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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

where Wellington, Deboe and Pritchard
will give way to German, McCreary and
'some good democrat" The western
three are Kansas, Utah and Washing
ton, where Harris, Rawlins and Turner
will probably give place to republicans.
This would leave the senate as 1t
stands politically, exclusive Of Delaware,
were there to be no other changes, but
there are three other states i'm which
results are in doubt-Colorado, Idaho
and Nevada. The republicans have a
fair opportunity to elect a senator from
Colorado to succeed Mr.. Teller, while
IL is by no means certain that Idaho
will not elect a republican successor to
Heitfeld. Nevada has a republican sen
atOr in John r. Jones, who is not a can
didate for reelection. Representative
Newlands is the democratic candidate to
succeed him, while the republicans are
pushing a man named Hawley. The
result cannot be foreshadowed with any
accuracy. As to Delaware, which Is not
now represented in the senate, no safe
prediction can be made. The republican
fractional fight in that state is as bitter
as EVER and IL the republicans should
carry the legislature it is probable that
the senatorial deadlock will remain un-
broken. Apprehension of this may give
the legislature TO the democrats.
Summing up the situation, the repub-
licans will lose in the senate of the
Fifty-eighth congress a vote from Ken
lucky, one from North Carolina and one
from Maryland, If Mr.. Wellington can
be called a republican, making three in
all, while they will gain one from Kan
sas. one from Utah and one from Wash
ington, probably one from Colorado and
perhaps another from Idaho. In any
event, as now appears assured, the re-
publican majority will not be decreased,
even leaving out Of consideration Della
ware, which but for the fractional o II
fict would undoubtedly send two repub-
licans to the senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
CINIL NEGOTIATIONS.

CANAL 1ONS'
The attitude of the Colombian gov.
eminent in regard to the Panama ca
nal is very naturally creating some con-
Germ at Washington. 1t has not yet
been fully and clearly defined, but the
impression prevails, from such intimn-
tons as have been given, thai b pol
lev of Colombia is not as favorable to
the United States as had been expected
and that a good deal of difficulty may
be encountered in negotiating a salts
factory arrangement provided the
United States government shall pursue
the matter further than 1t has already
gone.
Our government has submitted a
treaty to Colombia i'll accordance with
the protocol agreed upon SOM months
ago and which it had every reason to
believe would be entirely satisfactory.
The terms are fair and liberal, giving
far more to Colombia than Is asked by
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA for like con-
cessions. They go as far as 1t was
thought the Colombian government
could reasonably ask the United States
10 make conditions. But that govern
ment is manifesting a disposition to
throw aside it's past propositions, which
promised a perfectly satisfactory agree
ment, and to demand terms and insist
upon exactions which this country
could not accede to without putting
itself at a distinct disadvantage. The
attitude Of the Colombian government
| mt present is one of obstruction, which
Is especially remarkable when it Is re-
membered how anxious that country
seemed to be only a little while ago, OF
before the enactment of the law au-
thoHzing the president of the United
tates to negotiate for the purchase OF
the property and franchise of the new
| Panama Canal company, to have the
United States secure the right to con
struct the canal and proceed with the
work as soon as possible.
It is not probable that there VIII .b'
any prolonged dickering with Colombi'
I'm this matter. President Roosevelt vii
do what he deems to be his duty In car
rying out the authority given him bl
the spooner law, but it is entirely SAT-
10 say that he will not submit to an!
extraordinary demands or unwarrante'
exactions on the part of the Colombian
government. If that government is no
prepared to make fair n REASONABLE
terms, the president has authority to ne
gotate with Nicaragua and Costa Rica
both of which are ready aud anxious T.
make conditions perfectly s~atisfactor'
to the United States.
There will be an isthmus anal unde
the absolute ownership and control o
this government. OF that there Is n
doubt. II will probably be the Panam
canal. but the attitude Of Colombt
makes this for the present PrOolema'
ical
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
Personal NOTES.

General Young, the next lieutenant gen
eral, also rose from the ranks.
A joke thai was no joke was the Chi
nese maniac All Jok who ran amuck In
the streets OF M~arysville, Cal, the other
day.
The most remarkable thing about a
34-year-old mule owned by a Kirksville
MOI farmer is the fact hat it was not
sold to those British remount agents during
the Boer war.
Frank A. Munsey. the magazine publisher,
has added the Boston Journal to his stock
Of daily newspapers. Mr.. Munsey has
three dailies on his string now, and hopes
to keep his surplus cash from overlooking
the till.
Webb C. Ball Of Cleveland has received
the appointement of chief watch inspector
Of the Vanderbilt roads. The watches OF
all employees Of the system are required to
be compared daily and regulated as often
as may be necessary.
On his silver wedding anniversary Charles
]. Swanson, a Minneapolis manufacturer,
gave to each of nine Of his employees who
had been with him for twenty years a
deed for forty acres OF improved land in
AnokR county. The total value Of the
gifts was $500.
A curious political situation is presented
in Greenwich, Conn, where three rich men.
each named Mead, have been nominated
on separate tickets for members OF the
state assembly. There are 2,7O0 voters in
the town and OF these almost 10 per cent
are Of the same name, including the
wealthiest and most influential citizens.
Prime Minister Balfour must already be
placed among the record breakers in British
politics. In a recent speech he mentioned
a fact that came as a surprise to nine
tenths Of the public. He said he has now
led the House Of Commons for a longer
continuous period than any other parliR-
mentsry leader OF either party since the
day Of the reform bill Of 1892.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
Uncle sans Farm.
New York World.

NVW IUIh WUIIU.
1t will be a surprise to most persons in
the east to learn from the report OF Com
missioner Hermann OF the general land Of
fee that more homestead lands were given
to settlers in 19O1-19O2 than in any pre-
vious year. Uncle San still has land
enough to give us all a farm" He gave
away 10, 49, $50 acres last year-enough to
make 10000 average quarter section"
farms and to support 1000, 900, including
families and farm laborers. In addition
$3.50, 900 was obtained from land sales and
fees. And 900, 900, 900 acres and more re-
main unclaimed-enough to last forty-fve
years, even at the present rapid entry and
settlement.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
DEMAND OFF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.

DEMAND OF AfAhOAD bdfLO1 -.
A distinct movement is d%iscernible
among railroad employees almost univers-
ally to demand a substantial increase of
wages. So imminent is it that the
Wall Street Journal warns its readers,
who are almost exclusively OF the in
vesting, speculative and capltalistic
classes, that the railroads of the
try are likely TO be confronted in the
next few months with the alternative of
paying more wages oil paying more
none as the result of a strike, and 1t is
significant that that organ declares such
a result to be fully justified.
While there have been a considerable
number of increases of the wages of rail
road employees, the increases have by no
means kept pace with the increase of the
cost Of living. The average increase of
The disposition of numerous organiza-
tons of employees is to demand a 20 per
cent advance, which would certainly moi
more than put them abreast of the rise
VI INC SVAhAlAONINACo "AANh NOhHNANuNN
their living, to say nothing of recompens-
ing the disparity from which they have
for several years suffered. u
Aside from an equalization of their
wages to subsistence cost, on which
ground alone public opinion would sus-
tain the demand of railroad employees for
an advance in wages, the owners of the
roads have refused t make any equit-
able concession from their profits. These
have been enormous since 1896, so that
the value of most of the stocks has in
the meantime doubled and trebled. In
fairness the railroads should let go their
grasp upon some fraction at least of the
incalculable gains contributed by labor
at not much more than the old wages on
the one hand and the general public on
the other. An average increase Of 20
per cent. on account of wages would re-
duire less than 2 per cent of the portion
Of earnings now going theoretically to
| stockholders, but a far less per cent OF
the portion in fact accruing to them.
Railroad employees in the United
States, who are thoroughly organized.
now unquestionably have it in their
power to force the corporations to maize
Just concessions. The general public
would be as universally and decisively
in sympathy with the railroad wage
~earners as they have been with the an
thracite miners. The public has equally
felt the sel6shness and arrogance of the
transportation companies through their
refusal of concessions in enforced con.
tributions for carriage and through theil
unvarying resistance to payment OF q
fair proportion of the tax burden. Re
lief Is within reach Of railroad employees
IL they have the courage to seize 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

When a ship is manned by mutineers
Il scarcely ever fails TO strand ON the
rocks. If disaster overtakes republicans
in this county tomorrow they can charge
1t up to the political buccaneers who
raised the black flag the moment they
captured the ship they had tried to
scuttle in the presidential campaign two
years ago.. Instead Of trying to concili,
ate, they have sought TO club the legi
innate majority OF the party into line
and heaped insult upon injury In a cam
paign OF defamation that could not fai
10 disgust fair-minded republicans.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
oLn rnrrns ~ 4 NV wAY.
significant sermon Preached by h
President in His ProcIamHtiOp.
l%ndlananolis News.

indianapolis News.
once again the nation is urged by Its
president to keep the great feast OF
Thanksgiving. Though q is not easy TO
put old truths in a new way. there IL
nevertheless a note OF originality, n not OF
thought. st least Of style. In Mr.. Roose-
velt's proclamation. He reminds us Of the
great blessings which this nation has en-
joyed during tho whole course OF It's life.
and says that eve have had on the whole
more to be thankful for than has fallen TO
the lot Of any other people But the presi-
dent breaches a little sermon that Is
marked by great seriousness. lie says:
Generation after generation has grow
TO manhood and passed away. Each has
had to bear its peculiar burdens. each to
face its special crisis. and each has known
years of grim toll, when the country was
mcnaced by malice domestic. or foreign
levy. when the hand OF the Lord was heavy
upon it in drouth or food or pestllence,
when in bodily distress and anguish OF
soul it paid the penalty Of folly and a
froward heart. Nevertheless. decade by
decade, We have struggled onward and up
ward; we now abundantly enjoy material
. ll-being, and under the favor Of the Most
High we are striving earnestly to achieve
moral and spiritual uplifting
The froward heart'-it is the word OF
the Hebrew prophets, and from the day
that it was first spoken It has beeu re-
peated over and over again with a pathetic
emphasis by the preachers and teachers
and leaders of the race. No man with the
slightest sense Of vision can fail 10 dis
Germ the perils involved in this sin. Nation
after nation that has forgotten God. or.
IL that phrase be Objectionable. has ig-
nored the law of righteousness and trusted
solely in its power and the multitude OF
its riches, has paid the penalty for it's
mistake or sin. The froward heart lie
usually found in great. wealthy and pow
erful nations aud in times OF prosperity.
So the warning against it is- specially
needed in this country. and at this line.
Nations, as men. must suffer for their tins.
We do not always remember this. We are
too prone to think that as long as trade
is good and the people are happy in their
material blessings, everything is all right.
So, too, we attribute our good fortune. not
to. the Almighty, to providence, OF to the
orderly processes of nature. but TO our
selves. We swell with pride, not simply
over good fortune, but over our own work
in bringing ii to pass. So the presidents
sermon has a peculiar timeliness and APP
pllcability. The way to avoid the peril OF
a froward heart is, as he points out. to
strive earnestly TO achieve moral and
spiritual uplifting" Thanksgiving day
should teach us not only the duty OF thank
%fulness, but also a sense of our dependence
on something outside of ourselves, and
should make us all realize that national
greatness and happiness. consist in char
acter and not in possessions. An observ-
ance of the day in the spirit Of the presi-
dents proclamation would do something to
save us from "the penalty of folly and a
froward heart"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
Good R1Ie in Business.
Atlanta Constitution.

AIAhhld CONSTITUTION,
The late John W. Mackay, notwithstand-
ing the multiplicity and magnitude OF his
business affairs, when he had fallen on
death and his body had ben buried In its
mausoleum, those whose once It was to
settle the status of his great buslLess
found that he did not owe a dollar to any
beyond the usual monthly current ac-
counts for items Of personal and household
supply. He had out no notes payable, no
unsettled balances in his commercial en-
terprises, none OF those troublesome I'M
liquidated claims that so frequently delay
and decimate estates. John W. Mackay
had lived and done business strictly on the
pay as you 90 plan. Because he had ad-
hered to this policy from the commence
ment of his career he was able to leave
behind a clean score with an enormous
balance on the right side. The incident is
a strongly suggestive lesson to young men
beginning in business careers. It Is one
easy to learn and sure to win.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

The bogus claimant still persists in
discrediting Senator Henderson and
John A. Mcshane with the $1.2O0,OOO ap-
preparation they secured for the Omaha
public building before ever he had been
thought of for congress and tries to
make people believe that he alone Sc.
cured the entire $1,S45.OOO which has
been appropriated within the last four
teen years for the purchase of the
ground and construction of the federal
building.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
INDIAN SUMMER.
Emily Dickinson.

Emily Dickinson.
These are the days when birds come bach
A very few. a bird or two
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries. of June
A blue and gold mistake.
oh! fraud that almost cheats the bee,
Almost thy FEASIBILITY
Induces my belief;
Till ranks of seeds their witness bear,
softly through the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf!
oh, sacrament of summer days.
Oh, last communion in the haze!
Permit 4 child 10 join
Thy sacred emblems TO paTtake-
Thy consecrated bread to break.
Taste hin immortal wine.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

Browhing's Magazine: Give me half your
apple; won't you, Ethel?'
give me a Site then?'
No; I'd rather give you half"
Chicago Tribune: ITS all nonsense.
though" said Mr.. woozle, reluctantly ex,
tracing from his pocketbook the 800 bill
his wife wanted to use in buying a new
to speak Of tears, Idle tears When You
shed them they work me for anything you
want"
Washington Star: did you ever do any
thing you were ashamed of in your political
life2" asked the solemn man. ..
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. 81
once took $4,000 and found out later I
might Just as easily have had 100000"
Philadelphia Press: City Editor-what
instruction did you give that new reporter
when you assigned him to that hanging?
Assistant merely told him not to make
his story commonplace. Why?
City Editor-Well, he has tried to follow
your orderS;, For instance, ne speaks Of
the body falling with a sharp invigoratinR
thud.
Brooklyn Life: First DECORATOR advised
him to ave his house decorated during
his wife's absence, as a surprise.
Second Decorator-Good! Then wen
have to do 1t all over again when she gets
back.
J Chicago Tribune: The man whom the
court had ordered to pay his divorced wife
an allowance of $25 a week protested against
the severity of the decree.
Your honor" he said, with deep feeling,
at will take nearly every cent OF my preF-
ent wife's salary to pay it,
Washington Star: I'm afraid our boy
Josh is one OF them geniuses who doesn't
know the value of a dollar" said Mrs. Corn
tossel.
"I dunno bout that" answered her hus-
band; from the way that Josh keeps
writin' fur dollars l should say he was
purity appreciative."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

The collapse of a crowded grandstand
at a foot ball game at Chicago empha-
sizes the danger Of himsy temporary
structures put up for emergencies OF
this character. II special care is needed
IN construction work il is for stands
subject to ~Overcrowding by spectators
at parades or outdoor sports. The peo'
Pile invited to occupy such places have
no opportunity TO judge Of their safety
but must rely IN the inspection OF the
builders and authorities. People In
jured IN such accidents have a right &c
have tho blame located and 10 hold the
bIAmeVaE.hE parties responsible.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
Knocking Out the sweatbo1.
st. Paul Globe.

ol. 1aul GlODe.
The Indiana supreme court has sustained
a verdict for heavy damages against a po-
lice %oflcer, who subjected a prisoner to the
ordeal Of the sweatbox in order to extort
information or a confession. The oficer
had neglected the little necessary matter
OF getting out a legal warrant for the pris-
oner int the jury very promptly scorched
him with a hot verdict. 1t would be we'll
for police authorities to everywhere take
note OF these legal presidents and 30 order
the work Of their departments as to do
away with the drastic and cruel methods
OF illegally treating prisoners and the prev
alence of which in most OF our cities is
undeniable.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

less an American II he happened to have
beer born elsewhere and come to this
country by choice to become a natural
lied American citizen? Are any OF these
candidates truer Americans than their
fathers or grandfathers who were
foreign born Americans? In Omaha
some OF our best school board members
have been naturalized citizens and some
of our worst have been native born. 1t
seems to us beyond the scope of any
municipal league to undertake to draw
such a line OF distinction ON candidates
for any Office.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

The nag OF the South Omaha
packing houses, three Omaha bank pres
idents, several bank cashiers, the heads
of twelve jObbing houses, three retail
ers and several business men directly
dependent upon railway corporations
have issued an appeal on behalf OF our
nonresident congressman and expressed
their unbounded confidence in Mr.. Mer-
Ger. We make bold to assert, however,
that IL he is not reelected not one Of
these bankers, packing house managers
or wholesale jObbers would place Mr..
Mercer in any responsible position in
any department of commerce or finance
in which they had a large personal in
terest. 1t is not uncommon for people
TO recommend a professional politician
or legislative lobbyist TO places OF
honor and trust in the public service
when they would not trust them out
of sight with their own affairs. II is
Just because of this double standard Of
private and public morals that this
state and the country at large have
suffered so much within recent years
from crooked treasurers, boodling law
makers and grafters In public office
generally who could not make an hon
est living in any reputable calling.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

Speaker Henderson is quoted by the
Mercerite handbill as having urged his
friends in this district to see that Mr..
Mercer is returned to congress. Speaker
Henderson's opinion OF Our Dave was
expressed very forcibly to the. editor of
The Bee when he asked, How much OF
the $500 which was paid to Mercer for
promoting. the Greater America EXPOSE
ton did he spend? Do you think he
spent S1O?"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
mn NITIoTAL sENArE

OUTLOOK o NATIONAL SENATE.
The republican majority in the United
States senate is now twenty-One and this
will be maintained and perhaps in
creased after March 3 next. The re-
publicans whose terms expire at that
time. representing northern states, will
either be reelected or will be succeeded
by republicans. Thirty senate terms ex-
plre on March 3, 1908. The situation
concerning the changes in the class Of
senator's whose terms end at that time is
this: Three southern states, each with
a republican senator now, will return
democrats; three western states no"
sending three populistie democrats, Will
in all probability return three repub-
licans. The southern group consists OF
Maryland. Kentucky and North Carolina,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

Why should the home owner of moder-
ate e pay city taxes on full value
assessment while the property of the
giant railroad corporations, worth in the
neighborhood of $15,0Oo,OOO, pays taxes
on an assessment OF only 100000? Can
any rational reason for such fiagrant
discrimination be given?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

Why this delay In the PRONUNCIATION
of Governor Savage's Thanksgiving
proclamation? We were led to believe
the governor carried a full line OF proc
lamations for all occasions constantly
on hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
Not Yet Fully Convinced.
Indianapolis News.

IHuIHUdpOIIS NtWH,
A rumor filters through from Philadelphia
that while, OF course, the price Of coal will
come down when it strikes the commercial
level, It will, by order OF the anthracite
trust, still be about so cents higher than IT
was before the strike. It's awful hard for
those coal men to take a hint. Somebody
will have to get an ak vet.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

J. Pierpont Morgan's attendance at the
Chicago horse show mOnopolised for him
all attention to the exclusion OF both
the horses and the fair spectators tot.
lettes. As far as the public is aware,
however, Mr.. Morgan has not yet pro-
jected a merger of all the horse show
enterprises throughout the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

Now it is a shortage of cars on the
coal roads that prevents re~plenishment
of the coal supply. 1t is not hard for
the coal barons to find excuses for keep
ing prices up to the strike period notch.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

In its circular on school board tickets
the executive committee OF TIA Mu-
nlcipal league, in addition to giving the
place Of birth OF each candidate. inserts
into its biographies. 'is IN American"
1t Just happens that each OF the candi-
dates this year was born in the United
States, but would n Of them be any
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
4 Few Tubs Left.
Ilansas City sian.

Don't worry too much about the reported
failure of the champagne ~vintgae. Most
Americans are drinking the same az"
now which they will continue to imbibe
with convivisl freedom IL France should
never yield another ton OF champagne
grapes. And it gives a man just as big a
head the next morning as the real article.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

Out in Utah they are fighting over the
woman question again. The woman
question in Utah is one of those peren-
NAL issues-it is eradicated only to be
resurrected,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
Colonel Bryan promised

Colonel Bryan promised to put in a
whole month at rear platform Grating
in Nebraska, but compromised on less
than two weeks Of it. And no one has
entered any serious complaint against
the shortening up.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
what People Hanker For.
Chicago Record-Herald.

Chicago Record-Herald.
David B. Hill says the people want free
coal, free beef and free necessaries gen.
orally. Mr.. Hill is right. And a lot Of
them would like to have the free things
put in their cellars without extra charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03

With Mercer it's "all for one" but not
'one for an IL he has lone anything
for his associates on the republican
ticket it is not visible TO the naked eye.