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Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
INTERNAL
Extent and Value of the Liquor Bush
ness in the United States.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

From Census Bulletin No. $50 some no.
tlon may be got Of the extent of the liquor
business by the mere statement that for
the year ended May 81, 1900, the sum Of
s467, 674, 0s7 was employed as capital in the
production OF malt, distilled and vinous
liquors in the United States. The number
of establishments fer the three GLASSES Of
liquors was 1855, which manufactured
1925, 1858, 094 gallons Of liquors. valued at
1884, 900, 900. The total estimated home con-
sumption, allowing for the excess OF eK-
ports ever imports, was 1922, 166, $50 gallons,
or over seventeen gallons for every man.
woman and child In the country. Great as
domestic consumption appears to be IL
should be noted that the distilled liquor
produced and consumed Is small in com
parison with that Of the malt product. con-
sisting Of beer and ale. For the census year
there were manufactured Of the distillates
103, $50, 423 gallons only. against 1,19s, oo2,-
104 gallons OF malt liquors and 3,425, 567
gallons OF wine. Moreover, while the value
Of the malt liquor produced increased IN the
decade from S1S2, 731, 622 to 1921, 269, T13, or
nearly 80 per cent, the value Of the distilled
liquors shows an actual decrease from S1o4,-
1877, s6s. in 1890, to 500. 79s. 4SS for tho year
1900.
Illinois, with an output Of 32,60S, 435 gal
Ions, was the leading producer Of spirits.
Kentucky was second. with Fl, 100, 873 gal
Ions. and Indiana, Ohio. Pennsylvania and
Maryland followed in the order given.
Pennsylvania's product for the year named
was 7,1SS. e55 gallons Of spirits. Tit lead
ing states in the production OF malt liquor
were, in the census year: New York. with
9~,59S,0s5 barrels, valued at $50, 1877. s54;
Pennsylvania, 4,64s, 172, valued at S29. 162, 743,
and Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio In the or
der named. each with a production Of over
5000, 900 barrels for the year.
The bulletin says, as the statistics show,
that the brewing industry has had '%practi-
cally an uninterrupted growth" for the last
half century. In the malt liquor industry
during the census year there were 1903 es-
Adjustments, with q capital OF S415 900. 900,
Employing 1859 wage earners and turning
out q product valued at more than 1921, OOO,-
900, but even In the brewing industry, where
the increase Is large, the rate Of Increase Is
much less than during previous decades.
For instance, the increase in the value OF
the brewery product from 1880 to 1900 wac
less than 80 per cent, while the increase in
the two previous decades was about so per
cent; from 1850 to 1870 II was 161 per cent.
and during the decade 1850 to 1860 the IN
crease was 272 per cent. The estimated
domestic consumption OF seventeen gallons
per capita makes It appear that We are a
nation Of drinkers. but this is much less
than the consumption In England and other
countries OF Europe. and the poisonous
liquors which are said to be sapping the
vitality OF France have small sale here.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
BILL.
San Francisco Bulletin,

San Francisco Bulletin,
He wasn't p~nrty-nary bitI the wrinkIin'
hand o. Time
Had written strange devices in the tan
and powder CRIME;
But prospectin' his character, there'd crop
out everywhere
Rich streaks o. golden placer that you'd
never dreamed was there,
his rugged face
Jest seemed to brace a Teller up and give
i'm savin' grace,
When times was hard and grub was high
an the colors far between,
And into the starving miner'S life there
Widened the streak o. leanl
There Tidened the streak q poverty when
When shovel an par were red with rust,
with nothing at all to do;
1 don't Jest savoy the why OF it-and I
worth OF my pardner, Bill.
It's sborely hard to understand the ways
p the human mind.
For we grow indlferent-like to gold, the
more o. the stuff we find.
old Bill at my side
That | never Jest knew the worth OF him
TIL my Partner up an died.
"Goodby., old mani" he says. says he. a.
The light O new discovery a-shinin' In
his eyes
golden fame,
I catch the CLEAN an glitter OF my ever
lasting claim!"
An then he died-my pardner Bill There
warn't no better Billsl
An / know he washes gravel on the ever
lastin' hills
The golden sand in the Stream o. life
a hundred to the pan!
For the Lord won't play him low down,
cause my pardner was a mani
For fifty year o. storm an sun Bits blan.
ket has been mine;
And his friendship never broke a strand.
though IL stretched from 40.
He loved me! which the same is mighty
comfortin' TO me,
For / know my %pardner's grubstaked for
a long eternity
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
PEACE In The PHILIPPINES. ,

The announcement of Acting Governor
Wright that civil government has been
established over all the civilized people
of the Philippine archipelago and that
acceptance Of American authority and
general pacihcaton are complete, was
most welcome news, though not alto
gether unexpected. The insurrection
practically ended several weeks ago,
when one of the most influential and ac-
tive of the insurgent leaders surrendered
and there only remained for the compile
ton Of pacifcation the establishment Of
civil government in a single province.
That was accomplished Eve days ago
and brought under American authority
all the civilized people of the islands.
This contamination terminates mill
tary rule in the Philippines and places
full power in the hands Of the civil au-
thorites, to be exercised as provided in
the act Of congress approved July 1.
Hereafter the military will be every
where subordinate to the civil authOri-
ties, just as is the case in the United
States. General Chaffee's functions in
command OF the troops in the Philip
pines will be just the same as the func-
lions Of a department commander here
that rs to say, the troops will be en-
ployed to enforce the mandates Of the
civil government only when the con
stabulary and the other civil forces are
unable to cope with the situation. In
the establishment of civil government
the Filipinos are given liberal recogni'
| ton, which Will be made more liberal in
the future. The purpose OF the legisla-
ton OF congress is to give the natives Of
the archipelago large participation in
the administration of affairs. They will
after a time have a voice in legislation
and they will be appointed to positions
of responsibility in the government In
a word, the policy is to advance the Fill
pinos as rapidly as possible in a knowl-
edge Of civil government according to
American principles and there il every
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
Absurd Libel suits.
Leslia'a Weekly


The recent decision of Justice Gaynor Of
the New York supreme court that It is not
libelous to publish of a person that he has
consumption or hat he once had It,, may
we'll serve to call attention to the need
of more liberal treatment Of the news
papers in libel legislation. 1t ought not to
be possible to bring a newspaper owner
into court on a charge so manifestly alb
surd as that upon which Judge Gaynor's
decision was passed. involving. as such ac-
tions always do, a great amount of annoy
ance and expense to the accused party,
even II he is acquitted, as in this case.
Newspaper publishers have sufficient diff
hculties to contend with In the regular
course Of business. without being subject
to the harassment and loss Of time and
money consequent upon libel suits having
no basis In justice or common sense.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
SPEAKER BENDERsoNs POPULARITY

Advices from Washington are to the
effect that Speaker David B. Henderson
will take an active part in the impend-
ing congressional campaign in response
to the urgent demand of the campaign
managers, who have decided to assign
him to stump all of the close and doubt
full districts that can be conveniently
reached. The requisition upon Speaker
Henderson for assistance in the cam
paign is the best answer to the critics,
both republican and democratic, who
have insisted that Speaker Henderson's
popularity has been waning and that he
has lost his grip not only upon his asso-
ciates in congress, but also upon the peo-
pie at large.
"A few months ago evidences were at
hand of q systematic and organized eff
fort to discredit the speaker throughout
the country by threats of opposition at
home and alleged revolt among the re-
publican members in the house through
certain organs protesting to represent
both political parties. Nothing was
omitted to bring the speaker into a false
light by holding him up as an arbitrary
.tyrant wantonly blocking meritorious
measures and interfering with the execu-
ton of the administration policy. That
the inspiration for these attacks could
be traced to certain large special inter
ests, which hoped to benefit by legisla-
ton of questionable character in whose
way the speaker nae taken a firm stand,
was all along apparent. This is made
more patent now with the adjournment
of the session, at whose close the mem
bers of all parties Joined in testifying to
the fairness, efficiency and ability of
their presiding officer.
Instead of being discredited, Speaker
Henderson is, without doubt, the real
leader of the house welding an inlu-
ence not excelled by any Of his prede-
cessors in the speakers chair. When he
goes upon the stump in support of re-
publican principles and policies he will
command public confidence as could no
other member of the house.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
POLITICAL DRIFT.

When the tumult and the shouting dies
comes the time for fence building. Some
members Of congress have a task ahead.
THE most dignifed legislative body in
the world" hould put up a respectable
scrap or go out Of the business. Scrub
bouts arouse contempt.
This is an of season in Ohio politics.
Affairs are SO easily one-sided that the
rank and file are permitted, undlsturbed, to
draw intellectual pabulum from discussions
on the relative merits Of pie and ice cream.
There appears some basis for the report
that Dick Croker is coming back this fall.
When the report got across the pond that
Bourke Cochran would be invited into Tam
many Hall, Richard flung resolutions to the
winds and declared they will have to show
me-" The tiger chief does not hail from
Missouri, but his spinal column leans tina
way.
Speaker Henderson and Congressman
Hepburn are both Iowa men, but they do
not follow the same rules as to the pro-
nunciation Of proper names. The other day
Mr.. Hepburn had the floor and Mr.. McRae
desired to ask a question. "Mr. Speaker,
I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas"
said Hepburn, pronouncing the last two
syllables Of the state name as though It
were Kansas. THE gentleman from Ar
kansaw has the %f1oor,' said the speaker.
Some new and at least striking meta
phors are being sprung in congress these
days. Representative Corliss Of Michigan
is responsible for this query: Shall the
wheels of progress be shackled by the cable
octopus7" One critic ventures the sugges-
tion that 1t would be dificuIt to use an
cephalopod for Stacking pur-
poses on a wheel at the bottom Of the Pa
cifc. Senator Proctor spoke the other day
Of holding out the butt end Of the olive
branch"
There are thirty-hve candidates in the
democratic race for state officers in South
Carolina, and thirty-two of them were
present and took active part in the first
public meeting of the campaign, which
was held at Sumter on Tuesday last. The
meeting began at 11:15 in the morning.
The candidates for governor began the
speaking in alphabetical order, each being
allowed thirty minutes. All Of the can
didates for governor oppose trusts and
favor good roads, the liberal support Of
colleges, liberal pensions for confederate
veterans, Improvement OF public schools,
the child labor law and the maintenance
of the dispensary.
Mr.. Watterson is not alone In his an
tipathy to Cleveland. Mr.. Clark Howell.
the member of the democratic national
committee from Georgia, says that Cleve-
land is personally responsible for all the
woes of the democracy Of the last six
years. Other conspicuous democrats OF the
south and of the west pay their respects
to the ex-president IN the same sort Of
terms, and the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat, the leading democratic paper Of the
gulf states, says that the insult which
was cast on the recent leader OF the
democracy by Cleveland and Hill at the
Tilden dinner did not touch Mr.. Bryan
alone, but applied as well to the 5000. 600
voters who put his name on their bal
lots"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
MAILING Too Much oil AErIe.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.l

Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
In the course Of his testimony before the
senate committee Admiral Dewey said to
Mr.. Patterson, populist-democrat of Colo
RADIO: II thlnk you are making altogether
too much Of Aguinaldo." This is true not
only Of Senator Patterson, but Of a good
many other so-called democrats in and
out of congress. II the democratic party
even the democratic party of Messrs.
Bryan, Patterson and others-were in power
today Aguinaldo would be treated with as
scant courtesy as was shown to Billy
Bowlegs in the everglades Of Florida many
years ago. The attempt to make a George
Washington out of this contemplate little
plunderer and assassin has been a dismal
failure and men of sense ought to be
ashamed Of the part that they have played
In Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

The editor of the Railway Age, who
says that in point Of railroad prosperity
the rear 1902 has so far been the most
remarkable period in fifty years Of rail
way history, must have missed all those
hard luck statements issued by the Ne
braska railroad tax bureau to prove that
the railroads cannot today afrotd to pay
taxes on as high a valuation as ten
years ago. Before he reviews the rail-
road situation again the editor Of this
great railway journal should call in the
tax bureau bunco steerers and let them
convince him that the roads are all going
to wreck and ruin.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
lndleatlon Of a wIllIngness on thelr part

indication Of a willingness on their part
to learn.
The pacihcation Of the archipelago IL
very properly signalized by the granting
Of amnesty and pardon to all who par
ticipated In the insurrectlon and all po-
lltlcal offenders. This gives liberty to
A~guinaldo, who has had a very com
Portable time as a prisoner, and to the
men who were deported to Guam for
having given, after they became prison
ers, aid and comfort TO the insurgents.
A condition of the amnesty and pardon
is that those accepting shall take an
oath Of allegiance to the United States,
which it is probable none Of them will
reject. The president most appropri-
ately improved the suspicious occasion
to thank the army for the great work 1t
accomplished, thereby expressing, as
stated in the order of Secretary Root,
the sentiments of all the loyal people of
the United States.
With peace restored in the Philippines
there should soon ensue an industrial
and commercial Improvement that will
give prosperity to the islands and con-
tentment to the people. The provision
of the act of congress relating to fran
chises is perhaps less liberal than could
be desired, for attracting capital, but
nevertheless 1t is to be expected that a
considerable amount Of capital will now
seek investment there and that develop
ment Of the of the islands will
make steady If not rapid progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
A PURPOSE.
seIf-sacrihcinG Purpose of the Cow
ernOr OF the Philippines.
MlnneanolIa Ionrnal


Minneapolis Journal.
In his speech at Harvard recently Presi-
dent Roosevelt said that he had told Gov
ernor Taft Of the Philippines that II a va
cancy should occur In the supreme court
the latter would not be appointed TO II be-
cause the president wished him to stay IN
the Philippines. To this Governor Taft re-
piled:
MIR. President, Il has always been my
dream to be In the supreme court. but II
you should offer me a justiceship now, and
at the same time congress should take of
entirely my salary as governor, I should go
straight back to the Philippines neverthe-
less. for those people need me and expect
me back and believe / won't desert them
There is a refreshing statement. This
generation has so readily pleaded guilty to
the charge of commercialism hat It should
make special efforts to emphasize those In
cidents that show that even with us wealth
and position are not everything and that
we have still among us men who will sac
rihce ambition and wealth to the doing OF
duty and the performance OF an lily re-
warded task.
The man who made such a speech cannot
be compared to a Roman pro-consul. and
II is certain that no government of which
he is the head Will lack for an honorable
and humane spirit
The problems the Spanish American war
has brought us have given us some pleas
ant experiences along with their embar-
Easements and hard work. The administra-
ton of Cuba gave us General Leonard
Wood, and the administration OF the Phil
ippines has discovered Governor Taft. Both
Of these men possess In a high degree ex-
ecutive ability and the power to conciliate
alien races. Both give us promise that we
shall not lack for good, honest material
In constructing governmental machines for
our dependencies. Both set patriotism and
devotion to duty above the more selfish
considerations that animate most men and
would animate most men in their places.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
Property of the Country.
New York Evenlng POst.

The United States treasury begins It's new
fiscal year under pleasing auspices. The
revenue for the twelve-month Just COM
pleted has passed all expectations. When
last years revenue reduction bill went into
force in July, 1901, It was commonly esti-
mated that its remission OF taxes would cut
of $40, 900, 900 from the nations annual in
come. The Internal revenue has, in fact,
fallen short some sS5. 900, 900 from the pre-
ceding fiscal year; but, in the meantime,
a quite unlooked-for expansion OF the Gus
toms revenue has produced on that account
SIC. 600, 900 more than In 1901. In other
words. taxes producing t4O.O o 900 annually
have been abolished, and stu the country's
wealth and consuming power have increased
so rapidly that the revenue yield has turned
out only S24.O 900 short Of the year pre-
cedinR.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
Dewey as n Writer of History,

IOuI5VTTI6 OuuTTeT-J OUTnaI.
This has never been printed" said Ad-
miral Dewey. ut is a part of the history
that I was reserving to write myself"
These casual words spoken by the admiral
In the course Of his statement may be few
In number, but they are full Of Interest.
For, to begin with, Admiral Dewey is to
write a history! And, again, there are still
luscious savors from the Manila campaign
that have not yet reached the public!
When his promised history appears, 1t is
to be hoped that the story, ridiculed in
some quarters and utterly denied in others,
that the admiral on that historic May
morning ordered his men to stop fighting,
for breakfast, will be there. Whatever
else it may contain, II the admiral's his
tory vindicates the romantic tale Of so
ramat an incident, 1t will lave been
worth waiting for. -
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

Our amiable popOcratic contemporary
still insists that we broke faith with
AguinaldO Notwithstanding the fact that
Admiral Dewey has testified under oath
that no pledges whatever were made to
Aguinaldo that could be broken, When
it comes TO a question of Veracity be
tween Admiral Dewey and AguinaldO,
the American people will prefer to be-
Heve Admiral Dewey,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

Georgia democrats have neglected to
incorporate a specific declaration of
fealty to Bryan and the Kansas City
platform into their state platform this
year. Georgia, by the way, is the home
of the chairman OF the national demo-
cratic congressional committee, whose
selection for that position by his fellow
congressman was hailed as a personal
victory for Mr.. Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

The next meeting Of the Transmissis-
sippi congress has been called with st,
Paul as the meeting place, The biggest
credit mark on the record for the Trans
mississippi congress is that made by the
original resolution for a Transmississippl
exposition, which m~aterialized with such
great success at Omaha in 1895. The
Transmississippi congress has not scored
before o. after that notable event.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

The Jacksonians have ratified and the
County Democracy has had a ratifca-
ton, but the Peter Cooper club has not
yet come to the front. Candidates on
the fusion ticket ShOuld take due notice
and come down to Omaha at once pre-
pared with a signed and sealed docu-
ment embodylng the customary assur-
ances of recognition in the distribution
of the pie,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

In his Fourth OF July pardons Gov
ernor Savage has again overlooked the
provisions of the law, intended to hedge
about the indiscriminate exercise of ex-
ecutive clemency. The law, comforting
on the governor the power to grant
Fourth of July pardons without the GUS
tomary hearing upon an application OF
which due public notice has been given,
reads, that on the 4th day Of July In
each year the governor of the state may
in his discretion grant and issue an I'M
conditional pardon to two convicts in the
~penitentiary, who have been confined
therein for ten years or more, and whose
conduct while incarcerated in the peni-
Tertiary has been such as to entitle him,
or her, to the benefits OF the good time
act" None Of the three men liberated
by Governor Savage has been confined
In the p~enitentiary for ten years. and
only n of them was serving a sentence
that would have kept him there longer
than ten years. Governor Savage will
probably seek to justify his action on
the theory that what he has done is not
to issus a pardon, but to commute a
sentence, and that the latter does not
require a formal application and hear
ing. That the law makers had no such
intention, however, does not have to be
argued.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

Bull fighting In Oklahoma must be
very much like bull fighting in South
Omaha. Everyone connected with the
enterprise insists that the bulls run no
more risk of harm than the spectators
and that the entertainment Is as innocu-
Gus as a Sunday school picnic.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

Just to remind us that they are still
enlisted for the fray, Nebraska prohibit
tionists have issued a call for a state
convention to be held August 4. 1t will
take more than this. however, to make
people believe the prohibition question.
is a live issue in this state.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
A Republic ImperiIIed.

New York Mail and Express.
The strange news is cabled from Paris
that "the game of poker has elected piquet,
ecarto and three-hand whist to such an ex-
tent that the government is manufacturing
packs Of cards with a Joker" II the French
have gone TO playing poker with a Joker in
the deck, men who knew the game will look
no further for the causes OF the next revo-
1utfon
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

The Louisiana Purchase exposition
has now been postponed by Official
proclamation OF the president. Had
President Jefferson only been advised OF
it he might have postponed the purchase
of the Louisiana tract SO as to make tho
Tooth anniversary come at the right
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

Omaha is pretty well supplied with
charity institutions Of various kinds.
What 1t needs is coordination of these
institutions that will prevent them from
duplicating one anothers work. The
aim should be 10 reduce the cost Of adj
ministration to the lowest possible per
cent SO that the largest part Of the char
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
Giving Faith . Hunch.

Washington Post.
Pension COMMISSIONS Ware exhibits this
communication, which he received from a
pious Illinois widow. who believes that faith
without works is not enough: Dear Mr..
Ware: I am trusting in the Lord to get
my pension, but as / need the money I do
hope you will give a little help yourself"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

The Bee observes three holidays an
nually by i~nterrupting the publication Of
It's evening paper for the day-Fourth Of
July, Christmas and New Years. The
morning paper is published every day in
the year without interruption.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
A Hint,
Minneapolis Times.

Minneapolis Times.
Mr.. Cleveland is expected to make at
least one speech in the New York cam
paign. II the Empire state goes overwhelm-
ingly republican next November there is an
editor out in Nebraska who will know ex-
actly what did A..