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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

The city Of Omaha is a corporation
that owns more than 500. 100000 worth
Of property, whose stockholders are the
taxpaying citizens. The supervision,
management and control Of this $780,.
100000 corporation is vested in a d.
rector general called mayor and a board
Of nine directors called councilmen, who
disburse more than $1,000 900 a year and
collect back that amount from the stock
holders through the levy Of taxes. A
new board of directors for this great
corporation is elected once every three
years. The next election will take place
the first Tuesday in March, 1908, and II
behooves the stockholders, as a matter
Of self-interest and mutual protection, to
size up the timber at their disposal or,
in other words, pick out the men that
are to manage the affairs of the corpora-
ton for the next three years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
DEMOCRATIC FIGHT IN IOWA

There has been no doubt that a strenu-
tween the Bryan and the conservative
factions Of the Iowa democracy for con.
troll Of its next state convention, but II
has not been anticipated that its pre-
date. Nevertheless the Bryan leaders
are already preparing and, 1t is under
stood, have agreed upon the issue, which
is the reafirmation Of the Kansas City
platform, or incidentally the same posi-
ton they took In this years contest.
The followers Of Mr.. Bryan cannot get
into the fight too early or prosecute it too
vigorously. for they hold a far less ad-
vantageous position in Iowa for the com
ing year han was theirs at the opening
Of this year. The result of the state
convention last June was the disastrous
defeat of those who stood with Mr..
Bryan for reafirmation of the Kansas
City platform, losing control Of the state
central committee and Of the party
organization in many of the congress
sional districts and counties where their
influence had been dominant for six or
eight years. But the most serious re-
suit Of that defeat was the encourage
ment it gave to a vast number of demo-
Gratis who from discomfort with the
Bryan leadership had either silently
voted the republican ticket or ~sullenly
withdrawn from activity In the party.
These opponents of the Bryan program
are now far more formidable than they
were.
1t will not be easy for Mr.. Bryan to
stand aloof from active participation in
the Iowa fight. Many of his followers
feel that If he had rendered timely as
sistance he could certainly have turned
the scale in the last state convention.
which was doubtful up to the very last,
and they will demand something more
than a waiting policy on his part till
after the result is decided and then a
denunciation Of the "~cowardice" of the
triumphant conservatives. Moreover, 1t
can be safely predicted that the o n
~servatives, If they again win in Iowa in
1908, will have no difficulty in win
ming In that state and in the national
convention the next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Wen Equipped for HI. Task.
Boston Herald.


Our Minister Bowen at Venezuela appears
to be well equipped for the emergency.
He has been In the consular and dipIo-
matte service for twelve years and is a
son Of the late Henry C. Bowen of the New
York Independent. He was transferred TO
his present post from Spain, where as
consul at Barcelona he got a good insight
into Spanish character. Besides being a
diplomat he is a poet. a fighter and a
linguist, speaking French. Italian and
Spanish beside his native English. Born
in New York. he was educated in Germany,
Italy and France before entering Yale and
the law school OF Columbia university.
When he was a student at Yale he had a
little difficulty with a tutor on matters
not affecting his scholarship and he was
graduated somewhat prematurely, but
quite likely both the tutor and Yale have
forgiven him before this. now that he has
achieved an honorable distinction In the
public service. besides writing a book on
international aw which IL rated Of stand
ard quality.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Kansas City grain men complain that
the Burlington railroad has declared an
embargo against their town by refusing
10 furnish cars for Kansas City ship
ments from southern Nebraska towns,
from which nearly half the grain
handled by Kansas City grain dealers
smanates. omahs grain men make no
complaint. They have not been troubled
In the least by the embargo on the south
arm Nebraska winter wheat belt
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

adopted by a majority OF the board on a
recorded vote before the service is rem
dered or the materials furnished are
purchased.
All road and bridge work should be
done by contract. awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder. and no payment for
contract work should be made before the
grading or bridge construction has been
inspected and certified to by the county
surveyor.
The county hospital has been a source
of extravaganza and wastefulness in the
past and the new 1903 broom should be
vigorously applied to the abuses that
infect that institution.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
FUTURE OF DIPLOMACY.
Importance of the PrOfesston Dimin-
iahed by Newspaper.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
1t was Henry wotton who. in 1912, set
down in a friends autograph book the fol-
lowing merry definition, as he called It:
IAN ambassador is an honest man sent
to lie abroad for the commonwealth" But
times have changed since then. 1t is no
longer necessary for a diplomatist to do
violence to his conscience. He is now al
most entirely an ornamental parsonage.
His principal duties are-to appear at
formal functions, to be affable, to make
graceful after-dinner speeches, to pay the
right sort OF compliments, to unveiI monu-
ments, to accept honorary degrees from for
eign universities and to spend more than
his salary on entertaining. In the case Of
our representatives It is necessary further
to endure the agony Of appearing in even-
ing dress in the daytime.
A curious piece Of testimony to the
change that has come about in international
relations was furnished the other day by
Sir Edmund Monson, the British ambas-
sador to the French republic, Speaking at
a dinner in Paris he said that when he
entered the service he realized that tho
Id doctrine that 1t was base to lie for
mes self. venial to lie for ones friend,
but a duty under some circumstance TO
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At that time, however, he still believed
that ambassadors were IN the possession Of
a knowledge OF real mysteries and had an
influence on events to an extent that was
unsupported by people at large. By de-
grees he came to the conclusion that this
must be regarded as a fiction. The am
bassador was important in the old days
when there was a s%cantiness of means of
information about foreign countries. But
the railroad, the telegraph and, above all,
the newspaper correspondent. had changed
all that. Political secrets are no longer to
be picked up in high society. The ambas-
sador who sent information to his govern
ment found that II had been forestalled
by those whose business It was to collect
the news and convey II to the world at
large through their newspapers. To the
accuracy and dispatch" Of these CORR.
.spondents King Edwards ambassador paid
a warm tribute. Yes" said he, st IL to
the gentlemen of the press that a serious
change in the character Of diplomacy is,
by no means In a slight degree, due. We
cannot compete with them in the daily
Transmission of local and special intel
ligence. Many Of these able men have still
further invaded the field Of our functions.
and transmit by telegraph to the great
journals which they represent their own
enlightened upon current polit-
ical events or oficial utterances and
actions"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

duty to do the best that car be done for
them" This may be admitted, yet
duties o~ne-fourth Of the Dlngley rates
would not be n hardship to the Filipinos
and it Is better to provide revenue In
this way than by imposing additional
internal taxation. Twenty-Five percent
Of the Dlngley duties will not be bur
densome and will probably supply more
revenue than the Philippine government
now gets, which will enable that govern
ment to do a great deal for the benefit
OF the islands and will avoid the neces.
sity which there would otherwise be of
more heavily taxing the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
IntoIerabIe Discrimination.
Philadelphia Press.

AAAaANAPAAAh
The Interstate commission has
been bringing out som startling facts In
New York. 1t appears. for instance, that
~vuleanite cement is shipped from Antwerp.
Belgium, OF from Hamburg, Germany, to
East ST. Louis for 65 cents a barrel, while
the rate from New York City is sc 1-5 cents.
Croekery, II imported, is taken from New
York to Chicago for IS cents per 100 pounds.
but the charge on the domestic product is
IS cents. Evidently the railroad managers
are seeking to reduce the tariff. Such gross
determinations are intolerable.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

that is. the entering into various manufac-
turing schemes, such as the manufacture Of
gas by the municipality. The trouble seems
to be that in some OF these enterprises
there are profits, and they are applied, in
part at least, to the payment Of taxes,
Sir Edward Clarke, who recently made a
speech in favor Of the establishment OF
the commission, objected to this by ask
ing why one man should be made TO pay
more for his gas in order that taxes
which another had to pay should be re-
duced. This new idea seems to have made
some impression, though the main argu-
ment against municipal trading is that II
fosters a monopoly. 1t is, however, pointed
out by those opposed to the proposed COM
mission that the real question Is between
public and private monopoly.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Routine bar. the Way.
Philadelphia Record.

~"E~0NEPHAW NFVNNENs
Just now the cry from Washington Is:
Important legislation will be taken up i'm
mediately after the recess" After the re-
cess the tune will be: Appropriation bills
and other necessary routine legislation will
have the right Of way. Other important
legislation will have to go over for the o n
sideration Of the next congress" These are
the usual before recess and latter re-
cess" announcements. Routine bars the
way. 1t is the whip that the obstructionist
stalwarts hold over the head of the strenu-
Gus Roosevelt.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

One OF the bills which the senate In
herited from the last congress Is for an
amended federal bankruptcy law. II
cures most OF the defects which expert.
ence has developed in the present law,
and was so carefully drawn as TO pass
the house with very little opposition. 1t
Is in such shape that 1t might easily
have been disposed OF by the senate be-
fore the holiday adjournment.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Down in Greater New York where the
whole police department is under the
direct control and supervision Of a single
police commissioner appointed by the
mayor, some Of the politicians have been
trying to induce Governor Odell to offer
his advice to Mayor Low in the selec-
ton Of a successor to the present incum-
bent, who Is about to retire, but the gov
n refuses to mix In. Governor Odell
is said to have declared emphatically
that he is a firm believer in municipal
home rule and that he does not believe
it to be in the province of the governor
of New York to interfere in purely local
matters unless the duties of his office
required II. Governor Odell has the
right idea on this subject and his posi-
ton could well be emulated by other
governors.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
"JUsT AS IF USED TO BE-
Towr and Country.

Towr inc Country.
/ wish I were a boy again,
That age were but a dream,
Ihat Things would change from what the
To what they used 10 seem.
And from my mothers knee
Gould ind that dear old Fairyland.
Just as II used 20 be.
II wishes only were a horse,
How fast away ia ride
Across the plains OF yesterday.
Bold comrades by my side;
once more I'd rescue captive maids.
All doughty deeds you'd see,
II l were but a hero bold.
Just as l used to be.
With Beanstalk Jack I'd sally forth
To giants kill galore;
In seven-legged boots ia stride away
To that enchanted shore
Wher ogres dwell, In castles huge,
ANA mermaids swarm the sea;
Oh, how I'D love 10 md them all
Just as they used TO bel
Ny little boy says I'm all wrong
That nothings changed at ali,
Inat ne can show me ogres herce,
And giants more than tall;
Then, clasping his dear hand in mine.
He leads me forth TO see
Years drop as leaves; I'm young again
Just as ] used 70 be-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
SUGGESTIONS 70 Il COUNTY board.

SUGGESTIONS TO THE COUNTY TO- RID.
The people Of Douglas county are to
be congratulated upon the announce
ment that the Board of County Commits
sloners has decided to turn over a new
leaf with the opening Of the new year
There has been a great deal of room for
reform in county management and the
board, can, If it is so disposed, save the
taxpayers anywhere from $4,000 to
100000 a year by Topping of s~lnecures
and plugging up leaks. Much will de-
pend upon the manner In which the
board goes about this business and the
ability of members to withstand the
pressure from outside.
The first step in the line of reform will
be an inventory Of all the property be
longing to the county from every county
officer and custodian.
The next thing in order should be an
overhauling OF every office from sheriff
down to storekeeper with a view to as
certaining how many employees are nc
tually needed for an efficient discharge
Of the duties devolving upon each Of the
several departments and how many sine
cures are on the pay roll.
Next in order should be the adoption
Of regulations in every department that
viii enforce accountability and insure
efficiency in every department, coupled
With the adoption Of stringent regula.
tlons concerning the disbursement OF
county funds.
No money should be paid out OF the
county treasury except by resolution
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
PASSING PLEAsANTRIEs.

Ohio State Journal: WI @,1ug man
puts salt and pepper on his ~IDuckwheat
cakes and doesn't notice his mistake you
are perfectly justified in asking who the
girl Is. rF HF.
Brooklyn Life: First M. D.-what a lot
OF things have been found In the vermi-
Second NJ. D.-And look at the money
that has been taken out OF II.
Boston Transcript: Mrs. Mateland-
Henry, ! wonder II you love me as much
as you. used TO love me before we were
married; You never say the pretty things
to me that you did in those days.
Mr.. Mateland-That's because I love you
more than ! did then. dear. I love YOU
TOO much now TO lie to you, you know.
odd years old"
That makes her more than 40"
How do you make that out?"
Count the even years. too"
Town Topics: SIS he a well Informed
mani"
81 should say. So why. his wife tells
Washington Post; Flows your rheuma-
uz2' asked the neighbor.
"Hheumatz Is doin' fine" ansWere the
village invalid. I'm the Teller that's get
tin the worst OF It,"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Ex-Secretary oney has politely de-
slined an invitation to be the star guest
Of the forthcoming Jacksonian banquet
in this city. II Mr.. Olney is ever to be
the democratic candidate for president
the honor win have 20 be thrust upon
him without waiting for his aid or
consent
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Starting Fire in the Rear.
Chicago Chronicle.

The circumstance that a port held by the
Venezuelan rebels is not ~blockaded by the
allies seems to indicate that the bill col
lectors have formed an alliance with the In
surgents. Whether these latter persons, If
they be successful, will prove any better
pay than the present administration is &
matter which Mr.. Bull and his associates
may do well to consider. Otherwise, the de-
vice OF marrying a debtor by encouraging his
enemies looks to be OF questionable value.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
LiberaIitx win a Le.non.
Chicago Record-Herald.

CntcaBo Hecoru-Herald.
A Chicago man has given $40, 900 to a Mil
waukee girl because she was kind to him
when they met as strangers on a railway
train three years ago. After this It ought
to be reasonably easy for a man to strike
up an acquaintance with the woman who is
travelling alone,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

The Commercial club has appointed a
committee to formulate amendments to
the city charter. The FIRST question that
naturally presents itself is "Win the
committee ever meetT"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

No doubt is entertained among the well
Informed at Salt Lake that Reed SmoOt
controls a good majority Of the Utah
legislature for the United States sena-
Iorship. and whatever else his enemies
are saying against him no one charges
that he Is talking too much.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
The Way the wind blows.
Boston Herald.

The haste and unanImity with which
both parties in congress tumble over each
other to vote a half million dollars to
prosecute the trusts denote a very lively
appreciation on their part of the direction
In which the wind is blowing just at pres
ent. Meanwhile the trustward tendency
does not seem to abate appreciably.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Submarine cable magnates manifest no
anxiety over the specter of wireless COM
petition. and the stock market reports in
aicate no panic on this score.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

The cattlemen would doubtless apper-
ciate the actual help OF the Denver HUI
name society In watering and sheltering
the exposed cattle more than mere doc
umentary evidence Of sympathy for the
suffering brutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

The most varied assortment Of Santa
CLAUS ~bric-a-brac is being unloaded upon
the dead letter Office at Washington for
lack of proper directions to the postal
carriers ...
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

San Francisco Call.
Colombia, free from lighting with itself,
now wants to pick a quarrel with Mica
ragua and possibly gain control Of both
available isthmiaB canal routes. Some OF
these days Colombia may wake up and find
itself off the map, O..
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

II any member of the Douglas delega-
hon has anything under his hat or up
his sleeve he would confer a favor on
his constituents by taking them into his
confidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

The completion of the Pacific cable be-
tween San Francisco and Hawaii viii
relieve the country from the periodic
press news from Honolulu by steamer
ria Victoria. B. @.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Theories RudeIy Shattered.
New York World.

Trusts have pointed with pride to the
Standard OIL as an instance where monop-
oily has lowered the price OF a product. Now
comes the squeeze, coincident with the OPP
%portunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

In biblical parlance, the burning up Of
the two big barns and 500 sheep at the
Union stock yards at South Omaha was
4 Christmas burnt offering.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

The first business In order for every
Nebraska legislature Is to repeal the
bills passed by the preceding legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Prof. Eates' discovery that thoughts
have color has long been well known in
The newspaper profession, at least with
respect to one color Of journalism.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

It costs a big sum of money to stamp
out the cattle loot and mouth disease,
but It would cost far more not to stamp
Il ont
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Morgan AErees 10 Furnish Heat.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26-The suit against
]. p. Morgan, brought by Harry NevelsOn,
for the alleged failure OF the nnancier 10
provide heat In an apartment leased by
Nevelson, has been settled out OF court
Mr.. Morgan's agents promised that there
the housA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Mr.. Senatorial Deadlock threatens to
transfer his home. at least temporarily,
from Nebraska to Colorado.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
Hopes Long Suit.
Baltimore American.

wireless telegraphy is a grand achieve
ment of the century, but 1t will never be
complete until 1t results In poleless streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

The fact that John L. Sullivan has
again signed the pledge is another sea-
sonable indication.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27
srArEMENr. OF c1RcULAr1oN.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George y. TzSchuck, Secretary Of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of November, 1902, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Agitation prevails In England for the
establishment Of some kind Of a royal com
mission to investigate the question OF
what is there called municipal trading"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-27

Net total sales .............U.......O22,S3S
Net average sales. .............. 3O,7SS
GEORGE b. TzSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 30th day OF November, A d.
1902, NJ. b. HUNGATE,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11
ITO BE CONTINUED. J
Joy Line Express Service.

There is perhaps, no better indica-
ton. of the enterprise shown by the
Joy Steamship Company in catering to
the public patronage than their latest
move of inaugurating an Independent
Express Service between New York and
Providence. with connections to all
nearby cities.
Although this service has been in
operation but short time, the bust
ness carried has been so satisfactory
as to cause the management to consider
the extension of the service to Boston
and principal New England cities.
which will, undoubtedly, be done at
an early date. The freight Office of the
company is located at their wharf, No.
800 Congress ST., Boston. TELEPHONE
4147 Main. 2s-1t
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11

express something more than the mere
delight of possession, "but l seemed tc
begrudge any hired assistance in the
tending of plants every one of which
seems to me like personal friend. "
81 understand, was my somewhat
I'M Butterworthian reply. l really did
not quite know myself. "What a CON
trast to the dismal grounds at the other
end of the lane!"
This was more in my usual vein even
in its tone. He seemed to feel the differ
ence, for his expression changed also.
ooh, that den" he exclaimed bitter
ly; then, seeing me look little shocked,
he added with an admirable return to
his old manner, Il call any place den
where flowers do not grow" And jump
ing from the buggy he gathered an ex-
quisite bunch of heliotrope, which he
pressed upon me. II like sunshine beds
of roses. fountains and sweep of lawn
like this we see before us. But do not
let me bore you. You have probably
like to drive ON. will be with you in
a moment. Doubtful as it is whether |
shall soon again be SO fortunate as to be
able to offer you any hospitality,
would like to bring you glass of wine
Or, for see your eyes roaming long
ingly toward my old fashioned we'll,
would you like draft of water fresh
from the bucket"
/ assured him did not drink wine,
at which I thought his eyes frightened,
but that neither did l indulge in water
when in heat, as at present, at which
be looked disappointed and came some
what reluctantly back to the buggy.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11

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dawning of new life for me. used
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when they were taken l was well
woman once more. Your Compound 10
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