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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
BLASTS FROM RAM's HORN.

Practical piety must be personal.
The greedy man always cheats himself
Profanity is often a species Of insanity.
Good intentions do not improve with age
The lame OF lust Quenches the light OF
life.
Strength in prayer cannot be measured BY
length.
Grapes OF peace do not grow on thorns OF
passion.
1t is a vain hope that the chains Of habit
will rust OF.
The recording angel cannot be fooled by
church reports.
To be at our best tomorrow w must be
at our best today.
The day book Of time determines the
ledger Of eternity.
When a father is too tender his sons
usually balance things.
TIL worlds premiums are never worth
the cost of the coupons.
A man must have a poor hope of another
world who fights so hard for the posses
sion of this enc.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
POST oAErCENs FAVORED.

It is stated that Secretary Root will
recommend, in his annual report, that
the law prohibiting the sale of ~intoXicat-
ing beverages in military reservations
be repealed and that the canteen system
be once more established. 1t is said
that information received at the War de-
partment from general officers and from
posts all over the United States and in
the Philippines, with few exceptions
bears out the predictions which were
made that the abolition Of the canteen
would be followed by an increase Of
drunkenness among the enlisted men, by
an increase In the number of trials by
court martial and by an increase in the
number of assertions.
The report of General Funston regard
ing conditions in his department as the
result Of the abolition Of the post can
teen will undoubtedly be supplemented
by others of a similar character. 1t
shows a state of things which ought TO
make an impression upon the minds of
the most radical temperance advocates
and change the opinion of the few army
officers who urged the repeal of the can
teen law. The general sentiment among
army officers when this matter was be.
fore congress was that it is better to
allow the enlisted men to have the privi-
lege of drinking beer and light wines in
moderation within the limits of the
army posts than to allow them to resort
to the low saloons and dives outside the
posts, where they would be under no
restraint and where they would be sup
pied with liquor as long as they had
money to buy. II Secretary Root has
decided to recommend the restoration OF
the post canteen, as reported, there is nc
doubt that he will hive abundant ma.
terial with which to Jlstain his position
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Sending the first message across the
Pacific cable. now in course of con
.struction. will mark another epoch in
the electrical transmission of intel
llgence and will no doubt he celebrated
with due formality. In the present
day, however, the %juncture Of the far
east and America by direct electric wire
is by no means of as great Importance
rs was the joining Of the Atlantic and
the Pacific by the Pacific telegraph
forty years ago. The revolution worked
by the discoveries of Henry and Morse
and their practical application to the
uses Of the BUSINESS world is even today
not yet fully realized and perhaps not
fully completed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
A Liz PENSIONERS.

Twenty-three years ago James A. Gar
field said the pension list had reached
its limit. At that time, 1879, the num-
Der of pensioners was 242, 755 and the
sum paid for pensions was a little more
than $33, 100000. The pension report
for the year ended June 80 last shows
that there were then carried on the
rolls 999,946 names. a gain of LII
over the previous year. There is doubt
less at present a round million Of pen
sioners and the list is growing. Since
July !, 1856. there has been paid for
pensions on account of the war Of the
rebellion the vast SUM of 81, 72S. S78, 900.
These figures show that our govern
ment has been liberal beyond precedent
in history. 1t is the most magnificent
example Of national gratitude ever given
and 1t Is surprising that there should
be among those who receive this bene-
faction Of the government any dissat-
isfaction or any feeling that the country
is not dealing fairly with them.
1t will be interesting to note that Ne
braska has 1850 pensioners, who re-
celve annually $~2,414,213; Iowa has 81
0OS pensioners. who annually receive
81, 4S1 .092; Kansas has 41,0S3, to whom
is paid annually $6O51,O 54: Missouri has
53,73S pensioners, receiving annually
$7,169,934. Thus in these four states
the annual disbursement on pension &C
count exceeds $2O,OO0,O0o. P~ennsylva-
mia has more pensioners han any other
state in the union. but Ohio gets the
largest amount of pension money an
nually, over $4,000. 900 going to that
state. The commissioner or pensions
intimates In his report that death il
removing many veterans from the rolls,
yet the list Of pensioners grows and as
there are more than $4,000 claims
pending no decrease in the rolls is &c
be expected in the near future.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
THE MAN WHO WALKS.
A CHEEKY sermon for HustIers on
Two Feet.
Philadelphia Ledger.

'" EGG
Philadelphia Ledger.
We are entering upon a most delightful
period Of the year, when a walk aheld takes
on the semblance Of a duty. One Of our
accredited writer's tells US with charming
frankness that perpetual devotion to what
a man calls his business is only to be sus-
tanned by perpetual neglect Of many other
things, and 1t is by no means certain that
a mans business is the most important
thing he has 10 do" A walking tour, ac-
cording to two brilliant essayIsts. William
Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson, is the
ideal way to cast off the burden of daily
care. Some Of the finest sentiment to be
found in the books is the emanation Of the
saunterer's brain. We recur to Bayard
Taylor's Views Afoot' and to Charles
Dudley Warmers "Wanderings" and "Saun-
terIngs" with unending pleasure. "Ad-
irondack'' Murray's journeyings opened q
mountain vista which will never lose its
impressiveness.
Nature is prone to hide her most allur-
ing hooks from all explorers save those who
approach them afoot. A tourist willing to
undertake infinite labor to gain a certain
summit Of the Adirondaeks to get the best
view OF the sunset was rightfully set down
by the knowing guides as a man OF superior
quality. Hazlitt's conception OF happiness
was the clear blue sky over my head, the
green turf beneath my feet, q winding road
before me and q three hours march to din
ner." Stevenson makes much OF the rest
after = days walk:
You lean from your window, your last
pipe reeking Whitley in the darkness, your
body full of delicious pains, your mind
enthroned in the seventh circle of content.
: At least you have had a fine mo-
ment, and looked upon all the Kingdoms of
the earth; and, whether IL was wise or fool
ish, tomorrow's travel will carry you, body
and mind, into some different parish OF
the INFINITE.
In the era OF the bicycle, the electric car
and the automobile there is some danger
that real walking will become obsolete. Oc-
casionRlly we meet a sinewy representative
Of the old school striding along the high
way. but more frequently the byway, striv-
ing TO keep alive the fine old traditions con-
corning the Joy, the inspiration and the
healthfulness OF mere walking. Now and
then is discovered. even in town, a resolute
disciple Of the cane. a robust old fellow
who on principle never rides from his
home to his once or his store. probably q
mile away, though q car is going that way
In which he could ride for a tribe.
Persons Of this sturdy and intrepid stamp
are becoming 80 rare that they are pity
ingly regarded by the common herd OF
riders as eecentries. curious survivals OF
the walking age. A brisk hVe-mile walk
into the country has become an adventure.
A man or woman who can accomplish the
feat and report for duty in good trim the
next day is something Of . hero
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
END OF THE e

Frank L. Pollock in the Atlantic.
Unarm him here. Now wish him rest,
His was the fate of those who fail,
Who never end the knightly quest,
Nor ever find the Holy Grail.
He was the hercest lance in all
That virgin honor called 10 dare;
The courtliest OF the knights in hall,
The boldest of the barriere.
Joyful he took the sacred Task
That led him far by flood and field;
His lady's favor at his casque,
Gods cross upon the argent shield.
See where the Painim point has cleft,
The crimson cross that could not save;
See where the scimiter has reft
The favor that his lady gavel
For this poor fate he rode SO far
With faith untouched by toll or time,
A perfect knight In press OF war,
Stainless before the Mystic Shrine.
One finds the Rose and one the rod;
The weak achieve, the mighty fail,
None knows the dark design but God,
Grail.
The single eye, the steadfast heart,
The strong endurance of the day,
The patience under wound and smart
Shall all these utterly decay2
The long adventure resteth here;
His was the lot OF those who fail,
VINO rode unfouled by sin or fear,
Yet never md the Holy Grail.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

1t is the height of folly for the hard
coal corporations, absolutely refusing to
make any concessions with a view to
break the fuel famine, to raise the in
solent question: "What are you going
to do about it?" The American people
may not, just now, be able to say pre-
cisely what they will do. But one
thing is dead sure; A way will be
found, If the coal barons and their en-
ployes cannot between them find a way.
The American people are bigger than
either or both the parties to this inter
ference with public comfort and safety.
The transportation and mining COM
panies had better be doing something,
and not asking what the public is going
to do.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
az srRLKE miLL Gn oN.

The hope that President RoOsevelt's
effort to bring about n settlement Of the
anthracite strike would be successful
has been disappointed. The operators
have again shown that their chief pur-
pose is to destroy the organization Of
miners and that they are determined to
accomplish this regardless Of the cost
or Of the consequences to the public.
While the miners desire to submit their
demands to impartial arbitration the
operators Wi. listen to no suggestion Of
his kind. asserting that the %organiza-
ton of miners is a lawless body with
which the operators will not deal.
What's to be done? is a question that
has become urgently pressing. There
Is no satisfactory answer, for there APP
parently is no way of compelling the
operators to resume mining, as there is
none to force the miners to return to
work. Neither party is amenable to law
as the situation now stands and II
neither will give heed to public opinion
the struggle must be fought out. The
dIUllIdIg dNllluuE vi AhG AdAAAOau Bltoh
dents and coal operators, in the full
light to which the conference exposed
them, confirms the general popular i'm
preston that they have been arbitrary
and tyrannical from the first In dealing
with the miners. That they are ut
terly reckless as to consequences is now
fully demonstrated. Want Of fuel is
only a less serious deprivation than
want Of bread and in cold weather a
coal famine would be as destructive as
a pestilence. II a bread famine were
to be created In our great cities, re-
marks an eastern paper, by the refusal
OF the millers to grind -four, no amount
of respect. for the rights of property or
of labor would stand in the way Of
making very short work Of such a situa-
ton. AS the fact that fuel is as in
~dispensable as food becomes painfully
manifest, those who are stopping its
supply will have to reckon with a pub
lie sentiment quite al little disposed to
argue the case as would be millions Of
famished people. 1T is Que thing to
reason about the right to labor or not
to labor; the right to operate mines or
not to operate them; and quite a diff
ferent thing to stand helplessly by while
sick people, old people and infants are
perishing for lack of the heat whose
source of supply has been arbitrarily
cut off. Public patience, pretty we'll
exhausted already, will not stand a test
like this.H
President Roosevelt has done his duty
In the matter and there does not appear
to be anything more that he can do un-
less he should conclude that congress
could formulate u remedy and that an
extra session of congress in advance of
the regular session would bring forth
the necessary Legislative measures. The
conference disclosed no new facts, but
1t forcibly demonstrated the obstinacy
and arrogance of the operators and II
is not to be doubted that public sentl.
ment against the anthracite coal com
bine is stronger than before the confer.
ence. On the other hand, the wise and
conservative attitude of the miners has
very greatly strengthened their claim to
public sympathy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
THE 2 OF 4

The governor Of Alaska has pointed
out that the needs OF that territory are
q representative in congress, the ex-
tension OF the land laws to that country
and some change in the method OF
school government. Similar views have
been expressed by every governor of
the territory, but congress has given
scant heed TO them. At first the OBJ
J~ections to congressional action were
based ON the plea that such measures
would involve needless addition to our
government expenditures. Now that
Alaska is pouring millions into the ma
tional purse and receiving a mere pit
lance in return, that objection no longer
holds.
Mr.. Frederick w. Seward, whose dis
tinguished father negotiated the pur
chase OF Alaska. makes an earnest plea
for the recommendations OF Governor
Brady, He says that under existing
conditions no n can have any but
a ''squatter's right to land and yet
there are millions OF acres of arabic
land and thousands OF miles OF densely
wooded coasts left useless and unoccu-
pied. All along the Pacific coast are
men eager and anxious to so 70 Alaska
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

On the whole. the democrats seem TO
be getting the best OF the populists in
the nomination Of fusion candidates for
the legislature throughout the various
Nebraska districts. The momentum
given by the democrats when they cap
tured the head OF the state ticket has
given them encouragement to stand out
for the nominations in the lesser con-
ventions and all that is left for the popu-
lists is TO take their medicine and try to
look pleasant.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

to seek their fortunes and make their
homes. There seems to be no good
reason why congress should not make
better provision for that territory, which
is a most valuable possession and un-
doubtedly can be made more so. The
land laws should be extended there
and education should be promoted. Fur
Their neglect Of these requirements win
be i~ndefensible.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
President walsh OF the National Irr,.

President Walsh OF the National Irri-
cation congress wants to impress upon
the officers in charge OF the govern
ment irrigation work the necessity Of
selecting proper locations for the expert
mental reservoirs. AS the reservoirs
are expected to be built on land now
belonging TO the government, so that
30 real estate deal can enter into the
site there is no good reason why the
location should not be fixed exclusively
with a view toward producing the best
results from an engineering standpoint
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Dreyfus will not attend the funeral
Of his great champion, lola, but the
exhibition Of intolerance which makes
his absence prudent will hurt the "a
donal character OF France in the esti-
nation of the world incomparably more
than it will hurt the prosecuted officer.
No act In the whole career Of the dead
author was more noble and honorable
than his unselhsh championship Of the
cause of Dreyfus.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

By the sworn statement of the ex-
chairman of the democratic state COM
mittee In Missouri, now holding the
most lucrative Office in the gift Of Gov
ernor Dockery, it appears that for a
long period the chairman. in conjunc-
ton with state officials, has beer re-
ceiving campaign contributions from big
corporations and trusts interested in leg
islatiOn and in lodging taxes. Yet
the State Board Of Equalization in Mis-
souri, assesses railroads at an immensely
higher figure, relatively to other prop
erty, than the State Board Of Equallza-
ton in Nebraska. In 1901 the average
assessment of Missouri roads was $14,-
Cos per mile. against al average assess
men Of $4,679 per mile for the Ne
braska roads the same year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

The Bee knows hat in pleading for
the elevation of the morals Of future
street fairs and the elimination of the
debasing and r~ufianly elements 1t runs
the risk Of being classed among the
Knockers" But it does not hesitate to
take this risk in a good cause. in which
1t knows 1t voices the sentiments of
all the more reputable elements Of the
community.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

As each successive democratic con
ventiOn ignores the Kansas City plat
form and smothers Bryan with silence,
ex-senator Allen gives thanks anew that
the ~populists have not abandoned their
national organization. but are keeping
1t in reserve as a haven for silver dem
ocrats who may be driven out from the
democratic party when it is reorgan-
lied.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
Notifying, but Unavoidable.

Boston Transcript.
= Doubtless 1t will strike many as mortify-
ing that a new dinner set for the White
House has to be procured in a foreign
country. 1t certainly does not speak nat
teringly Of American art or Of American
Industrial conditions II, after all the the
cost Of protecting that industry as good
chlnaware cannot be turned out here 80
in Great Britain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Even in the mountain states free sill
yer Is a dead issue. The people have
lost interest in it. The Montana demo-
Gratis, in their late convention, dropped
all reference to silver out Of their plat
form. And yet a few years g Mon
tana was almost as redhot as Colorado
Itself for the silver delusion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

All the nations of Europe %applauded
Secretary Hays note on the persecu-
ton Of the Roumanian Jews, but they
seem to have exhausted their .enthu-
siasm with applause.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Cuba seems almost resigned to do
something for herself without waiting
for Uncle Sam to do something more
for her. What Cuba accomplishes for
herself will be the strongest argument
for additional assistance from the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
Cause for Thanksgiving.
Kansas CITY Star.

NdIbds CITY SUIT.
There is cause for heartfelt thanksgiving
that this country has finally reached a stage
where the sharks and gamblers Of Wall
street, with their indecent scramble for
spoils, can overreach and destroy them
selves without hurting the people who are
engaged in legitimate business pursuits.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

The same statesmen whose souls were
so troubled a few years ago over low
prices are now showing profound con
Germ on the score OF high prices. But
the great mass of farmers and wage
'earners, merchants and manufacturers
are not demanding Il lay off, but are
busily and ~contentedly at work.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
"Native" Favorite Sons.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
Among the ten native statesmen OF
Mississippi whose portraits are to adorn
the walls of the. state house at Jackson are
Jefferson Davis and Sargent s. Prentiss.
Davis was born in Kentucky and Prentiss
in Maine. II the remaining eight are the
same kin of natives" Mississippi must
be having a hard time raking up ~favorite
sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

s~urmountable difficulties have arisen IN
the way of contracting the volume. the
only means Of getting even being by
waiting until the expansion OF trade
passed the money supply, Automatic
banks with deposit balances conforming
to the drafts of the depositors are about
as likely to be realized as automatic
purrpnrv
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Futillty Of the power to suggest with
out the power to enforce the sugges-
lions is again illustrated in the presi-
dents conference between the a OPP
orators and the coal miners. II the
law vested the president with the au-
thority to impose penalties upon those
responsible for the strike situation, the
operators would not feel so free to dis
regard his advice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

The new president Of the National
League Of Republican Clubs was elected
by reclamation. 1t would not have
looked well to have had a roll-call. The
league is petered out. Why not call
II off?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Indications are that Carrie Nation has
ut last got up against too tough a prop
osition even for her in the students at
Yale. She could stand their levity, but
their singing proves too much for her.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
Consumption Frowned Upon.
News

While there may be, as Commander Peary
says, no pulmonary troubles in the Arctic
regions, there are authentic reports of a
great deal Of stomach trouble due to under
eating. Even IL a man is free from con-
sumption he never feels at his best when
he is starving to death.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

The financial theorists are again call
ing for a bank currency whose volume
will expand and contract automatically
to conform to the country's needs. The
trouble is that no such automatic-ex-
panaion currency has ever been devised.
In the past whenever our circulation
has been artincially inflated almost In
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
DemocratIc Thankfulness.

Philadelphia Record Cdem.)
Ex-senator Marion Butler Of North Caro-
lima, a high populist authority, declares that
his party will go 1t alone in the next con-
test for president. II the populists will go
and take with them their whole cargo of
state socialism and cheap money humbugs
the democrats will have reason to be thank
fnI
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Over in Iowa the practice seems to be
established, at least IN the republican
side, for candidates for congress to issue
a letter of acceptance In which each de-
clares himself on the principal issues in
which his constituents are interested
Judge Birdsall, for example, nominated
to take the place declined by Speaker
Henderson, defines himself at length In
an open letter on the tariff and the
trusts. This practice has not been in
troduced in Nebraska, although it might
be with perfect prOpriety. Voters who
are asked to send a representative to
congress have a right to know where
each candidate who aspires to represent
u constituency stands before called on
to cast their ballot.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, IS:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary Of The Bee
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of September, 1872, was as fol-
lows.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

1t is easy TO account for the un-
friendly weather. The army maneuvers
are now on in the vicinity of Fort
Riley.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

The Stratton case illustrates the old
saw that where there is a will there is
q way-tO break II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
DisadvantaRes of PrIde.

Saturday Evening Post.
Pride costs. The bald-headed man pays
as muck Tor a haircut as anybody else. II
he called for a shine he might save.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

If only permitted to do so, the public
will be glad to call the Putnam Bradlee-
Strong incident closed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

Omaha's next red letter event is the
great Christian church convention.