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The age-herald., 1902-03-30
SOME OF THE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
 HE WILL TELL YOU.
BY SIDNEY YOUNG.

cial prejudice in both Women are found advising young girls in factories to "hire out and not mind foolish social preju- dice. Why should girl who will have to work all her life mind whether she works in a kitchen, a shop, or her own home i? But she does mind. It is also a fact that the woman who gives this advice would be heart-broken if one of her own daughters did anything which would in- jure her eligibility for marriage in her own set.
 l heard of a banker the other day who has made something of a reputation late ly as a shrewd trader. He met a friend on the street and the following conversa- tion ensued.
The age-herald., 1902-03-30

''Why haven't you been around to see me?" said the banker to his acquaintance.
 T am afraid to come" was the reply. q hear you have become such trader that fear I would leave your office a shorn lamb"
 You bet I'm trader" said the bank CT with great gusto. "A man came to me the other day and asked the price of a piece of land I told him $100 per foot. He said this was too much; he would be willing to give $50. The upshot of 1t was that I got s62 a foot and I would have taken $30.'
 This gentleman has probably made his fortune by such practices. But if young man went to him for advice he would get a dose of economy
The age-herald., 1902-03-30

Any of the one cent portions contain food clements which are said to be suf fcient to supply the nourishment required in afull meal. Two or three of these 1c portions per day, if varied according to appetite, should maintain the weight, strength and health of any ordinary indi- vidual for an indefinite time, if such ex- treme economy Is necessary
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
GOOD WORDS FOR THE Bee.

While the consciousness of duty well
performed is all the reward to be ex-
pected, a newspaper as much as an in
dividual is glad to have its efforts ap-
preciated and approved. The receipt of
the following letter Is therefore specially
gratifying to The Bee:
CINCINNATI, Oct. 27.-To the Editor of
The Bee: l am just home from our Omaha
convention and take this first opportunity
Of writing and telling you how much we
appreciate the splendid work by The
Omaha Bee in reporting our conventions.
1t is with pleasure that l transmit to you
the formal vote of hanks of the conven-
tion for your work. Your reporter de-
serves special recognition for his gentle
manly care and management OF that work.
and ! am very glad indeed to be able to
tell you how much we appreciated him and
his work. In the name of the convention,
l thank The Bee for its uniform courtesy,
for its full reports and for it's generous
treatment OF our people while in Omaha.
Very truly yours.
BENJAMIN LYON SMITH,
Corresponding Secretary American Chris
tian Missionary Society.
The Be not only makes 1t a point to
give all the news promptly in the most
readable form, but always stands ready
to cooperate in every movement making
for the advancement of Omaha or the
general public welfare. In the Christian
church convention it recognizes the or
ganization of great religious and moral
factors, and as a newspaper takes pride
in having contributed to it's success.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
STRENGTHEN THE ANTITRUST Law.

STRENGTHEN THE ANTITRUST Law.
There are some who hold the opinion
that the Sherman antitrust law ex-
hausts the power Of congress over
monopolies. This is not the view of
Attorney General Knox and it Is inter
esting to note that his position is In
dorsed by various officers of the adj
mi%nistration. Mr.. Knox said In his
Pittsburg speech that the power of con-
gress is not exhausted in this law, but
that the antitrust act OF 1890 may, under
the existing constitutional grants, be
amended and extended land thus remedy
its defects and so effectively regulate
national and foreign commerce as to
prevent the sitting of competition, the
regulating of prices and the restraining
of national and international trade"
He pointed out that If that law exhausts
the power of congress over monopolies
the American people find themselves
hopelessly impotent, facing a situation
fraught with the most alarming posi-
bilities, with which neither the federal
nor state governments can deal, but he
declared that when the currents of mo-
nopoly evil flow out over state lines and
cover the country 1t will not do to say
that the evil is beyond the national
reach.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
Commerce commission Is among those
who. concur with the attorney general.
Mr.. Knapp says the antitrust law is
defective and that a law can be drafted
which will fully protect the interests of
the public and at the same time permit
agreements to be made to limit competl-
ton. He is quoted as saying: $50 far
as am able to reach conclusions salts
factory to myself, l am of the opinion
that no legislation upon this subject Is
SO much needed. or win prove so salu-
tary. as that which would bring the
federal statute into conformity with the
wise and well-grounded rule of the com
mon law, The fundamental departure
from hat rule in the Sherman act is, in
my judgment, the cause of its utter
failure as a remedial measure. So far
from accomplishing its intended purpose
it has indirectly aided-in many cases
~forced-the very result 1t was designed
to prevent" He expressed the belief
that had the common law rule peer OBJ
served in the Sherman act and in kin
dred legislation by the states, we should
have today a great deal more actual
competition than exists.
The agreement OF these able lawyers
upon a subject to which they have given
most careful consideration is important
and should exert some influence. The
sherman antitrust law certainly has not
accomplished what IL was intended to.
There is competent opinion that 1t is de-
f~ective. The duty Of congress is to
remedy the defects and to provide that
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
MERCER AND THE CLERKS.

The clerks employed In railroad head
quarters, railroad freight houses, banks
and jobbing concerns in Omaha and the
clerks employed in the packing houses
at South Omaha. regardless of party.
are counted on to cast their ballots next
Tuesday for David H. Mercer. A large
number of clerks who affiliate with the
republican party were importuned, or
dragooned, into voting the Mercer ticket
at the republican primaries by their SUI
periors under the pretext that it would
benefit their employers, and the same
reasons will doubtless be advanced for
them to cast their vote for the non
resident congressman at the election.
Now, what has Mercer done to merit
the support Of wage-workers and es-
pecially of clerks? As q member of con-
gress Mercer is allowed 500 per month
for clerk hire, but instead of paying out
the salary allowance he has pocketed
the $1,000 a year and saddled upon the
secretary Of the committee Of which he
Is chairman the work that would de-
volve legitimately upon his clerk. with
out paying him a dollar for this addl-
tional work. In other words, Mercer has
forced the secretary of his committee to
work over hours in doing work for
which congress has set apart an allow
ance for a separate clerk, and by so do
ing has deprived some deserving citizen
of his district of IN opportunity to earn
a fair living.
On the principle that an injury to one
is an injury to all, Mercer has wronged
every man who works for wages as a
clerk and at the same time perpetrated
an inexcusable fraud upon the govern
ment by signing vouchers for clerk hire
which he has put in his own pocket.
Had Mercer carried out the act Of con-
gress in good faith by employing a clerk,
a man out of employment would either
have been able to find a position at good
wages or would have had an opportunity
to take the place of the man chosen by
Mercer for the position In Washington.
What would be thought of a state
of1cer, county ohicer or city officer who
would force his clerks to do double work
and then sign vouchers for clerk hire he
did not pay out and pocket the money!
Why should a man who is drawing
$1,000 a year for five months active
work and seven months recreation not
be satisfied with his salary? Why
should he rob another man of the oppor-
tunity of earning an honest living? Will
the clerks of Omaha and South Omaha
endorse such downright meanness and
dishonesty by their votes? WIN they
stultify themselves? Is 1t not their duty
to assert their manhood and independ-
ence by administering a telling rebuke
at the ballot box?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
ELIZABETH oADr STATION.


Minneapolis Times: The cause Of
women's suffrage has lost a mighty cham
pion in the death Of Mrs. Stanton, but
what seems to us more than that, tho
cause Of clean living. Of sweet womanli-
ness, Of high ideals, OF pure government
has lost an advocate that shall not soon be
replaced.
Indianap polls Journal: Comparatively few
women. IL is true. nave gained the right
OF suffrage for which she battled most
~strenuously. but in other lines the advance
has been greater and more rapid than
even she could have hoped. Laws have
been modified, property rights equafized,
educational opportunities wideneG Ind
avenues Of industry opened to women to
an extent that could hardly have seemed
possible fifty years ago, ~
Chicago Chronicle: Mrs. Stanton ala not
succeed in completely converting American
~womsnhood to her conviction that the bal
lot is a cure for all evils. But while knock
ing with only partial success upon that
obstinate lock the conclusion Of her Slows
relaxed the rivets on many oth64 closed
doors. There is not a woman 4ho has
succeeded in law. medicine. journaliE n, tho
arts and sciences. higher educations trade
and commerce but feels or ought "a feel
kTdNtlul 70 THIS AutTlChu mdNHldECus
Indianapolis News: Fulfilling all Of the
privileges and meeting all of the duties
in life this noble woman had still the
greatness of mind and character to adopt
all women as her sisters In a very Intimate
sense and give her life to their uplifting.
She lived long enough, in her ripe cid age,
loved and honored and Recognised, to be
comforted with the acknowledgment that
most Of her ideals were sound snd2 true.
Surely she was blessed as she lived and as
she died-leaving a memory that iblesses
those that come after her. ~
Minneapolis Tribune: Mrs, Stanton was
one of the noted group Of women. including
Mrs. Harriet Beeeher Stowe and M~rsAJulla
Ward Howe, who seemed to combine the
qualities that fitted her to shine both In
the domestic circle and in public life. .shes
married at a comparatively early age. HSrs
children clustered about her knee. Biz of
them were at her bedside when she passed
away. Yet she found time to do much
literary work, to occupy herself with pub
lie questions and to be a leader in move
ments which she regarded as r~eformatory.
Springfield Republican; Mrs. stanton's
home life was all that the most e~xacting
advocate of ''woman's sphere. the home!'
could desire. She had seven children and
six are living. Theodore Stanton is 9 well
known ~literate and journalist. resident in
Paris. Margaret Livingston Lawrence isr
known as an authority and teacher in
physical culture, long at the Teachers coll
lege, in New York City. Harriet Stanton
Blatch is a prominent figure in English
philanthropy and social labor. Altogether,
no life can have been mote fully justified
and, perhaps, none more fruitful in gifts
to humanity, than that OF elizabeth Cady
Stanton. -
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

majority in the council the power Of ap-
pointing the boards Of public safety will
pass to the governor.
Coming at a time when people we're be-
ginning TO hope that the government OF
cities was about to be withdrawn from
state and national complications and
handed over to normal rational, local in
%terests, the Ohio code is such a plucky
attempt at reaction that It might almost
be called insolent. State control OF cities
means state politics in cities. and although
state politics Is necessary and desirable
in state affairs, It has been proved time
and again that in municipal affairs II
means corruption. No other issue is pos
siole. The state and the municipality ave
utterly different spheres. To combine them
is to bring in confusion and ruin.
II is all we'll enough to say that the cities
are part OF the states, and the whole. being
greater than the part, must be supreme.
This is specifically true. The cities are
creatures Of the commonwealth. They have
such distinctive characteristics, however,
and their problems and possibilities are so
remote from those OF the country districts.
that a declaration OF modified independence
is inevitable. The American colonies were
a part Of the British empire, West Virginia
was a part OF virginia, the Balkan states
were a part Of Turkey-they are not so
now. In the case OF the large American
cities revolution is not necessary. Neither,
OF course, is complete separation. All thai
the Illustration used means 10 hat the
progress Of events often breaks asunder
old ties which have ceased to be convenient
and useful and have come to be irksome
and dangerous. The urban centers OF
American life must have free play. Their
development demands II. They must have
home rule. State politicians who refuse
to be converted by arguments will be con-
verted by votes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

adequate protection against monopoly
which this law was intended to give.
1t is the opinion Of the attorney general
Of the United States that the law Of
1890 can be extended so as to prevent
the suppression Of competition and the
restraint of trade. He believes that the
constitutional power Of congress is
ample for this purpose. 1t is expected
that President Roosevelt will recon-
mend legislation on the line indicated
by Mr.. Knox and the people will look
to congress to give this supremacy i'm
portant matter prompt and earnest con
sideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
Pinch of the harvester Trust.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

Notice has been given on behalf OF the
recently organized Harvester trust that
prices are to be advanced % per cent, 80
that farmers who ave hitherto paid 500
for a machine must hereafter pay Sl25. At
the same time, the managing force Of the
trust is to be so reduced and reorganized
that not less than $500, 900 a year will be
saved by this process alone. BY such sim
pie devices this new Industrial combination
expects to obtain huge dividends on its $685.
900, 600 Of literally watered capital stock.
No doubt II will do so for a season; but its
peculiar field is wide open, and large profits
must in the end breed fierce competition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

In the tabular statement printed in
Tuesdays issue of The Bee, making a
detailed comparative exhibit of Ne
braska railroad assessments by coun-
ties, al error appears in the column
showing what the railroad assessment
of Washington county should be. The
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
road should be assessed in that county
$3.50, 219.7 20, instead of $16,921.9T, and the
assessment of all the roads $500, 307 20,
Of $157, 009.47.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
Activity of the Lone bandit.
Minneapolis Journal.

The frequency and the success with
which railroads are held up and robbed
suggests the Importance Of providing bet
ter protection by the railroad companies
for the persons and property which they
transport. This is emphasized by the fact
that a Northern Pacific train has just
been robbed and the engineer killed by one
lone bandit in Montana. The probabiii-
ties are that those lines Of transportation
which provide the most security against
such attacks and can furnish the public
the greatest assurance of safety will profit
sufficiently by public knowledge Of that
fact to more than pay for all the extra
expense incurred. Train robbing does not
always involve loss or danger to the pas
sengers. but IT is not conducive TO the
popularity Of any line.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

County Circuit Attorney Folk Of st.
Louis, who has achieved a national rep
utation as an unrelenting prosecutor Of
municipal boodlers, has served notice on
all whom 1t may concern in the city Of
st. Louis that he will prosecute and send
to the penitentiary all perpetrators Of
election fraud. Mr.. Folk defines his po-
sition as follows:
Charges have been made hat fraudulent
voting will be attempted at the coming
election. 1t will be my duty to prosecute
every offender against whom evidence can
be secured and II might be we'll to remind
those who would vote u~nlAwfully, and judges
and clerks of election who would make
false returns and counts, that the punish
ment is Imprisonment in the penitentiary
for not less than two years. The sanctlty
OF the ballot is the basis OF government
by the people, for II is through the bal
lot the people speak. The debaueh-
ers OF sanetity are not confined TO
any political party, but operate in all
parties from venal motives, They have
no politics except in name, for there is
no politics In crime. They are not demo-
Gratis, they are not republicans, they are
criminals and as criminals they will be
prosecuted IL they throw the gauntlet down
in the face Of the law and public decency.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
Grown in Public Favor.
indianapolis News.

IHUIuTIUpUEIN NNN"Is
No man in public life has grown more In
popular appreciation than Senator Hanna
At the outset Of his political career he was
supposed to be a self-seeking. arrogant po-
litical boss, who depended largely on money
to win his ends. He was pursued by the
cartoonist and his character misrepre-
scented and ~maligned. Gradually, by reason
largely of his position on labor questions
and his interest in the civic federation, men
have come to hold a juster view of his
character. He is now generally reeog-
nized as one Of the intellectual leaders Of
the republican party, and no one is more
eagerly listened to.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

If that Northern Securities merger is
really the benehcent and BENEVOLENT un-
dertaking Jim Hill would have the pub
lie believe. the Great Northern rail-
way magnate should be in demand to
extend his benevolent activity through
out the land. Strange that other sections
do not seem to realize what they are
missing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

traffic between Omaha and the neighbour
ing towns and cities. The terms Of the
franchise are so extremely liberal that
Mr.. Hayden should encounter no diff
Guilty in securing all the necessary cap
ital required for building an extensive
system of suburban railroads over all
the principal country roads in the
county.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

A fact has just presented itself, al
though no attention is paid to it, which
a few years g would have been re-
garded as of immense Importance. 1t Is
that the price Of silver, which has been
steadily falling, has now reached the
lowest point in the London market
known in the history Of that metal. 1t
seems to pass unnoted even by Colonel
Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

MERGERS Literally bureau is now trying
to impress the public that the reason he
has not established a home in Omaha is
because he is too poor to do so and Is
picturing the modest quarters he occu-
pies in Washington in language designed
to excite sympathy. When he had him
self written up in the Washington Post
a few months ago to tell what a great
man he is regarded away from home he
described his Washington home in this
language:
Mercer finds his chief relaxation in
travel. To him travel is almost a passion.
While he was a bachelor he travelled far
and wide and since his marriage in 1894
the two have sojourned in about every
civilized country. Some three years ago
they spent several months in Europe,
journeying all over that continent from
Greece and Italy to Norway and Russia.
They have souvenirs and brio-a-brac from
every quarter which nlls their residence
in this city, Siberian bear skin. rugs
from Alaska, ivory carvings from Japan.
brocades and embroidery from China, tap
estries from Turkey, q rare white alliga-
to.'s skin from Java, a marble bust from
Italy which closely resembles their little
daughter, being a few specimens. The
latest collection OF trophies is from the
Philippines, where Mr.. Mercer travelled
extensively last summer in the course Of
a trip, starting east from New York and
continuing east TIL be had touched San
Francisco and again reached Washington.
That's the kind Of a poverty-stricken
wanderer Our Dave really is.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
FLoUTING HOME RULE.
New Ohio Municipal Code Only Goes
Half Way I'm SeIf-GOvernment.
Chicago Tribune (rep.).

New ohiO Municipal Code only Goes
Half Way I'm seIf-GOvernment.
Chicago Tribune (rep).
Now we have Ohio playing leading lady
to that great star in ripper legislation.
Pennsylvania What ripper legislation
means can be seen In Philadelphia and
Pittsburg politics. What the regulation Of
municipal affairs from a state capital
means can be seen in Chicago's west park
board. Experience and reason, facts and
theories, the record OF the past and the
spirit OF the present, all cry aloud for
home rule for great cities. Does the new
Ohio code conform to this cry? 1t not only
does not conform to II. 1t violently disre-
CARDS and nouts It.
Interference with municipal governments
in Ohio by the party in power in the legis-
ture has hitherto taken the form Of special
legislation. The supreme court has de-
eided that such legislation is unconstitu-
tional and there must be a uniform NUM-
clpal code. The legislature has enacted
such a code, but has Incorporated In II
provisions which are subversive OF the
principle of local self-government.
First. the mayors OF all Ohio cities are
removable by the governor. II Illinois
we're under that law Governor Yates could
keep on removing Chicago mayors until
the people OF Chicago were willing to elect
some one who suited him. Surely this Is
a queer way OF keeping municipal admins
stration out OF politics.
Second, all Ohio cities will have boards
OF public safety. which control the business
Affairs Of the police and fire departments
and will act as civil service commissions:
By the forbearance Of the state legislature
the mayors Will appoint boards of public
safety, unless-note the playful, bantering
spirit OF the Legislators Of the Buckeye
the common councils fail to
confirm his appointments by a two-thirds
majority. In all cities. therefore. IN which
the mayer cannot command q two-thirdS
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30
MORN, NOON AND NIGHT.

In the morning OF life the youth goes
abroad,
With confidence grand and sublime,
And he says, as he enters on life's busy
road,
"To the top Of Fame's hill 1 will climb"
In the MONDAY OF life the man looks
around,
On those he has passed in the race;
And he thinks no one else like him can be
found,
For honor. for glory. for place.
In the evening of life the man meditates
On all he has done, said and seen;
And this is the verdict he mentally states:
OH! q darned fool / ave beenl'
Omaha, Neb. II. N. CAMPION.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

The students of Michigan Agricultural
college have not yet asked for arbitra-
ton of their differences with the faculty.
They demand Of the latter uncondi-
tional surrender.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

University of Nebraska seniors will
choose between Tom Reed and Mark
Twain for commencement rator They
are bound to have a joke either on them
selves or ON the orator.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

No doubt the South and Central Amer
lean countries are ~marvelously rich in
resources, especially in revolutionary re-
sources, which are the only ones which
their people have shown any industry in
developing. &
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

South omaha's city ordinances are
now accessible in a bound volume off,
cially complied. We have for years
been advocating a compilation of
Omaha's city ordinances which nc one
a now tell anything about. 1t costs
money to prepare such a book, but it is
money well spent.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-30

The republican party has always stood
Tor an honest ballot and a fair count.
The republicans of Omaha will not coun-
tenance fraudulent registration, repeat
ing or voting by the endless chain,
whether these lawless practices are In
the interest Of candidates OF their own
party or Of fusion candidates.