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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
A RrpREBENsIBLE scHrME.

1t is announced that spectators are
negotiating for the purchase of the Buff
falo Temple Of Music, in which Presi-
dent Mckinley was a~ssassinated, with
a view to transferring the building to
some other city and preserving 1t as a
financial venture. This with the other
exposition buildings was sold to the
Chicago Wrecking company and it is
with that company that the parties who
think they see an opportunity to make
money by catering to a morbid public
curiosity are negotiating. 50 that the
reprehensible scheme of the SPECTATORS
for turning to a mercenary purpose one
Of the most lamentable events in the
country's history does not reflect upon
the exposition managers. With the
wrecking company, OF course, the sale
Of the building is solely a matter OF
business.
The scheme of the spectators cannot
be too strongly condemned. An attempt
to make money out of the terrible
tragedy at Buffalo is to the last degree
reprehensible and will certainly be so
regarded by all right-minded people.
There is perhaps no practicable way to
prevent the carrying-out Of the brutally
mercenary purpose. but public senti.
ment should be arrayed so strongly
against tho spectators as to insure
their failure to reap the revenue they
expect. The scheme is SO utterly re-
pugnant to every consideration of pro
priety and decency that It ought to be
safe to say no self-respecting person
would c~ountenance It
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
No PREMTrM on DESCRIPTION.

President Ro6sevelt's first veto has,
il is to be hoped, put an end to the
demoralizing practice Of inserting the
names Of deserters into the national
roll of honor. Within the past twenty
years hundreds Of bills have been passed
at every session OF congress removing
the charge of desertion from men en-
listed In the union armies during the
War Of the Rebellion and restoring
them to good standing in the ranks Of
the veterans who wore the blue.
Why congress should by special acts
remove the charge Of desertion from
renegades and towards, who failed to
be mustered out with an honorable dis
charge passes comprehension. Why any
body who had any pride In his army rec
ord should wait twenty, thirty or forty
years before filing proof positive Of his
loyal service as a soldier is inconcelv-
able.
1t is a matter of history that thou
sands of men enlisted In the union
armies during the four years of war
on heavy bounties, or as substitutes for
unpatriotic stay-at-homes. These men
Tor the most part never intended to ex-
pose their bodies to the enemies bullets
or subject themselves to the hardships
OF war in any form. They simply en-
listed for the bounty and throwing
away their muskets at the first oppor-
tunity found their way to Canada, Mex
leo, or other foreign border lands.
Many OF these deserters were profess
sional bounty jumpers who after enlist
ing, secured the bounty and deserted,
changed their names and re-enlisted for
new bounties only to desert again. To
place the names Of these men upon the
roll of honor puts a premium upon de-
sertion, the highest crime known to mil
itary law.
Against the abuse on the part of Con-
gress, The Bee has vainly demonstrated
for years. The position taken by Presi-
dent Roosevelt has at last called q
halt that cannot be disregarded and
will, we hope, put an end to the intro.
duction of such s%candalous legislation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Cincinnati owns up to 100 Years Of are
Cleveland cheerfully admits the town
looks II.
General Lord Methuen has a rent roll
OF $4,000 a year. enough to keep his
furnished halo on straight.
If current pictures of General Delarey are
true to life, his valiant burRhers may be
pardoned for swearing by the beard Of the
prophet.
The tendency toward the strenuous con-
tinues unchecked. An Indiana follower Of
the fad undertakes to get married, to write
a book and run for congress before the year
Is out.
It's a dull day whom New York doesn't
put SOM novelty into life whereabouts. A
collision between Q trolley car and a steam
boiler Is the towns latest contribution to
unique horrors.
Baltimore is endeavoring to rid itself Of
the last vestige Of village life by abolish
Ing COW pastures within the city limits.
Should the rule become effective the fss-
cinating milkmaid will go away back and
the Monument city will lose its picturesque
charms.
A Connecticut school ma'am boasts Of
having spanked forty-nine pupils in thirty
seven minutes. This affords strong con-
nrmation OF the assertion that the Yankee
spirit Is dying out among the rising genera
tion OF New England. In the good old
days an effort Of that kind would land the
teacher in a hospital.
Senator Simon OF Oregon has discovered
a constituent who lives an idyllic life, free
from worldly cares, a millionaire one
hour, but poor when sober. when 1 take
a drink" says this philosopher in a let
ter to the senator, 81 am ut peace with all
mankind. When I have had two drink I
am a millionaire. With my third drink I
own the world" Jolly old soul. It would
be a real pleasure to soak him once.
Two OF Chicago's hair trigger professors
are discussing the probable location of the
Garden Of Eden. Considering the season.
there are many who will accept, without
further debate, the ruling of the late John
Boyle o'Reilly. Il cannot understand"
said the genial poet, how any man who
has read Genesis can question hat the
Garden of Eden was In ireland. base
my conclusion on the hg leaf incident.
Adam and Eve, you know. were eyicted
for the wearing Of the greeni"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.


Washington Post: And now Bishop Pot
ter wants to settle the negro question.
What has become Of the old fashioned pre-
late who devoted his time to church work.
Chicago Chronicle. West side churches
to the unlucky number Of thirteen have
combined in a war upon vice. II IL, to be
hoped that the proverbial III omen will not
attend their efforts.
Boston Globe: A Reading, Pa, minister
has started on a trip to see which one Of
seven fair correspondents he will marry.
II would be hard luck IL they should all
conclude that they don't want to marry
him.
Chicago News: A Connecticut preacher
has been asked to resign because he spec
ulates In stocks. Perhaps some learned
person can explain wherein It lie worse for
the pastor than for the flock to do such
things.
Chicago Reeord-Hernl A Pittsburg
preacher is causing trouble because he
heard kissing in the choir while he was
delivering his sermon. He can hardly be
blamed. No man could be expected to go
along smoothly under such conditions with
out reference to his notes.
Brooklyn Eagle: The great passive pub
hS - hOb hOstilS 10 the CnurcneSs On the
contrary, it's belief in and its reverence for
them and their mission 10 bred in blood
and bone. But It would be glad to see them
evtnce a more intelligent appreciation Of
the situation. A great part Of the business
and debates which engross the time Of con-
v~entions and assemblies appears to the
average man to have very little to do with
religion at best, and to be specially fatuous
at q time when the very existence of the
churches themselves appear to be in IAN
ger. MOI can we believe that the revision
OF a confession here or the modification OF
a Rubric there will have any appreciable
eneot upon the matter. It has got far be-
yond all that sort Of thing. The people are
waiting now, as we believe not for the
church to lick into shape some hnal state
ment OF theological doctrine or some doc
trinaire ecclesiastical polity, but to show
that 1t Is efficient to do the business which
Its Founder meant It to do. This is the
task to which Its leaders should be urged
ana less than this will be almost betrayal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
SUPPRESSION or TRAIN ROBBIE

iON VI TRAIN hObbhu1s
The house judiciary committee has
reported favorably on the bill to sup
press train robbery and doubtless the
measure win become law. 1t provides
the death penalty for train robbers
when death results to anyone on the
train; otherwise imprisonment for from
i've to ten years. 1t is not the purpose
OF the bill to deprive the state courts Of
Jurisdiction and II enacted into law
will not have that effect. but 1t will add
the power Of the United States courts
to that Of the state courts In the punish
ment Of the crime Of train robbery. In
some sections of the country the power
Of the state is not sufficient for the rea-
son that the robberies occur neal the
borders OF a state in sparsely populated
districts and the guilty parties quickly
escape into another state or territory.
The state where the crime was com
mitted feels no particular interest In
pursuing or searching for the criminals
and the state into which they escape OF
course has no interest In the matter, as
the crime was not committed within its
Jurisdiction. The result In many In
stances is that the authorities OF the
state in which the crime was committed
walt for a large reward TO be offered
and so the crime goes unpublished and
the criminals escape.
Under the proposed law the authori
ties Of the United States. reaching int
all states and all territories alike. viii
not be restrained by any question Of
jurisdiction and the marshals and dep
uty marshals will feel at liberty to pur
sue the criminals promptly wherevel
they 90 within the limits Of the UniteC
States. The only objection that hal
been made to the bill Is on the grounC
that Il Is an infringement Of stat
rights. but opposition on this score 4
not likely TO have much weight Their
IL no question that legislation Of thi
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
A NATIONAL INCORPORATION LAW

n G6 @NC ~
The question Of the supervision and
regulation Of the combinations engaged
in interstate commerce is a difficult one,
but it is a question the solution of
which is urgently demanded and its pub
lie discussion should be earnestly main
tanned until it is solved. A suggestive
contribution to such discussion has
been made by Mr.. James b. Dill, the
well known corporation lawyer In an
address before Harvard university, In
which he favored the enactment Of a
national incorporation law as distin-
guished from a national control Of
state-created corporations. He urged
that the business OF the country de-
mands uniform corporate legislation,
formulated upon the good Of the coun-
try as a whole and not sectional legisla-
ton, state against state. A national
law should be along the lines Of the ma
tional banking act. not abridging the
powers of the state to Great local cor
porations, but ~affording an opportunity
to organize corporations, national In ex-
tent, whose business relates to trade
with foreign countries or between
states, under national law and with the
protection Of the national government
against conflicting state legislation and
local political enactments.
Mr.. Din expressed the opinion that we
can look for no effective pu~blicity-no
effective restrictions or regulation W cor
porate ~pOwer-under a diverse and sys-
tematically opposed state legislation,
therefore public opinion formulated into
statutes. to be Of the highest efficiency
and to be freed from evils OF subordi-
nation. even OF prostitution, must be
uniform among all the states and ma
tional In extent as to whether corpora
lions would voluntarily avail them
selves OF q national law he has no
doubt that they would. They would dc
this for self-preservation. as a protec
ton against the varied. diverse and to
day inconsistent laws Of various states
and for the reason that no corporation
engaged in interstate m or do
string to do business throughout the
length and breadth OF the country
could AFFORD to be other than a national
organization. since It would not be Ions
before the investing public would draw
the lines sharply between state-cre
ated organisations assuming to de
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

After travelling through Mexico with
an eye out for Garcia. observation of
conditions as they actually exist, ex-
Secretary j. Sterling Morton asserts
that any American pubitcist who famil-
iarizes himself even in a most cursOry
manner with the finances or that repub'
lie and who will then honestly advocate
the adoption Of the silver standard for
the United States "is utterly incapable
of logical thought and wholly devoid OF
that good judgment which every Amer
lean publicist should have" Now we
know why Mi. Bryan has never taker
that trip to Mexico which has been SC
often scheduled for him in the public
prints.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
HABIT OF SAVING.
The old Reliable Road to Financial
independence.
indianapolis News.

I~m0epenuenc
indianapolis News.
In July Of last year the individual de-
posits In the national banks In this country
amounted to 50. 22s, OOo. 900. The deposits In
the savings banks in the country at the
same time amounted to 1851. 600. 900. The
savings banks Of the world had 81, 1908, 340s-
600. representing SO. O7o, 900 depositors. The
average individual account for the world
was S141.24. The average individual ac-
count for the United States was s4so.so.
Il ahouId be said in a time Of prosperity
that no habit is more valuable to cultivate
than the habit Of saving. Prosperity Avalls
a man nothing unless with II he has
strength Of character to save in proportion.
Dickens has a character in enc OF his books
that every time he prospers treats himself,
so to say; INDUCES himself with some extra
expenditure as a reward. That is likely TO
be a tendency with too many. II Is the old
truism about prosperity being more dificult
to stand than adversely. No man can pros
per that does not spend less than he makes.
He carnot greatly prosper unless inereas-
ingly he spends less proportionately than
he makes. While money-making is q posi-
tive achievement as much ~ the creation OF
anything IL, frugality Is something that
need wait on no gift, but may be praeticed
by all.
whether a man be rich or poor. whether
he be gifted mentally or emotionally or be
dull there Is for everyone in this life the
lesson Of self-denlal to learn, and as this
life &c an exceedingly practical thing, the
basis OF self-denial might almost be said to
lie in material savings. Where e man has
not the ability to Increase his income he
should decrease his outgo. He that does
this will soon begin to get a margin. The
process Of saving is slow. but II Is sure.
II can literally work wonders, and once
started 1t grows like the rolling SNOWFALL.
The smallness at the beginning should be
no discouragement. There is an opportun-
ity for the man that can save 10 cents q
week as we'll a. for the man that can saw
$40 a week. The way IL long. and TO begin
with may be dinicult, but persistence In II
makes It easy. Life h more 9 matter Of
habit b Of intention and the habit Of
thrift can as easily be cultivated a. the
i habit OF p~rodixaiity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

It takes a great man to lead a small
army.
When a man really is religious he never
gets over It,
Saints are not fattened on grain from the
DEVILS fields.
He who parleys with principle is prepar-
ing for perdltion.
Information does not make an education
without Inspiration.
stolen thunder seldom brings down
showers Of blessing.
No man lie so apt to fall as he who Is
over-anxious to rise.
tie a poor policy to take your gun to
pieces in the face OF the enemy.
The wealth Of the world depends on the
value Of man and not on his possessions.
He does little to promote the Kingdom
who is always anxious about his own pro-
motion.
It is q good idea to have some everyday
virtues In your possession before you pre-
tend to have any ncomm ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

The intimation is given that the same
dread Of collision with the law that is
prompting the railroads to dissolve all
their passenger and freight associations
and repudiate trafie understandings
will force an abandonment Of the work
ing agreement under which the two
great telegraph companies have been
doing business in the United States
That the telegraph charges have beer
altogether non-competitive v between
points where both companies are sup
posed to have competing lines Is a mat
ter OF common ~nOtoriety. The same
schedule of price per word for different
distances and for day and night mes
Sages has been observed without yaria
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

business national In extent and true
national corporations. II has already
become necessary for the sound cor.
porations to diferentlate their position
from those otherwise situated and II
therefore seems reasonable to assume
that all such would avail themselves
Of a national incorporation law.
Under such a law as suggested the
national corporation should be subject
to national supervision and examination
and there should be required at least
private publicity" which Mr.. Dill be
lieves would result in public publicity"
The former contemplates full informa-
ton concerning the affairs of the cor
poration accessible to every stakeholder
and as the stockholders increase in num-
Der this would ultimately become pub
lie publicity. Mr.. Dill rightly says that
the tendency to conceal vital facts from
stockholders is ~indefensible, that they
should receive definite and informing
statements at least yearly to enable
them to act with a common understand
ing. This information would be made
accessible under a national law.
This suggestion Of one who has had
much experience in the organization of
great corporations and is regarded as
an expert in the matter, certainly mer.
its consideration. II a national incor.
poration law be practicable and consti-
tutional it might remedy many Of the
difficulties in dealing with the great com
bipations. .
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

ton, nc matter which company trans
mitted the dispatch. A similar mutual
arrangement is said to exist with the
long distance telephone companies, obi.
eating the latter not to use their wires
for the transmission Of kilograms or to
compete for business by reducing tolls.
II the termination Of these agreements
should lead to real competition between
the different concerns engaged in wire
communication, a merry war would
ensue that would find IT'S end only in
the absorption of all tine long distance
telephone and telegraph lines either by
one gigantic corporation or by the gov
eminent itself as part of the postal
service.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
Modern Pawnee Thunder.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Pain Dealer.
There will be a good deal of sympathy felt
for Chief White Eagle Of the Ponca tribe.
who Il going to Washington to plead with
the president to remit the order requiring
the reservation Indians to battle. White
Eagle says 1t might kill his braves II the
order is enforced and he intimates that
some Of them would rather die than TAX q
bath. OF course a deep-rooted prejudice
should be combatted with great discretion.
In this case the contact with water must be
extremely gradual. Perhaps the very best
way to begin would be to coax these Poncas
TO take q drink Of the hated fuid.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
Federal Control of Raiiroads.
Philadelphia Ledger

Public control Of railroads is imperative,
else these creatures Of the state would be-
come greater than the state itself. But
their lines are too long and too widely
spread to be wholly under the control OF
any individual commonwealth. What fol-
lows logically, then. is that they must be
controlled either by concurrent action on
the part Of several states through which
their lines run, or by the general govern
ment, acting for the entire community
Present indications point to the latter as
the more feasible of the two methods.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

The death of Ex-Governor Altgeld re-
moves another Of the staunch props of
Bryan from the political arena. To Alt
geld, more than any other one man, Mr..
Bryan owed the support of Illinois In
his political following at both national
conventions that nominated him for the
presidency. Without Altgeld 1t is
doubtful IL the Illinois standard will be
again carried in the wake OF that of
Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

The banks now propose TO go into the
money order business In competition
with the government and express com
panies. IL took the banks a good many
years to discover that a system OF ex-
change at a reasonable price was a
profitable business Perhaps the fact
that the postal money order is a step
ping stone TO postal savings banks may
have something TO do with the present
sudden desire TO extend aecommOda.
lions 10 the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

II the distinguished men drawn to
serve on the local jury panel at 50 per
day think their time is worth more
money they might call in the Civic fed
GRAFTON arbitration committee to settle
the differences.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

The wife of Minister Conger enter
tanned q number Of Chinese princesses
at "tifin" the other day. In the alb
sence of any dictionary Of Chinese 30
cial customs It is impossible to say
whether this is like a pink tea, a ken
sington or an old-fashioned quilting bee
but it is a safe guess that the absent
ones were not forgotten in the con
Yersntion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

Senator Jones Of Arkansas, who Is
seeking a reelection, pleads the statute
Of limitations Oh the cotton bale trust
charge. As the trust is still in opera
ton and the senator is still connected
with 1t. the court. which in his case is
the public, is apt to consider it a con-
tinuous transaction.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

II those dressmakers who want to or
ganize into a trades union embracing
the whole country only take the mill
liners in with them, those after Easter
bills win add another cipher to the ng-
ures that used to ornament the checks
required In payment
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
THE BREvITY OF LIFE.
Francis Quaries.
Rahntdf

Francis Quarles.
Behold
How short a spar
Was long enough of old.
To Measure out the life of man
In these well-tempered daysl His time was
Surveyed, cast up and found but three
score years and ten
Alasl
And what is that7
They come, N slide. and pass,
Before my pen can tell thee what.
Tne posts or time are swift, which, having
Their seven short stages Ger, their short
lived task is done.
Our days
Begun, we lend
And TOYS G0 s antpi the 20 ante ataf plays
rweiys waning moons, twice Ave times
To unncover'd loss; we rather breathe than
We spend
ten years breath
Before we apprehend
What It's to live, or fear a death.
Our childish dreams are hiTd with painted
Which please our sense a while, and, wax
ing, prove but toys.
How soon
Our newborn light
Attain9 to full-aged noonl
we spring we bud, We blossom and we
Ere We can count our days. our days they
They end
When scarce begun.
And ere we apprehend
Man. count thy days, and IL they S Sy too
day the last '
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

-
Chicago Post: But how did you know
Tint l was in love with your" he asked.
you were so foolish" she answered.
Detroit Free Press: II wish to marry
your daughter, STR"
you'll have TO ask her about that. young
man; I'm only her father"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Docs Mrs.
GriSsoy allow her husbands friends to
mot II Grigsby furnishes the cigars"
Chicago News: Hojax-what became of
That girl you had the filtration with last
Tomdix-You mean the girl I thought I
Brooklyn Life: ~Husband-How long is
II since I've been 20 church,
Wife-Do you mean to say you've forgot
ten our wedding day7
New York Sun: Deacon coodly-Hovv do
you like our new minister?
Judge Hardhead-I don't like him at all.
temptible dodge OF turning states evidence
on his fellow sinners.
Philadelphia Press: shaddock-I don't
think that so many jokes about Easter
bonnets are printed nowadays as was the
BassettIGuess the humorists have all
got married.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The primo called
Boston. the cradle OF American civiliEation
We'll, it's a rocky town, all right"
Boston Transcript: Briggs-I guess the
new minister is ell right.
G~rtggs-Then you have heard him7
Briggs-NO, but my wife has. She SAYS
he delivered a sermon that anybody could
write. Evidently he knows how to express
his thoughts forcibly and In a sensible
manner.
Baltimore American: "I doubt II Hem
peck ever draws a sober breath any more"
He doesn't, and his wife has no one
to blame for II but herself. The first time
he. fell from grace his wife told him she
didn't think IT. worth while to talk to him
while he was in that condition."