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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
ASSERT -FOUR

Republican wage workers on the pay
roll of railroad corporations should as
sert their manhood at the primary cleo
ton by resisting every attempt of their
corporate taskmasters to degrade them
to mere voting cattle. They should re-
member that as American citizens they
owe a duty that is higher than any
obligation to their employers. There is
something more sacred than property,
and that is their elective franchise.
The man who steals a horse is COM
PEELED to serve a term In the peniten-
tiary, but the man who robs the Ameri-
can citizen of his most precious posses
sion-his right to cast an untrammeled
ballot according to the dictates of his
conscience-is more dangerous to the
safety of the republic than the horse
thief, the burglar or the highway rob-
Der.
The greatest menace to free American
institutions is the attempt of giant cor
porations to reduce the b~readwinners to
political serfdom by coercion. During
tine American revolution an army OF
Hessians was hired by the British king
to subdue and subjugate American free
men. These m~ercenaries were over
thrown to give vitality to the Declare.
ton of Independence. The example of
the eighteenth century should inspire
every American who lives in the TWEEN.
tieth century with courageous resistance
to every attempt to rivet the brass collar
upon his neck that would degrade him
to the level of a political Hessian.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. A
man who faithfully and diligently per
forms the task imposed upon him is en-
titled to fair wages without ~mortgaging
his political freedom. This applies
equally to men who work in railroad
headquarters as to the men who work
in the shops or in the factories. The
highest attribute of American citizen
ship is true manhood, and no mar
worthy of citizenship will allow cor
porate employers or individual employ
ers to control his vote against his homes
convictions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
HEROES IN CIVIL LIFE.
Untrumpeted Exploits RivaIinE the
Best on B~attIeneIda.

INN6NA
James Crummey, the elevator boy. by
whose timely courage thirty-three persons
were rescued from a burning building in
New York City. set an example Of GOODNESS
and we'll directed, bravery which deserves
a place in the story OF heroism. He belongs
to the class Of everyday heroes who do not
always receive the recognition they de-
serve. The exploits OF the battlefield fill
the trump Of fame, while the exploits OF the
men who face great danger in the discharge
of humble daily duty receive no special
commentator. In every city the iremen,
the police and others charged with the
safety Of the public frequently perform the
most hazardous service, imperiling life or
limb, as a part Of the routine Of their en-
ployment. In many instances these every
day life savers are very inadeQuately com.
pensated for the service expected Of them
and for the risks they encounter. In many
cities there is no relation between the pay
Of the iremen and the dangerous nature Of
their pursuit. The swarm of petty oficials
In the city administrative departments are
much more literally paid for services re-
quiring no special skill and involving no
danger to life or health. The men en-
ployed in the government life saving serv-
ice along our dangerous coasts receive
much less compensation luah many VI tue
minor federal employees In the civil service
receive. This inequality In the rewards Of
public service prevails in all countries and
In all communities. 1t is surprising that
the dangerous eallings are so we'll served
under the circumstances. but In no sphere
is the public more faithfully served than
in the c~allings where the personal risk is
the greatest
There is an element OF excitement and
glory In the collisions Of the battlefield.
Heroism there is performed on a conspicu-
Gus arena, and the presence OF thousands OF
comrades nerves the soldier to face death.
Our everyday heroes rarely have such a
stimulus. The man who goes single-handed
TO the rescue Of persons in imminent peril
is a hero OF the highest type, though he
may be forgotten by the chronicler Of great
deeds. The New York elevator boy who
sped to the rescue OF the girls in the burn,
ing building was a hero OF that kind. The
youth who acts with such swift intuitions
and with such disregard for his own safety
~ he exhibited deserves the highest praise.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
NOTES.

Even II Tom Johnson is not after the
presidential chair, he could fill 1t; he
weighs 400 pounds.
Macmillan Showzo Machita Of sanuke,
Japan, was valedictorian of the graduating
class OF Lehigh university this year.
Lieutenant ]. M. worrell. a confederate
oficer, has presented to the state house,
Columbus, O., a piece of the hrst nag pole
ever erected in honor Of Abraham Lincoln.
The late Judge Noah Davis had probably
drawn more wills than most lawyers Of his
time, but, as is quite common in such cases,
failed to leave one for himself, and his con-
siderable fortune has to be disposed Of
under the interstate laws OF New York.
Dr.. Floreston Aguilar, dentist to the king
Of Spain, has arrived in this country to
study American methods Of filling and pull
ing teeth. The doctor will visit Chicago
during his brief stay in America. He is
professor Of odontology in the University
Of Madrid.
The forthcoming retirement from Parlia-
ment OF W. E. Lecky, the historian, is said
to be due to heart weakness. He is the
most fluent speaker in Parliament and
causes despair to stenographers because his
speeches flow swiftly in a continuous stream
VI hlOoN AC6oh baN hAAANNAA aAb ~
never a pause or break, the result being
that when he desires an accurate report he
is forced to supply It himself.
Daniel H. Morgan. a Yale student and
son Of Elisha Morgan. millionaire head Of
the writing paper trust, started out as a
tramp from Springfield, Mass, with a chum,
their object being to study the hobo with a
view to literary effort. In Boston they
we're arrested as Migrants, and. as this was
"a bit Of local color" for which they had
not bargained. they declared their identity.
The incredulous policeman laughed at their
protestations and only after considerable
use Of the wires we're they given freedom.
One such experience was enough and both
hurried back to Springfield.
Commander McCrea has Just returned
home after a long cruise with the gunboat
Machias in the West Indies and in Carib-
bean waters. His officers say that last
month the commander served notice on the
Haytian insurgents that he would not allow
them to lombard Cape Haytien without due
limit. And suppose I do not give such
n%otice?" said the insurgent admiral. Killick.
well, my ship will be between you and
the shore" said MoCrea, 'and my men are
rather FESTIVE when there is any firing
going on. They're rather FESTIVE, that's
ALL" he added, fixing the keen glance Of his
light blue eyes on the admiral, who under
stood and took the hint.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19

states gives employment to millions Of
capital and thousands Of workingmen,
without insuring the destruction Of any
OF the combinations with which these
individual manufacturers now com
pete. He recognizes, what every rational
man ought to see, that a policy which
would contribute to the destruction Of
Individual industrial enterprises must
necessarily promote Industrial monopoly
and strengthen the trust conditions
against which the general sentiment is
now arrayed.
Speaker Henderson is in full accord
with the best republican opinion in
favor Of the supervision and regulation
of the trusts. He believes that congress
has the power to do this and that it
should exercise that power. But he
realizes the impotency and the folly Of
striking at the great combinations
through the tariff. as the democratic
party, with its free trade proclivities,
proposes, and he stands firmly and reso-
lutely, as all republicans should do,
against the revolutionary and destruc-
tive position of the democratic party.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
a Llsr RoRp 40 REPRODUCTIONS.

The paramount issue TO be fought out
at the republican primaries Is the candi-
dacy of David II. Mercer for a sixth
term. The question every republican
must ask himself is whether Mr.. Mer-
GERS candidacy will promote the inter
ests of the party or merely crafty Mr..
MERGERS selfish desire to be continued
at the public crib.
In the present temper Of the people
and under existing conditions Mr.. Mer-
GERS nomination simply means disaster
to the party. With four-ifths Of the
republican workingmen arrayed against
him, MERGERS election is impossible,
even IL all the other members Of the
party would give him their hearty sup
port. As a matter of fact, hundreds Of
republicans In this district not in the
ranks of labor who have heretofore
supported him will not vote for him
again under any circumstances. And
why should they?
AS a public man, Mercer has been
supremely selfish. He has never con-
tributed to the campaign expenses of
the party out of his own pocket. He
has v been known to assist any
other republican candidate than David
H. Mercer. In of years he has re-
ngiously kept away from Omaha, under
pretext that he does not wish to mix in
fractional fights. SO far as we know, he
has never been asked to take part in
factional fights, but as the holder of the
most lucrative Office In the district, the
least he could have done was to assist
the party in electing it's candidates.
While Mercer owes everything he has
to the party, the party yves Mercer
nothing, and his attempt to dragon the
rank and file into his support is simply
audacious. He has been a deadhead in
republican politics. If he takes time, he
can count up five years of back political
debts.
What would Mercer do If he were re-
nominated? He would simply monop-
Ollie the entire machinery of the party
in a desperate attempt for reelection
and trade every other candidate on the
ticket off to encompass that result. In
other words, being foredoomed to defeat,
he would drag down the entire ticket
and then pose as a martyr in order to
secure a lucrative federal appointment
and have it charged up to Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
THE PACKERS COMBINATION.

Kansas city star: The contradiction By
Charles w. Armour Of this city OF the story
OF the proposed packing house merger oeare
ali Of the marks Of versimilitude. inc
packing houses ought 10 understand II they
do not. that a trust in essential food
products is something the people would
not tolerate. The late Kirkland b. Ar
mour declared a few years before he died
that II such a combination were ever at
tempted It would be the beginning OF the
end for the trusts. and In this prophecy
he displayed the broad business Judgment
which contributed to the success Of his
commercial career.
Philadelphia Press: II one meat packing
company sells at one price in all the east
ern states IL is violating no state law, COM
mon or statute, against regrating or trusts
What the frms in meat packing cannot
do as firms to control price without break
ing laws the same men can do SAFELY or
ganIzed and holding stock in a New Jersey
corporation. Nor can any existing law
reach their control Of meat prices through
one company chartered in New Jersey to
evade the Jaw Of every state in which II
does business. Ought this not TO endf
Should capital thus be able to exchange the
real for the nominal sovereignty Of law
over this operation by the expedient OF or
ganizing a corporation?
Chicago Inter Ocean: What makes the
public suspect the packers combination
what will cause IL to be denouncedAis 1t that
the men who compose it have been charged
in the past with using their united power
to mulct the producer and consumer By
turns. They have been accused OF con-
spring to restrain trade and are now
under the prohibition Of the courts against
such conspiracy. They have denied these
accusations, and until their guilt is proved
they are entitled to the benefits OF the
doubt. 1t may be that they have seen that
their advantage need not be the public's
injury and have resolved so to use their
powers as to give the public a fair share
Of the benefits Of the centralized manage
ment Of a great industry. The packers are
entitled to fair play and honest Judgment
most OF all in Chicago, Of whose prosperity
their industry supplies so great a part-but
for that very reason there Is upon them an
especially imperative necessity that they
demonstrate the harmlessness and the use"
fulness Of their combination by unmiS-
taxable deeds.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
SOFT COAL IN THE FURNACE.
How to Keep warm the Use
Of Anthracite.
New o r I'M

ANtN NAh ~
Soft coal ignites very quickly, dies down
with equal facility. and needs constant
watching snd frequent replenishing to
maintain even a measurably constant frc.
In these respects It more resembles wood
than anthracite, but IL burns very nearly
as well in an anthracite range as in one
built for a market where only soft coal is
used as a domestic fuel.
In an misunderstanding furnace soft coal
needs to be treated very differently from
anthracite. but the difference consists In
the management Of the drafts and checks.
In the feed door OF every furnace there Is
a slide damper to admit air over the hre.
When anthracite is used this is opened only
If 1t is desired to deaden the fire and lower
the temperature OF the house. With soft
coal II must be left open all the time. The
great volume OF gases evolved from 1t in
the cooking process, which is the first
stag In its combustion. calls for more air
than can be had through the body OF fuel,
and unless this is supplied above the fire
the greatest value Of the fuel is lost up
the chimney in unconsumed gases. Too
much air for good combustion can be ad-
mitted over the FIRE, but II is not likely to
DO the case II the slide damper In the feed
door OF a furnace built for anthracite Is
lGAl Nlub upCh all ~ NlhACs ~ 80
opening In the ash pit door, on the other
hand, needs to be less widely and con-
tinuously open than for anthracite. With
the same amount OF bottom draft. which
It Is customary to give hard coal, soft coal
would simulate the combustion In a blast
furnace and call for constant stocking. Tho
householder must also remember that the
check drafts in the smoke pipe, which
with anthracite Is usually kept open In
moderate weather, cannot be opened much.
II any, with soft coal, or the house will NIL
with smoke. The best way is to leave 1t
closed altogether. With the attention to
these details, which reverse the customary
practice with anthracite, a furnace may
be run on bituminous coal so as to keep
a house entirely comfortable.
II will be found diflcult, II not impos-
sible. to keep either a range or furnace
Are over night with soft coal unless one
has a Waterman on duty to look after
1t. AS an Offset to this. however, we have
the ease with which a fresh fire OF soft
coal may be lighted, and it's almost in
Simultaneous response in heat-imparting
efficiency. 1t kindles nearly as easily as
shavings, and the coke Of the previous
fire does not have to be removed from the
FIRE pot. All that is necessary is to shake
down the fine ash, and make the new fire
| upon what remains. With a little judg-
ment, one having a small supply Of an
thracite available, may run his furnace
through the day and evening with soft
coal, and by adding anthracite at night
have a fire in the morning. But with no
anthracite at all, he can. with a little more
trouble than he is accustomed to, keep
his house comfortable with soft coal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
THE ROCK ISLAND REORGANIZATION

THE ROCK ISLAND REORGANIZATION.
Governor Cummins, after thorough
personal investigation and upon the ad-
vice Of the attorney general of Iowa,
reluctantly concludes that under the ex-
listing laws the Rock Island stock wa
tering deal CANNOT be legally prevented.
Nothing, therefore. stands between the
STOCKHOLDERS and the public so far as
legal bars go, aud the whole subject
must be relegated to the Iowa legisla-
ture to lock, the barn door after the
horse has been stolen.
This Rock Island scheme is a glaring
example Of the imitation and manipula-
ton Of corporate securities by which
not only is the speculative public to be
gulled, but also the industrial and pro-
ducing public to be perpetually saddled
with unwarranted and unjust burdens.
The aggregate bonds and stocks Of the
company are abruptly trebled by an
elaborate hocus pocus of new incorpo-
rations under the laws both Of Iowa and
Of New Jersey. And yet the master op-
orators Of the scheme do not pretend
to have added a single dollar of new
value to the property, to have con-
structed a mile Of new track or pro-
vided a single new improvement or
equipment.
At the same time that the Rock Island
capitalization is arbitrarily multiplied
by three, the legerdemain of the
schemers has been sufficient to shuttle
the cards so that they can maintain
control Of the reorganization on an In
yestment of less than one-half of what
was required to control the old corpo-
ration. They make sure OF perpetual
ing the rule of their own clique, as
against other stockholders, by the same
feat Of legal manipulation as that by
which they overcapitalize the company
and insure the overtaxing of the public.
AS the old Rock Island company itself,
representing a consolidation of previous
roads, was incorporated under the laws
OF Iowa, so In its new inflated form II
is again Incorporated under the same
laws, and deriving protection and al
rights to do business from the state, the
duty Of the Iowa authorities to safe
guard the public against the abuse OF
such rights and privileges is plain. II
new legislation is needed to accomplish
this result Iowa's lawmakers will hav,
no excuse for falling to enact the nee
essary laws.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

1. Whether David H. Mercer will
turn his back on Omaha and take up
his residence permanently In Mime
apolis or Washington If he is turned
down in the republican primary cleo
ton?
2. Whether Mercer intends to continue
his policy of appointing sons of per
sonal cronies and political boosters to
West Point and Annapolis cadetships
instead of leaving these positions open
to all boys in his district under a com
petitive examination system?
3. Whether Mercer will continue to
pocket the 500 a month allotted to
every congressman as salary of a clerk
instead of giving some Nebraska man
or woman an opportunity to earn the
salary?
4. Why Mercer has allowed $125,000
of the appropriation for the Omaha
postoffice building to be absorbed by the
supervising architects Office without a
protest, although he knows that the
highest fee charged by the best archi-
ltClb Il AlutIlCd lOI Dldub anu SUPER
vision of freproof buildings is 8 per
cent on their cost, or the saving of at
least $4,000 on a single public build
ing?
8. Why Mercer pocketed the Thurston
quartermaster's supply purchasing depot
bill in 1900. when had passed
the senate and would have been Of in
calculable advantage to Omaha manu-
facturers and jobbers?
&. Why Mercer deliberately sacrificed
the interests of Omaha by a bargain
with Congressman Hull in pulling
through congress u bill to establish II
military fort near Des Moines when be
must nave known that Des Moines' fort
would take to Des Moines half OF the
troops that would otherwise have been
quartered at Omaha?
7. Why Mercer TUNED the draft for
$500, given him by tn EGreater America
exposition for promoT purposes, over
to his middleman Gfrge Sabine, how
much Of this money Was expended by
Sabine and how much was absorbed by
himself?
8. How much Of his own money Mer-
Ger has expended for improving and
identifying his residence In the city of
Washington and how much he has ex-
pended for improving and identifying
the plans for his residence in Omaha
which he has never built?
o.. Why Mercer did not insert the eight.
hour clause in his omnibus %building bill,
for the protection of mechanics and
laborers2
Lastly. Why Mercer has never an.
swered any of the unanswered ques.
tions propounded to his champion, VIII
liam f. Gurley, in the famous debate
and repeatedly ~propounded to himself
since his return to Omaha?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
N OF FLY TIME.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The flies no more
Around us soar
On missions long so hateful;
Their time has passed,
They're gone at last,
And we are truly grateful. .r
At break of dawn,
When night was gone,
They used to come and wake us;
They'd tickle toes,
And ears and nose,
And angry they would make us.
When mealtime came
Twas just the same,
They'd at the table rally;
They'd taste each dish
And dodge each swish
By making sudden sally,
Right back again e
They'd come and then
Would DER their pranks be gloatinRt
And II we'd smite
Some just through spite ..
Would In the soup go floating.
We'd start to read
But not succeed
without a lot OF trouble: 3.r
For still the flies
Would tyranize,
And efforts they would double.
Day after day
The flies held sway
And by their pranks tormented;
They'd tease and bite
With all their might, ....
And none of them repented.
At last relief
Has stopped our grief. Aba
For gone are the flies so prankful,
Some far have fed,
The rest are dead, f'.
And we are duly thankful. f ,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
SMILING

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Whats the
title of Biskit's latest story"
"rhe Black Diamond Mystery, or VINO
Robbed the BinY
Washington Star: What have you ever
done for your country?' asked the indlg-
Never started to count up" answered
the practical politician. TOO BUSY nnunB
out what my country can do for me-
Chicago. Tribune: This is a great age
for specializing. Is your husband inclined
to spend anything in that way.
Yes; he spends about half his time spec
ulating on ways and means to keep from
having to work the other half Of his time
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Bilus was dis
satisfied with the new addition to the
"You said you were going to have a crate
II i this F psTal Cant w See a TSmPi it?" anu
Yes" he said, I'VE can AFFORD the crate
easily enough. Maria, but what's the use Of
putting 1t in? We cant AFFORD to use it
Baltimore American: sir" says the
caller who has a large blank book under
his arm, II am gathering. industrial and
mercantile statistics. May I ask II you are
a coal consumer .
stranger with a bitter smile and slowly
closes the door as he answers:
II was"
New York Sum. do you keep pie tins7"
asked .le,I the iIes sstt St? lshsst dressed sSs w w SS-1Pssr,a,.v-
eler. No, madam, we do not"
Il said tie pins" snapped the enraged
customer, as, with cheeks blazing and eyes
swapping at the insult, she sailed out.
Somerville Journal: Htcks-PolitenesS
doesn't cost anything, they say, but l tell
you II does. .
Wicks-How so2
Hicks-I was applying for a situation
once and / said After you, sir to the
man who reached the advertisers door
Just as did. And the other fellow got the
lob,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-19
swSmped with water.
indianapolis journal.

indianapolis Journal.
The last overcapitalized trust to fall into
the hands OF a receiver was the American
Alkali company. The company issued $780,
900, 900 Of stock, Of which all but Sc, 00O, 900
was Common, which is said to have been
paid in full. The assets consist Of the ma
chinery in a factory in Canada and some
patents Of some money value. II any con-
siderable portion Of the common stock was
really paid in the purchasers have lost
their money. Alkali is an article in con-
slant demand. but what should have been a
small enterprise with a small capital was
so overcapitalized that the investment be-
came worthless. A law compelling pub
licity would have shown investors that this
stock had no value. So the alkali trust fol-
lows the bicycle and the asphalt trusts.
Another trust which is on the road to q
receiver is the ice trust. 1t was capitalized
for S36, 1913, 800. the actual value of which
was 1873, 943 on the prices for which the
stock was quoted last week.