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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
RECLAIMING THE ARID WEST.
Eastern Commentator for the Ma
tiOnaI Irrigation Law.

new IOrk Times.
The country Is to be congratulated thai
the senate irrigation bill goes to the pres
ident substantially unchanged. It is to be
credited largely to the vigorous support
given by the president, who has been more
closely interested in this measure than in
almost any relating to internal policy.
The objections to the bill were not very
serious. Some OF them were amusing. Some
Of the opponents thought that the money
should be taken directly from the treasury
instead of from the sales Of lands which in
part are devoted to the agricultural col
leges. AS any deficit in the payment TO the
colleges is to be made up from the treasury
this objection had little weight and its good
faith was questioned. There is no doubt,
however. Of the entire good faith Of the
gentleman from Indiana who protested that
the farmers Of the middle west, after get
ting their lands In condition to cultivate
at their own expense, were now asked to
pay for irrigating lands the products Of
which would come into competition with
their own. That is the old cry OF the timid
and shortsighted and its commences con-
not be questioned. It was first raised long
years before the federal constitution had
been adopted, against a more perfect
union" which would bring the prod
ucts OF New York into closer competition
with those Of Connecticut. and prevent that
state from protecting its interests by proper
legislation. 1t is the cry OF Mr.. Nixon
against free trade In ships. II Is the cry
OF all who are afraid Of a fair field aud OF
progress.
But IT is belsted In this matter OF irriga-
tion. When the United States government
paid the FIRST installment toward opening
up the territory. then a wilderness. from
which the Indiana representative Is now
elected, 1t made free competition through
out the entire continent inevitable. And
1t II precisely that freedom that has made
the country the most powerful and wealthy
OF the world. The irrigation plan IL but
adding 70 the general resources Of the ma
tion In furthersnce Of the impulse which
has carried our vigorous race from the
little fringe along the Atlantic 20 the shores
Of the PAeine md far into Asian waters.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
PERSONAL NOTES.

When Mr., Carnegie gets his syndicate OF
perfected newspapers started then the real
fun will begin.
Mr.. Cleveland will be compelled to buy a
new trunk to hold all the degrees universi-
ties and colleges are forcing upon him.
People have more respect for form
President Sam OF Hayti since they learned
that he took some $40, 900, 900 to Paris with
him. He is a fnAncler; not a thief.
The Pretoria correspondent Of the London
Times succinctly summed up the Boer war
In saying that England has practically cap
tured, killed or wounded a whole nation"
o D. Long is a triple ex-ex-congress-
man, ex-governor ana oz secretary Of the
navy. Tufts college has Just conferred
upon him a title which will stick, that of
doctor of laws.
The freakish shapes into which the Pan
ANA hat. real or imitation, is being punched
and crushed and Topped and folded should
estop the wearers from any further I'M
complimentary criticism OF feminine head
gear.
Colonel Peter Donan, the we'll known
western newspaper writer and editor, who
has Just died at Portland. Ore. was the
originator OF the slogan of the Greeley
campaign. Greeley. the devil or anybody
to beat Grant" Colonel Donan was a ma
tive Of Mississippi, but did most Of his
newspaper work in Missouri. He went to
Oregon a few years ago to act as adver-
Using agent OF a railway company.
Truth. the WomAn's Forum, a monthly
launched to boom the federation, persisted
the other day under very distressing circum-
stances. A post norton examination
showed that the managers Of the ~publica-
ton secured a large number OF photographs
of club leaders to adorn Its pages. Most
Of the photographs were in decollete dress.
When these appeared in print they were
adorned with high neckwear. The re-
sulting wrath produced periodical heart
failure. A melancholy instance Of Truth
crushed to earth.
The Toledo Blade afnrms that nowhere
in all Ohio does zeal for ofhceholdlng grow
as luxuriantly as In Toledo. Here" says
the Blade. the Ohio mans love for once
n seen in all its glory. The salary attach
ment does not cut much figure. or course
a few hundred dollars per is an added at
traction. but the once itself is. after all.
the great prize. The acme OF bliss is
reached when II Is secured and there Is
darkness and sorrow when the axe falls
and the once must pass TO another. II
some men would put forth the same effort
in the accumulation OF money that they
do In getting and holding on to once there
would b more milliOnAirea"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
Costly 9FriIIs to Education.
Portland Oregonian.

n VI III OFOBUNIUFIs
A garish folly, that has attached itself
to the public school system Is in full an
nual flow Just now. Parents, In some in
stances, at least, lily able to bear the ex-
pense, are straining every nerve to outfit
their daughters In hlmy graduating gar
ments for which they will never again have
the slightest use, and the effect Of which
is to crafty vanity and stimulate envy.
What with chiffon dresses, laces, white
slippers, class pins and flowers, graduation
from the high school, and indeed from the
grammar grades, in some schools. has be-
come a tax that is in many cases a griev-
Gus burden, and which hard-working patrons
Of the public schools should not be or feel
called upon to bear.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
RETuRNfN0 TO THE TARIFF.

Having practically ignored the tariff
in the last two national campaigns, the
democratic leaders are now proposing to
return to that issue for the next fight
for the control of the government. Mr..
Cleveland, as the leading exponent of
so-called tariff reform, urges that the
democracy must again take up this
question and make it the leading issue
In their fight Of 1904. In the opinion
Of MI. Cleveland, who is unquestionably
the foremost champion Of what is called
tariff reform, the greatest of all in
now subjected is tariff taxation, which
he thinks makes exactions far beyond
the needs of economical and legitimate
government expenditure. Consequently
Mr.. Cleveland would have the demo
cratic party take a very decided stand
against the tariff. just as he demanded
1t should do in 1887 and which seven
years later 1t did do. with what conse-
Quences to the business interests Of the
country almost everybody remembers.
1t appears to be pretty evident that
the democratic party is prepared to &C
cept the counsel of Mr.. Cleveland In
this particular. All the state conven
lions Of the party thus far held this
year show this. Their platforms have
made prominent the demand for tariff
revision, all of them plainly showing
that the leading idea among democrats
at this time is to subordinate every
thing to the question of so-called tariff
reform. In all the democratic state
platforms of this year this question Is
given the most conspicuous place. In
the democratic mind at present this
seems to be the burning ISSUE" Even
imperialism has taken a secondary
place and the trust issue occupies a
place as an outgrowth of the tariff, not
withstanding the fact that the demo-
cratic leader in the last two presiden-
tial campaigns declared that h tariff
was not responsible for the trusts.
1t seems to be now plainly indicated,
therefore, that the next national cam
paign is to be fought, so far as the
democratic party is concerned, upon the
tariff. The old issue between the two
parties is to be revived and the country
is once more to be asked to pass judg-
ment upon the question Of protection
to American industries. The republican
party will heartily welcome the issue.
There is nothing in its great record of
which 1t is more proud or in defense
of which it can invoke more splendid
| and conclusive facts. The great indus
trial growth of the country, our won
derful commercial progress, the great
increase In national wealth, the unprece-
denied prosperity of the American peo-
ple-these are arguments In support of
the tariff policy Of the republican party
which appeal to the intelligence and
the interests of the people with a force
that is irresistible.
The republican party is fully prepared
to meet its opponents In a discussion
of the tariff policy before the people,
confident that the history of the last
four years, to go no farther back, will
amply vindicate and justify republican
policy, which is as necessary today to
American labor and industry as at any
time in the past.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
A story.

In Secretary Roots communication to
the senate upon expenditures in the Phil
ippines there is this nugget Of informa-
ton:
I'm the middle OF the fiscal year ending
June 20, 1901, there were about 10000
American soldiers In the islands. That
number is now reduced to about 1900.
Orders have now been issued for the re-
turn OF the Eighth, Fifteenth, Twenty
fourth and Twenty-hfth infantry and .
squadron Of the Tenth cavalry, and when
these orders have been executed the num-
Der Of American troops In the Philippines
will have been reduced to 1900"
Civilization is not a failure. Nor is the
Caucasian, as represented by Americans In
the Philippines, played out.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

Democrats in Nebraska have been In
the habit of yielding to their populist
allies the principal places on the state
ticket, while they have gathered unto
themselves more than their share Of the
congressional nominations. The OBJ
ject has been, of course, to extinguish
the populists as a national political
party. This time 1t will not make
much difference which horn either Of
the fusion parties seizes, as the chances
of defeat are good for both.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

And now comes a member OF the Real
Estate exchange with the old. thread
bare defense of tax evasion by the South
Omaha meat packing corporations that
they should not be compelled to pay
taxes like other people, because they
give employment to large numbers of
laborers and pay out for raw materials
large sums that go to the farmers n
stock-raisers of the state. AS II this
same plea could not be made for every
business man and industrial concern
that is taxed. They all employ labor
and pay out money as rental and other
that feeds the arteries of COM
merce probably in as great ratio to the
volume Of their business as do the meat
hackers. If one class escapes its share
of taxation, the other taxpayers must
pay not only for themselves but also
for those who do not pay. The fear
that the packing houses will be removed
from Omaha If they are taxed the same
as other property will not go down.
They can go nowhere else where they
will not be taxed. New packing houses
have been opened here and old ones
have been closed, but the payment OF
taxes was not the determining factor.
1t is simply amazing that a Real Estate
exchange man, after the fight that body
has peer making for equal taxation
should come out in advocacy of tax ex
emption for meat packing corporations
or. for that matter. Of favoritism In
taxation of any kind.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
SAID IN FUN.

Washington Star: when a man gifts
good an mad" said Uncle Eben, hes lfble
to imagine he's a volcano when he ain
nufin' but a hrecracker."
Chicago Post: whats the matter with
the trains on this road?" asked the i'm
patient traveller on a small line.
Nothing answered the conductor.
But you aren't anywhere near on time"
No, 1 s'pose. not But we didn't make
the time table"
Philadelphia Press: Tess-what a queer
remark that man made about the bride.
Jess-What was ~
Don't you think so7'
Jess-Mere force of habit. He's an un-
dertaker, you know.
Detroit Free Press: "Sir!" said the
grocer, bridling up, do you mean to accuse
me Of putting some chicory into my cof-
fee7"
mot at all" replied the customer. coolly.
II always give you credit for putting some
coffee into the chicory."
Baltimore American: She-I can't imagine
anything more vulgar than the use of a
500 diam2pd stud to adorn a u neghgee
He-Oh! I don't know: It seems to me the
average woman who goes in for $500 ear
rings uses them to ornament a 3O-cent face.
washington star: V.'You object to that
man because he used money to secure your
"No," answered Senator Sorghum; 'that's
not the point. He didn't use 1t. He wasted
Chicago Tribune: Cant I pay you just
as well after you have cured me, doctor?"
asked the caller with the ailment-
by no means, madam. You might fail or
forget to do 1t then. Ny terms are cash for
" see you are not a real faith doctor.
sir. Good morning"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
Plea for Kindness to Brutes.
American.

Baltimore American.
That the merciful man Is merciful to his
beast should not be forgotten these hot days,
Working animals are bound to suffer, and
1t is not only humane, but also the best
policy on the part of their owners and
drivers to spare them as much as possible,
take care not to overwork or drive them,
and, particularly, to be sparing of the whip.
Care of animals will not only ten to the
comfort Of the poor brutes, but will, like
wise, pay substantially in prolonged life
and improved service
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

Kansas populists will today try to
solve the problem their Nebraska breth-
rem are busy withAwhether to accept
the offices the democrats are willing
they should in event OF the combination
being able to defeat the republican nomi-
nees. No question of principle is at
stake, only emoluments being consid-
cred.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

De Almonds speech in congress may
have relieved his mind, but it doesn't
convey any Information to the public.
The democratic attitude OF opposition
to republican policy, no matter what
that policy may be, is too well known to
require restatement. II the democrats
should eve decide TO aid in the advance
ment OF public interests by endorsing a
republican idea. the act might occasion
surprise
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

The Douglas county commissioners
should read again the opinion of the
supreme court in the Omaha tax case.
That opinion points out clearly the duty
OF a board Of equalization, and shows
how action can be had without formal
complaint being made by a taxpayer.
Responsibility for taxable valuation
rests with the Board of Equalization as
much as with the assessor.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
Heartburnine of the Elect.
MINNEAPOLIS Times.

NIIIIItdpOHb IIHIVbs
Some of the ladies who expect to attend
the coronation complain that the dress pre-
scribed will make them look pudgy. AS the
quality Of pudgitude is by no means rare
among the elect, even with the clinging
drapery now prescribed by fashion, It is
easy to believe that there will be q few
perfect rights on view when the great
exhibition comes. Still, one can afford to
look pudgy for a few hours IL there is glory
to be gained and social prestige to be
maintained.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

The railroad tax bureau claims that
the railroads have paid 10 per cent Of
their net earnings for taxes in 1901.
Most OF the Of store buildings
and office buildings in Omaha would be
glad II they could get of with 80 per
cent OF their net earnings in taxes.
Many OF them have for years not had
any net earnings and still had to pay
taxes all the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

Another bulletin of the railroad tax
bureau undertakes TO tell how the as
sessment of railroad property is arrived
at by the State Board Of Equalization,
by describing the steps prescribed by
law. Comparisons with the records of
the board will show that this is the
best description yet OF how the assess
ment of railroad property is not arrived
at by the state board.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
DandruH

What is it7 The begin
ming of gray hair, falling hair,
badness. Extremely un-
tidy, and annoying, too. The
remedy7 Ayers Hair Vigor.
1t keeps the scalp healthy,
stops falling of the hair, and
always restores color to gray
hair. An elegant dressing.
"I am satisfied with Ayers Hair
Vigor. IL restores the natural color to
my hair, prevents Il from falling out,
and makes Il moist. - BetseyA. Elder,
e. Machias, Ne.
nJH. All auuhsts. Le AYER 90. Lowell. Mas.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

Mayor Koutsky Of South Omaha is
getting after the tumble-down shacks
and aretraps that menace life and prop
erty. If the authorities of the two
cities wo%ld weed u these c~onhagra-
tion-breeding buildings the work of the
fire department would be considerably
.lightened.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

President Mitchell's address to the
public on behalf of the striking miners
will serve to more forcibly fix in the
minds of what he calls the innocent
parties" the fact that they will have to
foot the bill, no matter what the out
come or what the cost.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

Nebraska populists, in the county con-
ventions they have just been holding,
seem to have been in a quandary
whether to affirm the Sioux Falls plat
form or the Kansas City platform, and
In one case seem to have endorsed both.
IL the border line between pOpulism and
democracy is SO faint as all that, why
not fuse platforms as well as candi-
'dateSl
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

OF Rear Admiral Crowninshield. seems
to be quite unnecessary and
ranted. The publicity given to the mat
ter was undoubtedly a mistake, but 1t
would seem to be the greatest possible
folly for the two governments to get
into any controversy on this account.
1t is an issue that ought to be settled
without the sllRhtest difficulty.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

A handbook of biography will be nee
essary to let the people Of this county
know who the gentlemen are who have
been presented as the democratic legis-
lative nominees.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

The f~usionists are expected to be ram
pant against the corporations when
they make up their platform at Grand
Island, but they will be dlscreetly silent
on their complete surrender to the cor
p~oratlons when they had control Of the
state government.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

per cent more, or S297 per mile, which
is 500 a mile more than the railroads
Of Nebraska are paying, and nobody
contends that the railroads Of Nebraska
earn less or are worth less per mile
than the railroads Of Minnesota.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

After the record made in it's fight to
have the city assessment roll revised,
the Real Estate exchange cannot afford
to funk before the county Board Of
Equalization.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

II It is true that the railroads Of Ne
braska pay $19S.s6 per mile in taxes,
for which we would want a good deal
better proof than the assertion of the
railroad tax bureau, they still are not
overtaxed. The railroads OF Mime
sofa are taxed S2Ss per mile this year
and next year they VIII be taxed 70
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

The present cold snap brings some
consolation. Disciples of Lombroso can
not point to the heat wave as the gene
sis Of the numerous homicides and sui
sides now being reported.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

In view Of the rush with which the
summer excursion season has started in.
the ~bewildered tourist will be lodging
premiums to travel over this line or that
before 1t is ended.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
Not badly ~FrIrhtened.
INDIANAPOLIS News.

Indianapolis News
The meat packers are to form q $1,000
900 trust according to report. And the peo-
pie of the country were laboring under the
impression that the government had scored
thanh
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
Comfort for Dull Boys.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript.
"reminiscences of West Point crowd all
the service papers. They must carry COM
fort to the boy near the foot OF the class
everywhere, for 1t is noted hat General
Upton, who lived to be superintendent Of
the military academy, was not distinguished
as a student, and that Custer barely
scraped through.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
More Than Likely.
Cleveland Leader.

Cleveland Leader.
The antitrust law of Illinois has been
declared to be invalid. Maybe the trust
lawyers have something to do with putting
loopholes into these statutes when they are
enacted.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
Chance and sympathy.
Chicago Record-Heraid.

Chicago Record-HeraId-
Senator Dolliver says poor people are the
only ones who have a chance in the world.
Still, as Senate william NJ. Stewart says,
III a man has money he doesn't need SYM
pathy,"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

Omaha people have achieved a reputa-
itlon as music lovers which they must
not let get away If they want to con-
tinue on the map of the great musical
organizations.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

Only a year ago the mercury was do
ing stunts around the 100 mark.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
B'Gosh.

Philadelphia Record.
The silence OF the democratic state con
vention of Illinois on silver was golden.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24
sTArEMENr or c1RcuLAvloN.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
PUBLISHING Company, being duly sworn,
hays that the actual number OIL full anu
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning.
Evening ana sunday Bee printed curing
the month Of May, 1902, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-24

good an mad said Uncle Eben, hes li'ble
to imagine he's a volcano when he ain
muffin but a firecracker."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-17
WANT CUSHING'S
 CASE LOOKED INTO
CITIZENS SENT PETITION TO MIR. ROOSEVELT, SAYING AMERICAN CATHOLIC PRIEST WAS BRUTAL. " TREATED IN ROME.

New York, September 16.-A petition signed by nine American citizens has been addressed to President Roosevelt asking that the complaint of the Rev. John H. Cushing, who was arrested Mo- vember 10. while calling on Bishop N c. Matz of Denver in Rome, Italy. be not ignored. The petition says:
 ''The arr and confinement in an in- sane asylum are notorious. A story was invented that Father Cushing was intox- icated at the time of his arrest, but of the four persons present at the interview between Bishop Matz and Father Cush- ing three testified that he was sober. Two of the persons were intimate friends and intimate companions of Bishop Matz. Father Cushing himself gave similar tes- timony. There were also several in Rome of various nationalities who saw Father Cushing that day and were willing to testify to his constant sobriety. if they suspected that such an issue would be raised Even if intoxicated were the brutal indignaties heaped upon him jus tifiable?.
 We saw Father Gushing within an hour and half before his arrest We insist that he went to the temporary abode of Bishop Matz sober and peace able, that he was peaceably received and while a guest therein that he was violently assaulted and deprived of his liberty as well as subjected to the brutal outrages."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-17
SENATORS ENDORSE
 PRESIDENTS POLICY
Big Guns Of Republican Party Confer With Mr. Roosevelt and His Ideas About Trusts Meet With Approval Will
 Continue to Urge Cuban Reciprocity

Oyster Bay. N. Y, September 1e-sena- tors mama, spooner Allison, Aldrich and Lodge and Postmaster General Payne spent several hours with Presi- dent Roosevelt and discussed with him the entire political situation. having spe- cial reference to the conditions in the western states which the President is to visit on his approaching trip. The parties to the conference we're very reticent after they returned from Sagamore Hill, but 1t can be stated on reliable authority that 1t was decided to make no attempt to revise the tariff at the coming session of congress; that the President Is to maintain his position as to the trusts. and further, that he is to insist in his demand for reciprocity with Cuba. It is understood that he will fully outline his policy regarding this latter question in some of the speeches he is to make on his western trip.
 It also can be stated on excellent au- thority that the coal strike was not dis crssed.
 The Presidents purpose in having this