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Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
KlLL rEsr ANr1. RERArE LIK.

II appears TO be the purpose Of some
OF the leading railway companies to
test the constitutionality Of the anti
rebate law. Announcement is made
that the Lake Shore railroad is pre-
pared to make a fight over the question
Of making and maintaining rates and
that it will be backed by all the big
railroads of the east which are included
in the community of interests scheme
in what is known as the eastern railroad
pool According to the report 1t is the
intention of this pool to either dislodge
the Interstate Commerce commission
from its position or to have the Elkins
law declared unconstitutional.
An eastern paper states that the prin-
cipal fight win be against the stand
taken by the commission that rates can
be raised or lowered by a judicial ac-
ton under the new law. This, it is
suggested, will bring up the old fight
that has been waged for years between
the railroads of the country and the
Interstate Commerce commission. The
success of the fight on the part of the
commission, it is remarked. would
mean the realization of the old dream
Of complete government supervision Of
the railroad rates on interstate business
while the exact opposite is appealing to
the railroads, who want to get back to
the place they have occupied Of making
such rates as they choose as long as
they lived up to the published tariffs"
So. far as the constitutionality of the
anti-rebate law is concerned 1t has al
ready been affirmed. in effect, by the
supreme court of the United States. In
a recent decision by the court the law
was recognized in such a way as to
virtually acknowledge that 1t is con-
stitutional. Still 1t is unquestlonably
desirable that 1t shall be given a thor
ough test, so that the question of con-
stitutionality may be fully and finally
determined. There has been generally
shown on the part of the railroads a
disposition to comply with the require
ments of the act so far as it prohibits
rebates and determinations. The OBJ
lection of the eastern railroads, it ap-
pears. is not to this. but to the con-
struction Of the commission in regard to
the provision relating to the making of
rates. 1t is certainly to be desired that
this shall be clearly defined by judicial
decision and no reasonable complaint can
therefore be made in regard to the pro-
posed action on the part of the railroads
Let them take the matter to the courts
as soon as possible and have the issue
settled without unnecessary delay. There
is very general belief that the anti
rebate law is absolutely sound in prin.
ciple and will be highly beneficial in op
Grafton. but there will be no objection
to any action looking to the determine
ton of the question of it's constitution
atty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
LINES TO A LAUGH.

clothes. They may belong to his tailor
Somerville Journal.
Indignant Neighbor-This is the tin pan
your boy. Tommy tied to our dogs tail
little while ago!
dignant)-I shall certainly have his father
whip him! That was my best pan!-Chi-
caRo Tribune.
Near-sighted Clerk-Do you solemnly
swear to speak the truth, the whole truth
HORNED Victim-Great Caesars ghost,
no! I'm the lawyer for the defense!-Balt-
more American.
Towne-My wife gave me French clock
for a birthday present and of all the &C.
centric things!. / never saw anything
Browne-"No time like the present ehY-
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Kipper-At last spring is here and
the coal man and plumber are things of the
past.
Mr.. Kipper-Don't feel too merry. Here
comes the iceman around the corner.-De-
troit Free Press.
do you follow me. ladies7" asked the
physical culture teacher. pausing moment
In her rapid denomination of exercise No.
I'VE follow you, madam" replied a mem
Der of the class. but we can't keep up
with you."-Chicago Tribune.
"Do you think that riches bring happi-
ness syoSd sSid the dRoS dRsSGsophsT Senator
Sorghum. 81 can point out a number OF
members of the legislature who have been
Star.
Mrs. Uppson-;Your grandfather is an
Mrs. Neurich-Indeed, he isn't anything
OF the sort. He's the most truthful man
ever bumped up against.-Chicago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
ADULrERArED FOOD PRoDgcTS.

1t is fact that of the food products
imported from Europe into this coun-
try great deal Is adulterated a report
Of the government chemists, made as the
result Of very careful investigation,
shows that Germany is sending to the
United States every year millions of
dollars worth of foodstuffs into which
harmful preservatives have been intro
duced. While that. country is finding
fault with and discriminating against
our meats and fruits on the ground that
they are deleterious to health, she is
sending here food products which it has
been demonstrated are more harmful,
80 far as the preservatives are con-
cerned, than anything sent there from
this country. thus furnishing a substan-
tial ground for retaliation on our part.
Doubtless other countries send here
articles to which objection could fairly
be made on this score, but so far as
appears Germany is the chief offender.
The information obtained by the gov
ernment investigation has been kept
from the public, but a bill was put
through congress ct the closing hours
Of the session. says Washington dis
patch. which makes it possible to utilize
the Information should II be found ex
pedient to do so This measure author
izes the secretary OF the treasury to re
fuse entry OF food supplies which tn,
secretary of agriculture finds TO b,
adulterated so as to be injurious I,
health There was previously law tha
authorized the exclusion of adulteratet
foods that might be injurious TO health
but it required our officials to prove tina
they were harmful The new law re
heyea them OF thts Under this Etatut
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
Advisers and Candidates.
washington Star.

Mr.. Cleveland, as he tells US, is In poll
tics now only in an advisory capacity. 80
say they ALL gentlemen. Mr.. Bryan is not
candidate. He is only advising his party
friends. And the same is true OF Mr.. Hill,
Mr. olney and Mr.. German. There are no
candidates in the field. But of advisers the
party has no lack. The woods are full of
them. Turn to the north. south, east or
west, and you find them without an effort.
Nevertheless, the difference between an ad-
wiser and a candidate is so slight in exist
ing circumstances that Mr.. Cleveland's
three deliverances will not serve to take
his name out of popular speculation. His
best friends will continue to rate him al
the best man for next years race.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

EXONERA ATIOE OF GENERAL WOOD.
There will be no question among fair
minded men as to the propriety of the
action of Secretary, Root in. regard to
the charges made against General Leon
ard Wood by the man who was chiefly
responsible for the postal scandal in
Cuba. The secretary of war fully ex-
onerates the former governor of Cuba
and states that everything contained in
the charges OF Rathbone was known to
the authorities at Washington and un-
qualifiedly approved by them. So far as
General Wood is concerned his public
statement respecting the accusation is
what was to have been expected, en-
tirely frank and straightforward and in
viting the most thorough investigation.
1t would be quite impossible for such
man as Rathbone, with the record he
made in Cuba, to convince any consid-
cradle number Of the American people
that General Leonard Wood was guilty
while in Cuba Of conduct unworthy the
position he held. His course there
throughout was marked by the highest
judgment, by great executive ability and
by absolute integrity. 1t was in all
respects creditable and honorable and
the distinguished reputation he made as
the representative of the United States
in the performance of most difficult
and delicate task viii live long in the
memory of the Cuban people, to whom
he showed himself most earnest and
faithful friend. General Wood served
the government wisely and uprightly
and no defamation on the part OF those
whose dishonesty he exposed can. dimin
ish his claim to the respect and conf
dence Of the American people.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
A STRING OBITUARY.

Here lies John Ling, a poet, one Of few
Who never lied in life except in rhyme,
But being dead, poor soul, he has his due,
We're dead sure, in somewhat milder
clime.
sprung
Some rhymes about the buds and pleasant
weather.
Alasi poor Ling, he lost a lobe Of lung
While searching for his too precocious
heather.
80 heed ye, poets new and ne'er deceive us
With rhymes on buds and birds, six
weeks too soon,
Or nature in her wrath may quick re-
ueve us
OF you and your erstwhile too early tune
Omaha. l. Il. PHILLIPS.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
Boiling the water NOT enough.
Cleveland Leader

OIoVbIdtHNhl 11I<5dINIcAs
Boiling, It is agreed, will kill the germs
that are found Ia the sewage
water, but IL the water is boiled thoroughly
for period Of 1ve minutes, as suggested by
the health of1cer, It will be discovered that
there is something besides germs in 1t
which should not be taken into the human
stomach. Water that has been boiled the
required time will be found, after It has
cooled, to be covered with filthy and Of
fensive-looking scum. This is the organic
matter that is carried in solution in the
water, and It is what gives the boiled water
its sieSening taste. If the boiled water is
put through a good filter. many Of which
can, be purchased at small cost, compare
lively, II will come out clear, sparkling and
palatable, almost as good as spring water.
in fact
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

President Roosevelt on his coming
western trip will discuss all the i'm
portant public topics that have had the
attention Of his administration during
the past year. President Roosevelt is
one of the public men who believe in
taking the public into his confidence.
and the public reciprocates by confiding
the most vital interests of the country
implicitly in him and backing up his
judgment with a vigorous public senti-
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

With British consols down to the low
est point in nearly forty years, John Bull
can appreciate Uncle Sans credit that
enables him to float securities at rates
that would scarcely be dreamed OF a
decade ago. Ha.c, r.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

A Kansas City paper discusses in all
seriousness ''the decline of our legisla-
tures," which it insists have degen-
Grated into haven for second-class pol
iticians and grafters. The decline, how
ever, depends entirely on the point of
view, Careful comparison covering a
period of years would, we believe, dem
Onstrate that legislative prices have
been going up instead of coming down
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

The paper that declares Governor Saw
age vetoed the wolf bounty appropria-
ton tive years ago should post itself
up ON recent state history Governor
Savage never had a chance either to
sign or veto bin passed by the legis-
lature. and II the wolf bounty claims
had ever come up 70 him he could have
been depended on to put them through
WITHOUT blinking.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
SHAM REFORM DROPS THE MASK

SHAM REFORM DROPS THE MASK
The sham reform police board, headed
by that political buccaneer, William j.
Broatch, has at last dropped the mask.
When they received their commission
from the hands Of Ezra p. Savage the
people Of Nebraska in general and the
citizens Of Omaha in particular, were
assured that the redoubtable pardon
dispenser was actuated solely by a de-
sire to redeem Nebraska's metropolis
from maladministration, enforce public
decency and morality by the suppress
sion of vice and divorce the police and
fire departments from politics. ...
Everybody in the community familiar
with the deal between the bull fight
governor and the corporation managers
knew that no reform either in public
morals, public decency or nonpartisan
police supervision could be hoped for
from a commission organized as an aux
Hilary of the corporation combine, whose
sole aim has been to subjugate and rule
this community with an iron hand. For
NhlS NdHh uO hllGA man NOuAb
have been chosen than William J.
Broatch. Unprincipled, unscrupulous
and utterly Indifferent to public senti-
ment, this Omaha Weyler could be de-
pended upon mercilessly to swing the
police club over the heads of men and
women who come under police surveil-
lance.
There were a good many people IN
Omaha, however, who did not know
Broatch and his methods and there
were great many other people who be-
lieved that his three colleagues In the
commission would not allow themselves
to become. mere puppets in his hands.
These amiable people were evidently
Oblivious of the fact that the Broatch
commission was created for a specific
purpose and that purpose has no rela-
government.
From its very inception the commits
sion has sought to curry favor with the
lawless and vicious classes by the ap-
pointment of police officers who had
made themselves notorious by their
moral depravlty and licentiousness.
From these belled cats the habitues of
the prescribed district, male and female,
have nothing to fear. During the whole
eight months of its existence the sham
reform commission has not done one
solitary thing for the restraint of flaunt-
ing vice, nor has it made the faintest at
tempt to enforce law and order.
The closing up Of dozen saloons Sat
urday night at the very time when
three out of the four commissioners
were carousing In a wine room attach.
ment of an all-night restaurant was moi
merely a grandstand play to the gal
leries, but 1t was bold attempt at po.
litical blackmail to compel the brewers
that supply beer to the resorts that
were closed over Sunday to fall In with
the political program of the corpora.
tions who are bent upon capturing not
only the republican primaries, but also
the democratic primaries, so that only
men who can be depended upon to dc
the bidding of the corporation bosse:
shall be nominated for all the city
offices by the two political parties.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
Il was DiRerent Then.
Indiana nnlia InIirnal

The scarcity of farm labor complained Of
In Nebraska was not one OF the farmers
complaints in 1896 Still, between too many
and fewer than are needed the latter is the
more encouraging indication.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

The senate committee on revenue
slammed the door in the face of Tax
Commissioner Fleming Of Omaha, but
If John n. Baldwin had raped at the
door he would have been salaamed in,
although that Donderous pompadour
statesman never paid a penny of taxes
in Nebraska and very few pennies in
Iowa, whence he halls from.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

oh, yest The Broatch police board is
reform body appointed to take the
police out of politics. It savors very
much OF the same brand of reform
ladled out by the defunct bunch Of non
partisan fusion reformers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Queen lii was particularly uncom-
municative on her homeward transit
through Omaha. hut, then, any one who
thought he had 100000 within his
grasp. only to have 1t vanish as If an
empty dream, would be likely to act
likewise
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Testimony in the Burdick case rein
forces the time-proved adage that 1t
is often better to travel a thousand miles
than to write letter, even If you have
to pay railroad fare.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

there would be no difficulty in adopting
retaliation as to those countries which
discriminate against American products
on the ground that they are impure and
It is highly probable that the law will
be enforced if the policy Of discrimina-
tion is continued
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

The men in the firing cab are getting
up steam to send the revenue bill over
the tracks in the senate end of the legis-
lature with clear right-of-way over all
other rolling stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

That school Of music scheme for the
State university was evidently buffer
for it's school of agriculture bill, Per-
haps the demand for a musical appro-
priation might have met a more sym
pathetic reception If the curriculum
taught how to get harmony out OF a
threshing machine or to beat time on a
milk nail
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
Plain Facts OverIooked.
washington Post.

washington POST
The Bryanites all overlook the fact that
the gentlemen who bolted in 1896 and 1900
are not endeavoring to return to a trium-
phant political organization. They are try
ing to go back for the sole purpose Of re-
storing the democracy to the position It
occupied before it became tinctured with
the isms which were so Overwhelmingly re-
pudiated at the polls.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

The World Herald delights in playing
the 'I-told-you-so" role. 1t is, however,
only about republicans who go wrong
in official positions that it told us so.
When democrats fail to live up to prom
ises made for them, as so often happens
hereabouts, the "I-told-you-so" organ
suddenly suffers paralysis of the tongue.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

A rare volume Of the Bible in Anglo
Norman has just been sold for $3,O5O
The value of the Bible as a book, how
ever. can never be measured in dollars
and cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

parties the self-respecting men who re-
fuse to swallow yellow dogs just be-
cause they wear the party label. Its
design is to make powerless people who
place good government above party
enofla
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Director OF the Census Merriam calls
the census decenniaI snapshot of the
nation, It's lucky the trainers of the
constitution who provided therein for
the enumeration OF the people every ten
years, out OF which the census has
grown. did not have such metaphors
shot at them. for they would not have
known what was meant.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

the colonel oblige. Colonel wstmore did
oblige. but when he met the alleged mutual
friend the latter repudiated all knowledge
of the borrower. The next morning Colonel
Wetmore read a story OF the arrest son
complaint Of Representative Fowler Of
New Jersey OF the soft-voioed and pleasant
vissged young man who had touched" the
st. Louis trust buster" Mr.. Fowler had
the man arrested for similar offenses.
Colonel wetmore took the FIRST train out
Of WASHINGTON.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

OF course it was purely accidental
that all twelve of the saloons put under
the ban by the Broatch police board
happen to sell the beer of one and the
same brewery.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
Master of the sItuation.
Cleveland Leader

The president may we'll be pleased with
the result Of the extra session OF the
senate. 1t not only did the work he In
tended to have done. but It proved that he
is largely master of the most Independent
and arrogant branch Of congress, when he
has the country behind him.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
stand from Under.
Phllndelnhia Press.

When Cleveland goes west into Brysn's
section OF the country It will be we'll for
cautious people to move back as much as
possible 1t is the innocent bystsnder that
usually gets hurt
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
TestimoniaI of success.
Kansas CITY Journal.

One Of the strongest testimonials to the
success and popularity of President Roose-
velts administration is the fact that his
denomination is accepted as foregone con-
clusion
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Government by brewery in Omaha
must cease" exclaims Mr.. Broatch-un-
less the breweries are willing TO orna-
ment their beer kegs and beer mugs
with a Broatch label and get on their
knees and humbly pledge themselves to
vote the primary election ticket pre-
pared by the Broatch dark lantern re-
formers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

If the legislature could place its 133
ears to the ground for few seconds 1t
might hear a slight murmur in the
mitral valve r'f
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Halle Erminie Rives. the writer. has been
cutting q wide swath in Washington So
ciety, where her splendid frocks have
caused no END of a sensation. Washing
ton hostess who was entertaining a Vlr-
ginia aunt In the New Willard at lunch
con saw Miss Halle Rives effulgent in
robe Of silver gray cloth, with lace and fur
in riotous profusion. Halle was GER
tainly looking ht." The Washington wo-
man pointed out the dazzling creature, but
the aunt shook her head. "Impossible!"
said she. "An author7 1 don't believe It.
She doesn't look tacky and no author could
possibly have so much style"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Investigation into the stuefer bond
deals ought to bring out some more wit
nesses with convenient lapses of men,
ory
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

In the meanwhile the decision of the
coal strike arbitrators is important to
the consumer chiefly as an asset for the
future
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

The Real Estate exchange campaign
for equal taxation must be kept up
without interruption.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Few people realize what n revolution
is in prospect If the South Omaha
school board bill becomes law. Up to
the present time all school directors in
Nebraska have served without pay.
while the proposed bill fixes a salary OF
$500 a year for school board members.
1t is not that the salary cuts much
figure. but that the rule of no compen-
sation is broken for the first time and
the story of the camel pushing himself
into the Arabs hut is sure to be re-
peated first by extending the salary at
tachment to the school boards of other
cities and school districts and then
screwing the salaries up so that they
will become the objective point 1t may
be that the salaried school board is
what the people want. but they should
have their eyes open to what they are
getting.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
srArrMENr on c1RcuLAT1oN.

BTATEMENI OB' -CIfNOUI1H IO4N'
State OF Nebrabka, Douglas County ss;5
George b Tzschuck, secretary OF The BEE
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF tuil nna
cofnplete copies of The Daily, MORNING,
EveIins and sunday Bee printed during the
roontb of Eebriiarv 1908. was as follows;
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

The test-oath primary bill is not only
a spoilers bill. but 1t is a bill to bar
Sut OF the primaries OF all political
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Major General 8. N. NJ. Young, who sue
ceeds General Miles as lieutenant general
Of the army next August, will be the guest
Of the Middlesex club, Boston, at Its cele-
bration OF Veterans night, March rs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25
nIrs OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor scenes and incidents sLetched
on the SPOT.

Secretary Wilson Of the Department Of
Agriculture acting on the presidents sug-
gestion. has planned an extensive inves-
tigation for the purpose Of determining
how to protect American g1me in the
territories where the authority Of the
national government is complete. Alaska
will be investigated first. Already a man
has been detailed to visit that territory
for the purpose of making a full report
upon the kind Of animals and birds that are
found there, and also TO suggest means
for their preservation. II is not the in
tention to propose TO restrict the killing
OF birds and animals so as to work hard
ships to- people who kill them for food
purposes, but Il is the idea to protect the
birds and other wild game from reckless
shooting and slaughter. Dr. S. Hart Mer-
riam, the chief OF the division Of biology
will take charge Of an inquiry In WASH
ington, Oregon and California. There are
number Of government reservations in
those states where wide forest areas exist
Considerable game is to be found there
and IL is proposed to devise means for pro-
fecting 1t. Game refugees will be set aside
and general plans made for the increase
and spread of species of birds and animals
that are threatened with extinction. The
Department Of Agriculture officials have
already done considerable work along the
line proposed by the president. They are
egltsting the subject Of the need for state
laws to prohibit spring shooting Of game
OF all kinds. on the ground that this sport
is the most harmful of any now INDUCED
in by bird hunters. The department also
co-operates, whenever possible, with state
officers in preventing shipments OF game
killed out OF season. and also works with
private organizations for the protection Of
birds that are not game.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

Lloyd c. Griscom Of Philadelphia, United
States minister to Japan, has presented to
the State department two lithographic
copies Of the original Of Encoln's Emanci-
nation proclamation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-25

II Is a mistake to Judge a man by MS
clothes. They may belong to his tailor
Somerville Journal.