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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
LAUGHING MATTED.

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Chicago Tribune: .How long were you
in the soap business2" ' 81 t
About fifteen years." 4~t
How did you come out2'''
II cleaned up with $5O,OOO.'
Yonkers Statesman: Patience-Did you
enjoy the drama last night?
dbl Why, 1 cried nearly the whole time!
Philadelphia Press: First Neighbour am
afraid my children bother YOU.
Second Neighbor-What nonaensei Why
eighteen hours out Of the t~wsnty-four.
washington Star: I'VE are going to or
ganize a political glee club" said the caller.
Well" answered Senator Sorghum, I'll
What is that?" a.
G and serenade my hated rival four or
i've hours g day, II we can wreck his
Philadelphia Catholic Standard: How
do you like the roast lamb, Mr.. Knox" In
Lamb? Ali yes, Mary's lamb said the
cranky boarder, for barking back to his
might Sas6aG EASILY II Be t mat I cd h saS! IN 'FaFVS sNVorP''
Detroit Free Press: Fenton-smith - 1
hough you had made a highly favorable
impression on that Boston yonng woman.
Benton-Jones-So I thought, but she
writes, In reply to my. proposal, that she
could never trust her 1fe's happiness with
a man who puts postage stamps on up
side Town. =r-, r.y..t
Washington Star: Remember said the
man of Ideals, that George Washington
succeeded brilliantly. And he never told
well" said Senator Sorghum, reject
lively, maybe he never told a lie. And
then again maybe that is one Of these
stories that a man circulates now and then
In order TO make a good Impression among
his constituents"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
rs TIE ooMMlssIoN Ar FAULr1


It is a not uncommon opinion that the
Interstate Commerce commission has not
at sill times been as earnest and jealous
in enforcing the law as 1t should have
been. The charge OF lack of vigilance
and Of proper EFFORT to discover and cor
rect the Violations Of the Interstate COM
merce act has frequently been made
against the commission Those who en-
terrain this view win concur In the
statement Of the vice president Of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad that the
commission has failed to devote its
time and energy to discovering and
prosecuting violations Of the law" and
has encouraged violations by proclaim
ing its inability, BY a Of judicial
decisions. to enforce the law.
While It may be granted that there is
some ground for this accusation. the as
sumption that the commission is respon-
sible for rate cutting is manifestly I'M
tenable. The attempt Of Vice President
Hines to saddle upon the Interstate
Commerce commission the blame for the
violations Of the law by the railroads in
the matter Of rate cutting win have no
weight with any person at all familiar
with the facts. The railroad managers
know the law and they have practiced
every possible device TO evade and violate
1t. They have repeatedly broken agree
ments among themselves looking to the
observance Of the law. until 1t has come
to be well understood thst such COM
pacts are Of no value. However remiss
the commission may have been in some
respects, 1t has been simply impossible
for 1t to discover all the secret methods
Of the railroad managers for c~ontraven-
Ing the law. No derelIction on the part
Of the commission can relieve the men
in charge Of the railroad transportation
OF the country of responsibility for
systematic and persistent violations Of
the Interstate act, frankly ac-
knowledged by some Of them at the re-
cent Investigations Of the commission.
That the commission knew there was
rate cutting is undoubtedly true, but it
Is not a fact that 1t has the widest pos
sible powers of investigation, as shown
by the reports Of the commission and
proposed legislation to extend its pow
ers. As to the assertion of Mr.. Hines
that the new power asked by the com
mission would not have the remotest
tendency to prevent rate cutting, it
might prove to be correct, but it will be
well to put 1t to a test. The commission
believes that with this additional power
the law can be made effective for the
correction Of existing abuses and there
is a very large element of the business
community that favors the granting OF
the new power asked for. 1t is beyond
question that the law as it stands is not
adequate. 1t does not fulfill the purpose
for which 1t was intended. The public
does not receive under 1t the protection
1t was designed and expected to give.
The regulation contemplated In its en-.
actment is not realized. 1t Is therefore
necessary that the law be amended witt
a view to making it more effective and
this duty congress should perform with
out Unnecessary delay. Meanwhile lei
the fact be clearly recognized that re
sponsibility for violations of the law
rests wholly with the railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
Latest Trims I'm AnEIomania.
Springfield Mass.) Republican.

SprIngheId lMass.J H~epubIcan.
Secretary Hays spelling Of the word
honor as honour" in the invitations to
his daughters wedding is exciting some
discussion. Honour" is the English way;
"honor'' is the American way. A choice
between the two spellings. however, can
hardly be made a test Of a mans Amer
icanism. for a patriot Of the very FIRST
diameter might take a fancy to honour
for literary or esthetlc reasons, having Ia
DO either with looks or sound. Honor
however, is so thoroughly Americanized
that Secretary Hay should beware OF inter-
polating the British "u" In his diplomatic
dispatches.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
Women IN the jury Rox,
ChicaRh

Women are to be admitted to the fury
box in Norway. 1t ought to be hoped that
in that country women have a keener sense
Of humor than is1sometimes found in these
parts. During a recent trial in the Chi
cago Woman's club q member gravely pro-
posed that absentees be empowered to
vote by proxy. AS seeing and hear
ing testimony is ordinarily deemed neces-
sary to an impartial verdict, the request
aroused considerable surprise. To the credit
of the club 1t was denied.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

An eminent German scientist. after
careful Investigation. has demonstrated
that the human race is not de%generating
physically under the influence OF adj
vanced civilization. but on the contrary
Il larger, stronger and healthier than
ever. Some Of the old stories OF feats
Of strength have a tendency to make
the modern man feel like a weakling.
but possibly the reporters In past ages
were given 70 taking as well as some
pf the present-day scribeA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
AN EsTIMATR or CLEVELAND.
HIS Place in the Galaxy Of American
Presidents.

F~reet9eutas
William Allen White In NaClure's.
Cleveland, as a statesman, will be re-
membered as the man who stopped things.
He checked abuses. he prevented bad men
from accomplishing their schemes; he
warded on impending calamity. He re-
duced revenues and saved taxes; he stayed
the ebbing tide Of public credit; he throttled
anarchy; he stopped foreign a~ggrandize-
ment on the American continent. Always
he was the safety valve. He brought NO
new doctrine TO the people; he had no
theory Of government-meroly an ideal Of
duty for the hour. He founded no institu-
tions; in the political life Of his time he
constructed nothing. As a statesman he
will be remembered as one who every hour
Of the working day did what he thought
was exactly right, and who never attempted
to guide the current OF the public business.
but always to see that tbs business was
wisely and honestly done. He was a mod
est, industrious public servant, who lived
SO closely to the motto, "A public once Is
q public trust" that people came to be-
lieve that he invented (which he did not
He never injected himself nor his ambition
into any public AFFAIRS. His name wal
never linked with any policy. and no Law
on the statute books OF his country Il
known as cIeveland's law. He tried Il
efacs his personality. but It was so strong
and distinctive and pungent with mascu-
Unity that II dominated everything he did
in spite Of his aversion TO personal politics
Yet he will never be = hero, because h
did not live a dramatic life There wa
nothing In his biography 20 amusO or In,
terest a Plutarch OF q Boswell. When b
passes from the earth. no biographsr vii
materialize him IN . nesh-eolored sketch
He must remain to pOsterity q diseribodis'
spirit, an ideal OF honesty. bearing q mani
name-tas symbol OF . national inspiration
toward public virtue.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

To appoint or not to appoint-that IS
the question that is TO be fired at the
supreme court in the application for a
mandamus against the governor in the
Omaha police commission case. But II
is the same question the court respect
fully declined to answer when pro
pounded to it directly by the governor O
few weeks ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
THE paILIppIEc MYEsTIoArIov

The senate committee which is inves-
tlgating the Philippine situation is com
posed Of eight republicans and i've dem
ocrats and the promise is that the in
Quiry will be very thorough. 1t is to
be expected that the minority will be
disposed to probe matters to the fullest
extent and there will undoubtedly be
no objection. to this on the part of the
republican members OF the commission.
who 1t is to be presumed are quite as
anxious as the democratic members Of
the committee TO get at all the facts
regarding conditions in the archipelago
and to learn all that can be ascertained
respecting the feeling OF the natives.
The statements thus far made to the
committee by Governor Taft are on the
whole r~eassuring. They show that quite
satisfactory progress has been made In
the work OF pacihcation and that the
situation appears to justify the opinion
that within a year a military force in
the Philippines OF 1900 viii be sum.
Client Much viii depend. however. as
pointed u in q dispatch from Manila,
upon what congress shall do Tor prOmot-
ing the industrial and commercial inter
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

The officials at Casper deserve credit
for the firm stand taken that prevented
the lynching OF the man accused of
numbering sheriff Kicker. The cattle
country Is generally supposed to be wild
and its people dificult Il control. but
An this case they have set a commend
able example TO many communities
which pride themselves on being law,
abiding.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

In his address at the opening of the
High school Member Wood of the school
board made a fervent appeal in behalf
Of the kindergarten. Nobody in Omaha
advocates the abolition of the kinder
garten. although cities much larger than
Omaha In which kindergartens had been
established for years have closed them
for economic reasons. But there is such
a thing as OVERRIDING the kindergarten
mania. Even with a superabundance of
money for the public schools there
should be due proportion maintained as
between the playrooms for infants and
the schools for children. Where the re-
sources of the school board are deficient.
as they are in Omaha, the preference
must necessarily be given for education
rather than recreation. That the kinder
garten business has been Overdone In
Omaha must be patent to everyone who
takes the trouble to make comparisons
between the number Of kindergarten
schools and kindergarten teachers in
| Omaha and in other cities Of equal oil
larger population.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

]. Pierpont Morgan is said to have
given $4,000 for a picture p~urporting
to be by n Of the old masters, but
which experts assert is a fraud. Nor
gan is all right when it comes to dealing
In railroads or steamship lines, but like
many another man may be handed a
gold brick when he tries the other fel-
lows game.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

South omaha's democratic machine.
is talking about putting up its ticket for
the forthcomIng municipal contest by
direct nomination. In view OF the
knock-aown and drag-out arguments
that prevailed at the last democratic
city convention held in South Omaha,
this is surprising
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

The owners of several boxes at the
opera house in New York which 1t was
planned to use for Prince Henry and
his suite refuse to vacate for that oc-
casion.. 1t is so easy for some people to
make exhibitions Of themselves that
they cannot resist the temptation when
opportunity offers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

And now one Of the officers of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad insists
that the Interstate Commerce commits
sion Is to blame for secret rate cutting
and other lawlessness by the railroad
managers. The wolf also accused the
lamb Of riling the water.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
Mexican nevtpapera are throwIn

Mexican newspapers are throwing an
other MT in the fear that the United
States eontemplates gobbling up all of
Latin America. II it were not for this
perennial nightmare Latin America
would be destitute Of excitement be
tween revolutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

was Marconi who first evolved some
thing practical out Of the idea. Edison
did not discover the principle Of the In
candescent electric light, but his prac-
teal mind took up the work where the
theoretical scientist dropped it and
made Il useful to the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

While the Omaha grand jury was
wrestling with FIRE escapes the st. Louis
grand jury was wrestling with the
smoke consumer, and It's success in
smoking out Doodle councilmen and
franchise brokers has been Unsurpassed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

The reduction proposed by the tax re-
peal bill in the house figures up the
largest reduction in taxation ever
made at one time by: any nation. But
Uncle Sam has q neat surplus and is
doing a good business and can afford it.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

Governor Brady of Alaska paints a
glowing picture of the agricultural pos
sihillties OF Alaska. No Nebraska
farmer, however, is likely to sell out
at a sacrifice in order to file on a claim
In Alaska. t,.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
Right Kind Of Peacemakeru.
PHILADELPHIA Press

THIIdutIpHIA FIc5H.
General Bell wants more American women
in the Philippines. He declares that they
can control public opinion better than men.
General Bell basis his assertions. no doubt,
on a knowledge Of how women control pub
lie men and affairs In the United States. An
army OF American women would have the
population of the islands at their feet In
three months.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
Another Reminder.
%Philadelphia Record.

Prince Henry OF Germany will land in
the United States on Washington's birth
day. This will be another reminder that
Prince Henry's ancestor, Frederick the
Great, presented a sword to Washington
from the Oldest general in Europe to the
greatest in either hemisphere.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

On January s. 1902. the cash balance
in the hands OF the treasurer OF Doug
las county was $124.110.S5. Oh which not
a penny Of interest is paid to the county
by the respective repositories. On the
same day Douglas county had outstand-
ing in warrants bearing Z per cent in
terest $1ST .898.O1. Comment on such
nnanciering is unnecessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

Charles A. Towne has opened his
brokerage Office In New York. He mus
be operating on the theory that the plain
people prefer being worked by their
friends rather than by the sordid. selfish
mone sharks OF Wall street.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

The only wonder is that the local
Transvaal league should rest content
with passing resolutions against send
ing special representatives of the United
States to the coronation of King Ed
ward. 1t might have gone further and
demanded the immediate recall Of our
regular ambassador to the court Of St
James. II diplomatic relations with
monarchies are communicating to re
publics we might go the limit by with.
drawing all our ambassadors and min.
listers from every government that re
tains the slightest traces OF imperialism
or monarchy. Why stop half way7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

The French Academy Of Sciences is
disposed TO rob Marconi OF the credit
OF inveating wireless telegraphy. Per
haps some experimental scientist did
indicate the possibility OF accomplishing
the result but the fact remains that II
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

Uncle Paul Kruger declared tNo years
ago that the cost Of the Boer war would
stagger humanity. The English war once
has Just reckoned that the number Of
deaths from all causes in the South African
field force up to the end Of 1901 Raa 1920.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
A Pair Of

A racehorse named Death is winning
nearly every race he Is entered In. One
Of these days SOM wise horseowner will
introduce an animal named Taxes, and then
there will be a race worth seeing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

reflected by this editorial paragraph In the
Philadelphia Press: "The news Of the
formation OF a new window Glass Trust
is calculated TO give retail dealers q pane"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

This is the season when hot fires and
defective, fiues make work for the fire
department. Look to your stoves and
furnaces. 7e v
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

An English actress, now touring this
country. is reported to have won $4,000
at bridge whist since her arrival. Stage
money, probably.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
Characferirtic TnIent.

OF. LOUIS GIobe-Democrat.
q Republican Administrations can carry
through a foreign war without adding seri-
ously to the national debt and then rapidly
dispense with war taxes This creditable
fact is now a part Of American history.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

J.. Sterling Morton has gone to Mexico.
Can it be that the sage of Arbor Lodge
also has a covetous eye on the position
Of minister to Mexico?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

Mr.. Grounding presents his regrets
that he could not stay. but begs to say
he will call again later.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04
srArrMENT OF CIRCULATION.

Btate OF Nebraska, Douglas County ss.;
George b. Tzschuck, secretary OF The BEE
Savs that the actual number Of full and
complete copies OF The Daily. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF January, lS0z' was as tOi-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

Don't kick on the weather. 1t, Is
worse in the east than it is out here in
che west.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

Net Ss,Iv ayerare. 3O,O87
GEO. B.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn 20
before me this LIST day of February, a. D.,
100 NIB HUNGATE,
Sseal) Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-04

NorE.-Avoid baking powders made from
alum. They look like pure powders,
and may raise the cake, but alum
Is a poison and no one can cat food
mixed with it without injury to health.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-11
A Business Revival at Prospect Ferry

There is something of a business revival
at Prospect Ferry since Irving Dean and
Peter Pooler of Brewer have bought the
Daniel French place just below the Ferry,
and are clearing Off a tract for building
new saw mill, which they hope to have in
operation before spring. The mill will be
placed upon u sidehill near the Penobscot
river at the lower end Of the wood lot, and
very near to the ol | ''boiiing spring. where
Mr.. French used to water his cattle for
nearly - years. This spring has an out
put of from so to 30 hogsheads a day, and
the water viii be conducted in pipes to the
boiler, which viii make steam for runni no
rotary saw and an edger As fast as the
timber is cut 1t Will be taken to the mill for
saving and then run down an incline to
the banks of the river where it can be load
ed onto vessels. The waste from saving
and the hardwood on the lot will be sent to
the wood yard OF Pooler d Palmer in
Brewer.
The, ancient farm house, in which Mr..
French resided for most of his life but
which has been unoccupied for ten years. is
undergoing repairs and will be used as a
boarding house for the men employed bv
the hrm John NJ. Brown, who owns a
farm on the side of Heagan's mountain,
mas moved MS family to the old house, and
Will board the hands and have general over
sight of the work in the absence of the
owners until the mill is completed and is
ready to do business
Meantime, Francis Batchelder, an expert
quarryman of Prospect Ferry, has been en-
played by Samuel Batcheder, a brother.
who lives in Bangor and who has an in
terest III the granite on the land, and is
opening up new quarry about half mile
back from the river, near the stage road be-
tween Bucksport and Belfast. Though he
has worked no more than two weeks in cut
ting away bushes and shoveling earth he
has already urearthed ID sheet of very fine
grained granite, which promises to be as
good as any in Maine. In a hardwood
growth near the river is another outcrop-
ping of granite, which is coarser and can be
quarried cheaply for paving, man holes and
curbng.
Messrs. Dean and Pooler are men of am
pie means, and as soon as their new mill is
finished, there will be lively times around
Old Fort knox.-Bangor Daily News.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-11
Alien, LittIefield, Bur-
leigh and Powers Reelected. Legis-
ia1ure Republican, OF Course.

The returns from Mondays election have
come in slowly, but So far as received show
plurality for Governor Hin of about 26,-
600. The four Republican CongreSemen are
reelected. The Senate viii have one Demo-
crat in 81 members, but there Will be an
Increased Democratic representation in the
House. Nearly complete returns give Bur
leigh plurality of 7,220, making the Third
the banner district
In cumberland County, Pennell the Dem
ocratic candidate for sheriff, was elected.
The shrieyalty contest in \ ORR county has
not ended. There is to be a recount and
the matter is likely to ind its way to the
courts. Hancock county, with two towns
to hear from givesW Whitcomb, Rep, IS plurali-
ty over llanscom, Pro for sheriff. The entire
Republican ticket and all the Representa-
tEeS are elected. The Democrats elected
their candidate for sheriff in Somerset coun-
y,but all the other county officers areRepub->
lican. Lincoln county also appears to have
elected a Democratic sheriff, but the Repub-
licans elected the remainder of their county
ticket by good maioritieS, and three OF the
four representatives. In Knox county the
Democrats made practically a clean sweep,
electing their candidates for senator and
lature. The cities of Lewiston and Water
Vile went Democratic, and in Bath the
Socialists registered more than 800 votes.
The Republican journal., 1902-09-11
The Election in City and County.

The election in this city was the most in
teresting for some time. The Democrats
claimed that they would elect their repre-
sentative from Belfast and also their candi-
dates for sheriff and county attorney, and
were early at work to make the claim good.
But the Republicans were also on deck, and
their votes went in early in such proper
tlons as to somewhat discourage their oppo-
nentS. Still the fight went on with more or
less vigor until the close of the polls, both
sides claiming the representative. There
were more stickers used than in any previous
election, and many defective ballots, and
local issues tended to reduce the vote of the
Republican candidate for representative,
but he was elected by a majority of 33 W.
Z. Thompson, the Democratic candidate for
county attorney, had plurality of in the
city, vote attesting his personal populari-
ty, At one time it was thought he had been
elected, but later returns showed that the
entire Republican county ticket, including
the representatives, had been elected by
good majorities. We give as usual full
returns of the city and county vote.