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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

The statement made by Governor Taft
that commercial interests in the Philip
pines must ultimately rely upon native
labor. although a temporary relaxation
OF immigration restrictions was possible,
is regarded at Washington as render
ing probable an amendment by congress
extending the Chinese exclusion law to
the Philippines. II is said that It Will
be proposed to modify the law passed
at the last session Of congress so as to
provide for a regulated system of ad-
missions Of Chinese as plantation
laborers under sufficient bonds In each
case, with proper systems Of identified
ton and a condition that they shall
leave the Philippines after a certain
specified period of time.
The fact appears to be that the devel-
Opment of the islands must be greatly
retarded il 1t is made to depend upon
native labor. This is the view taken
by the American Chamber of Commerce
at Manila and by employers of labor
generally in the Philippines. There is
the very best authority that the Fill
pino is unwilling to work and will do so
only under the most pressing conditions.
All the testimony of those who are
familiar with conditions In the islanes
is to this effect. A writer on the sub
ject says: Resources are here in album
~dance-rich soil, vast forests. rare
woods. But workmen cannot be OBJ
talned to develop them. The Asiatics
have never learned the Anglo-Saxon
lesson Of labor and thrift, The idea of
toiling steadily eight or ten hours a day
in the hot sun just for the sake Of doing
something or getting ahead in life has
never occurred to them. > . " The
Chinese are industrious, frugal and per-
sistent, and the Malays and S~paniards
are not. The Filipino cannot compete
with the hardy Celestial who works
twelve and fourteen hours a day, seven
days in the week. The white man can
the Chinese both can and will. To for
bli him would be as fatal to the in
dustrial life Of the islands as was the
expulsion of the Moors from SPAIN
This writer says it is difficult to find
q sound reason for the exclusion of Chi
nese from the Philippines. They came
to the islands before either Spaniards or
Americans, they are numerous and they
are settled in homes and ~long-estab.
lished business houses.
Practical considerations alone should
determine this question. If the indus
trial development Of the Philippines
which is a matter Of the first import.
alec, will be retarded by the exclusion
Of Chinese labor, the law should be
amended so as to admit that labor under
proper regulations. 1t is easy to under
stand that a policy which may be de
sirable here Will be utterly impractical,
BILE In the Philippines, so far as labor
is concerned. The unquestionable fac
seems to be that white labor cannot
successfully be employed in the archi
pelago and native labor cannot be de
pended upon at present, though as Gov
ernor Taft suggested it may be uIti
mately. In the meantime the materia
progress and prosperity Of the islands
requires the employment Of Chinese la
Dor and this should be provided for TN
der suitable regulations.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
POLITICAL DRIFT.

The middis-of-the-road populist candidate
for governor Of Texas is named haiiet' nv
is described as a hard hitter.
Former Senator Woloott Of Colorado
threatens 70 shake the state for good be-
cause the state shook him two years ago
No f~usionist has yet appeared In Colorado
with nerve enough to. contest Senator Tel
ler's claim to the party's support TOT re-
election.
Among the strange characteristics OF
David Bennett Hill is his aversion Tor
whisky and tobacco. He has never tasted
either Of these allies Of mankind, but he Is
said to be an artist in dispensing both.
Colonel A. X. Mcclure Of Philadelphia,
hitherto a vigorous opponent Of ouayism.
announces that he will support Judge PEN
nypacker, republican candidate for governor.
Judge Pennypscker is a cousin OF Senator
Quay.
Bob Taylor OF Tennessee known far and
wide as the "hddling governor" is going to
try to fiddle his way into the United States
senate. His candidacy is based on the as
sumption that Senator Bate does not desire
reelection.
acting Vice President" Frye Of Maine,
as he likes to be called, Is not taking any
part in the political campaign in his state.
for the first time in forty-six years, because
mount the stump.
The redistricting OF Mississippi had a
curious result. Three democratic congress-
men-Patrick Henry Of Vicksburg, John
Sharp Williams Of Yazoo and Charles I'd
ward Hooker OF Jackson-suddenly found
themselves in the same district. All three
wanted to 90 back to the house; only one
could. williams has won out In the primary
and remains in congress.
big Chief Bill" Devery, who is making Q
fierce hght for the leadership OF Tammany.
does not hesitate to spend money when
there is prospect OF return on the invest
ment, but not otherwise. The other day he
was busy campaigning when an intoxicated
loafer said to him: "Chief, they tell me
you are hiring doctors for sick folks. Get
me one" Devery looked the fellow ever
and answered: 1T ain't a doctor you want;
it's a snake charmer."
According to the Philadelphia Ledger
George W.. Guthrie, the democratic candi-
date for lieutenant governor Of Pennsyl-
vania, was asked the other day IL he could
suggest a single logical issue upon which
william Jennings Bryan might again come
before the people as a candidate for presi-
dent. He replied that Bryan never had but
one issue and that his position was exactly
that of a negro FISH peddler Mr.. Guthris
once encountered in Pittsburg. The peddleT
was urging his horse along with cruel blows
from a heavy stick and all the time crying
at the top OF his voice, Hermit Hermit
Get you fresh her-rin'r" Mr.. Guthrie. wish
ing to save the horse, stopped the peddler
and asked, "Have you no mercy, fellow?"
"Nope!" was the reply, "nothin' 'Gept
hermit"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
BEWARE OF PLUM GUT.
Most Vulnerable Point OF Defense on
the Atlantic seaboard.

washington Post.
In the course OF D survey Of the war
game probabilities which we ~ventured to
indulge a day or two ago, inadequate
note was taken ofsthe onesweak point in
the land defenses.-We hasten, therefore,
to repair the omission and to express the
hope that our military authorities, on
bilities of Plum Gut. We should not like
to have this important point neglected.
No satisfactory conclusion can be reached
in that event. If the navy fails to make
a dash for Plum Gut or IL the arm fails
to keep 1t under special and most ingeni-
GUS vigilance no one can hereafter say
that the game was played to the limit.
The vulnerable point along our shore is
the entrance to Long Island Sound, where
there are two channels-the Race and
Plum Gut. Should the bastard foe sue
coed in slipping through either Of these
1t might be possible to land a force on
Long Island. OF course, most Of such
force would be devoured by the mosqui-
toes and. the wretched survivors taken
into custody by the police. but 1t would
be a strategic victory all the same and
there, so far as we can see, the issue
hinges. General Macarthur is on the
ground, to be sure. He is wildly aware of
Plum Gut and determined to keep 1t closed
at the risk Of appendicitis. General Greeley
is also there and. from a naval point of
view, is displaying a needless amount Of
pernicious activity. Perhaps Plum Gut is
quite impregnable. Perhaps our solicitude
is too precocious. 1t is a fact, all the
same, that the situation just there is DELI
cate and that both parties TO the impend-
ing conflict will try to make the most
Of IL.
Iook out for Plum Cutf
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
POLICE BOARD OUT or Politics.


When the present police commission
was appointed by Governor Savage 1t
was proclaimed with a grand flourish
Of trumpets that a signal victory had
beer won for municipal reform. Not
only was Omaha to be given a general
housekeeping by the suppression Of
gambling and vice. but the police and
fire departments were to be divorced
from politics and managed on strictly
business principles. We ask in all can
dor, Have these expectations been re-
allied?
The spirit that permeates the Mercer
Baldwin police commission was shown
at the very outset Of its career in the
degradation Of an old and tried police
captain TO walk a beat as patrolman
without charges of any kind to make
room for a political favorite and then
within two weeks promoting him to be
sergeant for long and faithful service
and obedience to orders. These same po-
lice commissioners had subscribed to an
official oath that lin making appoint
ments or considering promotions or re-
movals he will not be guided or actu-
ated by political motives or influences,
but will consider only the interest of the
city and the success and effectiveness
of the department"
Can it be true that the order to sup
press all slot machines issued ON one
day and revoked on the next was a
transparent scheme to impose upon the
church-going element Of the community
and at the same time to put under obli-
cations the slot machine operators? All
the surface indications convince US that
It is true.
Can it be true that parties authorized
to speak for the police commission made
Overtures to Tom Dennison to protect
him from police interference IL he would
promise to throw his influence to Mer-
cer2 We have good reason to believe
that it is true.
Can it be true that one Of the police
commissioners sought to bring pressure
through an Omaha brewer upon a mem
Der of the republican county committee
to go back oil the people who elected
him and vote in the committee with the
Mercer faction? We have the very best
of reasons to believe that it is true.
Can 1t be true that the reform police
commission dismissed a nan from the
fire department without charges Just
because his brother, as member of the
republican county committee. refused to
forswear his own convictions and sup
port MERGERS scheme to capture a re-
nomination by lawless primary regula-
tons? We not only believe this to be
true, but know 1t to be true.
Can It be true that notice has been
served upon one Of the delegates to the
congressional convention elected from
Sarpy county, under instructions to sup
port Il. ]. Cornish, that, unless he agrees
to repudiate his instructions and turn
traitor to his constituents, a brother who
is now a member of the Omaha police
force would soon be hunting another
job? We have reliable information that
this also is true.
With such u record during the first six
weeks of its career, what may we expect
when the political storm reaches its
height?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

The shah Of Persia has thoughtfully
sent a message Of congratulation to
President Roosevelt on his fortunate
escape from his recent accident. The
shah's message. is dated from Paris,
where he is seeing the sights. In ex-
pressing appreciation for this solicitude
the president should have expressed the
wish that his Persian excellency might
be equally fortunate in avoiding the pit
falls Of gaslight entertainment.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
TIE pGNNsYLvANiA CAMPAIGN.

The campaign in Pennsylvania pos
sesses rather more interest than usual
this year by reason of the labor dis
turbance In that state and the demo-
Gratis are hopeful Of success in spite of
the great republican majority to be
overcome. The danger that confronts
the republicans is a large detection Of
the labor vote. The organized railroad
employees in the state. which number
$4,000, are manifesting a disposition to
support the democratic ticket and there
appears to be good reason to expect
that a very considerable number Of
them will do 60. 1t is also highly prob
able that many of the anthracite coal
miners will give their votes to the
democratic candidates, hoping To
thereby secure legislation more favora-
BILE to their interests.
The situation, therefore, is such that
republican victory in Pennsylvania in
November cannot be confidently pre-
dicted, although the chances are some
what in favor of the republican party.
The democratic gubernatorial candidate,
who has twice been governor of the
state, is unquestionably a popular man
and is particularly strong with the
working classes. 1t is believed that he
will command the full democratic sup
port and 1t is quite possible that he
will get a large number of republican
voters who are dissatisfied with the
present republican administration and
the so-called Quay machine, besides
many votes from the working classes.
Thus there is some warrant for regard.
ing Pennsylvania as a doubtful state
this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06


The final reports Of the government's
financial transactions for August make a
very favorable showing. There was an
excess of nearly $500. 900 In the receipts
over expenditures for the month. While
there was a decrease. owing to the repeal
Of the war taxes. Of about $4,000, 900 in
internal revenue for the month, there was
a gain in the other classes Of receipts, this
amounting to $1,000. 900 in customs and to
s., 1000. 900 In the miscellaneous items. In
July the expenditures exceeded receipts to
the extent OF about 81 0 900, but, OF course,
the payments on bond interest and other
things in July always puts the outgo in
that month up to an average which is not
maintained through the rest Of the year.
The outgo exceeds the income slightly in
the aggregate for the two months, but
S~eptembers excess will probably bring a
surplus for the first quarter OF the fiscal
year, and the chances are that this margin
will keep on growing to the end Of the year
on June 80 next.
This favorable showing Of the govern
ment's balance sheet lie due to the general
prosperity which prevails throughout the
country. Business is especially active at
this time and the outlook for a prosperous
winter and spring trade is bright. The only
dark spot on the business horizon is the
coal strike, but there are indications that
this is nearing its end. Under the treasury
system Of bookkeeping there was a decrease
in the public debt OF 50, 800, 900 in August.
The present cash balance in that depository
is especially large. While the sweeping
away Of the war taxes, which will account
for $40, OOO, 900 or S75, 900, 900 in the course
of the year. will prevent any large surplus
In the treasury. there can be no doubt that
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

cumstances counsel a radical change in
our fiscal policy which would inevitably
produce a revolution in the conditions
which have given the country its excep-
tional business and prosperity. The
great transportation interests Of the
country were never more fully taxed
than at present and the prospect is that
during the next few months the de-
mand upon them will be greater than
they can meet.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

Governor Stone OF Pennsylvania has
come to the conclusion that an extra
session OF the legislature would be fully
Justified II there were any reasonable
assurance that 1t could by legislation
pave the way for q settlement OF the
anthracite coal strike. The attitude OF
the governor indicates that he regards
legislation only al a last resort. II
the proper legislation were in force, re
curing arbitration of labor disputes an
Ger prescribed conditions, the strike GER
tainly would not have been carried to
the extremes it has now reached.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

The managers of the state fair claim
to be very much encouraged by the
popular patronage Of the Nebraska ex-
position. In consequence they have
reached the conclusion that a raid on the
state treasury next winter for further
appropriations to pay for new buildings,
improvements and incidentals will be in
order. To a man up a tree ifty-four
miles distant from the fair grounds 1t
would seem al II the proper parties to
pay for such improvements are the bust
ness men of Lincoln. who profit by the
permanent location Of the fair.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
THE MAN WHO CLIPPED.
baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
I saw him take the paper. and
Turn TO the Household Page,
Then scan the olumns up and down,
AS one who all would gauge.
"Ahai" he muttered to himself.
Here's How to Make Rice Frttters,
And How to Utilize Cold Beef
And Homemade Stomach Bitters.'
Then from his pocket forth he took
A pair of scissors, small,
And severed from the printed page
The helpful hints and all.
He clipped 1.-THE Way to Scramble Eggs"
And How to Make Peach Butter"
AS well as half a dozen more.
That ~all"-again his mutter.
"a thoughtful man." at once / unused,
"A man who cares for things;
Who loves the calm, contented song
The home teakettle sings"
do gu" I asked. preserve those notes
$50 tia your wife nay eye thern?"
mot much" he growled. IT cut them out
80 she won't get TO try them"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
PeIee,s WrathfuI Moods.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
Humanity estimates the extent OF a ca
lamity according to the number Of its hui
man victims and therefore the latest out
break of Mount Pelee seems less in degree
than tina which devastated st. Pierre. The
catastrophe, however, appears to have
been less only with respect to its destruc-
tiveness to human lives. In violence and
the extent OF territory involved in ruin
the explosion exceeded any previous one.
There~Yere fewer lives lost this time be-
cause there were fewer people left to
lose them, but within the radius Of &C
tivity the humiliation was almost COM
plete. The northern half Of Martinique at
the present time Is evidently not a At
place for the habitation Of men.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
Marked Gain in Revenue.

ANoPNDAS0h'
Talk Of q treasury deficit will have to be
suspended, at least temporarily. 1t became
quite general after the July results were
published, showing an excess Of 1880, 900 in
expenditures over receipts, but the August
figures are nearly the reverse OF those.
showing a revenue surplus Of about $780,
900. Customs receipts continue very heavy
and the income from internal revenue is
surprisingly large in view Of the repeal Of
the var taxes. Expenditures are on a
larger scale than a year ago, but the gain
in revenue is equally noticeable.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

The Wan department complains Of not
enough army officers to spare for details
as military instructors in schools and
colleges entitled to take advantage Of
the rule permitting the assignment of
officers for this purpose. This empha-
sizes the difference between the Amer
ican army and other armies. In Europe
they usually have so many officers that
they do not know what to do with them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

Explorer Baldwin is busy explaining
why his north pole expedition failed, in
sisting that the public has been sadly
deceived by false reports about his en-
terpriss. 1t is evident that Baldwin
would like to connect again with some
wealthy hacker willing to put up the
money for another north pole explora-
ton party for the privilege of having
his name burned in the ice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

We must all admit that Our Dave has
been lavish with garden seeds and public
documents furnished by the government
But to how many OF omaha's public en-
terprises has he contributed and how
many of our charitable institutions has
he helped support Perhaps these ques-
tons suggest n reason why he never
visits Omaha except when seeking re-
election.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

The call for the republican city pri-
maries and convention is out. 1t pro-
vldes for the simultaneous nomination
Of five candidates for the school board.
but that is the only simultaneous feature
the Mercerites were able to engraft
nnon Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

far that he rendered 1t a most luxurious
and comfortable royal abode. The more
ancient portions Of the castle date back
to the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Both
King Victor Emmanuel and his consort arc
extremity fond of the place and the young
queen in particular. a mountain-bred girl.
finds the braclng air OF the highlands OF
Piedmont extremely beneficial to herself
and also to her baby girl.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
PIutocrats out for sport.
New York Sun.

Mr.. Bryan will give up Octopus fishing
for q few days next month and go hunting
with a lot Of other capitalists. Hon.
James stephen Hogg, the biggest man In
the world, will be the master Of the hunt
and Hon. Charles A. Towne, Hon. Tom
Johnson, Hon. Tom Patterson, Hon. Will
liam Stone and other iIlustrious trust
trouncers will be on hand with horn and
hound. An fine collection of statesmen
who view with alarm all wealth but their
own.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

In turning down free silver the Iowa
democracy has committed the u~npardon-
able sin Of treason to the great party
leader who insists on carrying the silver
'scutcheon at the head of the column,
Notwithstanding its failure to bring suc
cess in successive campaigns. For full
particulars as TO what Colonel Bryan
thinks Of this exhibition OF rank ingrat-
tude see the next issue OF his paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

Ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince of
New Mexico, finding himself unable to
attend the international mining congress
In session at Butte, sent a resolution to
be presented for him. A mining con-
gress without Ex-Governor Prince, repre-
scented in person or by proxy, would not
be the real thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

II Mont Pelee doesn't let up pretty
soon, the French West Indies will have
to be taken OF the international bargain
counter and thrown into the junk pile.
And Denmark's island possessions are
also likely to suffer with the other
perishable commodities.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
Something ELSE to Burn.

bHIIITnOre AIntIICdHs
The unpleasant section of the hereafter,
to specify it as melliauously as possible,
will certainly be rendered doubly distaste-
full to any coal baron who chances to be
assigned quarters there. He will gnash
his teeth over the rash waste Of fuel and
the possibilities for excessive profits IL the
place were conducted on a business-like
basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
Decorations Coming to Him.
nr -

NTTTT"TNETIII0E TTFNTW|7
Dispatches tell us that the sultan Of
Turkey is Jealous because the Persian
p~otentate was decorated with the order
Of the Garter by King Edward. The sui
tan need not worry, though. II certain
little things in which our own Uncle Sam
is interested are not settled very soon the
sultan may get all the decorations that
are coming to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

Local real estate men will formulate
a few bills they would like to have
enacted into law by the next Nebraska
legislature. So win other local bodies
press legislation which particularly con-
Germs them. The coming bunch Of law
makers viii have their hands full with
out bothering about anything but law.
making.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
Rainbow Chasers I'm Action.
Minneapolis Times

minneapolis Tlmes.
The democrats OF Wisconsin, Iowa and
Ohio held state conventions yesterday and
told what good government they would
give the people II they only had a chance.
In those particular states democratic OPP
portunity does not often occur.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

That beef trust inquiry instituted by
Missouri's attorney general is develop
ing into a continued story. but without
the usual climaxes to keep up the in
terest.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
Handle Win Care.
81. Louis

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
General Chafee will retire from the
Philippines with the respect and admira-
tion alike OF the Filipiuos and the Amer
leans II is to be hoped that he will be
able to hang on to his laurels longer than
most Of the heroes have done.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

The sensational preacher who has no
music in his soul is fit only for treason,
strategems and spoils." At any rate,
that is the opinion OF the festival COM
mittee Of the Omaha Auditorium assO-
piatiOn
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

BY hurrying home from Europe, Sec
rotary OF Wal Root may yet reach this
side in time to approve the terms Of
peace between the sham battle COM
batants,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

To the Honorable j. Frost, Esq: Take
your time. We are In no hurry to see
you and your welcome will keep.-King
Corn.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

Our nonresident congressman is not
good at answering questions. His forte
lies In using slang.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06

We are glad to learn that Omaha
brooms are gaining a wide circulation
and doing a large amount OF cleaning
up In front OF the tepees Of the Indian