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Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
An INTERESTING ADMISSION.

The Railway Age, which is perhaps
as accurate a spokesman for the rail-
road magnates and managers as is
to be found anywhere in this country,
in trying to combat the growing cutlery
against the railroads for seeking to
obtain higher rates on passenger and
freight traffic, insists that those who
make these complaints overlook the
fact that while the railroads have sue
ceeded in reducing to some extent the
cost of operation all this better service
has been accomplished only at the ex-
pense Of immense sums of money on
which interest must be paid. To re-
inforce its point, it goes ON to say that
'the bugaboo of watered stock has
been SC thoroughly and so constantly
dinned in their ears that any addition
to- capitalization Is thus characterized.
That some roads have INDUCED in over
capitalization is not denied, but that the
railroads Of the United States as a
whole can be fairly charged with such
a course is disputed. The railroads of
this country could not be replaced for
the amount represented in their capital.
cation, a condition which probably does
not attach to any other Industrial inter.
est, and the people ought to know it."
This is an interesting admission. But
the trouble with the railroads and their
organs is that they sing a different song
according as the object before them
changes. 1t may be all right to combat
the cutlery against higher rates by
pointing to the increased investment
which the railroad property represents
but why, then, should the railroad repre-
sentatives tell us when the same prop
erty is being valued for taxation tina.
1t can be reproduced for a mere Fraction
of the amount of stock and bonds it #
carrying, and that 1t should not b,
taxed on more than the estimated cos
OF reproduction?
The railroads Spokesman will find 1
hard to convince the public that wha
the railroad is worth as a basis of rat,
making with a view TO earning inter
est and dividends 1t is not worth ais,
for the purpose of taxation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
rnn,s BIRrRpAY.

ON this anniversary Of the birthday Of
George Washington It would be well for
every citizen to devote a little time to
the contemplation Of the lofty character
of that illustrious man. II has been
very truly said thaC above all Wash
ington is our great national example.
In this respect he still serves the u
try that he loved more effectively than
in any other. Patriotism. in the truest
and highest sense, was his most COM
handing quality and the one which
most strongly appeals to the citizens of
the republic he founded 1t is no dis
arrangement OF the other great men who
were his contemporaries to say that as
a patriot Washington was pre-eminent.
His foremost thought was that his coun-
try ought TO be a nation and not a con
His great mind had no little thoughts
for his country and he believed It had
n splendid destiny.
In scientific. mechanical and economic
things, the time of Washington is al
most as far distant as the time of Co
lumbus. He belongs to n different pc
Rod of civilization, an older order of
society. Yet Washington is not reced-
ing from our view or fading from our
thought. He is not simply remembered
as one of the a~ncients, a great force in
a bygone age, who must be honored but
need not be reckoned with. On the on
trary his wise counsel and patriotic ex-
ample continue to exert a potent in
fluence and will go on doing so as long
as the republic lives. Time has not i'm
paired the vitality and force of the Fare
well Address, but has rather strength
ened its power as G. guide to true and
loyal citizenship. No intelligent Ameri-
can citizen can read this great deliver
ance Of Washington without having his
patriotism stimulated and made stronger
and his ideals of citizenship b~roadened
and elevated.
Knowing the real Washington, the hu.
man Washington, the man Of like pas
sions with ourselves. though with a
self-mastery we cannot boast, a man of
sympathy and %sensibility, as well as
extraordinary common sense, military
genius and great political powers, we
can love as we'll as reverence him. AS
was said by one of our most eminent
men: 1.-The nation and the name of
Washington are ~inseDarable. One Is
linked indissolubly with the other. Boil
are glorious, both are triumphant"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
GEORGE

(From Under the ELM" read at Cam
prldge. July ., 1870. on the hundredth ami
versary, OF Washington's taking command
OF the American army
~ By James Russell Lowell.
Soldier and statesman, rarest unison;
High.poised example Of great duties done
Simply as breathing, a worlds honors worn
As life's indifferent gifts to all men born;
Dumb for himself, unless It were to God,
Tramping the snow to coral where they
trod,
Held by his awe in hollow-eyed content:
Modest, yet firm as natures self; unbalanced
Save by the men his nobler temper shamed;
Not honored then or now because he wooed
The popular voice. but hat he still with
Broad-minded. high-souled, there is but one
Who was all this, and ours, and all mems
Washington.
Minds strong by Ats, ~irregularly great,
That flash and darken like revolving lights.
Catch more the vulgar eye unschooled to
wait
On the long curve of patient days and
Rounding a whole life to the circle fair
OF orbed completeness and this balanced
So simple in its grandeur, coldly bare
OF draperies theatric. standing there
In perfect symmetry OF Self-control,
Seems not so great at first, but greater
Still as we look. and by experience learn
How grand this quiet Is, how nobly stern
The discipline that wrought through life
This energetic passion of repose.
A nature too decorous and severe.
Too self-respectfulI In Its grlefs and joys
For ardent girls and boys,
Who find no genius in a mind so clear
That its grave depths seem obvious and
near,
Nor a soul great that made SO little noise.
They feel nc force in that calm, cadenced
phrase,
The habitual full dress Of his well-bred
mind,
That seems to pace the minuets courtly
maze
And tell OF ampler leisures, roomier length
Of days.
His broad-built brain, to self so little kind
Tha no tumultuary blood could blind,
Formed to control men, not amaze,
Looms not like those that borrow height Of
haze:
II was a world of statelier movement then
Than this We fret In, he a denizen
OF hat ideal Rome that made a man for
men.
Placid completeness. life without a fall
From faith or highest aims, truths breach-
Surely II any fame can bear the touch.
His will say "Here!" at the last trumpet's
call,
so much.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

doubted that the young men Of the
country will be more disposed to joiu
the national guard when they under
stand the new basis and the opportu-
nifty IL gives for obtaining the best and
most thorough military training and
instruction.
The credit for this legislation is very
largely due to Secretary Root, who has
been persistent and interchangeable in
urging it upon congress. For three
years he has been laboring to have the
regular army placed on a practical bust
ness footing, having in view the highest
efficiency attalnable, while at the same
time he has earnestly advocated pro
vision for n disciplined army of volun-
teers as an always available auxiliary
to the regular force. For this work
Secretary Root is entitled to the most
cordial commentator.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

ments. In the opinion of MIR. Dill the
corporations would voluntarily avail
themselves Of such legislation for sew
eral reasons, chiefly s~elf-protection and
elf-preservation. 1t has become neces-
sary for sound corporations to create a
nized difference between themselves
and those who are following In their
wake and attempting to initiate their
standing and position. These sound
corporations, there can be no doubt,
would avail themselves of a national
law. mo corporation engaged in in
terstate commerce. says Mr.. Dill, "no
corporation desiring to do business
throughout the length and breadth OF
the country, could afford to be other
than a national organization. 1t would
not be long before the investing public
would draw the lines sharply between
state-created organizations assuming to
do n business national in extent and
true national corporations"
There will be no further legislation at
present dealing with the corporations.
This congress has done all hat Is
thought to be now necessary and
judicious. 1t is quite probable, how
ever, that the text congress may find
it expedient to add to corporation leg
islation and the question of n federal
Incorporation law is very likely to re-
ceive serious consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

The preliminary report Of h Inter
state Commerce commission on the in
come accounts OF the railroads OF the
United States shows that the gross
earnings per mile for the fiscal year
ending June so, 1902. was $S761. mark
ing an increase over the previous year
OF S63s per mile and more than 81. ZOO
per mile over the gross earnings Of 1895,
which was evidently low water mark,
The net earnings per mile from opera
ton were. for 1902. $500, as against
$2.S54 for the year preceding and S1,9d7
for the year 1895. 1t would seem that
the railroads were prospecting enough &c
pay their taxes without trying to un.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

Pleasant circumstances may not be ours,
but we can have sunny souls.
The world loses faith in the church when
the Christian treats It as a fad.
1t is easier to sweep OF the snow of an
act than to break the ice of habits.
The green wood of innocence burns
quickly amongst the dry sticks of vice.
Many put zero into the collection and
then complain that the church is cold.
Purity of heart is too great a price to
pay for being posted on the poison of mod
ern literature.
The world will not believe In the church
that forgets the souls of the poor while it
fights over the spoils Of the rich.
There will be no more mercy for the
church obtaining money under false pre-
lenses han for the man who does the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

PHILADELPHIA North American: Rev. Hugo
Wendell Of Trenton, N. j., says he breaches
regularly to spirits. as we'll as to his ordi-
nary congregation. He is probably the only
clergyman who tries to cover home and for
eign missions at one time.
New York Tribune: A clergyman highly
esteemed for his many excellent qualities,
OF which oratory is not one. has recently
had placed in his church by his loving con-
Rregation a new pulpit. 1t is a fine piece
Of work, ornate with carving and artistic
establishment. But the text inscribed on
Il. considering the effect of the good pas
tors sermons, might a been more hap
pily chosen. "He giveth His beloved sleep"
Il runs.
Brooklyn Eagle: At a church function in
which Bishop Potter recently took part
several deacons happened to be present.
One of them called the bishops attention
to that passage in the liturgy which reads.
90, all ye priests OF the Lord, bless ye the
Lord" and complained that there was mo
mention Of US deacons." Yes, indeed.
there is" replied the bishop; don't you
remember. %, all ye green things upon the
earth, bless ye the LOrd?'"
indianapolis Journal: Pope Leo XIII is
making a remarkable record for longevity
and well preserved powers. A few days
past his s3d birthday his physician says
he "reads without spectAcles, walks with
out a cane, dresses and undresses without
assistance, and works about fourteen hours
daily" The responsibilities OF the mos
important ecclesiastical once in the world
sit easily on him, and with his regular life
and serene temperament he may fulhn the
doctors prediction Of living to be 100 years
old.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The earl of Yarmouth is going to marry
a P%ittsburg heiress named Thaw. Evidently
a warm proposition.
When one reflects on last weeks tenn
perature the claim of the grounding to
high rank as a weather prophet does not
admit of doubt.
The most pathetic sensation a house,
holder can experience in zero weather is
had by watching his coal pile calculations
disappear through the furnace iue.
Since the sultan OF Bacolod wal induced
to try the water cure for swelled head his
warlIke demonstrations have been turned
into protestations Of peace and good will.
There appears to be an international fuss
over the quality OF the wine used at the
launching OF the yacht Meteor a year ago.
il isn't the first row precipitated over a
bottle.
Cubans are catching the American spirit
at a great rate. A large issue Of bonds
have been authorised. When a free people
20 into debt for millions within a year
there is no call for outside sympathy.
Philadelphia boasts a social organization
known as The Bum Husbands club" It's
motto is There are no bad husbands
some are better than others" Every WE'LL
regulated husband will subscribe TO that
motto.
1t happened in Kansas. Of course. In no
other state could be found cause or war
rant for opening the daily proceedings In
a newspaper ONCE with prayer. Evidently
the profession in the Sunfower state must
hustle to be saved.
An Industrial and internationsl exhibition
will take place in Rheims, France, from
May 10 to September Is. next. Rheims Is
famous for the quality Of it's wine and
wool and those who cannot ait for che st
Louis show might cross the pond, pull the
wool and absorb the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
sxTB CoMMANDMENr-NEw SERIES.

SIXTH COMMANDMENT-NEW SERIES.
At the last meeting of the depart
ment Of household economics of the
Woman's club a new edition Of the
ten commandments was promulgated,
Of which the sixth reads as follows:
Sixth. Six days shalt thou wash and
keep thyself clean and on the seventh take
a great bath; for in six days man sweateth
and gathereth filth and bacteria for dis
ease. Wherefore the Lord has blessed the
bathtub and hallowed It.
We candidly confess that the club
women can engage in no work hat will
raise to them sc lasting a monument as
by their united efforts to endeavor to
secure the general observance of this
new sixth commandment.
A teacher in one of Il Omaha pub
lie schools not long ago ~propounded the
question to her class as to when each
child had taken its last bath, and al
though two of them answered that they
could not remember, by far the great
majority declared that they had been
immersed in the bathtub the previous
Saturday night or Sunday morning.
The weekly bath, therefore, is an es-
tablished American institution. recog-
nized by all classes of our population,
and any lapse among it's votaries
should call forth condemnation as Sc
we're as that visited upon the Goddess
who have fallen away from the true
faith to worship false idols. At the
same time it should be distinctly un-
derstood that nc penalty attaches to
any n who may take a bath oftener
than once each week and that the new
sixth commandment is not intended to
safeguard the bathtubs from being
worn out.
Blessed be the bathtub. May its
number increase and its usefulness
never diminish.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

by the way, what has become Of the
professions made by members Of the
Douglas delegation to the Legislature
during the campaign hat they sub
scribed to the principle Of home rule
and their suggestion that If elected
they would try to have the question
submitted to the citizens of Omaha as
to whether they wanted any branch Of
their municipal government appointed
by and responsible to state officers
rather than to the people themselves?
From their work so far at Lincoln the
conclusion is forced that their special
mission Is to subvert the principle Of
home rule wherever possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

The New York Stock eXch0uge is look
ing more closely into new corporations
applying for the listing of their securi-
ties than 1t has been the custom to do
heretofore. 1t is stated that the infOr-
nation demanded from new corpora
tions is becoming more and more com
prehensive in character and covers prac-
tlcally everything outside of trade Sc
crets. When it is stated that at every
meeting of tie governors OF the ex-
change there are applications from six
to a dozen new companies for listing Sc
curities 1t will be seen that a more rigid
rule for investigating the corporations
than has prevailed is necessary. This
course Of the Stock exchange will AFFORD
some protection to the public, since it
gives a measure Of assurance that the
listed securities are trustworthy. This
and the investigation provided for by
congress ought to result in wedding out
the unsound and speculative corpora
tlOns,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

The newly organized religious educa-
tional association proposes 10 under
take for Sunday school instruction
work OF the same nature as tina: pursued
by the National Educational associa-
ton with reference to the public school
instruction. The defective character of
our Sunday school teaching is calling
loudly for reform. The new organiza-
ton has plenty Of work ahead OF II and
cannot get at IL too soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
FEDERAL INCORPORATION LAR.

IA "
There will of curse be no action by
the present congress upon the bill
which has been introduced in the house
of representatives providing for the in
corporation by the national government
Of companies purposing to engage in
interstate and foreign commerce, but
the measure presents a question of
very great interest, which will undoubt-
edly receive wide consideration in the
not remote future, There is soon to
be organized a new department with a
bureau charged with the duty of in
vestigating corporations. 1t is by no
mean improbable that this will prove
to be a stepping stone to a federal in
corporation law.
Such a law has now some strong ad
vocates. At the last annual meeting
of the National Board of Trade the
matter received consideration and IL
was declared that las to the desirable,
ity of a national incorporation law
which will give greater elasticity and
unity h conflicting provisions OF state
laws there can he no doubt" One OF
the most prominent corporation law
yers In the country, James r. Dill OF
New York, is IN earnest advocate of {
national Incorporation act. He urges
that the business OF the country de
mands uniform corporate legislation
! formulated upon the good of the coun
try as a whole. and not sectional legis
lation, state against state. He woul,
have a Law along the lines OF the ma
tional banking act, no abridging tn
powers OF the state 10 create local COZ
pOrations, but afording an opportunit
to organize corporations. national In eA
tent, whose business relates to trad
between states or with foreign eou1
tries. with protection Of the nations
government against conflicting stat
legislation and local political snac
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The new Department Of Commerce and
Labor will have charge of manufactures,
corporations, immigration, navigation, sta
%tistics, census, national standards, coast
survey, lighthouses and fisheries, and the
president is authorized to add any other
division engaged in scientific work. There
is no danger that the department will be
troubled for lack Of occupation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

Nc tears are being shed over the re
urement of Mrs. Leland Stanford from
the active management Of the university
established in memory of her son. A
university without the personal equation
OF its founder seems to get along bet
ter. That is probably the reason why
universities whose founders have been
long since dead progress with less fric-
fiOn
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

1t is pointed out that Secretary Cor
telyou is the second member OF the
presidents present cabinet who has pre-
viously served as private secretary TO
the president. Secretary of State Hay
having acted in that capacity for Pres
ident Lincoln. The position Of secre-
tary to the president must be a good
training school.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

> Since he moved into the executive
office, Governor Mickey has been called
upon to appoint two judges to district
bench vacancies in less than two
months. If he can appoint one a month
for his entire term, by the time he fin
ishes he will have the whole personnel
of the district bench with very few
~exranfiona
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

Wanted-A champion of the people
against railroad tax evasion. A re-
Spouse by the right man will entitle
him to a popular ovation after he
makes the fight in earnest whether he
wins or loses.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

Officers Of the old Panama Canal COM
pany are said to be maintaining a rigid
silence concerning their plans. They
want to get their hands on the $4,000
900 in coin which Uncle Sam is to pay
for their property and rights before
they let any one else in on the game.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

South Carolina has taken n step
toward redeeming its reputation in re-
fusing bail to Lieutenant Governor Till
man, being held for his cowardly murder
Of Editor Gonzales. 1t will not be fully
reinstated in the public confidence, how
ever, until it fits the punishment to the
orima
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

Before 1t leaves the controversy pre-
cipitated yer Governor Mickey's water
commission appointed for Omaha, 1t
would be in order for our amiable con-
temporary, the World Herald, to back
water a little further. Its case of acute
distress seems to have been caused by
the selection by the governor as one of
the democratic members of the board of
John F. Coad, whose loyalty to Bryan
and to the late democratic candidate
for governor the World Herald took It
upon itself to question, asserting that
1t had heard by pipe line or wireless
telegraphy that Mr.. Coad had voted
for Mickey in 1902. How Mr.. Coad
voted, or would have voted at the cleo
ton we do not know but we do know
investigation OF the records at the city
clerks Office shows that Mr.. Coad
election. He, therefore. could not have
expressed his preference effectively for
any Of the candidates who were seeking
the SURFACES of the people at that time.
We hardly imagine the World-H Herald
will charge the election board with hav-
ing doctOred the records in anticipation
of a water board, but the World-Herald
~clairvoyant should step up to the side
board and take something to relieve him
self.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

No danger Of the offer of the st. Jo-
seph Street Railway company becom-
ing contagious to donate $120,OOO to-
ward the construction Of a convention
hall, providing the citizens will raise a
like amount to complete the fund. Few
street railway companies do business on
that Dlan.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
MILITARY LEGISLATION.

Not the least important of the legisla-
ton Of the present congress is that re-
latlng to the reorganization of the army
and placing the militia of the country
on a new basis that will render it more
available for national defense. The lat
ter is OF particular interest, for under
the new law the national guards of the
country Will hereafter compose a homo
geneous body, uniformly equipped and
under the same discipline and training
as the regular army. II is needless to
say that this must result In very greatly
improving the militia Of the country
and there are few who win question the
wisdom OF doing this.
AS stated In a circular of the National
Guard association, the claw aims TO
create a force homogeneous in all re,
spects throughout the country, instead
Of what might well be termed forty
eight separate armies, each varying
from the other In many respects, and to
insure a degree Of practical usefulness
for the purposes for which soldiers arr
trained which will justify the liberal
expenditure OF public funds made by
the state and nation on the citizen sol
diery, all Of which the confusion anC
friction In mobilization Of the nationa
guard and its general lack OF prepare
tion In the practical work 81 the soldie
In camp and field was demonstrated b!
the wal with Spain to be a necessity.
Under this law we shall have in a fev
years u citizen soldiery that win be nc
where excelled and Il Is not to b
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22
A Leader who Leads.

Philadelphia North American.
There is in all the world no alliance so
strong as the American people and their
president-as a president worthy to lead a
people who know him to be worthy to lead.
Against that alliance none can stand.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

President Baer will be heard from
again without doubt as loon as the coal
strike arbitration board renders its YER
dict. In the meantime he will be a
silent member Of his partnership with
the Almighty.