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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
A REBELLIOUs 4

James Barton Adams in Denver Post.
There's a panic in the tepees. -s.
Woe throughout the reservation,
Trouble rolls throughout the village
And the heart of every warrior
Seems a plum-bob in his bosom!
There are hintings at the warpath,
Muttered threats of blood and caInAgN
And the war song oft is mumbled
From the lips that once gave vofclns
To that song in eager accents -
Fol the edtct soon VIII reach us
That we all must get our hair cut,
Wash the paint from on our faces,
Shed the breechcloth and the BLANKET
For the panties of the palefacc
And the shirt of open-backness;
Cast away the eagle feathers 49,
And assume the shell-like derby .t,.
Or the top~-mashed-in fedora;
From our necks the beads must vanish
For the pickadilly collar, 'l
Cast the moccasinS far from US
And encasc our pigeon-toeness
In the polished shoes of progress.
Well be told we must no longer 'f
Eat the succulent dog pot roast
With our brown and unchaste fingers
"a la rural legislator)
AS was taught us by our fathers,
But mus feed our hungry faces,
With the tools OF paleface table,
And must bow our painless features
Humbly down into the steaming
OF the poodle soup and listen
While the father asks the blessing.
Sem 9;M tie ringing Of the church bell
And our everyday apparel.
We will have to shed, and wallow
pardon me until / shudderO az
In a governmental bath tublil
Then, In Sunday-go-to-meetin's,
HE us to the sanctuary,
There to read the printed prayers
To the listening Great Spirit,
Aud must chip our smoothest nickels
In the contribution basket.
Then submit unto n sermon
Chosen from some old back numbers
That the parson once Inflicted
on a patient congregation
Yonder in the sunrise country
Ere he had a pull sufficient
To secure a Job OF preaching
To the wild, untutored savage.
Will we stand for this, my brothersf
viii be bow our necks submissive
To the yoke as bnndle oxen?
VIII we slide down to the level
Of the prayer-saying palefaoe
And indulge in meek devotlons- ir1a.~
Till cur knees are shod with bunionsf
Every sharp responding echo
Answers: "Notbyadamaitei"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

The announcement wired from Wash
ington by the special correspondent of
The Bee that the subcommittee on In
dian affairs had declined to insert an
appropriation for the maintenance Of the
Omaha Indian supply depot into the In
dian appropriation bill has been
promptly Interpreted as one of those
malicious attacks of The Bee on Omaha
and cited as a striking proof that the
congressional fight is On in the Second
Nebraska district There doubtless will
be some people In Omaha credulOus
enough to circulate this well-defned
rumor. If all of the enemies of Omaha
could be persuaded to emulate The Bee
Omaha would gain more from its deadly
enemies than from its pretended friends,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
4 CoMnInn.

The producers of the country will now
be required to pay tribute to an Allan
tic steamship trust and the indications
are that they will have to pay literally.
"A pooling agreement has been entered
Into by Atlantic steamship companies,
which is said to embrace practically
every American and English company
operating between the United States
and Europe. the declared purpose of
which is to make profitable the carrying
Of freight to British ports. In pursu-
ance Of this purpose ocean freight rates
have been increased on grain, flour and
provisions. The rate on grain has been
advanced 90 per cent, that on -four 20
per cent and that on provisions 80 1-3
per cent The German companies are
not In the arrangement. but will prob
ably be forced to enter 1t. 1t is one of
the objects Of the combine to suppress
the competition of smaller freight car
riers and thus obtain exclusive control
Of the Atlantic trafic with British
ports.
1t is stated that the freight rates will
be maintained between American and
British ports partly through the utiliza-
ton of the chief railroads of the United
States, controlled by the Morgan-HilI
and other interests, so that 1t appears
the railroads are parties to the scheme.
1t is a plan which, If successful in its
objects, will pay rich profits to those
engaged in it and these will be contrib.
uted mainly by the producers of the
west. This new development in the
community-of@interest system has at.
tracted less attention than it's impor
lance deserves, but 1t will not be Ions
until the grain, -four and provision in
terests Of the country realize what II
means for them. If this internationai
steamship trust shall prove successful
we may be sure that American produc
ers will be plucked for all that tn,
traffic win bear.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Not an Dangerous as IL Looks, when
Analysed.

80
Analysed.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
DR.. Edward Everett Hale is one OF the
venerated prophets Of a passing generation.
His well-stored mind, devoted piety and
patriotism give peculiar weight and sig
niHcance to everything he says. In an
address delivered in Boston recently the
aged clergyman and writer declared that
one OF the GROWING weaknesses Of Ameri-
can character was its intolerable self-con-
ceit. In ~arrogating to ourselves superior
power and constantly repeating our own
praises, DR.. Hale declares we have become
inflated with the kind of pride that goeth
before a fall. The distinguished Boston
ian's caution is not without timeliness, but
we fear DR.. Hale has made the weaknesses
Of the few representative of the many.
Vain laudation Of our material and social
greatness has come to be a sort of fad in
one or two eastern eenters Of population.
II is manifest to a high degree in DR.,
Hale's own city of Boston, and, along diff
ferent lines, is even worse. in New York,
The Bostonian believes that his city IL
the home of the only simon pure. unadul-
terated culture and learning in the world.
The New Yorker, on the other hand, be-
lieves that in wealth and progressiveness
every other city is only a sleepy village
compared to the town on Manhattan island.
In Washington the people believe that
political eminence is so great and powerful
that all the forces Of earth, sea and air
are subservient to 1t. But these types OF
concelt are not representative. They are
provincial and stand for, certain oddly
developed germs of self-contemplation.
The great masses Of the American people
need rather to be inspired to greater ma
tional pride and personal optimism. Bos-
ton. New York and Washington conceit is
in each instance noisy and insistent, but
Il will not do permanent injury to the ma
tional character.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06


I rave already quoted from my grand
fathers diary the words which seemed TO
him big with fate. "T. Jefferson. chosen
president U. S." and big with fate they
we're. My grandfather, a fine leader Of the
people In the fashion Of his time, thought
that dangers untold began for the United
States in that moment. He was right enough
in thinking so. But he did not understand,
and II seems to me that for FIVE and twenty
years nobody understood, that this country
governs itself. and that the backward and
forward moves of cabinets and congresses
have not, In general, a critical Importance
In the history Of the country, or by no
means that critical Importance which the
iiveried servants OF the country think they
have.
The men who made the constitution
builded better than they knew, perhaps.
Whether they knew It or not, they made
such arrangements that the American
people governs America. True, the people
OF America are constantly barking back
to the supposed analogy between their
president and the sovereign king, between
their cabinet and an English cabinet. Now,
1t is hopeless to undeceive Europe on this
subject. Every writer on the continent OF
Europe supposes that Mt. Mckinley was a
king, or that Martin Van btren was a king.
But on this side OF the ocean we ought
to know that every one of the presidents
has been the servant OF the American
people. 81 $3.50
Undoubtedly Thomas Jefferson, without
meaning to infict a serious injury on the
fortunes of the'young nation, 'really.thought
he was to be a sort Of king. But the young
nation was so much stronger than he was
that, after he became president, he really
fills the place in history which a fussy and
foolish nurse fills in the biography OF q
mar like Franklin, or Washington, or
Goethe. or Julius Caesar, of whom the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Edward Everett Hale in the outlook.

lie in the outlook.
nurse had the charge. 1t is interesting in
a fashion to know whether Master Julius
Caesar wore his baby clothes six months
longer than he should a done under our
practice, but, as II appears when you read
his own life, this has not proved a very
important matter. In the same way II is
interesting to know how much fuss and how
much folly there was in Jefferson's pre-
tended oversight OF the infant nation, but
when you see that apparently without his
knowledge Fulton and Livingston were rev.
authorizing the world, that ELI whitney
was revolutionizing the world. that the
pioneers in the valley Of the Mississippi
we're creating the history OF today. that in
spite OF Jefferson and his policy the infant
navy OF, the United states was forming
itself and that her immense maritime COM
merce was coming into being, 1t Is impos-
sible to think that JeIerson's administra-
ton had that browning importance In his
tory which his older admirers claimed for
him.
To tell the whole truth. the history Of
what;falIke to call the Virginia dynasty,
their failures and %follies, their fuss and
feathers and fol-de-rol, for the first quar-
ter OF q century, never got itself written
down anti twelve years ago. Mr.. Henry
Adams then published his very entertain
ing history OF the years between 1901 and
1917. =
One does notice. with a certain interest
that since Mr.. Adams volumes were pub
lished the old-fashioned in~discriminat'
praise of Jefferson has almost ended. II
truth, taefe tis ,hsrdlyta recommendation; O.
his from 1901 to 1s2e which anybody nkei
to quote. The annexation Of Louisiana /
the one great triumph Of his administration
and he himself would not have pretended
that he had sought for this. 1t was great
ness trust upon him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

In recent elections in the Philippines
natives have been chosen to Office in a
majority of instances owe American
candidates. The fact that these natives
are permitted to take and hold the off,
ces to which they have been chosen
should go a long way toward convincing
the Filiplnos that the United States
proposes to do what it has said-give
them as large a measure Of local self
government as the conditions warrant.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Venezuela persists in its refusal to pay
the German and French claims. The
various South American countries are
all entitled to q large measure of sym
pathy in these matters. They have been
ieeced by foreign promoters much after
the manner of the chattel loan shark.
There is far. more might than equity
behind a majority Of this class OF
cIaima tr'f te
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

At a social function given at Wash
ington by ex-senator Thurston in honor
Of Senator Dietrich irrigation is said to
have been the only topic discussed.
What conclusions were reached have not
been diyulged, but we take it that II
there VAS any difference Of opinion II
was not on the irrigation Of the inner
man.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
A Mfxed ~situation.


General Chafee and Governor Taft both
deny that there Is any friction in the Phil
ippines. The civil and military rule are
necessary to each others existence. Il
seems. The civil government proclaims laws
and the military is necessary TO enforce
them. Il is a mixed situation and It Il
doubtful n anybody. even on the ground
has any clear idea Of what Il really TAX
ing place
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

II we remember correctly, It was but
a year OF so back that our supreme
court announced with widespread pub
licity that it would no longer bother
with cases brought before it under its
original jurisdiction. except In most ex-
traordinary emergencies. but would pass
only on questions raised by appeal or
writ of error from the lower courts.
The reason given for the enforcement Of
this rule was that the issue of writs by
virtue Of the courts original jurisdiction
not only interferes with the regular pro-
ceedings, but necessarily calls for hasty
action that hardly COMFORTS with the
careful and fully considered decisions
expected OF a supreme court. If the
court is TO exercise its original Jurisdic-
ton It cannot with proprety discrimi-
nate between its petitioners. but must
grant each and all the same hearing
irrespective Of whether they could not
secure the same remedy from inferior
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

II Governor savage's plan for state
built power and irrigation canals is as
good a thing as he is convinced 1t is,
why should It be delayed a moment
longer than necessary The cost OF an
extra session Of the Legislature to sub
mit the prerequisite constitutional
amendments would be a mere bagatelle
compared with the incalculable value of
water and power for the upbuilding of
The state.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

A number OF democrats are to have a
meeting in New York on February % to
methods of pulling the rem
nants of the party together. But IL
Doctors Hill and Bryan are called into
the consultation room the chances are
slight that the two schools of political
medicine will be able to agree.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Democratic. editors have entered. in
earnest upon the task of swallowing
populism in Nebraska in behalf of the
democratic party. According 70 estl-
mates the assimilation will require sew
sral years. but Nebraska democratic
editors long ago learned to be patient
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

The mayor and council are going right
ahead redeemihg their promise to the
Commercial club to strengthen and en-
large the fire lighting force. Now the
question is, VIII the insurance rate
makers come to taw with the CORE
spending reductions lin the charges for
fire risks2
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
The attention Of u watchful eontem

The attention Of our watehful contem-
.porary. the Lincoln Journal. is respect
fully called TO the work OF the council
manic gang In its own town, lndiscrimi-
nately raising salaries Of city officers
and employees amid charges OF bad faith
and violated pledges. II 1t will take
care Of the dirt on its own doorstep IL
win not have time to worry about the
troubles Of Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Ransom and Gurley. those Siamese
twins of different political complexion,
whose hearts beat as one. have again
projected themselves in front OF the po-
lice commission fight that has been such
q source Of profit. II not pleasure, for
them for SC many years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
Rather 8 LarEe order.
Philadelphia Times.

The story that the kaiser will buy the
Philippines is interesting even though PAL
pably untrue. We paid Spain $40. 0OO.0 600 for
the islands and we have since spent $780,.
600. 900 Upon them. Just now the kaiser's
budget is showing No surplus and It would
be hard to figure out how he could make
the deal without serious financial embar-
rassment, w.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Statistics show that the percentage Of
illiteracy among the white population
Of the south is as high as it was thirty
years ago, while the colored race has
been improving in that respect. At this
rate the democratic politicians viii be
forced to change their disfranchisemeht
plans again ina few years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Senator Elkins, chairman of the
committee on Interstate commerce, has
introduced a bill amending the inter
state commerce law which IL passed will
materially strengthen that act and give
to the commission the authority which
1t has repeatedly asked from congress.
Early in the session the West Virginia
senator announced his conviction that
the law ought to be strengthened and
the powers OF the commission increased,
which in view of the fact that he had
not previously been counted among the
friends OF the Interstate act
was regarded as particularly signih-
cant.
The ameRdnlents proposed in this
measure are for the most part such as
have been recommended by the com
mission and it is to be presumed that
body has been consulted in the framing
Of the bill. At all events there is nc
doubt that the proposed changes have
received very careful consideration and
while some OF them may not be ap-
proved by all the supporters OF the law
they will doubtless be generally re
garded al meeting the requirement.
which experience has shown are neces
sary to render the act effective. Under
these amendments the authority Of the
commission would be enlarged to a con
siderable extent, particularly in the mat
ter Of fixing and regulating railroad
rates. This provision viii doubtless en-
counter ~oppOsitioh from the railroads
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
A Popular Measure.
New york Press.

The sweeping cut Of nearly SSO,Ooo, 900 in
the internal revenues Of the government
and the abolition Of practically all the
war taxes as recommended by the ways and
means committee will be reckoned at the
sessions end as the most popular legisla-
ton Of the session.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
Improving the ohio Motion.
Philadelphia Record

fhlfadeipnla necoho-
With Senator Allison controlling the SEN
ate appropriations COMMITTEES, Speaker
Henderson autocrat OF b house of repre-
sentatives and Secretary Shaw In charge OF
the Treasury department, the Iowa idea
should cut a noteworthy figure In contem-
poraneous federal politics. The Ohio no.
tion OF going after everything in sight hau
been improved upon farther west
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Kansas city Star.

A London paper deplores the fact that
the women Of the diplomatic contingent in
Pekin shook hands with the notorious en-
press doWager. But, II diplomatic inter-
course were restricted by moral exactions'
q good many rulers would have to Be
treated with embarrassing a~loofness.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
who saia Reciprocityt
INDIANAPOLIS News.

1nulhIlApOll5 INoWSs
Reciprocity treaties7 Who said anything
about reciprocity There il Just about as
much chance for any reciprocity treaty to
be adopted by the present congress as there
is for Prince Henry to be invited to remain
in this country as emperor Of the Ameri-
cans.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

st. Louis is having the largest washing
Of municipal dirty linen Of any city in
the country. 1t win be a good thing If
the people manage Il have It all lsun-
dered before the date of the forthcom-
ting worlds fair.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

According to the decision of a Viz
ginia court the manuscript of 2O2 SER
mons is worth $3.50. At that rate 1t
would keep al Industrious preacher
busy to make a living.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
KEocKiNo DOWN rRAW MEN,

And now it transpires that the soul
stirring and marrow-freezing debate
over the Declaration Of Independence
the hyphenated popoeratic organ Of
these parts for the last thirty days is ex-
pected to have a far-reaching effect upon
the future political destiny Of Nebraska.
The contention over this all-absorbing
topic is In reality only an attempt to
put up a straw man and hen knock him
down. What John L. Webster and
Father Williams say, think or write
about any question may interest many
people, but it has nc binding force on
any political party, nor does it in any
way change either the past or the pres
ent position of either political party.
Political parties speak through con
ventions and cannot be held responsible
for the utterances of Individual mem
beers. John L. Webster's version Of the
Declaration OF Independence has no
greater binding force upon the rank and
file of republicans than Father VIII
lidulb NciblOh VI Iuc lhlIly-ulnc dTllCice
of faith has on the Church of England.
The whole controversy which has
monopolized the editorial page of the
World-Herald for months to cover up its
| significant silence on matters that have
agitated the whole state is a mere tenn
pest In a teapot. The natural rights of
man can be discussed all the year round
and every year in the century without
coming nearer to agreement or definite
conclusions than a discussion over the
immortality of the soul, on which man
kind has differed since the dawn OF civ
ilization.
The republicans Of Nebraska certainly
will not allow the World-H Herald tC
choose expounders for their creed or &c
charge up to them individual expires
slons of opinion on obsolete issues.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

The Briton viii have to take a back
seat as a beef eater now that the sta
tistics show that the American people
cpnsume an average of two-thirds OF u
beef per yeartfo for each man, woman and
child In the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Between mandamus and injunc1ons
no public officer in this neck-o'-woods IL
safe In performing any official act with
out first ascertainlng the pleasure Of our
real rulers-the judges.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Superintendent Of Schools Pearse
seems at last to have struck his natural
gait. He would shine anywhere as a
theatrical manager.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Minnesota is having a special session
OF the legislature to revise it's revenue
laws and SO is Colorado. If either Of
these states is in greater need of revenue
law revision than Nebraska 1t is to be
nitied.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

Indian, in war bonnet and scalp shirt, leans
skin suit, with his gun in his hand, while
both seem looking down on the house
below.
There is no record whatever OF the pur-
chase OF the clock, but It was in it's place
when the hall was FIRST occupied as the
house Of representatives, so thu oldest in
habitant' says. The bronze eagle and the
figures were not part OF the clock origi-
nally, for there Is a record in 1862 which
states that the "eagle' was purchased OF
Archer, Warner. Miskey g. Co. at a cost OF
$3.50. Architect Clark thought that this
sum included the two bronze figures also.
although no mention is made Of them here
or elsewhere, as they we're evidently an
after thought. but. as both lean upon the
clock frame, were obviously designed pur-
posely for It, though not fastened to the
clock. The eagle has been welded to the clock
frame. The clock has been gold leafed'
instead OF vanished and the bronze figures
are all restored to their original state, and
the. whole now presents a pleasing appear
ance.
The board Of ordnance and fertilization OF
the War department, In its capacity as
SNNeO "a Nho oid W RAOPOoNN AhfaNAANANo
Of warfare. is frequently called on to in
spect queer types Of armament. One Of
the oldest specimens OF the kind is now
before It for inspections. II is called a
mob gun. and the scheme Of its operation
is simple. It consists OF q heavy belt
that is strapped about the waist. This
belt Is provided with a great many small
compartments that are to hold cartridges.
Attached to each compartment is q minia-
ture pistol frame. This apparatus Is to be
worn about the waist, and wken 1t Is de-
sired to bring 1t into actIen. Sail that is
necessary is to turn up the belt and pull
the triggers. Both hands can be worked
In this way, so that there will be no loss
Of time. The inventor states that before
firing It will be necessary to draw in a
full breath, as the shock of the firing might
othe rwise injure the stomach. He calls II
a mob gun because 1t can do its most eff
fectlve work in a gathering Of men. The
operator would not be detected as armed,
and could get into the midst OF his victims
and open fire from his batteries before
being discovered. $3.50 '4Ss
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

The recent explosion in New York, is
said to have destroyed $4,000 worth of
wine in the cellars Of a neighboring
hotel. AS a smasher the Ratchet is not
In the same class with dynamite.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

tribunals. With the supreme court TAX
ing up mandamus and similar cases d.
rect it would be foolish for any litigant
I o waste time on the lower courts and
pay the extra costs Of appeal unless he
wants simply to delay and obstruct.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06
Or for the Coal Pile.

Chicago Tribune
We refuse to believe hat such weather
as we nave had for the last few days is
good for the wheat
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-06

II the ice man has been satisfied the
rest Of the community is ready to well
come a warm wave.