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Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the PaEsipcNr.

There appears to be a disposition in
some quarters to misrepresent President
Roosevelt and put him at variance with
leading members of his party. There
is an effort to distort what he has said
on the trust question. presumably for
the purpose of creating dissension In
the republican ranks. The latest mis-
representation is that the president is
to have a faction in congress, the leaders
of which are to be the young men In
both branches, for the purpose Of fore
ing legislation in accord with the prest-
dents recommendations. The fact that
Representative Littlefeld of Maine has
peel invited by Mr.. Roosevelt to frame
a bill looking to the supervision n
regulation of Industrial combinations Is
cited as proof positive of the intention
to form a Roosevelt party" in con-
gress.
The absurdity of such a statement
must be obvious to the least discerning.
AS a matter Of fact the president is in
the heartiest accord with the very ele-
ment which this new program proposes
to eliminate. As the Washington cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Press
SAYS, the most earnest endeavor was
made during the last session by the
men who have been acknowledged the
leaders Of the republican party In both
branches Of congress for many years, to
put into legislation the recommendations
Of the president. The only rebuff which
his policy met with came from the ele-
ment which is now represented as likely
to form the Roosevelt party" and one
of the strongest men in that element
was Mr.. Llttlefield, whom the president
is reported to have asked to frame a
measure dealing with the trusts to be
introduced at the next session. This
ought to make it clear that there Is no
idea, SO far as the president is con-
cerned, of forming an administration
faction In congress.
Moreover, such a course would not be
in harmony with the character of Mr..
Roosevelt, nor can anyone who thinks
MIN pOSSeSseu VI OIuludtS pOhhSOA JNNS
ment believe that he would adopt such
q course. His desire, as thus far shown,
is to be the leader Of a united party
and not of a faction. He has main
tanned his place as the party leader and
his hold upon the leaders of the differ
ent elements of the republicans In con-
gress. He has maintained the most
friendly relations with those who OPP
posed reciprocity with Cuba. He will
not. 1t can be confidently asserted, per-
sonally antagonize or seek to discredit
with the party any republican who may
oppose his position toward the trusts.
No member of his party in congress
has suffered at the hands of the presi-
| lent because of failure to support the
recommendations and policies of the ad
ministration and undoubtedly none will
suffer in the future for such failure.
President Roosevelt will continue to
urge. with courage and energy, the poll
cies he believes to be wise and right.
He will make every proper and legiti-
mate effort to induce all republicans In
congress to support these policies. But
he will not seek or ~countenance the
| creation of a faction and it is safe to
say would be among the most vigorous
in opposing any proposition or move OF
this kind.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
MORGAN's GREAT BUMP.
Wherein Turks the Germs of Mergers
and Combines.

chicago inter ocean.
The current number of the Phrenological
Journal prints a portrait of John Pierpont
Morgan with this brief comment upon that
gentleman's cranial development.
'sublimity is very actively displayed in
Mr.. Morgan's head, as In all large in
vestors who strike out for extensive con,
troll OF Immense corporations. It will be
noticed that whatever Mr.. Morgan does he
does on a large scale. Firmness, self
esteem, combativeness, all help, but sub
Unity sets the ball rolling, starts the
commercial tune, and finances the enter
prise"
The sublime faculty is located midway
between the faculty Of acquisitiveness and
hope, and is fanked on each side by ideality
and cautiousness. In the ordinary head
the space occupied by sublimity depends a
good deal upon circumstances Like all
the other faculties, sublimity is. Of course,
subject to contraction and expansion, and,
like all others, It may be cramped by dis
couragement or developed by success.
There was a time when phrenologists
were wont to speak Of this faculty as as
surance, and irreverent persons, even in
our days, are prone to allude to It as
cheek. And 1t is, perhaps, interesting To
note the peculiar conditions which make
the use Of each of these terms appropriate.
Should a man rush into Mr.. Morgan's
presence on a busy morning, for example,
and say to him. John, / need $4,000 i'm
medintely; kindly give me a credit sliT
and I'll send around collateral after q
while" that would be assurance.
Should a mar rush into Mr.. Morgan's
presence on a busy morning and say, "Se'
here; I've got to have $50, 900 before noon
and 1 haven't got a thread Of security
but I'm making a turnover on the ex'
change, and I'll pay It back by 8 p. m.,'
that would be cheek. ..-
But should Mr.. Morgan call a group o
capitalists together and say, Gentlemen
you represent interests which combined
have a value OF 500. 900, 900. l propose Il
consolidate you and stock the combina
tion for $500 900, 900, taking 500, 900, 900, o
an amount equal to your original capita
stock, for my share as promoter OF thi
magnificent enterprise" 1t goes withou
saying that this would be sublimity.
II Is well for students Of phrenology I
heed these shades Of difference. A clos
observance OF them is likely to proven
awkward mistakes. One who has merel,
assurance may perhaps attain to a certai
degree Of success, particularly II It be
comes known that his assurance Is base
upon what the world calls nerve. An
other who has cheek may for a time swee
everything before him. But II require
the faculty OF sublimity in its largest an
most perfect development to sweep u
everything from a coal trust to a steam
ship combination. and then to keep RICH
4 on sweeping without pause.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
ExpennIve ADVANCEMENT.
Philadelphia North American.

Philadelphia North American.
Revolutionary warfare is an expensive
form Of amusement. Five years ago the
United States spent a million in building
and placing pneumatic guns designed to
throw tons Of dynamite and blow the navies
Of the world out of water. Warfare, Of
course, was 'reyolutionized' beyond rec
ignition by the ingenious inventor Of the
earthquake gun, and our harbor fortifca-
lions were made impregnable. TIT mar
velous engines Of destruction never have
had a chance to show what they can do,
but they have Just been condemned as
useless and sold for less than their value
as scrap iron to make room for the next
experiment
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
Modern weather Prophets.
New York Press.

New York Press.
When we have a season Of storm, earth
quake, volcano. tidal waves and all varie-
ties of unnatural conditions, as We style
them, you will see the multitude Of a~strolo-
glsts come out OF their holes and whistle
loudly, "Ah, l told you sol" 1t is even 30
today. The land is Restoring with these go
called prophets who, advertising their 'ful-
filled predictions" catch the unwary, the
credulous dabbler In the mysterious. But
there is one basic fault with modern day
astrology: The heavens have changed since
the rules Of the art were formulated. Vol
taire points out that the sun, which at the
equinox was In the Ram in the time Of the
Argonauts. was, in 1880. in the Bull. and
that the astrologers Of his day attributed
TO one house of the sun that which visibly
belonged to another.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY.
Rapidity of It's Growth and It's Amaz-
ing Magnitude.

Chicago Record-Herald.
OF the mass of Industrial data that was
collected by the twelfth census and which
is being tabulated for publication nothing
will exceed in popular interest the figures
showing the astonishing growth Of the pub
fishing industry.
The public is not greatly interested in the
output Of steel billets or woolens in a given
year. 1t does not concern itself about the
tons Of eornstarch that were ground out In
1900. These figures mean little TO the popu-
lar mind But when we reach the publish
ing industry we are considering the
mightiest agency for the dissemination OF
popular intelligence. The capital invested
in this business and it's yearly output may
be regarded in a way as barometers Of the
popular appetite for reading.
The statistics for the census year 1900
show that 2 1912 establishments reported for
this industry, representing a total invest
ment OF 1922, SIT, O72. The sum, however,
represents only the live capital utilized and
the value Of the land. buildings. tools, ma
chinery and implements. The value Of the
products Of the industry for one year Il
given as SS47 ,O55. $50. which is an increase
Of "a per cent in a decade. To produce this
involved an outlay Of s36. 900, 71s for salaries
Of officials and clerks, $S4. 24s, $50 for wages
SIS, S97,529 for miscellaneous expenses and
$685. sO for materials used. Over l.250,
100000 pounds Of paper were used during
1900, Of which almost rs per cent was con
sumed for newspapers. The total circula'
ton per issue OF dailies was enough to sup.
ply one paper for every ive inhabitants.
The most interesting disclosures made b.
the census report, and one that is invested
with great significance to the readers o.
newspapers, is the fact that OF all news
paper and periodical establishments over g.
per cent were owned by individuals. 20 PEI
cent by partnerships and Only II per cen
/ BY corporations.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

When an architect is engaged to make
plans for a building, whether the struc-
ture is public or private, the charges Of
the architect include the plans and
specifications, and sometimes they also
include the supervision OF construction.
Il other words, when the architect is
paid for making the plans and speci-
hcations the plans become the property
OF the man who paid for them. The
plans of the public school buildings of
Omaha belong to the school district.
They are presumed to be in the Gus
tody and keeping Of the school district
officers and are at the disposal of the
school board not only for the purpose
originally designed. but for a reproduc-
ton as well. They are just as much at
its disposal as are the wood cuts or
electrotype plates of the building, which
1t can reproduce as often as it sees fit
without permission Of the artist, en-
graver or electrotyper. If the Board
of Education desires to reproduce any
of the public school buildings of Omaha
1t certainly ought TO have a right to dc
so without the permission OF the archi,
tects who planned the original building
and without paying them a second time
for plans that have once been paid fol-
out OF the school fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
The Promoters Rake-On.
Springfield Republican.

The underwriters Of the Joint bond issue
to take up the stock of the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad clear a profit of
about 81, 900, 900. This is small compared
with the enormous haul made by the under
writer's Of the Steel trust, but 1t amounts
to IL per cent on the, cash actually advanced
for the undertaking. The great fortunes
built up in this period Of prosperity are
largely the outgrowth Of trust and com
bination promoting and underwriting.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Sixth district democrats put up a beau
dful blum as standing out for a dem
Ocrat for the congressional nomination,
but c~apitulated just in time to make
their popuiist allies believe something
was being conceded 70 them. AS it is
only the chance to be beaten, the wonder
Is there was any competition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Careful reading of the principal dem
ocratic organs supposed to voice the
sentiments of democrats in the most
important states forces the inevitable
conclusion that they are all consumed
with a burning desire for harmony. But
one set insists on a new label to the
bottle, while the other is determined
that the Bryan tag affixed at Kansas
City shall be kept intact.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Just to be in fashion, the fusion con-
ventions in the Sixth district INDUCED
in a little deadlock Of their own, last
ing until nearly 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing. A fusion circus that does not keep
up the performance until the spectators
are put to sleep would not be the gen.
uine article.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

The case brought before the supreme
court to compel the State Board of
Equalization to assess the franchises as
we'll as the tangible property of the
railroad corporations is, so far as the
taxpayers of Nebraska are concerned,
the most important case that has ever
been brought before a judicial tribunal,
1t involves the taxation Of fully $780,
100000 worth Of property and reaches
down to the bedrock of tax reform. The
fact that the supreme court called a
special session for the express purpose
of hearing this case and the fact that
the court itself heard the testimony
would warrant the presumption Of its
magnitude and importance, but the local
newspapers exhibit their true pigmy
caliber by ignoring this important trial
for no other reason than because the
first steps toward bringing about a final
settlement Of the great issues involved
were taken by the editor of The Bee.
NJ. f. Harrington and John d. Howe,
neither of whom have anything in com
mon politically with the editor OF The
Bee, participated actively in the trial
and argument on behalf of the tax.
payers, are also placed under the ban
and ignored by the Omaha smallbores,
while the Lincoln papers give extended
publicity to the proceedings. What a
commentary on pin-head journalism.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

President Eliot OF Harvard is the new
president Of the National Educational
association as the successor OF President
Beardshear Of the Iowa State Agricul-
tural college. The educational hub seems
to have become a pendulum that oscil-
lates from the Mississippi valley to the
New England coast.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Mont Pelee has already made its
debut before the public in spectacular
py~rotechnics, advertised to be a correct
representation of the famous volcano in
action. II you do not believe it go
down to Martinique and verify the
statement of the fireworks man for your.
self.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

One of the judges Of our district has
startled the lawyers by setting cases for
hearing as II no summer vacation were
to be taken by either bench or bar. 1t
Is needless to add that the offending
judge Is the newcomer on the bench.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

The latest rumor of an International
real estate transaction credits Germany
with offering to purchase an island in
Chinese waters from Portugal for
$5.OO0,O00. A firm OF international real
estate brokers who succeed in getting
options on all the loose islands lying
about might urn a few good commits.
Bions while the demand is brisk.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
Never Hear a sound,
Boston Transcript.

We are told that the Omaha packers pro-
fess ignorance of any attempt to effect a
combination Of the packing interests. Nat
urally. The parties engaged In a CONNER
cial transaction are like the family on the
verge of a scandal. They are the last to
hear about 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Buffalo Jones has been officially in
vested with the title and emoluments Of
ward Of Yellowstone park. Buffalo Bill
remains satisfied with the popular title
Of greatest OF American showmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Salt creek is harboring its food a
little early in the season. The time for
defeated candidates to take a sail up
that famous stream will not arrive until
after election.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
Who WIN Care for Asgie NOwf
Philadelphia Record.

The news from Manila that Aguinaldo, set
free by amnesty. fears to go about among
his compatriots without assurance of safe
conduct on the part Of his captors will not
be favorably interpreted by his defenders
in this country. What should he have to
fear at the hands of a people whom he
sought to make free and independent?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

serve to pay into the state school fund
the money absorbed by that great
fusion reformer collected as interest on
public funds. Why should not that
reform organ direct some effort toward
recovering this money for the school
children Of Nebraska, to whom It right
fully belongs?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
side-Stepping Liberty,
PhiIadelphia Press.

GhlldOSlpHld Jos
Aguinaldo is free, but he Is In a great
deal Of doubt concerning the safety that
liberty brings with It. Let him go to Mas
sachuetts, where he would be beyond the
reach Of his worst enemies and where he
would find many friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Perhaps the p~ostponement of the cor
onation may give King Edward an ex-
cuse for holding another prize distri5u-
ton Of titles Of nobility, and multi
colored ribbons and medals.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

The weather man still insists the rain
gauge shows a deficiency of rainfall.
The deficiency, however, is quite a sufi-
cheney.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

General Kitchener viii have to dodge
pretty lively If he wants to escape being
forced to act the hero role when he gets
back to England.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

While Atlantic seaboard cities are
sweltering under a tropical sun people
Of this section are taking it cool. Next
week may find things reversed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Flood and fire constitute a hard com
bination to beat. The people of Beatrice
are certainly entitled to sympathy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Work under the new irrigation law
has not yet begun-so these foundations
cannot be charged up against that meas
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Omaha's yellow journals are respect
fully invited to digest Archbishop Ire
lands scorching arraignment of men
hacious editors and sensational papers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Detroit Free Press; Poor old Uncle
Roxley is so poorly I suppose most any
day now Wen be called to attend his
funeral" she said.
"Oh, stop" her brother demonstrated
You're forever thinking of your own
pleasure"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
Room for Improvement at Home.

Baltimore American.
The Fillpinos may not make good Ameri-
cans all at once. We have some few citi-
zens to the manor born who are not models.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

New York Times: Hewitt tell you, it's
too hot to go to the theater.
Jewett-Oh, come along; the play will be
q frost, anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Not a word yet from the World-Herald
calling In double-leaded dOuble-col-
umned shrieks upon ex-Treasurer Me-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Mandamuses seem to be the order of
the day.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Chicago Tribune: "Of course an aero
naut gets killed at a Fourth of July cele-
bration now and then" said Uncle Allen
Sparks, but you don't. mind that so much,
because he. doesn't kill anybody else with
his tomfoolery,''
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RIppies on the Current of Lac - the
Metropolis.

Few men fall six stories and live to tell
their experience. Fewer are found who
are not hurt at all. Yet such was the e1-
perience OF Michael Manion. a bellman en-
ployed on the construction work Of one Of
the new skyscrspers. Manion fell down
an elevator shaft. His companions ran to
pick him up, expecting to find hin terribly
injured, but he was scarcely hurt at all.
Manion slowly sat up and rubbed his head,
which was bleeding from a cash in the
back. He was carried from the car and
laid on a bundle of sacks while an ambu-
lance was summoned. He seemed to be
the coolest man on the spot and slowly
felt his arms, legs and back to see IL any
bones we're broken. He had been knocked
breathless by the fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

A crusade against professional beggars
has broken out again. Twenty-one touch
ers' were taken in last week and sixteen
convicted. Among the latter was John
Hackett, a one-legged man, who was ar
rested on Blocker street while begging
from the poor Jewish and Italian working
girls Ia most liberal CLASSY on their way
home. He was found to have 50 400 in bank.
His brother. who is prosperous and keeps
a ~pawnshop, had the bank book in his safe.
Hackett was sentenced to three months
Imprisonment.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
arATEMrNr on C1RCULATIoN.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS:
George Il. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being ouly sworn,
says that the actual number OF run ana
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF June, 1902, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Cleveland Plain Dealer: There Is an i'm
measurable gulf between the overbearing
landlord and the down-trodden tenant.
Look at Ireland"
Eyes, and Just rc-r I'd rather be ar Irish
tenant than an landlord"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
LAUGHING A

Brooklyn Life: Parke-what's the matter
with your WIFE? She looks tagged out n
weeks.
,Lane-she is forming a Don't Worry
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

II have Just served sixteen subpoenas
on Uncle Sans weather man." said a
process server at the county court house,
quoted by the New York Times, "and
handed him sixteen half dollars to legalize
the command that he appear to give evil
dence in that many cases, and sixteen dol
lars to enforce the direction that he bring
the weather records along.
do you know he is much in demand as
a witness7 There are hundreds of cases,
especially in the accident and negligence
actions in the city court, in which It is
necessary to prove what was the state of
the weather at the time Of the accident,
and obviously the man to give that infor-
nation to the jury is the observer of the
local weather station, for he has the rec
ords made at the time to show indis-
putably whether 1t was raining or whether
the sun was shining.
Sometimes this duty keeps the weather
man on the jump. 1 have known him to
give testimony in six or eight cases in a
day and to earn witness fees far in ex-
cess of his salary. l presume these fees
are his perquisites and l know that the
lump sum in q year is a handsome
amount"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

is anythink remarkable IN love at first
sight7' asked the romantic youth.
mot at ALL" answered the cynic. ITS
when people have been looking at each
other for four or five years that It be-
comes remarkable"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

The contrast between spiritual peace and
strenuous life is strikingly shown every hour
of the day at the intersection Of Broadway
and Fulton street. Here is a whirlpool
of people, cars, of vehicles, Of noise and
commotion. Near by is the old st. Paul's
church, a venerable reminder Of the past.
1t stands with its back to Broadway. 1t
is surrounded by an ancient churchyard,
filled not only with crumbling tombstones
and molding vaults, but also with a wealth
OF blooming flowers and carpets Of grass.
A quiet. patient old gardener, with spade
rake, pruning shears and wheelbarrow, is
always at work upon bush or shrub, cutting,
pruning, cleaning up or planting.
The church is always open. When you
enter and sit down in a cushioned, high
backed pew, in the dim light that filters
through the taine glass windows, you
can hear only enough of the traffic on the
streets to make the place one Of con-
tented rest. There are always visitors to
be seen in the churchyard, especially at the
noon hour. An Office girl quietly eating
her lunch and carrying the paper matter
away with her; a young man taking a quiet
smoke, where the gardener or ~janitor can
not see him, a visitor who has come into
the shade to rest or a hunter Of inscrip-
lions, who goes from tombstone to vault
cover, coming the odd inscriptions evolved
by the love and admiration of a century
ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Detroit Free Press: II wonder II she re-
grets her marriage?'
"Why should she?"
"Weil, you know they're both literary
and now her husband thinks himself enc
titled to every bright idea she has"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

Chicago Post: "I wish, she sighed, 'I
could break little Willie of the habit Of
You. can. responded the srur neishbOr
promptly.
Howl"
Discharge the nurse and send him out
to play with a few rough boys some after