order TO create the least
possible Inconvenience TO those who have
a right to use the public streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
County Attorney Shields has not

County Attorney Shields has not yet
instituted suits for damages against the
World-Herald and Lincoln Journal, al
though both of those papers have printed
verbatim the same item on account Of
which he wan $25,0OO from The Bee.
This Is certainly fattering to The Bee
If it means that this paper can damage
his reputation to the extent of $4,000
while its competitors cannot damage it
one cent
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

The Samoan outbreak is only the nat
ural sequence of the departure from the
traditions of the founders of the repub-
lie. The k~ing-making partnership with
Germany and Great Britain was the first
step in the direction of empire building
taken under the delusive idea that Amer
lea must have a foothold in Australasia
for the extension of its with
the far east. Having entered into an al
lance with two European potentates for
the purpose of propping up the throne of
a savage king in defiance of the will of
his own subjects, it is not surprising
now to find these ~revolted savages muir
dering American m The sooner
Uncle Sam d~issolves the partnership the
better off will he be.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Another attempt is to be made to
procure legislation from the city council
requiring the owners Of wheels and
other vehicles to provide themselves with
lamps for the protection of the public.
In no city in the country comparing in
size of population with Omaha are
wheelmen allowed to race through the
streets without the ordinary devices for
the prevention of collisions.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

In order not to be lost in the political
shuttle Iowa populists nave called their
convention to meet at the same time and
place as the democrats. There is more
than a suspicion in the populist mind
that the effort to reunite the discordant
factions of the democratic party will not
be successful and in that event the popu-
lists do not intend to play the roll of
political grass widow II they can help II.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Visitors to Alaska will take notice
from the fate of the party of prOspectors
that attempted to hand their names
down TO fame by carving them on totem
poles. The names may be handed down
all right, but the possessors are not
likely to live long enough TO derive any
great enjoyment from the honors.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

The way to clear up the clearing house
muddle is for the business mel of
Omaha to keep at it. The o~bstreperous
bankers cannot resist the pressure of
the commercial interests of the city if
brought to bear at the right spot.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
MouIdn,t This jar You.

Chicago journal.
The prophecy of the Hon. Tom L. john
son that at the expiration of a term of years
people will ride free on the street cars as
their letters are now carried in the mails,
leads some to inquire how long it has been
since people sent letters through the mails
without cost. 1t may be different with Mr..
Johnson, but less favored persons pay 2 cents
for the carrying of sealed letters.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
where the Trust shoe pinches.

The baleful shadow of the trusts is pass
ing over Minnesota. too. The Linseed Oil
trust has absorbed the linseed oil mills
OF Minnesota, and these prosperous local
industries are to be closed out in a short
time. They had previously destroyed sew
eral other important local industries. A
day of reckoning is at hand with these
voracious monopolies.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Comparative statements of real estate
transfers i'll American cities show that
Omaha is one Of the places in which the
greatest activity is noted. 1t is a race
between the real estate men and the
packing houses to see which will lead the
prosperity procession.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
NEnps A srRcrcAL OPERATION.
Brynn's Political vision Growing
ncautifully Less.
Rrooklyn Eagle Cdom)

htObklau EtElf Abflu'
\ two-column letter from Nebraska is the
latest contribution to the Bryan-Belmont
controversy. Neither Of the political
polemics can possibly convert the other
they will be as far apart as ever when the
discussion closes. What Is true OF the dis
putants is almost equally true Of their fol-
lowers. The debate will result in few or no
desertions from one side to the other. So,
1t Is not a matter OF much consequence
whether It be prolonged indefinitely or
abrutly terminated, with the customary re-
newal Of assurances Of more or less profound
esteem. The merits of the two-column case
call for scant mmen by the Eagle. Speak
ing as an individual and basiug his opinions
on his own observation. Bryan says he has
found no disposition among democrats to
abandon either the principles Of bimetallism
or the ratio Of sixteen to one. What has he
been doing with his powers OF observation?
The principal plank of the platform upon
which he stood when he appealed to the
voters as a candidate for president demanded
the free coinage OF silver in unlimited
quantities. Here are New York state ballot
box results Of his appeal:
Mckinley .Sl9,S3S
BTSdn DOL JOY
PCS, i69
lNO years later, upon a platform contain
ing no reference to silver, the voters of the
state were again appealed to with this re-
suit:
kNoOStN cit. .......,t hl ,tVi
Van Wyck ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 43, 92l
17,7S6
These figures are relevant, competent and
admissible. Opinions cannot rub them out.
They clearly testify to a disposition among
dame nrntp -, abaplpp tho gil,,, ,,,.. ,,i
return to their allegiance when they are not
asked to indorse degraded dollars at the
polls. That disposition is not perceptible to
Bryan. His powers of observation do not
enable him to discover it. Political astig-
matism of this sort can be diagnosed with
out the aid of an ophthalmoscope, nor would
a strabismometer be Of any service-the dis
ease is hopelessly palpable and ~palpably
hopeless.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
Roosevelt AS n Bismarck.
Chicago Chronicle.

NTIIVHBO NNTUTIVIt,
Is 1t possible that Teddy Roosevelt means
to be known as the Bismarck of the
American nation? The man of blood and
iron, whose whole career as the dictator of
German policy was an epitome of the doc
trine of force, has a worthy follower in the
apostle of strenuous endeavor," whose
motto, as he tells the Hamilton club, is to
reach the goal, whether the riding be rough
or easy.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Why this silence on the part of County
Attorney Shields? The question has not
yet been answered why he prosecutes
gamblers who decline to stand in with
the Herdman gang and at the same time
refuses to prosecute protected gamblers
against whom he admits he has conclu-
sive evidence for conviction.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

1t seems A%guinaldo can give the Span
ish cards and spades and still win from
the Spanish in Il tax gathering match, if
his agent can raise $4,000 where the
former ruler was only able 10 get S1S,-
600. When his job of dictator plays out
Aguinaldo might make a living as Il bad
debt collector.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

The announcement Is made that any
one can buy a through ticket in Omaha
for a trip around the world, but the re-
turns from the conductors will continue
to show maximum travel between
Omaha and Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Now that the Illinois legislature has
defeated the Greater Chicago bill,
Peoria, East st. Louis and Cairo may
calm their fears of being annexed to the
Windy City.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
HIS FINISH.
BROOKLYN Life.

lie bought two gaudy scarlet coats.
Brass-buttoned, with green collars;
Hi knickerbockers made the bill
Close to 800,
The golf club that he Joined was large,
ESTABLISHED well and thrifty.
Ana for his fee, in good hard cash,
He next put up a so.
His brassey, cleaks and putter fine,
The club with which to drive,
The bag, the balls and other sticks,
Cost nearly %.
with shoes. broad-soled, with hobnalls filled
He next his feet bedeck.,
For them he gave up in exchange
A crisp, new, g~reen-backed Y.
For ~sundries, Ike a code of rules,
White paint, a rubber tee,
And books to tell him how to play,
He dropped at least a ".
At last h started out one lay,
And as he hit the fence
Gee some one heard the caddie saw
"He plays like 80 cents
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
Dewey's Good sense.

Indianapolis journal.
Admiral Dewey has always carried a level
head, but the fact was never more con
s]picuous than when he said that he does
not wish to be president because he has
neither disposition, education nor training
fitting him for the position.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

Let it be recorded that over 5000
quarts of wine We're considered neces-
sary at the New York banquet to empha-
size fttingly the simplicity of Thomas
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14

staff and Tanning in the oil room retinue
the reform governor should be we'll
equipped with men of experience as po-
litical hold-ups. The only thing lacking
is the appointment of Lee Hcrdman as
do-nothing railroad commissioner to sue
coed jim Dahlman.