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Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.

In his annual report Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou makes a recommends
ton in regard to the railway mail SER
vice which ought to receive the atten-
ton of congress. The general public
has very little conception of the char
acter of this service and of the arduous
duties of those who are engaged in it.
There is no more exacting work in any
branch of the government service than
that of the railway postal clerk and in
addition to this it is a perilous en-
ployment. According to the report of
the postmaster general twelve clerks
were killed while on duty last year and
125 were seriously injured. The num-
Der Of clerks slightly injured was 1856.
Thus there was a total of 523 railway
mail service employees killed and injured
in single year, record which pretty
clearly demonstrates the dangerous
character of the business.
The postmaster general says that
"the arduous and hazardous duties in
cident to the service emphasize the de-
STABILITY of some legislative action that
will make provision for clerks worn
out in the service and maintain the
vigor and efficiency Of the service by
the gradual elimination of superanuu-
ated clerks" 1t would seem that con-
gress might go farther than. this and
provide something for the survivors of
those clerks in the railway mail service
who lose their lives while in the per-
Torrance Of duty. Men employed in
so hazardous service are certainly
entitled to extraordinary consideration
Congress has not hitherto shown a
proper regard for the employees in this
most necessary and important branch
of the postal service and it is to be
hoped the present congress will give IL
the attention it merits.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
UNREASONABLE RESTRICTIONS.

The Bee has always favored the most
extensive safeguards for the protection
of life and property within the city of
Omaha. For several years past it has
advocated municipal supervision and
inspection Of buildings in which explos-
ives are stored and sold. and it still
hopes that an ordinance will be enacted
at an early day to bring about this much
needed adjunct to our building inspec-
ton department.
While the council, for unexplained
reasons, has not seen ut to carry out
the suggestions of The Bee relative to
the inspection of explosive oils, chemi-
calls and fireworks, 1t seems to have con-
ceived the notion that in the exercise
Of its authority 1t must prevent the gas
company from charging It's plant.
An ordinance recently enacted pro-
hibits the erection of gas holders In any
part of the city unless all owners of
property within 1000 feet thereof shall
sign waivers for damages. that may be
caused by the construction and opera
ton OF such a plant. This would
naturally be construed not merely to
include damages by explosion. but also
by reason of gas odor and depreciation
Of property values by the location Of
gas tanks. II is an open secret that
the main object aimed at was to bar the
gas company from erecting a new plant
in the northern section of the city,
where IL had acquired a site for auxil-
larry works. The same ordinance, how
ever, also prevented the gas company
from charging the works at its existing
site, Twentieth and Martha streets.
While there is some justice in the
conditions imposed upon the gas COM
pany IN locating new plants. there is
certainly no good reason why it should
be barred from charging it's plant at the
site now occupied by its works. Ac-
cording to our best informal ton, the stor-
age capacity Of the gas tanks at TWEEN
tieth and Martha is limited TO seven
hours continuous lighting and heating
and 1t has become absolutely necessary
to enlarge the capacity to meet the con.
stantly growing demands Of the con-
sumers.
In view OF these conditions. ii would
seem only rational that the ordinance
recently enacted by the council be so
amended as to enable the company to
proceed with the enlargement of its
works without being subjected to un-
reasonable demands on the part of prop
erty owners In their vicinity.
These parties can scarcely claim that
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
PUSHING UP THE BARS.
Moves for Further Limitation of
migration.

Immigration.
Philadelphia Record.
II Chief Geronimo on behalf Of the
Comanches and Apaches, should denounce
the intruding palefaces who since the dis
covery of America by Columbus have seized
and overrun the continent, standing upon
no question of ownership, but driving be-
fore them with sword and fire the abort
ginal possessors OF the land, who could
successfully answer the savage old repro
bate? Not Samuel Gompers.
Gompers insists that having snugly en-
sconced ourselves in this great country and
made ourselves comfortable, we shall now
set up bars at our ports OF entry and
freeze out the peoples of other countries
who desire to share with us the blessings
of free institutions. If we have any rights
here they are incident to the right of
people who are born into the world TO go
about in it without let or hindrance Com
pers. enjoying that right In his own per-
son, would deny 1t to outsiders. Whether
Gompers is ridiculous.
President Roosevelt. who keeps keen
eye to the drift of political movement, ap-
parently is giving small consideration to
the cutlery for further statutory limitation
Of immigration. He proposes to invest a
million Porto Ricans with citizenship at one
fell swoop. Having gone so far it would
be ludicrously inconsistent to set up
barricades against the Japanese or indus
trious and self-supporting immigrants from
southern Europe.
Thus far It is the glory of our expert
ment in self-government that It has
proven a successful solvent of all the races
and all the religions. Here British, Irish.
Germans, Frenchmen, Italians, swedes.
Russians, Poles, Slavs. Jews, Gentiles and
Mohammedans dwell together In peace. In
Russia under the stern rule OF an in
tolerent dcspotism. the warning races are
cutting each others throats.i THE preachers
OF the Gomperian philosophy in that dis
tracted country appear at the present time
to be active factors in preventing the es-
Establishment of constitutional government.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Councilman O'Brien evidently looks
upon the proposed independent telephone
in the same light that made the super.
intendent of the railroad refuse to dis
charge a conductor who was accused of
wearing diamonds, owning fast horses
and living a life of luxury on a salary
of SIS a month If I discharge that
conductor, the next one will have to
accumulate all those costly things. re-
marked the superintendent. II we have
u new independent telephone. exclaims
our 'Dave," the people will have to
pay for it, so we had better stick to the
old one and ring of.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
Personal NOTES.

Eugene valIat a well-known United
States engineer with long military rec
ord. has just died in Detroit. In 1851 he was
commissioned chief engineer by President
Lincoln.
Senator Allison leads the list in the
new congressional directory as respects
length OF service, and Senator Morgan OF
Alabama, is a close second. Allison's
continuous service dates from March D.
1873. and Morgans from March S, 1877.
When Thomas F. Ryan, the railroad and
insurance magnate. appeared before the in
surance investigation committee, the on
lockers were amazed at the physical pro-
portions of the man. He is a giant. Ryan
is about 81 years old. He is in perfect
physical condition.
Franklin X. Lane, whom the president
has nominated for interstate commerce
commissioner, is San Francisco lawyer,
who entertains some radical views. being a
believer in the Henry George single tax
idea. Fifteen years ago he was a reporter
on the San Francisco Chronicle.
S. T. Dodson, a farmer of the South
Canadian valley. in Oklahoma. named
his children after as many states OF the
union. His six daughters are named vir-
ginia, Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Idaho
and Jersey. The Dodson boys are named
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.
Presidents OF the larger Chicago banks
are paid salaries from $4,000 to $4,000.
according TO the Daily News OF that city.
The maximum figure is commanded by
John j. Mitchell of the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank. whose stock is largely owned
by his family. James III. Eckles OF the
Commercial National hank receives a sal
airy OF $1,000. which is 10 be increased At
the end OF the year. -
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Postmaster General Cortelyou's
recommendation that bulky periodicals,
congressional documents and garden
sass be transported by fast freight in
stead of fast mail is commendable. A
greater saving would, however, be ef-
fected II congress would discontinue
the distribution of the bulky volumes
of governments reports that go into the
scrap heap and are never utilized by
anybody, and further still, If II would
suppress the free distribution of seeds,
which, for the most part, are never
planted. The biggest saving, however,
which the Postoffice department could
effect, If it had the nerve to assert it.
self, would be by the abolition of the
fast mails where the regular mail serv-
ice is ample for all commercial uses and
wants, and the read 'ustment of railway
tolls for the transportation of mails TO
the basis on which express matter is
transported by passenger trains side by
side, or rather in tandem, with the
United States mails. This is by far the
greatest source of our annual postal de-
felt
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Our local popocratic contemporary is
very much exercised over the appoint.
ment of one Of three Lincolnites who
are said to aspire to Marshal Mathews
brogans The popocratic forecaster is
evidently OF in his reckoning and seems
oblivious of the fact that the appoint
ment of a United States marshal from
Lincoln would come into collision with
the reappointment of the collector of
internal revenue from the same town.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
THE SEVEN AGES.
Houston Post.

Houston Post.
A little laugh.
A little fun;
\ blossom bordered
Way to run.
A getting tall,
And serious, too:
And then the school
To labor through.
Then blossom bordered
Ways of love
Just two on earth
And stars above.
Then to the altar,
Then away
To homely cares
OF every day.
Then joys untold. ,.,
Then new delight!
A baby crying
In the night. r.'-
Then something more
Than PARENTS glee-
A gran child
Climbing on your knee.
And then TO sleep:
Green sod above;
But life's worth living,
For the love.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

The fact that Mr.. Bishop says that
part of his duty with the Panama com
mission is to keep public sentiment
normal indicates that some well
known railroad methods were carried
to the commission by the distinguished
builders when they changed their oc-
cuna tions
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

they could be damaged more by the en-
largement Of the works than they al
ready have been damaged, but the new
ordinance enables them to block the
construction of additional storage tanks,
and thus places the city in jeopardy Of
a shortage Of gas supply, especially
should repairs be found necessary to the
existing plant
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

The flags in the city of Portland were
all at half-mast and the public schools
were closed in honor of the late un-
lamented Senator Mitchell. The stan
dard of public sentiment in Oregon is
not quite as elevated as are the tall
pines on the banks of the Columbia.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Now that the Union Pacific and
Burlington have secured trackage
privileges through ell the alleys east of
Thirteenth, between Leavenworth .
Webster street, the. jobbers and manu-
facturers Of Omaha will have no diff
Guilty in securing sites that will be &C.
eesslble to the railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Omaha has recently given most val
liable trackage privileges to the Union
Pacific and Burlington railroads and the
least that these railroads can do to
reciprocate the favor would be to pay
their taxes without further contention
In the courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
Merchandise Postage.

III lbE LOUIS OIOIe-IIoIIIVCKdt'
Postmaster General Cortelyoug recon-
mends that the postage on a four-pound
parcel of merchandise in the United States
be reduced from g. cents to 80 cents. That
would be something, but in Germany the
postage on an eleven-pound parcel is II
cents, and in England a three-pound parcel
is carried for 10 cents postage, with house
toulouse collection and delivery.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
Hint of what is Coming

Representative Hepburn will introduce
a railway rate bill which will not be the
presidents and will not be the Esch-
Townsend BILL 1t would be more like
real news IL Hepburn bill should bear
any resemblance to "a measure offered by
any other member Mr.. Hepburn is an
expert at mental sositsire. -cf e-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

2 1--WE have worked hard and tried to
be honest" remarks Senator Dryden,
which would indicate that all OF the
.crookedness Of life insurance companies
is not inspired by the men who held
the cash.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

With the second conference at The
Hague postponed until Switzerland can
amend the Red Cross rules It is hard to
tell whether the next international diff
hculty win result in a fee for lawyers
or appropriations for the war depart
ments.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
won't DO n Thing TO 1t.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

The anti-fIee pass fervor has struck the
national capital. A bill has been intro
duced into the house of representatives
providing that members of congress who
use free transportation shall not receive
mileage. 1t is not likely, however. that
the bill will travel many miles in its way
through committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

The Kentucky Judge who started a
grand jury on the trail Of Jury bribers
has called attention to one OF the rea-
sons why Douglas county should make
such an inquisition at the beginning of
next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
strippinr the Pie Counter.
Detroit Free Press.

With the abolition of passes by the
railroads and the retention by the post
master general Of presidential postmasters
so long as they perform their duties faith
fully the lot of the average congressman
is not a happy one
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
OVERRIDING the Job.

Chicago KeCOru-ffefaIu.
William Of Germany gets no salary for
serving as emperor. his only income being
for his services as king of Prussia. Some
of the life insurance presidents will be
unable to understand why William is will
ing to devote so much of his time as he
does to the emperor business.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

There Is well defined rumor that
deal is on for the dismissal OF the suit
enjoining. the issue of the South Omaha
city hall bonds, with view to a double
rake-off In the sale OF the bonds and
the purchase Of the ground for the city
hall, which eventually would be turned
into a police station. viii those South
omsha. srsfters ever let up.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
BIunfed Moral Sense.
Brooklyn Eagle

brooklyn Eagle.
They are still iDdicting people who have
been stealing United States land for cattle
ranches, but you never hear Of any punish
ment. Is the moral sense of the west a
triie blunt7 The heroizing of Pat Grove
makes IL look that way.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Life insurance companies are not the
only things which profit by the '1apses''
Of others, but they are about the only
concerns who count on such lapses for
part of their profits.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

be divided by the simple rule Of three.
But the Douglas county grand jury
which is to be called between now and
spring may have something to say about
this deal.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

II the report proves true that Fort
Omaha has been designated as an expert
mental balloon station for the signal
service there is fair prospect that this
city will become the terminus Of a hot
air line to the gulf.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Count Witte disclaims being reac,
tlonary; but any form of order probably
looks "reactionary" to those Russians
who have known no peace save that pre-
served by the knout and bayonet.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Corea has denounced the treaty with
Japan but until it has shown as much
strength in throwing 1t OF as Japan
displayed in putting 1t into operation
IL is probable that the treaty will stand.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

The South Omaha ring that is nego-
tiating to sell $500 site TO the city
for city hall at $4,000 can well afford
to pay $1,000 for the withdrawal Of the
suit entoining the issue of the city hall
bonds. which would still leave $1,000 to
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Governor Mickey 4fassFtiistinguisheti
precedent IL he should decide to make
the Iowa authorities convict Pat. Grove
before permitting him to be taken to
that state
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

With the order for the enforcement Of
the Elkins' law opposition newspapers
have been bereft Of their chief argument
against the present administration. The
scope Of the 'big stick" is extending.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Prudent traffic managers will begin
on new sets Of books and destroy the
old ones before turning over a new
leaf for the inspection Of federal grand
juries.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
Liberty for a Time.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
A judge in Nebraska has decided that,
Notwithstanding the state law ON the sub
ject, a man may roll his own cigarettes.
Anyhow. he can do so while Colonel Bryan
is in the old countries.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples ON the Current of Life I'm Tn,
MefrnnnIia

Metropolis.
Discussing the effect Of the mortgage
tax law which has been in operation in the
Empire state for eight months. the New
York Times prints statistics showing a
falling on In the number Of mortgages re-
corded compared with the same period last
year slight decrease In per cent mort
cages, a twenty-fold increase in 81 per
cent mortgages, and a notable decrease In
5 per cent AMI lower interest rate mort
cages The general effect of the law Is
shown in the following comparison Of one
weeks business in New York CITY.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

1t would be just like Chicago lawyers
10 insist that only vegetarians could be
70 unprecedented as to be qualified as
Jurors In the Beef trust" cases.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Catholic priests In Warsaw may find
interesting reading In the eighteenth
century history of Ireland.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tem-
porarfly should have The Bee
mailed to them. IL IL better than
n daily letter from home. Adj
dress will be changed as often as
requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, A.:
G. c. Rosewater, secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company. Seing duly sworn:
says that the actual number OF full and
complete copies of The Daily. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of November, 1905, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

why do you call yourself we in your
editorials ASKED the admiring friend OF
the country editor.
That is so people who don't approve OF
what write about them will imagine that
there are too many of us for them to lick"
Cleveland Leader
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14
FLASHES OF FUN.

Dinguss-It's good of you. old man, to
lend money to me cheerfully.'-.
Shadbolt-Is 1t. Dinguss? Well. always
bear In mind that there's a blessing pro-
no,,nced upon the cheerful giver.-Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Il suppose about now Prince Louis of
Battenberg is telling his royal relatives of
some OF his rich experiences in the United
States" ..t - Us RI 4 80.
He ought to be able TO do IL with that
thousard-dollar mouth he took away with
im.-Philadelphia Press 70"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

1.-THE Daily whooper is a great advertis-
ing medium
"G'wan. It's no good at all. l put a
want ad in the other day and didn't get
single reply,
What was your ad?' ,.--
Poor young man wishes to meet
beautiful girl of some means who is will
ing to do her own housework. '"-Cleve-
land Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Yes. indeed. he had splendid job with
me ~ h1lg INSURANCE. e2mpaR2y,n .sOh,. ,.G
why. one year I'm four he had TO sec
that they added an extra day to February
IN the insurance calendars. Washington
Star
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

z. z. RUSEW AIEH,
Secretary.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before i.le this LIST day OF December. 1906.
(SeaD M. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

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