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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-05-21

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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-05-21

Theological Seminary az Austin, is
AZ home for a visit.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
COWBOYS AND PRESIDENT.
James Barton Adam. in p.rv.r po.,

James Barton Adams in Denver Post,
-SThe Hugo Breaktast)
aHnGI MT ~; PreSident! Howdy do. Teddy
tn conee's a-bIiin' an brsakfas' is ready.
AZ hot as pitch
Beef onn the range that's tender as
An EraYy, done brown. h a is heavenly
An biscuits the sort that you one time was
Up there on the North range when you was
II beat Ssin' Presidsnt. didanH'ti IT, Hn F Tsd Ho'd'
Campin' an roughin' it out on the ranges,
"eaItn WOOL shir~ a long time between
RIdin. with boys thatd start somethin'
Tsndin' toward its u~nmendabIe ruin
II you should Hash up a silk plug on your
Like this,n you wear in your President job.
That's wat 1 said!
Have some more beef. Amt It sappy an
Young virgin COW o. the feminine gender,
Cut outen the bunch by Hell-Roarin Tex,
Who said you'd a hankerin' after the sex.
A-meanin' the hirts
That's bundled in skirts
| An wearin' them loud an astonishin' socks
Hid under their frocks;
So loud you kin hear EN- fer seventeen
But I'm durn free TO say
We're all that away,
An amt blamin You fer a rubberneck play
Jes' cause you're the boss o. the country
an not
Supposed to observe what the girlies has
Spill some more coffee outen the pot,
An blow It a while II you find II too hot,
| or take my sombrero an fan IL a.spell--
No etiket goes in this social corral.
What! Coin already?
oh, hell! what's your rush2
Well, tru-lR-la, Teddy
You're right in the push.
An every durn puncher that's ridin' these
plains
Is hopin' you'll hang 10 the guvament reins
TIL cattle in hades gifts lost In a blizzard
An freeze into Ice from the horns To the
gtzzard.
So long, Ted, oil son,
Wish you luck on your run.
Come ag'in t
When you kin
You'll ind us In.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15

wealthy packers. the railway compa- les,
have felt the restraining and OF our sev-
through the process OF injunctions
to stop their unjust determinations and
monopolies. The public has not objected to
such restraining operations. No labor
union has denounced the process so applied,
but when inJunotions are issued to cali the
attention OF labor unions to their duty OF
recognizing their rights and insisting upon
them only in relation to the rights of 9TH
ers, they have objected.
II IL this ethical spirit which Is sorely
needed in this country by both employers
and employed. The reorganization of labor
on the basis OF peace and harmony must be-
the work of this ethical principle. Neither
labor nor capital can safely assume a posi-
ton OF reputation OF law and duty. The
instinct of society for liberty will assert
Itself over and above all the assumptions
OF power by either capital or labor. II the
labor unions choose to resort to the courts
instead of to the strike to have their griev-
ances removed, they will have made a large
advance toward the permanent solution OF
the labor problem. Equally advantageous
VIII 1t prove to the employing capitalist to
seek pacific relations with his employees
through co~nciliation. conference or the ar
bitrRtlon OF the courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
COLONEL IRIsH's BIG FEE.
Tries to Hold Up the Republic OF
Salvador for 100000.
WashinRton Pos.

washington EOSG
1t appears that a $4,000 fee for Colonel
John p. Irish. collector of customs at
San Francisco, is included in the award
OF 100000 rendered against and repudiated
by the republic OF Salvador. This does not
invalidate the finding OF the commission
TO whose arbitration Salvador submitted
the case. There is not and cannot be any
excuse for its failure to accept that award
and pay 1t. But it is undeniable that the
presence Of such a fee in that half-miTion
awarded to Colonel Irish's clients adds
interest to the whole question OF making
war, or warlike demonstrations. for the
collection Of private debts. The Des Moines
Register-Leader. owned and controlled by
a prominent and popular ofncial OF the
treasury, says It is believed that the United
States will now do as Germany and Eng
land nave done with Venezuela, send a
fleet to collect the bill. The Register
Leader adds:
zone item that Salvador especially OBJ
jected to was an attorneys fee OF $50,
900 for Colonel Irish for his services at the
hearing. It is said that 1t is without
precedent that attorneys fees have been
awarded by arbitration tribunals, and
tina in any event a fee OF 5000 is ex-
torinate.
I'm Iowa, where Colonel irish Is we'll
known and highly esteemed. the value OF
his services viii not be underestimated
But that he earned a fee OF $60,00O as legal
adviser Of the claimants against Salvador
may we'll be questioned. II the remainder
OF the award against the little South
American state Is on a par with this part
OF It, the commanders OF the war vessels
sent TO compel payment should be i'm
structed 70 discount the bill nine-tenths.
1T is worthy OF note at the time Colonel
Irish earned this $50. 900 fee he was servinl
the government as collector OF the port
of San Francisco at a liberal salary, and
presumably devoting his time and talents
to the discharge of the duties OF that pc
sition."
There will never be a better time thar
now for our government 10 cut loose for
ever from the bad custom OF using ship
Of war for the collection OF private debts
The Post has repeatedly demonstrated TIT
utter indefensibility Of the practice, II hai
not a single leg to stand on except pre-
oedent. II we send out ships OF war Il
collect Colonel Irish's $4,000 fee or an!
other private bills, the incident will no
eonduee 70 the building OF q strong navy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
MISTAKES OF COAL MAGNArEs.
Mr.. BHeF and His Colleagues MisJudEc
Their Audience.
Golfers weekly.

Their Audience.
Golfers Weekly.
Philosophers have said, from time to time,
that folly dwells among the rich as will
ingly as among the poor. 1t is a surprise,
nevertheless, when we see men of wealth
and education behaving like children. What
does the notorious Mr.. Baer expect to ac-
complish with his narrow defiance in the
coal investigation? Richard Croker asserted
boldly that he worked for his own pocket
all the time Croker was clever. He knew
his audience. He knew that he was meet
ing the taste of his supporters, in a city
largely composed Of fgnorant foreigners and
their children But,Mr. Baer and his fell
low coal dealers aFs on trial before a
higher public opinion. 1t is no time for
What are you going to do about it?" The
public be damned. 'saFTo hell with reform"
1T is my business, "t"I do as 1 please" and
II work for my own pocket" Such swag-
gering will not conciliate the large and In
telligent body of men which will ultimately
decide how far we are to go in altering
laws which make vast fortunes so easy.
Mr.. Baer and Mr.. Parry are not talking
to immigrants or to babies. They are talk
ing to men who know their power and
consider their duty, who follow the steps
which other countries have taken toward
socialism, and who are thinking profoundly
about the fairest way of conducting a
democracy. Where did Mr.. Hanna stand
on these economic questions a dozen years
ago? Or even Mr.. Roosevelt? In those
days, such a little while ago. any effort
at fairer distribution and more equai OPP
portunity was looked upon as anarchy. Mr..
Carnegie has spoken in favor Of national
ownership of railways. The recent cleo
lions in Chicago and Cleveland look toward
municipal ownership of street railways.
The trend is clearly toward restraint on
private power. In the serious investiga-
lions which we are making. nothing could
be more childish than cheap defiance. That
attitude. however. seems to please the little
heroes Of divine right.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
REsPoNslelLlrlrs DE CAPITAL.

At the opening meeting Of the Ameri-
can Social Science association the adj
dress which appears to have commanded
the most attention, as being especially
pertinent to existing conditions. was
that relating to the responsibilities of
capitalistic organizations. The author
OF this address frankly admitted that
the career Of labor organizations has
not been marked by any such love Of
wisdom, justice and fair dealing as to
evoke our moral enthusiasm" He con-
tended that labor organizations are in
their movement as distinctly a combina-
ton or trust as is the capitalistic move
ment, that the two are like in object.
But he pointed out that the thing to be
sought on the part of both organized
labor and organized capital is increased
respect for law and justice-the final APP
peal being to justice.
This is a view which all intelligent
men must concur in. since without rec
ognition Of what is Just in the relations
between capital and labor, what is fairly
due from one to the other and from
each to the general public interest, there
can be no proper adjustment and no
permanent industrial peace. 1t will
hardly be questioned by anyone famil-
lar with existing conditions that on
neither side is there that intelligent
sense Of justice or that seeking for fair
and equitable adjustment Of differences
which the situation calls for. There is
In evidence everywhere that conflicts
are on between employers and workers
a disposition on the part of both to ig-
more the fundamental principles of jus
tice and fair dealing and to prosecute
an implacable warfare. A spirit of OBJ
stinate and relentless hostility charac-
terizes both sides. The idea. of concilia-
ton and compromise is nowhere really
accepted by either party. Professions
are made of a disposition to arbitrate,
but when arbitration is seriously pro.
posed obstacles to 1t are presented. So
far as the interests of the general pub
lie are concerned, they seem to be little
considered.
How this state Of affairs is to eventu.
Ote is a question that is troubling
thoughtful men and the wisest are un
able to foresee the outcome. There are
some who fear the gravest social ant
perhaps political disturbance before th,
conflict is ended, but there is still rea
son for believing that the intelligence
and patriotism Of the American people
will find a way out Of the difficulty tina.
will conserve the ends of justice anC
make make for industrial peace ant
the general welfare. The responsible!
for capital in this emergency is Ger
tainly as great as that of organized la
Dor. Both should ~intelligently and dis
passionately recognize their duty ant
their obligations and there is ground 70
hope that wise and conservative counse
will yetprevail.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
MUST CONTROL TILE PACIFIC

In one of his speeches in California,
President Roosevelt said that we need
to understand the commanding position
already occupied by the United States
and the infinitely more commanding
position that will be occupied in the
future by our nation in the Pacific.
'"This, the greatest Of all the oceans"
he said, els one which during the GEN.
fury opening must pass under American
influence, and, as inevitably happens
a great burden of responsibility accom-
panies the effort. A nation cannot be
great without paying the price Of great
ness and only a craven nation will
object to paying that price"
In order to have control of the Pacific
we must have a large navy and this the
president earnestly advocates. He de-
clares that we must believe in a first
class navy, that while we already have
n good navy we must have a better one.
He spoke strongly on this point at San
Francisco, as he had done in previous
u~tterances, and he found popular senti-
ment there generally in accord with him
1t was said years ago by one of our
greatest statesmen that 1.-THE Pacific
ocean, it's shores and its islands. will be
the theater Of the great vents in the
worlds hereafter" 1t would seem thai
this prophecy of William H. Seward Is
certain to be realized, that indeed the
great game for the control of the Pacif,
has already opened and that the United
States is in a fair position to win II Il
will take advantage of Its opportunities
That a larger navy is one of the condi
lions to the attainment of this is obvl
Ous
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
HIT IN RuRAL FRkE DELIVERY

The discovery that the expenditures
for the rural free delivery service TX
coed the appropriations for the current
fiscal year has compelled a halt in the
extension Of the service, but this will
be only temporary. At the beginning
of the next fiscal year, July 1, the large
appropriation made at the last session
of the Fifty-seventh ongress will be-
come effective and then new routes will
be established, for which there is a
large demand. According to a state
ment Of the postmaster general, there
are now filed in the department 10, $50
petitions for new routes and most of
these will be established within the next
year. At present there are over $4,000
routes and 1t is stated that when the
entire country has been given the rural
delivery service there will be $4,000
routes.
While there has been a deficit from
this service as a whole, 1t has not been
so great as was expected and Postmaster
General Payne predicts that five years
after the establishment of the service
throughout the country it will be self
sustaining. 1t, is more than probable
that this will be realized, but ever If 1t
should o be the great benefit that it is
doing the rural communities will abund-
antly justify it. 1t would not be easy
to over-estimate the value and the nd
vantages of rural free delivery to the
rural population, in its promotion alike
of education, social and economic i'm
| proyement.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
Personal NOTES.

Dr. Frank Gallard of Paris is in Boston
as a representative of the French govern
ment to inspect some Of the textile in
dustries OF the state.
Newport society sparkles In smuggIed
gems" says a United States treasury ON
cial, Then IL certainly behooves Uncle Sam
to make that set smart.
President Roosevelt's campaign for 1904
must be progressing very satisfactorily.
Governor Odell says he cannot suggest any
Improvement on Senator Hanna's plan.
While the country ~rejoices over the cap
ture OF a distinguished Filipino Sultan and
several dattos," there is some curiosity TO
know what disposition was made Of his
wife and several dittoes.
The process OF elimination in the newest
Kentucky feud has been extended from
men to political divisions, II is proposed TO
divide Breathitt county among its neighbors
in the hope OF obtaining peace.
General and Mrs. Laurence P. Graham OF
the United States army celebrated the
sixty-second anniversary OF their marriage
In Washington last week. They were mar
ried at St. Augustine, Fla. during the
Seminole war.
Minister Leishman reports that the grand
vizier's Indigestion and consequent irasci,
bility caused a temporary suspension Of
diplomatic relations with Turkey. Indiges,
ton usually causes a breach OF g-astronomiS
relations with that bird.
Because Prof. John Wilson Dodge, in.
7tructor in music at Lawrence university
Appleton. Wis. wrote a comic opera, which
with its sixteen short-skirted chorus girls
made a hit at its premiere In his home citS
last week. he has been asked to resign.
AFTER Hon. Grover Cleveland had con
cluded his appreciation Of the grandeur o.
newspaperdom every journalist presen
threw out his chest and agreed with Elmer
son that Mature never sends a great maj
into the world without communicating thI
secret 70 some other soul" 80
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
RoCKEFELLER's OILY GIFT.
Comment on the Proposed Contribu.
tion to the Nebraska University.
Minneapolis Times.


Minneapolis Times.
The Nebraskans are inclined to look Mr..
Rockefeller's proffered gift in the mouth
the proposed contribution OF 5000 for a
social and religious building on the campus
of the state university is the donation re-
ferred to. Mr.. Rockefelller's OFFER is con-
ditioned upon the addition Of $4,000 by
friends of the university, so that the total
sum shall be 100000.
The students are nearly all In favor of
accepting the gift, residents of Lincoln like
the idea because II will add a handsome
building to the attractions Of the town, and
possibly help the real estate market a lit
tie, and Chancellor Andrews is in an afirm-
alive mood. Throughout the state, how
ever, there Is much opposition. Not a
single paper has printed a line in approval
of the scheme and many emphatlcally de-
nounce II.
They give good reasons. The state OF
Nebraska is able to support its university
in a proper manner, they claim. and there
is no ~disputing hat assertion, The COM
monwealth should not be under obligations
to the. standard Oil monopoly and ac-
ceptance, of the gift is especially distaste-
full when the offer is accompanied by an
advance, of a cent a gallon in the price OF
kerosene. r,-..
This trouble in Nebraska is a forcible re-
hinder OF the fact that Mr.. Rockefeller is
entitled to little credit for his gifts to edu-
cational purposes. With a profit of 100 per
cent on Illuminating oil he can give a mill
lion without feeling 1t any more than an
ordinary man would feel the loss OF a
dollar and that is a fair guage OF his ZEN
evidence. More han that a slight advance
in the price, as in the Nebraska case. will
quickly make up for one of his ordinary
donations. .s.
Mr.. Rockefeller's money does a vast
| amount of good in an educational way, but
in the final analysis 1t is revenue raised
by taxation. In paying the Standard OIL
| company prices that represent a profit Of
100 per cent the people pay for the schools
! and churches that stand as monuments TO
Mr.. Rockefeller's name, but we must re-
member that there are multi-millionaires
| that are not willing to hand back to the
public a share Of their profits and by COM
parison Mr.. Rockefeller is entitled TO much
credit.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15

1t is again reported that Secretary
Hitchcock is about to mov upon the
fences that are illegally enclosing the
public domain of the western country.
The secretary, however, counts without
his hosts If he imagines that the land
grabbers will not try to invent new OBJ
stacles to be placed in the way. Their
success in keeping the unlawful fences
up this long has encouraged many of
them to believe that they can put off
the day Of removal indefinitely.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15

Omaha is glad to be able to entertain
the party of German agrlculturalists
who are studying industrial conditions
in this country and trusts their visit will
be both profitable and pleasurable to
them. We count our German-American
citizens among the most valuable of our
own people and hope that the tidings
about us carried back by our visitors
will serve to send still more recruits to
us from the Fatherland.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15

Plea for Restoration OF the Strenuous
system of the Rod.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Corporal punishment has almost gone
out OF the schools. This generation
imagines that II is wiser than Solomon and
that the man who wrote Spare the rod
and spoil the child" would have edited his
copy II he could have seen the modern
kindergarten and the working out Of the
ideals OF Froebel In practice. Ordinarily.
the current schools get on better than did
those where thrashing was the accepted
portion Of most Of the boys. The old
fashioned teacher used to apply solomon's
rule to all boys Unfortunately and he no
doubt did a good deal Of mischief by Great
ing a sense Of injustice and provoking stub
bornness. But when one reads the story
OF the l0-year old who set IRE in a school
closet for revenge on a teacher one wishes
that that Infant had encountered the rod
which the wise man recommended more
frequently. This boy set FIRE to a closet
in an empty room. 1t was merely an ac-
cident that a teacher found II In time to
prevent the destruction OF the building and
a panic among the children that would very
likely have caused broken bones II not loss
of life. Fortunately the fire drill worked
perfectly and the children were on the
street before the danger became great.
Fortunately. too, the teacher who found
the fre had her wits about her ana closed
the drafts before an alarm was given. so
that the teachers were able to extinguish
the blaze without outside aid.
The spirit that prompted the boy seems
to have been the sort of pure c~ussedneas"
that used 70 yield to the rod. The matches
with which the fire was started were the re-
suit of smoking cigarettes. a habit which
the boy had stopped. Cigarettes Justify
thrashing a boy within an inch Of his life
II anything does. Out in Flushing q group
of boys secured a holiday by smearins their
school desks with limburger cheese and
making the room uninhabitable. This was
in a high school and the boys have been
suspended. 1t is q question II a good sharp
rattan would not have afforded a punish
ment more fitted to the crime and kept
the boys at their work In the school also.
No doubt, our fathers thrashed too much
and too often. but II is a pretty serious
question whether we thrash enough. In
stinctive respect for authority is one Of the
most valuable qualities which a child can
have. and there are children who decline to
absorb the idea through anything less pain
full than personal conflict.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
oNE cAuss ZOE coKeRAruLArIoN

~ CAUSE FOB
Notwithstanding the deplorable con-
sequences Of the pending strikes, the
people of Omaha have one cause for
congratulation in the remarkably good
order that has been maintained and tho
manifest disposition on all sides to OBJ
serve the law.
A week ago the air was full of rumors
of impending riots and mob violence
and many of our citizens were firmly
convinced that the only way to preserve
peace and good order was to put the
community under martial law. Great
pressure was brought to bear IN the
local authorities to invoke the governor
To- summon the militia and the injunc-
tion proceedings instituted in the federal
court Were admittedly designed to form
a foundation for an appeal for federal
protection through the regular army in
the event such assistance should lie
deemed necessary. The first visit of
Governor Mickey to Omaha in connec
ton with the strike was in response 10
demands for m Immediate call Of he
I~uilitia, hut the governor neatly utilized
his Invitation TO offer his services in the
capacity OF mediator and peacemaker.
That all these frst alarms were
groundless is now quite apparent. Chief
OF Police Donahue has Just publicly
stated that the strikers continue tc
conduct themselves admirably. They
are giving the police department NC
trouble whatever and their department
is I'm VERY way satisfactory" This IL
certoinly ereditable to the w~orkingraeT
OF this eity-not only the strikers. bu.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15

Nebraska photographers missed a
great opportunity during their state con.
vention in Lincoln II they failed to turn
their cameras on the bunch of railroad
TAX agents that have been besieging the
State Board Of Railroad Assessment to
persuade them that railroad property is
taxed too heavily in this state, People
everywhere would like 10 see the pic
lures OF the men who have nerve enough
TO sat up such a plea in the face Of the
stubborn facts.