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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
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The bill providing for a transpacifc
cable will soon come up for considera-
ton in congress, this being one Of the
matters which the president is under.
stood to be particularly anxious to have
disposed of at the present session. In
regard to the question whether the ca.
BILE should be laid and controlled by
the government or by a private corpora.
ton opinion In congress has appeared
to be about equally divided, but we are
inclined to think that q further discus.
sion of the subject will strengthen the
support for a government cable. The
weight of argument is certainly on that
side and perhaps the strongest reason,
is the New York Tribune points out, is
that it is necessary to make the entire
cable system a purely American one,
which would not be the case with either
Of the private companies which are ask.
ing congress for a contract to lay the
cable.
From California to Luzon." says the
Tribune, 1.-THE cable must be under ex.
elusive American control n at every
landing place It must be on American
soil and under the American flag, and
1t must be free to be extended at will
from Luzon to China and Japan. No
charter should be granted to any com
pany that is not free from even a suspi-
cion of standing in with alien con-
Germs. If no private company can com
ply with that requirement, then the
United States government should itself
take the enterprise In hand" Neither
of the companies proposing to lay the
cable under contract with the govern.
ment meets this requirement and 1t is
manifestly one that congress should con.
slider. In any event, however, the proper
thing is for the government to lay and
control a transpacihc cable.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05

linquish all claim Of sovereignty over
and title to the Philippines and shall
continue to occupy and govern the
islands only until the people thereof
have established a government and
given sufficient guarantees for the per
Torrance of our treaty obligations with
Spain and for the maintenance and
protection Of all rights which have ac-
crued under the authority Of the United
States. This is a policy which there is
abundant reason TO believe is not APP
proved by a majority of the American
people. Indeed it may be confidently
asserted that 1t would be overwhelm-
ingly rejected If submitted for a popular
verdict. The people Of Oregon have
just shown what they think Of 1t and
we venture to think that the judgment
of the people Of that state reflects the
opinion of most Of the country. The
democrats in the senate have labored
most a~ssiduously to make political capi-
tai by de%nouncing the Philippine policy
Of the government, even attempting to
dishonor the army which is upholding
American sovereignty in those islands.
They have failed and upon this issue
their party will continue In the minority.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
~ ~ re TREASURY ExBiBJr.

State Treasurer Stuefer's exhibit of
the financial condition Of the state for
the six months ending May 81, 1902,
conveys interesting information TO the
taxpayers of the state as to the receipts
and disbursements during the last six
months and the balances remaining in
the various funds. For purposes of
comparison with the balances in the
J treasury December /, 1901, which Mr.,
Stuefer has placed side by side, the ex-
hibit is of little or no value. 1t simply
! shows hat there is now over $300,00O
more money in the state treasury than
there was December / last year, and
that fact is due to Increased remittances
from county treasurers. Incidentally
Treasurer >Stuefer's exhibit shows that
the state has received 81, 100 in interest
on deposits and has invested $766,622.3s
in county bonds and Understanding
state warrants.
OF a total Of 1921, 590.T3 now held
by the treasurer in trust securities for
the public schools and university $1,926,-
091.96 represents interest-bearing Sc
curlties purchased since the advent of
the present republican state administra-
ton, or IN increase Of over $4,000 in
vested by the preceding administration
during the same period. This creditable
showing was made possible by the col
lection of 1857, 233.72 from the sale Of
school lands and the redemption of more
than S2O0,0 900 Of county bonds held by
the state for the permanent school fund.
While Treasurer Stuefer points with
pride to the fact hat the interest placed
to the credit of the state by him on
funds deposited In banks since January
81, 1901, amounts to $12,377.45, and ex-
ceeds by $2,937.92 the interest paid on
deposits for a similar period by his pred
ecessor, he does not disclose In what
banks the state funds are deposited and
the amounts deposited in each bank.
The exhibit also fails to show the ac-
tual debt of the state and the total
amount Of state warrants held by the
state treasury among permanent school
fund investments. The statements Of
the state treasurer should be just as ex-
plicit as regards the resources and liza
bilities Of the state as are the periodic
statements Of the secretary of the
treasury concerning the national debt.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
PELAOIC SEALING AGAIN.

Again the practice of pelagic sealing
is receiving attention at Washington, a
bill having been introduced in the house
Of representatives In regard to the mat
ter. This provides that II the United
States and Great Britain cannot agree
upon a plan to suppress pelagic sealing
the secretary Of the treasury shall be
authorized to have all the seals on the
Pribilov islands-excepting 1000 males
and 10000 females-killed, the proceeds
from the sale of the skins to be covered
into the treasury. A proposition Of this
kind was made several years ago, but
did not receive much consideration.
Now it is favored by the ways and
means committee Of the house and is
therefore likely to receive serious atten-
ton.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer thinks
killing the seal not the most satisfac-
tory method of settling the matter. 1t
says that the position which the United
States has heretofore taken in regard
to pelagic sealing has not only proved
untenable, but its only effect has been
to destroy a thriving industry in which
American citizens were engaged and to
transfer the seat of that industry to
British Columbia. Laws were passed
substantially forbidding American YES
| sells or American hunters to engage in
sealing on the high sea, with the re-
suit that the industry was transferred
to the Canadians, who 1t seems have
recently been carrying it on with more
than usual vigor, threatening the ex-
termination of the seal herds at no
very distant time If a stop is not put
to the practice.
This matter has long been a source Of
more or less irritating controversy and
it would seem that our government
should take some firm and decided
stand for the protection of Its rights.
The proposition to slaughter most Of
the seal on our islands sounds like a
surrender and should not be adopted
except as a last resort. The piratical
operations of the Canadian seal hunters,
in their indiscriminate slaughter. 1t
should be possible to put a stop to and
every effort should be made to do this
before seriously considering the PROPOSE
ton introduced in congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
PHILIPPINE LEGISLATION.

The bill that passed the senate, tenn
porarily to provide for the administra-
ton of the affairs OF civil government
in the Philippine islands and for other
purposes, will probably be passed by
the house OF representatives without ma
terial change and without unnecessary
delay. The measure has been most
thoroughly discussed in the senate, the
country is familiar with it's character
and purpose, the necessity for such
legislation, If American sovereignty in
the Philippines is to be maintained and
American principles of government es-
tablished there, is very generally con-
coded. There is no apparent reason,
therefore, for giving prolonged consider
alton to the bill in the house.
That this legislation will prove beneh-
cial to the Philippine islands and people
there cannot be a reasonable doubt. 1t
will extend civil government there, 1t
will promote industrial development, II
will induce the investment of capital
and stimulate trade, it will advance pub
lie improvements and its influence will
be in the interest Of peace and order.
1t is an essential step leading toward
the establishment of a popular and rep
resentative government. The measure
passed by the senate extends to the
Filipinos the bill Of rights OF the con
stitution Of the United States, with the
exception of trial by jury and the right
Of the people to keep and bear arms.
1t contemplates a liberal participation OF
the natives in the administration OF civil
affairs. II provides for the protection
Of the people in their property rights
enables them to secure homesteads and
safeguards the public lands from ex.
ploitation by corporations or syndi
Gates. In a word, the bill provides q
most elaborate system Of civil admins
tration for the government OF the Phil
ippines, which in its practical opera,
ton 1t is believed will develop the ma.
terisl OF the islands, advance
the industrial interests OF their in.
habitants and promote the civilization
peace and prosperity OF the whole PEG
pie under American sovereignty.
The opposition TO this legislation de
mands that the United States shall re
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
THOSE THIRTEEN POINTS.


Representatives Of the fire insurance
In Omaha "a be improved by thirteen
points providing the causes for high
rates are removed. The thirteen points
scored against Omaha are as follows:
/. Water works not commensurate to
demands by reason of insufficient stor-
age capacity-three points.
2. Fire hydrants too far apart, as
schedule requires them to be $50 feet
%apart-two points.
3. Insuf1ciency Of fire department
equipment-two points.
4. No fire coroner-two points.
8. Slack enforcement of building laws
two points.
9. Overhead trolley system-two
points.
Each point represents 2 1t per cent In
the rating; therefore the removal Of all
the defects would cut of 81 81 per
cent of the standard. Most Of the points
raised, however, do not seem to US to be
we'll taken.
The storage capacity of the water
works is ample. The settling basins
hold 100000 gallons and in case OF
fire water can always be pumped di-
rectly from the river. There is no dan
ger that all the pumps will at any one
time be disabled, hence the 100000
gallons in the high pressure reservoir
afford no ground for an extra charge.
In the greater portion. Of the business
center Of Omaha fire hydrants come
within the distance hxed by the
schedule. but inasmuch as intermediate
hydrants can be placed at $40 a year
the lack Of hydrants within the business
section can be supplied.
1t is an open question whether a FIRE
coroner is of any special benefit to pol
icy holders ever with the promised re-
duction of 4 per cent A fire coroner
acting for the insurance companies
would be a detriment to the insured.
In any event the city is In no position to
create an additional salaried office.
The more strict enforcement of the
building laws is desirable and the build
ing inspector is endeayoring TO enforce
them as far as the aw permits. 1t is
doubtful. however. whether h hre un-
derwriters will ever be satisfied either
with the building laws or their enforce
ment.
For the present and for some years to
come the abolition OF the overhead troll
legs is out of question, 30 that the two
points charged against them must re-
main.
The efficiency of the fire department
has been materially improved and the
equipment will o be increased up to
full requirements. 1t remains to be
seen. however, whether Omaha policy
holders win get any benefit in the shape
of reduced IRE rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
A PLEA FOR PRUNEs.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
I am waiting. sadly waiting, for the very
worst to come,
I am waiting for the widest. weirdest woe
of all the sum.
They've monopolized our bread and they
have cornered all the beef.
Our coffee, tea and sugar they control be-
And ali the iuxures of life are drifting
past our reach,
And It doesn't do the slightest good to rise
and make a speech,
But while the prices soar aloft like gay
and light balloons,
We pause n all are glad there's no
monopoly on prunes.
II is a steadfast friend thai chung when
tickle fortune strayed;
That stalwart fruit has stanchly stood
when others fed, dismayedl
jeered at and despised,
In moments OF necessity how truly is II
The saccharine establishment in which it
lightly rests,
Is nectar for Olympian gods to place be-
meath their vestsi
And vet II holds no naughty pose; at morn
ings, nights and Moons.
The simplekt and most fruga board Is
proudly graced with prunes.
Oh, mighty men OF money. for whose favor
kings must sue,
Pray. spare this precious Wand for another
year or two!
With golden bands our railroads tie. like
mighty sheafs Of steel;
The OK, likewise. the porker. place beneath
But this, our Joy in ieeting youth, our
prop in years mature
GU let us feel that for a little while II 10
secure!
and wane the moons,
In this one case have pityt Don't put up
the price OF prunesl
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
Personal NOTES.

A large batch of Missouri ~oficials have
been indicted for playing penny-ante on a
fishing trip.
The late DR.. Thomas Dunn English will
have a suitable monument erected over his
grave by the Society of American Authors,
Of which he was a vice president.
samuel L. Clemens MARK Twain) will
have conferred upon him the degree OF
LII. D.. at the commencement exercises at
the State university, Columbia, Mo.
Mr.. Asquith, the English statesman, said
in a speech at a recent press banquet that
nearly every member Of the present British
cabinet, from the premier down, had
worked for the press at one time or
another.
William D. Arnold Of Ionia, Mich, and
Walter d. Arnold OF Ionia, his twin brother,
a few days ago celebrated their seventy
sixth birthday in the home Of the former.
William had been a farmer all his life,
while Walter has followed mercantile pur-
suits.
The late Thomas Dunn English left a re-
quest that no reference to Ben Bolt" be
made in the inscription that Is to grace
his monument. And yet nineteen out of
every twenty persons who view his grave
will say, HE wrote Ben Bolt you know
Fame Of this sort sticketh much closer
than a brother.
Pension Commissioners Ware has made II
a practice all his life TO preserve his let
tiers. In his ONCE at Topeka he has a great
letter file containing more than $4,000 let
tiers Of a private character and another file
containing about as many Of a business
character. He has these letters indexed
in such a manner that he can turn in
stantly TO any one of them by name. date
or subject matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
A CaIamitous Struggle.

Springfield CMass.) Republican.
The British triumph over a people that
all counted did not equal the population of
a third-rate English city, has been won at
a terrible and unprecedented cost. The Boer
war has cost England in hard cash nearly
twice as much as did all her wars against
Napoleon, the present estimate reaching
the vast sum Of over 81. 000, 000, 900. Her
sons have been slain by the thousands. Her
fiscal needs have finally compelled the
making of a breach in the commercial sys-
tenn under which she controlled for a CEN
fury the foreign trade Of the world. and she
faces the economic struggle Of the future
with less Of strength, compared with her
great rivals, than ever before. Finally, and
worst Of all. England in these two and a
half years has come to be hated by Europs
as she had not been in a century. And even
In America, where the old animosities were
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
Growth of Postal Business.

Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Nearly 1000, OO0, 900 more postage stamps
have been issued to the postofices Of the
United States since July 1 last thar were
issued during the whole Of the previous
fiscal year. This is not necessarily indica-
tive OF a great increase in the postal bust
ness. From lack of other facilities for the
transmission of small sums OF money by
mail, stamps have come to be extensively
used. But the extraordinary increase In the
demand for stamps must reflect not only
the existence Of improving conditions Of
prosperity among the people, but a marked
tendency Of small trade through mail orders
to expand,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05

Louisville Courier-JournaI
The sympathy of nations has always been
with the burghers and the memory Of their
heroism will mark a permanent place in
history. Economically considered, however,
British domination will give an impetus to
the civilization OF the dark continent that
promises much for 1t and for the world.
1t means free trade in Africa, and it means
that anyone is welcome to help In the task
OF development under fair and liberal laws.
work that has been done In Egypt and
the Cape will be pushed further, and in
time we shall learn II 80 large a part OF
Africa is adapted to civilization as has
been claimed by Cecil Rhodes and other ex-
ploiters Of its vast resources.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05

Just because ex-senator Allen first I'M
furled the banner of William ]. Bryan
for governor, Judge Edgar Howard dis
countenances the suggestion with unre-
lenting firmness. If the populist veteran
should come out for Judge Howard. the
latter would doubtless Indignantly re-
sent the proposal. When ex-senator
Allen took issue with Judge Howard
on the color Of the halo circling over
the head of T. Jefferson's immortal
shade, be committed the objectionable
~offense.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
sheIve the Pooling Bills.

Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Congress evidently might as we'll drop all
pending bills legalizing railroad pooling.
The question is already moved back into
the past as one Of practical interest, for
even the railroads now manifest no great
concern In the matter. They have found
something more effective for the abolition
Of competition. AS E. H. Hartman said
the other day at Omaha: THE days Of
pools and combinations are past. Other
conditions are coming to take their places.
and the principal OF them will be the cen
tralization Of ownerships." And he might
have added that over the GENERALIZATION OF
private ownership will stand a closer gov
eminent control than ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
Spartans of the VeIdt

being forgotten, this war has done nothing
but inhame popular feeling against every
thing British, and II lie the cold truth to say
that by crushing a republican nationality
that had the stalwart Teutonic beginnings
of a vigorous and noble civilization Eng
land has made two enemies in the vast body
OF the American electorate where one
existed before. There are those who say
that England comes out OF the war
stronger than she was at the beginning. But
that cannot be, unless water may run up
hill and men have lost all sensitiveness to
the moral law. The war has been a Gala
nifty to the whole English-speaking race
and to the world. and no amount of gold
dug from the South African mines can ever
enace the fact. IL may be hoped that the
future has in store for the British empire
no similar relapse into barbsrism.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05

Krupp, the great German steel mas
ter is said to have perfected a projec-
tile that will pierce and destroy the
best and thickest armor plate he has
ever turned out. Herr Krupp is an up
to-date manufacturer. First he devises
an armor plate no shell can pierce and
then a shell to pierce the IN plate
and will then again work up an armor
plate that will resist the new projectile.
This beats ping pong to say nothing
OF the profits.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
Britain's Loss OF Prestige.
ST. Paul Pioneer-Press.

ST. Paul Pioneer-Press
The lion Of familiar fable whose paw
has been caught in a trap, too petty to
do serious harm, but Just strong enough
to hold, is not for a season more help
less than has been the British Empire for
thirty-one months. The loss in men, money
and material is as nothing to the visible
loss Of prestige. This is all balanced by
the loyalty Of the colonies, the proof of
their readiness to support the empire and
the new cohesion of a vast fabric which,
as In all welding of states, could only be
made one by blood, iron and the blows OF
battle on wars smoking anvil. The gain
is much. The loss also is great.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
A war OF Conquest.
Philadelphia Record.

Whatever provocations may a. been
given by the Beers, the war of Great
Britain on the Dutch republics was es-
sentially one Of conques: undertaken by
a strong, bullying power against a small
and heroic IL retrograde and uncultured
people. Civilized public opinion has put
such exploits under taboo, and the war
was deplorable as a lapse into the inter-
national immortality of the eighteenth
century or earlier periods OF human history.
Great Britain can clean herself Of the dis
honor incurred only by the most honorable
sfter-treatment of the conquered people;
and even In that case a stigma will remain
upon her name.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
Seeds of Racial Hate,
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal.
The great mistake in the terms of peace
in South Africa is the refusal to grant COM
plete amnesty and citizenship to the Boer
rebels In Cape Colony. The day will come
when this refusal will be bitterly regretted.
1t will keep alive more than anything else
the hatred OF the Boer for Briton. II all
causes for trouble between the races could
be removed England might hope to amalga-
mate the Beers and British in South
Africa. But with a perpetual cause for
hatred Of the British the Beers will keep
themselves separate from the Britons.
Politics in the reconstructed states will
follow racial lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05

legislature and courts in Nebraska for
nearly a generation has been given a
final quietus, the attorney general will
have earned a vote OF thanks from all
t%axpaying citizens, who have no SYM
pathy with jobs and CRAFTS of the kind
represented in this claim. 1t is to be
hoped the failure Of Kennard to get his
hand into the treasury will operate to
discourage similar attempts by other
claimants with trumped up bills for pay
for services never performed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
Problem of Reconstruction.

Chicago Tribune.
Great Britain has disposed OF the first
great problem. that Of compelling the Beers
to lay down their arms. There now awaits
1t the second great problem, that Of gov
erning the men whom only the direct need
has driven to submission. 1t is a problem
the solution Of which calls for the greatest
tact, d~elicacy, gentle hrmness, and many
other qualities needed for the successful
government Of an unwilling people. There
have been occasions when the British gov
eminent or its agents have been lacking in
these qualities. Until 1t shall have been
demonstrated that the English are able to
Anglicize South Africa 1t will not be ex-
pedient to assume that Boer independence
is dead. 1t may be merely sleeping.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-05
A Costly War.
Philadelphia Ledger

Philadelphia edger.
The Boer losses cannot be ascertained,
but they probably did not have more than
10000 men in the field, and at least 5000 Of
these remain. and there are many thousands
Of prisoners in the hands of the British.
Up to January 81 last the losses Of the
British by death or permanent disability
numbered 25, 1905, and the total Of casualties
included 5,240 ofiters and loo. FOL men. The
war, instead Of being a pig shooting pic
mic" lasted for two years and nearly eight
months; brought mourning into nearly
every household In Great Britain, and cost
the people more than $1,O00.0 0o. 900. For
this sacrifice the nation gets possession Of
the gold and diamond fields, and can turn
them over to spectators, who will proceed
to fleece the gullible public of whatever the
tax collector may a left them. That is the
glorious outcome of the war, SO far as
Great Britain Is concerned.