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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
No OCCASION FOR COMPROMISE.

The supreme court in the Omaha tax
case laid down a specific and unmistak-
able rule by which the value Of cor
porate franchises was to be reached in
computing their valuation for assess,
ment purposes. Under that rule the
taxable value Of a franchised corpora
ton is to be found by adding together
all Of the bonds and stocks at their mar
ket quotations and deducting only an
amount equivalent to that returned as
the assessment Of its real estate and
other tangible property.
When the question of revising the as
sessments of these corporations was be-
fore the city council a grossly made
quate valuation was agreed to In the
form Of a compromise under the pre-
tense of the corporations that a large
part of their property and business was
situated outside of the limits of the city
of Omaha and, therefore. not subject to
municipal taxation. 1t is a fact, how
ever, that none of the property of any
Of these corporations, with the excep-
ton of the telephone company, is out
side of Douglas county, so that in list
ing them for assessment on the county
rolls there is no excuse nor occasion for
compromise of any kind.
The mandate Of the supreme court
certainly applies to the county commits
sioners sitting as a board of equaliza-
ton just as much as it does to the city
council. That mandate requires them
to assess corporate franchises at a val
uatlon computed as the sum of the out
standing stocks and bonds, minus the
tangible property already assessed. No
other deductions are to be made-no
other concessions to be granted. The
bond and stock Issues are of record and
their market quotations accessible. The
problem is simply one Of mathematics
and calls for the Intervention of neither
the Real Estate exchange nor the cor
poration lawyers. When the sum is
added all that the county board has to
do is to reduce it to the same ratable
proportion that has been applied by the
assessors in fixing the values of real es'
tate within this county and enter II
upon the assessment roll. Any devia'
ton from this plan is a fragrant viola.
ton of the law in deliberate disregard
of the supreme court decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
FLs1oN coNFrsIoN.

The populist and democratic conven-
lions just held at Grand Island. to put
in nomination a state ticket for the com
ing campaign, have afforded a striking
illustration of the confusion of fusion.
The efforts Of two conventions, going
through the forms of nominating one
set Of candidates to make the race on
two different platforms under two differ
emit names, which all admit have no
difference in meaning, would be anus
ing IL they were not taken so seriously
by those participating in them. That
nothing sustains the maintenance of
two separate party organizations, except
the lust for spoils and the hope Of each
to get the uppermost in the distribution,
is no longer concealed.
The purpose Of fusion is twofold.
First, each party to the compact is
struggling to fool the other party into the
belief that 1t is furnishing the bulk Of
the fusion votes and therefore entitled
to the bulk Of the offices; and, second,
both together are ~endeavoring to fool
the people into the belief that they are
still really two great political parties
unselfshly Joined together to accomplish
patriotic purposes. We feel safe in ex-
pressing the conviction that neither of
these games of deceit can succeed.
As to the ticket and platforms. they
are precisely what was to be expected
out Of a mass of heterogeneous and con-
ficting interests, with no common pur-
pose except to divide between them the
patronage of the state government.
While some of the candidates are above
the average in point of personality, on
the whole they are of an Indifferent and
~conglomerate character, with no special
fitness for the offices which they seek
which would appeal for support outside
of their own party lines.
Their platforms are radical on nearly
partisanship is disclosed in the arraign-
ment of the republicans for offenses of
which the fusion officers were equally,
If not more, guilty when they were in
control of the state house. The railroad
tax planks are in line with public senti-
ment, but no more so than the railroad
tax planks Of the republican platform,
which promise in scarcely less specific
terms to respond to the popular demand.
The issues Joined in the platforms will,
Of course, call for further discussion as
the campaign progresses.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
TAKING AND GIVING LIFE.
Truths About the Philippines over.
looked by the Opposition.

Chicago Tribune.
General Wheaton has a philosophic way Of
looking at the situation in the Philippines,
where he has been on duty for the last three
years. He sees compensations for the raw
ages OF war where Senator Hoar can sec
none. The general admits that there has
been much loss OF life among the natives,
due to their obstinate and unwise resistance
to American authority. He says that the
sanitary reforms which have been intro
duced by the American civil and military
authorities have saved many more lives than
the American soldiers have taken.
American rifles and cannon have sent
many Filipinos to premature graves, but
compulsory vaccination and the stamping
out Of the bubonic plague have saved many
F1lipinos from such graves. The destructive
and conservative agencies of civilization
have gone through the archipelago hand in
hand. The general estimates that 500, 900
lives have been preserved by the presence
Of the Americans in the Philippines.
This is not the way in which the "anti-
imperialists" keep their account books.
They will not give credit to the agents OF
the government in the islands for the saving
Of a single life. They will contend that
nothing done there has worked for good
logic seems to be sound. 1t is unfortunate
that the Filipinos did not allow the Ameri-
cans to devote themselves exclusively to the
task OF protecting life in the archipelago.
That was their desire. They would not
have fired one hostile shot II the Filipinos
had not made 1t necessary for them to do so.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
YOUNG LOCHINvAR UP 70 DATE.


s. E. Kiser in the Record Herald.
oh, young Lochinvar came out to the west;
He claimed that his automobile was tho
It was painted dark red and it brilliantly
shOne,
He went like a streak and he rode all
alone;
He shot over ruts with a zipp and a Jar,
And people fed madly from young Lochin-
var.
with a whirr of his wheels and a hum OF
his cogs
He knocked down the children and ran over
dogs;
He frightened the horses and laughed at
their pranks,
And men who got mad he regarded as
cranks;
He gave her the very last notch on the bar.
And a cloud OF dust followed the gay
Jochinvar.
He stayed not at bridges, he stopped not
He calmly took all Of the road as his own
Till he came to a crossing and smashed
through a gate
n endeavored to butt through a trainload
They searched and at last. lying under a
They found a few chunks ,of the bold
Lochinvar. ''-
lady sat waiting TO hear the loud hum
That would tell her the gallant had finally
But she waited with signs and she waited
Those car wheels bore many a sickening
And. to show you how pItiless some people
They said It was good for the young
Lochinvar. 80
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

company OF France on the Isthmus of
Panama, provided q satisfactory title to
such property can be obtained. He is
further authorized to acquire from the
republic of Colombia exclusive and per
petual control of a strip of land six
miles wide extending from the Carib-
bean sea to the Pacific ocean, with
struction, operation and maintenance Of
the canal. II the president should be
unable to obtain a satisfactory title to
the rights, franchises and property of
the Panama company and the required
territory and other concessions from Co
lombia, within a reasonable time and
upon reasonable terms, then he shall
negotiate with Nicaragua and Costa
Rica for territory through which to con-
struct an interoceanic canal. The bill
creates an isthmian canal commission,
provides for appropriations, the first of
which is $4,000, 900, and authorizes the
secretary of the treasury to borrow
from time to time, as the expenditures
$3.50, 100000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary. There is no time limit
for negotiations.
The construction of an isthmian canal
is now assured and there will be a
general feeling of satisfaction that the
matter has been taken out Of the field
Of controversy. A great responsibility
has beer devolved on President Roose-
welt, but there can be no doubt that
he will perform the duty faithfully and
with the least possible delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
NOTES.

In the event Of the death Of King Edward
British insurance companies stand to lose
$40, 900, 900.
The corporations controlled by ]. Pier
pont Morgan and his associates pay enough
taxes into the New Jersey state treasury
to cover all the expenses Of the common
wealth, 1t is said.
John Philip Sousa has sent King Edward
a copy Of his march Imperial Edward"
beautifully illuminated upon vellum In an
tique fashion and inclosed In a gold
mounted morocco case.
Robert de Billy, one Of the Rochambeau
party, before sailing for home last week,
said that what had surprised him most
In this country was the loyalty Of the nat
uralized citizens to the country of their
adoption.
The loss entailed to London in innumer-
able directions by the abandonment Of the
festivities has been roughly estimated at
500, OOo, 900. Hundreds of bankruptcies ow-
ing to seat, food, timber and decoration
speculations are expected.
Harlan P. Hall OF st. Paul. Nestor Of the
Minneapolis press. has announced himself
as a candidate for governor Of Minnesota
on the democratic ticket. Mr. Hall started
five newspapers at st. Paul. four Of which
survive and are prosperous. Personally
he is exceedingly popular.
Democratic Congressman Joseph A. Conry
Of the Ninth district Of Massachusetts, has
been selected by Mayor Collins Of Boston to
deliver the Fourth of July grafton before the
city authorities and people IN Faneuil hall
and he has accepted the invitation. Bos-
toms list of Fourth Of July orators is long
and contains many eminent names.
Considerably over 400 columns Of the Con-
gressional Record are occupied with
speeches on the isthmian cant bill. Sena-
tor Morgan's eight speeches on the subject
fill 172 columns, Senators Ham and Mitch
ell coming next with forty-two columns and
two speeches. The shortest talk Of the lot
was one Of a column by Senator Hawley.
Senator Kittredge OF South Dakota takes
pride In never saying more than YES or
NO" to newspaper men. One day recently
a correspondent interviewed him. but was
unable to get more than the monosyllables
named in reply. Finally he asked: What
is the largest city in South Dakota" The
senator looked his surprise as he answered:
Sioux Falls" The correspondent bowed
and left. Meeting a friend a few moments
later he said: 81 have all you fellows
beaten now. I have Just added the words
Sioux Falls to Senator Kittredge's vocabu-
larry"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
A New Domain
indianapolis News

New lands for great masses Of people
will be created by the irrigation OF the
arid sections Of the Rocky mountain re-
gion and Pacific coast. The government
owns about 600. 900, 900 acres OF land in this
region, and 10 per cent OF It will be avail
able for agricultural purposes under a sys-
tenn OF irrigation entirely practicable and
not dinicult to attain. The vast remainder
consists Of mountain and forest and desert
beyond reclamation or at least for many
years to come. The lands that can be
brought In constitute an area equal to one
and a half times that Of New England, and
their reclamation would open to settle
ment a region easily capable Of supporting
moro than 10000, 900 people. OF course,
the work can not be done all at once, and
this perhaps will constitute part Of It's
value. 1t will require a good many years
to make valuable acres out of valueless
lands. Farmers east of the Rocky noun
tains have complained that they would be
taxed under public irrigation laws to open
cheap lands to be brought into competition
with their more expensive land. On the
other hand, It was held that the states
in which the land lay would take up the
work II the national government would cede
to them the arid lands. This the govern
ment had repeatedly refused to do.
II was then agreed that the rest Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

country should not be drawn on more than
was absolutely necessary, and so the pur-
pose OF the law is to work out a way that
shall be nearly self-supporting. II is to
begin under the direction Of the secretary
Of the interior with money yielded by the
current government land sales. There will
be only a few million dollars which will
be Increased yearly. As land is irrigated
1t will be sold at a price to cover the cost
OF its reclamation and Of maintaining the
irrigation. Not more than 100 acres will
be sold TO any one owner. While this
to a degree involves an appropriation equal
to the present net proceeds OF public lands
from the general fund for the advantage
OF a small part Of the country. the appro-
preparation is not great, and. besides. storage
basins which frequently have to be con-
structed In the mountains Of one state for
lands lying in another, might be held as
examples of government work quite as clear
as a great deal Of what is done under the
river and harbor bill. Altogether, the con-
clusion is probably as fair and as work
able as is often reached In human affairs.
The practical results are going to be an
addition OF good land that will hold about
as many people as there are In the Philip
pines and they will be American people.
1t will only cost us a few million dollars
and not a drop Of blood.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
WHERE BRITAIN ExoELs.
Deaths from Railroad Accidents In
England and America.
Atlanta Ionrna

EnRinu0 ana America
Atlanta Journal.
We were aware that the number and PER-
centage OF deaths from railroad accidents
Is very much smaller In Great Britain
than in the United States, but a recent
report of the British Board of Trade con-
tains the almost incredible statement that
in the whole Of England, ireland. Scotland
and Wales not one passenger was killed
last year in railroad train accidents. When
we consider that the railroads Of the
United Kingdom carried 1900, 900, 900 pas
sengers last year this statement is very
hard to believe. The number Of persons in
jured in any way out Of this vast number is
given at 476. The British Railway Gazette
boasts that only one in about every S,000,-
600 passengers on the railways OF the
United Kingdom last year failed to reach
his destination without injury OF any kind.
The accuracy Of this report is guaranteed
by the government. as the British Board OF
Trade is a government bureau.
The report for 1901 is the c~leanest on
record. The statistics for the year 1900
show that sixteen passengers were killed
and 500 injured during that year.. While
passengers on the railways OF the United
Kingdom escaped entirely last year eight
trsinmen were killed and 1876 injured. This
was a marked decrease of the number OF
fatalities and injuries to railway trainmen
last year.
The number Of railroad employees killed
and injured In this country is ~shockingly
large every year-very much greater than
the number IN all the countries of Europe
combined. The enforcement Of the federal
law requiring airbrakes and coup
lers on all cars used In Interstate COM
MERGE has reduced the percentage of fatali-
ties and personal injuries on our railroads
to a notable extent, but the number Of them
is still frightfully large.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

the truck that will take them to the
Hall Of Records will be drawn by twenty
horses. The cost Of the thirty-two pillars
will be about $40 900. The largest Of them
will be round and thirty-six feet long, with
a diameter Of four feet two inches.
The Provident Loan association, which
conducts p philanthropic pawnbroking bust
ness in this city, made. last year, a profit
Of s per cent on a capital OF $685.. 900 and
has a surplus of Sill, 900. Philanthropy in
this case is a good business investment,
which makes It the best kin OF an invest
ment. Loans are made on personal prop
erty at moderate but paying rates. Among
the trustees OF the association are William
Il. Dodge, Abram s. Hewitt, d. o. Mills,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, George F. Baker,
Solomon Loeb, James Speyer and J. Ken
nedy Tod. President Bonnard's report says
After branches have ben opened in the
important centers Of the Greater New York
city we may we'll consider the advisability
OF extending our usefulness to less profitable
business In poorer sections OF the city,
making more loans on clothing and less de-
sirable pledges. We must not forget that
the purpose Of our corporation is philan-
thropical so far as is consistent with the
full measure Of strength and safety"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
who Said HARMONY
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)

Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
Is there a genuine democrat anywhere
who can max a speech on party affairs
without receiving unpleasant attention
from various thermometers in all parts of
the country who are armed with brickbats
and decayed vegetables? Every old leader
Of the democratic party was more or less
Of a democrat. Most Of the new leaders
trace their political ancestry through a
populist or two to a long line Of fiat money
republicans. II the old leaders cannot
speak without precipitating a riot what will
happen pretty soon when some Of the new
chieftains take the f1oor7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
An Appeal to the Books.
Philadelphia Record.

The dispute between the anthracite
miners, who assert they are underpsid, and
the mine owners, who declare that the
wage now paid is adequate for the service
rendered, is In fact an appeal to the
books. The Reading company, which is the
largest employer, offers to show it's books
and give all required information. Out OF
such a situation 1t would seem a way might
be found to break the present deadlock.
Labor COMMISSIONS Wright, who has had
free access to all necessary sources Of in
formation, ought to be able to at least sug-
gest the right thing to do.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
Good Examples 20 Follow.

Baltimore American.
The king Of England ordering that all
loyal addresses and references shall in
clude the queen as we'll as himself, and
the mperor of Germany leading the stu
of Bonn in cheers for his empress
are setting notable examples as apprecia-
tive husbands. And the royal ladies in
question are both deserving of the marital
tributes thus gracefully rendered.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

BY the adoption Of the conference re-
port on the Panama bill, which is sure
to receive the signature of the president,
another of the pledges in the last re-
publican national platform is redeemed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

II the signs are read Alright, a grand
battle is in the air between rival tele-
graph companies, and if it is a night to
a finish it will end only one Of two
w~ays-either the stronger will swallow
the weaker or the government viii swal-
low both into a postal telegraph system.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

Among the recipients of coronation
honors, Sir Thomas Upton is to be a
peer of England. AS a true sportsman
he has long ago been voted the peer of
anyone.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
wi u ISSUE.

The democrats attack the trusts as IL
they alone were opposed to trust abuses,
ignoring the fact that the republican
party was the first to declare opposition
to monopolistic combinations and
enacted the only federal law against
them. AS was said by a republican
congressman a few days ago, trusts are
not a new issue. AS long ago as 1888,
when Cleveland was president and the
democrats had a majority in the house
Of representatives, the committee on
manufactures was instructed to investi-
gate trusts. 1t made an investigation at
an expense of some $4,000 to the tax
payers of the country and with what
result? The committee reported in 1889
that it found the number of combina-
lions and trusts to be large, affecting a
considerable portion of the manufactur-
ing and industrial interests of the coun-
try, but that owing to the difference of
opinion between the members of the
committee they limited the report to
submitting to the careful considera-
LNOu " SubEtNuChb NOh6lNoSSo ~ ANNN0
shown in the testimony taken before the
committee There was no suggestion
as to legislation for dealing with the
trusts and no attempt by that demo-
cratic house to frame legislation.
The democratic party came into con-
troll of the presidency and both branches
of congress in 1893, after the republican
party had enacted the antitrust law,
but the democrats did nothing against
the trusts, the number of which steadily
increased while that party was in
power. 1t did not attempt to enforce
the existing antitrust legislation and
when the Cleveland administration pro-
nounced the act OF 1890 to be defective
and inadequate the democrats in con-
gress made no effort to remedy the al
legged defects and render the law more
effective. They merely Incorporated in
the tariff act of 1894 a provision relating
to trusts which was so manifestly made
ouat that even the democratic admin
istration paid no attention to 1t. The
democratic party had an excellent OPP
~portunity at that time to strike at the
trusts and utterly failed to improve 1t,
although the demand for some action
against the combinations was then
hardly less general and vigorous thar
it is at present.
Now that the republican administra-
ton is seeking the enforcement of the
antitrust law the democrats are not
satisfied, complaining because it has not
instituted criminal proceedings, instead
of taking the more direct way of rene
| diving abuses through injunction. Had
the administration resorted to criminal
prosecution against the alleged beef
| combine. for example, 1t is not to be
doubted that the democrats would a v
found fault with that course on the
ground that it was intended to give the
combine an opportunity to continue its
exactions upon the public, which 1t was
the purpose of the injunction proceed
ings to promptly check.
The republican party declared Its op'
position to trusts fourteen years age
and attested it's sincerity in the law now
in force. The democratic party, wher
It had the opportunity, did nothing
against the trusts. There can be nc
doubt which party is to be trusted tc
properly deal with this question.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
whom Doe. the shoe FIR
washington Post.

Washington Post.
The gentlemen who gathered at the home
OF the late Richard P. Bland last week for
the purpose Of unwilling a monument to
his memory were conspicuous in the work
Of plotting the great silver advocate out
Of the democratic nomination in 1895.
or other hypocrites have a great
weakness for gathering about the graves Of
their victims.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

South Dakota popullsts have sub
mitted to voluntary merger into the
democratic corporation Of that state,
trading on ever their separate name
IN the bargain for a chance at the spoils.
In Nebraska the absorption merger has
not yet been completed. but it is well
under way.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27
Generosity Appreciated.

IIIIIUUVITIIIH LNWENIF
To the American people the sending Of
a relief ship to Martinique was such an
ordinary matter that many Of them. doubt-
less. have already forgotten that such a
ship was sent. but Assistant Secretary
Adee. who happened to be travelling In
France at the time. reports that the act
had a wonderful effect on the French peo-
ple. who became enthusiastic over such an
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
Europeans continue ~denouncing the
American invasion, but they are not max
ing any strenuous efforts. seemingly. to re-
pei It by refusing to buy the goods. In
brief, no amount Of human indignation or
policy will do away with the natural aw
Of the survival Of the httest and as long as
American goods are the httest they will
those Of European competitors.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-27

For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, the heather Chinee is
reputed to be peculiar. When it zones
to popularity, however, the fusion
statesmen in Nebraska will not have to
give way to the heather Chinee.