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Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
THE HOOK IN THE PORK DARRELL
Influences EGective with Juries In
oregon and Elsewhere.
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II always has been diffioult to obtain
conviction Of persons accused Of attempts
Of an unlawful kind to gst-say rather in
plain speech--to steal. public lands. For
there are multitudes who think II no harm
10 get possession Of public lands in any
way they can, yet they wouldn't call Il
stealing them. II may be doubtful, there
fore, whether a jury will ever be found
in the west who will think any method
wrong Some OF the members will. Others
will not. The argument is that since the
public lands belong to the people and are
offered for entry or sale, any body has a
right to get them, and the method makes
no difference.
It Is common argument-you hear II on
every side-thst II the fees are paid and
the government gets the money for the
lands at the prices established by law, no
body is wronged-though the proceedings
be irregular and unlawful. Even perjury
is JUSTIFIED. II the money is paid. Hasn't
the government got all that was coming
to it?"
The man readily makes oath that he
takes the land for his own use This. he
argues, cannot preNen thin from selling It
for that, he will say, Is the best use he
can make Of 1t. Then he will argue with
himself, and will listen to the argument
from others, that he has a right to con-
tract with others, in advance. to sell II to
them-though the. law forbids such con-
tracts, and that even perjury to bring
about such result is nothing. For-and this
is the argument he always falls back upon
doesn't the government set the money :
What more could It have or ask?
This mode OF reasoning affects the minds
OF members OF the jury. Especially since
30 many persons all over the country have
had their hook in that pork barrel
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
CORNERING LEGAL TALENT.
Ftrst-CIass Lawyers Unavailable for
Public Service.
Philadelphia Reco.

Philadelphia Record.
The legislative committee appointed in
New York to investigate the tangled af-
fairs OF the great Insurance companies
having headquarters in that state finds
itself hampered by inability to procure
irst-class lawyers to assist in the COM
plicated task. Nine-tenths OF the lawyers
are either directly employed by the in
SUI ance companies, their subsidiary cor
poratlons, prominent directors and other
interested capitalists or retained by them
so as to prevent their participation in the
effort TO expose mismanagement and bring
about salutary restitution and reform
The condition in New York is almost
precisely similar to the condition in this
city when the fight was begun against
the extension of the gas lease The United
Gas improvement company, it's allied cor
poratons. and friendly capitalists had
CLEANED the field Of high professional at
tainment and gathered in the dangerous
talent. The mayor was forced to seek aid
outside of the state.
No doubt Philadelphia lawyers would
gladly give their aid to help sift the in
surance iniquites in our sister Common
wealth 1t is lucky thing that a Corner
OF the legal smart set cannot be easily
accomplished. But the ease with which
great moneyed interests may protect them
selves against the less powerful Htigants
than great states and cities by esta bIishing
local monopolies OF legal talent should in
duce serious thinking. 1t offers grave i'm
pediment to the administration of Justice
Lawyers cannot be blamed for accepting
employment at the hands OF great cor
porations. and the great corporations must
needs secure the aid OF great lawyers
as a measure of safety. None the less there
should be provision against CORNERS. Z"
Lawyers themselves should ind the needed
remedy
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
PERSONAL NOTES.


Baron Komura is giving $50 tips Those
Japs must feel mighty certain Of their In
demnity.
sarasate, the great Spanish violinist. is a
believer in talismans. His particular mas
cot is a tiny replica I'M silver OF the IA
nous GuArnerius violin on which Paganini
played.
James Carey Walker OF Baltimore, a
blind student for the ministry, has per-
formed a remarkable feat of reducing to
the point system eleven chapters Of the
Book Of St, John and HadIey and Aliens
Greek grammar in Greek letters.
Colonel Robert NJ. Thompson, president of
the New York Metal exchange. has what is
undoubtedly the loftiest bed room in the
world 1t is located on the twenty-ffth
floor OF the enormous Wall street exchange
building. some 800 feet above the street
level,
Judge r. r. Kindake of Ohio, in speak
ing OF John +. Stevens, the new chief
engineer of the Panama canal, said: He
will surmount all difficulties and build the
canal. Stevens has no regard for red tape
and is a man who doesn't bother with the
little frazzled ends Of any proposition.
Sir John Madden, the new chief justice
Oh NiClorldI mas ut upon q ne" way OF
making things interesting for ''old offend
ers." He adds up all their previous terms
in Jail and gives them the total as their
sentence. The other day he sentenced a
criminal nine years and one month, his
aggregate record
America having become the most remu-
nerative market for fiction, the inclination
of famous authors to visit the states nat
urally becomes more general. Sir Gilbert
Parker is now in Canada and Is coming to
New York early In September for fort
nights rest Mrs. Humphrey Ward has
practically decided to come over in De-
oember for a visit of two or three months.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
THE STArEHoop QUESTION.

What the next congress will do with
the statehood question is a matter Of
uncertainty, but that there will be some
definite action Is to be regarded as prob
able. The practically universal opinion
is that the territory Of Oklahoma should
be admitted as a state and there seems
to be no sound reason why this should
not be done. The pertinent question is
whether the Indian Territory should be
included with Oklahoma.
There appears to be no doubt that
each of these territories is fully equipped
for statehood. OF course SO far as Okla
homa is concerned there is no question.
1t has the necessary population and re-
sources and is as we'll capable of carry
ing on state government as half a dozen
Of the existing states that could be
tory7 It is also pointed out that this
has a population and resources which
give it a claim to statehood, but it is
not probable, as now appears, that its
claim would be considered by congress
independent of Oklahoma. The proba-
bility is that congress will not agree to
admit these territories separately, though
unquestionably each has a good claim
to separate admission. The statehood
question will be renewed in the next con-
gress and ought to be definitely deter
mined
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
SONG OF THE BALDHEAD MAN.

New York Sun.
Great Caesars classic head was bare,
And likewise Socrates;
Peter and Paul were forced TO wear
Thin capillary fleeces;
Shakespeare, earth's literary king,
And johnson, Pope and Gibbon.
Being short of hirsuts covering
Wore wigs tied deft with ribbon.
But Achan, ]. Iscariot,
Ananias (of truth Chary),
Herod, the Pharisces / wot,
All sported caputs hairy;
Later came Danton, Robespierre,
And Marat, bloody trio
Guy Fawkes and Jeffries, Glencoe Stair,
Thick-thatched like iddling Nero
Nor will the eye, in sooth. Oft see
Bald HottentOt or Arab.
Kamchatkin, aboriginee,
Kurd or name ting CaTtb;
Nay, nay, but Of the human breed
The greater In esrth's story,
Are those who lead I'm thought and deSA
Crowned not with hair but glory!
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
sound Common sense.
Philadelphia Record

The law which gives the federal govern
ment supreme jurisdiction over interna-
tional and interstate guarantees In the
case Of an epidemic outbreak may be un-
constitutional, but to put under a single
control the night against plague which
threatens not only single community, but
the whole nation, is sound, common sense
Governor Blanchard has wisely waived
questions of state rights and welcomed the
supervision by the marine hospital service
Of quarantine al the ports and on the
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
Put IT on the AristOorncy

According to financial experts, 1t is not
a question Of Russies Willingness, but Of
its ability 20 pay a heavy war indemnity,
which renders the Russian diplomats so
firm in their opposition to that proposition.
II is declared that the imperial treasury
is all but empty and no more money can
be borrowed in France IT might be fea-
sible, however, TO compel the members of
the corrupt bureaucracy 70 disgorge their
stealings, a 1.-THE OF which would pay the
highest indemnity that has been suggested
by anyone.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
HoEEips His millions.

DpIlhbHeld hepuDucdn'
Russell Sage, who has now begun his
nintieth year. has saved himself no end Of
annoyance and public criticism by keeping
all OF his millions to himself all these years.
Nobody attacks Mr. Sage or calls him the
greatest criminal Of the age. But think
what might have happened had he become
modern philanthropist? Then people
would have asked, where did you get itl'
And how could he have answered
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

The minister who said the country
needs not so much revival of religion
as a revival of righteousness may have
TO explain his meaning to those who
have imagined the terms synonymous in
practice; but perhaps he knows what he
is talking about.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
.FoRGING ro THE FRONT.

FORGING TO THE FRONT
When the announcement was made
some weeks ago that three Omaha ma
tiOnal banks would consolidate, it was
expected and predicted that a material
falling on would take place in Omaha
bank clearings, but the unexpected has
once more happened. Instead Of a drop
in the bank clearlngs a material increase
has taken place from week to week since
the merger, and that, too, in mid-sum-
mer, the dullest season of the year.
Manifestly, Omaha prosperity cOntin-
ues upgrade. The building record, real
estate sales and bank clearings pile up
the testimony that Omaha is steadily
forging TO the front as a commercial. in
dustrial and business center. AS a finRn-
cial center Omaha ouranks all it's rivals
in the Missouri valley, barring alone st.
Louis. Gradually but surely Omaha is
assuming the financial relation to its
tributary section that the principal trade
centers OF the country bear to their sec
tions.
Unless all signs fail Omaha is just at
the threshold OF a period OF substantial
growth, and powerful factors seem to
be at work in the direction OF solving
the problems with which Omaha bust
ness men and manufacturers have been
wrestling Within the next few years
Greater Omaha will be an accomplished
fact and a new life and force will make
itself felt in promoting Omaha's indus
trial activity and developing its re
sources for annexing the commerce OF
the worlds greatest granary and cattle
raising region.
That Omaha is growing in size
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
Talking for Exercise.

1ulNhto AHIuhlNte
That sociologist from the University OF
Nebraska-which is located at Lincoln-is
false TO the genius OF his town and state
when he declares that the American race
has reached it's zenith. That consumma-
tion will not have been attained until the
Honorable William J. Bryan gets elected
TO the presidency, and as that event seems
some distance on the soolologist will have
to revise his figures
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

The question is whether the good gov
ernment league will play the part Of
Pharaoh's lean kline that swallowed the
Egyptian kings fat live stock, by alb
sorbing the Civic Federation, or whether
it is designed simply to be feeder for
the Civic Federation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Unless the Civic Federation repudiates
as unauthorized the promise of its at.
torney to protect Harrison county
against loss, the money now demanded
from the federation by the authorities of
Harrison county should be promptly
raised and paid.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Thirty years ago, when Nebraska g
crops were being devoured by the grass
hopper, a humorous artist illustrated the
situation with pictorial card represent
ing the festive hopper standing on the
top rail of a fence looking over into a
wheat field, singing the popular musical
refrain, "In This Wheat Bye-and-B Bye"
That episode is recalled by the perform
ance Of the city council on the tax levy.
Last year, when the levy was raised
from 8 to IL mills, Omaha taxpayers
were jollied with the assurance that they
could look for reduced taxation when
the back taxes were raked In under the
scavenger law in 'the sweet bye-and.
bye" Since then perfect shower of
back taxes has poured into the treasury
but the G-Whoppers sitting on the mum.
cipal fence keep on singing "In the
Sweet Bye-and-Bye"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
Grent Revenue Producers,
New York Tribune.

4Ne" ioIh AIlouHe'
The receipts OF revenue show that during
the year ended June 80 last the people of
the United States paid SlS5s5s,5la for spirits
an increase over the preceding year OF
tl4s, ,4s7, and during the same period they
paid &45,65sslO for tobacco an increase OF
N.OO4,l0l This showing is good one for
revenue, aud those who paid the bills are
probably willing TO let 1t go at that.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

For years the Real Estate exchange
has rung the charges on excessive taxa
ton, but for some reason that nobody has
yet been able to explain the exchange has
not made itself heard or felt this year
when the tax levy was before the school
board or before the council
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Members OF the city council who voted
to override the mayors veto OF the ordi-
nance levyins the 13-mill tax may have
something TO explain when they come
up for reelection next spring, and it is
doubtful whether the taxpayers will be
Gtisfed with the explanation that the
council followed the advice of the demo
cratic assistant city. attorney
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

South Omaha has one new passenger
station in sight. But 1t should not be
content until all the ramshackle sheds
that are labeled depots there are re-
placed with substantial and commodious
buildings for the accommodation Of rail
way travellers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Texas should discover the Pennsyl-
vania method Of keeping lightning from
the oil tanks; but that might further re-
duce the price Of crude oil without hav-
ing any perceptible effect upon the I'm
ished product
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
Peace as an Investment.

The daily expenditure in the entertain
ment OF the peace commissioners is put at
$3.50 per day, The daily expenditure in Man
ehuria during active hostilities footed up
about 10000 per day to MI innumerable
graves and 10 make widows and orphans
and eripples by scores of thoussnAs
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Other presidential aspirants may work
in his absence, but recent cablegrams
would indicate that Secretary Taft will
bring back with him several active
NampiOns, who are now seeing the
Philippines under his guidance.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Mayor Moores veto of the levy ordi-
nance smoked the democratic assistant
city attorney out of his hole as the
originator and champion of the plan to
pile up taxes TO pay off bonds ana spe-
cial warrants that could just as we'll he
refunded. That will not, however, stop
the local democratic organ from continu-
ing TO charge the high tax rate up to
pretended republican extravaganza.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

1t might save excitement If federal
inspectors, in making their report OF new
yellow fever cases. would give the prob
able date the disease was contracted, as
sixty new cases in twenty-four hours
are not calculated to lead to confidence
in the system adopted for suppression.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
FLASHES OF FUN.

hep' 'e' "''
mo, but how did you know"
Il was walking with him today Just as
and he didn't start guiltily or look ner-
Vous at all l"-Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr.. snooks-To what, sir do you attribute
your success as a salesman?
Mr.. Sellem-If a customer doesn't see
what he wants: ! make him want what he
sees.-Cleveland Leader
stax, so as to be relieved from mt the oSSt oTSil
nary worriments of life"
And do you fnd suoh-reNeffi;' krsyei.
Yes: After I tried 70 endow a few
worriments were all extraordinary
Washington Star.
Are your constituents inclined to be vim
diotiyeT was asked the senator.
wen, l should say so. Not content with
seeing me sentenced to the penitentiary,
they actually seem to expect me to go
here."-Houston Post.
Regular Frequenter (at public library
Got any new books lately7
Assistant Librarian-Yes: here is one on
! the distribution of the countrys water sup
| ply.
Regular Frequenter-Oh. that's too dry.
Give me novel-Chicago Tribune.
outsider-n your party should lose its
| power, and you should be thrown out OF
once, would you be discouraged and take
| to drink?
Politican-No, sir, I'd change my poll
| tics-Cleveland Leader.
'smoothboy got his new mining scheme
| on its feet in week"
| Worked wonders, eh7"
| mo; worked suckers. ."-Pittsburg Post
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

The fact that the old New York church
which was burned was closed for the
summer may be an object lesson to pas
tors who take vacations without arrang-
ing for substitutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

II this thing keeps up very long
Omaha will be so gridironed with rail
road tracks that every merchant will
have freight car facilities at his back
alley
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

= The story Of the sailors o.. the steamer
Barnton shows that the romantic perils
Of the sea did not all pass with the dis
covery of steam as motive power.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
The Limit in Reform.

1INNNN7TE IEEEEI|NEETTN'
Now all games of chance are to be pro-
hibited at the cattle shows, according to
the order OF the chief OF state police. It's
getting so that about the only places where
they can challenge fortune are the church
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

NJ. Witte must feel quite at home
when reading of the number Of secret
service men detailed to protect the presi-
dent on his trip through New York and
PennsylvanIa.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

The illegal fences on the public do
main are said to be coming down. Most
Of us, however, are from Missouri on
this subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

For the benefit Of the country at large
Colonel Bryan has considerably fixed
the date Of his return to America before
the meeting of the next national conven-
tiOn
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Even though Dakota farmers may be
unable to get their grain to market be-
cause Of a railroad strike, Nebraska and
Kansas have the grain to feed the ma
tion. ...t -.. ..
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

South Omaha pays nearly $4,000 a
year interest on its bonded debt. which
would indicate a close approach to the
$1,000, 900 bond mark.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Those Filipinos who are asking for "a
square dear' are at least under obliga-
tions to distinguished American for
telling them what they really want.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

navisable waters Of Louisiana. Now let the
governors Of other arected states do like
wise. This is no time for chop logic. Let
all join hands to down the very real yell
low spectre lowering over the gulf region.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. IL is better than
"a daily letteF from home. Adj
dress viii be changed as often as
requested
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Now that each plenipOtentiary has
seen the other has full hand of cards,
1t is up to him to ascertain II either has
the combination that will take the pot
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

"a kingdom for u horse" cries our
plumbing inspector. Now wouldn't an
automobile do Just as well
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

The end-seat-hog will hold his grip
for while longer in Omaha street cars,
provided he has ironclad toes.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10


James F. Bruce, the contractor who Is
removing the CRIME of years from the
treasury building, is an object of great
curiosity, particularly from the sharps anX-
ious to secure the formula OF the liquid
used. As the dirt and dust disappears from
the building under the magic bath that
Bruce is giving It, statesmen and public
men. as we'll as clerks and hurrying mes
sengers stop to stare at its freshly revealed
beauties.
Bruce guards his secret with sleepless
vigilance. The liquid is applied In thin
coat with an ordinary paint brush, and
then a stream of water Is directed TO g.
The dirt seems to boil from the stone and
as the water runs away 1t is left clean and
sparkling. He makes the stun In his own
homo with the assistance Of his wife. He
guards It even from the workmen, taking
turns watching the bottle with his young
son and his wife, The efforts to rob him
OF his formula or to secure some OF the stun
before II has been diluted have almost
driven him into a fever the past three
days. Offers OF thousands OF dollars "a
back him II he will intrust the formula
TO his hackers have come A definite offeT
was made yesterday for the Baltimore
rights Of a nat Sc 900, and Bruce to manu-
facture the stun in his own home as fast
as his limited facilities will permit. It Il
still pending. but his fear that the goose
that Is laying the golden egg will be killed
holds him so far to his treasury contract
alone
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
srArrNIrN1 or c1Rc1rI.ATION.

bIhI EN- I'm 7 ON NIINN = 171 -.
state of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.
Publishing Company, beng duly swcrh;
says that the actual nunper OF Lull anu
Evening and sunday Bee printed during the
e.oCth - Tttv TndS was az follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Regular Frequenter (at public library
Got any new books lately7
Assistant Bbrarian-Yes; here is one on
the distribution of the countTys water sup
ply,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

G. c. ROSEWA EN-,
Secretary.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn 10
before nae this 3lst day Of July, 1905.
,sean NJ. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10

Regular Frequenter-Oh that's too dry.
Give me novel.-Chicago Tribune.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15
TvphOid Fever at Columbia.

Mr., EDIToR:-I am now in favor
OF moving the Missouri State Univer-
" in its entirety away from Columbia.
A people who have had the benefit of
about all the surplus money that thou
sands of citizens of our great state
have been able to earn for many,
many years; who have enjoyed the
benefits. all the benefits, that could
accrue from the location of a great
school in its corporate limits, a school
created and supported by the State Of
Missouri: people who have daily
among them twelve to fifteen hundred
ot the promising young men and
Young women of the state for ten
month Of every year all paying for the
privilege: a people, | say, enjoying
these advantages and all others that
# necessity Il parallel and in close
relation. who have not sufficient inter-
est in the welfare of the students to
keep u OF their city ~preventable dis
eases such as typhoid fever, and who
admit that they do not ever know the
cause of the disease. and who have
waited for threats OF closing the Uni
Versity, according to newspaper re-
ports. before making any move to
clean up the town. do not deserve to
have the patronage OF the state any
longer.
Let US move the University and
keep i; moved. every department OF
it. ! say. that the indignation. yes.
the wrath. the ~justihablc anger Of the
patrons of the University should be
kept warm until every department OF
the NJ. S. U. has been taken away
from Columbia. ] would feel much
less anxiety over this if the patrons Of
the University and OF Columbia hash
cries had been notified OF the facts,
but We have been left without warn
ing, q have, at lcast) until all ar
engagements were complete to send
my young men to Columbia, then a
circular came. ! say i, is a bad state
of affairs. Our little city that has
had a penny OF the state funds
fights disease like fighting fire. Lee
us continue to fight until diseases
contagious, infections and septic ar,
unknown among US.
a MOVER.