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Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

Mr.. George r. Cortelyou, who win be
at the head Of the new executive de
partment, is we'll qualified for the post.
1t is said OF bin that he possesses in a
remarkable degree a faculty for sys-
tematizing things and getting them
into smooth running order. He has
shown notable executive ability in his
present position and it is stated that
never before have the routine affairs
Of the white House been handled as they
are today. The appointment OF Mr..
COrtelyou to a place in the cabinet will
carry out the wish Of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, who intended to make
a place for him in his official family.
The advancement of MFR. Cortelyou to
a cabinet position will complete a
series Of promotions, remarks a Wash
ington correspondent, that is not likely
to be equalled for many years, If ever
at all. Less than twelve years ago he
entered the public service as a con-
fidential stenographer for the surveyor
Of the port of New York, later being
transferred TO the postoffice depart
ment in the Office of the fourth assist
ant postmaster general. In 1895 Mr..
Cortelyou became President Cleveland's
stenographer and remained in the same
capacity with President Mckinley. In
this capacity he has made a host of
friends among men in public life and
there is no doubt that he will make a
success as secretary of the Department
OF Commerce. What the public can
confidently count upon is that the
bureau of corporations connected with
the new department will faithfully per-
form the duty Of investigating the or
ganization, conduct and management
Of corporations coming within its au-
thority as defined in the law. The act
does not require that, the information
thus obtained shall be made public.
that being left to the discretion Of the
president, who can be relied upon to
do what he shall deem best for the in
terests Of the public. The bureau of
corporations will exercise such a degree
of supervision as should have good re-
suits and If after trial this is found
not to be sufficient it will be a simple
matter to amend the law so as to make
1t stronger.
The new cabinet post will not be a
sinecure. It will be the business of
the secretary of commerce and labor,
as provided in the act, ''to foster, pro-
mote and develop the foreign and do.
nestle commerce, the mining, manu-.
featuring, shipping and fishery. indus
tries, the labor interests, the transpor.
tation facilities and the insurance bust.
ness Of the United States" Here is
enough to satisfy the most ambitious
worker. There will be no unnecessary
delay in organizing the new department
and getting into operation and there is
every reason to expect that results will
Justify its creation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
DEPOSITS OF sURnrr COMPANIES.
Suggestions worthy of Consideration
I'm Nebraska.
Portland o%resonian.

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Portland O%regonian.
No one has yet introduced In the legis-
lature a bill to require surety companies
to make deposits in the state treasury
as a means OF securing the fulhilment Of
their obligations. when some city, county
or the state has lost a few thousand dol
lars through the defalcation of>an officer
who has an insolvent surety company as a
bondsman, people will wonder why some
law was not passed TO protect the public
under such circumstances AS the law now
stands, a county treasurer. tax collector
or other county or state officer may give
an official bond with a surety company as
surety, and the county or state has no
alternative but to accept the bond, even
though the surety company be insolvent.
The law merely requires that when the
company begins doing business in the state
1t must have a paid-up capital OF 500 900.
It is not even required that this capital
must be unimpaired. After a company has
once entered upon business In this state
1t may impair its capital and be worth
nothing whatever, yet It must be accepted
as surety for public officers, administrators.
trustees, etc. In case OF defalcation the
state or county must look outside the
state of oregon for the property upon
which to levy In order to enforce payment
of an obligation.
Insurance companies are required to de-
poslt In the state treasury bonds to the
amount OF $4,000. which are held by the
state as security for the fuIhllment of the
company's obligations. Nothing whatever
is required of surety companies, which do
a very similar business. The secretary OF
state has twice called attention to this
serious defect in the law, but the last
Legislature gave no heed and the present
legislature has hus far followed the ex-
ample Of its predecessor, probably upon
the theory that since no losses have ever
been sustained none ever will be. The
practice Of giving official bonds with
surety companies as %sureties is new, but
growing rapidly. Before an individual can
be accepted as a surety he must be a citi-
zen Of the state and prov that he is
worth double the amount for which he lie q
surety. A corporation, to serve in the
same capacity, need not be worth any
thing. BY making 1t compulsory upon the
state and county to accept such bonds with
corporations as B~ureties the Legislature
conferred great advantages upon these con-
Germs. In addition to that, the law re-
quireR that the fees for the surety service
for trustees, administrators, ETC., must bC
paid by the estate or trust fund.
The state of New Jersey. requires a de.
posit of $4,000, and also provides that Il
any surety company wishes to withdraw
from the state 1t must first secure an
agreement from some other company oil
person to assume all it's obligations. Ore.
gon now has a law which provides thai the
statute Of limitations shall not run against
the state or a county, so a similar pro,
vision as to the continuance Of the deposit
should be made.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
THE GOLD AND slLVER RATIO.

The president of Mexico has ap-
pointed a special commission to study
the silver question, with a view to de-
vislng a plan for establishing a stable
ratio between gold and silver. This
commission viii enter upon its work
the present week and it is expected
that its sessions win last several
months. A City of Mexico dispatch
says there is great interest taken there
in the willingness shown by President
Roosevelt to aid in the solution Of what
is widely recognized as a very serious
problem.
Americas financial journals are fav.
orable to the idea of establishing a
stable ratio between gold and silver. but
some Of them point out that in order
that measures 10 this end shall be eff
fective Mexico, as the largest producer
of the debased coinage, must consent
promptly to suspend the unlimited pro
duetiOn Of the dollar and this step must
be followed by the redemption
in gold Of her outstanding cir,
culating coin. Ii will be folly,
declares a leading financial paper, to
seek TO establish IN exchange ratio be
tween gold and silver as long as Mex
leo continues to keep the Oriental and
the Latin American countries supplied
through her minis with the debaseC
currency. Even should the ratio OF
80 TO /, which ratio was adopted by
japan wheR that country sought to re
form her monetary system, be estab
lished through the proposed interna
tional conferences, this ratio could no
long be maintained unless Mexico co
operated in the manner above suggested.
It is needless to say that the MexI
can government is not disposed to TAX
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
The Hannah Furnace.
Era Magazine.


Some one describes the human body as
"a nitrogenized mass o. hydrooarbon,"
whose only use is to be burned up. This
sptly pictures the precise truth. Life is
combustion. The hydrogen and carbon OF
the body are continually combining with
oxygen in slow combustion. to produce the
gentle. uniform heat Of health. II any
one OF the three parties TO combustion is
deficient, life suffers, and vitality declines.
The human furnace ought 10 receive at
least as good treatment as a house heater.
No one would think Of choking on the air
from a furnace. nor of expecting a fire to
burn brightly with air that had already
been passed through half q dozen other
furnaces and thus deoxidized. Yet that
absurd way is exactly how we treat the
human hre.N We fail to breathe fully and
deeply n we stay for hours in rooms
whose air has passed through the lungs
Of a dozen people or our own. time and
time again-and then We wonder why our
vital IRE burns l01i
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

cans. They do not take so many chances.
Here. when there is a bad accident. a
coroner's Jury investigates Il after a fash
son and that Is the end OF the matter. In
England recklessness which has fatal con-
sequences meets with swift and severe pun
ishment. There are real, not sham. In
vestigations TO find who is at fault. The
dread OF punishment a railway men
careful, and trains are not smashed up
and passengers killed as they are here.
There are many things about American
railroads which their managers can Justly
feel proud Of, but there are also serious de-
fects which must be remedied. II the man
ayers will not remedy them voluntarily
they must be compelled to do so. The
yearly death roll is the reproaoh and
shame OF the American railroad men.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
RAILROAD DEATH ROLL.
Conspicuous Difference
Great Britain and the United states.

COnspicuOus Difference Between
Great Britain and the United states.
Chicago Tribune.
In 1901 2s2 passengers on American rail-
roads were killed by train collisions and
wrecks. Not one passenger was killed on
British roads. The mileage of the American
railways far exceeds that Of the railways of
Great Britain, but the latter carry more
passengers yearly than do the former. The
British record is one which should put
American railroad managers to shame.
They have labored successfully to run
trains as fast as they are run in England.
1t would have been more to the purpose
II they had endeavored successfully to Sc
cure for passengers the same immunity
from death that British passengers enjoy.
There is one conspicuous difference be-
tween Great Britain and the United States.
In the one the block system is in universal
use. In the other It is in operation on only
about $4,000 miles of track, which is about
one-tenth Of the total mileage. 1t is ad-
mitted that that system tends to avert ac-
cidents. 1t does not prevent them in this
country, as is shown by the recent dreadful
accident on the Central New Jersey. 1t
was due to the fault of the engineer in
overlooking or disregarding signals which
were properly displayed.
The block system has been introduced in
the United States so recently and to so
limited an extent that there are few, II any,
engineers who have been brought up under
It and have learned the great lesson that
signals must be obeyed Immediately. The
engineer on the Central New Jersey express
train said he thought the danger signal
would turn white. II he had been better
trained he would not a v thought. He
would have stopped.
After engineers have grown up under the
block system there will be few, II any,
serious accidents on roads where it is
used. Therefore II is necessary for the
roads to extend the system rapidly and
give passengers the effective protection
they get In Great Britain but do not get
here. This will require a considerable
outlay of money on the part of the rail-
roads, but they must reconcile themselves
to the expenditure. for they must make
travel safe. While installing the block
system they must improve the system Of
running trains by telegraph. There must
be checks and counter checks. When a
train dispatcher sends an order he must
make sure that II is delivered and under
stood.
Passengers on English roads have the
one great safeguard which has been men
toned. They ave still another. The men
who manage English railroads and their
employees are not so reckless as the Ameri-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
REST ron RAILROAD MEN.
Movement of Most Freight Trains
Suspended on sunday.
Chicago Record-Herald.

Chicago Record-Herald.
The management of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad has issued an order
combining the movement of freight on Sun
days to live stock and perishable ship
ments, with an exception during the present
public emergency of coal and all kinds Of
fuel. Pursuant to this order thousands OF
employees in every branch of the operating
department Of the Northwestern system of
over 5000 miles enjoyed on Sunday last
their first Sabbath at home.
The innovation and experiment which this
railroad thus inaugurated will be watched
with extreme interest, and it is to be hoped
that every big railway system in the coun-
try will Join in the PRONUNCIATION OF a sim
liar order so that "a Sunday at home for
railroad employees may have a fair trial.
It is only in cooperation that such reforms
can be successfully established in a great
allied industry employing more than 1,00O,-
900 human beings.
1t is not to be expected that this move
ment for a railroad Sunday is entirely de-
void of its practical side. Few movements
in the interest of humanity are in fact
solely sentimental. In this case the North
western officials are convinced that with a
day OF rest the employees of the company
will move as much If not more freight in six
days than ormerly in seven, and do II more
efficiently and more cheerfully. They be-
lieve that one day of rest will bring renewed
nerve force, without which an operating
man is OF little value, and that the moral
influence will be such as to make better
men OF their employees and consequently
result in more thorough service.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

That must have been a sarcastic
sally when Chairman Gray OF the coal
strike commission expressed regrets
that the lang association with the
lawyers representing both contending
parties which had been so pleasant to
the arbitrators had Z be broken. List
enng to legal wrangiing for successive
weeks may perhaps have been a pleas.
ant diversion. but ii Is safe to assume
that rot one Of the arbitrators would
care to undergo the pleasant experience
a second time
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
wHERn poLIrIos COMES IN,

Some Of u democratic friends who
I'll seem to be anxious chiefly to put
the republicans In a hole for the pur-
pose Of making political capital for
their own party. The only way to in
terpret their enthusiasm is that they
would prefer to have the bill killed so
that they can use its failure to sand
bag the republicans rather than to have
the bill pass with republicans claiming
the credit for it's enactment. So far as
The Bee is concerned, 1t is enlisted in
the fight for equal taxation as a matter
of principle and not as a matter of
politics. 1t would prefer to have the
bill pass rather than fail, without re-
gard to its effect upon politics and
without regard to which political party
In Sinking their taxes the railroads
know no party lines. They are repub-
licans in republican states and demo
Gratis in democratic states. They are
working through republicans in Ne
braska now because the republicans
happen to be in control of the legisla.
ture, just asethey worked through the
fusiOnists a few years ago when the
legislature was dominated by a fusion
majority. 1t is the people against the
railroads in the present contest and
the members of the legislature will
have to vote not as republicans or az
democrats, but as representatives Of the
people or as pawns for the railroad
lobby.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
American CHARITY Going Abroad.

American charity has again gone abroad
and a, considerable sum of money has been
sent for the relief Of the famine-stricken
people of northern Sweden. 1t is hard to
understand how such conditions can exist
in such a country as Sweden, or how that
government, with the aid of others near
at hand. can fail to supply all the aid
necessary. Americans will not, however,
on that account hesitate to help the poor
and will continue to help as long as is
necessary. b. ~ --tf
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

The total number Of liquor licenses
issued for Omaha for the current year
figures up 236. If the school board
We're alive to the interests of its own
treasury several more concerns that
transact an extensive business in in
toxicants On a $40 druggists permit
would be compelled to take out a $1,000
LIQUOR license.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

be changed when the electric light poles
and wires are removed. We are under
the impression that the city reserved
the right to use a section Of the tele-
phone company's conduits at the time
the right was granted TO that corpora
ton to put its wires under ground.
There is no necessity Of duplicating
condults all over the business area Of
the city so long as the capacity Of ex-
isting conduits is not o~vertaxed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

Before the BARLEY bondsmen can
make good their plea for relief, BARLEY
should be made to disgorge the money
he is said to have collected on the 10
Us held for the public funds he had
leaned out as state treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

What distresses the democrats is not
that a republican congress should enact
an antitrust measure, but that It's en-
actment contradicts the democratic as
sertion that no republican congress
would ever dare to leglslate adversely to
the trusts.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
A Great Public Service.
INDIANAPOLIS News.

But Mr.. Rockefeller has, ali unintention-
ally, Of course. rendered a great public
service. His attempt to dictate to the
senate, and to defeat legislation Just be-
cause I'VE are opposed" to It, has opened
the eyes of many people who have hitherto
been skeptical even as to the existence Of
such influences as those which he endeav-
ored to exert.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

When the Department of Agriculture
is established in its new building, for
which congress has appropriated ST.
100000, the complaint that agriculture
is neglected by Uncle Sam, like a step
child. will no longer be permissible.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

If The Hague tribunal were not oc-
c~hslonally given something to do to
Keep it from getting rusty on inter
national law, it might not be able to
unlimber when a really important mat
ter comes up for arbitration.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

For the information OF an inquirer
Mr.. Bryan announces through his paper
that he Is not interested either as Of
hcer or s~tockholder in the cotton trust
or in any other corporation. Wonder
how Mr.. Bryan managed to get rid
OF the stock in the World-H Herald that
onee made him part owner Of that con
Germ.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

The South Dakota legislature is IA
vorably inclined toward the valued
already passed II house, with promis-
ing prospects in the other. We take il
that the fire insurance men there are
using all their stock arguments against
valued policy provisions, and telling
the lawmakers how such legislation is
sure to increase fire losses and raise
insurance rates, yet apparently with
out the desired effect. Nebraska has
had a valued policy law on its statute
books for years, but the insurance men
have not been able to point put a single
tangible example where it has ever in.
creased rates or stimulated arson.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

If ex-Treasurer Meserve wants a vim
dicatlon from the charge Of pocketing
interest carried on deposits of state
school money, now is the time to ap.
ply to the legislature for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
Model American Character.

81. Louis Republic.
Among the e~ulogies pronounced upon
Abraham Lincoln's character the most
complete and eloquent is that contained in
the words: "He was not schooled; he was
educated Every American recognizes the
truth of the condensation. There is no
north and no south in appreciation Of the
man who was educated in the American
conduct of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

Senator Tillman's defense Of lynch
ing should occasion NJ surprise. Till
man is perfectly capable Of Justifying
burning at the stake and even cannibal-
ism. He has not gotten out Of the eye
~for-an1eye stage yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

Nebraska should be represented at the
st. Louis exposition, but there Is no
need of lavish appropriations for this
purpose. An exposition commission Of
economical business men can make a
c%reditable showing within a reasonable
limit Of
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

The people Of Nebraska have been
promised constitutional revision by the
most speedy method. 1t is a serious
question. however. whether a constitu-
tional convention furnishes the most
speedy and effective method.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
Putting It on the Public.
Philadelphia Record.

4 AAAaAtApAAAd INNNbAhs
Mr.. Boyle, one of the largest Indiana
coal operators, says the advance in wages
was granted Because the public always
takes the side of the miners, and the opera
tors decided to taRe the added cost Of min
ing out Of the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

That hartley cigar box has been
played too long in the game Of political
bluff and buster. 1t is high time for
the legislature to call for it's contents.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
Antiquity of the Trust.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mr.. Littleheld has demonstrated by an
appeal to history that the trusts are more
than 1000 years old, and MIR. Rockefeller
contends that congress should show a
decent respect for old age.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

Minister Bowen's experience proves
that for opportunities of usefulness a
second-class diplomatic position often
outranks a frst-class embassy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
One Jewel OF Consistencr.

Boston Transcript.
When President Roosevelt breaches In
favor of big families we do at least call
him consistent. A president who prac-
tees what he breaches is always entitled
to a respectful hearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
An Effective separator.
washington Post.

washington POST.
TIL people who invested in the st. Louis
get-rich-quick concerns are unable to tell
where they expected the manipulators Of
the schemes to get their profits. The bus
mess Of separating people from their money
was easy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

1t is noted that the South Omaha
charter bill, as it comes from the
printer, is labeled as introduced 'by re-
quest" Why should any bill supposed
to represent the wishes of the general
public within the Jurisdiction affected
have TO be introduced "by request?"
How many of the bills prepared by the
railroad lobby or framed in some other
special interest are introduced "by re-
quest?" Why should any member Of
the Legislature endeavor to eYade
responsibility for a measure demanded
by his constituents by recording It in
troduced "by request" as an intimation
that it does not meet his own approval?
II the bill is not worth Gathering, why
should it be introduced at all?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

City Electrician Schurig In his report
10 the mayor and council recommends
the construction Of a conduit system by
the city TO carry the wires OF the fire
and police alarm circuit, which must
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

Colonel Bryan's call to arms brings
his Commoner mighty lear the verge of
yellow.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

The Fifty-seventh congress is Just
about entering the last quarter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

That much-discussed revenue bill
should come in this week like a belated
valentine.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF ION'
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, sS.:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary of me bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, say
that the actual number Of full and aompIete
copies OF The Daily, Morning., Evening am
Januarv- 1919 was as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

~"supposing you woke up some day and
found yourself a millionaire-whatd you
doY' go right to sleep again, so that
the knocking 81 the tax assessors on the
door wouldn't annoy meg'-Baltimore Her
aid
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

Some people, / believe, still maintain
that oil and water won't mix"
Wei, that's true"
Nonsense! Rockefeller Is a member OF
the Baptist church" -Philadelphia Press
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
LINES To A LAUGH.

Never interrupt a woman when. she 10
telling YOU her troubles, counseled Uncle
Allen Sparks. "She Is never so happy as
then. chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16

"Blinkersdorf mixes his drinks dread
fully. i saw him with an assorted load
last night that would have filled an In
ventorN blank"
Perhaps he aspires to be considered a
common carrier. cleveland Plain Dealer.