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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Plea for Mental Training On or Near
h Reservation.
Salt Lake Herald.
Salt lake Herald.

q A1RO 1NA1
Not many years ago a young Indian who
had had all the advantages OF an elaborate
education returned to his tribe. Except for
his copper-colored skin his every appear
ance was that Of a youth who had attained
the highest degree OF civilization. His
clothing. well cut, fitted him. his hair was
short and his English perfect. Just q year
later this Indian came to draw his rations.
He wore q bright red blanket and he had
feathers in his hair.
'T could never be much as q white man,
he said to the agent, but I can be a hell Of
an Indian"
The story is recalled by the debate in
congress Thursday over the appropriations
for Indian schools. Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois.
who has fought man. an appropriation in
his time, but who never fought any Indians,
opSosed the grant to the Carlisle (Pa)
school. He said 1t was the height OF
cruelty TO educate an Indian in the east and
then relegate him to the savagery OF his
tribe. Delegate Smith Of Arizona declared
that the red man must be educated amid
natural environments; that Is. the schools
| should be located close to the abodes Of the
tribes.
The stand taken by Messrs. Cannon and
Smith seems proper. Instead Of spending
large sums OF money in taking Indians q
eastern schools and in educating them there
the appropriations would be put TO better
use by distributing them near the homes
Of the students. In this way the other
members Of the tribes could have the edu'
~cational examples constantly before them
The process would be SO gradual that Y
would be hardly noticed, and when thS
finished" student was turned out he would
cause no shock to his people.
But, after all, the great trouble lies II
the pauperization OF b Indians. II thu
educated savage were required to use hi
attainments or starve, there would be more
hope for his future, less fear OF his laps.
ing into barbarism. The fact that an In
dian is educated and therefore eompeten
to take care OF himself does not now con
stitUte a bar to his receiving ratons from
the government.
He hasn't the same incentive to laboI
that a white boy or girl has, and conse
quently he is quickly eontented to live b.
the bread OF Uncle Sam alone. On tn
other hand, few fields OF labor are opel
to educated Indians. Just why this shoul'
be Is not apparent. but the probable reasol
Is that they are incompetent In spite o
all the money that has been spent in edu
eating them. there Is not today In tn
United States army a full-blooded India
who holds a commission; there are no In
dian civil engineers, or lawyers, or doctors
or mining experts, nor are they In any o
lthe so-eallsd learned professions
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
UtiIiziaw COrnstaIks.
Portland Oregonian


A few days ago a company was incor-
porated in Baltimore with a capitalization
of $40, 000, 600, which controls patents
whereby fiber and celluloid can be taken
by a cheap process direct from cornstalks.
1t will enter at once into composition with
the strawboard trust, placing upon the
market many articles similar to those
manufactured by the latter company. The
two combinations represent the tremendous
growth in intensified industry tween the
period fifty years ago, when straw was
burned In the fields to get rid OF 1t, and
cornstalks stood all winter In the fields to
be plowed under in the spring, their sub
stance having been beaten out and diffused
by the storms. Capital has many sins to
answer for, no doubt, but some Of these
at least are condoned by the power that II
has brought to bear upon industry in utiliz-
ing waste for the comfort and convenience
Of mankind.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
PERSONAL NOTES.


Tfllman's nephew must be something of
a prophet, inasmuch as he seems to be with
out honor in his own country.
The Filipino general, Lukban, was cap
tured by the simple process Of crowding
him on earth. You can do that on an
island.
Rev. Sheriff Pearson of Portland, Me-,
says hat when he, was elected there were
21 open saloons in the city and that now
he'll give 500 to the man who can show
him an open saloon there or anywhere in
the county
WI lawyers began to use some pretty
sharp language toward each other in a
court in Charleston, s. c., but were quickly
brought to o by Magistrate Memmin-
ger. who admonished them and told them
that It was not the United States senate
in which the case was being tried"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Of Hyde Park,
N. Y, has just been elected secretary OF
the Harvard Crimson, one Of the high liter
airy honors which Harvard university has
to offer to its under graduates. Mr.. Roose-
welt is the presidents cousin. He is a son
Of Mrs. James Roosevelt. His class is 1904.
So great was the demand upon members
Of congress for tickets Of admission to the
Mckinley memorial services tina the mem
bers themselves were paying $25 each for
the coveted pasteboards. Congressman
Sibley promised five Of his constituents that
he would get them tickets and it cost him
just $125 to keep his word.
The Lieutenant Stroller who captured
General Lukban, the Filipino leader, is OF
German birth and enlisted in the regular
army before he was 20 years old. He was
promoted to a lieutenancy by President
Mckinley. being then a sergeant serving
his third term. He has seen much active
service, but never sustained any injury.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

period OF their very maximum and add
ing every claim Of colorado validity.
While the outstanding warrants desig-
mated as general levy fund warrants"
on December 81, 1900. were something
over $4,000. according to the books Of
year 1900 was only $273,174. Similarly,
while the outstanding school warrants
December 81. 1900. aggregated $156,3O5,
the average for the year was only
S94, 730. We have here in these two
items a difference Of $115, 900 in favor Of
the city II an attempt were made to rate
it where It really belonged.
To add In nearly $4,000 Of claims
not paid as floating debt is also decid-
eddy questionable, unless the definition
of floating debt is made to include every
possible contingency. That no such rule
is applied In other cities goes without
saying. Yet the figures furnished for
Omaha are measured up against debt
statements Of other cities that show
only the actual matured obligations.
The trouble with the city comptroller
is that he seems bent on advertising the
city's debt 10 be just as large as it can
possibly be made to appear. whereas the
interest Of the city is to have it no
larger than it must be. We canno gain
anything by closing u own eyes to the
actual facts, but we are the sufferers of
nj own folly when every point is
stretched against us.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
sOBRIETY ON THE ROAD.
Stringent Rules Against /. BOOKING
Among Trainmen.
Chicago Record-Herald.

Chicago Record-Herald.
The adoption by the Burlington road of
more stringent rules against the use OF
liquor by employees is a movement In the
Interest Of public safety and good rail-
reading that will have the unqualified en-
dorsement OF the travelling public.
The Burlington. in common with most
railroad corporations, had already put in
force a rigid ban on the use OF intoxicants
by employees who had anything to do with
the operation Of trains, not only on duty,
but also while on duty. This rule has
now been extended SO as to apply to en-
ployes in all departments, including track
bridge and building departments. The
new book OF rules just issued by the COM
pany contains this paragraph:
THE use OF intoxicants by employees
while on duty is prohibited. Their habituAI
use or the frequenting OF places where
they are sold is sufficient cause for dis
missal."
The reasons for the PRONUNCIATION OF THU
sweeping rule are obvious. No service II
the whole range OF Industrial activity sus.
tains such vital relation TO the public al
the operation Of passenger trains and nj
service presents SO many elements o.
danger. The fatalities on the seas and
the great lakes are small In number com
pared with those on the railways OF thii
country. With all the modern safety ap
planes railroading still depends for III
safety upon men with clear heads anS
alert minds.
The trainman whose brain is muddlet
with whisky becomes a menace TO hun
dreds Of lives and to the property Of
transportation system. The rlgOrs o
railroading present unusual temptation
to alcoholic stimulation. particularly II
winter, but the safety Of the public de-
mands the employment Of men who hAvI
the power to resist this tsIaptation-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Down in Lancaster county a dispute
is waging owe the right Of the county
Judge to retain the fees paid to him for
performing marriage ceremonies. 1t
seems to be the old fight over again be
tween the ministers and the magistrates
as to which should do the matrimonial
business. the trouble arising from the
fact that the magistrates usually en-
force a lower schedule Of rates than the
ministers. The marriage fees do not cut
much figure officially, but ON general
principles public officers should be con,
fined TO a fixed income and all fees 90
into the treasury like other pubiic dues
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
ELECTION OF SENATOR'S.
Popular Sentiment voiced ny the
House Of Representative.
HhIrnnn NJ

CnACaAo NoNA.
The house has again passed practically
without opposition a resolution to eamend
the constitution so as TO admit Of the cleo
ton Of senators by popular vote. Although
the sentiment in favor Of the proposed
change is obviously growing stronger. the
senators manifest no more disposition to
consider It than they have shown on the
three previous occasions that a similar reso-
luton passed the house.
IL The senator's refuse a fourth time to
take action on this proposition IL can only
be inferred that they believe an overwhelm-
ing popular demand for 1t exists and that
they do not wish to yield to It. To secure
the necessary amendment TO the consti-
tuition even though both houses unani-
mously favor II, will be q dificult matter.
In their efforts to protect the constitution
from hash and ill-considered changes the au-
thors OF that document rendered It's amend
ment extraordinarily difficult. Two-thirds
Of both houses must first approve a reso-
luton for amendment. or else the legis-
~latures of two-thirds OF the states must
apply to congress to call a convention to
propose amendments. Any amendment APP
proved either by congress or by a consti-
tutional convention, before It can become
q part of the constitution, must then be
ratified by the legislatures OF three fourths
of. all the states. In other words, the
election of senators by popular vote can be
secured only by action which could not be
taken unless an overwhelming majority Of
the citizens throughout the country stood
in favor Of Il.
The recent history Of senatorial election
contests points unmistakably to the need
Of a reform Senators doubtless will urge
that election by legislature preserves the
idea Of state sovereignty. that the way to
check such abuses as exist in connection
with the present method OF election Is 20
secure better legislatures and hat to take
the power Of election away from the legis-
~latures is to stamp them with irresponsi-
billty and stIll further confirm them In
bad practices. These are questions which
the various states themselves ought to pass
upon. It is not TO be supposed that the
state legislatures would throw away one
Of their most valued privileges lightly or
without due consideration Of popular feel
ing. II the senators have any good reason
for not submitting this question to the
nation they should hasten to mako It
public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
THE PANAMA COMPLICATION.

The position taken by the Colombian
government in regard to the proposed
transfer Of the property of the Panama
canal company to the United States In
PRODUCES a new complication which will
delay negotiations. If It shall have NO
other effect. The action of Colombia
is said to be regarded at Washington is
simply a notification on the part of that
government that the canal company can
not sell It's property without paying
something to Colombia for the privileges.
1t is pointed out that that government
is not only a stakeholder in the new
Panama company. but also receives an
annual payment from the canal com
pany. hence Colombia does not propose
to permit the company to transfer its
property without a payment Of money
to the government.
This is a matter entirely between Col
ombia and the canal company and does
not Immediately concern the United
States, but it is said that the greed
which is being shown by the Colombian
government, If persisted in, may defeat
the Panama proposition In congress. 1t
appears probable, however. that the
Nicaragua government viii be disposed
to be equally exacting in it's financial
demands, provided that route is selected
for a canal. The fact is that these
southern republics. whose treasures are
empty, see in the proposed construction
Of an lsthmian canal by the United
States an opportunity to put themselves
In an excellent condition financially and
as appears they are disposed to improve
the chance to the fullest extent This
is quite natural. of course. but they may
make the mistake of going too far in
their demands for anxious as the United
States is to construct an inter-oceanic
canal it win not submit to unreasonable
demands.
At present negotiations with Colombia
are at a standstill, but will soon be re
sumed. while there have been no nego-
tiations as yet with Nicaragua,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

The reduction Of price Of electric light
ing lamps under the proposed new con-
tract is expected to enable the city to
extend It's lighting area. The additional
lamps, however. should not be all placed
on the outskirts Of the city, as there are
several dark corners in the business cen
ter that should have attention. People
with dark ways seek dark streets and
good street lighting is one Of the condi-
tions Of good police protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
TWO PREPARATIONS.
Closing Words of the Mckinley and
the EuIOsies.
Kansaa (itv Star

Kansas City Star.
1t is a curious coincidence that on Feb
ruary ~. 1882, and on February %, 1902, a
secretary of state OF a murdered presi-
dent delivered a eulogy Of his dead chief
before the houses OF congress. MT. Hay
is primarily a writer. Blaine was FIRST Of
all a speaker. It is interesting at this time
to compare the peroration Of Hay, pub
lished yesterday, with that OF Blaine. Here
is the conclusion Of the eulogy Of McKin-
ley:
There IL not one OF us but feels prouder
Of his native land because the august hg-
ure Of Washington presided over Its be-
g~innings; no one but vows II q tenderer love
because Lincoln poured out his blood for
It; no one but must feel his devotion for
his country renewed and kindled when he
remembers how Mckinley loved. revered
and served IL, showed in his life how .
citizen should live. and in his last hour
taught us how a gentleman could die"
The Grafton on GARFIELD ended with the
famous passage:
"As the end drew near his early crav-
ing for the sea eturne The stately man
sion OF power had been to him the weart-
some hospital OF pain, and he begged to be
taken from his prison walls, from its op-
pressIve, stihing air, from its homelessness
and it's hopelessness. Gently, silently. the
love Of a great people bore the pale sufferer
to the longed-for healing Of the sea. to live
or to die, as God should will, within sight
Of the heaving pillows. within sound OF its
manifold voices. With q wan. fevered face,
tenderly lifted to the cooling breeze. he
looked out wistfuliy upon the oceans
changing wonders; on its far sails; on its
restless waves, rolling shoreward to break
and die beneath the MONDAY sum; ON the
red clouds Of evening. arching low to the
horizon; on the serene and shining path
way of the stars. Let US think that his
dying eyes read a mystic meaning which
only the rapt and parting soul may know.
Let us believe that In the silence Of the
receding world he heard the great waves
breaking on a farther shore and felt al
ready upon his wasted brow the breath OF
the eternal morning"
The hrst Of these passages is evidently
the work OF an e~ssayist. the second Of an
orator. The words OF Mr.. Hay are COM
paratively cold and formal. Those OF Blaine
pulsate with life and emotion. The Diff
ference between the two shows why one
man was the idol Of his party while the
other, with ability a. great. has never
aroused popular enthusiasm.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

After all the noise over the warrant
brokerage business, the school board has
endorsed by unanimous vote the action
Of it's finance committee in arranging to
consolidate the cashing Of the employees
salary warrants. 1t is fair to say that
the board would not be unanimous on
this proposition If there were anything
in it that in any way interfered with the
right Of employees to do as they please
with what they earn by their services.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Give the local pro-Boer organization
credit for persistence in trying to project
It's cause To the front at every oppOr-
tunity. With the same amount OF en-
ergy devoted TO providing relief for the
victims Of the Boer wal as it displays
in trying TO make political capital out
OF the Boer misfortunes, much more
would be accomplished for the cause Of
humanity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

The local labor unions having adjusted
their difficulties with the Ak-Sar-Ben
managers, would do well to smooth out
the path for the coming season in all
other directions as well. II Omaha can
avoid labor difficulties 1t is sure to enjoy
a season Of active outdoor operations
this year that win keep every working.
man in the building trades busy from
start to finish.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

The United States supreme court has
held the Illinois law which prohibits OPP
ton trading to be constitutional. The
supreme court is evidently not well
equipped for drawing fine lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
Marie Throws a Fit,
Buffalo Express

Marie Corelli gave to a Glasgow audience
the other day a version Of the nursery tale
of Little Red R~idinghood." IN which
Great Britain was the sweet little girl
the United States was the savage-eyed
long-fanged wolf waiting to devour her.
Let Marie rest in peace. So long as she
is writing novels and Alfred Austin is
writing poetry, we shall think twice be-
fore we absorb Great Britain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

The Turkish government has denied
liability for the kidnapping of Miss Stone.
Even IL 1t We're possible to convince the
Porte that he is liable it would require
several years to get the bill liquidated,
II 1t follows the usual course of Turkish
financierlng.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

As was to have been expected, the
nsual number Of notwithstanding pull
pit Founders have fractured the atmos-
phere In imitation OF Congressman
Wheeler's denunciation of Prince
Henfy's visit But the prince will con-
cider the source.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

A member Of the German Reichstag
has delivered himself of a screed on the
visit Of Prince Henry to this country.
1t is comforting to know that all the
Asslnine Legislators are not in the Amerl-
can congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

A bill has been introduced in the New
Jersey legislature TO repeal the charter
Of the Northern Securities company on
the ground that it was incorporated in
that state to enable the companies to
violate the laws of the states in which
IL operates. While the Jersey con
science is touched with this sense OF
justice It might repeal the general In
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Sir Thomas Upton says he is willing
that Americans should take his yacht
and race 1t with an American crew
against Columbia, but expresses the
opinion that the boat viii be defeated
just the same. Sir Thomas has the
merit Of knowing when he is beaten and
the candor to own 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

The president of the British Associa-
ton OF Chambers OF Commerce expresses
himself as being in no way fearful Of
the United States becoming a serious
competitor in the shipping industry. Pos
sibly 1t may never be, but past experience
should teach him that any task this
country sets itself in real earnest to do
IS generally accomplished.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
PASSING -PLEAsANTRIEs.

Philadelphia Catholic. Standard: mo,
DOCTOR the patient said, II don't feel we'll
at all, although 1 eat and sleep very well
and"
"Tn stop all that in no time" said DR..
Quack confidently.
Brooklyn Life: Mrs. stiles-I though she
she did in the nrst-didn't your
Mrs: Patterns-Oh, yesi After she put
that lovely white silk dress on.
Philadelphia Record: The Friend-Is the
editor enjoying good health7
The Poet (sadly)-No; from what I've
seen OF him he has been declining for the
last five years.
Chicago Tribune: 'It seems TO me-" re-
marked the Observant Foreigner, 'you al
low your girls great freedom in the matter
Yes" responded the Flippant Native,
we seem to give them all the laddie dude
they want"
Philadelphia Press: Rev. Mr.. Tallman-
And what did you think of my sermon3
Miss Sharpe-Oh! 1t was so like you, Mr..
Tallman.
Rev. Mr.. Tallman-characteristic eh?
was stunted.
Ohio State Journal: BlewbludZIt isn't
generally known, but my ancestors came
Numskull-Oh, that's all right, old man;
don't be afraid of me telling anybody, be-
cause you can't help what your ancestors
did. ...
The optimist: why did you place such
a tough old fowl before me?" asked the
indignant a d in a downtown restaurant.
Age before beauty, always, you know"
womanlike, she smiled, and paid her bill
without a murmur.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

A report to the British Parliament by
the Nal office states that American
mules are greatly admired. Either the
American mule has become more do
Gle under the influence Of the South
African climate or the new owners have
been cautious about approaching the
business end Of the animal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
Leader. of Great Epochs.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.

bL LOUIS HHoDe-DeInOcFHL
Secretary Hays grouping OF Presidents
Washington, Lincoln and Mckinley IL fur
Their justified by the fact that their birth
day anniversaries occur within twenty-five
days of one another.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
Let's 'oHoch" Again.
clauainnh Leader

While the of the United States
with Germany amounts In value to nearly
$500. 100000 a year. why should not the
people OF this country show a friendly
spirit toward those of the fatherland?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
False Cries of Combines.
News.

Whenever q attempt is made TO en-
force the law against big corporations they
intimate that war is being made on capital.
1t is their custom to violate the law which
they rave construed into G privilege.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

corporation laws Of that state which are
intended to invite companies to incorpo-
rate there in order to enjoy privileges
other states will not grant
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Prince Henry may be an early riser,
but the Kaiser will have to get up still
earlier to get ahead of Uncle Sam.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Banks that can carry school warrants
on 3 per cent interest ought to be willing
to pay at least some rate of interest on
deposits Of county money.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

II Lincoln is the moral paradise its
bards sing it, why should Carrie Ma
ton waste time in its sanctiied pre-
cincts?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

One prosperous year of the term which
President Roosevelt has been called to
serve has elapsed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
Back TO HIS Knitting.
Press.

The genial ADMIRAL Evans appears to
have recovered from his schrecklicher kat
zenjammer and has resumed his place in
the agreeable ceremony Of showing of the
country to our distinguished German
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Fort Crook is about to welcome back
the old Twenty-second infantry and
Omaha will join In extending a cordial
greeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

The question is will Chicago's recep-
tiOn to the prince open the door of Ger
man. wider to our American meats?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

Prince Henry saw plenty of water
when he was in the east and south.
Now It is Milwaukee's turn.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05

On his next visit Prince Henry will
not be satisfied to go home without TAX
Eng In Omaha