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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
Nsw PLAN FOR A1oIN s1BA.

Senator Elkins of West Virginia re-
Gently said that he was opposed to any
dislocation Of our national policy for
the enrichment of Cuba or any other
country and that '1f we are compelled
to help Cuba let the burden fall upon
the entire country and not upon a few"
This is what is contemplated by the
bill that Representative Smith of Michi-
gan has introduced in the house, which
provides for the negotiation Of a reci-
procity treaty under which this govern
ment shall refund to the Cuban govern
ment 40 per cent of duties, Cuba to
grant a concession Of all duties on i'm
ports from the United States. By such
an arrangement there would be nc dis
location Of our tariff policy, but the
entire country would contribute to the
Cuban treasury to the extent Of 40 per
cent Of the duties collected on importa-
lions from Cuba. Our sugar and to-
baccO industries would bear their share
Of this, but they will still have tariff
protection. The benefit of such a con-
cession would go to the government Of
Cuba and not to the sugar and tobacco
growers of the island. so that the money
thus realized would be used for all the
people, instead of going to a few, as
would be the case with tariff reduction.
This plan will of course not be ac-
ceptable to the Cuban planters nor TO
the American Sugar trust. 1t offers
them no advantage. 1t would give the
Cuban government a generous sun an
nually for public improvements, for
education and for other purposes that
would benefit the whole people. 1t
would thus be a good thing for Cuba
and would leave our tariff policy liz
tact. 1t may be urged, however. that
1t would not promote the Cuban sugar
and tobacco industries and therefore
does not meet the requirements Of tb1
situation. This will be the view of
those who assert that this country Is
under moral obligation, ut whatever
sacrifice to home interests, to promote
Cuban industrial development and pros
perity. The proposition, however, is
unquestlonably generous aud is quite
likely to have considerable support.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

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Anyhow. schley was there and the fight
was won.
Mr.. Fitzsimmons' literary ability once
more shines In his challenges and advance
notices.
The great American blizzard is one Of our
institutions of the east which Prince Henry
will probably arrive too late to witness.
A Pennsylvania Judge holds that a street
car pass In the hands Of a truly great alder
man 10 not necessarily q bride. Merely a
testimonial Of esteem.
A Buffalo pastor says g boys chances Of
going to perdition in that town were never
so good as at present. Holy smokei Is the
free midway still in town?
These are the real melancholy days" the
poet sang about. The oleo debate In con-
gress Induced p~aragraphers to disinter the
billygost gag as a substitute butter. Reno
vate It.
The celluloid comb In q Boston woman's
hair caught fire from the hot draft Of a
register thu other night and severely
burned her. These ornaments are becom-
ing dangerous, especially for hot-headed
people.
The federal supreme court Is booked for
a greater test OF judicial skill and ability
than that contained In Territory appur-
tenant and "expropria vigore." Maryland
asks the court to decide the question, "Is
an oyster a hsh7"
Congress will soon be called upon to con-
slider a proposition for the erection Of a
monument to General Lew Wallace and the
troops with whom he defended Washington
during the civil war. The suggestion has
been made that Senator Fairbanks Of In
diana take charge Of the matter.
He as has gifts" The syndicate which
financed the steel combine and put up
S25, 900, 900 has received a second dividend
Of &c. 900, 900, or 40 per cent on the amount
advanced, and, besides, the principal has
been returned. Another handout is ex-
pected later on, so that the profits on the
deal, scarcely a year old, will be 50 for 81.
Mark Twain has added two new maxims
to the worlds stock. They are; W ought
never to do wrong when people are look
Ing" and mo real gentleman will tell the
naked truth in the presence OF ladies'" To
which may be added Mar'-'s tribute to a
deceased friend, "He didn't possess an in>
terestlng vice to brighten his sombre
virtues.h
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23


II is not wise to set the house on IRE TO
thaw the frozen water pipes.
You may know a mans principles BY the
things he has an interest in.
The diamonds Of truth are more easily
lost than the pebbles Of error.
The invitation to lean on the Lord IS for
the weary and not for the lazy.
A death in the home on earth Oft opens
the door to the home In heaven.
II you cultivate poison weeds you will
probably be the first to eat their fruit.
Chicken feed in the collection does not
promise growth Of wings on the givers.
The loving judgments Of friends are
harder to bear than the harsh ones OF foes.
Don't cast your bread on the waters when
you might Just as we'll hand II to some hun
CRY one.
He who sweeps the pews for the glory Of
God will be more pleasing to Him than the
preacher who seeks his own praise.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

students have FIRST claim. The German
universities have been drawn on by
Americans largely in the past, although
in the present instance the objections
raised against the foreigners are d.
rected at the Russians. Our W fore
most universities have now reached the
point of excellence In faculties and fa-
%cilities that the temptation for the stu
dent to go abroad has been greatly re-
duced, and restrictive measures on the
part OF the German universities will not
constitute the hardship for us they
would once have been. Yet the same
difficulty as between the students from
at home and abroad is likely some day
to beset our universities, or more es-
pecially u state universities which
are supported by taxation and where
the outside student imposes an extra
tax burden on the state whose university
he attends. But that problem has not
yet presented itself forcibly and no
bridge need be crossed till we get to it
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
TIRED
Mary Louise Riley Smith.

Mary Louise Riley Smith.
A little elbow leans upon your knee.
Your tired knee that has so much to
A child's dear eyes are looking lovingly
From underneath a thatch Of tangled
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch
Or warm. moist fingers, folding yours 50
You do not prize this blessing overmuch-
You almost are too tired to pray tonight.
But it is blessednessl A year g =
I did not see II as / do today
we are so dull and ~thankiess; Ind too
To catch the sunshine TIL It slips away.
And now 1t seems surprising strange to
That. while I wore the badge of mother
1 did not kiss more oft and tenderiy
The little child that brought me only
And ". some night when you sit down to
You miss this elbow from your tired
This restless curling head from on your
This iisping tongue that chatters CONF
II from your own the dimpled hands had
And FneFerr would nestle In your palm
If the white feet into their grave had trip
I could not blame you for your heartache
then.
1 wonder so that mothers ever fret
AT little children ~clinging to their gown;
or that the footprints, when the days are
wet,
frOWn.
II I could find a little muddy boot,
or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor
II / GOULD kiss a rosy, restless foot,
And hear 1t patter in my house once
more
II I could mend a broken cart today,
Tomorrow make a kite to reach the sky,
There is no woman In Gods world could
say
She was more blissfully content than I.
Is never rumpled by a shining head;
NY singing birding from its nest is fiown-
The little boy ! used to kiss In dead!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE
JURlES1

The local bar association. through its
executive committee, has undertaken
to overturn the present jury panel
for the district court by Ques-
tioning the methods employed In it's
selection. If the action of the bar as
ISOLATION is designed to improve the
jury system generally rather than to
get rid Of a particular panel objection
able to some of its members, It will
have the hearty approval, Of the entire
public.
There is no question but that our
jury system calls for betterment and
that the lawyers who practice in the
courts are most familiar with it's weak
points. At the same time we must
not forget that our present methods of
drawing jurors are far In advance of
what they were a few years ago, when
the professional Juror was the rule
rather than the exception. Whether
the names are selected from the poll
lists or from the tax lists is of not SO
much Importance. There are points
that favor n and the other. The poll
list includes all of the men who are
actively identified with political affairs.
The tax list includes those who have
property interests in the community;
yet the property qualification has never
been established as one Of the requisites
for jury service. The trouble with u
juries as they are now selected arises
apparently not so much from the
makeup Of the lists or the name of
drawing the names as from the manipu-
lation of the Jurors after they are
drawn on the panel.
If the members Of the bar association
would be honest with themselves they
would recognize the fact that the worst
evils that beset our jury system come
from the lawyers themselves. Seldom
a case of jury tampering has been ex-
posed but what some lawyer is found at
the bottom Of it, although he may have
resorted to other agencies to accomplish
his ends. Whatever jury manipulation
is attempted has Its fountain head In the
legal profession, but, Notwithstanding
the periodic exposures duplicating mem
bers Of the bar in these nefarious prac-
tices, the local bar association has never
had the nerve to expel any of them
from its membership.
If the bar association means business
it has the machinery in It's own hands
and will have popular support for set
ting 1t In motion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

not difficult to answer Neither private
individuals nor corporations can ever
be relied upon to do this work as II
should be done. In the first place,
their will not ordinarily be
sufficient. In the second. the immediate
purpose for which a company or indi-
vidual might build a reservoir will very
rarely be such as to develop the full
capacity Of the site" He urges that the
government can probably and properly
undertake works Of this character
which would be rulnous to an individ-
ual. AS to the states constructing re-
s%ervoirs, he points out that their pres
ent preclude most Of them
from undertaking works of this charac-
ter. ut must not be forgotten, either"
says Colonel Chittenden, that the gov
eminent is the principal land owner in
the west In some of the states nearly
90 per cent of the land is still public.
The storage of water by which more
of this land may be reclaimed and set
tie is a simple business measure on
the part Of the government for enhanc-
ing the value of its own property"
Another authority, Prof. Elwood
Mead, takes u similar view. He says
that irrigation works must be built
rivalllng in magnitude and cost those
alor~ the Gauges and the Nile and
that this will not be done until there
has been Legislation by congress. The
arid states cannot do it because they
have not the means and private capital
will not because experience has shown
that costly private works to reclaim
public lands are not profitable" "Only
congress" says Prof Mead, ''as the Gus
todian Of the public domain, Gun pro-
vide the conditions indispensable to sat
~isfactory progress" Such testimony
must strengthen opinion in favor of the
policy Of Matchmaking the work Of irri-
CATION, which is manifestly beyond the
resources of the states, to say nothing
of other difficulties involved in the prob
lem. Being a work of national scope
and Importance it should be prosecuted
by the general government in a broad
and liberal way, rather than in the man.
ner contemplated by the H~ansbrough-
Newlands bill, which it is expected will
come up for consideration in the senate
this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

J. Sterling Morton writes from Mexico
that common day labor in a little town
there is worth about 60 cents Mexican
and 80 cents American money, while
the premium given him in an exchange
Of American gold for Mexican currency
was 100 per cent. AS al object lesson
Of the beauties of a deprecated silver
coinage, Mexico continues to I'LL every
demand. We feel safe from all fears
that his visit to Mexico may in any way
shake Mr.. Morton in his vigorous cham
pionship Of the gold standard and his
perpetual pulverization of the fat fakirs.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
THr MITIGATION PROBLEM.

A valuable contribution to the discus
sion OF the irrigation problem Is made
by Lieutenant Colonel Chittenden of the
United States army. In an article on
government construction OF reservoirs.
He estimates hat the total annual sup
ply Of water In that portion OF the arid
regions which is capable of irrigation
viii sustain agriculture on about TO-
100000 acres, or possibly ~t00,OO0,000
acres, an area which. on the basis OF
the density Of population in the more
highly cultivated sections OF Europe,
win under successful irrigation main
tain as great a population as that Of
the entire United States In 1900.
Regarding the conservation Of this
water supply, by a comprehensive re-
servoir system. Colonel Chittenden
asks by what agency the work can be
best accomplished and says; "As be-
tween the two broad divisions OF public
and private agencies, the question is
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
rHE P~REsIpENTS Aor.

According to Washington dispatches
the credit for the proposed proceedings
by the Department Of Justice against
the Northern Securities company be-
longs entirely to President Roosevelt and
It appears that in the matter he has
shown Characteristic earnestness and
determination. The statement Is made
that the president put aside some Of the
important financial interests and infiu-
ences in the country, who have been
using extraordinary measures to induce
him to keep hands on. The great imam
ciers Of the country 1t is said, have been
representing to the president and his
friends that the merger, while it may
not be entirely legal, is not against pub
lie policy and that the more could be
gained by letting it proceed than to stir
up trouble in Wall street.
While the president had no wish to
stir up business distrust, he is reported
to have told those who expressed APP
prehension of such a result that il bust
ness distrust must follow the prevent
ing Of such acts as are shown in the
Northern Securities merger, then those
who are engaged in promoting them
should have taken into consideration
that view before they contaminated the
acts. There is no difficulty in accepting
this statement as true. Mr.. Roosevelt is
understood to have informed the at
Ao.,N, arapnroI - NTfnnncOfa thnf if tho
merger was against public policy and
against the interests of the public, and
at the same time in violation OF a United
States statute, he would give to the men
Of the northwest who are fighting it all
the assistance at his command. The ev-
idence is that he lost no time in having
the attorney general of the United States
investigate the matter and upon his
opinion that the merger is in violation
Of the antitrust act of 1890 there was
no hesitation in directing the Depart
ment of Justice to institute proceedings
to test the legality of the merger.
There is shown in this an earnest pur-
pose on the part of President Roosevelt
to enforce the law, which will be very
gratifying to the country. He is not an
implacable enemy of corporations. He
does not believe in a policy of summary
suppression. On the contrary he takes a
conservative view of the question Of
dealing with the industrial combinations.
He said in his message that ito strike
with ignorant violence at the interests
Of one set of men almost inevitably en-
dangers the interests of all. The funda-
mental rule in our national life-the
rule which underlies all others-is that,
on the whole and in the long run, we
shall go up or down together" But
President Roosevelt, there is every rea-
son to believe, will be found a deter
mined foe to any corporation that he
thinks is violating the law and will use
all the power vested in him to enforce
the law. His action in regard to the OPP
erations of the Northern Securities com
pany gives most satisfactory promise Of
this and there can be no doubt that it
will have a wholesome effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
FOOD FoR Tar FIaE FlsNn

The colossal sacrifice of life and prop
the fire iend a been strikingly en-
phEslzed of late by a series of disastrous
conhagrations in widely separated cities.
The immense losses incurred when re-
duced to the array of insurance figures
form a startling reminder Of the penalty
imposed upon us for i~nexcusable neglect
Of the ordinary requirements of safe and
substantial construction.
The contrast has often been drawn be-
tween building operations In this
try and in Europe from the standpoint
Of protection against fire and the cost
illness of cheap construction repeatedly
pointed oct. But instead of being
learned, the lesson must fall on leaf
ears. for the contribution to the harvest
OF fire and smoke seems to increase
rather than decrease from year to year.
We all know what ought to be done
to check. If not stop, this fearful de,
struction of property. We know that
the continued erection of buildings that
are nothing but hretraps merely adds
fuel TO the flames. We know that dan
ger turks in haphazard methods OF heat
ing and lighting and that with our
greatly enlarged use Of machinery and
power the elements Of risk from IRE
have been many times multiplied. call
ing for extraordinary measures Of pre-
caution. We know that the number and
character Of innammables aud explo-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

King Leopold of Belgium has decided
not to visit this country at present. The
Belgian king should not be discouraged
by the famboyant speeches Of an ire
sponsible member of congress. While
no kingly jobs are to be given put here
the people of the United States have
always extended hospitabIe greeting to
all who choose to visit this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

1t is to be noted that although still
harping hard on the consent of the gov
erned for the Fllipinos, the democratic
side in congress shows no sympathy
with efforts to check the disfranchise-
ment Of the negro in the south. Only
by first migrating to the Philippines al
the American negro hope to secure demo-
cratic championship Of his right to par
ticipate In the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

A movement that may eventually ex-
ercise a reflex influence upon American
institutions for higher education seems
to be taking a start In German universe
ties. where sentiment is focalizing TO
restrict the privileges now freely ae-
corded students from abroad. 1t is one
OF the penalties inflicted on countries
that evolve the best educational institu-
tions that they attract attendance from
all over the world. after crowding their
own people and dividing the attention
OF instructors upon whom their own
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

Commenting on the salaries paid to
public officers In this country, former
Secretary of Agriculture J.. Sterling
Morton remarks in his Conservative that
Gin general the salaries are at least 33
per cent larger than the value of the
men who get them rated in the open
market" Coming from a man who for
four years drew a federal salary as the
occupant Of an Office he himself said
wat more ornamental than useful and
whose abolition he recommended, this
is doubtless ms authoritative an opinion
as could be had anywhere. But 1t
seems impossible to convince the aver
age oficeholder that he Is not constantly
overworked and underpaid. He Is always
looking around to see If the emoluments
Of the Office cannot be increased and in
sists that he is sacrificing his private in
terests to serve the public. Yet the old
saying that few die and none resign
holds as good now in the official
stratum as ever. 1t viii be remem-
bered that MIR. Morton himself served
out his full term as secretary OF agri-
culture and left none Of his salary be
hind him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

Perhaps those Bulgarian brigands got
their inspiration by reading up on the
medieval ancestors of the modern de-
scendants Of the famous robber barOns.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

The medical students of the Iowa
State university freshman class have
gone on a strike. No serious shortage
OF doctors would be encountered If n
school should miss n years crop.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
roo MUCH.
Assertions OF Cuban Politicians Conn
pared with knows Facts.

pared with known Facts.
St. Louis Globe-DemocraE
Several generals who served in the revo-
l~utionary forces in Cuba have sent to Wash
inEton a document claiming that the Cubans
are almost starving m account Of bad
economic conditions, and asking at the
hands OF the United States that Cuba "be
allowed TO live" Cuba Is a fertile island,
and as frost Is unknown anywhere within
It's boundaries. the raising OF food goes on
continuously. There Il plenty Of room for
tie population Of 100000. No public debt
exists. When Spain relinquished sover-
eienty the island was freed from a debt
charge Of S. 96, 900 a year. Cuba supported
the spanish troops. We pay our own army
bills. The remarkably successful sanitary
Improvement Of the island has been paid for
without special taxation. Attendance at the
public schools has been increased tourfold
and nearly 5000 teachers are employed. The
postal system has been modernized. Sum
cient revenue IL produced by q moderate
tariff and a large sum Of money VIII remain
in the treasury when we retire,
In a short time. under these favorable
conditions, Cuba will be under its own flag
and shaping economic conditions through
It's own distinct legislative and executive
action. II Il were true that the Cubans are
starving and pleading with us for a chance
to live, the claim that the island is able to
sustain a government Of It's oSn under any
circumstances would have 10 be questioned.
But emotional extravagance Of language is
not unknown among certain Cuban leaders.
Nothing more than ordinary perception IL
required to see that Cuba can never realize
It's greatest possibilities until = is part Of
the territory Of the United States. II pre-
! fers a separate government and the road IL
open. As q distinct republic It may get
along better than many persons believe. but
after all that has been freely done for IL,
the talk OF impending starvation and ruin
can only be excused on the ground that IL
b . misconeeption-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

Eleven thousand bills await the ac-
ton Of congress and the session is still
young. The consoling feature of 1t Is
that the great majority Of the bills win
be on the waiting list when the session
is ended.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

Members OF the Diet Of Hesse have
requested the grand duke to inform it
Of the reasons for diyoreing his wife.
The grand duke should come to this
country, where he can easily find sew
eral states not at all inQuisitive about
the reasons. provided he can pay the
our fees.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

London's official census hxes the popu-
Iation Of that worlds metropolis at
A~.bs6,541. which Is nearly Ave times
what II was in 1901, or 100 years ago.
The drift cityward was a worldwide
phenomenon throughout the nineteenth
century.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

Brewers threaten TO raise the price OF
beer unless the war tax Is removed from
their product 1t Is serious enough
when the hensgo on a strike. the potato
crop IL short and meat prices go sky
ward. so congress should hasten 70 re-
iieve the public from any increase in
the prlcs o. . gr0wlsr.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

Kansas populists have decided to so 1t
alone during the coming campaign.
They have evidently tired of pulling
most of the load and dividing up even
at the end OF the journey.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

II the Washington oianers result in as
severe attacks of political indigestion
as those on St Jackson day, democrats
better swear OF on dinner and confne
themselves to informal lunches.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

II New York hotels keep on burning
up, people from the provinces are likely
to defer visits to the metropolis until
the weather becomes warm enough to
encourage sleeping in the park.