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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

20 contain and which he said he would ex-
pose. II would perhaps be we'll for the
future OF the republican party, we're Saw
age to close his administration with a
cleansing up Of the whole stink, so that
It could be permanently disposed Of and
buried beyond reach.
st. Paul Republican: whether the note
which Governor Savage holds is genuine or
not, its history certainly is not such as to
make it a very reliable piece Of evidence.
1t seems that II has been held for years by
men who feared an attack from R~osewater
as a club TO be used in self-defense. 1t has
not been presented for payment and one of
the men who held 1t stated that he would
not part with Il for several times its face
value. 1t is for a small sum-, only $3.50, and
II does not appear probable that such a debt
could have been outstanding against a man
Of ROsewater's prominence for twenty-five
years without some effort being made to col
lect It.. Savage stands self convicted Of an
attempt to silence criticism by threats that
this note would be produced. until Rose
water gamely called the BLUM. Hence the
governor is in a bad hole to start with, hav-
ing forfeited public respect by attempting
to bride a newspaper. He adds no dignity
to his position by bringing several foreign
matters into the discussion, such as loans
Rosewater negotiated with banks and liti-
cation in which he has been involved over
their payment. He fails dismally to redeem
his promise of taking the lid of the Bart
ley cigar box, although de1ed by Rosewater
to do so. thus confessing himself to be q
buffer as well as a bully. Savage has gone
the full length in disgracing the office to
which he was elevated by a political acct
dent. No matter how irregular any of Rose
waters transactions may have been, the
manner in which this little Mcbride note
has been suppressed for years only to be ex-
posed now as a punishment for legitimate
newspaper criticism Of ofiicial proceedings is
contemplate, cowardly and reprehensible.
II 1t Is the most conclusive evidence that
can be produced against the man Il were
better TO file 1t away carefully once more in
that 'mooted" cigar box, along with the
other skeletons Of former days. Rosey has
shown himself able to take care Of himself
in a set-to Of this nature on former occa-
sions and we lock for him to come out on
top this time. If he neglects not only to
clear himself of any wrong doing but fails
to reach q vulnerable point in Ezra's ele-
phantine hide we ST all be convinced that the
old mans land has lost its cunning and
that his brain no longer performs its ac-
customed work.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

We pledge him our personal devotion"
This voices the general sentiment Of
western republicans toward Mr.. Roose-
welt.
At a conference Of leading New York
republicans on Saturday it was decided
unanimously that it was not only wise
to endorse the administration, but to en-
dorse Mr.. Roosevelt for 1904 While
there is said TO be no precedent for such
a course in that state, it is yet highly
probable that the convention will accept
the decision of the leaders who were
present at the conference and declare
in favor Of the nomination of the presi-
dent two years hence. In that event
there will be vey little doubt as to who
will be the republican candidate for
president two years hence, If indeed
there is any at present. Nothing APP
pears to be more certain than that the
west will be solid for Roosevelt in the
mex national convention, and 1t is not
apparent that he is likely to meet with
opposition anywhere. He Is at this time
exceedingly strong with the republicans
of the entire country, who not only adj
mire his sterling qualities and great abil-
tiles, but regard him as the logical can
didate for 1904.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
Personal NOTES.

-
General Coxey OF ragged army fame Is no
longer chasing the octopus: he is busy
training one.
A Massachusetts, man sent the king Of
England some verses on appendicitis, and
the king has sent him a letter of thanks
for them. That is carrying kindness too far.
Hon. John d Henderson of New York
will deliver the address at the dedication OF
the Thirty fourth New York regiment mon
ument on the Antietam battlefield on Sep
TENDER II.
Captain James r. Mullins Of Detroit
makes a good living capturing sea lions.
He gets most OF them on the coast OF Mex
leo and Southern California. He has just
returned from Europe. where he disposed Of
forty.
A recently published pamphlet recalls the
old dispute Of two friends as to whether the
word news" was singular or plural. They
telegraphed to Mr.. Greeley the question:
Are there any newsg' and he promptly
flashed back the answer; Not a new"
Captain John r. NJ. Taylor. Fourteenth To-
fantry, now attached to the bureau OF in
sular affairs Of the War department. has
been detailed to write the military history
of the United States for the last six years,
including an account OF the Cuban insurrec-
ton of 1896.
A man in public life noted for his brusque-
ness of speech was under informal discus
sion in cabinet circles. There's one thing
to be said in his favor, however" said Sec
rotary Wilson. and that is he never i'm
perfumes the department to get promotions
OF positions for his friends" That's read
lily explained" commented Secretary Root,
He hasn't any"
After his retirement from the post OF am
bassador at Berlin Andrew ID. White will
settle in Ithaca, N. Y. He is now at work
on a book of "reminiscences at Berlin in
1S79-8I, as minister at St. Petersburg in
1S92-94 and as ambassador to Germany from
1897 to his retirement in November next.
He is also at work on a volume describing
the new Germany of the last decade, which
has grown from an agricultural to a big
industrial power. His personal remin'
iscences will also contain much interesting
biographical and anecdotal material relat-
ing to Mr.. Whites personal relations with
Emperor William.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
LAUGHING GAS.

Detroit Free Press: You said he. was =
professional musician - Aha,
"Oh, no! endeavored TO intlmate th~I
he professed to be a musician
Yonkers Herald: Brown-I understand the
German emperor says he Will never coh-
sent to his son entering into a morBana''o
marriage. ~. NEoraan
got a corner on royal engagements 100!
Philadelphia Press: These shoes she
an wonder he replied CALAMITY. IF I
were in their place I'd be intoxicated 100
Chicago Tribune: The kind of work you
have been doing lately said the doctor
severely, threatens to %overtaX your heart.
T overtax it?' grinned the professor.
We'll, l suppose you'll FIX 1t for me for a
little money, won't your
Washington Star: 80 you regard trusts
as positively beneicial?' -,
speak with positive knowledge on the SUP,
ject, They have benefited me immensely
Baltimore American; Have you any
articles OF value with your" asked the Gus
"Nothing," answered the returning
traveller, Except a wealthy grass WidowI
whom l expect to marry as soon as ! lang
chin thoughtfully, II guess you can take
her through. Seems TO me she. viii come
under the classification of baled hay and
that Is free
Detroit Free Press; Z believe IS n Ih tSt
happy and accepted lover.
'iShort engagements have always been
my rule, darling" replied she.
AND even then he did not seem happy.
Chicago Post, ALIAS, alas he cried, 'It
only nv three girls had been boys"
In truth, he was in sore trouble, with
three young men drumming three banJos
and singing three different love songs
under three windows at one and the same
time.
he walled.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
MERCER AND THE WORKINgMEN.

David II. Mercer pretends to be a
friend Of the workingmen and looks to
them for assistance in his quest for a
sixth term in congress. But how has
Mercer ever shown his friendship for
the ~wOrkingman? AS chairman of the
public buildings committee, our non
resident congressman claims special
ownership in all measures a%ppropriat-
ing money for the erection of public
buildings. He poses as the inventor of
the omnibus bill. as applied TO the dis
tribution of public building pork, and
boasts that his position as chief dis
tributer of this patronage enables him
to get anything in congress that he
chooses to go after. When has he used
this powerful lever to go after anything
for the w~Orkingman? Has he not, on
the contrary, ignored the interests Of
them most?
The principal point in the labor pro-
gram in this country is the adoption of
a uniform eight-hour working day. Mr..
MERGERS omnibus bill carried appro-
priations Of $1,000, 600, OF which two
thirds, or nearly S12.OO0,OOO, is to be
spent in the erection Of public buildings.
How easy it would have been for con-
gress, if Mr.. Mercer had insisted upon
IL, to have inserted a provision in this
bill STIMULATING for the eight-hour work
ing day in all public building contracts.
the wOrkingman will seek in vain for
anything in MERGERS omnibus bill re-
curing an eight-hour day, or, for that
matter, safeguarding the interests of
labor in any n
II is true that a separate bill is pend
ing In congress establishing the eight
hour day for all work on government
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
PLEDGEp TO ROoSEYELT.

Not only has every republican state
convention endorsed the administration
in strong and unqualified terms, but a
number of them have declared in favor
of the nomination of President Roose-
welt in 1904. The conventions that have
done this are those of Kansas, Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Del
aware, California, Idaho, Washington,
Colorado and Utah.
The latest of these conventions, that
of Utah, thus refers TO the president in
its platform: 'In Theodore Roosevelt
we recognize his worthy successor. We
do declare our loyalty to him and our
unqualified approval OF mis- administra-
ton. He has met the many problems
that have confronted the country with
splendid courage and craftsmanship. He
has, by his generous and fearless advo-
cacy and support OF western interests
and measures, justly earned the graft
tude of the great west. He possesses
that rare combination Of qualities, eour-
age, tact, scholarship. loyalty to princi.
pie, civic and personal honesty, united
with profound statesmanship, that
| makes him the ideal American president
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Only q little more than half of the leg
islative candidates have been nominated
in Nebraska by the respective political
parties, leaving the others to be named
within the next three weeks. The Bee
wants to reiterate it's words of caution
to republicans throughout the state
to look we'll to the qualifications of their
legislative nominees. The coming legis-
lature will be expected to grapple with
measures Of vital concern to Nebraska's
future welfare and progress and safe,
honest and ~far-seeing lawmakers will
be in demand.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Now that there is a somewhat pam
icky feeling in financial circles, the value
Of a treasury surplus can be appreciated.
The secretary of the treasury has am
pie currency which can be
used in a variety of ways to relieve the
situation. If there were now a deficit
instead of a surplus, and If the treasury
were hard put to it to meet it's own
days, there would be real peril. An ex-
cessive treasury surplus is of course an
evil, but it is not 80 great an evil as a
treasury deficit.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
INTERNATIONAL COMBINATION.

In his speech before the Utah repub-
lican convention, Senator Beveridge of
Indiana urged that removal of the tariff
would not destroy trusts, but would
merely create international trusts. He
held that American, English and Ger
man trusts would combine instead of
compete, and said that until American
industries shall dominate the industries
of the rest Of the world; until the Uni
ted States becomes the permanent bank
ing house of nations; until We have
grown so great that we are the con-
trolling influence in international COM
mercial policy, American trusts are bet
ter for us than international trusts"
1t should be borne in mind that there
are industrial combinations in Germepy
and England and that the tendency
abroad in this direction is very strong.
Recently there has been organized in
Germany a trust which includes all of
the coal, iron, steel, wire, sheet metal,
Orders and structural iron manufacture
ers and interests in the empire-a trust
compared with which the United States
steel corporation Is a cheap affair. This
German combination is based upon an
agreement that it's members shall on
tribute to pay to such members as ex-
port their products a bonus equal to the
difference between the current price Of
the merchandise in the German mar
kets and the price actually obtained for
it abroad. The organization Of this trust
was largely with a view of meeting the
encroachments of American manufacture
ers. In England the tendency toward
combination was never so strong as at
present. The report Of Mr.. Bell, a Brit
ish commercial agent, on Industrial con-
ditiOns in this country, has aroused the
interest of English manufacturers to an
extraordinary degree. British newspa-
pers urge that England must completely
modernize, upon American models so
far as these are applicable, her whole
industrial system, so that she can be in
position to meet the tremendous com
petition which is surely to come from
America for the command of the for
eign markets. This means that there
must be Industrial combination there as
here and in spite of the conservative
character of British manufacturers they
will undoubtedly come to this.
The removal of the tariff would open
our market to the foreign combinations,
with certain disaster to individual manu-
facturers, and there would come a bat
tie between the American and the for
eign trusts. There cannot be a reason
able doubt that this would result, at
least in many cases, in international
combinations and the creation of abso-
lutte ~monopolies. We should then have
presented a far more difficult problem
than at present, for not only would com.
petition be completely throttled and rem.
dered practically impossible, but We
could not deal with international trusts
as we may do with those exclusively
domestic. Under existing conditions
there is competition, and it is largely
successful. Nearly 60 per cent of the
iron and steel manufactures of the coun.
try, for example, are by individual OF
independent companies. The democratic
proposition would destroy most or all OF
these companies and open the way tc
international combinations and world,
wide monopoly.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

contracts, but there has been opposition
to 1t, particularly from the %shipyards,
who argue that they must compete with
foreign %shipyards and would be at n
disadvantage IL limited to eight hours a
day. But there is no foreign competi-
ton in the construction of public build
ings and no reason whatever to prevent
the enforcement Of the e%ight-hour day
on public building contractors.
Inspection of Mr.. MERGERS omnibus
bill discloses the fact, however, that he
has carefully safeguarded the real es-
tate dealers and agents of public build
ing sites in their real estate deals with
the government; that he has carefully
stipulated for the remission of liqui-
dated damages for delay when the con-
tractors fail to come under their time
limits, but not a word for the benefit of
the w~orkingman. With Mr.. Mercer it
is everything for the real estate specu-
lator and the building contractor, but
nothing for the workingman.
Is this the kind of friend workingmen
of this district want to keep in congress?
What good can come to them in holding
him in a committee craftsmanship to be
used in logrolllng railroad r~ights-of-way,
fat mail contracts and big bills for
transporting troops for the railroad cor
porations, but nothing for the working
man? Why should the workingmen Of
this district send a mar to congress to
of Columbia real estate spectators and
turn "a deaf ear to their just demands?
Does Mercer take the workingmen for
chumps, or does he think he can keep
on buncoing them forever?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
PLowBOY OF THE WEST.

Charles M. Harger in Leslie's Weekly.
Across far-reaching, level fields
Meath carly autumn's sun
a stubble of gold TO oroWn'
The plowboy's course is rum.
Chocolate ribbons of earth behind,
Long miles of toll before;
Whistiing to rival the morn's clear an
OF laTks that skyward soar;
Painting in noontide's fervid hear
Facing the evening breeze
Every round OF his shining share
Means more than the plowboy secs.
BEYOND the greening days to come,
beyond INC ripping wheat,
Fair harVt 5 Of a worlds dellEhf
Wait on 50 sturdy feet.
Bread and rest and happiness,
Fond aspirations gained,
Comforts sweet and treasures dear
BY longing hands attained
All these. and more, arc the wopdreus gift
That roll from the shining share
In ribbons brown where the plowboy tolls
O'er the reaching acres bare.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

If the value of that craftsmanship were
so great and Mercer so indispensable In
it as MERGERS champions would have us
believe, how is it Mercer was so anxious
to throw it aside when he imagined two
years ago that he saw a chance to jump
into the United States senate? Wal the
craftsmanship less valuable then or is
Mercer more indispensable now?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Nature always tries to
repair damaged hair. Some
times she succeeds, very
often she doesn't. She needs
a little help - Ayers Hair
Vigor. Ii repairs the hair,
touches 1t up, gives it new
life, brings back the old dark
color, and makes II soft and
glossy. Cures dandruF, too.
az used only one boule Of Ayers
Hair Vigor and il completely stopped
my hair from falling out" - Mrs. G.
Leasenfeld, New To-k City.
nAA All ArBStnA &c. AVER CO., LsWsiL AaIs
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Do the republicans Of the Second Ne
braska district want to be represented
in congress by a paid commercial agent
who is identified by residence and by
property interests with the district of Co.
lumbia, or do they want to be repre-
scented in congress by a man who makes
his home in Omaha and intends to live
in Omaha and share its fortunes, come
what may2
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
Hard Coal substltutes.
chicago

Chicago Chronicle,
1t is to be hoped that some of the ex-
periments upon substitutes for hard coal
soft coal and coke, Texas oil, Admiral Some
body's coal dust bricks OF something else
will prove successful. II the anthracite
output should be reduced so per cent or
more in consequence 10 great harm would
be done except to ~monopOlists upon whom
we need not squander sympathy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

A Chicago woman proclaims her abil-
ity to cure dogs by Christian science
treatment. If the system can be extend
ed to quieting cats on their midnight
peregrinatlons, Its efficacy will be be-
yond dispute.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

No danger that we will not have our
full quota of foreign prodigies tour
ing the United States this winter on
concert stage and lecture platform. Our
reputation for being easy money is too
well established abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Music has charms to soothe the savage
breast but 1t takes something more sub
stantial to soothe the civilized man. That
explains why the auditorium directory
proposes to merge a dinner with their
meetings to make sure OF the attendance
OF a quorum.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Council BLUFFS is doubtless disappoint-
ed over its failure to prevail on Presi-
dent Roosevelt to stop of in that city,
but there is nothing to prevent Council
Blufs people coming over to Omaha and
joining in the reception to the president
on this side Of the river.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Pennsylvania people appear to be I'M
able to make up their minds whether
converting their Legislatures in extra SEES
sion TO tackle the coal strike problem
would relieve them OF their troubles or
simply add to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Paving work that should have been
completed. much less started, by this
time is still engaging the attention of
the council. One Of the crying needs OF
Omaha which the coming legislature
should heed is the demand for a revision
OF the laws RELATING TO paving petitions,
assessments ana contracts.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

An attempt will be made by the police
to repress all sorts Of uncouth behavior
at the coming Ak-Sar-Ben carnival. The
chief incentive to ruffianism unquestion-
ably lies in the throwing of confetti,
against which The Bee has repeatedly
entered protest as a dangerous and I'M
necessary form of hilarity. 1t is given
out that confetti-throwing will be per-
mitted only inside the street fair
grounds, but it is just as dangerous and
Objectionable there as it would be out
side Of those limits. A year ago the plea
for just once more was made on the
ground that money had already been in
vested in a supply of colored paper and
that to forbid it's sale would entail hard
ship on the dealers and the bars were let
down with the express promise that that
should be the last of it. 1t ought to be
the last of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

1t is announced that Prince Henry
may return to the United States next
spring. Speak early, for front places at
the free distribution of decorative souve-
Mrs
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
Grabbing Infant Movements.
Boston Transcript.

boaAph AiaASN''PN'
Faneuil hall was the cradle Of liberty
some century and a quarter ago and IL
has been the cradle OF a good many infant
movements since. Fortunately for the
country. most Of these children have not
survived long after being forced into the
protecting walls Of the cradle. II takes
more than high-sounding rhetoric and a
historic hall to make a proposition praeti-
eGL.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
BIackburn,s Gold Brick.
south Omaha independent.

South Omaha Independent.
The mercerized goods so popular with
the fastidious woman of today should not
be COMPOUNDED with the imitation that Tom
blackburn is trying to make popular with
the voters of the Second congressional dis
trict.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

If many more democratic state con-
ventions stake down silver" colonel
Bryan will begin referring to "the crime
Of 1Q00O
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
Sure Enough New.
Atlanta Constitution.

There is something sure enough new I'M
der the sun Senator Teller now says he al
ways has been a democrat, except on the
slavery issue and, perhaps, the Jonah and
whale puzzle.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Those business mems juries are still
OIL the tapis, but the business man with
out an excuse to offer to get out of serv-
ing will be a rarity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Wonder If a member Of the Commoner
STAFF was put OF the democratic ticket
in Lancaster county to hold that paper
in line for the nominees.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

said as much. Her hired champion rsas.
sured her:
IT'S all right. lady. Nobody ever speaks
to anybody when anybody sees anybody Is
with a messenger boy"
-=a-
Official statistics OF school registration OF
Greater New York, given out by the Board
Of Education. show $500 pupils in Man
haitian, 1926 in Brooklyn and $4,000 IN
Bronx, a total OF 4S5. 900 In three OF the
FIVE boroughs Of the city. This is an IN.
crease Of $4,000 over last year. The num-
Der Of children on part time. a condition
due to overcrowding, Is given as $4,000. an
Increase OF 5000 over last year. The
number actually refused admission is
however, very small. The number ad-
mitted to half day classes is, however. 20
large as to constitute a very grave cause OF
public distress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

"Colonist excursions" is now the polite
term for what were formerly called
homeseekers' tours. The name makes
no difference SO long a. they bring set
tiers to the west.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Unless a brake is put on the deadly
automobile we are likely to be disap-
pointed over the figures Of population
growth disclosed by the next census
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15

Prices Of bottles have been put up 10
per cent by the Indiana factories. Prices
Of bottled goods, however, remain as
yet unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
some Effort in that Line.
Baltimore American.

Mr.. Bryan wants to know If 1t would not
stop horse stealing to imprison all the
~horsethieves. We believe such an effort is
constantly being made.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-15
There,II BE a Hot Time.
PhlladelnhIa Record

IHIIdubIpHId HtCUTu.
There will be some fun in the Orient soon.
Fighting Bob Evans will assume command
of the Asiatic squadron some time in oc-
tober.