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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
SECULAR Scots AT ruE PULPIT.

Cs-ars Escs-t-HaraId A Ba5tis.
prsaehsr q D-ursr aTs n Ten Caz-
rand-sz.s as suz e sats aad aat a.
yIcahls % present faT ufs s-U hrs
are thrss 81 fsur - thsn ttas Ne hat set
ter sick u. tat - b. ca ths mts ste
Ea-sas CITY Iauruaf. A Nsu T.-t
preacher tscIarss nat a ssrtata nIl-z-
uoaairs -svrs ha puvatA nvsru1r. -
Erfrats legislature ant ha prtva-s -c--
Essa~ Mais-sra uts sthsF Deo5ts. s@s1
zaka mistakes. but here Il 20 sIcusa 90
Gs uttsraacs q a paiSahis 10 Ike Ia
PurtIard Orpr.niau. Rev = " M-Ga--
I vey q ths D1scfplsa' church. LeE1E11.
Ky. car1ot brfzE himself % rra.ts Cat
q no.e HIS ch1rrh. arsr lag -1--
temptation zpo1 TIE matter. ha8 ss-.tst
&c purchase al oru1 and ks kaa aaEst
for letters % vttktravaI far himself tat
wife. his IL hA-t- But the ha-fas- 5a--
Of Il is that the usd brsthsr Fssdi4tsiT
refuses 70 rev IN the v1st1z ard Ea-s
Of tolerancs. Tines change azf people
change and u cur hearts 10 rot caaas4
with them. 50 nzch the worse fsg az
Chicago Chrouicls Rev A. L Moors 2.
Atlantic City caused a good teal q E-tr
In the New Jersey Baptist cozvsu-,cz a
few days ago by nakiag an at1rsss 4
which be spoke IN tAis way Tsar1GE
women In church chol- "A yoUnz IhtT
with a plumed hat, f~sartzIly and us1ds--
fully made a waist laced 20 several i1cEsI
less than its natural sire azt a 5tscs q:
sheet music IN her hands. staz1s - AT
opens her mouth and euis a seF.za q
noises in strained. unnatural t11es. I'll
ing, warblinE. screaming snd rolling ~
sounds inarticuluate, artificial. r111=1-aL
1,s n,a - ehr- awn-aaa4~W - a----uun
of her voice. which ~frsazssrIT - a.
metallic - the coin that is pait ,1r ts-
performance" A uattsr-ot-.acs ssa-s-
broadly hinted that Nj. Mosrs vas alr@1E
nonsense. because a vo-aa LIcs1 ss7Ec7-
inches below her natural rr-h csEE 11c
sing a note. as any physiciA1 e1zG I'll
hFr, 20
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09

II noT up 70 tie republican party q
Nsbaska % deal With IL prubieu Of
taxing rzlroad -eUrporadous dong busL
Tess Z TIE stare he facts a-p un1-es-
uO1abie and n0torouz h -1-raf
Corporations are nov. a. they have un-
foruly been abe 70 escape from their
Just share q The tax burden Tins
lave bsen - brought abou- thar the
Eass % the 1IpaJez are saffIed with
MT hss than One-hslf q TIE I wh,ca
the transportation corporations ought 70
pay into The pubic tzasuy.
Appeal has ben uafa 70 H. r,7--s
b1- they have refused on technical
grounds % g-an relief. On the basis
aid down b the supreme court the
people ara thrDwn tack 70 their rsurp-
~senatives IN the state government and
legislature. and they have 10 hizher duty
than that q compelling the eurpozrous
70 90 O. the assessment r1U the sane as
other property owners.
Il j. MT an easy tack The rafroad
corporations VIII resist % the urteru0zr
every Effort fo- equitable TAXATION They
are GLORIOUS resources az their cou-
ua1d for manipulating legislators and
other public o4ciaIs TIE OWNERSHIP Of
The Carrying properties i aI-o-t exefu-
s4vely il the hands o. foreign and Auer-
icza capitalists who are lat constrained
b. the motives whtch aHe1 TIE rsat
OF tie resident Iarpayerz but
whose sole ain Il % get TIE last far-hiuz
possible our q tie people OF Nebraska
either through uanzpo-zron rates OF
through Avoidance q ta1es- II The peo-
PIE are % hope fOr q curs IN whole OF IN
substantial part OF TIE Outrageous tar
dlscriuinario1s frUu which they have
50 b1z suffered they must bring to bear
upon the state government an irresistible
force q pubIic opinion
A grave responsibility rests upon the
republican party n Nebraska having
NV TIE eo1rrDI OF the state o4ces and
an overwhelming majority IN both
branches OF TIE legislature. Political
F $50 AN ~ L@E EAr1SAEe
q tts recipients but foC serious pubic
service While there are other impor.
tznt ends TO bs attained there Is nozA
more important than TAX rzfcm. and TIE
republican party OF Nebraska By Dis
charging It's duty n regard 10 IL VII
take the best possible means for III
sur1ng Itself a long kae Of power IN
tia rate bzczuse il VII thus deserve l.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
cospIr1os OF ZEE crEaEscE.

In point o. quantity. sOundness and
supply the currency Of the United States
Is low On the mast satisfactory footing
ever known IN the history Of the u
NJ. although there Is Jet room for ma-
terzl Improvement The report Of tie
treasurer for the last fiscal year shows
that the progressive Industrial move
Dent which began the O1e fear Of
the catastrophe Of a drop 70 the silver
standard In 1856 passed away has not
been seriously impedad by defects Of q
monetary system
The 0 Of money. both gross and
per capita, has reached the highest point
known in our history, the Per capita
amount having increased from S2T&
last year 70 $3.50. and now marking
tie eDOroOUs Increase Of u per cent In
the last six years. While the mere alb
sOlUte amount Of money IN a country
does not control its circulation, or the
distance il travels from hand 70 hand,
which depends On the condition Of bust
hess and exchanges. still 81 Is important
that there Be- 10 arbitrary obstruction in
the way Of business supplying itself
with q legitimate quantity Of money.
The only complaints Of the business
word lately have been. not against the
mOnstay system, but against defects Of
the banking system. especially in bank
/ note facilities. and against the fiscal az
-n.nLn#a H.
The most gratifying showing relates 70
the quality Of money. which i the vital
thing The menace Of underEeight sl-
yer imitation has passed away BY strict
limitation. although the volume Of silver
OF slIver-based currency g. immense.
The legislation Of 1885 removed some Of
the danger from greenback treasury
notes. breaking the endless chain. al
though in a clumsy manner. The In
crease q money has been mainly by ad.
dition 70 the gold STOCK OF the total
Increase Of S74yOOO.OOO the last fiscal
year S2OOO.OOO was gold. or al the rate
Of more than 100000 Per month Of gold
alone or Of more than 100000 pei
month Of all kinds Of money. This is q
Let Increase Of all kinds Of money and
Is IN striking contrast with The situa
ton the last two years under the silTel
purchase act. when Notwithstanding tn
use Of 100000 ounces Of silver pei
month for circulation. the amount o.
mObey in the country was actually de
cressing through the expectation Of
greater amount q gold. and the -eountJ
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
orR soCTHERy PRorEaEr

There have recently come reports from
South America Indicating a growing
sentiment Of hostility in some Of the
republics toward the United States.
There Il said TO Be talk Of a coalition Of
South American states against any de-
sire On the part % this country 70 exer-
cse tutelage over them Or Drer1ere IN
their affairs and IL l. represented that
Brazil and Chill especially are disposed
70 encourage this sentiment
There Il nothing new In the statement
that the United States has enemies in
the countries Of South and Central
America In spite Of AL our govern
mEnt has done to demonstrate its friend
ship for the southern republics and is
earnest wish for their material progress
and welfare. there l. a strong feeling OF
distrust and suspicion regarding Us and
more Or less positive dislike. This has
been cultivated to a considerable extent
By our competitors for the trade Of
those countries. but the greatest inhu
nd stimulating IL recently l. doubt
Iess 70 Be found In the Spanish war
which was very generally regarded b.
the people o. the southern republics al
untustinable. Then our territorial ex
pSnsion has created something Of an ap
prebension that sooner or later II.
United States may want territory II
south or Central America and take Il
The action Of the American naval on
oers On the IsJhmus Of Panama. Whicl
was strongly objected 70 by the Colon
ban government may have had som,
effect upon public sentiment In Othe
southern countries UnfavOHable 70 tn
United States
In the opinion Of some the time Is nip
for q South American revolt against III
domination % cur government In the Al
fairs Of this hemisphere. yet there
vsV remote possibility Of a SOuti
American coalition against the Unite
States Under existing conditions in
number Of tbOse e0sEtres sueh q thin
e0ud not be ELECTED and EhensTer COZ
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09


An eastern financial paper calls attsa-
ton 70 the fact that notwithstanding the
steadily decreased demand By the rail-
roads. motive power = seriously short
and present unsatisfactory conditions
cannot Be oon improved because the
builders are unable 70 turn out l0cOnO-
uves faster than they are now doing
The significant information il added that
locomotive bulLding 50 far has been con
fned % the eastern states In spite Of the
fact that the greatest demand has deveE
Oped IN the states west and southwest OF
the Mississippi river. and with all the
growth Of the western country In evil
dence there is not a plant for locomotive
building in existence west OF PennsyL
vaniA- Accepting this statement as true,
Il certainly points out a large field Tor
western industry. for there Is no good
reason why locomotive building cannot
be successfully carried on in 8 number
Of our ransmiSsissippi states and turn
out Just as good locomotives as the best
concerns IN the east
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
CARE Ol TRE PrBLIc poktLv

some OF IT, suggestions contained n
the annual report q the commissioned
Of The general land oHce. in regard %
caring for tie pubic domain. should
receive tie attn ut5on q congress- While
The public land available for settlement
i stU considerable. Il Is estimated tia;
az TIE present rate Of absorption but
fifteen o. twenty years tine VIII % r.
qutred 70 dispose q e all 50 that It Is
~ua1ifesJly important 70 conserve j1tici-
ozsty the remaining Available acreage
Of agricultural and timber lands Neglect
n this regard remarks the Philadelphia
Record VIII Increase enormously hs
diEcuI-ies attendant upon the govern
nents eventual withdrawal from its
Iong-us1ziEed rule q slnSzeE TO the
hEdIesA TIE land for the people
says that paper. viii b n TIE Tear
future sonsthi1g norH than = catchy
phrase OF spreadeazie sentiment When
the lass acres shah have been distributed
there VIII arise and develop q new
series o. problems IN social and political
economy. involving the welfare Of ex-
pandtng Millions for whose energies
some outlet must Dc found Within the
ensuing decade o. two. also. il viii b
necessary to provide generously and
permanently for adequate forest r.
serves Throughout what TOW remains Of
tie public domain Without is existing
timber lands the lev west would -
lapse into sterile andity. from which
70 cunning OF modern engineering oould
rescze IT.
As 70 forest reserves. the report Of The
land counissioneE states TIE NUMBER 70
Be- ffV-foUr. embracing ove 600OoOol
acr-z an Increase Of almost 140u0OOC
acrss stnc The previous report There
= 10 question as 70 TIE great value and
Importance Of these reservations, Jet
there Is opposition in some quarters 70
their extension There Is noted, foE
instance, E strong protest. from ths
northern counties OF California against
tie withdrawal OF timber lands there
and the creation out Of them o. q vast
forest reserve. the chief objection &c
this being that Il would interfere with
q number q competitive railroad projects
contemplated fOE that section There
may be exceptional Circumstances and
coalitions which justly this opposition
In California but the policy that has
hen pursued Of creating forest reserve
has undeniabIy been Of vey great bene
IL and it should not be abandoned
Care and Conservation Of the pubic
domain i mznIfesLy becoming even
year more important and urgent and
/ hence the subject Is one 70 which con
Hess should give careful consideration
One Of TIE pressing requirements sug
gested By TIE commissioner Of the gen
erzI land onee = a general Law prOTit
ing ample protection for the forests
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
Personal AND ~OrHERwIsE.

Several reasons for thanksgiving uay Be
added to the proelamations already out.
A Pennsylvania purls, is on, with a warm
demand for the abolition % card parties
wonder how much did be lose At the las;
sitting
The time h rapidly Sprposehiag when
the Cnited States, without q formal de-
elsrstiOn OF war. will give Turkey the
knife.
It is possible under the new system Of
street car transfers to ride twenty-five
miles out OF Chicago and set a breath of
fresh Ar-AI for ) cents.
A ST. Louis druggist gave = customer
something tust as good" for a cold. When
the customer recovered consciousness be
hired a lawyer and handed the druggist .
damage suit for SOFA
Down in Mexico, No. the other day. q
budding Joker fastened a tn can 20 q mules
tail. The Joker - nov among the angels
with the symbol OF good luck embossed on
his apple basket.
lows editors may with safety and
propriety sport their diamonds In public
now. 1t should be remembered that the
Clinton editor was shorn OF his sparks
while the s~pellbinders were abroad IN the
land.
A Chicago woman who captured a robust
burglar with angel food Ind beer has been
voted the heroine OF the Lake Shore drive.
Physicians say the burglar may be able,
with proper care, to entertain . normal
meal by New Years.
III limit Of ingratitude Is approached
when foreigners pronounce insane an Amer
lean who Is increasing the prosperity o.
respective cou1trieS Mr.. SchEAb would
show a better brand OF patriotism IL he
would burn his salary a. home.
Reed ,Suoot is the name OF q Moruoa vko
wants to BE Cnitsd States senator. Tie
practice Of dropping their his prsTzisn;
among the early residents OF the salt LAX
valley produced curious results HoE much
better Reed Smooth Or Smooth Reed vouId
sound in = ezopaiE-
A Russian nobls-za with tales % b---
very properly applied ~ letter to TIE New
York Beard % Health 20. a. Auzriz-
girl With Ss3.G@9 TO Ez-V hin - So
IL q modest ozs. bat probably tks zosls-
mans health Is n suca a vsy p-sczrc1
coaditi01 thai a. iEEiEitzrt kz--h c.
no1sZ viii serve
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
sIsorIlr1oys rIrH coLoxRn-

Panama canal treaty Negotiations are
reported 70 - proceeding satisfactorily
and l. = expected that tie terms VIII Be
agreed upoa within a o51ple Of weeks
There Is 10 inrinzr1on a. 20 what TIE
terms n but they undoubtedly cspzr1
somewhat from thOse OF tie protocol
upon which the trezty sozs tine since
se1t 70 the Columbian goVeE1Deut vas
based II VIII b remembered that that
gOTeEnusnt submitted q new demand,
In regard 70 tie payment TO Be made By
the United States, which II was assumed
az the time would b rejected By our
gOTsTlnenG Whether OF not such = the
eas@, o. Colombia has receded from the
demand, does not APPEAR. but the latter
- to be inferred from the statement
that The negotiations are proceeding sat
tztactOrly.
II Is quite possible that the govern
uent Of Colombia has been notified that
the United States proposes TO adhere 70
al the main terms and conditions Of
the protocol This Is indicated IN tie
fact that the eabineL az It's session FIJI
day. indicated that Il did not desire %
change tie policy which TIE State de-
partmeut has been pursuing Indeed Il
nay b quite cOn6denriy predicted that
there viii b 10 material Concessions 70
Colombia that have not already been
given and II that government baIks IN
the matter. as Il has been showing q
disposition 70 do the president VIII open
negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa
Riez. which undoubtedly would Be found
ready TO accept any terms satisfactory
10 the United States Doubtless the
Colombian government has been given
10 understand this and hence the pz0n-
ise Of an early agreement
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
saving aaa LosinE freed.


There are some gratifying details IN the
annual report Of the commissioners Of the
general Land once. especially IN that part
Of IL relating 70 the wooded omzi OF the
Unitsd States. There are, re are told.
non 10 fever than hfty-fOur forest pre-
serves. embracing more Z C.oS9.0o
acres That IL = gain Of nearly I4D0S.Go
acres over the preceding report Il 10
70 Be assumed that these preserves are
real preserves. and viii Be permanently
protected and maintained a. such II
their nunbsr and total area shall eontinus
70 b increased. Il wtl b veil for the
material Interests Of the nation II viii
also Be veil II the policing o. the forest
lands shall Be improved bsTond its pres
slt pretty smeisnt standard The report
tells Of the burning q nearly $500 acres
q forest That Ess q smaller area thAn
kAs been burned over IN some ~prsosdLng
ys4FL Bat II va EtlI too largo
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09

President Roosevelt has been discuss
ing with the president Of one OF our Inn
portant universities the subject OF col
lege training for men desiring TO enter
the government service A college train
ing certainly win % hurt any ambitious
youth whether he aims at private or
public employment. but neither will it in
itself serve 10 be a passport to success
in q government Ike ours Merit alone
can be the avenue TO preferment. and
no one has preached this doctrine more
forcIbly than President Roosevelt him.
self.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
ARE SMALL SCHOOLS The HEsrr


Then Than At Large Ones
New York Evening Pcs.-
We FAY 90 eTsa fzrIher Grd say .hzs
the snail college has = important zsvz--
tsss over The Big U~13srEzdzzts EehoSl as
al edzrztio1al t~nsSituc1oa- Il L. 1otoTfozs
tia the gTa6Gzre sehooh uEzzIiy Ess ther
best stU6ezts fro- the colleges TnSEe are
good reAsSas WIZ ths sAozla hs So
ThO1gh he Is rarely q great zAn. the eel
legs professor is cerI&izly q better trained
and more eIp@r1s1csd teacher thaz tks
young instructor Who Is left TO lay The
foundations in . large Institution WHARF
the tine u interest q tie d~istfrEzisAsa
professor ara inevitably ABSORBED largely
By the graduate school Besides. TIE col
ieze student in his smaller classes gets fz-
more out % his teacher than TIE too ~
uerous university Undergraduate z1d IL
far more apt 70 Gltivats habits o. t.
dastry and eoncentrEtioE In gztts AZ
other direction the nany student eater
prisss IN which e Is practically forcea y
public opinion, II lot b = ssass q eEty.
to take a. active part viii give Hin q
versatility and an al-roUnd Command q
himself that a. hin TO meet airosr any SIT
uztio1- Altogether. though his life nay
have been somewhat provincial az5 thozkh
II nay 16NC Aa-AE4 S-E u A-E gkk2GNAAA-
ties fer culture offered By great esatsrs o.
education and population, the grz5uzts o.
the small college, IL Il Be . good college,
viii usually Be more than = match for his
uniTersity-trained rival IN general tines
One OF the strongest arguments IN favor
OF the continued es1tralintoa OF higher
education Is based upon the need q such
extensive equipment Gs but very feE
wealthy institutions can purchase Bat
this argument has force only for graduate
schools So long as the college IL eoztszt
with It's legitimate field as an educator an1
does not attempt the impossible IN the way
o, research It can get along With q z0d-
crate library and relatively inexpensive
laboratories. and In general With szeA q
material equipment a. Il quite within he
reach Of q proper college s1doyzsaL rs<s
need be no waste b. unnseesszy eU2asA-
ton II the equipment IL proPortiozsd % tie
actual demands Of the student boty. L
fact. the smaller insutatiozs viii o.sa
represent an actual economy. Eot1etzE
more IN proportion 10 its sxpSrditurs tkAa
the very large school The thiag that Is
trensndousD and disproporioaatsiy ex-
psnsiTe and IN part impossible % 6E,Hea-
tio1 is the equipment % the EEd1Ats sehooi
for research There Will necessarily always
Be but q very limited number % irsutEaozs
that can provide a full equiPzsar CO tkis
nature. These feS insutufioas vii hs oGr
real universities OF the future Lna all TIE
others that bear the rAEe viii EUssE Il
reputation By comparison nth then here
E1il come nnslly . diEtiret and yell Under
stood differentiation Of rank according e
real importance ard sascuyszsss. a. has
been the case With the GernAa universities
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-09

CHICAGO. Nov. s Isa2-To the Editor Of
he Bee Ktatly tell ne through the col
@1s % he Bee what feature OF cur gev-
sr1-satal system CAIRO be changed by .
eo-zsItutio1Al ansatnsat, and oblige.
J. z GRoHAM.
Equal representation OF the states In
the United States senate cannot be
changed By constitutional amendment
The pruviso is expressly incorporated
into article Y OF the constitution relating
TO amendments that no state. without
its consent. shall be deprived OF its equal
suffrage in the senate and OF course no
tate that would suffer loss OF repre-
sentAdon would ever give its consent.