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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
ooMMIsSIoNER wRIoHrs IDEA.

There is no ADLER or more fair-minded
man in the country in regard to labor
than Carroll d. Wright. As commits
sioner of labor he has devoted years
to the study and investigation of the
interests OF the workingmen of this
Ountry and his fairness and disinter-
estedness have never been challenged.
Very early In the anthracite coal strike
Mr.. Wright was requested by Presi-
lent Roosevelt to make an investiga-
ton OF the trouble and he did so. He
performed the duty assigned him with
that thorough and conscientious regard
for the work imposed upon him which
has always marked his course and has
given him the eminent place he Occu-
pies among statisticians and political
economists.
The report Of Commissioner Wright
was made public a few days ago and
IL shows a situation in regard to the
great anthracite coal strike which JUS
titles the proposition that ii should have
been submitted TO arbitration. Mr.,
Wright found weaknesses in the posi-
lions OF both the miners and the Op-
orators. Neither is wholly right in its
attitude. according to this intelligent
and disinterested judge Of the situation
Some OF the concessions asked by the
miners were found to be entirely Jus
titled by the circumstances. while OF
the other hand the operators were founC
TO be within their rights in the claims
they made. II is not a One-sided affair
as the operators have characterized II
In which the miners are seeking L
benefit themselves at the expense Of tn,
mine owners and the public, but a con
test in which the mine workers havI
some clearly defined rights that tn
operators ought to recognize and re
spect.
There may not be universal agree
ment In the suggestions made by Com
missioner Wright for the settlement o
the conflict. but those who have con
hdence In his fairness and impartialit
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

The melancholy days have surely CONS
when coal asconds to twelve piunks = ton
AS the ice man vanlshes from sight the
coal man drives to the center Of the stage
II Is said Of David b. Hill that he has
never kissed a woman. Probably he never
had a good chance.
II is now explained that Mr.. sehWaoe
salary is only $3.50, 900 a year. Yet At that
price he can AFFORD = porterhouse oecA-
~sionally without batting the wolf.
The Sacred Thirst society is getting busy
in st. Paul. A sacred thirst is the real
thing in the oonsecrated town, but there
is no occasion for q victim suffering II ne
has the price.
One hundred n sixty women have sig
nihed their willingness TO marry the presi-
dent Of a bachelors club in New Jersey.
Amazing, indeed, are the risks some women
will take to reform the tyrant man.
The oldest married woman in Chicago says
the best way to manage a husband Is to
let him manage himself. After hfty-six
years experience with two Chicago men
household motto.
The old Salem atmosphere Of Massa-
chusetts sticks to the state with all the
zeal OF an OmCenOloeT 10 y bOOo Jul. n
fine Of $40 has been taxed up to a Seventh
Day Adventist at Maiden for painting his
barn on Sunday.
When you observe a person strutting
along the highway, head high and nostrfls
tilted to the stars. JOY perched on his brow.
his eyes flashing contempt for advance
notices of old Boress, 1t is safe to conclude
that person has his coal bins loaded.
One Of Chlcago's messenger girls proved
herself a strike breaker Of vigor and Origl-
nality. A gang OF boy strikers who at
tackled her we're routed with a ~knockdown
blow supplemented with . hatpin. The
boys Skinned up the alleys at a speed that
astonished the natives.
Senator Thomas Collier Plat Of New
York perched his frame on a chop house
stool in New York recently. A stranger
did likewise. The senator drafted a mod
crate order for internal fuel. II pleased
the stranger, who, in answer to the
walters interrogation, whispered me, too"
The senator winked a knowing wink, seized
the strangers chip and paid his bill.
The warm bunch Of animated calico
whose outbursts Of passion gilded the name
and fame OF Butte has given Coney island
a whirl and reports herself soulfully pleased
with that Al exhibit of "the world, the
flesh and the devil" A love scene only
marred her joyous ecstasy. "They ogled
and spooned on the beach," she observes
in print. 81 turned way from them rs
from a plague"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
THE PRESIDENT In THE SOUTH.

President Roosevelt is now In the
pie Of that section will be regarded
with more than ordinary interest The
speeches of the president In New Eng
land have been of character
and merit. They were not partisan sd-
dresses. They discussed the vital and
commanding questions Of the day with a
freedom and an independence which has
secured the respect Of men of all par
ties and given men of all political creeds
something to think about. What they
have demonstrated is that President
Roosevelt, while al earnest party man,
is at the same time q broad and com
prehensive thinker, imbued with the
highest ideals of American citizenship,
patriotism and duty. Since Mr.. Roose-
welt entered upon his tour he has vindi-
Gated that conception of his character
which credits him with being an ear
nest, sincere and courageous advocate
of the policies and principles In which
he believes, rather than a mere politi-
clan who ourts popular favor by pam
dering to particular ~prejudices or sec
tional ideas.
President Roosevelt will talk to the
people Of the south with the same can
dor and honesty that he has addressed
the people of New England. He will not
hesitate to tell them what he believes
to be their duty and their obligations
to the government. What he will say
In his southern trip will be regarded
with great interest by the entire coun-
try.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

You cannot cover up q vrOng At home By
. gift abroad.
The enmity Of the wicked IL the evidence
Of their envy
Ths proud man is likely to need our pity
more than the humble.
We would not dare to pray at all ~ all
our prayers were answered.
The churches are the creatures and not
the creators Of Christianity.
Il IL a poor brand Of piety that must be
preserved in . refrigerator church.
God made men like. Himself that they
might make earth more like heaven.
Every page Of the old testament has a
star Of promise for the worlds night Of sin.
Some hope for q genuine heaven who do
not hesitate to put q dishonest dollar in the
Offering.
The star singer will give his notes TO the
glory Of God II he can get enough notice
for his glory.
It will take those people who are always
soured on the church q long time to get
sweetened up for heaven.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
NO CoNVICT-MADE LITERArURE.

Should the example set by the warden
of the Indiana state prison be emulated,
we are in imminent danger of a food of
literary connections that will require a
special chamber of horrors in each IL
brary into which they may force their
way. At the request of the warden for
an authentic version of the deed that
cost him his freedom each life convict
has written out the story Of his way
wardness, which, published in two vol
umes, are said to make up a collection
of CHASTITY or weird tales not to be
matched by the master productions Of
the greatest writers Of imaginative
fiction.
What is alone significant about this
literary enterprise is that the prisoners
without exception jumped at the oppor-
tunity to contribute to the symposium
in an effort either 10 achieve mere nc
toriety or to justify or excuse himself,
with a manifest hope, however faint,
that freedom might result from publicity
of his side of the criminal transaction.
InlS WOulu beem 70 luulCdIe uudJ db u
rule the long-term convicts confined in
our state prisons speedily convince them
selves that they are prosecuted victims
of society instead of society having been
victims of their viciousness or folly.
1t seems to indicate that from their
point of view they are not the real trans
gressors and have done nothing for
which they deserve to be punished. 1t
serves to suggest anew the question,
What kind Of subjects can they make
for sincere prison reformers and what
possibility is there that they would
make good use of freedom in case they
should be liberated?
The problem Of protecting society from
crime, with or without the retaining of
the criminal, is always serious and
pressing. But this problem can be stud
led and better solutions evolved without
inundating the market with convict.
made literature.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Baltimore American: A Connecticut man
has offered to deed q site TO q church pro-
vided the pastor will listen TO him while he
talks for ten hours On science. nature and
religion. The bargain should include a
proviso for q memorial window for the
minister.
Indianapolis Journal: The Journal takes
of it's hat to Rev. b. J. Dickens, pastor Of
a Baptist church in Decatur county, who.
with a shotgun. routed a gang Of runlans
who attempted to drive him from his home
at night. That is the way to end the
whitecap business.
Boston Globe: The minister Of Lexing-
ton, KY, who startled his congregation
Sunday evening by drawing q human
skeleton from its place Of concealment be-
hind the pulpit and delivering an address
on the vanity Of things material, pointing
to the skull as the end Of flesh. evidently
wanted to get his name In all the papers.
and so we do not print It.
Washington Post: One religious denoml-
nation out in Indiana has deposed its bishop
because he brought a suit in a civil court,
which Is contrary to the law of their
church. Then they turn about and threaten
that II the bishop attempts to continue to
perform the functions Of the ONCE they
will go into court and enjoin him. 1t would
seem that consistency doesn't constitute q
vast section Of their creed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07

vention needlessly costly to the consum-
ing public. IL Is pointed out that the
potency of the trusts largely rests upon
the monopoly Of patents granted for a
period Of not less than seventeen years
and subject to indefinite renewal upon
usually wholly insufficient pretenses.
'The true aim Of the law" says the
Journal Of Commerce, lis deserving Of
all encouragement, but its method Is a
blot Of disgrace upon the statute book.
The great error of the law lies in its
making the successor or assignee of the
inventor the sole user of the process
and therefore constituting him neither
more nor less than a licensed monopo-
list. Take away this monopolistic fea-
ture and the system becomes really
beneficent to the inventor, the indus
trialist and the consuming public"
1t will not be questioned that there
is a great deal of soundness and force
in this view Of our patent system,
which is undoubtedly a bulwark of
monopoly and in most cases does not
work justly to the inventor. To remedy
these objections to the system, how
ever, without seriously impairing its
value is a matter not easily to be de-
termined.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
PATENTS INp MoNoPuLH.

Does our patent system need modi1ca-
ton? 1t has been in operation since
the foundation Of the government and
the general opinion has been that it
worked for the benefit of the country
in stimulating invention. From time to
time objection has been made to it on
the ground that 1t Is the bulwark of
monopoly, but this view has not hith-
erto met with much popular en-
dorsement. On the contrary the general
view has been that the patent system Is
a good thing, that it's benefits have been
of a most substantial character to the
nation and consequently that it ought to
be preserved.
or course this has not been the uni
versal view. Some have insisted that
there should be notifications of our
patent laws, to the end that they should
not promote monopoly. There is no
question that the laws are most liberal
to inventors. The man who devises
something new and useful is well pro
tected and usually is well rewarded.
1t will hardly be questioned, we think,
that the wisdom OF the statesmen who
provided for this system has been very
thoroughly justified by results. But the
question is presented whether, with our
present development, the time has not
come for some modification Of our
patent system which win al least les
sen its effect In creating and maintains
Ing monopoly.
The New York Journal Of Commerce
urges that the patent laws have proved
a failure at every point. In the opinion
OF that paper they do not insure equi
table compensation to the inventor, while
they wholly divert the benefits Of dis
covery from the public at large to a
single absolute owner. "As a rule, the
inventor is made to pay the penalty Of
his involuntary poverty. His assigne'
holds him at his mercy and In mos
cases grants him a compensation en-
trely disproportioned to the measure o.
his rights and the value Of his discov
cries. The law therefore fails OF IL
chief ~purpOse-the encouragement ani
compensation of inventiOn-which is tn
sole possible justification of the govern
ment's paternal Intervention" In tn,
opinion Of the Journal OF Commerce tn
result OF all this has been a gross pei
version OF the paternal power Of tn
government. the eonferment of larg
special powers upon a privileged class
the bestOwment on that class OF tn
power to tax heavily the public at large
and the embargoing Of industria
progress by making the results OF IL
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
THE LEGEND.

-
w. d. Nesbit In Baltimore American.
Il is a legend-nothing more;
1t may be false or true;
II may be but an idle tale
BY one with naught to do.
Two met upon the stately steps
That led Into the place
Where men were met for wo~rshiping,
And sang the songs of grace;
One was a man OF common mold
One had a shining face.
Then side By side they reached the doors
And side by side went through;
another met them In the way,
ga And barred them from a pew.
And not for such as you"
Then spoke the man Of common mold;
Is there no corner here,
No. vacant place, nor empty seat.
Nor footstool in the rear,
MOI any place where sue as
May feel his Maker nearf"
The other answered him and said:
There Is no vacant spot;
There IL no empty place nor seat
For them who buy them not;
For all who worship in this house
Demand all they have bought"
Two stood upon the stately steps
\ led into the streets;
"tsnIn me anthem rose and fell
ana, 10 It's lit, away from there,
Inc twain then turned their feet.
Then said the man OF common mold,
would that / had the fee,
hear the echo OF the song
ana there i fam would be-
Then said the one with shining faoa.
rhey preach In there OF Me-
II Is q legend-nothing more
by. one whose heart was sad.
We know II never happened 40.
But Oh. what II It had?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
AGE NOT A NATTER OF YEARS.
FRESHNESS Of Heart Laughs Gray
Hairs Away"
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
Apropos Of a discussion on the age Of
Rear Admiral T. o. Selfridge, in which
it is said, 1.-THE records don't show and
no won't tell" one OF the queerest in
stlncts NJ American human nature - the
mania for learning peoples ages. It In
not in provincial society alone that this
personal detail is eagerly sought after by
the curious, and there was a time when II
was all-important. and when the age limit
was as strictly observed socially rs it 10
now officially. But It is a sign OF the times
that age is merely an Incidental detail,
There are nonagenarians Of 20 and young
sters of 80; there are young men and young
women on the sunny side OF rs who have
exhausted all life has to offer for them,
and men and women on the shady side Of
60 to whom living has numerous pleasures
and keen interests. 1t is not the grayness
Of the head, but the freshness of the heart.
which determines the limit when youth has
papsed.
What young man in English public life
wau the rival Of Gladstone in the point OF
mental vigor and healthy activity? Queen
Victoria never ceased to take an active In
terest in public affairs, and but for the
strain Of personal SORROWS and the anxiety
caused by the Boer war would probably
have lived into another decade. There are
few today who can boast Of the ability and
tho clear brain OF Pope Leo XIII, and he
is nearing the century mark. Examples
Of youth in age multiply as one stops to
recall them. 1t has ceased to be a truism
that age is q matter Of years. And when
tho eagerness, the energy. the enthusiasm,
the ambition Of youth still flourish, but
tempered with the experience. the sa-
gacity, the wisdom of age. then has the
world its most valuable men. And the
tendency Of the age Is to produce them,
and, what is more, to recognize and honor
Thorn. The times. 1t is true, demand younE
blood, but that by nj means indicates they
do not encourage age.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07

duced by the nineteenth century. His
popularity as a novelist, however c
brought him less satisfaction than his
achievements as a writer Of American
history. to which field his later activities
were devoted. DIR. Eggleston's wonder
full success with his "Hoosier Schoolmas-
ter is unquestionably traceable to the
fact that it simply reflected the personal
environment Of the Hoosier author, who
found his theme at home while others
were writing on long-distance subjects.
In his historical work the same simple
straightforward style of narration makes
attractive reading of otherwise uninter-
esting chapters in the nations growth.
In the book of American literature the
name Of Eggleston has a place all of its
own.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
sigh for the Real Thing.
s~prinEneld RepubIIcan

The mimic war on our southern New
England coast. between the army and the
navy, does not in the least disturb the far
famed New England anti-imperialists, al
though questions are being asked In various
parts of the country as to the way the anti
imperialists are taking It They never
bother about sham nights. Fetch along.
however. a struggle for a good old cause
against great odds. that looks like a foriorn
hope, and they will snih battle from afar
like the war horse OF Sir Galahad. They
are essentially real fighters. being made
that way. And New England has not been
without them Tor generations
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
LET THEM COME.
Hail to Foreign Women who Come to
Marry Their Sweethearts.

Hail TO Foreign Women WhO Come to
Marry Their sweethearts.
New York Tribune
The immigration authorities are much
disturbed over the decision of Judge La
combe admitting to this country Maria
BurRio, a woman who came here to marry
an American citizen to whom she had long
been afhanced, and who did marry him on
her arrival here before being allowed to
land. They say that the decision opens
the door to the admission OF all sorts OF
undesirable women, who have emily to
enter into a marriage contract with some
confederate here to secure admission. In
spite of their patent un1tness. There
may be something in this. but there is no
doubt that Judge Lacombe did substantial
Justice. The woman was respectable. She
came here in good faith TO join the man
who had settled here 70 make q home
for himself and her, and had prospered
and become an American citizen. In her
desire to save his money che came as q
steerage passenger. and was held up as
an undesirable immigrant because OF some
affection Of the eyes. II she had travelled
second class, or had been married before
her arrival. she would have had no
trouble, and the exercise OF a little COM
mon sense at Ellis Island would have
permitted a landing which was entirely In
accord with good morals and good public
policy, and would have avoided . judicial
decision which may be embarrassing.
Embarrassment or no embarrassment,
the American people Will not stand for
any law which prevents American citizens
Of Italian, Irish, Swedish. or any other
birth sending to the old home for the
| sweethearts whom they left to seek for
tune in. the new world. and settling down
70 make home here instead OF taking
themselves and their wealth back across
the ocean. II they have to marry In haste
on the immigrant docks. that is handicap
enough on the faith Of lovers. Why
should they have to spend their money
going back home to get married and then
bring over their wives instead Of keeping
Il to educate their children here? Hang
the embarrassment and the precedent II
the RhAdamanthus at the immigration
bureau cannot judge between q girl com
ing to marry an American citizen in good
faith and an adventures trying TO beat
the law he has degensrated since classical
times and brought the trouble on himself.
Make way for the l0Versi Let Il never
be said that Uncle Sam begrudges his
adopted children the wives Of their choice.
Let them marry their old sweethearts.
Their loyalty TO old ties promises well for
their usefulness and honesty in the new
home. Away with the purblind dsvotsea
Of red tapei
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07

We shudder to think that in his official
dictionary of geographical James the
head OF the United States geological sur
vey should have committed anew the
heinous offense of crediting the origin
of Chase county, Nebraska, to an in
herent desire on the part of our law
makers to honor Salmon p. Chase Of
ONO, formerly cher justice Of the
United States supreme court All the
vehemehce Of our local society journal
cite will be speedily called INTO play to
this conspiracy to deprive II
former mayor OF Omaha OF monumental
glory thar by rights belongs to him. Ii
the officials of the geological survey
were not inspired by mahce afore-
thought, they would have recognized the
clincher, pointed out before, furnished
by the town marked Champion on the
map. should IL become necessary TO
explode this fairy tale about Chase
county Deins halned dIter salmon" 4.
Chase again ana again, nothing viii be
LETT us "a last resort but to change the
designation of the county seat, ionk
known as Imperial, II 10 write il in
the future in that more e~uphonious and
less misleading form, Clenenuna, Chase
county Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07

Absentee politicians are having a hard
time OF it lately. Charles Walsh, sec
rotary of the democratic national com
mittee, formerly of Iowa, but for sew
eral years of Missouri, felt called upon
to go up from st. Louis to Des Moines,
as the agent of Mr.. Bryan, to run the
Iowa democratic convention for Bryan
ism, etc. The Iowa democrats, how
ever, refused to pay rent to absentee
political landlords, and Walsh's redec-
tons have not yet been offered for pub
LEGATION.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
Room for Improvement.
Louisville Courier journal.

Louisville Cour1er-JournaI.
The railroads took a fearful toll Of life
and limb during the 1901 year OF pros
perity. The total number of casualties for
the year ending June 80. 1901. was 81. 7s4.
the number Of persons killed being S.46S
and the number injured $3.50. On the
other hand, the railroads of Great Britain
did not lose a life. We are far ahead of
England in our transportation service, but
life is one Of the cheapest Of our COM
modities.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
Ancient Prophecies coming True.
New York Tribune

NOW IUIh IIIDuIU'
In the book of Nahum the Prophet these
words are found: THE chariots shall rage
in the streets. they shall jostle one against
another in the broad ways; they shall seem
like torches; they shall run like the light
nings." Did this wonderfully impressive
and vivid description foretell the era Of the
trolley and the automobiles? Even the
sultan Of Morocco and Sir Thomas Upton
have been jostled and shaken up by self
motors in the last few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07

Surprise is prOfessed at the practical
extinction Of the democratic vote in Yer
mont, less than 1000 votes being polled
by the democratic ticket in the recent
state election. The democrats In Yer
mont seem to cut no other figure except
70 prevent either Of the two factlonal
republicans from securing a clear ma
jority and thus throwing the hnal choice
Of governor to the legislature
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07

King Victor Emmanuel is said to be
inspired with a mission to accomplish
8 material reduction in the military
ornaments OF Europe and to have made
his recent visits to Russia and Ger
many with this end in view. 1t is al
ways the fellow who has no weapons
about him who prefers to fight with
bare knuckles.