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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

1t more especially to company control"
AS railroads are to be large consumers
Of timber that will have to be grown, It
is suggested that they establish planta-
lions along their lines. Most Of them
hold lands that are we'll adapted to forest
trees, and by planting tracts OF SUFFICIENT
size to meet their demands they will
greatly reduce their future expenses"
The railroads have to a considerable ex-
tent recognized their opportunity and are
improving it. The indefatigable secre-
tary Of the International Society of Arbori-
culture, Mr.. John p. Brown Of Indiana,
has been urging this matter upon them
with gratifying success. Even the present
year he has been superintendening the
planting of a tract with ITO, 900 trees not
far from New Orleans for the Illinois Gen.
trail railroad, and another tract with p, 900
at Kankakee, Ill.
The Kansas, Fort Scott & Memphis road
has planted $500, 900, and a number of the
big lines in the west are going into the
enterprise on a large scale. Mr.. Brown
has also been authorized to locate and
purchase 5000 acres in the west for plant
ing, and this will accommodate several
million trees. Not only in the west, but
in the south and east the railroads have
become interested in the work. Tree liter
allure is a good thing, but personal rep
resentation and exhortation must be de-
pended upon to carry conviction. The ex-
amples set by the railroads, now tina the
movement is spreading. will have a stimu-
lating effect upon other corporations and
upon individuals, and an impulse has been
created that promises valuable results.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
TWO CONGRESSIONAL NOyiYATIoYs.

TWO CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.
Two republican candidates for con-
gress have just been nominated by con-
ventions in the Third and Fifth dis
tricts, which ought to be redeemed from
the fusionists for the Fifty-eighth con-
gress.
In the Third district the nominee is
John J. Mccarthy of Dixon county, who
has been n of the leaders of the house
for two successive state legislatures.
While the contest for the nomination
was more protracted than usual, the
result seems to have been brought about
without engendering fractional strife,
trict may be expected to mass them
selves solidly behind their standard
bearer. Mr.. McCarthy's superior ability
for leadership has been demonstrated on
more than one occasion, and when
elected he may be relied upon to repre-
sent his constituency ~creditably at
Washington.
The choice of the Fifth district has
fallen upon Judge G. W. Norris of Red
Willow county. Judge Norris is com
pleting his second term on the district
bench, to which he has. been twice
elected in a judicial district ordinarily
safely in control of the ~fuslonists. AS
a judge, he has won the esteem and
respect of all who have come in con-
tact with him without regard to party
affiliations, and If his personal popular
ity proves as strong in the congressional
race as it has in his judicial district, he
will be elected by an overwhelming ma
jority.
We believe the people of these two
districts are tired of returning fusion
representatives to congress-, and that
they will not let pass the opportunity to
be presented to them in November by
coming into line with the party of pros
perity and rallying to the support Of
these congressional nominees.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
IRRIGATION LEGISLATION,

Washington advices say it is now &C
cepted as certain that this congress will
provide a general system of irrigation
for the arid lands. The house COM
mittee on irrigation has amended the
senate bill SO as TO make it conform to
the views of the president, particularly
in the matter of making the arid lands
a part of the public domain, open to
settlement by small farmers for home
steads. The proceeds of the sale of
public land anywhere in the United
States are to constitute an irrigation
fund to be used for surveys. and con-
struction in such sections of the country
as offer the best prospect for the i'm
mediate reclamation of arid lands.
1t is confidently predicted by the sup
porters of this measure that it will COM
mand a majority in the house and prove
acceptable to the senate, so that there
is every reaso to believe that within
the coming year there will be set in
operation a system of irrigation works
in the west which will add millions Of
to settlement vast areas of now unpro-
ductive land. There is still some east
ern opposition being manifested to the
policy Of arid land reclamation, but
there seems no longer to be apprehen-
sion that this will prove a serious OBJ
struction to the proposed legislation.
The friends of irrigation have made a
splendid campaign in the present con-
gress and it is highly gratifying to know
that an early success is assured. There
could be no more suspicious time for
| inaugurating this great work.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

In view of the prospect Of immense
crops west of the Mississippi, %stockhold-
ers Of the Union Pacific are promised
increased dividends this fall, but there
is no indication that the prospective
harvest will induce the Union Pacific
voluntarily to increase its tax contribu-
ton for the maintenance of state and
local government in Nebraska. Perhaps
Mr.. Hartman is not aware of the fact
that Nebraska is now more than
100000 in debt when the constitu-
tional debt limit is 100000, and the
debt Is steadily growing at the rate of
100000 a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Another interesting contribution to the
railroad %magnate's side Of the combination
question has been made by E.. II. Harri-
man in ar interview given to the New York
newspapers. In its general aspect It Is not
unlike the two speeches made in the
northwest by James j. Hill about the time
the legal attack was begun on the Northern
Securities company. Mr.. Hill sought to
show that the merging Of great railroad
companies and the elimination Of competi-
tion tends to create stable conditions and
to lower freight rates.
Mr.. Hartman, as Mr.. Hill, points to the
fact that the interests Of the railroads and
the people are common and whatever econ
omies are effected by the railroads through
combination, ETC., ought to be beneficial to
shippers, as we'll as to the companies. The
public probably has no quarrel with com
bination itself. but with the abuses which
have grown out Of It. 1t may pertinently
be asked where the blame lies for such
a feeling. II the railroads had always been
careful to give the people as a whole full
benefits Of the economies resulting from
combination and had refrained from break
ing the laws, is 1t probable there would
be such severe criticism Of the so-called
mergers? TIL facts seem to be, however.
that sentiment is changing toward combina-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
BRYAN's DISCRETION APPLAUDED.
His Refusal to Become a Candidate
for Governor of Nebraska.


Detroit Free Press (dem.)
Mr.. Bryan displays sound political sense
in refusing, under any circumstances, to
become a candidate for governor OF Ne
braska. A man who has twice been nomi-
mated for president of the United States
and is still the national leader of his party
cannot afford to stake his political future
upon the petty Office of governor. If he
won, the victory would add little to his
power or his prestige. II he lost, he would
be hopelessly discredited, not only in Ne
braska, but throughout the United States.
The utmost dividends that could be realized
would be- insignificant In comparison with
the size of the investment and the degree
of the risk.
It appears probable that the demand for
the nomination of Mr.. Bryan came from
the men that intended to vote against him,
rather than from the men that Intended to
vote for him.. The democrats that are OPP
posed to his leadership would undoubtedly
have welcomed his candidacy. 1t would
have given them their chance to seal her.
metically the sepulchre of his political
hopes for all time. Naturally, they would
have received the assistance of their
friends, the republican enemy, In this great
work. Mr.. Hanna's committee would have
n A1Ola NANNASJ . 1880 o.
west the moment the nomination was made.
All the resources and all the ammunition
that the republican party could command
would have been poured into Nebraska to
defeat Mr.. Bryan. His candidacy would
have been made a national issue. The re-
publicans could not have afforded to permit
him to be elected governor of his state, II
there were means within their command
to defeat him. The democrats who believe
the leadership of Mr.. Bryan fatal to the
party could not have supported his csndi-
dacy and remained true to their own prin-
ciples.
In view Of his position before the coun-
try, Mr.. Bryan could not be a candidate IN
the local sense. His candidacy would OF
necessity be a matter of national impor-
lance, and the contest would be as severe
a tax on his strength and popularity as a
national campaign. II he were defeated, as
he probably would be, his leadership would
be at an end. Perhaps it is already at an
end. but even his extraordinary popularity
could hardly survive a defeat for governor
after two successive defeats for president.
His most enthusiastic admirers would be
forced to confess that a man that seemingly
lacked the ability TO be elected to any
office to which the party could nominate
him was not an ideal leader or a safe po-
utical advisor. Unless Mr.. Bryan has re-
signed all hope Of ever being president, he
could not AFFORD to become a candidate for
governor OF Nebraska. The game Is not
worth the candle.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.

Senator Quay has again demonstrated
Pennsylvania, the republican state con-
vention having been completely under his
domination, and this time his course APP
pears to have been dictated more with
reference to the interests and welfare
of the party and not so much with re-
gard to his own political interests. The
administration Of state affairs during
the last two years has not been al
together creditable to the party in power
and there was a very earnest demand
for reform, only to be attained under
new men. A member Of the present
administration, Mr.. Elkins, was early in
the field as a candidate for governor
and developed a great deal Of strength.
Indeed, he seemed to have the field to
himself until Senator Quay discerned
that the nomination of Elkins would
be inexpedient and that the candidate
must be a man of different type and
record. He found such a candidate in
Judge Pennypacker, who was nom
mated yesterday on the first ballot.
OF course the republicans will carry
Pennsylvania. The fractional contest
has created some bitterness, but this
will to a large extent die out as the
campaign progresses and while it is not
to be expected that the republican ma
jority will be nearly as large as two
years ago, since the labor trouble is
likely to have an unfavorable effect,
the success of the party is not al all
doubtful. The ticket nominated yester-
day promises a better administration of
state affairs and therefore the strength
ening of the party for future contests.
AS to the platform declarations, they
are unqualifedly for republican princi-
Piles and policies and will have very
general republican approval.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

st. Louis exposition officials have set
tied the Sunday opening question in adj
vance by subscribing to the condition
of the federal appropriation STIMULATING
for closed gates on the first day of each
week. This will confine access to the
fair for the great army of the employed
to evenings and holidays. Much can be
said upon both sides Of the Sunday
opening question, but whichever way
the decision is, 1t is good to have 1t
promulgated sufficiently in advance that
all arrangements and contracts can be
made to conform to it
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
Buds and Flowers Of Home Life.
PAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND
MAKES AND KEEPS THE chill.
DREN WELL AND STRONG.
Mothers Make 1t the Home Medic
cine For the Little Ones.

The children. God bless them, are the
buds and flowers Of our homes. without
their prattle and hearty laughter, our
homes would be d~esolate. They should ever
be carefully tended in childhood and youth.
II we expect them to ripen into perfect
men and women.
In the home and at school, the children
have their times OF ill-health and suffering.
We often note the pallid and bloodless
cheeks. heavy eyes, nervous movements and
twitchings Of limbs and muscles. They
complain Of headache, drowslness, weari-
ness, dyspepsia and indigestion. All such
symptoms and ailments mean that the seeds
Of disease will have a fast and firm hold
unless proper measures are taken to
rcairIS n perfect condition OF health.
TAGuSands of wise and prudent parents
havg nlsde their CHILDREN happy, healthy
and vigorous by giving them natures med
icine, Paine's Celery Compound. In many
severe and complicated cases, Paine's Cell
cry Compound has restored health when
the little ones we're given up by physicians.
II your dear ones are not as hearty,
strong and rugged as they should be In
June. try the health giving virtues OF
Paine's Celery Compound. 1t makes and
keeps the children we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Complaint is made that in accepting
an invitation for entertainment by the
visiting French guests on board the
French battleship lying in Chesapeake
waters, President Roosevelt smashed an
other timehonored tradition forbidding
the president during his term of Office
from passing outside the territorial juris-
diction of the United States. Inasmuch
as nothing has been smashed but a ira
dition, no penalty is likely to be in
fiicted on the president.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Civic federation-that is, bring about a
settlement of disputes when both par
ties are willing to submit them to arbi-
tration.
Both capital and labor in this country
are opposed to compulsory arbitration
and perhaps will always be. There
fore boards of arbitration can be useful
to only a limited extent in preserving or
promoting industrial peace. That they
al be valuable to any extent, how
ever, will Justify their creation, for the
principle of arbitration should be ear
nestly encouraged.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
AT DAWN.
somerville Journal.

somerville Journal.
IT'S fun In hummer time TO rise
Up at the break Of dawn,
And with the clicking mower clip
The whiskers on the lawn.
The air is fresh. and cool, and pure.
The exercise is great,
And one can cut a lot OF grass
From four o'clock to eight.
What matters II, though ~neighbors swear,
And try to stop their ears?
The man at work upon the lawn I.
Their comments never hears.
Although they fume, and fuss, and fret,
II doesn't bother him,
And so he twists the mower round
And shoves It with a vim.
Oh, yes, it's fun 10 stir your blood
And cultivate your Drawn
BY rising with the sun to NOW
The whiskers on your lawn.
And even though the neighbors' eyes
Are ~sleepless. open Wide,
Don't let the thought disturb your 10y
The law Ia on your ntdel
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Pennsylvania is not to be outdone by
Kansas in professions of loyalty TO
President Roosevelt. Kansas in its re-
publican state convention endorsed him
for standard bearer in 1904, but Penn
s~ylvania makes the specific pledge of
its support for his denomination. II
this keeps up, the next national con
vention VIII be as much Of a ratification
meeting as was the last.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Nebraska republicans are not hostile
to the railroad corporations. They
have never shown any disposition to
treat them unfairly, but the railroad
managers should desist from trying to
foist upon the republicans OF Nebraska
candidates who have forfeited the con,
hdence of the people by their conduct
and shown themselves unworthy of a
public trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Mr.. Hartman suggests that bodies
formed for the purpose of controlling
transportation should have in them rep
resentatives of the companies to be con-
trolled." In the light of experience with
railway commissions, the suggestion
would be more in order that these bodies
ought occasionally to have in them a
representative or two Of the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

The imperial council of the Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine is now in session. in
Golden Gate hall at San Francisco. If
this is not Imperialism and goldbugism
under a community-of-interest merger,
we would like to know the reason why.
And the worst of it is that the new
imperial magistrate of the fantastic
mobiles is an Omaha man.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

According TO the railroad tax bureau,
the valuation of Council Bluffs is nearly
four times as high per capita of popula-
ton as is the assessment Of Omaha. A
comparison of per capita property as
sessment is about as rational as would
be a comparison of the per capita con-
sumption of cigars and cigarettes or the
relative per capita circulation Of news
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

= Convictions for bribery in st. Louis,
Grand Rapids and Minneapolis indicate
that American public sentiment is alert
against corruption in municipal govern
ment wherever it is unearthed. A sue
cession of such convictions will make
boodling too risky a luxury for the or
binary city official to indulge.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

1t was eminently appropriate for the
Nebraska funeral directors to hold their
session in the Creighton Medical col
lege. 1t is perfectly natural and
proper for them to patronize institutions
which give them the most patronage.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
Honors rightly bestowed.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
The degree of doctor of letters conferred
upon Miss Helen Gould has more signih-
canoe than is generally attached to that
honor, for every time she has written a
letter about public matters 1t has been to
cure some evil or suffering.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Tax reform is not a political issue.
Every a woman and child regard
less of political creed is interested in
the equitable distribution of the tax
burdens among all classes of property
owners.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Those German warships will do well
to act with precaution when they feel
like demonstrating for the benefit Of
Venezuela. While Uncle Sam has no
sympathy for international d~eadbeats,
he has interests in South America not
to be triied with lightly.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

For goodness sake, let the council vote
s. I. Gordon's back pay for his alleged
service as police Judge so that we may
have a rest for a few months at least
from the perpetual claimant.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
Poor Time for Prophecy.

Washington Post.
Mr.. Cleveland has declined to make a
prediction concerning 1904, thus showing
another great point of difference between
himself and the Bryanites.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

papers and periodicals. The thing that
has not yet beer explained by the rail-
road tax bureau Is why the east half Of
the Union Pacific bridge should be as
sessed at $4,000 in Iowa while the west
half of the same bridge pays taxes OF
only St,63O in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
Doctors Catching Up.

Washington Post.
The doctors have finally decided to agree
that consumption is infectious. Give the
doctors plenty Of time and they will manage
to catch up with the procession. Some day
they may possibly discover a cure for the
disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
SMILES.

Somerville Journal: The boy with threN
sisters never has any leisure that he can
really call his own.
Chicago Tribune: Tommy-The farmer
caught you in his apple tree, did he2
What did he say when you fell and broke
your ARM?
nothin'. He just stood there enjoyin' his
self.
Boston Post: at wants five minutes OF
4 o'clock" said the ungrammattcal person.
81 hope it will get 1t. answered the smart
eleck.
What 1t wants" d
Chicago News: Tomdix-Did you ever ex-
perience what one might term a feeling of
Hojax-Yes, once; 1 backed a horse that
"also ram
Philadelphia Press: N.Y. he exclaimed,
as twelve" struck, what a peculiar sound
that clock has"
Yes" she replied eagerly. ''almo't
Human? How do you mean7'
1T has such a sleepy and tired sound"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: did you ever
hear of such luck as Mamie Gilder's?"
What about herr"
She's a sweet girl graduate on Tuesday
night and on Wednesday night she's a
blooming, June brdeI What do you think
OF that?'
Washington Star: dis world would 60
along mighty easy" said Uncle Eben, '1f
every man could be as smart at as as he
thought he was at o."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

A Chicago preacher has had the au-
dacity to stand up and assert that he
never told a lie. Wonder where that
preacher expects to go in the after
world?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
Lost in the shuttle.
Brooklyn Eagle.

" Brooklyn Eagle.
Nobody has asked for Webster Davis
since the Beers surrendered. Yet he never
was slow in responding to an encore on
even the slightest provocation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Here is where Nebraska's high grade
Of literacy comes into play. Everyone
can read the thermometer for himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Nebraska has had ~deadlocks enough
without beginning to experiment now
with convention deadlocks.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

The mean temperature now is the high
temperature that makes people yearn
for the cool breezes of Alaska.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Having participated in the celebration
of every great national anniversary, the
West Point cadets are celebrating a lit
tie anniversary Of their own.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

In overriding the mayors vetoes Of
ordinances that will create an overlap,
the council may compel the taxpayers to
appeal to the courts for protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

F~orecaster Welsh says the weather is
much warmer. Does anyone disagree
with him?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Plans for the $4,000 market house
need not be very elaborate. Four plain
walls covered by a roof will answer the
purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Senator Quay is getting along even
better than usual and thrives on I'M
compromising opposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
complete copies of The Daily, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of May, 1902, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12
4 Wish.
Chicago Record-Herald

! see the boy who graduates
Stand up before the crowd;
His collars very, very tall,
His tie is very loud;
He sees his parents sitting there,
As proud as they can be
And there's another, too-his breast
Is filled with estacy.
I see him raise his good right hand
And wave II In the air;
/ hear the big, uncommon words
Roll from his lips. up there;
He draws himself up proudly, and
His face with pleasure gloWs-
AS this boy thinks he knows.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

Pennsylvania republicans. evidently
have a surplus of Browns.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

is a vague, Jagged heap crowned with black
SCOT from ten thousand spewing kilns. All
its cyclopean magnihoence of piled-up stee-
Piles and spires and battlements and gables
is lost. It's one glory of a sky that truly
was Venetian is lost. Its gilded facades
and cornices that made 1t shine in the
morning sun like a splendid shield cast on
the sea are lost. And lost with them is the
white linen of the fnicky New Yorker.
Never before was there such cheerful
wholesale law breaking as in this soft coal
matter. At first one could see, by looking
diligently, that here and there during the
day some particularly daring concern was
taking its chances on a heavy fine and i'm
prisonment by burning soft coal In Ats and
starts. The black smoke would issue in
little bursts and then cease again suddenly,
80 that one could almost keep track of the
offenders guilty palpitation of heart.
That was in the day. Scarcely had dusk
begun when all New York, as with one
wicked accord, began to spout blackness.
1t was as II the whole horde of sky scrap
ers had entered on one vast bachanalian
bitumen spree. Before darkness had fallen
entirely the city was almost hidden from
voyagers on the bay.
OF course, this wholesale infraction of
the law has put the Health department in
a hole. Practically all the captains and
sergeants and high privates of industry In
the whole city would have to be locked up
II the law were enforced. and there aren't
jails enough for that even in New York
City.