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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
TIE BAsIs on PRosPERiTr.

The world over the basis OF a genuine
prosperity is the well-being of the pro
ducing and working classes. This is as
true of countries where u economic
policies are not observed as in those
where they are. AS a practical fact 1t
cannot be otherwise anywhere, because
in the final adjustment that principle
must always prevail. In order to have
a proper economic and social arrange
ment IL is absolutely essential that there
shall be such a fair and equitable adj
justment Of conditions that neither will
have any reason TO combat the position
Of the other.
This is what we understand to be the
position of President Roosevelt in what
he said in his very admirable speech
on the wage worker and the tiller of the
soil. Their relations are mutual. WhSt
benefits the one is Of advantage to the
other. Their interests are general, Of
course, but after all they come into
most close connection by reason Of the
fact that Of all the classes these are
more nearly allied than any others. 1t is
not difficult to understand this. On the
contrary 1t seems an obvious fact that
Of all our people there is none more
intimately interested or associated than
are our agricultural producers and our
wage workers. why Is this sol For
the perfectly plain reason that each is
equally concerned In maintaining the
home market. That is the great source
Of the prosperity Of both. Great as has
been the growth Of our foreign COM
merce, %aggregating as 1t does hundreds
of millions of dollars a year, It is a
relatively small matter TO our domestic
commerce. We can get accurate facts
in regard to the former, but we can
know only approximately as to the
latter, yet we can get near enough TO II
to be certain that 1t amounts to many
times what we send abroad, that 1t is
very much more valuable to our pro
ducers and that it contributes more to
the welfare of American labor than does
our manufactures hat are sent abroad.
President Roosevelt said that ain q
country like ours it is fundamentally
true that the welI-being OF the tiller of
the soil and the wage worker is the
well-being Of the state. If they are
well off, then we need concern our.
selves but little as to how other classes
stand, for they will be inevitably well
off, too; and, on the other hand, there
can be no real general prosperity unless
based on the foundation of the prosper
ity of the wage worker and the tiller Of
the soil" This is a proposition so abso
lutely sound that 1t may be regarded al
commonplace, yet It is n that does no
receive the attention which It merits
particularly from that great element o.
our people which it most directly af
fects-the wage workers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
OOMMERCIALIzING INVENTIONS.
New Century Speed C~Ontrasted with
the old Pace.
New York Times.

New York Times.
1t is only just now that the Marconi sys-
TEN Of wireless telegraphy has been put
upon a commercial basis. That is to say,
II has just entered the field as a competitor
OF the older systems Of instantaneous COM
munieation over land and under sea. The
time spent in the experimental stage seems
long to newspaper readers who seem to
have been knowing all about IL for years
and wondering when It would become
practical"
As a matter of fact, the time has been
~singularly short, as compared with that
which II took other inventions which can
be likened to this to come into general use.
The first patent for a steamboat was issued
In England in 1876, but It was not until
1907 that The. steamboat passed the "toy
stage" by the voyage OF Clermont from
New York to Albany. Stephenson con-
structed his hrst locomotive In 1914. but Il
was twelve years later before the first
English railroad was begun, and sixteen
before IT was opened to travel, while, on
this side, Boston and New York were not
connected by a continuous railroad until
1S4s.
In the light Of these instances, It will
be seen that the characterization OF wire-
less telegraphy has been surprisingly rapid.
OF course. 1t has been greatly favored by
the eKtortionate and so often prohibitory
rates imposed upon telegraphy by wire
especially across the sea. An enormous
bounty was offered by the existing condi-
tions TO whoever could circumvent the cable
companies by introducing a cheaper mode
Of communication. IL now appears that thu
reward of MarcOni will be very great
Nobody will grudge It to him. for everybody
who helps to pay II will, for some years
at least to come. be gratefully conscious
that his, share Of the payment Is an econ
Omy for himself
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
Purpose of Labor Unions.
Minneapolis Journal.

~~FVHEN ~
The labor unions aim at Industrial democ-
racy; they seek to change the present
standards by which the laborer's share OF
production is decided. They frankly dis
pute the claim Of the employer to have the
sole right to determine what fair treatment
shall be. Those ~paternalistic employers
who build clubs for their workmen and
erect model cities for them sometimes feel
that there is no gratitude in workmen. Blu
the workman does not ask philanthropy OF
%coddling; he asks for the recognition OF
what he conceives to be his rights, and one
Of these is participation with. the employer
In determining the MANNER in which the
fruits Of production shall be divided.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
THE ROAD no YESTERDAY.

w. d. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune.
There is a road to yesterday
A wondrous thorouRhFere,
Where wanton Dreezes idly play
And blossoms scent the air.
IT stretches long and far and straight;
1t wanders up and down;
1t passes many an open gate
And many a little own
There is a road to yesterday;
The grasses grow beside.
And trees that spread and swing and SWAY
And a the pathway wide.
It's MOWERS are a goodly sight
And 1t goes on and on
And leads to many a starry night
And many a cloudless dawn.
There is a road TO yesterday,
And we may trace its CLEAN.
In hecktng shade OF dancing ray
Upon some little stream;
OF We may see II, when, with eyes
Half closed, we hear a song
That calls up many a glad sunrise
And many a twilight long.
There is a road to yesterday.
n each one knows It's start
The portal to this wondrous way
Is held within the heart;
From there the pleasant courses lead
As far as one can see
II rests on many a golden deed
M many a memory
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

A constitutional convention means an
addition of at least $4,000 in state
taxes to omaha's ordinary tax levy for
the year 1905 and a loss of mere than
$25O,OOO of revenue every year after
1906. For this deadly blow Omaha may
thank the manager of the Burlington, the
managers Of the allied franchised cor
poratlons and David H. Mercer, who
dictated the nominations of the repub-
Iican delegation from Douglas county
last fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
LEAVE THE BRAVES ALONE.
Indian Bureau1 Reforms Take the
Wrong Direction, s.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Pittsbprg Dispatch.
Commissioner Jones of the Indian bureau
is possessed of a reformatory spirit which,
while 1t may have a laudable aim, is open
to question as to judiciousness. His order
for a wholesale cutting of the Indian hair,
while IN extreme assault on the personal
habits of the true American, was doubtless
justified by a zeal for cleanliness. But
when he undertakes to wipe out the whole
system Of ornamental, descriptive and met
aphorical Indian names It seems time to
suggest that, as our aboriginal wards have
had no other rights left them, they should
at least be permitted to enjoy undisturbed
possession Of their own names.
1t is true hat some of the Indian names
translated into curt and bald English
sound coarse and vulgar. But in the first
place the real names are not SO trans
lated; and in the second the criterion for
names is the sentiment of the persons
owning them. To the outside scoffer the
moderately eminent ex-congressman whose
named. But If he has received that sur
name from an honest and honored father
he is we'll entitled to stick to 1t. The In
dams may claim that the Smiths, Browns
and Blacks of our own race have a less
dignihed origin than the Indian names
which in English mean Red Dog, Sitting
Bull or Rain-in-the-Face.
Really, we think the Indian commits.
sioner will be wise to leave the Indiar
names alone and devote his energies t.
reforming the morals of Indian agents and
traders. That is a task which has proved
more than ample for a whole line OF com
missioners. Yet 1t can be classed as cas-!
beside the Job Of undertaking to say wha
the Indians shall or shall not call them
selves.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

The fight for equal taxation is ouly
begun In Omaha. Unless the mex
mayor stands by what has been accom-
plished, much of the good work already
done will go for naught. The next mayor
will appoint the members of the next
Board of Review. The Importance of
having men on that board who will be
unfinching for the right overshadOws
everything else. "What, kind Of men
VIII you appoint on the Board of Re
viewT" should be asked of every man
who aspires to be mayor. "will you
appoint men who will stand up for the
great mass Of small taxpayers, or will
you let the railroads and the franchised
corporations name the men for your"
The man who refuses to answer these
questions is not to be trusted.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

police records paid s. for FIVE minutes Of
Joy at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
old-fashioned residents Of Washington
deplore the fact that social life there Is
taking on many OF the Objectionable feat
ures which characterize the rude and rich
New York set. opulence at the capital is
making great display in e%Quipages. lunch
cons, dinners, dances, ETC., and II is com
ing to be understood that nowadays money
not only talks. but bowls.
The citizens Of Portland, Ore. are en-
tering enthusiastically upon the work Of
making it a city Of roses for exposition
year. Two-year-old rosebuds OF many
varieties are being taken into the state
from California by tens Of thousands. and
are being eagerly bought and planted and
are expected to be in full bloom on the
opening Of the exposition, two years hence.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Another tempest In a teapot is said
to be brewing In Leland Stanford uni
versity, where a preacher Of the Memoir
church, imported all the way from
New York City, has resigned the fat
salary attached to 1t because OF inabil-
ity to produce religious harmony. For
tunately there is no question here Of
freedom OF speech or the old sore might
be cnInnletelY rennened.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Nebraska will participate In the
Louisiana Purchase exposition and it
can be c~reditably represented with the
$4,000 voted by the legislature If the
money is wisely spent and not squan-
dered in providing soft berths for need
less supernumeraries. Let the appro-
priation be used to exhibit the states
agricultural products and and
keep the payroll barnacles at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
Hot Air stnrH.
Indianapolis Journal.

At Omaha the president will deliver a
short speech from the rear platform of a
dilapidated old passenger car on a con-
venient side track. The car has a history,
having been Abraham Lincoln's private
car during his term as president and hav-
ing conveyed his remains from Washington
to Springfield. The car with the remains
entered this city April 80, 1866.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
Variations in government Revenue.
Springfield Republican.

Government fiscal operations during
March contrast peculiarly with those OF
the month last year. Customs revenue Is
some $4,000 900 larger and internal rev.
enue 100000 900 smaller, leaving a total an
come $1,O00,O 900 smaller; but expenditures
are larger by nearly 81, 200, 900, leaving q
surplus Of less than $500, 900, contrasted
with $4,000 in March of last year. Ex-
penses on account of war and navy were
90 per cent larger than a year ago
Previous surplus calculations for the fiscal
year have been a little upset by the Marcel
experience, though the later months may
serve to right them again.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

The Burlington pluggers at the state
capital have deliberately forced upon
the state a constitutional convention.
and the Burlington pluggers in Omaha
want TO fOist upon this city a mayor
aud council who will be subservient 10
that corporation and keep Omaha under
subsection. f-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08


The anti-machine delegation at the
legislature has given Omaha the worst
black eye that 1t has ever received since
1t was incorporated as a town. And
yet, business men and property owners
who will have to pay 20 per cent more
taxes three years hence and from that
on as a penalty for electing the corpora
ton gang to misrepresent Omaha in the
Legislature are expected to support the
anti-machine delegations at the repub-
lican primaries when they ought to
know that nine-tenths of those delega-
lions on anti-machine tickets are either
dupes or cappers who want to use them
to rivet the chains of corporation bond
age upon the limbs of our citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
cheer that Caused a chill.
Brooklyn Eagle (dem.).

Kindly referring to the Iroquois club
banquet In Chicago, at which Mr.. Shepard
spoke. Bryan saysi Some at the table
were in the habit Of voting the democratic
ticket, but the general character OF the
crowd was shown by the fact that the
guests climbed on their chairs. waved their
napkins and eheered when Cleveland's
name was mentioned They did. they did
and they didn't when Mr.. Bryan's name
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

The Illinois railroad commission is
said to be preparing an order for a re-
duction in the local freight tariff for
that state. 1t must be perverseness on
the part of Illinois shippers to refuse to
believe in the benevolent Intentions OF
the railroads when they screw freight
rates I'M,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Bookings may now be made for Tom
Johnson's automobile circus for the
coming season. By special arrange
ments the services Of William ]. Bryan
as ringmaster may also be secured.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Councilmen who want to be above
suspicion will not stay away from
ell meetings in order to prevent the in
PRODUCTION Of the ordinance that pro-
Vides for the municipal ownership Of
electric light and power.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

VIII Omaha tamely allow itself to be
manacled hand and foot by the allied
~cOrpOTations7 That is the question that
must be answered at the democratic
primaries Thursday and at the repub-
nean primaries Friday.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Chiearo ChronIcle ldem.l.

Chicago Chronicle Cdem.).
One OF the h~armonizing %utterances at the
democratic reunion in lows the other day
contained a reference to the princeton
pachyderm.' The Lincoln lulu evidently
approves this sort of thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

President Roosevelt talks about the
farmer with sympathetic feeling. The
president could not ranch 1t in the west
when he was a young mar without I'M
billing some Of the atmosphere of
prairie life.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

II MI. Rockefeller has any loose
change he wants to turn into the cof-
fers Of the University Of Nebraska he
win End no difficulty in being accommo-
dated-provided, Of course, that he does
not impose conditions that would make
the gift a white elephant.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

The weather prophets have already
gotten the peach crop killed In Mary
land. This, however, will not deprive
them Of the pleasure of killing 1t a few
more times before the fruit Is picked.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

County Commissioner Harte's volun.
tary assurance that he did not profit by
the grading Jobs and bridge frauds
forcibly recalls the story of the boy who
cried, az did not steal that watermelon"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
LINES TO A LAUGH.

Perhaps you have seen a woman sud
denly stop weeping at a funeral when sue
has taken out her handkerchief ana nQuCso
that there Is a hole In it,-Somerville Jour-
nal.
'sprop me a iinel' cried the excurslonist
who had fallen overheard.
whats the user" calmly r%etoinod the
alleged funny man or the party. nIhere
isn't any pogtofice where you are gong
American Hebrew.
Don't stan aroun' tellin' how much yoh
would have won II yoh hoss had come IN
fust,' said Uncle Eben. ITS 1es, De same
as braggin' bout a dinner yoh didn't git a
chance to eat."-Washtngton Star.
Mrs. woody Ruyter-what does your
HUSBAND do for 2 mytTEy y,-pFs an author.
Mrs. woody Ruyter-f know, so Is mine;
but ! say What does your husband do for
q hving2@Chicago Tribune
Are you the man that sells tickets in
the pox-ofice2 " queried q stranger In the
P%Sbo I look like I put on Airsr" replied
the other man, in al offended tone. why
/ am only the owner OF the theater."-
Chicago News.
Major. Burbon-I really don't know. sub.
how old this whiskey is; had II in nah
Colonel Ksint1ekEMaR. land, malah. bow
did that happen, sun; did 20 mtslay IT.
Fhiladelphia Press.
Bings-HOw do you cook that new break
fast. food you manufacturer
Bangs-Just add hot water and serve.
Bings-But how do you manage to place
IL before the public?
Bangs-Just add hot air and nerve--New
York Times.
Hell suppose you are aware of the ten
der feeling / have. for your,
| She-No; I'm quite In the dark.
He-That being the case, permit me to
suggest that we strike a match.-Chicago
| News. 't-s
"Graciousl' exclaimed Lady 6ybel Brit
ton another member Of our nobility Is to
marry an American concert hall singer.
Isn't II terrible2''
at is so,t replied Miss Gotham, 'but
really, the average soubrette doesn't de-
serve much sympathy" = Philadelphia
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

The liberation OF Johann Most viii
serve only as a reminder Of the excit-
ing scenes that followed the assassina-
ton OF President Mckinley and the dis
NAL forebodings, then too prevalent,
which happily have nOt eome true. Most
confines his work TO shooting on his
mouth. leaving the real shooting 70
more courageous followers
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
sweet MorseIs for Consumers.
PHILADELPHIA Press,

A new war Of rates has broken out
among the great sugar r%efners. and as a
result the prices Of this great household
staple have been suddenly lowered. While
the strife Of the monopolists shall continue
life will be sweetened for the mass.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
Awful 90 Contemplate.
Detroit Free Press

DNNEWIN ITVN AIWNEs
A shudder OF horror goes over the entire
country at the thought OF Mr.. Keene's
trying to hold up Mr.. Hartman on SOUTH
ern Pacific. Can It be possible that Wall
street has abandoned its former exalted
standard Of ethics?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
Keeping In Practice.
PHILADELPHIA Press

Senator Clarke of Arkansas, who has
been pummeling a congressman on the
streets Of Little Rock, evidently has so
much pugilistie talent that he does not
feel 1t necessary to keep It all for use in
the United States senate, .
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Golden Rule Jones has been elected
mayor OF Toledo for a fourth term. The
revised edition Of his golden rule reads;
zone good term deserves another"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

BILE for this city and county. Never be
fore have our people been so shamefully
betrayed by men pretending to rep
resent their interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

With ak men In the council to over
ride vetoes, the corporations car snap
their fingers at the people and ask them
what they are going to do about 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Judge Adams seems to have accom-
plished more for peace on the Wabash
by dissolving his injunction than he did
by granting it.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
81. Louis Globe-Democrat.

The employees OF the Wabash can cor
daily recommend peaceful methods, obedl-
enee to law and arbitration to labor or
CARNATIONS generally.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

The Real Estate exchange should hire
a brass band to serenade the anti-ma-
chine delegation when It comes march
ing home.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
value of sober Reaection.

The Wabash injunction seems to have
furnished the necessary time for sober re-
Election. and there is to be no strike. In
functions are at times very successful af-
fairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Whether It was accident or suicide,
the death Of Pennell evidently came at
Just the opportune time.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Those who would be free, themselves
must strike the blow.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

"Anti-machlne'' is nothing but a cover
for corporation stool,pigeons.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
srATpMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
State Of Nebraska, Douglas Countyi S.;
Publishing Company, being duly sworn.
says hat the actual number of fun ana
complete copies OF The Daily, morning,
mnnih nf ALnrnh 1onl Wa "a follOMa:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

"Don't stan aroun' tellin' how much yoh
would have won IL yoh hoss had come in
fust." said Uncle Eben. Its 1es' de same
az braRRfn' bout a dinner yoh didn't git a
chance to eat."-Washtngton Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

''Drop me a llnel" cried the excursionist
who had fallen overheard.
What the user" calmly r%etoined the
alleged funny man OF the party. There
isn't any postofice where you are going -
American Hebrew.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
safe pnthr 60 FOLLOW.

was mentioned. Cheers. like straws, show
which way the wind blows.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Perhaps you have seen a woman sud
denly atop weeping at a funeral when she
has taken out her handkerchief and notices
that there Is a hole In it.-Somerville Jour
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

There Is a good deal Of ireland in the
vicinity Of Broadway and Dey street. ac-
eording to the Press. At Dey Is the Mer-
camille National bank. Some two years
ago a hand organ paused with It's grinder
in action beneath the window OF the bank
and played, "Wearin' Of the Green" The
cashier. a genuine son OF England, Il is
supposed, threw up the sash and yelled:
"Clear out of therei Giti I'll have the
police after youi" The little patch of Ire
lAnd in the street saw and heard. Imme-
diately there was a call for a meeting, at
which II was unanimously resolved hat
the organ should come to the window every
day for a year and play "Wearin' Of the
Green" Immunity was guaranteed to the
grinder and a collection amounting to 90
cents a day was placed in his hand. On
last Monday a contract for another year
was entered into, with the understanding
that the tune is TO be played as many
times as the chief conspirator demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Major Burbon-I really don't know, sub
how old this whiskey Is; had II in mai
ceIlah for twenty yeahs, but
Colonel K~aintuck-Mah land, ma1ah, bow
ala that happen, sub; did 20 mislay tt?-
Fhiladelphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Mrs. Woody Ruyter-What does your
husband do for q living2
Mrs. Kautton Ohaughtily)-He's an author.
Mrs. Woody Ruyter-I know, 80 L. mime
but / say What does your husband DO Tor
a iiVing?-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Mr.. Charles @. Mott, whom District At
torney Jerome has made his first assistant,
is a young man Of distinguished connec-
tions. He 70 a son Of Chief Justice Mott
OF the United States court OF claims, a
grandson of the late President Eliphalet
Mott Of Union college, and on his mothers
ride Of the late President Mark Hopkins
of Williams; a nephew OF the present presi-
dent Of Williams, and a cousin OF Rev.
John Hopkins Denison Of the Central
church.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

A touch OF old world color win be given
the banks OF the Hudson river. near Pough-
keepsie, this summer by two great religious
houses-the Jesuit novitiate, which has Just
been completed. and a lew monastery Of
the Holy Cross. The Jesuit buildings, which
are occupied by the noviees OF the society,
who were formerly located at Frederick,
Md, are OF colonial style and include Ac-
eommodations for other people than those
who wear the cassock, as It is intended TO
make the novitiate a retreat like those OF
the Catholic countries. The order Of Holy
Cross consists exclusively OF priests OF
the Protestant Episcopal church. Their
building on the Hudson will be completed
within q short time
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08

Hell suppose you are aware of the ten
der feeling / AVE for your,
She-Nos I'm quite In the dark.
He-That being the case. permit me Il
suggest that we strike a match.-Chicag'
News. t