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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
TIE SUPREME

The banquet to Justice Harlan of the
the completion of twenty-five years of
service in that great tribunal, was a
most interesting occasion. 1t was not
only a fine and merited tribute to one
of our most distinguished j~urists, but
1t gave opportunity for expressions
respecting the supreme court which
should be of interest to every American
citizen. Criticism of the federal judi
ciary is not uncommon and the tribunal
of last resort has not been spared. 1t
has been freely assailed by political
partisans, who have ~endeavored to
create regarding it popular distrust and
dissatisfaction. It's integrity has been
questioned by those whose interests or
opinions were not favored by it's de-
cisions. 1t has been charged with yield
ing to influences hostile to the public
interest and welfare. In short, the judi
cial department of the government has
throughout our history been subjected
to its full share of criticism and con-
demnation and this may be expected to
continue.
Yet undoubtedly the great majority of
the American people will agree with the
statement of President Roosevelt, in his
speech at the banquet to Justice Har-
Ian, that the supreme court OF the
United States is the most illustrious
and important judicial tribunal in all
the civilized world. This, said the
president, is not only the opinion of ouI
own peOple-it is the verdict of other
nations as well. Whatever mistakes
may have been made by this great
tribunal, and as Charles Summer once
said, Judges are but men and in al
ages have shown a full share of frailty,'
whatever may nave been its shortcom
ings, it has On the whole justified the
wisdom OF the trainers of the constitu
ton in providing for such a trlbuna
and unquestiOnably established ifs CLAIM
to be regarded as the most illustriouI
court in the world. Justice Harlan ex
pressed the belief, which is undOubtedl,
well founded. that the people connde II
| the integrity, the patriotism and tn
) learning of the supreme court and hav,
l an abiding faith that no permanent o
p irreparable harm will come to the re
public by any action that tribuna
viii ever take. "In the early history o
the country" said Justice Harlan
"some feared that the supreme court
I exerting the enormous power conferrer
I on it, ultimately might so change GU
5 form Of government as TO destroy o
I endanger the essential rights of tn
( states and imperil those fundamenta
, rights OF life, liberty and propert
+ which belong TO free men. Few. IL any
now entertain such a~pprehensions an
I no American lawyer now questions tn
e supremacy OF the constitution
respect OF every subject transmitted
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Shares in the Bicycle trust are now
lowering around 80 cents. They look It.
Testimony taken by the coal strike com
mission reveals how the under world
works and barely exists.
King Edward is graciously willing that
the Jersey Lily should try her play on
Americans. The faded Lily needs the
money.
People who are out in search of trouble
will learn something to their advantage by
communicating with President Castro OF
Venezuela.
Premature stories of ripening fruit in
the banana belt Of the west and in the
strawberry beds of Michigan were promptly
chased out OF sight by a blast from Medi-
cine Hat. The provocation was irresistible.
John L. Sullivan and Boston have fallen
out and shattered the friendship OF a gen.
Grafton. Boston spurns John as a back
number and the late professor OF physical
culture dubs the Hub "a bum town" The
silent anguish of the community over the
divorce.
Apologies are due to Philadelphia. The
old town, resting for ages under the stigma
OF inertia, has risen in its might and
ohdohOu Nv obl6hldliICIs Oue VI llh cml-
nent business men who conducted a gro
Gerry by day fattened his dividends by per-
sonally conducted burglaries at night. No,
the Quaker city is not so slow.
When a great state such as Pennsylvania
tolerates the insurance OF infants and views
with indifference the evidence OF crime re-
vealed by an excessive mortality record. II
is unbecoming in outsiders to express sur
prise at the shocking condition of life IN
the anthracite mines. Flesh and blood are
cheap articles when money is at stake.
Jersey Justice so distinguished in hust-
ling malefactors to prison she's at the tasi
Of restricting woman's voice such as II
cultivated in Jersey. The honorable court
intimated that dispensaries OF justice had
troubles enough without attempting t.
regulate the Caudle family. That court Is
wise enough to adjourn at the proper time
1.-THE Thomas Jefferson Memorial Asso,
citation Of the United States" has been In
corporated at Washington. The assocla,
tion is composed of eminent public men
representing all the states. and a board o
governors from the original thirteen states
with Admiral George Dewey president. l
is proposed to secure contributions from
patriotic people and rear a suitable me
mortal to the author Of the immortal Dec
laration.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
THE MERRY CHRISTMAS DANCE.


Frank l. Stanton in Leslie's Weekly.
De fiddler in de corner. des a-pattin' of his
feet,
De hddle-bow a-gwin, en- a-makin' music
sweet;
En- Christmas times, good people, is de
times what hard ter beat,
En- we'll have a merry Christmas In de
mawnin'!
We left de weary burrows whar de cotton
blossomed white
En- de summer winds wuz singin'. en- do
sun wuz blazin' bright.
En- we reached de Ian OF Promis: Swing
yer partners left an right!
En- We'll have a merry Christmas in de
mawnini
De white folks in de big house hear de
happy fddles SCUM,
En- dey come ter see de dancin'. en- dey
standin' all Ground;
Let de music come a-ringin'! amt we
kiverin' de groun'l
En- oh! de merry Christmas In de mawnin'i
Don't keer erbout de patter of de sleet 'on
top de shed
We gwine roun' lax shadders whar de fire
blazin' red;
En- glory halleluia shakes de shingles over
head
Glory halleluia. 'twell de mawnin'
Hans round de creakin' cabin 'twell de
very roof you lit'l
En- you skeer de ha'nts ter hver whar dc
weather freeze 'em stim!
But-keep one halleluia 'twell we holler
christmas Gif!"
In de merry. merry Christmas in de
mawnin!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

the national government, or the wisdom
Of the provision made for its final in
depreciation, or the absolute necessity
for the maintenance Of our liberties
that all the rightful powers Of the
states be preserved and respected" AS
was said by Senator Hoar, this great
tribunal, which keeps the forces Of state
and nation alike within their appointed
bounds, must depend for It's authority
upon the respect and confidence Of the
people" and that respect and confidence
must depend upon the influence Of the
legal profession, without the support of
which no court can endure.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
LET WALL STREET ALONE.

The country will approve the refusal
Of the Treasury department to place its
resources at the command of Wall street
in the stringency that is again being
experienced there, sO 'long as general
business interests are not imperilled.
The national treasury. should as far as
possible abstain from exercising bank
ing and money loaning functions. 1t
has only been q few weeks since the
treasury officials were ~straining every
nerve and placing tens Of millions Of
public none to relieve the New York
money market.
New York is the great financial clear
ing house and money center of this
country, but not the country itself. The
| commercial and industrial channels are
in healthy condition. Business is on a
sound footing, the crops are moving to
market and industry generally is active.
II the national treasury were emptied
into the Golfers Of the eastern banks 1t
is exceedingly doubtful whether a dollar
would be sent beyond the Mississippi
and Missouri for the use Of shippers
and merchants.
The simple truth is that the promoters,
spectators and stock jObbers whose
operations center in New York have
o~verreached themselves and are in diff
culties Of their own creation, and 1t is
themselves, and not the country at all,
that they want the government to
rescue. There is pleny of money In the
country for all legitimate uses. There
is not money enough in all the world to
sustain the excuses of the insatia:e
gambling spirit. 1t was only tempo
rarily checked, not cured, by the Sep
TENDER squeeze. 1t Is now undel
pressure again, and it will be no hurt
to honest business If the pressure goes
a good deal further, squeezing water
out Of stocks and putting the stock job
bers out of business for a while at least
In the absence of a genuine crisis 1
is we'll to let the Wall street %speculatori
get out of their own scrapes the bes
way they can, the same as other people
have to do.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

AS an exponent of the principles IN
derlying the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the Constitution of the United
States, George f. Baer, the anthracite
mine magnate, is a bowling success His
Interpretation of the ~inalienable rights
Of all men to life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness at the WaldOrf-Astoria
banquet, within a stones throw of hun
dreds of thousands OF men, women and
children clad in rags and shivering for
want of fuel, while the barons around
the festive board were jollifying with
mirth and revelry, was enough to make
John Hancock and the other signers Of
the Declaration turn over in their graves.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

Students in Omaha medical colleges
will rejoice to learn that the United
States commissioner Of pensions has or
dained n drawing for twenty-five repu.
table young medical students for APP
pointment as clerks in the pension
bureau at modest salaries ranging from
5000 to $1,000 per annum. With this end
in view the Civil Service commission
will hold examinations at Omaha. Grand
Island and Beatrice January 20, % and
% next to secure ellgibles for these posi-.
tions. Whether these examinations will
include dissection of real corpses and
who Is to furnish the raw material has
not been divulged.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

He chooses night who refuses light.
Preaching for wages never won the world.
Stolen thunder will not bring showers Of
blessing.
A silent idiot is wiser than a babbling
simpleton.
There can be no communion where there
is no union.
Everything comes to the man who waits
and keeps on walking.
The man who says there is no truth in the
world has mistaken a mirror for the uni
verse.
1t is easier to preach patience in the
church than it is to practice 1t with our
children.
When you can honorably do so the best
way to conquer your enemy is to concur
with him.
1t will not help your husband to heaven
to leave him at home with cold v~ictuals
while you go to warm your heart at the
prayer meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

Most continental countries have a
minister Of education among their cab
met officers. AS the subject Of education
in this country does not come within the
federal jurisdiction, the educators who
aspire to cabinet positions have to find
another venue of entrance. The De-
partment of Agriculture, however, seems
becoming closely allied to educational
interests and more than any other de-
partment has been presided over by an
educator.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
No Excuse for Leniency.
Portland OreRonian.

President Roosevelt's stern refusal to
pardon J. w. Mcknight. a bank embez-
zler, is commendable, both In justice and
wisdom. Men belonging to this class OF
Offenders-wreckers of private fortunes,
squanderers Of the savings of thrift and the
accumulations of labor-have too often ap-
pealed successfully to executive clemency
and gone unwhipped Of justice. Denied
wrote our sturdy president across the APP
plication for the pardon Of this man,
wrecker Of the German National bank OF
Louisville, KY, adding: This seems al
absolutely clear case Of guilt, with no ex-
cuse whatever" Good enough.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
THE PoWER FRANCHISE.

III PUWBh
For more than ten years Omaha has
been wrestling with the problem Of
cheaper power for its mills and factories.
All intelligent men interested In the
growth Of Omaha concede that the
greatest drawback to its future growth
is the high price Of fuel. Eight years
ago a power canal was projected, whose
promoters asked for a subsidy Of
100000 0 in bonds to carry out their
enterprise. The proposition was sub
mitted to a vote Of the people and car
rled by a large majority, but failed to
materialize owing to the decision of the
courts declaring the bonds invalid. The
need Of cheaper power is much greater
today than it was eight years ago, when
the power canal project was endorsed
by the popular vote. Omaha has
reached a stage Of growth that places
it at the crossroads. 1t cannot progress
without materially increasing its manu-
featuring facilities and it cannot hope
to increase it's manufacturing facilities
without being able to compete with
Kansas City, st. Paul and Minneapolis,
where fuel and motive power are so
much cheaper.
A proposition to supply Omaha with
an abundance Of cheap power has been
pending before the council for two
months. A large majority of the tax
paying citizens, in fact nine-tenths of
all the taxpayers of Omaha, favor the
submission of the proposition for rat
ifcation at the coming election, but a
majority of the council has so far held
back the franchise ordinance under va
rious p~retexts. The handspring of the
opposition is the Thomson-Housto Elec.
trio Lighting company, which has had
the monopoly of supplying electric light
for Omaha for a number of years. The
tactics displayed are too transparent to
require ~puncturing.
The franchise asked for is not ex'
elusive. No subsidy is demanded, but
on the contrary the city is to receive
royalty, or annuity, from the privilege
granted. The only thing asked for il
the right to sell power in Omaha at fixed
maximum rates-about one-third of the
rate now paid for power and less thar
one-third now paid for electric light. A
moderate estimate of the saving by pri
| vate consumers who are now paying fol
power is fully 100000 the first yeal
and a great deal larger sum each sue
ceeding year If factories and mills IL
Omaha multiply, as they surely woulC
by reason Of the c%heapening of power.
1t is now up to the council to sa!
whether they will condescend to give tn,
people Of Omaha an opportunity at tn,
coming election to say whether the!
want to grant such a franchise or not
The complaints against former councils
and even against the present council
has been that they have voted valuable
contracts TO franchise corporations ii
defiance Of public sentiment and with
out asking the consent or approval o
councilmen now to submit the. cheape
power franchise proposition to the pee
pie so that they may express their wis
and will through the ballot box? l
after full discussion the people do no
approve the proposition they will vot
it down. If the proposition is We've
in a favorable light they will vote t
rattfy it. In any event the people shoul
be given an opportunity to pass upon i
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
To N EDUCATION

A bill hat passed congress and is
now in the hands Of the president con-
templates a novel method for the promo
ton of education which is Of general in
terest. The measure provides for the
incorporation of a general educational
board in the District of Columbia, the
object being 'the promotion Of education
within the United States Of America,
without distinction Of race, sex or
creed" The bill is said to nave been
introduced at the instance of a number
Of persons Of wealth, among them Mr..
Rockefeller, who intend to create a fund
to aid existing schools and colleges in
every section of the country and
especially 10 improve educational facili-
ties in the south, including those for
the instruction Of negro youth. 1t is
not the intention of the promoters of
this movement to found an educational
institution at any place, but simply to
receive gifts of money made for edu-
~cational purposes and distribute the
money or the proceeds Of its investment
among institutions of learning of all
kinds throughout the United States.
1t is stated that Mr.. Rockefeller will
make a munifcent contribution to the
proposed fund and undoubtedly the
other wealthy persons identified with
the plan will do likewise, so that it Is
probable a very large sum will be al
once made available for assisting such
educational institutions as are in need
OF money to enlarge their facilities. The
proposal to give special consideration tC
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Boston Transcript: Your uncle Is a very
religious man. l understand"
'Oh, yes, indeed! He positively hates
everybody who belongs to any other church
than his own"
pears to be such a thoughtful man."
"Oh, he is! He never forgets to caution
me about keeping down the household ex-
penses."
Chicago News: He (cautiously)-what
would you say II 1 should ask you to be
my wife2
She Cmore cautiously)-Why don't you ask
me and find out?
Chicago Tribune; Girl with the Gibson
Girl Neck-Isn't 1t strange that when you
get something In one of your eyes the other
eye waters, too? ...
Girl with the Julia Marlowe Dimple-Oh,
I don't know. When Jack Honeywell kisses
you on one cheek the other cheek bushes
just the same, doesn't It?
Judge: "They had one OF the ~strangest
marriages recorded for a long time
I'm what respect?"
ain every respect. Why, both parents on
both sides were present, there was nothing
sudden or secret about II and their own
clergyman performed the ceremony"
Philadelphia Press. 81 suppose you're
trying to think up a lie to tell your wife
when you get home" said the first club
man.
mo, indeed" replied the other, TIN
going to tell her the truth"
Surely you're not?"
81 certainly am, because she's sure not
to believe me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

The latest western railroad has just
been built at Sioux City, connecting that
town, Omaha. st. Joseph and Kansas
City mainly in the interest Of the great
packing centers. The only details of
construction that remain to be sup
piled are provisions for such trivial mat
tiers as right-of-way, grading. bridges,
terminals and equipment. The road, II
is explained, is an air line-or, more
properly a hot air line
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

The pension appropriation bill passed
by the house figures out a contribution
Of 50 for every family in the United
States. 1t is only about one family in
ninety-nine, however, that comes in on
the distribution.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

II the V~eneZuelans want to be real
ugly they should import a few Boer
commanders from South Africa. They
might not then have so much trouble
In settling things with England and Ger
many,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

State Superintendent Fowler's scheme
for the establishment of normal schools
will be very catching in the coming leg
islature. The only trouble Mr.. Fowler's
plan win encounter is that, instead of
three new normal schools, bills will be
introduced for thirty.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

schools in the south, with particular
reference to those In which negro youth
are taught, is most commendable. The
plan On the whole seems an excellent
one and If judlciously carried out must
result In great good. The surplus Of
our men of wealth could certainly find
no better or more useful employment.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

Judge Wade Of the Second Iowa dis
trict was a state judge at the time Of
his election to congress in November,
and the point is raised as TO the validity
OF the election since the state cOnstitu-
ton clearly declares that a state judge
shall not be eligible TO any other ONCE
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

during his tenure Of the judgeshlp, Con-
gress, however, is the sole Judge Of the
publications OF its members. And al
though he was a Judge at the time the
election was held, Judge wade's term
expires January /. and he will not be
on the bench when he presents himself
as a member Of the house. 1t is n safe
guess that his title will be recognized.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

The fire and police authorities OF Chi
cage have condemned a half dozen large
hotels because Of inadequate provisions
for fire escape, but it requires the recent
horror to move them to action. 1t is
better late than never, but it is poor
satisfaction TO lock the door after the
horse is stolen.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

Everyone else having been asked TO
contribute to the Mckinley memorial
monument fund, a special invitation is
TO be extended for contributions from
the architects The architects contribu-
lions, it might be noted, are TO be in the
form Of designs for the monument rather
than Of funds for it's erection.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
johnny, Get Your Gun.
New York rIhnna.

new 1ork IrlDune.
! There have been good Indians and they
are not all dead, but there never was a
good train robber. A western railroad
which has announced that it will pay $1,000
to any employe on its cars who. in defense
of his charge, kills one Of these s~coundrels,
has adopted a practical policy which may
augment the death rate in certain states
and territories.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

A great many authorities are con-
tributlng articles to current magazines
telling how congress might control the
trusts. The equally pertinent subject,
show Trusts Control Congress" is being
ignored, although it could be told in half
the space.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

AS usual, the railroads pretend that
their property would be confscated If
they were compelled to pay taxes on the
same basis as other property owners.
Would it not be more correct, however,
to say that the property Of the other
taxpayers is being coniscated and they
are compelled to pay taxes not only for
themselves, but for the railroads as well.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

The testimony before the anthracite
arbitrators has demonstrated that the
hearts Of some of the operators are as
hard as the coal they mine.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

Mascagni must be a superb artist if
business incapacity be any sign, or else
our climate and temperament are too
harsh for his sensitive nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

There are only n few days left in 1907
for the arbitration of the differences OF
the Union Pacific and its striking me.
chanics.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

Speaker Henderson might give Mr..
Cannon a chance to get into practice by
letting him substitute occasionally from
now until the 4th of March.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

No member Of congress will be doing
his full duty if he does not father some
kind of an antitrust bill before the ses-
sion is closed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
serviceabIe as a Kicking Post.
SomervIlle Journal.

SomervIlle Journal.
There is one advantage about having a
beef trust, and a coal trust, and a lot of
other ~soulless combines. 1t gives people
somebody to blame when anything goes
wrong.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

The report that another st. Louis
boodler has been convicted is becom-
ing pleasantly monotonous.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

According to the testimony Of the
mine workers the operators system of
docking, like the darkey's coontrap,
caught them both coming and going.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

From the fate of the statehood
measures the omnibus scheme of legis-
lation is not as popular in this session
of mgr as It was in the last.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

That strike arbitration threatens also
to become a serial story.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
broadening TraIl of Trouble.


NtW lOTK WOrIu.
Westward the course Of connublal disaf-
lection takes its way! New York has to
every 1000 marriages twenty four divorces,
Chicago has 10 and San Francisco 230.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
Essentials of the sennnn.
Philadelphia Press

philadelphia Press.
The two most popular books for the hol-
iday season are the ~checkbook and the
pocketbook.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska. Douglas County, SIS:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary OF The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn;
says that the actual Number of tull ana
| complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of November, 1892, was as follows;
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

Net average 3O,755
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 30th day of November, A. ID.
1907. NJ. b. HUNGATE,
(SeaD Notary Public.