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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

not so radical, but II is going on there
The bankruptcy law was passed In order 20
help credits, in order to secure a federal
engine OF collection. It has hurt them. be-
cause II makes the way OF refusing to pay
and Of getting a clean discharg, too easy.
The true foundation Of credits is the de-
gree Of willingness felt by bankers TO loan.
For they In the end carry all credits. And
the bankruptcy Law has already, In part,
dried up the confidence OF the banking
world in lending money upon commercial
paper and the distrust is increasing. The
result is that the banks were never SO
strong and never made so few losses. but
the small merchant and manufacturer, hon
est many times, suffering the same as the
dishonest, is finding the sources OF credit
closed and Is going out Of business or being
absorbed into larger concerns OF estab-
lished capital and credit.
We q NJ idea that the present bank
ruptcy law will be abolished or seriously
changed. We believe that 10 some regards
IL Is serving a good purpose. but a very
different one from what was anticipated by
some OF those who expected much from it,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
PERSONAL NOTES.

-
The exhibition tour of the woman Who
went over Niagara Fails in a barrel, has
been a financial failure.
DIR. Butler, the new president Of Column
bla, is said to have declined fourteen col
lege prcsidenciss before he got the offer
that he wanted.
The chiefs Of the fre departments Of
Waterbury. Conn, and Paterson, N. ], are
respectively snagg and Stays. A hoodoo
must Turk in the combination somewhere.
1t is related OF Samuel Alvin sperry.
who has Just died in Reno county. Kansas.
that he was one Of a family Of fourteen
children, all Of whom lived to be more
than rs years old.
Henry Kayton, the veteran artist Of Bal
timore, has Just celebrated his 9Sd birth
day. Among his best works as an artist
were his portraits Of President John Tyler
and Governor Iredell Of North Carolina
A writer In the London Saturday Review,
speaks OF "Mr. Senator Tell OF the United
States House OF (eiected) Lords" This
reference is undoubtedly to Senator Teller
Of Colorado, but is 1t q joke or an exhibit
ton Of ignoranceY
Sir Conrad Reeves, chief justice Of Bar
BADGES, who died a short time ago, was a
mulstto VINO rose from the humblest social
condition. He began life as q newspaper
reporter and eventually came to be re-
garded as the greatest statesman, ablest
lawyer and most patriotic of all native
West Indians. At the time Of his death
he was so years old.
Alphonse G.. Csron lived as a clown for
a quarter of a century, travelling with big
circus shows In this country and abroad.
Now he has stepped from gay to grave
with a vengeance, having opened an under
takers establishment uptown in New York.
Caron's father was a clown and his mother
was zanfretta, known to half Of Europe
as a clever dancer and trapeze performer.
1t now appears that Carnegie plagiarized
in choosing for his epitaph the words:
Here lies a man who knew enough to
surround himself with men wiser than he"
The late Emperor Frederick of Germany
made q speech shortly after his fathers
death In which he said: He was a great
man-great especially because he knew
how to surround himself with men greater
than he was"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
NO sYMpATgETfo pROsEcUTIoN

w CIMFAIdhIiO
The trial of the late state treasurer,
j. b. Meserve, who was indicted by the
Douglas county grand jury for the m
bezzlement of state funds, is set for next
Thursday. Former Attorney General
Smyth. who has been retained to defend
Mr.. Meserve. has given it out that he
proposes to waive all technicalities on
behalf of his client and confidently ex-
poets to secure his acquittal by an i'm
partial jury. County Attorney Shields,
who will conduct the prosecution, has
cited witnesses and sent for papers and
records to substantiate the charges and,
so far as appearances go. proposes to
vindicate the law.
There Is, however, well grounded ap-
prehension that the preparations of the
county attorney are a mere prelude for
n judicial farce. 1t Is an open secret
that the county attorney and his assist
ants made every effort to convince the
grand jury Of the improperly and in
justice of presenting an indictment
against Mr.. Meserve. 1t is q matter of
notoriety that they disapproved the &C
ton Of the grand jury after failing In
their obstructive tactics. 1t is a matter
of nOtoriety, too, that the county attOr-
ney is just as much in sympathy with
Mr.. Meserve as the former attorney gen.
eral, and, while he may make a showing
as prosecutor, his heart will not be In
fha UnrL ond xw-ha, N ~.o-g h~.-A l. -
in his work he seldom, IL ever, succeeds.
No honest man would desire Mr..
Meserve to be convicted unless his guilt
can be established beyond a reasonable
doubt. 1t is, however, due to the people
of Nebraska as well as to Mr.. Meserye
that his trial should not be a ~jug-handled
effort in which the prosecutor and de-
Tense play a p~re-arranged part in a dra-
matte exhibition.
While the amount Of public funds al
legged to have been embezZled by Mr..
Meserve is comparatively small, the es-
of the crime with which be is
charged is absolutely the same as that
for which Joseph s. BARLEY was con-
victed and sentenced to a twenty-year
term. When Mr.. Meserve accepted the
position of state treasurer he assumed
all of the grave responsibilities deyolv-
ing upon the custodian of public funds
for the state Of Nebraska. With the ex-
ample set by his predecessor and with
the full knowledge of its consequences,
Mr.. Meserve should have been the last
man to appropriate public funds for pri-
vate gain, especially the patrimony of
the school children Of Nebraska. 1t was
not merely his duty to turn over every
dollar Of the principal that came into
his possession, but every dollar of inter-
est paid to him by banks, whether they
were official repositories OF not.
II ex-Treasurer Meserve car make a
convincing showing that he has com
piled with all these obligations, he
should be exonerated. But an exon
GRAFTON secured through incompetent or
negligent prosecution will not vindicate
him in the eyes of the people of Ne
braska. While a speedy trial is granted
by the constitution to every person ac-
cused Of crime, there is no reason why
the trial Of Mr.. Meserve should be
rushed. He is at large and cannot suffer
serious loss OF inconvenience by reason.
able delay. .
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
CREDITS.
How They Are said to he Affected b.
the Bankruptcy Law.
BoatorI AdVertIser.

DOANoI AuNcINlnCts
Senator Dolllver Of Iowa is credited with
a determination to try to get the present
bankruptcy law abolished. He gives as a
reason that 1t max It 80 easy for young
men to rush into debt and then secure a
discharge in bankruptcy nat many prevl-
Ously honest young men are now borrowing
all they can. with the purpose Of appealing
to the bankruptcy law in order to defraud
their creditors. On moral grounds he thinks
that the law should be repealed.
We agree with Mr.. DolIiyer In the state
ment that the present bankruptcy law puts
q premium upon dishonesty by anordinE no
end Of ~loopholes by which dishonorable men
can escape paying their debts. We d. not
agree with him as to the practical working
OF the law. 1t really tends to lessen credits
instead OF increasing them. Time was when
the average merchant could go to banks and
borrow money for his needs. The bankruptcy
law has nightly changed this. The large
banks no longer buy commercial paper.
Some still accommodate old and welI-trted
customers. but they are Eradully withdraw
Ing from these discounts. In the large
cities commercial paper. except that OF
great corporations. Is handled to but q
small fraction OF what was done a few year,
ago. In smaller places. where individual
| borrowers are better known, the change q
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

The tendency among the great Ameri-
can universities to seek locations where,
although within the confines of large
cities, they may yet have room to grow
and enjoy comparative isolation, is seen
again in the determination Of Johns
Hopkins university to abandon its pres
emit site in the heart Of Baltimore for
n in the near suburbs of that city.
The removal Of Columbia university
from the center Of New York City to
the newer residence section a few years
ago showed that an established institu-
ton of higher education could not only
be transplanted with safety, but with
good results from the standpoint of e.
pansion. 1t win doubtless take several
years yet before Johns Hopkins univer.
sity will be housed in its new home, but
when once there a new period of growth
for 1T may confidently be expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

John N. Westberg in his capacity as a
private citizen has entered complaint
with John N. Westberg as a member of
the Advisory board against the Dodge
street motor cars and we may conf
IDENTIFY predict that John N. Westberg
sitting in judgment on the Advisory
board will order the street railway com
pany to furnish a more commodious
equipment for Private Citizen Westberg
as he journeys from the city hall to his
home in the Sixth ward. This threatened
collision between a man in his capacity
as a private citizen and the same man in
his capacity as a public officer might
have been avoided but for the stupid
provision In the city charter prohibiting
city officers from travelling on street
railway passes. These observations
should not be considered by the street
railway company or by the public as an
apology for the poor car service on the
Dodge street line.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

Unless the dromio whom the Douglas
County Democracy has projected into
the congressional arena can be induced
to step down from the second-story sane
tum to the ground floor business office
to arrange the differences between him.
self and the dromio whom the Jacksoni-
ans have in mind for the same position
during the coming campaign, the confu-
sionists Of this district may discover
that two bodies cannot occupy the same
space at the same time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

lNh AtaNH
been the changes since Lincoln was elected
on that issue.
As TO Lincoln's views on equal rights
and the consent OF the governed, let us
look at the facts Of his oficial record.
Slavery was certainly a denial Of equal
rights and the consent theory. But Mr..
Lincoln respected the constitutional right
in the premises. He and the leaders TEN
orally OF his party were not only willing.
but anxious. early in 1861. to have a con-
stitutional amendment adopted prohibit
ing any interference with slavery In any
state wherein that institution existed. But
all that did not win for Abraham Lincoln
the appreciation OF democrats. And al
though he continued his efforts to save the
union. without touching slavery. until the
last day Of 1862, there was not the slight
est Indication that the time would ever
come when the democratic party would
adopt him and arraign the republicans on
the charge of having forsaken him.
Lincoln's mission, the work to which Lin
coins party addressed itself, was, as we
have said, to prevent the extension of sla-
very. Tha task was fully accomplished be-
fore Lincoln's life ended. When and where
has the republican party been unfaithful to
the great mission which Il was born to &C.
complish?
OF course that party's record is not free
from mistakes, and some Of them have
been disastrous to the country, Its great
est mistake was the enfranchisement OF
the ex-slaves. but hat was giving some
millions OF men a chance to consent "a
the government that ruled them. Great
as that error was, II is quite defensible
on the equality OF rights and consent Of
the governed theory. Is It not somewha,
significant that the republican party's
most calamitous blunder was an attempt
to square its policy with the Declaration
Of Independence
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
FAYRE MAYBE AND BRAVE KNIGHT.

W. D.. Nesbit in Saturday Evening Post.
Ye Fayre MaIde IN We Palace satte.
And wept full doiefuliie;
With Redeemed Nose and streaminge Eye,
A sorrte syghte 10 see.
Ryghte proude in costlie geare,
But stopt full auddenlie whenas
Her weepings smote hys Fare.
"Gad1ookes!" he called. what meane
why soche a m~odrnfuile phiz7
Now. marryl / shall rescue thee,
For rescueinge's my biz
That bids me orofs ys' Moste.
And then I'll make thee joye once more,
Else Tn a Billie GoateF'
Ye Fayre Maybe wepts; W Fayrs Maybe
ALAS, and iackadaye!. rt
Ny "a Is ye cruelle name
Who makes me Weepe this Waye!".
'odsbloodef' ye Brave Knyghte spake hymn
"Your Papa shaIle be tochte
That MEME there be who have Xe myghte
To showe hym what Is whaf!
He reyned hys prauncinse Charger theme,
Ye Fayre Mayde ioude didde wsyie asayne:
my hearte is sore opprefsed
1 have but tenne silke dancing Gounes
To go uponne my backe;
But fortle Paris bonnettes, and
One costlie Seaieskinne saoque.
"Fyve golhnse suits, eyshte walking
Goune
with fryiie and furbeIowe"-
Ye Brave Knyshte's steeds |oids fayne
Ye Brave Knyghte shoutedde .Twhoa!"-
Twelve trunkes besyde are hned wyth
geare,"
Ye Fayre Maybe dldds deplore.
but ~Papa-cruelle ~Papa-sayes
He will notte buy me more.
But MOVIE. synee that you braveiie saye
You'll rescue me, Brave Knyghte,
ri drive my Teares, well knowinge you
VIII see I'm logged out ryghte.
I onlie want ="
But suddenne soundes
Upon her Fare didde stryke-
They were we Hoofebea9es Of ye Horse.
We Knyghte Ned downe ye Pyke.
YE LESSON
Oh. Maydennes fayre, ye Lefson II;
Telie notte we foolishe MEME
Aboute ye Dresses TIL you're Woddo-
! They may notte nee you theme. ,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

II the salaries of our federal judges
are increased according to the proposal
already endorsed by the senate, it may
be safely accepted as settled that they
will never be reduced again. The fed
eral constitution expressly prohibits con
gress from Diminishing the compensa-
ton of members of the judiciary during
the terms for which they are appointed,
the object being to prevent the inhiction
Of punishment in the nature of a fine by
congress reducing their salaries to get
v e for some Objectionable decision
they might render. The result however,
Is that, once raised, judicial salaries
must stay up, for the judges would
quickly declare unconstitutional any leg.
islation seeking to take part of Their
stipend away from them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
JudiciaI rest OF Beans.
Chicago Chronicle

NHICdkO NHFOHICIc.
Solomonian wisdom entered into the mode
adopted by Justice Underwood 10 determine
whether or not a large quantity OF beans
declared good by the seller and pstrihed by
the buyer were edible. He cooked them.
For a time they resisted the bubbling OF
the water in the presence OF the court. but
after a reasonable subsection TO the right
temperature turned out mellow and palat-
able with judgment against the buyer. The
judicial test OF ordeal for the beans by fire
Is not contemplated by the statutes. but Fl
shows the practical benefit OF having house
hold science taught In the free schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

ator william v. Allen in response to the
latter's Reputation Of the Hon. T. JEFF
ferson as the only and exclusive Origi-
nator and ~patentee Of the self-evident
truths of mans equality I'm the enjoy
ment Of natural rights. Unless the
distinguished ex-senator quickly Joins
In the %assiduous cult OF democracy's
patron saint and sees the glorious light
that shines in the red hair Of the sage of
Monticello, he may take due warning
that no future honors are in store for
him hat must be had with democratic
help.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
"AnCient Landmarks
Washington Post.

Washing
Since Mr.. Bryan and his followers can
onized Abraham Lincoln their political
literature has been replete with accusations
and ratings against the republican party
for its alleged abandonment OF the teach
irgs Of Lincoln and the doctrines and poll
cies on which the republican party was
founded. Democratic organs that are ad-
vocating about all that Jefferson abhorred,
Jackson detested and Cleveland loathed
indulge in pathetic reproaches OF the party
in power based on the charge that 1t has
erred and strayed, like lost sheep, from
the creed Of the first republican president
a statesman who in his life was not in
frequent receipt of democratic praise. Here
is a sample paragraph Of democratic origin
which is having a fine run through the
democratic press:
Nothing is palmer than that the repub-
lican party has gradually forsaken all the
ancient landmarks held sacred by it's found
ers. No one can conceive OF a doubt being
entertained by Abraham Lincoln as to the
fundamental truth that all men we're created
with equal rights, nor as to the possibility
Of one mans governing another without his
consent. But those who now proclaim
these truths are sneered at by representa-
tive republicans as small Americans"
What are or we're those ancient land
marks which the republican party has
gradually forsaken?" What was 1t that
called that party into existence? What
was its creed, its paramount issue ?"
Simply and solely opposition to the extern
sion, not the existence, Of slavery. To
prevent the carrying OF that institution
into territory then free was the mission Of
the republican party, and many OF the most
influential democrats in the north left their
party and Joined Lincoln. Seward, Greeley,
Chase and their associates. Has anybody
forsaken that ancient landmark" Al
though less han half a century old, it
seems ancient, so many and so great have
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

For the health department to issue
precautionary proclamauons is all right,
but they should be followed up with a
more stringent enforcement OF the
health regulations. Omaha Is naturally
a healthy community, with the best OF
climatic conditions and municipal sani-
taion. and n the people win only do
their share no difficulty viii be eneOun-
tareA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
Fitted for the Task,
Philadelphia Record.

ThIIaueIphId HeCUIu'
Complaint is made that out there in the
Philippines army officers perform many OF
the functions OF civil administration, to the
exclusion of civilians. Why not? When the
army oficers can perform this service as
well or better what is the use OF encum-
bering the government with swarms Of Of
hcials who cannot discharge the least duty
without protection OF the military?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
seheoIs in the Philippine.
New York Tribune.

The public schools over which the Amer
lean nag is floating In the Philippines may
not be in actual fact the little red school
houses Of which We heard SO much a few
years ago. but they seem TO be doing ar
excellent work In the face OF whatever diff
heulties and d-iscOuragements may be In
evitabls. Many Of these schools have beer
opened and much progress has been ALREADY
made in the education and snlightsnmenl
Of the children Of the natives.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

On the same principle that a mans
shirt is nearer to him than bis oyercoat,
the question Of Just distribution OF tax
burdens here in Omaha concerns us a
great deal more vitality than the ques-
ton whether the Tagalogs should rule
the other races In the Philippines or the
Americans should rule the Tagalogs.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

People who read signs in the stars
may see In the postpOnement OF the
meeting of the Nebraska Exposition
commission called to block out plans for
the states participation in the st. Louis
worlds fair a f~Orerunner Of the post
ponement Of the fair just to give Ne
braska plenty OF time to get ready.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
Another Myth Exploded
Chicago Inter-O Ocean.

NHICdBV A~HtVI-ONOWH'
From Austria, France and Italy we re-
ceived a hostility more or less open. From
England we received a hostility yelled
under pretenses OF friendship. The British
myth with which we have been RECALLED for
the last three years-that England was then
our only friend In Europe-is thus exploded.
To comment upon this fact would be super
nuous. The lesson is too old to require
repetition here.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

The county board has adopted a reso-
luton notifying the various county OFF,
GERS and department heads to cut their
garment according to their eloth-and IL
they need any more cloth they will have
to step up to the counter run by the
county board for a fresh supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

Governor Taft asserts as a result OF
his observation that 90 per cen Of the
Filipinos r too ignorant to sit on a
Jury. Taking the standard OF Jurors as
they usually run, this is the severest ar.
Faignment that has yet been laid against
our new wards.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

Pat Grove has a right to claim a
place a few rounds higher up the ladder
than those Bulgarian brigands. When
Groves demand for ransom was met
he promptly executed his part of the
bargain by releasing the hostage like an
honorable bandit.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
Proat. I'D the Trade.
Boston Transcript.

Mr.. Brodrick has stated to the House OF
Commons that 44e.0S horses have been
bought by the British government for the
war. Of which z .1O1 came from the United
States and 1850 from Canada. At the
average price given Of $40 to $3.50. Ameri-
can horse breeders have had a good time
Of II, but 1t has been death to the horses.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

Chief Donahue's crusade against
until daylight" public dancing was
doubtless inspired by an anxiety to pre-
vent young people from catching cold
after midnight.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

Hot water and hot sand may serve the
purpose for midwinter foundations of
the Union Pacific shops, but hot air in
midwinter and midsummer creates that
tired feeling for the patrons OF the
Omaha Fakery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

II Marconi's wireless ~telegraphy could
only connect Omaha with the Platte
river canal and power plant It would
o a prompt and lasting victory over
the s~low-going processes on which the
promoters have been relying up to date.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

If Fighting Joe Wheeler were still on
deck in the house he would doubtless
have jumped into the breach with a hot
reply to the gallery play Of his name
sake, Wheeler Of Kentucky.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

From the number of telephone bills
introduced into the Iowa legislature
there must be a surplus of talk charge
able to overproduction in she Hawkeye
state
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

We wait with bated breath for the
return attack on John L. Webster's sec
ond e~lucidation Of the hidden beauties
Of the Declaration of Independence.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

If Bryan had only known that Cleve-
land had also been invited to that Til
den jubilee, would he have deigned ever
to send his regrets?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

For n The Bee agrees with ]. B.
Kitchen in his conclusion that grinding
taxes to sharpen political axes is not
good politics In the long run.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
some Corners that Fail.
Washington Pos

Washington Post.
The collapse Of the last De Wet corner
reminded us quite forcibly Of the grain
operations Of young Mr.. Phillips.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

People who want to keep abreast of
British politics will do well to keep an
EYE on Lord Rosebery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
Friendly After the Fight.
Baltimore American.

In the new treaty Of amity the United
States and Spain are shaking hands after
the late unpleasantness. And long may this
hearty handshake be registered In the mem
DRY of both nations!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17
aTATEMENr OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County S.:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
says that the actual number OF full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during
the month of January, 1907, was as fol-
Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-17

The hot-spurred Edgar Howard hurls
she ~opprobrious epithet migrate" at the
noble form OF former United States Sen