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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

The Washington correspondent Of the st.
Louis Republic (dem.). under date Of June
3, wires that paper as follows:
Il am permitted to make a statement
which will clear the air regarding the attl-
tude Of President Roosevelt n his ad-
ministration touching the future status Of
the Philippines. 1t is not to be taken
as q statement issued by the president,
but, except that the president of the United
States is never interviewed. 1t can be &C
cepted with the force OF an interview.
THE president has been asked by some
political and personal friends to consider
whether 1t would not be better to change
the policy OF the United States and shape
1t in the direction of giving the Filipinos
ultimate independence, and to make that
announcement so that the islanders could
know definitely that some time In the flu
ture they would be treated as Cuba has
been treated.
"These friends have told the president
that they were impressed with his speech
at Arlington, in which he spoke of the time
when the Filipinos might show capacity for
self-government, and they have asked the
president to go further, and consider
whether 1t might not be wise to say now
definitely that the Filipinos would be given
independence.
ITO this the president has given an un-
qualified answer in the negative. II the
matter had been called to his attention be-
fore he made his speech at Arlington his
address would have probably dealt with
that phase Of the question. There is no
reason, It is held, why the presidents views
should not be given now.
Judge Taft, whom the president regards
as the greatest authority on the Philippines,
has pronounced ideas on this subject which
are OF particular value because when he
went to the Philippines he was inclined to
criticize the policy of holding the islands.
Judge Taft holds and the president with
him, that official intimation at this time
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
Future of the Philippines

that the Filipinos might expect their indie
pendence. one or two, or ten years hence.
would probably result in notification Of all
the work that has been lone there since the
end Of the Spanish rule.
The conservative citizens Of the islands
who have been asserting the spread Of law
and order and the upbuilding OF civil gov
eminent would view such a declaration
with horror. From one end Of the archi-
pelago to the other, the element that has
been opposing American rule would feel en-
outraged. They would begin to lay wires
to be on top when independence should be
proclaimed.
ION the other hand, those who have been
aiding the Americans and have acknowl-
edged the benefits >of civil government
would be compelled, for their own salvation,
to side with that element that has been
clamoring for Independence and has not
been able to discriminate between indie
pendence' and civil liberty
President Schurman, in a recent address,
has declared that the Filipinos are fitted
for disagreement. Admiral Dewey three
years ago declared that the Filipinos we're
as capable Of self government as the Gu
bans were. self-government, under the au>
thority OF the United States, is what is
aimed at in the Philippines. Yet now Pres
ident Schurman and Admiral Dewey are be-
ing quoted as advocating the independence
of the islands.
"For the reason that a statement from
the Administration that the Filipinos were
being prepared for independence, in the
eyes of the president, would do incalcu-
liable harm to the work now under way, II
indeed 1t did not undo all that had been
done. the president declines to give any
encouragement to the thought that these
islands will ultimately be Independent.
THAT question must be left to the future,
after the civil government has been estab-
lished in the islands and has stood the test
before the civilized world"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
TIE INDIANA DEMOCRACY.

The Bryanite democrats are getting
little encouragement these days. The
trend of sentiment seems to be steadily
against them. The most noteworthy
fact in the proceedings of the Indiana
democratic convention was the refusal
to indorse Bryan and the Kansas City
platform. There was a determined eff
fort ON the part of the minority of the
platform committee to secure such in
dorsement, but under the rather feeble
pretext that it would be out of place
to inject Mr.. Bryan's name into the
state campaign the majority of the
committee refused to indorse him or the
platform for which he stands.
The sense of the danger of Organism
thus shown by the democrats of Indi-
ana has become pretty general and there
Is M doubt is growing. In the eastern
and middle sections of the country II
is realized by a very large majority of
democrats and it is gradually but GER,
tainly spreading in the west. Perhaps II
has moi yet made much progress in the
south, but that section may be expected
to sooner or later become impressed
with it. The significance of the refusal
of the Indiana democratic convention
is obvious and there can be no doubt
that 1t will exert a very considerable
influence upon democrats generally.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
ARMY REELECTION.

The strength Of the army IL to be re.
duced nearly 1000 men, or from al
2sT to 66,497. The order of the secre-
tary Of war calls for reduction in all
three arms Of the service, but it affects
the artillery less than the infantry and
cavalry arms. In the cavalry the total
reduction will be 1,S0O men and in the
infantry 5.64O. The garrison or coast
artillery will not be affected by the new
order, but the strength of the field ar.
tillery will be reduced by making the
number Of enlisted men in a battery
100 instead Of 100.
The order is due to the improved
situation in the Philippines. which the
president believes to be such as not to
require there more than about 2 5000
soldiers, the number now in the islands
being about 81, 700, or more than 10000
less han were in the islands in Deem
Der, 1900, a very significant reduction.
1t is quite possible that within another
year the force in the Philippines can be
reduced to 10000 or less, for the
promise Is most favorable for complete
~paciication before the end Of this year
and the extension OF civil government
ON a basis that will require little mill
tary support.
When the reduction provided for in
the order of the secretary of war is
made, the army will be at about the
strength authorized by the act of the
last congress for the military establish
ment on a peace footing. That legisla-
ton, it will be remembered, was de-
nounced by the democrats as being the
first step toward the building up of a
great army to Overawe the people and
p%erpetuate republican power. How
ridiculous the charge was is now ap.
parent, but 1t was not more absurd
thar some Of the assertions that party
is now making | N regard to republican
policies, as for example the declaration
of the Indiana democrats that the re-
publican party has surrendered to the
trusts, in face of the fact that the ad-
ministration is proceeding against COM
binations believed to have violated the
law passed by a republican congress,
and approved by a republican president.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
MUNICIPAL RAILROAD ASSESSMENT.

MUNlCIPAL RAILROAD ASSESSMENT.
The haphazard method pursued by the
state board of railway assessment in
the valuation placed upon the property
of railroads for state and county taxa
ton and the unjust discrimination
against other taxpayers by reason Of
the differentiation of railroad property
has for years constituted a standing
grievance of the people of this state.
The iniquity of the general assessment
of the railroads is, however, exempli-
fed most %strikingly in the virtual ex-
emptlon of railroad property from mu-
nicipal taxation.
The lowest estimate of the value of
the railroad property in the cities of
Omaha, South Omaha and Lincoln is
from $12,OO0,OO 0 to $15,OOO,OOO. More
thar two-thirds of this is within the
city limits of Omaha, but the jugglery
by which this vast estate is dumped
into railroad mileage and assessed as
such has shriveled this $15, 1000
worth of property into less than 100000
for municipal taxation. The west half
of the Union Pacific bridge, its union
station and passenger and freight depot
buildings and grounds, together with
main tracks, sidetracks and r~ight-of-way
through the heart of the city, are re
turned for taxation for city purposes at
mileage rates at $4,000 per mile, and the
Burlington passenger and freight depots,
terminal ground, sidetracks and right
of-way are assessed at an average Of
about $4,000 per mile. The depot
grounds and terminals of the Elkhorn,
Omaha and Missouri Pacific roads are
assessed on the mileage basis in the
same manner and the aggregate of all
these properties, capitalized at from
$4,000, 900 to $12,0O0,0O0, does not pay
city taxes on a valuation of more than
$4,000, or Ia per cent, whereas all
other classes of property within the city
limits are assessed on a 40 per cent
basis.
This d~isproportion is clearly contrary
to the letter and spirit of the constitu-
ton, which contemplates the imposition
of uniform taxes on all classes of prop
erty. The railroads enjoy all the bene-
fits of municipal government equally
with all other corporations and indi-
viduals. They have the full benefit Of
fire and police protection, for which the
city expends more than 100000 a year.
And while the city has closed miles
upon miles of streets and alleys and do
mated them to the railroads, the roads
manage to escape the special street i'm
provement taxes that have been so bur
densome to other real estate owners.
What is true of Omaha also applies in
like degree to South Omaha and Lin
coin, where the assessments of rail
road property for city purposes are
ridiculously out of proportion to the as
sessment of other property.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
A WORD TO THE PRESIDENT.
Warned to Play More and Work
Less.
Hartford Post (rep.)

Hartford Post Crep.)
President Roosevelt acts as II he were
wrought iron and there were no limits 10
his physical endurance and intellectual
energy. Such Astounding activity was never
before witnessed in tho White House. II
Sydney Smith thought that Daniel Webster
was a steam engine in trousers what would
he have thought II he had seen Theodore
Roosevelt?
Recall the series OF speeches, all full Of
vigor and vitality, OF power, and patriotism,
that the president has delivered during the
past few months. Study his Memorial day
address and see how full OF thought and
force and rugged strength It is. Prepara-
ton of utterances like that isn't a holiday
task. And, OF course, the strain which
the routine Of the presidency puts upon a
man is enough to tax the strongest consti-
tuition. The burdens Of the ONCE are
heavy, its responsibilities and cares un.
ceasing and its tasks stupendous. The
president throws himself into the work
with all his vigor, masters all the details
and spares not himself. Into routine and
speech making and functions he plunges
with all the ardor OF a physical and intel
lectual athlete, and sets a pace which
~startles those about him.
How long can the president keep up this
tremendous gait? He's a wonderful piece
Of physical and mental manhood, but en-
durance is bound to have limits. He
shouldn't assume that he can keep at it
without any let up. He should remember
that a stitch in time save nine, should
husband his energies and put more play
spells on his time table. Don't run any
risk of letting that splendid mechanism OF
yours get out Of gear, Mr.. President.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
Personal NOTES.

Prof. Heilprin had much better luck a.
Pelee than Prof. Pliny had on vesuvius.
Captain John Haggerty, the sea diver VIII,
explored the Maine wreck in Havana har-
Dor, has Just died at his home in Brooklyn.
Mark Twain wept when he visited tho
scenes Of his boyhood last week. This IL
the hrst public record Of his weeping since
he visited the toni Of Adam.
The shah Of Persia, who ls visiting EN-.
peror William, will not travel on a RAILROAD
faster than eight to ten miles an hour
and his suite consists largely Of detectives
The maharajah Of Jaipur, who has ar
rived in Paris on his way to King Edward
coronation. has with him a suite compris
ing twenty dignitaries and 1873 servants
His luggage weighs 100000 pounds.
This is how Congressman Newlands O
Nevada summarizes his views on irriea
ton: ITS about time for the American
government to stop its irritation OF othe,
lands and begin the irrigation Of it's owl
arid lands"
The very acme Of cleverness In conceal.
ment was reached by a circus man in a
Pennsylvania town lately, when he man
aged to hide a herd OF nineteen elephants
from a constable who was hunting them
with a writ OF attachment.
When Congressman De Almond Of Mis-
souri, was in the Philippines he made In
dustrlous use Of a camera. On returning
home he had a great many Of his pictures
developed and mounted and each bears
this endorsement; made by the firm OF
David A. De Almond q SUM-
Ex-Governor BoutwelI's Grant Reminis,
cences" include a horse story. President
Grant was attracted by a horse owned by
a Washington butcher and he bought It for
$500. Subsequently he took Senator Conk.
ling out to ride behind his new acquisition
and the president asked the senator what
he thought Of the animal. at strikes me"
said the senator. that l would rather have
the $500" well, that's what the butcher
said" remarked the president.
Some time ago in Philadelphia Charles
NJ. Schwab, president Of the huge steel
trust, expressed in an address the opinion
that a classical education was less help
full to the young man than the practical
experience that could be gained In the same
lumber Of years OF application to the bust
ness which he was to make his life work
W. S. Dalzell, a Yale graduate and a son OF
Congressman Dalzell, while at a banquet
a day or two later took violent and sneer-
ing exception to Mr., Schwab's views. Some
spicy correspondence ensued between him
and the steel magnate. but the young man
refused to make the amende honorable. 1t
is now said that Mr.. Schwab will use the
powerful influence Of the steel trust to
retire Congressman Dalzell at the coming
election.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

According TO ex-senator Allen, every
one mentioned in connection with the
fusion nomination for governor is semi
nently qualified" to perform the duties
Of the position. We fear Senator
Aliens conception of the requirements
of the office are altogether below the
mark. Some Of the men mentioned for
governor on both sides Of the political
fence are hardly qualified to be alder
men In a wide-awake town.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

sion upon the public mind, creating a
very general feeling that the govern
ment should not expend a vast sum In
constructing a canal through a region
where even now there is volcanic ac-
tivity. AS to other claims of the sup
porters of the Nicaragua route, they APP
pear to be for the most part without
any substantial basis.
Whether or not the route question will
be determined at the present session is
problematical, with the chances appar-
emily most favorable to the adoption Of
some such compromise as the Spooner
compromise, although there is at pres
ent a strong unwillingness in congress
to leave to the president the selection Of
a route.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

The Bee is the only paper in these
parts that prints honest circulation
statements. 1t shows shrinkages and
gains exactly as they occur from week
to week and month to month. but the
other papers would have o believe
that they never lose a subscriber. They
are e~ternally gaining, gaining, gaining,
and keep up their gains in season and
out of season, regardless of the fact
that hundreds of subscribers are away
from home on vacations, or thousands
discontinue for various reasons, includ-
ing hot weather, hot politics or drouthy
editorials and news columns.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
WATERING RAILROAD STOCKS.
Masnate Harriman's Quaint Views on
OvercapItaIiEatIon.
Chicago Record Herald.

ShlCdkO TNcCOIu-A1Sidlu
Whom he was interviewed on the subject
OF the overcapitalization of railroads E.
H. Hartman said truly that the question
was a large one, and proceeded to add that
the old railroads of S25. 900 and $50, 600 a
mile we're things of the past. There were
now miles and miles of reconstructed rail-
roads costing 500, 900 a mile, or more than
that, TO build them, and when we have TO
tunnel, Of course, 1t is sometimes as much
as $1,000, 900 or 81, 200, 900 to save distance,
eliminate grades and curves"
The ~"magnate" may have spoken, as q
correspondent says, with more than his
customary freedom, but he did not indulge
In a dangerous frankness. A Bunsby-like
fog seems to obscure his thought and Its
application. Did he mean that there had
been overcapitalization but that the water
had gone to the betterments? That would
probably be Jews TO the people who had
manipulated the water transactions. and
others who have not had their personal ex-
p~erierce will wonder what possible con-
neetion there is between speculations closed
years ago and the present cost Of railroad
building.
or did he mean thai oyercapitalization
was impossible now because Of the cost Of
building? This might be true at 1900, OOt
per mile. but all roads are not a continu-
Gus tunnel performance, and a gentleman
who treats deals in millions with the In
difference and forgetfulness OF Mr.. Harri-
man is hardly Just TO his " genius II hS
! admits the impOsslbility.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
THE wEsTERNER AND THE RAIN.
New York Sun.

Oh, the dear, sweet. summer rainl
Hear II railing, falling, falling,
through the darkness softly calling.
"Waken, flowers! Lift up each chalics
prooping from the rude winds malice.
1A1t your buds. so shy and tender,
l Will kiss them into %splendorl
Humbl grasses. creeping slowly,
beautiful and meek and lowly,
emerald spear and red-cheeked clover,
Drink my f~ullness, trimming over.
stately trees, with arms upreaching,
For my bounty long beseeching,
Let each bough, wind-bent and shaken,
With new life and beauty Waken.
Patient grain, grow strong and stronger
You shall faint and droop no longeri
All things growing, all things living,
So we hear II softly calling,
through, the darkness gently falling,
Tree ana bud and blossom blessing,
All the waiting earth caressing-
on the dear, sweet. summer rain!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

When the settlement was made be-
tween the Union Pacific railroad and
the city of Omaha some months ago ii
was generally believed that the com
pact included the payment of back
taxes. 1t appears, however, that the
Union Pacific still owes over $4,000 in
taxes levied years G upon the
property held by it which was
no part Of its right-of-way or depot
grounds. When Treasurer Hennings
made the demand for payment of these
taxes, after the papers had been signed
in the settlement, the railroad lawyers
gave him the horse laugh. Why should
the railroad company be treated any diff
ferently in the collection of back taxes
from any other company or individual
that owes back taxes?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

1t is to be noted that the populists have
have put up a complete state ticket in
Indiana without the aid or consent of
the democrats. The democrats consider
fusion a great thing in states like Ne
braska, where the populists furnish the
bulk of the votes, but in states like
Indiana they are not quite willing to
let the populists go it alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

II the Real Estate exchange is in dead
earnest In It's proposed effort to secure
an equitable assessment Of all classes
or property for county taxation. it Will
have the active sympathy and support
OF the great mass OF taxpaying citizens.
But there must be no discrimination nor
sham and no favored corporation. nrm
or individual
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

. That sea captain who reports having
encountered a floating island inhabited
by parrots and monkeys and supposed
to have been cast adrift by the volcanic
disturbances in the Caribbean sea,
should have grappled TO his hnd and
lowed it along into New York harbor.
This fatal omission is likely to relegate
his tale into the sea-yarn class, unless
he can produce some other corrobora-
fion-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

The law requires all railroad corpora
lions to return to the state board of as
sessment and equalization a correct
statement Of its railway trackage, right
of-way and depot grounds. BY rights, a
map of these tracks, depot grounds and
rights-of-way should be on file In the
offices of the county surveyor and the
city engineer. Why any railroad should
refuse to furnish the county and city
with these maps or why Il should refuse
access to them to the county surveyor oil
engineers department is incOmprehensi-
BILE. The natural inference of such
action is that the reports filed with the
state board are incorrect and fall short
of the requirements of the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

The latest census bulletin discloses the
fact that more than $3.50, 100000 is in.
vested in this country in the manufac.
ture OF alcoholic liquors In 21,S50 estab.
lishments, which turn out an annual
product valued at $34O,O0O,OO0. This
ought to give the prohibitionists cold
Shivers In hot weather,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
When Doctors Disagree.
Chicago Chronicle.

chicago Chronicle.
DR.. S. A.. Knopf Of New York, a profound
and learned authority upon tuberculosis,
arise to announce that tuberculosis is alb
solutely noninifectiOus. On the very same
day DR.. Henry L. Holton of Vermont, an
equally profound and learned authority,
takes occasion to observe that tuberculosis
is an acutely infectious disease-one of the
most infectious. 1t is little matters like
these that inspire the general public with
such deep confidence in doctors.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
Now ~AItoRether.
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal.
Hats off to the gallant Beers! They fought
the last fight in the old era of independence
for petty states and though losing they
fought as few men have fought in this
world OF wars. They have humbled the
worlds mightiest empire, they have won
honorable terms for themselves and they
have given the world new material for
heroic legend and tradition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

A society has just been organized in
New York with the express purpose ito
cherish and perpetuate the memories,
associations, records and traditions of
the City of Chicago" If this does not
raise a cry Of treason to New York 1t
win be cause for establishment.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06
succor Promptly Given.
Saturday Eyening Posi-.

Saturday Evening Post.
Uncle Sam does not look for presidents,
or at the color of the flag, when human
beings are to be succored and saved. In doing
more for the French islands in the West
Indies than France did herself, this coun-
try again showed the same prompt and
generous sympathy hat fed the starving
Of Ireland and mitigated the famines of
Russia and India.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

Corporation party" cries the local
po%pocratic organ at the republicans and
forthwith sheds whole barrels Of black
Ink to obscure all vision of the record
made by the fusion reformers when
they had complete control Of the state
for four years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

railroads, that It will bring the railroads
into politics, and If it should result in
government ownership, it would enlarge
the public service so as to imperil free
government. For some reason or other,
however, the people refuse to take alarm
at the political bugbear. 1t will take a
diagram to show them how the railroads
can get into politics much more than
they have been.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

AS a stepping stone to matrimony, the
position of police matron in Omaha has
proved its success. No wonder it is In
such brisk demand whenever a vacancy
in 1t occurs.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

A prize medal for bravery ought to
be awarded the nan who presided over
the state convention of Indiana demo-
Orats. 1t took courage of a high order
for him to link together in one sentence
the names Of William Jennings Bryan
and Grover Cleveland.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-06

Irish members of Parliament want it
distinctly understood that they have
been against the wal in South Africa,
before 1t began, while it was in progress
and after It is ended.