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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

When Andrew johnson was swinging
around the circle" In 1895, Petroleum ".
Nashby. the Mr.. Dooley Of his day, said
that wherever the president appeared, he
was most cordially received with enthusi-
astic cheers for Grant. Until MIR. Roose-
veltt time, all the vice-presidents who
succeeded to the presidency had their
Grant, and some of them had many Grants.
Even the chaivalrous. courteous Arthur
could never persuade the rank and file OF
his party to consider lin as anything more
than a pleasant, well-meaning gentleman
whom a great national tragedy had thrust
into a position for which he had no pecul-
lar qualifications.
Mr.. Roosevelt, alone Of the vice-presi-
dents that became president, has sue
ceeded in dominating his party and APP
pealing to the popular ina gination. What
is more, he seems to have established him
self so firmly in this unique position that
the hostile politicians OF his councils have
come to despair of dislodging him. He
has no Grant. There is no man in the Re-
publican party, or out Of the party for
that matter, towards whom Mr.. Roosevelt
could feel the slightest pang of jealousy.
II all the political and military leaders in
the county were to accompany him on his
western trip, he would remain the con-
s%picuous figure in the assembly, the cynos-
ure of all eyes.
A years service in the presidency has
established Mr.. Roosevelt's title to the Of
nce, not by the grace Of a deplorable acct
dent, but by the force Of ability and power.
1t was a popular superstition at the
time Mr.. Roosevelt succeeded Mr.. Nc
Kinley that he was a raw, unlocked cub
/ that Unauvad af auaryfhInG l{La q ,n,,p
bound" as the contemptuous Bismarck
described the activities of his youthful
kaiser; that he was another Hotspur that
kills me some six or seven dozens Of Scots
at a breakfast, washes his hands, and says
to his wife, 'Fie upon this quiet life! I
want work. Mr.. Roosevelt, with all
his exuberant vitality, was neither cub nor
Hotspur, although one might say of him
as PlutaTch said Of Marcellus, There was
no kind Of fighting in which he was not ad-
mirably well skilled" But in contemplate
ing the combative side of Mr.. Roosevelt's
nature, the public disregarded the more
substantial though less picturesque quail
ties of the man. Instead of being a veri-
table Kmita, or even a Pan Michael Volo-
dyovski, pitch-forked into the presidency
of a great republic, he brought to the
White House an intellectual training, a
wealth of experience, an equipment OF
scholarship and a catholicy of sympathy
such as few presidents of the United States
have possessed. He might have had a
weakness for the unconventional cowboy
hat, but he could still read his sophocles
in the original. He was widely intelligent
in all that related to the history of his own
country, the history or its institutions and
the philosophy Of it's government. AS he
knew his Jefferson, his Hamilton and HE
De Tocqueville, so he knew his fellow
Americans-not a little coterie OF them, OF
a little community Of them, but all of then
as men are known in the aggregate-tht
Brahmin caste Of Boston and New England
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
THE MONEY STRlNGENUR.


The stringency in the eastern money
market has undoubtedly caused some
anxiety in financial circles there, but so
far as observed there, have been no
expressions OF alarm. 1t is quite nat
ural that the fact Of largely inflated
credits, particularly in the case of some
of the Industrial combinations, should
cause a feeling Of apprehension which
has shown itself in the decline of prices.
Yet there is nothing in the situation
that can properly be described as pan
icky and there does not seem likely to
be. There appears TO be a sentiment
among eastern hnanciers that no great
harm would be lone and perhaps some
good ultimately II a few of the corpora
tons were forced into liquidation, but II
would seem that this might prove rather
hazardous in existing circumstances.
Meanwhile the secretary of the treas
ury has announced his intention TO do
whatever he can to relieve the situa-
ton, and this will be done without de
lay. The deposits Of public money with
the banks will be increased TO the FIX
tent of receipts from internal revenue
and miscellaneous sources, amounting to
about half a million dollars a day, and
this relief Will be continued as long as
necessary. IL is also proposed to an
ticipate interest up to the end Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
A sEMI-HIsTORICAL POEM.
Brooklyn Life.

Brooklyn Life.
oh! A lady Gagged up in an old castle gray
Looked OF from the battlements every
q know that the books tell the tale that
But I've no other plan to go on)-
For a bold. brave knight in a suit of mail
That shone with the sheen of a new tin
Would come to her rescue ere long, with
out fail,
And so on and so on and so on.
Now, the knight of the castle, the mis-
creant who
Had 'prisoned the lady "a rough way to
All! he was a wicked, bad lot through and
through,
Not mortal nor even religious;
While the good White Knight through his
virtue won fame
AND played to the limit the chivalrous
So the ~iady-of most unpronounceable
Expected a battle prodigious.
And here, lest we think that the writer
His tale from some tomb long by readers
All oidtime conventions the fellow hath
You see modern fashions outcropping:
For the lady, looked long from the battle
ments high,
And ever she prayed that her knight would
But nary a knight met her dewdroppy eye
Save the night that sets all the dews
dropping.
Meanwhile the bad knight made his case
very strong:
He wooed her with sonnet, he wooed her
with song,
And. somehow, he let her find out before
long
What a big life insurance he carried.
He'd a right pleasant ~way-when the way
was his own:
He'd money-the virtuous duffer had none!
And-well, the poor lady had no chaperon,
So they called in the priest and were
married.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
GERMANYs rARJtF PRoBLEM.


American agricultural interests seem
to be in nc immediate danger from the
German tariff. According to Berlin ad-
vices there Is likely to be a protracted
struggle over the pending measure,
with the chances favorable to the final
rejection Of the agrarian demands for
higher duties on agricultural products.
This demand is stoutly opposed by the
government, which realizes what the
agrarians seem to be quite Indifferent
to, that compliance with 1t would be
fatal to the renewal of commercial
treaties. Germany has already been as
sured that If the agrarian program is
carried out she may expect reprisals on
the part OF Russia and some of the other
countries with which she has CONNER
cial treaties more or less advantageous
to her, while II is highly probable that
the United States would In some prac-
teal way manifest it's dissatisfaction.
There is some opposition being shown
in Germany to the exclusion of Amer.
lean cannes meats and sausages which
will go into effect October /, but this
policy will undoubtedly be adhered to.
Industrial conditions in Germany are
not such as to warrant a course that
must result in increasing the cost OF
living for millions of people in thai
country the proposed increase in duties
on agricultural products is a very
serious matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

IOtal"s 'F%O'o row
This includes not merely the trackage,
rights of way, terminal facilities, depot
grounds and depot buildings, freight and
passenger, but also the west halves of
the two railroad bridges, nine miles of
the Belt line, the Union Pacific machine
shops, roundhouses of the various roads,
Union Pacific and Burlington h%eadquar-
tiers buildings, town lots and improve
ments outside of the rights of way, fur
niture, fixtures and all the personal prop
erty and, moneys belonging to all the
various roads held in Omaha.
A most conservative estimate of the
actual value of railroad property In
Omaha is $15,OO0,O00, which assessed
at 10 per cent and subjected to this
years 3O-mill levy should have contrib
uted toward the expense of city govern
ment $3.50, OOO. In other words, the rail
roads by the present ~unrighteous mode
of assessment have unloaded $153,45O.40
of city taxes they should have paid upon
the other taxpayers. Put into plain
English it means this: Every six dol
lars collected from Omaha taxpayers
represents a donation of one dollar to
the railroads.
The monstrous injustice perpetrated
on the taxpayers of Omaha by railroad
tax evasion is simply ~indefensible. 1t
affects alike the smallest home owner
to the heaviest property holder. The
homecoming wage worker is forced to
contribute the earnings of from one to
three days each year to the Golfers of
the ulti-millionaires who own the rail
roads. The investor in store buildings
and office buildings must contribute to
the railroads a large share of mis- rental
income, which often does not yield sui.
hcient to cover more than taxes, repairs
and insurance. Take for example the
most costly office building in Omaha, the
New York Life, which pays city taxes
on a valuation of $265,OO0, as agains;
$4,000 for all the railroad property in
the city as assessed by the state board
its forced contribution to the railroads
for the year 1902 amounts to $1,325.
If Tax Commissioner Fleming's plan
which complies strictly with the law, is
carried out, the city tax rate will be re
duced from 30 mills to 12h, but
while the amount of taxes levied against
any ordinary taxpayer will remain the
same, the railroads will actually pay
less than they paid for 1902. Instead OF
paying 2 6,549.G0 they would pay, com
puted on the new basis, only $23, 170.35
making the other taxpayers pay $3.50,
S28.40, which under IN equitable Law
should be paid by the railroads and de
Quoted from the amount imposed oil
other taxpayers.
With these stubborn facts and figure
before them the ~taxpaying citizens o
Omaha will want to know whether tn,
coming legislature will give them relic
or leave them subject to a continuation
of this legalized robbery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
SEEKING HOMES IN THE WEST.
Advice for Colorado that is, Just as
Good for Nebraska.


The annual excursions of homeseekers
have begun. and reports from Chicago and
other points in the middle west indicate
t-ranscontinental railroads in this form of
travel.
Crowds Of well-to-do people are now pass
ing through the gateways of the middle
west, and are turning to the new lands
beyond the Missouri river. The railroads
are now selling this class of tickets to a
wider range than ever before, so a home
seeker may visit, at very low rates, Ne
braska, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado,
Idaho, Washington. Oregon, British Column
bia, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma and the
great southwest. The railroad ~oficials who
have charge of this business report that
people seem to have plenty OF money and
are going farther away from home than
ever, and that they are prepared to buy
land that is already partly improved, in
stead of taking up utterly u%nimproved
claims.
In the next few months Colorado should
benefit largely from this class OF home
seekers. There is much farming land in
this state that will require but little i'm
proving to make 1t as rich as the richest,
Irrigated lands are in great demand among
homeseekers, particularly in view OF the
fact that the national government has taker
up a large part Of the work of redeemins
the arid lands Of the west.
Coloradoans should do their utmost to
show these homeseekers that they can find
no richer land or more glowing opportuni-
ties than await them in this state. Colo.
radios agricultural resources should be ad'
vertised in such a way that the attention
OF eastern homeseekers will be attracted
Every inducement should be held out Il
encourage such a desirable class of citizens
to settle in this state.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
WHY Tax REFORM Is THE ISSUE.


Tax Commissioner Fleming has dis
tributed the blanks for the city assess
ment to be made for the year 1908, with
a specific instruction that all returns of
taxable property shall represent actual
market values. Inasmuch as the as
sessment for 1902 was at 40 per cent
Of actual value and the total valuation
a fraction over $37, OOO,O 900. the aggre-
gate valuation for 1903 on a full value
basis will range somewhere between
S92, 900, 200 and sos, 100000 even if there
are no additions for new improvements
and personal property not heretofore
listed.
The question that confronts Omaha
taxpayers under the changed conditions
is, Shall they continue to pay the taxes
which by right should be paid into the
city treasury by the railroads that con-
verge in this city? For the year 1902
the total amount Of taxes paid by the
railroads was $26, 549.6O out of an aggre-
gate city levy of $1,11O,0OO against all
property. The sums paid into the city
treasury by the respective roads in 1902
ara as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
The Trust. and President Roosevelt
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

DIs IVUIo NTUUt-DtNIVNI
II anything were needed to add to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's strength with the people
the declared opposition of ]. Pierpont Nor
gan would have that effect to an exceptional
degree. Mr.. Morgan is singularly obtuse
not to know that his influence in general
politics is decidedly negative. He controls
an immense amount OF capital, but his sup
port of a political measure or a candidate
for office has no weight with the people Of
the United States. AS a money breeder
Mr.. Morgan is a phenomenon. As a politi-
clan he would be a Jonah in any cause. Mr..
Morgan's outbreak against Roosevelt. and
suggestion that the democrats should nom
mate a safe man like Grover Cleveland,
strengthens the report that the trusts are
putting up democratic campaign money for
the present year and for 1904.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Minneapolis mayor has just shut
down on the Unauthorized transfer of
liquor licenses from n dealer to a
successor who may buy him out. He
insists that all the precautions sur
rounding the original grant Of the IL
cense to sell liquor shall also surround
each transfer OF the license. The abuses
of license transfers are not confined ia
Minneapolis and the remedy invoked
there IL capable OF wider application.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
In the Role Of VIceEerent.
Springfield Republican.

bUTIIIbItTU ItpUUINdH'
President Baer Of the Reading railroad, in
his self-assumed capacity Of vicegerent Of
God on earth, evidently feels in duty bound
to look after the public schools. He has
offered coal to the Philadelphia n also
to the Baltimore authorities for the heat
ing Of public school houses at reduced
rates and apparently intends to look Out
for other nearby school buildings. But II
the children are to freeze at home during
eighteen or nineteen hours Of the day
of what avail to keep them warm during
school hours? The first cold snap would
leave few children with life enough to &c
to school. Providence, acting through Mr.
Baer. certainly moves in a mysterious way
In this case.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

In the largest private market in New
York nearly every woman who buys meat
has her f~avorite butcher, whom she tips
with a dime at each order, thereby COM
pounding a felony, for the fee invariably
obtains for her an overweight of the pur-
chase. Recently four Of the twenty-six
butchers employed left their places and
opened an opposition market three blocks
away. This aroused the suspicion OF their
former employer, who proceeded to ~investi-
gate. He learned that twenty Of his butch
ers had been systematically robbing him
for the sake Of tips. II a woman ordered
three pounds of steak she would get three
and a half pounds in consideration for her
dime. On a single order Of meat, worth 81,
was found billed at S3.12. The day before
the proprietor detected a butcher in the
act Of giving away a four-pound chicken
to a woman who had tipped him regularly
for years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

current fiscal year. of curse, with a
rebate to the treasury. Secretary Shaw
states that no experiments will be
tried, which will reassure those who
have been apprehensive that he con-
templated departures by way of expert
ment. 1t is possible, of course, that the
%stringency will become more severe, but
the probability is that with the certainty
Of all practicable assistance from the
treasury the market will soon right it.
self and confidence be fully restored.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

With hard coal selling at $50 per ton
the strike of the anthracite coal miners
has proved a great blessing in disguise
for the coal barons who are coming
millions out of the distress and destitu-
ton OF the anthracite coal miners and
their families.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
ThouRhtfuiness of GaIusha.
Philadelphia Press

T ITITUIFTTTIId IINEU'
Ex-speaker Galusha A. Grow says that he
is not going to write a book, nor is he
going to write for the magazines. He thinks
that enough has been written about the
period he has served in congress and that
he could not add much Of interest. He re-
grets that he is to leave congress, but says
that it is not his choice. He represents the
state at large, but as the next congress will
have no representative-at-lsrg from Penn
s~ylvania and he has no district he is forced
out.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

For once the outside counties that help
make up this judicial district seem TO
be in position to decide who shall be
the republican candidate for district
judge. If they do not take full ad-
vantage of the situation their political
astuteness will be subject to question.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

The order transferring Ambassador
Tower from the court Of st. Petersburg
to that Of Berlin having been officially
issued by President Roosevelt, further
speculation as to the succession to Am
bassador White may be called of.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Dave Mercer has not paid a dollar Of
personal tax either in the city Of Omaha
or the county of Douglas in the last five
years. Aud yet the railroad magnates
insist that he should represent the AK
payers of this city and district for an
other term in congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

The merger of the meat packers and
stock yards has been postponed for an
indefinite period on account of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's antitrust speeches.
There is ground for suspicion, how.
ever, that the stoppage of inventory
taking is simply a ruse to avert adverse
judicial action in the proceedings insti.
tuted by the government against the
beef combine.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Rain may impede the military ma
neuvers at Fort Riley, but 1t cannot pre-
vent their consummation. The Ameri-
can army is not composed of fair
weather soldiers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

1t t~ranspires that the abandonment of
the presidents western trip was against
his will and aequiesced In only after
strenuous protest to the physicians.
President Roosevelt is not the man to
break engagements in willful wanton-
ness.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Predictions of the weather ~forecaster
have been slightly of for several weeks.
So have the prophecies of the a~strologers
who came near alarming the country by
predictions of a hot blast between the
latter part Of July and the 18th day of
August.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

The emperor of Corea would have con-
ferred a favor on the public by making
better advance arrangements for con-
frming his death when the time came
for him to shuttle off.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
Case of Ine1cusabIe Neglect.

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The kaiser neglected to send a few army
attaches 10 inspect the Fort Riley ma.
neuvers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Washington hotel keepers will here
after take out tornado insurance by re-
Quiring all guests TO leave their dyna-
mite in the office for safe keeping.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

A police captain who was dismissed from
the New York force this week. was respon-
sible for many amusing stories based on his
use-or misuse-of words, reports the
Evening Post. Once he asserted that he
never paid any attention to unanimous
letters" On another occasion he is said
to have referred to his possession OF a
"veracious" appetite. Third avenue, he told
a man one day. runs paralyzed to Lexing-
ton avenue" At another time, one story
goes, he was reading to an outgoing pla-
toon a list OF some clothing that had been
reported stolen. One item was a kersey
coat. Next on the list, men," he an
nouneed. in his rich brogue, 'is a kero-
sene coat" 1t was this captain who d.
rected a patrolman to open a window in the
station house and "putrefy the air."
1t was not this captain, but a sergeant
now dead, who, while testifying in a trial
at police headquarters, asked permission
Of the commissioner to correct his testi-
mony. saying;
"Mr. Commissioner, I wish to ~retract
the veracity of my former statement"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
real TronbIe Tor he Money MARKET.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Not assuming even for an instant the
character Of either a 1nancier or a seer. we
don't mind saying that the only trouble
with the money market which we can dis
cover is that everybody hasn't all the money
he wants.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
The Fnrthe.t North.
Minneapolis Times

"-TTT-T|"T"TI" IL"
In view Of Lieutenant Peary's return, the
record OF high ATTITUDES reached by his and
other arctic expeditions Of note are inter-
esting. TIL appended table shows the best
results attained since-and including
Hendrick Hudson's achievement:
Cnntnln Garnl of the D1Ila
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

1t is noticeable that the man who
never did anything to build up Omaha
is always the loudest in decrying others
as knockers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

When one Of the local yellow journals
begins to denounce the other local yell
low journal as a fskery, the climax Of
yellowness must be nearly reached.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

We violate no confidence in announc-
ing that the pressure on city council
men for seats on the official reviewing
stand has been appreciably relieved.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Mexican railroads seem to be becom'
ing infected with the merger fever. The
tendency to industrial consolidation
knows no race, creed or nationality.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

America has carried Goals to Newcas-
tie in years past, but this yea it will
have to 60 to Newcastle to get them
hack
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Unanimous verdict of the western
press on the abandonment of the presi.
dents trip-a great disappointment.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

prehensive that the Treasury department
will next undertake to regulate the styles
in imported millinery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

The only way to settle a strike is for
the discordant strikers and employers
to get together.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

New York democrats who pin their
only hope On republican dlssensions
show what little real ground they have
70 stand on.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
That government Cook Book.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
Housewives will be interested 10 know
that the Navy department has compiled a
new cook book. This omcial pOaehing on
feminine preserves may make some aD
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George B. Txschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn.
says that the actual number of full ana
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month Of AuRuat. 1902. was as fOlloMs:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

The man without a country is not in
It with the Isle of Pines In the role of
sc Island without an owner.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

The paramount issues in Omaha and
Douglas county are home rule and tax
reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

Philadelphia Record: Children, why
does that flag hang there?'' oratoricaliy
asked a school room patriot, pointing to a
flag draped behind him.
please, sir piped up a voice from the
rear, 1T is to hide a dirty spot on the
wall"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

she remarked at the breakfast table, Bon
metz & HATE are going to have their fall
opening today"
us that soP" replied Mr.. Kloseman;
that's the difference between them and
my pocketbook." r
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-26

so much. about women and yet you're a
bachelor