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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
"MY OLD KENTUCKY HoME.r

J. p. Campbell In Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The sun was sinking fast behind the San
A warm glow lit the field where strife had
But the tropic wind hat day.
As II stole across the bay,
Dispelled the thought OF happiness within;
And the Vultures in the air
Hovered Ger the field so drear,
Ger the field where on that morn a strife
4 had been.
For the ground was strewn with soldiers,
And the anguish In their eyes
AS they moved their pain-racked bodies on
Told the story of the fray. and their homes
so far away,
But many their last resting place had
When far across the plain.
They heard a sweet refrain,
And they stopped their groans and listened
to the sound.
Underneath a Cuban palm, where the lin
gerlng sunlight played,
Lay the singer, pale and wan. upon the
clay;
But his tearstained eyes were bright with a
strangely gentle light,
Az he sang aloud the oft repeated lay;
And his voice, though weak, was clear,
And his "old Kentucky Home'-far away
Weep no more. my LADY," his voice was
In his mind he saw a face THAI ne held
dear;
A face he'd learned to love, that had long
since gone above.
And he paused as II 20 wipe away a tear;
But a friend was close beside him,
Who caressed his fevered brow,
And whispered words.of comfort in his ear.
Weep no more, my lady,
oh, weep no more today;
For I'll sing one song for my old Kentucky
home,
For my old Kentucky home. far away
Yes, his tender song was ended, and his life
was ended, too,
And his lifeless body lay upon the sward;
But before his bitter death.
With pathetic, dying breath,
He was heard to family mutteT, Take ~
toward
The hills OF old Kentucky. near the spot I
always loved
Near the home with fondest love that l re-
gard 81
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
personal NOTES.

p. T. Leonard. the oldest active pho
tographer IN the United states, has Jus
died In Racine. Wis.
Governor Murphy OF New Jersey says
Trusts are a good thing Yes. They pa,
New Jersey $4,000, 900 a year in fees.
President Cassatt OF the Pennsylvania
railroad is just Ga years old and he count
on thirteen years more of active work. II,
looks as though he might live TO be 100.
Quite the funniest thing in life is tina
unconscious humorist. Mrs. Mary Bake
Eddy pitted against that unconscious re
former and severe moralist, Mark Twain.
That was a fine point made by the Mas
sachusetts Judge who decided that the MAJ
who got drunk every Saturday was not AZ
habitual d%runkard, but a methodical drunk
ard.
p. Martins design for the Admiral de
Ternay monument to be erected on the
shore Of Newport harbor at the actual point
Of landing OF the French troops, has beer
accepted.
Governor Crane OF Massachusetts, last
year granted pardons to twenty-five pris'
oners in penal institutions Of the state
most Of them because OF i'll health. Sever
died after their release.
General osterhaus, who was a major gen.
eral Of volunteers during the rebellion,
now lives In Bonn, Germany. where he, is
reported to be "well and happy in his S1si
year" He was very popular with a large
number Of soldiers who served under him.
Colonel John q. f. Blake, formerly an
officer Of the United States army, but better
known as the valiant commander of the
Irish brigade Of the Boer army, is in
poston and IN n Iecture tho other evenina
he declared that General Butler was Great
Britain's star of1cer.
Tradition was badly shattered in Okla
homa the other day when Governor T. b.
Ferguson appeared on the street in Guthrie
wearing a tall black hat. The headgear
had been presented to the governor by
members Of his staff and he therefore felt
called upon to wear it, but territorial pio-
Of the innovation.
1t is generally conceded that II the next
Montana legislature shall be republican
tom Carter will be chosen United States
senator. Hes the slickest man in all
our state says a Montana visitor; has
them all beat a mile. Why, Tom Carter
could go to the Internal regions and hold a
prayer meeting without an objection from
any Of the permanent residents"
Grateful for Secretary Hays efforts on
behalf Of prosecuted Jews in Romania, Rev.
Marcus II. Dubov, a rabbi Of Evansville,
Ind, wrote him a touching letter of thanks,
using the Hebrew tongue. He was some
what surprised to receive from Mr.. Hay
an autograph letter in the same language.
Very few persons. even among the secre-
tary's intimates, uere aware that he was a
Hebrew scholar Of distinction.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AMERICA

DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AMERICA.
The course of certain European coun-
tries in discriminating against the
United States in their tariffs is to be
considered by congress. Senator Lodge
has introduced a resolution directing the
senate committee on finance to inquire
as to such discrimination and IL it be
found to exist to report what law should
be passed to give preferential duties to
countries which do not discriminate
against this country. 1t is stated that
the resolution refers to the discrimina-
ton Of France, Germany and Russia
against the United States.
1t is well that congress should make
the proposed inquiry and determine
what may be done to meet discrimina.
ton by foreign countries detrimental to
our commercial interests. 1t is a well
known fact, at least to American ex.
porters, that this is the policy of sew.
eral European governments, notably OF
Germany and Russia, and others are
likely to follow their example, unless
the United States shall show a determi
nation to safeguard its interests. There
is no threat of retaliation or Of tariff
war in Senator Lodges resolution. Il
merely suggests that the United States
should favor, by preferential duties
countries that do not discriminate
against us-a perfectly fair and legiti
mate method to which no reasonable
objection could be made. 1t would no
c%ontravene the most favored nation
principle and it would not be tariff war
1t is time that congress took notice OF
the course Of foreign governments il
discriminating against American pro
ducts and it is not to be doubted tina
the resolution proposing this will b,
very generally approved.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
THEY DROP THE MASK.

When the fire and police board sum-
marily dismissed thirty policemen last
fall on the plea that there was not
enough money in the treasury to keep
them on the pay roll 1t was generally
suspected that this was nothing more
nor less than a ruse to weed out men
from the police force who were politi-
cally offensive to the Broatch faction.
The law creating the police commits
sion expressly prohibits the discharge Of
any policeman or fireman except for
cause and no officer can be discharged
for cause without charges being pre-
ferred and an opportunity given for de-
Tense. To discharge policemen at
wholesale for political reasons is mani
testify in violation of the law. Each
member of the fire and police commits
sion is obliged to take an oath before
he enters upon the duties of his office
that in the appointment and removal
of policemen and iremen he will not
allow himself to be governed by politj-
cal considerations, but will act solely in
the interest of good government and
the efficiency Of the service.
II the commission acted In good faith
in d~ischarging the thirty policemen last
October, it was in duty bound to rein
state these men, or as many of them as
are actually needed in the service now,
when there is sufficient money in the
treasury to pay an increased force. But
the fact that the board has ignored the
rights of these men by appointing ff-
teen new policemen who had no claim
upon the city affords striking proof of
its insincerity and total disregard both
Of their oaths Of Office and the plain
letter Of the law.
The in~defensible action of the board
has placed the discharged policemen in
position to prosecute successfully their
claim for pay against the city, event
ually to be collected either from the DO
lice fund or the judgment fund. What
is even more outrageous than the
fragrant violation Of the statute in the
wholesale discharge Of policemen for
political reasons and the hiring of new
policemen for political purposes is the
fact that a number of these new DO
licemen have in the past forfeited their
right to serve on any police force by
conduct unbecoming an officer charged
with the preservation of public order
and the enforcement Of public decency.
Some of these men are dissolute
characters, others are common drunk.
ards. The police department is surely
not to be a reformatory, but nothing
better could have been expected from a
commission dominated by B%roatchlsm.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
SENDING CHILDREN WEST.
Nebraska Society Said to BE Over
hasty In It's Protests.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
A surprising report came from Omaha re-
Gently to the effect that the Nebraska
Children's Home society was preparing a
bill which would be submitted to the legis-
lature of that state with the purpose of
checking the distribution Of orphans and
other children from the east upon the
farms of that fourishing commonwealth.
The strange assertion was made public that
New York associations were in the habit Of
placing young boys and girls in house
holds of any sort and gave little attention
to these helpless wards in after years.
The suggestion was added that the little
men and women might be ill-treated and
might become charges upon local authori-
ties.
1t has been the general belief that boys
and girls who were taken westward by
benevolent organizations in Manhattan were
watched over kindly and carefully, and 1t
will require convincing evidence in Ne
braska and elsewhere to dispel that belief.
The Children's Aid Society Of New York
has found homes for many children In
families hundreds OF miles away from this
overcrowded metropolis. The officers Of
that institution are positive in saying that
their work in Nebraska, as in other states,
mas Dttn uOub Win uuGllNy anu ulbCIellOu.
They give assurances that a judicious in
spection is made OF every home in which
a child is Ilaced and that they get recon-
mendations from the best men in a COM
munity for each applicant to whose charge
a boy or girl is committed. Two visits are
paid In the first year to the homes which
receive the children and in each successive
year at least one visit follows until the
youths are able to look out for themselves.
Whenever there is complaint on the part
OF the people, or the children are not happy,
the visiting agent makes a change. and II.
as seldom happens. the children are found
to be unfit for family life in the west they
are brought back to New York. The system
and the methods OF this society are PAINS
taking and thorough and it does not allow
its wards to become public charges. II has
been Of almost inestimable beneht to hosts
of the u~ntortunates.
Moreover. there ara other useful and
efficient associations in the east which
have been sending parties OF children be-
yond the Mississippi. Is II not probable
that the Nebraska society may be over
hasty in its protests and critieisms7
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
Taking Property Comes High.
Raltimora Tranncrint frenN.

BdlIIlOIe lTdnbCTlpN NSpJs
Mr.. Jenkins speaks of government own
ership by exercise of the right Of eminent
domain as one OF the prompt" ways Of
obtaining coal. 1t would be interesting to
have Mr.. Jenkins favor us with his defni-
tlon OF prompt" Even II congress we're OF
one mind as to government ownership, the
process OF carrying the idea into execution
must be most elaborate and time-consum-
ing in legislative craftsmanship, to say
nothing Of the constitutional objections
and obstacles such as state rights" for
instance. Nor is taking a thing by eminent
domain the same thing as conlscating 1t.
Taking by right OF eminent domain comes
high, financially. The public have never
yet been compelled to pay as high for coal
as they would be called upon to pay under
Mr.. Jenkins program, the objections to
which are economic and political.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

The fact that the water works owners
have not interposed any objection or OBJ
struction to the passage of the Howell
compulsory purchase bill would indicate
clearly that the water company is well
satisfied with the measure. At present
prices OF iron the compulsory appraise-
ment and purchase will give the com
pany all the way from $1,OO0.OO0 70
S1.5OO,OOO more for the plant than II
would have myentoried i've years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
For Government Uses Only.

Washington Post dnd.).
Mr.. Jenkins should have known that the
government cannot condemn and acquire
private property for any other than gov
ernmental uses. 1t can no more take and
work the coal mines and transportation
facilities than It could seize and operate
the furnaces. mills factories, farms and
stores for the accommodation of the people.
In the second place, SO able a lawyer as
the judiciary chairman Is assumed to be
should have known that even II his scheme
were constitutionally feasible, its consum-
nation could be deferred for years by liti-
cation. II a man whose house were en
fire should decide that the best way to
e~xtinguish the flames would be to contract
for the construction OF a fire engine, his
idea would not be more egregiously abb
surd as an emergency proposition than the
jenkins remedy for the coal shortage.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
WHAT ARE WE COMING TOT
Thrilling Contest for n Jackpot OF
Anthracite.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Anthracite.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
In the good old placer days in the can
yons and gulches OF the Slerras and the
Rockies, bearded men were wont to gather
around a convenient FIR stump and play
their level best for the pile" in the center.
Mineral poker was popular then, and
sometimes the disguised shark" from the
city found Il profitable, as the pile" fire.
quently represented everything that had
been 'panned' by the entire camp for a
month. Sometimes, again, he did not md
It quite so profitable. This happened when
he was unfortunate enough to be caught
"palming" an ace or ringing in" a cold
deck"
Little did these argonauts dream, away
back in the sos, as they "anted" with dust,
and opened the jackpots with nuggets, that
the members OF a Chicago West Side social
club would, in the early years OF the next
century. be playing progressive euchre for
so base a mineral as coal. And yet time
has worked even so great a change as this.
The members of the Lincoln club, whose
excited. feverish faces might have been seen
bending over the cards last Thursday night,
as right and left bowers were dealt to
them, we're not all bearded. Some Of them
we're only mustached. Again, the cheeks
OF many OF them were covered only with
bushes. But all bore the indescribable
expression which Is TO be found only at
Saratoga or Monte Carlo during the height
OF the gaming season. They were playing
for a heavy stake ton Of anthracite.
There have been periods in this country
when the gambling fever has seemed to
reach its absolute climax-periods when II
seemed as though excess at the gaming
table had gone to its uttermost limit-when
men staked steamboats,, cotton plantations
railroads, upon the turn Of a card.
We have wondered II anything could
exceed the recklessness that eliminated IN
Black Friday. We have been amazed by the
desperate chances men and women have
taken in the boom days Of Kansas City and
Omaha. But these become insignificant By
the side Of the game played over on the
West Side last Thursday night-a game. too
in which fair women as we'll as brave mel
took part-for a ton OF anthracite.
Well may the mar who thinks sobe
thoughts concerning the future OF hi
country ask: What are we coming to
VIII this puned-up. stif-necked generation
gamble next for kiRdling WO0dr"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

According TO reports from Washington
the great combinations will make no eff
fort TO prevent antitrust legislation at
the present session of congress. II was
stated some days ago that the Morgan
interests had determined not to attempt
to block conservative legislation, like
that proposed in the bill under consid-
GRAFTON by the house judiciary commit
tee. Their attitude was understood to
be that combinations like the United
afraid of any regulations such as are
proposed by the administration. They
want, It was said. to stand before the
country as the promoters of trusts that
are not afraid OF government supervi-
sion and regulation. At the same time
It wal reported that other trust interests
proposed to make a vigorous effort to
prevent antitrust legislation. 1t was
stated that the Sugar trust and the
Standard OIL company especially were
opposed to any steps in the direction Of
publicity and were expected to make
this opposition felt in the senate.
Later information is to the effect that
none Of the combinations having any in
iuence is now opposing the efforts of
the administration to secure antitrust
legislation, on the lines suggested by At
torney General Knox. This appears to
find confirmation in the changed posi-
ton of senators. The washington cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Press
says: After the purposes of the ad-
m~lnistration's antitrust bill had been
explained opposition not only dissolved,
but actual approval was given. There
was no change on the part of the ad-
ministration; it's position was under
stood, that was all. The change took
place in the opposition camp. The ad-
ministration has not receded an inch,
but these powerful trust magnates have
made an about-face and met the adj
ministrat1on." If such Is the fact there
will be little difficulty in securing the
legislation which in the judgment of
President Roosevelt is at present ex-
pedient. 1t does not go as far and is
not so drastic as some think desirable,
but 1t will be a step forward and in the
right direction. 1t provides a plan
which, If sustained by the courts, will
enable the public to obtain a knowledge
of the real character and the affairs OF
the combinations which cannot now be
had, and also permit the government to
exercise ove the combinations such
measure of supervision and regulation
as will protect the public against the
abuses and evils now complained of.
The trusts have decided wisely IL 1t be
a fact that they propose not to attempt
to prevent legislation for the regulation
Of combinations engaged in Interstate
and foreign commerce, for although they
might be able to defeat legislation at this
session, which has only a few more
weeks, the question would come up i1
the next congress probably with a popu
lar demand for a far more radical Law
than is now proposed. National regula
ton of the great combinations is certain
to come. There is a popular demand fol
1t which will persist until it is complied
with. The trust magnates may be able
to postpone but they cannot defeat this
result.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
where Experience Counts.
,Brooklyn Eagle

Women who make speeches or books on
the duties OF privileges or rights OF wrongs
OF husbands and wives, or on the way chill
dren should be treated. viii be judged by
their records with their own children or
in their own domestic relations. The rule
will operate with hardship in several con-
temporary and conspicuous cases. but II
will be s~alutary to the public interest, even
II not agreeable 70 individual susceptible
tiles.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
PUBLIC CONTROL OF COAL HINES.
Has ConEre.. the Powerf
Washington Star rep.).

Washington Star (rep).
II the judiciary committee finds that the
government has no power whatever in the
premises, the suggested action will ma
turally be set aside. But II. on the other
hand, there is power, then whatever fol-
lows should be prompt and sweeping. So
unusual an emergency measure should be
given its maximum effect Immediately, IL
at all, and IL would be a waste Of activity
II the remedy were applied just as winter
wanes into spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
Are Republicans RattIed1
Philadelphia Record (dem1.

Philadelphia Record (dem).
The degree to which the republicans In
congress are ratified" betrays itself in
the resolution OF Representative Jenkins,
chairman Of the judiciary committee. in
regard to the coal mines of Pennsylvania.
On the proposition Of this republican OPP
p%ortunist for congress- to TAX possession of
these mines the people of Pennsylvania
would be apt to have something TO say
as to the rights Of the state, especially as
to its right Of eminent domain. Congress-
man Jenkins quite outdoes the populists
In his doctrines OF state socialism, or
the democrats of New York in their resolu-
ton for the governmental ownership Of the
anthracite mines,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

The M~arcOnigrams between President
Roosevelt and King Edward, inter
changing greetings in most compliment
airy terms. have been made public. The
most successful part of the experiment
is that there is no way Of verifying the
fact that these were the messages e *
changed, or If such, that they were sent
exclusively by wireless transmission.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

The action of Senator Beverage Of In
diana in returning to the company 500
shares Of copper stock sent him as a COM
pliment is not a sudden splurge OF virtue
for campaign purposes only, but is consist
ent with the young statesman's invariable
rule Of conduct. He accepts no railroad
passes, telegraph franks or other "compli-
mentary' gifts. In other words, he is sem
sitive as TO his responsibilities In ONCE.
His case is rare enough to mak 1t worth
noticing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
premature CaIcuIations for 1904.

Calculations have been made as TO the
next presidential election on the assump-
ton that the contest will be on much the
same party lines as the last campaign
under the same leaders. This, OF course,
would be very convenient for the politi-
clans. Blu a great deal OF water will run
under the bridge in the next eighteen
months. and with IL are likely to come
great changes in the relations Of parties
and In the political sentiments Of the
American people.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
Plain Warnings.

Chicago News Qnd).
Setting aside the question OF the pro
priety Of the measure or OF its possible
efficacy IL put into effect, what do the cor
porations which control the nations coal
supply think Of the results Of their meth
DDS? Will or will not the oppressive cor
porations Of the country heed the plain
warnings that their tactics are making SEN
timent in favor Of socialistic methods and
plans for the naturalization OF industry
faster than all the socialist propagandists
in eNistence7
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

Germany gives assurance that it has
not increased its naval budget because
of the Venezuelan blockade. Its navy
appropriations have been constantly in
creased from year to year of late so it
would not be necessary to use the block
ade as an excuse for demanding more
funds for warships.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

At one or two receptions recently Wash
ington's diplomatic set underwent severe
shock on witnessing the gorgeous display
of Jewels to which other guests were
treated by Countess C%assini, niece Of the
Russian ambassador. The countess, a
lovely girl of 10. wore a load OF emeralds
and diamonds on her neck such as never
had been seen in Washington before. In
addition she had an enormous tiara almost
barbaric In it's weight and richness. An
other foreigner whose sartorial splendor
approached the Sarish was Baroness Won
Hengelmuller, wife OF the Austrian am
haesador.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
.eHow We Ducks SWIM

Boston Transcript.
The governor OF New Jersey said In his
message that a nation like ours cannot
be in danger from corporations, however
powerful. organized under and amenable TO
its own laws" and yesterday President
Havemeyer Of the Sugar trust told his
stockholders that a message like that de-
served the highest c~ommendation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

The bill to prohibit the sale OF liquor
within ten miles of any military fort or
reservation Of the United States, which
has been introduced in the legislature,
would If enacted into law knock a
very big hole into the South Omaha
city treasury and make bOotlegging the
most profitable industry in that neigh
orhoo
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21

Lieutenant Governor Tillman of South
Carolina will resign. He should have
resigned Immediately after his boorish
conduct in connection with the visit of
President Roosevelt to Charleston.