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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
NOTES.


Manila is soon to have its first electric
cars. Then the American In Manila will
get run over without the trouble OF COM
ing home.
H. E. Huntington, a nephew Of the late
Coils P. Huntington, has been elected a
director OF the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroad, to succeed John w. Mackay, de-
ceased.
Senator Hoar celebrated his seventy-sixth
birthday at his home in Worcester, Mass,
quietly on August 20. He has been In
public life since 1887, when he was elected
United States senator.
Judge John II. Reagan, the surviving
member Of Jefferson Davis confederate
cabinet, sat on Friday for a portrait to be
painted and placed in the Confederate
Museum Of History at Richmond, Va
Sir Wilfrid LAurier is shortly expected in
Rome to discuss with the Italian govern
ment a commercial convention and fur
ther to arrive at some understanding In
regard to Italian emigrants to Canada.
DR.. James B. Thornton of Boston has
the finest collection of small arms owned
by a private individual in the United
States. HI has Just secured a knife fully
5000 years old from the mining lands Of
the central west.
September II, known in Baltimore as
Defenders day, is a municipal holiday in
hat city, and Governor John Walter Smith
has issued a proclamation making 1t this
year q legal holiday throughout the state
OF Maryland. II is celebrated in memory
OF the successful resistance offered by the
city to the British in 1914.
Mr.. Baer, the coal magnate who recently
wrote Of the Christian gentleman TO whom
God in his wisdom has given control OF the
mines" is coming to be regarded by his
| fellow magnates as a sort of Burchard Of
the trust companies. His utterances have
been repudiated in guarded fashion on sew
eral occasions, one critic saying that Baer
reminds him Of Bob Toombs' definition Of a
fanatic-"a man Of weak parts and strong
convictions"
The late Senator Mcmillan Of Michigan
used TO tell about a green Irishman en-
ployed on his country place near Detroit.
He had a severe attack OF malarial fever
and the senator sent him a box OF hve-
grain capsules OF q~uinine. Upon the oc-
casion OF his next visit TO the farm the
senator called to Pat and asked him II he
received the medicine all right. Yes.
sor." said Pat. "and IL cured me, too. but
Il was a lot OF trouble to dig the medicine
out OF those little shells"
Mark Twain has given a sIx-volume edi-
ton OF his books to the library supplied
for the prisoners in the United States
prison at Atlanta, Ga. II would gladly send
the other set" writes Mr.. Clemens to Mr..
Upper, the complete one, II / could
AFFORD the expense. but It would cost me
S55-and there is no cheap edition. The
newspapers are trying to make me out a
rich man, but the continued discrepancy
between my income and my outgo con-
Vness me that they are not succeeding"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
WONDERFUL BUSINESS SEASON.
millions OF Money in sight 60 Move
Crops.
Cincinnati commercia Tribune.

the Crops. r
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Eastern and western. northern and
southern bankers, farmers, railroad men
and elevator men are talking OF the money
needed to move the crops and conserva-
tive m put the amount required at
$500, 900, 900. There are billions of bushels
Of corn and Of wheat. there are millions
| OF bales Of cotton; millions Of tons OF hay
and millions upon millions OF bushels OF
oats, and of barley and OF other cereals
and farm products to be moved, and the
money must be had to move them. Crops
requiring $500 900, 900 to move them from
the farms and the elevators to the mar
kets represent crops OF an intrinsic value
only to be expressed in figures which stag
ger calamity hovlers. Prophets of evil
find in the suggestion OF Secretary Shaw
that the national banks prepare to issue
more OF their notes an indication that the
secretary fears a panic and is preparing
to get under shelter.
The suggestion Of Secretary Shaw was
made solely with reference to the vast
amount Of money required for moving the
crops, which, Of themselves and in them
selves, and in their fulnesa and their al
most Unreasonable value, preclude the
idea OF a panic and the danger of CONNER
cial distress. When money is needed for
crop moving It is needed as badly and as
speedily as the gentleman from Texas re-
quires his trusty gun, and 1t must be in
the cash drawer Of the banker, ready at
any moment. The suggestion of the secre-
tary was wise and wholesome financially.
The first to respond to his invitation were,
properly, the banks Of New York. which,
on the day succeeding the suggestion,
ordered additional issues in the total sum
| ~ N11 mn 000-Unf much narfainIu hut q
beginning, and a beginning that will,
doubtless, be followed. In any event, the
money to move the crops will be forth
coming, and the mouths OF the people will
be filled with bread-calamity howlers I'm
/ cluded.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
NIULLER.
Baltimore American.

81
Maud Mullers father-honest soul
Was worried Ger the price Of coal.
He talked about It all the while,
And very near forgot to smile.
He vowed. with bated, trembling breath,
That everyone would freeze TO death.
Because the heartless coal combines
Would not start digging in the mines.
Each day he'd TO his cellar 20
And shake his head both sad ana slow.
Because the furnace had an air q,
AS though II wondered why twas there.
He bent beneath the heavy weight
or gazing at the empty crate,
And oft with signs he would deplors
The sorrow of the furnace door, ,
While mirthlessly he sometimes laughed
Because no smoke was in the draft.
But Maudie. optimistic maid,
Told papa not TO be afraid. sH
The Judge. she said, had ceased to court.
And now she joyed, she might report.
Her hand she had been asked to yield
To one who owned a great coalheld.
To one who had a Alright divine
To all the fuel in a mine,
And so she planned a fitting dress
To grace a new Coal Baroness.
- -
The wedding day was bright and fair.
But Maudie's papa was not there,
For while she gave her hand and heart
He hustled round and hired a cart, =
And while the twain were turned N ops
He slowed away ton after ton, .
TSE he believed. did Maudie's pa.
Ihls was a proper son-in-law.
OF all the words to make us grin,
The gladdest are: We've filled the hin"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

the Wilson law there were annual de-
hcits, while in each of the last three
years there has been a large surplus in
the treasury. The repeal Of tie war
taxes did away with revenue to the
amount OF over S1OO,OOO,OOO and yet the
receipts of the government are more
than sufficient to meet the greatly in
creased expenses of the government
The statistics of exports and the rev.
enue results most fully vindicate the ex-
listing tariff, but this is not all. Its eff
feet upon the industries of the country
has peer valuable almost beyond compu-
tatlon and in this it has immensely
benefited labor and the agricultural in
terests. There is no doubt of the sound
ness of the claim of Senator Gallinger
that the Dingley law is the most scien-
tifcally constructed tariff act the eoun-
try has ever had.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
The Right of Way
New York Tribune.

way with the strong. II there be any
discrimination between them II is In favor
Of the weak. The steamship must yield
right Of way to the sailing vessel, and the
vehicle TO the pedestrian. II is reason
able and right that Il should be so. SO
far as trolley cars are concerned II Is
especially so, for they have no proprietary
right in the street. They occupy the
street on sufferance. as tenants at inc
will OF the real owners, and 1t is incum-
bent upon them to respect the rights OF
the owners. The presidents carriage had
a superior right OF way to that OF the
trolley car which ran It down. 1t was not
so much incumbent upon the driver OF the
carriage to get out OF the way. as the mo-
torman declared, as 1t was upon the mo-
torman OF the car to yield the right OF
way to a vehicle, no matter whether II
was the carriage Of the president OF OF the
humblest private individual.
That is a fact which is elemental ana
fundamental. That It should need re-
statement and emphasizing is a circum-
stance not creditable to the prevailing
sense Of law and Justice. That 1t should
be, as it is, 30 generally ignored and vio-
lated is a circumstance as ominous to the
welfare Of every citizen as It was on
Wednesday ~perilous to the president and
fatal to his companion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
BDLrEvEs in ORGANIZED LABOR.

The declaration Of President Roose-
welt, 81 believe emphatically in organ
lied labor" was timely In view Of the
war that Is being made upon trades
unionism, and such an utterance By he
chief executive of the nation cannot fail
to have a reassuring and stimulating eff
feet on organized labor. To have so
distinguished a champion is a fact
which w%orkingmen who are united for
mutual protection and advancement
will earnestly appreciate, while un-
doubtedly many who are not members
Of trades unions will be Influenced by
the presidents remark to Join them.
Mr.. Roosevelt hat views regarding
what should be the character Of organ
lied labor which we think all intelligent
w~orkingmen will approve. The worth
Of an organization, he said, depends on
its being handled with courage, skill,
wisdom, the spirit of fair dealing be-
tween man and nan and wise self-re-
straint. Some Of the labor %organiza-
lions are thus handled and these are
the successful ones In conserving the
interests and welfare of their members.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, which the president addressed, is a
good example, as also is the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers. These or
CARNATIONS pursue a conservative pol
icy. Their leaders are careful men, who
believe In avoiding conflict whenever
that can be done without too great
sacrifice. They have at times found it
necessary to fight for their demands,
but only after all reasonable efforts
were made to secure an amicable ar
rangement. 1t is perhaps too much to
expect that all labor organizations will
attain the high standard of those re-
ferred to, because the members of some
Of them are as a whole less intelligent
passion and prejudice, but all should
earnestly endeavor to reach that stand
ard.
The presidents appeal to the instincts
Of manhood in the American working
man should not go unheeded. One of
the most noteworthy statements in his
address to w~orkingmen on Labor
day was this: Much of great
good can come by such associa-
tons, something can be lone through
wise legislation, but do not forget, gen
tlemen, in the last resort you cannot
find a substitute for q mans own en-
ergy, resourcefulness, skill, courage and
honesty. Work through association in
combination with your fellows, but do
not, under any circumstances, let any
man lose his own capacity for self
help" This idea is contained in the
Chattanooga speech, one declaration of
which Is: Much can be done by the
brotherhood, but it still remains true in
the brotherhood and everywhere else
throughout American life that In the
last resort nothing can supply the place
Of the mans own individual qualities.
We need those, no matter how the or.
ganization is outside" Intelligent and
thoughtful w~orkingmen will see the
soundness of this.
Organized labor has made rapid
progress in recent years and undoubt
eddy will continue to advance in spite OF
the strong hostility to it in some
quarters. What 1t should do is to care
fully cultivate those qualities pointed
out by Mr.. Roosevelt as essential to the
worth and the success of organization.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

One remark in the brief colloquy be-
tween the president and the motorman
who came so near TO killing him was
eminently characteristic. We are told
that the parting words Of the motorman,
as the president turned away. we're: your
driver had a right to get out OF the way,
anyhow The remark was as ~insolent as
1t was slangy, and as brutal as It was in
solent. But It was typical and illuminat-
ing in a high degree.
1t expressed with exactness II not with
elegance the too frequent attitude OF the
strong and swift toward the less strong
and less swift upon our highways. Their
rule is simply an arrogant get out Of the
way" The troller car motorman clangs
his gong and expects all other vehicles aud
pedestrians to get out Of the way. II they
do not 1t is their own fault IL they get
run over. The automobile motorman blows
his raucous horn and ploughs furiously
along the middle OF the road, expecting all
others to get out Of the way. The driver
OF horses attached to some cumbrous
vehicle, or the driver Of some swift trot-
ter, acts similarly toward the hapless ped
estrian. Get out of the way" is the
insolent mandate OF the strong to the
weak.
AS a matter Of fact, that is an unlawful
attitude. The weak have equal rights Of
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
SOD SCHOOL HOUSE GOING OUT.
Significant Sign of Good Times In
the West.
St. Louis Globe d Democrat

st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
There is something of more than passing
interest in the news that South Dakota's
last sod school house is about to be raZed.
The sod school house was virtually I'M
known east Of the Mississippi except in
parts Of Illinois and Indiana. East of the
A~lleghenies and throughout the stretch Of
country between that range and the great
river log school houses were the rule at
the outset in pioneer days. But in a por-
ton Of Illinois and in the greater part Of
the region between the Mississippi and the
Rocky mountains, especially between the
Missouri and the mountains, the absence Of
timber made some other kind Of material
necessary in the construction OF the origi-
nal cabins for ali sorts Of purposes. School
houses appeared almost as early as habita-
tions.
Thus the little sod school house became
almost as familiar a landmark on the great
plains as was the Indian or the buffalo.
Like them, too, 1t has had its day and is
about to pass on. South Dakota as a state
is only a little over a dozen years old, but
time moves swiftly in this age. More
changes have come in that locality in the
last thirty or forty years than were made
in all the preceding century and a quarter
| AhO NhO co nEhN ~ Ahb AAo
souri, in searching out new fur trapping
grounds for their French friends in Canada.
That was long before Laclede and Chou
teau laid the foundations Of st. Louis. In
ono respect, which Is hardly realized. there
has come a sweeping change in the last
thirty years, largely, too, through the
efforts of the late ]. Sterling Morton. There
are far more trees on the great plains now
than Coronado, from his glimpse of them
three and two-thirds centuries ago over
dreamed would be there.
In the evolution of the American com
munity the sod school house held an i'm
portant place. In most Of these little
nurseries Of American democracy the name
of Pestalozzi, OF Froebel, or even OF Horace
Mann, may not have been known, but they
met the demands of their habitat as sue
cessfully as did the little red school house
OF New England, and are fully as deserv-
ing Of their laureate. Kansas, Nebranka,
South Dakota, Montana, Colorado and the
rest of the newer states have changed the
material OF their institutions of learning In
the lapse Of time, though the alteration in
spirit and ideals has necessarily been less
marked. Pixies, Longs and Wilson p.
Hunts Great American Desert" is today
dotted with iourishing, progressive and
happy communities, but that vast domain
contains nothing more typically and
robustly American than were the little sod
school houses which have passed out with
the Indian, the trapper, the buffalo, the
prairie schooner and the rest Of the print
tive life Of the vanished American frontier.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
stronsaT1e. q seIf-Intsre.t.
Boston Transcript.

The belief so frequently expressed that
we must have a large navy Of fighting
ships to defend the Monroe doctrine seems
reasonable, yet the feet may not be the
only OF the principal protection. CONNER
cial relations quite as much as the fear
Of solid shot deter nations from going to
war. Possibly real encouragement for our
ship building industry and commercial in
t~erests. not necessarily by subsidies until
every nation looks to us for means Of
transportation and the majority Of the mer-
chants and capitalists OF the world are
bound to us by ties Of self interest, would
avail as much to defend the Monroe doc
trine as the building of great fleets OF war
cruisers. The arts OF peace are stronger
than the implements of war.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
Trees Are Treasures.
Pittsburg Post.


Time changes all things and time is
changing the public apd private estimate OF
trees In this country. When the pioneers
came upon a vast wilderness the trees were
as much opposed to their making com
Portable liyelihoods as were the copper
kinned sayages. They made war upon the
forest with more zeal than judgment; they
slaughtered and laid waste. With such
beginnings OF the people their constituted
authorities have been slow to make laws
for the protection Of mere trees. though
gradually the worth OF the latter has come
TO be understood by many. Old trees soon
Will be held, as they should be, to be
sacred. and young trees as something to
be encouraged. fostered and trained in the
way they should go. II is only a few years
since DR.. Marshall Of this state astonished
the public by bringing suit against a tele-
phone company for hacking branches on
some stately trees because they interfered
with the stringing or proper insulation OF
it's wires. The courts sustained the doctor
contention hat ancient trees are treasures.
The telephone company will not soon for
get the fact, for Il was compelled 20 pay
smArtly for the destruction It wrought
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

humiliating to hear such a suggestion
that medical research would 10 ca!ck-
ened 10y the hope Of a reward counted
out In dollars and cents. II is readily
conceivable that experts engaged in
solving a difficult problem Of this kind,
that brings no immediate returns, might
need assistance to carry them along, but
the glory Of success should afford all
the stimulus required. II any million
aire wan to encourage the work. he
should do so, not by offering a prize,
but by establishing a fund to defray
the expenses of investigation and make
good the loss of the investigators con-
sequent upon taking their time and at
tention from more gainful pursuits.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

The refusal of democratic leaders to
accept nomination for congress in Iowa
raises a new question under the Iowa
election laws, viz: Whether candidates
named by party committees, without
express authority Of conventions, can
be put on the official ballot. In the
Eighth and Eleventh districts the regu
lar democratic convention nominees
have withdrawn, and in neither case
did the convention authorize the com
mittee to ill the vacancy, However
practically ii makes nc diferenc,
whether a democratic nominee is on the
official ticket or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
A Knocker out of Time.
New York Tribune.

I" IT. INtW- IUTh IIIUuHo'
The editor of the German paper who de-
clares that American arrogance directed
not only against Germany, but against all
Europe" ought to have a few minutes OF
confidential talk, with Prince Henry. The
emperor's brother might be able to i'm
part something of sweetness and light to
this troubled soul. II is not the general
impression here hat the prince discovered
any arrogance among US. In fact. 1t is
thought that he sailed away with a feeling
of cordial friendship to this republic, and
had satisfied himself that we were by no
means a bad lot, after all.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

The plan for memorial services for the
late President Mckinley in all the
churches mex Sunday, being the first an
nlversary Of his death, should commend
itself to all patriotic citizens, who were
thrown into mourning by the assassina-
ton of the president. 1t is to be hoped
the ministers of Omaha churches with
out regard to creed or denomination will
act upon the suggestion and devote at
least a brief moment during. the morn
ing devotional exercises to recalling the
noble example set by the life and death
of our last martyr president. 1t was
one of the inspiring features of the ma
TONS bereavement that sympathy and
sorrow knew no bounds, but was as sin.
cere in the homes of the poor as in the
mansions Of the rich, on the farm as in
the city, with the worldly as with the
churchgoers, and above all was broken
by nc ~sectarian lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
REMARKS.

Washington Star: Oar ain much use in
ahgufyin'1" said Uncle Eben. EFF you
doesn' give in, de yuthuh Teller gifts mad,
an eff you does, you stops de conversa-
ton"
Somerville Journal: One way to persuade
a girl that she isn't as beautiful as she
thinks. Is to get her to have her picture
taken by an amateur photographer.
Detroit Free Press: Cumso-I wonder
what makes Snooper always look SO sheep
ish. .t
Cawker-well, there are his mutton-chop
whiskers, you know. f.- ~,
Chicago Tribune: And you spent only
one night at. Uncle Pneer's? Hadn't they
a spare bed?'
nearly froze to death" lt.c
Philadelphia Press: Hes thinking Of
branching out as a theatrical manager this
winter"
7 didn't suppose he was fitted for that
"oh, yes. A relative of his who died
recently left him a fur-lined overcoat."
Chicago Post: HE has a good ear for
music, don't you think?' remarked the
woman with operate aspirations.
II doubt It," returned her brutal husband
He listened to you for thirty minutes
without making a protest"
Washington Star: "a woman is never
happy unless she gets the last word" said
the man who runs TO platitudes.
That's a mistake" answered Mr.. Meek
having the last word. But IL must come in
the form of an apology"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

THE TARIFF AND fOREIGN TRADE.
1t is a common assertion that protee-
ton hampers the protected country in
the development or increase of its sales
to other countries. There is nothing
in that notion, says a contributor to the
New York Sun. and he presents figures
in support OF the assertion. Thus dur
ing the period Of the Wilson tariff the
imports were nearly as large as In the
last fiscal year, while the exports were
little more than One-half what they were
In the fiscal year 1902. Everybody is
aware of the fact that exports have
grown enormously since the enactment
Of the Dingley tarin, the excess over
imports since the law has been in opera,
ton, i've years, being the enormous
amount OF $2.S52, 600, 1000.
In his notable speech on the existing
tariff United States Senator GalllngeI
OF New Hampshire pointed out thai
not only had there been an i'm
mense increase in exports, but the
customs receipts have exceeded
those under the Wilson law. thus
disposing OF the assertion that the
higher tarin lessons revenue Undel
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10
HUMBLE Heroes in the News.
New York World.

On the day when Craig. the presidents
bodyguard, lost his life in the performance
Of his duty two other heroes figured in the
news. itch Holahan Of New York. 6S
years Of age, was struck down by runaway
horses while thrusting a baby in its car
riage out Of danger. Merten Brechert OF
Jersey City. smitten with smallpox, walked
thirteen miles to a pesthouse rather than
endanger others in a public conveyance.
Both may die as the result of their un-
hesitating courage. which shines as brightly
as any deed performed on the battlefield.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

No wonder the World Herald objects
~strenuously to an article in the New
York World denouhcing the Ohio demo
Gratis as still crazy" because they re-
affirmed the Kansas City platform with
special reference to the 16 to 1 free coin
age delusion. The Nebraska democrats
set the pace on reaffirmation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-10

What kind Of a fire department can
we expect under the new Mercer-Bald-
win reform board, that overrides recon-
mendations Of the chief and promotes
officers on petition of outsiders2 How
long can efficient work be secured in the
face of such generalization?