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Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
oLNEY BARRED BY AGE.
Presidential Tfmber Has Away
1Nen selected from Men Under -.
Cbicaeo Trfbune |

eeon Selected from Men Under 81.
Chicago Tribune.
When some Memphis democrats let Rich
ard olney know that they would like to see
him the presidential nominee Of the party
he told them he did not wish to be consid-
cred a candidate. He gave no reason for
his unwillingness to respond to their kind
advances. In q letter to a New York paper
Edward stsnwood says Mr.. olney could have
pleaded his age as an all sufAcient reason
why he should not be considered in connec-
tion with the presidency. In 1904 Mr.. olney
will be So years old and would be over "a
II he were elected and served to the end OF
his term.
Not one Of the great political parties, says
Mr.. Stanwood, has ever elected or nomi-
mated a man so old as Mr.. olney will be in
1904. The Oldest man ever elected president
was William Henry Harrison. who was 81
In 1870. Jackson was So when elected the
second time. Buchanan was IS the year OF
his nomination and Taylor was "a. Henry
Clay was 81 when be was a candidate in
1874, General Scott was 81 when he ran in
1852 and Cass was 81 when he ran In 1s4s.
There is no precedent for a presidential
candidate Of So, and politicians are as much
guided by presidents as lawyers are.
Mr.. Stanwood says Mr.. Blaine told him In
1891 when he was 50 that he no longer de-
sired to be president because he had reached
a time Of life when he craved rest. '"when
the American people elect q president, "
said Mr.. Blaine. they require him to re-
main awake four years. l need my sleep"
The American people make more demands
upon the time and energies of their chief
magistrate than hey did In the quiet days
Of the first presidents. 1t is doubtful
whether the average man put In the White
House at the age Of SO would live through
his term II he tried to do all that wat ex-
pected Of him. Lord Salisbury at the age Of
u has resigned the premiership because he
no longer foels equal to the discharge Of its
duties.
The mental and physical strain to which
an American president is subjected is in
creasing. The ONCE is not one for men who
have to nurse a strength weakened by the
insidious approaches Of old age. There
doubtless are exceptional men Of SO who are
able to stand a four years siege Of constant
work and worry, but a political party will
be quite excusable IL It declines to look for
them and gives the preference to younger
men.
The age limitation which excludes Mr..
olney will not be objected to by David Ben
nett Hill, who Is only SO. II will not af-
feet Arthur P. German. who is a little over
So. 1t will not be dificult for the democrats
to find a candidate who has not lived up to
the maximum limit Of 81 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
BaIance of Undo siEns.

NOV 1uIA MAJ ana EApresH.
There is nothing unfaYorable in q reduo-
ton OF the balance of trade. On the con-
trary, IL shows that our indebtedness
abroad Is diminishing. for we send mer-
chandise away only to pay for something.
What does not pay for foreign merchandise
imported must pay freight. insurance and
banking charges. travelling expenses, divi-
dends and interest on foreign capital In
vested here, or American securities bought
back from other countries. There is no
advantage in having a great burden OF
such payments to make. and the object 81
foreign trade is not to bring money into
the country. We have money enough, and
have to supply gold to Europe from time
to time. The narrowing Of the balance
between exports and imports Is in Itself
a good sign.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
CLOSING OF AN INCIDENT.
Amusing Controversy Ended WITH .
Few "ReiteratiOns."
New York Tribune.


New York Tribune.
From MI. Brynn's explanation OF bis
failure to receive an Invitation to the
Tildea club dinner until three weeks after
it was se.t, persons OF a mean and sus-
picious temper may infer tina the clerk
to whom he impltes the blame had been
instructed to be guilty of an oversight,
But such an hypothesis ia untenable for
several reasons. In the first place. Mr.,
Bryan is not to be lightly accused Of SELL
ing the truth to serve the hour. In the
second place. II is evident that he did not
wish TO avoid sending a reply. inasmuch
as he has now gone far out OF his way
to send one. Nor can II be supposed that
he wanted more time, for the letter which
he finally dispatched to the secretary OF
the club could not have cost him more
than ten minutes OF concentrated thought,
The conclusion must be that he was glad
even OF a belated opportunity to afnict a
large number OF persons with the sensa-
ton which is Familiarity known as hot
under 'he collar" and really regrets that
It did not come sooner.
But we are surprised thai so much ca
loric has been engeldered by Mr.. Bryan's
latest manifesto. II IL Just like him. He
never permits the obligations Of courtesy
which control ordinary men TO emb&rrasI
him when the paramount necessity OF up
holding the faith as ne sees Il arises
After all" said the late Isaac II. BIom.
ley on a certain occasion when he fell
inclined 10 put an end to a pretentiouI
and prohtless discussion. after all, there
is OILY one fundamental. universal. In
d~ispensable truth-only one. and / hav'
forgotten what that isi and, what's more
I don't give a damn" In the Opinion o
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
"Cornerins' a Continent.
indianapolis News.

Some way the anthracite situation should
be relieved. 1t does not seem reasonable
nor right that the anthracite coal necessi-
ties of 100000 900 people should be at the
mercy of six railroads, which are combined
and under the control Of about the same
number of men, who may at any time cease
production at the expense Of the poor
miner. and. on the other hand, may in
crease prices to all Of the people. Given
a limited coal field like the anthracite field
and given the necessities Of a great CONT
nent of people. whose manufacturing in
dustries demand the use Of this coal, and
we have a situation that may call for more
than ordinary measures or laws. 1t may
be a menace not to be endured that half q
dozen men shall corner" a continent.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

For the 'steenth time the supreme
court has reversed itself on the inter
probation OF the police commission law,
How soon it viii reverse itself again
depends only upon the ability Of the
parties interested in creating another
rumpus to raise hair-splitting questions
with h~igh-sounding hog latin phrases.
such as hdibus. omnibus and nix KUN
rous. sufficiently confusing and con-
founding to enable the court to wade
into deep water and fish out a few wall
eyed pike and a cuttlehsh or two to roll
the legal whirlpool.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Cardinal Ledochowski, who has just
died at Rome at the advanced age OF
so years. was justly characterized by
Pope Leo as a valiant fighter for the
church. The most notable event in his
career was the conflict with Bismarck
growing out Of the ecclesiastical laws OF
Prussia, which resulted in Ledochowski
being sent to prison, where he remained
a number Of years. He was made q
cardinal by Pope Plus TX as a reward
for the contest he waged against the
Prussian law, which placed the choice
Of bishops and priests in the hands OF
the people of the diocese or parish.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
POOR EXCUSE FOR FAILURE.
Most Men Who succeed DO So in spite
of Disadvantage.
New York Times.

of Dfsadvantages.
New York Times.
It would be hard to find & better example
of how a young man should not seek en-
ployment than the following advertisement,
which is clipped. from the Evening Post:
Young attorney, Harvard law graduate,
lacking pull and having used up his
mcsev, must get to work to a a liv-
ing. Any honorable chance In any business
will be accepted. He is entirely free to go
anywhere the employment may require"
BY his own statement this young man
has had the advantages Of what Is gen.
orally called the best school of law on
either side Of the Atlantic, and when be
was graduated he had money in reserve.
At the outset, accordingly, he had every
chance IN his favor. To what does he nt-
tribute his present destitution? To a lack
Of pull" BY pull we presume, he
means personal influence Of the kind that
brings employment one has done nothing
to deserve. 1t is not a pleasant picture,
this of a young man hanging out bis
single and waiting for fortune to drop a
Plum beside his easy chair. We can i'm
agine nothing more likely to repel a pos
sible employer.
But let us suppose that by pulp be
means personal friends who, when a posi-
ton is vacant for which he is better dtted
than another to hll, use their influence to
secure It for him. To accept the adyant-
age OF such a pull" is quite honorable.
But is the lack Of 1t an excuse for failure7
OF all the men who succeeded in the world,
perhaps / per cent have the advantage Of
the best possible training for their business
or profession, and of those who have this
very few have private means In reserve.
The work Of the world is done by those
who make their own advantages and who
force their own openings.
We are glad to see that the young at
torney has arrived at a place where be is
willing to accept any honorable employJ
ment. In the course Of time and experience
he will perhaps learn not to advertise The
excellence Of his education in large type.
and not to attribute defeat to a lack of
that which a normal man does not re-
ouire.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
WHERE PROSPERITY RAILs FROM.
Not iron he Booming of stocks, but
Out OF the Ground.
Hartford Courant (rsp.)

Hartford Courant (repJ.
Those cheerful philosophers who feel 80
sure that prosperity IL going TO continue
because the prices OF stocks are 40 well
maintained in Wall street will DO we'll to
look a little further than the lower end Of
Manhattan island when taking their OBJ
servRtions.
1t is a fact that many persons seem to
forget that all the material wealth comes
out OF the ground. The pathetic stories
from the large cities connected with the
fresh-air aids have told more than once
Of little children who had never seen green
grass and who had no idea of the open
country until given these outings. There
are grown-up people OF abundant wealth
who are equally ignorant OF what the
country is In Its relation to general bust
ness interests. They assume that when
stocks go up ten points the country Is
richer thereby, and that when q great
syndicate takes $50. 900, 900 worth Of prop
erty and capitaliEes 1t at $500, 900, 900 this
paper performance has created $3.50, 900, 900
Of new wealth.
They buy and sell n go specializing
through life on this sort of assumption
and do not stop to think that It IL only
as the iron and coal are dug up and as
the sunshine and the rain bring the grain
70 lilo, uhTVebL Jnbb anything 10 Auueu 10
what alresdy is. II we should ind at the
end Of the season that the early drouths
and the later floods that have been so
prevalent have resulted in a serious Grip
pling of the crops, II investigation demon
strates that we have consumed more than
we ave produced, then no amount OF
booming can keep prices up. As yet It 10
early to determine as to this. We have al
immense agricultural territory, and the
Hood destroying everything in one valley
may bring needed moisture to thousands
Of square miles of other fields and prove
vastly more beneficial than injurious. 1t
is the destructive food we hear OF rather
than the fructifying showers.
But meanwhile 1t is we'll to bear in mind
that while spectators can grow rich in
their big deals and the world can watch
with wonder their great achievements.
still they are not producers. Somebody
else gives UP what they get, and 1t is the
unnotlced producer who furnishes the
tangible material elements Of prosperity.
Even legitimate buying and selling. what
goes under the general name Of trade and
keeps SO many people busy. adds nothing
to what already is. When two men trade
horses there lie still only those two
horses ut the end Of the trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

If n good turn deserves another, the
expedition Of Ak-Sar-Ben knights TO the
Black Hills may be depended on to
stimulate a spirit Of reciprocity that
will bring return pilgrims to Ak-Sar-
Ben's shrine. The people Of the Black
Hills have always looked to Omaha as
their natural base of supplies and
Omaha cannot do better than to cult
vate closer business and social relations
with them at every opportunity-and
now is the opportunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
A LITTLE LONGER.
Adelaide A. Proctor.

AQcldAu0 NJ
iittla longer yet-a little longer,
Shall violets bloom for thee and sweet
And the lime branches. where the winds are
shall Gi0T marmur the sweet promise of
eprtngt
A little longer yet-a little longer,
Thou shalt behold the quiet OF the morn
while tender grasses and awakening nov
SEND up a golden mist to greet the d"w''
A little longer yst-A little iongsT; D
The rosy clouds that noet Ger dying day
Nor fade un trembling stars begin to
shine.
A little longer yet-a little Longer;
shall starry night be beautiful for theei
And the cold moon shall look through the
r,o otaS her Silver path upon the sea
A little longer yet-a little longer.
Life shall Re thine; life with Its power 10
LAfe with rs strength to bear. to love-. 10
Bringing It's thousand Joys thy heart to
MI.
A little longer yet-G little longer,
The voices thou hast loved shah eharm
And thy true heart that now beats quick
A little Longer yet shall hold them dear.
A little longer yet-joy while thou mayesti
Love and %re5oicei for time has nausht
And soon the darkness of the grave shall
Love and rejoice n feel and know no
more.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
General Brooke's Record.
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.

PhIIadeIphia inquirer.
OF General Brooke It may be said that
while he was too young to reach the fame
OF Meade, Reynolds, Hancock and other
great Pennsylvania captains. he was a good
soldier, who was frequently brevetted for
meritorious services and she'd his blood on
several battlefelds. He goes into retire.
ment with a hne-Fecord as a soldier. one
who has ever been a credit to the uniform
he wears and to the state which gave him
birth. We trust that he will have many
years OF peaceful life to enjoy = the neigh
borhood where he roamed as q barefoot
bow.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Usefulness of the Mule Unimpairsd.
Minneapolis Times.

Now comes the Boer. looking for horses
and mules, not for war, but for the culti-
walton Of his long neglected farms. There
is also a demand in South Africa for sheep
and cattle for breeding purposes. al the
Beers we're compelled to kill most OF
their live stock during the war for sub
sistence ard were unable to care for their
remaining herds or their crops. The farms
are almost stripped Of live stock and the
Beers are looking to the United States
for the r~eplenishment OF their focks and
herds. They are also in need Of agri-
cultural implements, which the manufac
turers OF this country will have an oppor-
tuntty 90 furnish. We did a good deal OF
business with South Africa during the war
but we arS going to do even more NOW
that peSee Las come.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Superintendent Beghtol OF the state
Industrial school has discovered that he
can provide religious instruction and
chapel services for the boys without a
paid chaplain. This suggests the in
quiry, how many state institutions SINH
larry situated are carrying salared
chaplains on their payrOlls who could
be replaced y volunteers. There Is no
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Archblshop ireland takes the groun

Archbishop Ireland takes the ground
completely from under the partisan
critics accusing President Roosevelt of
warning on the Catholic church in the
position he has taken with reference to
the Spanish friars in the Philippines.
Nothing any churchman can say, how
ever, can keep the popocratic yellow
journals from yelping on this subject,
because they are sure they know better,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Just and

New York Evening Post.
Whatever criticisms the historian OF the
future may find himself compelled to pass
upon the administration of Theodore Roose-
welt, he will always be able to cite the
presidents decision in the case Of General
Jacob H. Smith as an example Of just
and high-minded action, and as a manly
blow for the honor of the army and the
nation,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Two thousand dollars will be spent
to place indestructible street signs at
crossings and intersections. 1t would
be interesting TO know just how much
money has been spent for this same pur-
pose in past years without leaving even
a remnant OF a street sign hat could be
Identified at this day.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

II is noteworthy that Superintendent
Pearse is always being mentioned for
promotion to the headship Of the public
schools Of some great city, but the call
eve gets beyond the m~entionable
stage. No other city is willing to help
Omaha unload.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Mayor Moores' matrimonial bureau
ought to step into the breach and arbi-
trate the little differences between the
two women whose eagerness to claim
one husband has gotten them into the
police court.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

King Edwards daily bill Of fare has
to be o. KID by one of his physicians.
His humblest subject could not be
under a more arbitrary tyranny.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
The Farmer strictly I'm II,
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

Oats and corn are at high figures on
the eve of the gHthering of one Of the
biggest crops of both which have been
known for years. The farmer Is very far
from being a forgotten man in these days
Of all-round republican prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Assurances are given that the death Of
John w. Mackay win in no way inter
fere with the plans OF the promoters OF
the Pacific cable with whom he was
associated. Whether It will exert an in
huence over the impending war between
his telegraph company and the Western
Union IL exciting equal curiosity.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Having adjourned It's session sine die,
It is safe to say that the Nebraska
supreme court viii not reverse its latest
police board decision again before Sep
TENDER. when it reconvenes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

"All litigation must have an end" de-
clared the supreme court in the police
board decision a few months ago prom
ulgated as it's last final finding and then
It proceeds to reopen the case from the
BEGINNING.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

That reminds us-the management of
the fire and police vas supposed to have
been taken out of politics when the ap-
pointing power was taken away from
the local authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Every fair smuggler who gets caught
never intended to defraud the govern
ment out OF the duty on the struggled
Jewels or apparel. But. then. she never
intended being caught, either.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Candidates for the new police COM
mission had better charter a special
train to bring Governor Savage home,
chain lightning express time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Iowa republicans viii get together
next week in state convention Just to
give Iowa democrats one excuse for
holding a session to inquire where they
Rre at 81
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Depends on the wind.
PHILADELPHIA Press

Watchers in the direction Of the William
J. Bryan can discern no signals Of distress
at her masthead as yet. And they will see
mono, either, as long as the wind holds out.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Home rule is a good thing for Ireland,
fog the Beers, for the Cubaps, for the
Filipinos-but 1t doesn't oun In Ne
braska.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Corn IA King.

Buffalo Times.
1t looks as though there were a big bust
ness ahead for the granger railroads and
for the granger himself and the corner of
one man or set OF men cannot prevent 1t.
Corn Is king.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

The city of Omaha will take the an
nual inventory of its realty belongings.
It's a good thing to take stock at least
ono a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
A Demonstrated Fact,
New York World.

new 1ork WOrlo.
America has the best guns" says q
German naval annual. And the best gun
ners, too, as Manila bay and Santiago
proved.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
in Practice.

Washington Post.
Prohibition In Vermont is a glaring and
disgraceful failure. a source Of many scan
dals and a promoter Of vice rather than Of
morality.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

If Tom Blackburn and a few other
Mercernaries are appointed on the police
board we may rot hear so much from
the sham reforHers about that machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Jab at the Jim-Jams

NNEINubV IVoI
General Corbin has prohibited the expor-
tation Of snakes from the Philippines. Why
did he not strike at the root of the matter
at once by f%orbidding the importation Of
Whiskyf
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Whnt Hurtn Mr. Rrrnn.

What makes Mr.. Bryan more than ever
sure that Grover Cleveland is a person to
be detested is Growers failure to reply to
certain bitter reflections on him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

A pugilistic trust to restrict the sup
ply of bruisers would, we feel sure, en-
counter no serious protest from the
public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

The summer resort men have APP
parently at last made their peace with
the weather man.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

The best sign Of restored peace in the
Philippines Is the steady withdrawal Of
troops and reduction Of military forces
stationed in the islands.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
Labor and Capital should Confer.

NV AuEk MAH ana Hxpre"8.
The more conferences between labor and
capital, II they are free and candid, the bet
ter for both and the better for the common
wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

II there is to be a meat packing trust,
depend on it that South Omaha will be
represented in II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24
srATEMnNT OF CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b. T~zscnuck, secretary of Ehe Bee
Publishing Company being ouly sworn,
says that the actual numDer OF full ana
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Gvening ana sunday dee printed during
the month OF june, 1907, was as toloWs;
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

good reason why the example set at
Kearney cannot be followed with ad-
vantage In other state institutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Yonkers Statesman: what do you ex-
pect TO be when you become OF age. my
little man2" asked the visitor.
y 'Twenty-one, sir" was the bright ones
reply,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Washington Star: why do men always
laugh when they hear jokes about losing
money at horse racesT"
"That." answered the unlucky person, 'f9
an aching heart"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

Brooklyn Life: Life Insurance Ascent
My dear sir. have you made any provision
for those who come after your
H~Rrduppe-Yes I put the dog at the dooE
and told the hired girl to say I'm out or
town.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-24

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