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Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
THE HERMIT WHO NEVER WAR.

s. r. Kiser in the Record Herald.
TN loave the world" a cynic said one
And mediate in some sequestered placer
The only thought men have is will 1t
IN leave the world" a cynio said one
Ny foolish dreams and hopes I'll put away
And ne'er look on another human face!
TN leave the world" a cynic said ono
and mediate in some sequestsred place.
Fools pirate OF love. but Love. alssi has
And in his place Ambition stands:
The world obeys the voice OF Wealth alone,
Fools pirate OF love. but Love-, alasl has
He claims the foolish maiden as his own
Who put the costliest Jewels on her
Fools pirate Of love. but Love. alas, has
And in his place Ambition boldly stands"
He started out TO nnd a wild retreat
But turned ere long, forgetting to be
A maiaen met him going down the street
He started out 10 md a wild retreat
Her cheeks were rosy and her smile was
Down * her feet. dogiiks. he vssrninE
He started out TO find a Wild retreat,
But turned ere long, forgetting - be
wise.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15

lea. The exceptions proving the rule arc
the few notorious sensation-mongers that
eIaggerste the truth until II becomes, in eff
feet, a web OF m~isleading lies for the stimu-
lation OF q morbid love Of excitement
These yellow newspapers can 20 num-
bered on ones fingers.
Gratifying also, IL the further fAot that
Il is the decent and selt-respeciRs news
paper which alone wins the permanent
confidence and support Of the American
people. It 10 true that the rankly sensa-
tionsl shoe may make a fortune for its
proprietor in a few years. Just as fortunes
may be made In other malodorous ways,
but Its career ns q respected and influential
newspaper is brief, II. indeed. II possesses
influence or the respect Of the public In
any degree whatever. The best-payinE
newspaper properties, and the most nrmly
established. are those founded on decenoy
and an answering truthfulness. This In
because the people, after all. prefer decency
and truthfulness to the indecent sensa-
tionalism and distortion OF the truth upon
which yellow journalism" is based.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
TAX REFORM IN IOWA.

Unless all signs fail. Iowa railroads
viii be assessed for several millions
more this year than they were assessed
in any previous year. The Iowa State
Board of Assessors is now in session
and will continue to discuss the subject
in all It's bearings. While Iowa rail
road assessments have been higher than
those in Nebraska, It is admitted on all
hands that they do not bear their just
proportion, when compared with the as
sessments Of other classes of property.
Public sentiment in Iowa was expressed
in the railroad tax bill, which, although
defeated last winter through the rail-
road lobby, is sooner or later bound to
be engrafted upon the Iowa revenu
code. Section 2 Of the Iowa railroad
tax bill reads as follows:
The railroad property Of this state, tangi-
BILE and intangible. exclusive Of the property
described in section 1912 OF the code, shall
be valued at It's actual value and shall be
assessed at % percentum of such actual
value, which shall be considered as the
taxable value Of such property, at which
It shall be listed and upon which the levy
shall be made. The actual value Of such
railway property shall be its value in the
market In the ordinary course Of trade.
The executive council. in determining such
value, shall take into consideration the sum
Of the market or actual value Of the stocks,
bonds and securities Of each railway, the
gross earnings, the net earnings, the phys
ical condition Of such railways within the
state and the information furnished by the
reports required to be made, together with
any other matter necessary to secure a
Just and equitable assessment When only
a part Of a railway line is in this state, that
part Of the value Of the entire ratio, which
is measured by the proportion of the length
Of the particular railway in this state TO
that OF the whole railway, shall be con-
sidered in estimating It's value in this state
for taxation purposes within the state.
Although the constitution of Iowa, un
like that Of Nebraska, does not expressly
require the assessment Of franchises,
Governor Cummins and other members
of the Iowa executive council, who con-
stitute the assessment board, are fully
impressed with the idea that franchises
constitute the most valuable asset of a
paying railroad. 1t will require nc
argument to convince them that It is
their plain duty to assess the franchises
as contemplated in the railroad tax bill
that had been framed to carry out the
popular demand for tax reform and
equitable taxation in Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
SIAM REFORM MASQUERADE.

County Attorney Shields has made
mountebank performances. AS public
prosecutor, 1t is his right, as well as his
duty, to file complaints in the courts
against all violators of the criminal
code. Under the statutes a complaint
filed by the county attorney has the
same effect as an indictment filed by n
grand jury. If Mr.. Shields or his
deputies know Of any violation of the
criminal code that can be established
by sufficient proof to afford reasonable
assurance of conviction, they could pro-
coed in the regular way prescribed by
law. They could swear out warrants
and place them in the hands Of the
sheriff or his deputies, arrest the parties
and proceed with their prosecution be-
fore the courts, without the aid or con-
sent Of the mayor or chief Of police Of
Omaha or South Omaha.
But that course would not serve Mr..
Shields purposes. His methods are
strictly original. When the grand jury
indicted practically all the gamblers and
keepers Of gambling devices In Omaha
and South Omaha, be was content to
drop all the indictments on technical
grounds, although 1t was his duty to
prosecute every offender against whom
there was sufficient testimony. Now he
is trying to force the chiefs of police Of
Omaha and South Omaha to come into
court to explain why they do not arrest
gamblers and break up gambling in the
twin cities.
This unique performance might be
c~ommendable If it were not such a
transparent sham. If the county at
torney or any of his deputies have posi-
tive information or proof that would
justify prosecution, why do they not call
on the sheriff to make the arrests? The
sheriff has as much power in Omaha
and South Omaha as the chiefs Of police.
If 1t is the duty Of the chiefs of police
to suppress gambling and other criminal
practices, it is equally the duty of the
sheriff, but that would not answer the
purposes OF Mr.. Shields and his reform
deputies, who are trying to make politi-
cal capital for campaign purposes out OF
mandamuses to suppress gambling.
Take, for example, the ~roadhOuses out
side of the city limits of Omaha and
South Omaha, some OF which are notori.
ously bad. The keeper of the most no
torious OF these resorts was indicted last
winter for selling liquor without a
license. He has no license now, SO far
as we can learn, but the prosecuting at
torney does not call upon the sheriff to
suppress him, nor has he taken the first
step to close the place, manifestly be
cause the keeper of the resort has q
political pull.
When will this sham reform masQue.
rade run its course?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
problem and perhaps do a vast amount
Of mischief.

TIRE BRITISH MINISTERIAL CHANCE
The retirement from public life Of
Lord Salisbury having long been ex-
pected, the announcement Of his resig-
nation caused no surprise and even in
England excited but passing Interest.
For several months the veteran states
man had more and more detached him
self from the cares Of office. Recent
dispatches from London noted that he
was showing mental decline, particu-
larry marked in Observation-Disclosures,
which was only overcome by great eff
for him to deliver a public utterance on
a question Of great Importance. Sails
bury had a distinguished public career,
covering a period of nearly half a CEN
fury, and in craftsmanship and diplo-
macy he measured up to the standard
Of most of his predecessors. He
learned diplomacy largely of Disraeli,
and In politics he followed the policies
and principles Of the conservative party
leaders with whom he had been associ-
ated, modified as later conditions and
circumstances made necessary. A man
of strong and positive convictions, he
was very determined and persistent in
pursuing them, which, together with an
earnest patriotism made him a COM
handing and successful party leader. In
diplomacy he has had few superiors
among eminent British statesmen.
The new prime minister, Arthur ]. Bal
four. a nephew of Salisbury, is in some
essential respects a quite different man
from his distinguished uncle. He has
been spoken of as more of an academi-
clan than statesman. Balfour has had
a considerable experience in politics
under the guidance Of Salisbury, but he
has never shown any marked political
ability and certainly nothing that could
properly be characterized as statesman
ship. He Is a fine scholar and a man of
genial qualities, not at all given to dis
play and never unnecessarily obtruding
himself upon public attention. AS the
government leader in the House of Com
mons he has met all the demands made
upon that position, but never in an ag-
gressive or demonstrative way. Whether
or not he has the qualifications for sue
cessful leadership-the firm grasp, the
strong will, the aggressive force and the
fixed purpose of his predecessor-re-
mains to be determined. He m into
power under most favorable circum-
stances, so far as the situation of Brit.
ish affairs is concerned, and he has
given assurance that there will be no
change in the policies of the govern
ment. Undoubtedly Prime Minister Bal
four will follow the example of his pre-
decessor in cultivating friendly relations
with the rest of the world, and he will
certainly not be less solicitous than was
Salisbury in maintaining cordial friend
ship between Great Britain and the
United States, the new premier having
repeatedly and strongly shown his re
gard for this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
NOTES.

Attorney General Knox and Senator
spooner will go to Paris in a short time
to go thoroughly Into the matter Of title
in the Panama canal.
Field Marshal Baron schwartz-MeiIIer OF
the Austrian arm is 95 years old. but is
still on the active list He has been an
oficer "A years and a general half a CEN
fury.
Frank L. Coombs, who represents the
first congressional district Of California, is
the only mar in congress born on the Pa
cihc coast. He was born in the Napa val
ley In 1858.
A. q. Bell, who has Just been decorated
by the London Society OF Fine Arts with
what is known as the Prince Albert medal.
was twenty-five years ago professor of vocal
philology in the Boston university.
DR.. Joseph II. Raymond, sanitary inspec-
tor of Brooklyn, says twice as many babies
in proportion to population die in that
borough as compared to New York and at
tributes the fact largely to excessive open
trolley car riding.
James Ping Of Springfield, Mo-, kept tab
on the number Of times local wits asked him
regarding his brother Pong. Finally they
totaled up an even 5000 and Mr.. Ping makes
solemn announcement that the next man
who asks him the venerable conundrum is
sure Of a forcible reply.
Jacob Riis Is urging upon New York City
authorities the necessity for more and larger
Fairgrounds. Boys are better than grass,
he says. referring TO keep OF the grass
signs. and he appeals to phi~lanthropic peo-
pie to give the boys something more than
a runway between cutters. Give us more
Fairgrounds and there will be less need for
penitentiaries."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15

Railroad managers are complaining
that their new fast trains are not paying
out, except in advertising the roads en-
terprise. This ought to be followed by
q plea from the tax bureau for exempt
ing from taxation all the high speed loco
motives, palatial trains and improve
ments of roadbed to facilitate fast time,
on the ground that they are an expense
to the road rather than property which
increases it's value.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
CLEAN, HONEST JOURNALISM.
What the People Prefer and InVA-
riabIY support.
ST. Louis Republic.

~ LOhA1 HSpubiSs
Archbishop Ireland's insistence upon
clean and honest journalism, voiced in the
course of his admirable address at the Ma
tional Educational association convention
at Minneapolis, will be Endorsed by every
decent and self-respecting newspaper in
this country.
IF 1 were to choose" said the worthy
prelate, where. outside the classroom. for
general welfare Of humanity ] should have
devotion to truth prevail. / should name
the newspapers. The newspaper Is today
pre- eminently the mentor OF the people. II
Is read by all; it IS believed nearly by all;
it's influence is paramount; its RESPONSE
bility is tremendous; its province is to
narrate facts, to give the truth. nothing
but the truth. and all the truth"
Happily. there are conspicuous examples
among the great American newspapers
which prove that the duty OF truthfully
presenting the news, free Of bias and pref
udice and sordid se~nsationalism. is clearly
recognized and faithfully discharged. These
examples are numerous. so numerous as 10
make the rule OF clean Journalism In AMER
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
old Glory in strange Company.
Chicago Post.

Does It not swell our hearts with pride
and make our eyes grow dim with tender
feelings for Old Glory, to read that 1t and
the union jack we're worn as aprons by
twenty-five American women In London
yesterday who acted as barmaids in serving
drinks mixed by bartenders imported from
Boston and New York? These are the
things which lend sacredness 70 the Stars
and Stripes and increase our yeneratton
for this bit OF colored cloth, in which We
see our glorious country ~epitomized. 'Rah
for the flag! 'Rah for the patriotic bar
maids! The next one Is OF hi "barksep."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
APOLOGY.
Newspaper that BerRted Secretary
Root Admits Its Fault.
Detroit Free Press (Dem.

Detroit Free Press dem.
Even the bitterest enemies of Secretary
Root must admit that Major Gardeners
testimony is a complete vindication Of the
secretary of war in respect to the charges
brought against him relative to the
majors report as governor Of Tayabas. In
the first place Major Gardener declares that
the report was intended as confidential.
This is an Endorsement OF the secretary's
action in Withholding 1t from publication.
The major admits. too, that II he had been
in possession Of certain information at the
time OF writing the report which he has
since received, many OF the reflections upon
the methods Of American officers would
have been omitted. The governor has also
withdrawn the charge that higher officers
Of the army were hostile to the civil gov
eminent.
Evidently Major Gardener conhded in his
report all the charges that had been
brought to his notice against the military
authorities. He probably expected that
these charges would be investigated II the
war department considered them worthy
Of investigation. He himself expressed his
personal opinion freely and frankly to his
superiors; but obviously never dreamed
that his report would be used as the basis
Of an attack upon the war department. The
investigation would seem to prove conclu-
sively that there had been nothing i'm
proper in Major Gardeners conduct or in
Secretary Roots. Both men appear to
have been doing what they conceived to be
their duty, and the hullabaloo has resulted
from a misunderstanding OF the purpose
OF the majors report and Of the action Of
the secretary in suppressing It.
There is another theory that might be
advanced; but It is hardly deserving Of
the dignity of a statement 1t may be
pretended that Washington has terrified
Major Gardener into retracting a part OF
his charges and of softening others. This
theory will not be accepted by anybody
acquainted with Major Gardener. What
ever charges he brought were made from a
sense OF duty, and that same sense OF duty
is responsible for any notifications that he
has made. The major is not the kind Of a
man that could be coerced into eating his
own words. The Free Press Is one Of the
newspapers that censured Secretary Root
for suppressing the Gardener report; but
inasmueh as that report, according TO the
authors own testimony, was intended to
be confidential, this newspaper cheerfully
offers its apologies and regrets to the SEQ
rotary Of war.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
COLOMBIA ASKS roo MUCH.
Pulling Uncle Sans Purse on the
Panama Canal Proposition.

Chicago Tribune.
The draft of a Panama canal treaty sub
mitted by the Colombian government pro-
vides for the immediate payment to that
government Of ST. o 900 by the United
States. At the end Of fourteen years there
Is to be an agreement a. to further compen-
sation. II the two governments cannot
agreee the matter Is to be submitted to arr
bitration.
1t is said a hint has been given to Scores
tary Hay that a treaty containing the latter
provision will not be ratified by the senate.
and that for this reason he has proposed to
Colombia that the demand for further oom-
pensation be dropped. To this, It is said,
Colombia demurs. The Colombian govern
ment. as is only natural. wishes to get all 10
can for a concession the value OF which
and the readiness Of the United States to
spend money fort probably overestimates
considerably. Colombia now receives an an
nual income Of s25O,Oo0 from the Panama
railroad, which it will cease getting II the
canal is constructed. The quarter of a mill
lion is Of great value TO the government OF
a bankrupt state tormented by incessant
revolutions which interfere with the steady
collection Of taxes. The men who manage
Colombian AFFAIRS would like to have a large
cash payment and to be assured a regular
income in addition. They will try to mako
the best bargain they can. not 60 much for
the sake Of their country as for their own
Jakes.
AS the faction which runs the govern
ment considers its own interests chieny, Il IL
probable that II will yield to Secretary Hay
and not run the risk OF losing the S. 900, 900
or whatever sum MAY be finally agreed on
as a cash payment. With that much money
in hand the president of a South American
republic csu AFFORD to throw up his Job at
once and emigrate to Paris. Or, II he does
not choose to do that, he can use part Of the
money in buying military stores and sup
plies for the army which keeps him in
power.
There is NO reason why the United States
should bind itself to contribute yearly from
Its treasury to the revenues of Colombia.
That country will be fully compensated for
any concession 1t may make by the construc-
ton OF the canal. The work will give to the
province of Panama wealth and security.
There will be constant peace on the isthmus
after the United States once begins opera
lions there. A cash payment Of $7.0 900
will be all-or more than-Colombla is reaiA
ly entitled to for allowing the United Statea
to build the canal.
Alleged senatorial opposition to a treaty
binding the United States to pay a yearly
income to Colombia for the privilege of
benehting Colombia is altogether reasonable.
The canal will cost this country quite
enough without subsidizing Colombia.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15

Wyoming sheep men profess to be
greatly excited because recent orders for
the enlargement of Yellowstone park by
the addition Of forest reserves exclude
them from land on which they were
accustomed to find winter range for
their sheep. But why they should be-
come excited over this action Is not
readily discerned. The land annexed
to the park is part of the public domain
on which the sheep men have had no
rights except by suffrance, so the gov
Is taking nothing away from
them that ever belonged to them. Their
request for the suspension of the act,
therefore, comes at a rather late day.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15

The appointment of an Iowa man by
the name Of Shaw to a place under the
treasury department brings a statement
accompanying the announcement ex-
planning that the new appointee is in no
way related to the secretary of the treas
ury, who happens TO bear the same
name. This explanation, while perhaps
unnecessary, will be taken to indicate
that the policy OF the department is to
discourage the appointment Of relatives
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
Experience of No Value.
parnEd

Secretary Shaw is reported to be I'M
pressed with the idea that hve years serv-
ice on the stan of the Treasury depart
ment units the incumbents for the Offices
held by them. If this be the case the de-
partment's insides must be in an extra
ordinary state Of DISCRIMINATION. Expert
ence leads to perfection in every known
form OF human activity. and II a hye years
course In a Treasury bureau produce in
aptitude the ~ohiceholders must have sim
gularly misemployed their time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15

The value of a street railway fran
chise may be judged from what a street
railway company is willing to pay for it.
The Kansas City street railway COM
panies, which are negotiating for an ex-
tension of their franchise, have agreed
on the following propositions:
/. Eight per cent Of the gross receipts to
be paid to the city.
2. Universal transfers.
3. Paving between tracks and eighteen
inches outside.
4. Extensions of suburban lines
These concessions will save millions to
Kansas City people and taxpayers,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15

No state encampment of the Nebraska
militia can be held this year for lack Of
funds, except by creating a deficiency
to be covered by appropriation by the
next legislature. The taxpayers of Ne
braska had all the deficiencies they
wanted stored up for the last legisla-
ture. If an encampment and a deficiency
go hand in hand, We will try to get
along without either of them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current Of Life In
the MetropoIiE

whenever an artist in the science Of APP
piled graft gains a reputation In the west
and finds the west too hot for comfort he
hurries to New York and works In peace
for a season. It is so easy to lose oneself
there and work the provinces" A smooth
one driven out Of Michigan has been so
successful In Gotham as to attract the at
tention Of the police. His game Is off,
cially known as the League Of Educators
and his motto is characteristic OF the order
Of graft: "If you can't boost, don't knock;
II you have a hammer, lose It," The chain
letter game is thus described: Before be-
coming a member Of the League Of Educa-
tors the applicant must pay a membership
fee Of SO and agree to meet all monthly
assessments, no assessment to be more
than $1.05. The new member signs an
agreement to bring into the league three
other persons, who will each file an appli-
cation, pay the fee and assessment and, in
turn, bring into the league three new mem
bers. II the terms are all complied with
the members at or before the end of FIVE
years is entitled to an endowment Of $500.
II the conditions are not all fulfilled no
benefit is paid. The member simply has
the privilege Of continuing the payment Of
assessments until he tires OF the drain,
when he withdraws.
1t is mad perfectly plain that when a
membership lapses the money that has
been paid into the league is lost. Now,
although the league has not been In ex-
istence Ave years, benefits or endowments
are paid each month, an element-and a
large element-ot chance determining who
shall be benefited. 1t was because OF this
that the attorney general Of Michigan de-
nounced the league as a lottery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-15
Ripe for "A Change.
Washington Post.

Wu6IIIbN o"
Mr.. Cleveland served two terms in the
White House without being able to dem
o~nstrate ability to build up and strengthen
his party. Mr.. Bryan had the democratic
presidential nomination two successive
times and was not even able to secure an
election to the high ONCE, These two
gentlemen have monopolized twenty years
OF the time Of the democratic party, bring
ing nothing but chaos and disaster and It is
not at all strange that there should be a
robust sentiment in favor OF taking up a
new man without regard to their personal
desires or ambitions.