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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

The Omaha Baptist association has raised
an old question by resolutions Cunani-
mously adopted) demanding the repeal
Of the present law Of Nebraska. by which
money received from certain licenses goes
into the school fund. The sources are
saloon licenses. as we'll as fines in the
criminal courts and licenses from thea
tiers, pawnbrokers, circuses, peddlers, bill
posters. dog owners. The purpose OF the
resolution is, Of course, opposition to hav-
ing money furnished by licensing the
drink traffic applied to educating the chill
dren. The proposition is not new; but It
is just as mistaken as It ever was.
II this particular money we're applied
to other uses, money from other sources
would be applied to education, which would
amount merely to a shift Of bookkeeping
that would be simply foolish, while II the
licenses we're abolished general taxation
would have to be Just so much the heavier,
and this. too, would be rather foolish as
well as unjust. AS a matter Of sentiment,
the suggestion puts the emphasis in the
wrong place. 1t considers too curiously,"
as Horatio said to Hamlet when Hamlet
asked:
why may not imagination trace the
noble dust OF Alexander till he finds II stop
ping a bung hole; thus Alexander died,
Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth
to dust; the dust to earth: Of earth we
make loan; and why Of that loan. whereto
he was converted, might they not stop
a beer barrel7'
II seems to be the Pharasaical order Of
mind that sees things as clean and un-
clean. The Master did not ask where the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
THE FOREST FIRES.

The forest fires in Oregon, Washing
ton, Wyoming and Colorado, which have
already destroyed a great deal of prop.
erty and many lives and threaten to
be yet more disastrous, again call at
tention to the question whether ade-
quate precautions are taken to prevent
these f~earfully destructive visitations.
From present indications the fires now
raging promise to be the most disastrous
in many years. The losses in Oregon
thus far are estimated to exceed a mil
lion dollars, and the destruction in the
other states is not less than that amount,
but the graver fact is the loss of life,
while hundreds of people have been
made homeless. The regions where
these fires prevail have for the past sea-
son, or indeed for the last two seasons,
been remarkably dry, so that there is
more than the usual amount of COM
bustible matter for the conhagration,
which In some localities is beyond con-
troll.
The Washington authorities are tax
ing active interest in the matter and
have made such provision as they can
to stay the devastation, but it does not
appear from the latest advices that
much can be done, at least beyond bet
ter protecting the timber ON the gov
eminent reservations. t.a-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

some bank stock. aud another that his
farm is near town. ana he is quite point
edly accused OF wearing a boiled shirt and
riding in a surrey. All this is very nat-
tering to the farmers OF Nebraska. IL will
no doubt pleas. them to know that there
lie a great political power that considers
the farmer who has saved and labored
unfit 20 enjoy the fruits Of his industry
and frugslity like other successful men.
The farmer is being showed back into his
place and taught that the easy, cushioned
seat Of a comfortable carriage Is not for
him. and that IL is the height Of imperti-
nence for him to aspire to any Of the COM
forts enjoyed by his brother in town. There
are other prosperous farmers in Ne
braska, and 1t will no doubt be a pleasure
for them to learn the fusionists' estimate
OF Mr.. Mickey-and themselves. 4
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
shortening Distance to the Coast.


The plan to bore a tunnel seven miles
long through the Sierra Nevada mountains
at a cost of $14, 900, 900, in order to shorten
by twelve hours the trip over the Central
Pacific, is an illustration of the immense
resources OF our great corporations and
the wonderful wealth Of our country us a
whole. Were It a task proposed by the
national government all sorts Of compiled
lions would follow the introduction Of the
proposal into the realm OF political dis
~cussion, but a board OF directors intrusted
with power by thousands Of stockholders
can order 1t done. and the work is at once
under way. Modern inventions make the
task less formidable than was the five
mile cut through the Hoosac tunnel a gen.
GRAFTON ago, and the loss from accident
should also be much lighter. The advan-
tages gained by the railroad should be ire
mendous. Not the least important will be
the abolition of its forty-two miles Of snow
sheds in the mountains.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
TBr sTATrs AVID THE ans

There is nowhere a disposition TO de
prive the states Of whatever authority
they possess to deal with the trusts.
The democratic assumption that this is
the purpose of the republican party is
absolutely unwarranted. In his refer
ences to the trust problem President
Roosevelt has never suggested or init
mated any desire to restrict the author
ity Of the states. NO leading republican
has lone so. The president, in his first
message to congress, said there is utter
lack Of uniformity in the state laws
about the large corporations, and, as no
state has any exclusive Interest in or
power over the acts Of the corporations,
1t has in practice proved impossible to
get adequate regulation through state
action. This is a fact with which
everybody is familiar who has given the
matter any consideration.
The president said that therefore, in
the interest OF the whole people, the
nation should, without interfering with
the power of the states in the matter it.
self, also assume power of supervision
and regulation over all corporations do
ing an interstate business" He urged
that this Is especially true where the
corporation derives a portion of its
wealth from the existence of some mo-
nopolistic element or tendency in its
business. Referring to conditions at
the time the national constitution was
adopted President Roosevelt said: AT
that time it was accepted rs a matter
of course that the several states were
the proper authorities to regulate, so far
as was then necessary, the compare
lively Insignificant and strictly local
lied bodies Of the day. The conditions
are now wholly different, and wholly
different action Is called for. 1 believe
that a law can be framed which will
enable the national government to ex-
ercise control along the lines above in
dicated, profting by the experience
gained through the passage and ad-
m~inistration of the interstate commerce
act. If, however, the judgment Of the
congress is that 1t lacks the constitu-
tional power to pass such an act, then
a constitutional amendment should be
submitted to confer the power"
There is nothing in this that suggests
depriving the states of any of the power
o belonging to them for the regula-
ton Of the great Industrial combina-
lions. Nor has the republican party
ever contemplated, as charged by the
democrats, any abridgment of the
powers of the states in this direction.
The proposed amendment to the con-
stitution, submitted by the judiciary
committee Of the house in the Fifty
sixth congress, giving congress power
to define, regulate, control, prohibit OF
dissolve trusts, m~onopOlies or combina-
lions. whether existing in the form Of
corporations or otherwise, there was a
clause that 1.-The several states may con.
tinue to exercise this power in any man.
ner not in conflict with the laws of the
United States" The allegation of the
democrats, that the republican PROPOSE
ton to amend the constitution Of the
United States SO as to give congress
greater power to deal with the trusts
contemplates an invasion or infringe,
ment of the rights and powers of the
state, is wholly without warrant or JUST
hcatiOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

The amount Of subsidiary coin taken
from the sub-treasury in New York for
use in the west for several months has
been 20 per cent greater hal during the
corresponding period of last year. This
is not alone for use in crop movements,
but reflects the growth of general bust
ness and activity in the retail trade
throughout the interior.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
A TRUE CHILD OF NATURE.
Buffalo Bill Tells How IL Feels to He
Really Famous.

Really Famous.
Philadelphia North American.
Age cannot wither nor custom stale the
rank simplicity Of that picturesque son Of
the primitive west. Buffalo Bill. CiviliEa-
tion has put no veneer of hypocrisy upon
that frank nature. Colonel Cody is a fine.
outstanding man, a picture Of masculine
pulchritude. the most grandiose figure on
horseback that the world can show, and he
candidly admits it. He is famous beyond
all other men who walk or ride the earth
and he scorns to pretend that he does not
know 1t. False modesty WAS left out when
nature compounded the elements OF Buffalo
Bits Incompatible personality.
Chatting with an interviewer the other
day, the last Of the great scouts said:
/ am more sought after than any other
than the president of the United States
and one thing certain Is that the people
are more anxious TO talk to me than they
would be to Mr.. Roosevelt. All this In
creases my work. of course but l have
grown accustomed TO being addressed by
practically everybody in every town.
Germany's war lord is not much given to
self-depreeiation, but he never has sue
ceeded in diyesting himself so completely
OF the elf-consciousness which manifests
itself In a mock humility intended TO draw
forth fiattering contradiction.
Buffalo Bill is the only natural, unaffected
denizen Of the Temple OF Fame. May his
days be long in the land, for We ne'er shall
see his like again.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
From Poverty to Amuence.
INDIANAPOLIS journal

II was only a few years ago that Mr..
Cleveland came very near taking the half
OF the Central Pacific Railway company's
debt due the United States as a settlement
for the whole, so discouraging were the
prospects of the corporation. When Mr..
Mckinley became president conditions rap
idly improved and the whole obligation was
paid. Now the same company is reported
to be preparing to construct a tunnel seven
miles through a mountain to save a con-
siderable distance and heavy grades at a
cost Of s14. 900. 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

1t is gratifying 10 note in the census
returns that among all the states of the
union Nebraska continues TO head the
list for small per cent OF illiteracy. iOf
its population between the ages OF 10
and IA years 99.66 per cent are returned
as able to read and write. Iowa comes
next with 99.63 per cent. The lowest
is louisiana, with 67.12 per cent
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

The Union Pacific railroad paid $46.9S
in taxes for the rear 1902 on the west
half OF its bridge, which is assessed at
$1,566. Forty-six dollars and ninety
eight cents will pay for the services Of
about three-hfths Of one policeman for
the period of one month, and yet At
torney John n. Baldwin insists that the
Union Pacific pays its full share of taxes
for police and fire protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

1t is extremely dangerous, under the
injunction of Judge Mcpherson, to in.
sinuate that the lockout of the Union
Pacific shopmen, which is ordinarily
called a strike or combine, could and
should have been settled long ago by
arbitration
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

If the democratic campaign book is
to be believed, the return of prosperity
has really been a calamity to working
men and w~age-earners. This seems to
be the central idea of the elaborate
tables compiled to persuade them how
evil is their improved co~ndition-and, in
ci%dentally, to get them to vote for dem
ocratic candidates.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

The Iowa equal suffragists are about
to hold a state convention and to start
a new crusade for a constitutional
amendment. This has happened regu-
larly for over twenty years. In Iowa
a constitutional amendment, before it
goes to popular vote, has to be passed
by both houses Of two successive leg
islatures. There is nearly always suf-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

against intimidation or forced assess
ments The law should be faithfully OBJ
served and the civil service commission
is to be commended for taking steps to
have this done.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

Possibly Ex-Governor Boies nay ask
the democratic nomination for president
on the ground that he is now trying to
undo some of the monetary mischief
that he advocated when an aspirant for
that honor in 1886. At any rate, that
would be the strongest plea he could
possibly make for himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

Wanted: Five hundred political ward
workers to scour the city at mex Fridays
republican primaries. Each worker
will be given a guaranty of appoint
ment on the police force when the thirty
places for temporary policemen are
filled by w. J.. Brostch & Company.
For further particulars apply to David
H. Mercer, Willard hotel, or Tom Black
burn, Paxton block.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

icient gallantry to pass a m suf-
frage amendment through one or both
houses Of II Legislature, but it Is a diff
ferent matter when IL comes to action
in the succeeding legislature. The Iowa
equal ~suffragists, perennially hopeful,
but ever bafied, are likely to have a
strenuous campaign ahead Of them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
Things that Might He Avoided.

Despite many apparent drawbacks in the
way Of labor troubles, the commercial agen-
.cies report a general increase in industrial
activity. The railroads find 1t dificult to
handle the business offered them. This is
another reason for resFettins that there
should be any drawbacks, and especially
any that might be avoided.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

II you want to keep out of Jail, do not
mention 1t above a whisper that Mr..
Burt's piecework mandate to the Union
Pacific shoDmen is a lockout to force
the workingmen either to forswear their
allegiance to the union or to quit
work and expose themselves to all the
hardships and privation incident.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
show of Playing wnr.

PhiIadeIphia North American.
Kaiser Wilhelm's charge at the head Of
his cavalry was magnificent, but it was not
war. If 1t had been war the kaiser would
not lave been at the head of his troops;
neither would the artillery forces he routed
have been firing theoretical shots. But, as
General Corbin remarked with unconscious
humor, 1t was a fine military spectacle.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

And every member OF the Baldwin
Mercer police board subscribed to a
solemn oath that he would not be infu-
enced by political considerations in the
discharge Of official duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

a MERGERS palatial residence, for
which bids were taken from Omaha con-
tractors two years ago, is still on the
stocks, owing to the advance in wages
of carpenters, bricklayers, painters and
plumbers, but the plans for this i'm
aginary structure are open for inspec-
ton at Architect Kimball's office in the
McCague building.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

Judge John NJ. Craig, in accepting the
democratic nomination for congress in
the First Iowa district, declares that he
is right on all the great issues. Per-
haps he means to say that he would
rather, in the democratic sense, be right
than be congressman.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
Those Funny FusiOnista.
Ashland Gazette.

ASHihIu GdZeIIe.
One OF the funniest things in the present
campaign is the attempt OF the fusion bosses
to make capital out OF railroad assess
ments. 1t occurs to us that we have heard
the same sort Of a tale before. Did not
the windsmiths tell us several years ago
that If their party was only put in power
they would see that the railroads paid their
share of the tax? Did not the populist ora
tor wax eloquent in assuring the dear people
that they would do this very thing? Well,
the populists got control OF the state in all
its branches. legislative, executive and ju-
dicial. What did they do? They lowered
the railroad tax. This is a plain matter
Of history. When the republicans came into
power again what did they do? They raised
the railroad assessment. This, too, is a
matter Of history. Now the fusionists
come forward blandly in face Of their
broken pledges and have the audacity to
pose in their old attitude. Now. for sure,
they will make the railroads pay their
share Of the tax. How do we know they
will? Do they take the people for ignor-
amuses and fools?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

1t may be necessary yet to require pull
pit orators to submit their manuscript
when they are to speak with a president
In the audience.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

Trades union w~orkingmen Of Omaha
should keep of the grass On Jefferson
square Mt the peril of being injuncted
and incarcerated.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

French naval critics say that Ameri-
ican warships are too large. Spanish
naval critics are on record as holding
that American gunnery is too accurate.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
Approved at the Ballot BOX.
Springfield Republican.

The truth is that the presidents trust
speeches actually helped the republicans Of
Maine. and one nice little demonstration Of
the fact is that the greatest Town east trust
regulator, Mr.. Littleheld, ran better than
any other republican candidate for congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
The One Thing Needed.
Washington Post.

1t is said that President Palma may
bring on a revolution II he vetoes the bill
providing for a S35, 200, 900 loan. Well, a
at this particular time might
simplify matters wonderfully.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

"The persons who will apply the preser-
vative for these experimental tables will
be experts, and the quantity employed In
each instance will be measured to a nicely.
Detailed effects toward which the inquiry
will be directed will concern various
organs OF the body and known constitu-
tional tendencies toward certain diseases.
Salicylic acid, for example, will be taken
UP and put through all the tests which, in
the commercial movement Of food, II is
ever likely to make on the physical sys-
TENS Of American consumers. Then the
tabulated results will throw light upon the
degrees Of danger and Of the limits OF
safety, II any, in the use Of this acid.
And so will It be down through the list
Of the many inventions which man has
sought out Of articles Of diet.
IAN attempt will be made to keep the
boarders at the same weight during their
entire stay at the table, as any 1uctua-
tions in this respect might add a confusion
element TO the results. When II is dis
covered from the daily Weighing that a
man is gaining a little, his ration will be
so adjusted in its fat-producing elements
that this tendency will be corrected, and
the food will at all times be so generally
wholesome and appetizing hat no one in
ordinary health need expect to lose
weight"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

The requisition Of the Anheuser-Busc
Brewing company in support of Our
Dave has been received, but the amount
of the contribution is only known to
MERGERS Pooh-Bah.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

How many members of the school
board would run their own private bust
ness the same way they are running the
business of the public schools?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

1t can be said for Colonel Bryan that
II he does throw brickbats at the Iowa
democrats, he keeps out Of the state
when throwing them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

1t is easy enough to see why the rail-
roads wanted to own the Omaha police
board through the Baldwin-Mercer al
lance.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

They never pay. Don't
employ them. Get the best
and pay the price. Cheap
doctors don't recommend
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The
best doctors do. They pre-
scribe it for fresh colds, old
colds, easy coughs, hard
coughs, weak lungs, bron-
chitis, even for consumption.
"Your Cherry Pectoral has been 3
great blessing to me in curing my
severe bronchial trouble. ~ Nj
Grimes, Newburg, W. Va.
iSS. Ite, tIIa. Le.AYER CO.. LSv4H. ESS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

Government by nonresidents seems to
be the new order o. the day. Our revo-
lutionary forefathers hit the first vital
blow at nonresident government.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, s.:
George B, TEschuck, secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF August, 1902, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

Is 1t not about time to make it a Grim
inal offense to escape from blood
hounds?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

The Baldwin political locomotive is
rushing to a head-on collision.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
BRIGHT AND BREEZY.

Chicago Post: what did he do during
HE sat out on the Jack porch in the
sun and accumulated a tan that made his
fishing lies seem plausible"
New York Times: II am told that Jones
is a regular leech. Is that true?'
mo! 1 wouldn't hardly say that. A
self"
Philadelphia Press: This" said the ANA
teur PHOTOGRAPHER. proudly displaying IT.
at hasn't what you would call a pleasing
expression" replied Miss Quickstep, after
a brief inspection; You shouldn't take
indianapolis News: "And now, dear"
shall ! bring ~home-roses or carnations?'
MN" grunted the practical spou Sc, ''you
might try a caulifower, this time
Detroit Free Press: He-You might at
least have given me some warning that
you were going to throw me over"
She-well, haven't 1 been nice to you for
over a week?
hasn't bought an automobile yet, has her
Van Mator-No, but he's trained his
one every step he takes.
happy, commented the neishboT, but I
don't see why"
"Oh, some people never are satisfied"
she isn't happy, because she's able to buy
clothes that will make all the other women
envious."
Puck: you mean the clergyman with
whom you exchanged pulpits a few weeks
ago? oh, yes! Mamma liked him very
YES? She enjoyed the sermong"
OF yes! She says t does her heart
good to listen to a preacher who has moth
ing to say against the bible"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17

Corn worth so cents a bushel may yet
prove a cheaper fuel than hard coal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17


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