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Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
THE BRITlSH PARLIAMENr.

With quite the usual ceremony and
celebration the British Parliament yes
terday entered upon it's sixth session
during the reign OF King Edward. The
speech Of the king was in about the
usual vein, little more than a statement
of facts, without any special indications
of governmental intentions or policy.
This ordinarily perfunctory proceeding
was varied slightly in the present in
stance by the announcement that the
Balkan situation is a souFuP iof anxiety
to the British government and also TO
the expression of a hope for improved
conditions in the Transvaal.
This session is spoken of in London
dispatches as perhaps the strongest OF
recent years. The ministry which
started this Parliament with majority
OF 1874 now has nominal majority of
only 81. That majority may vanish in
a moment at the will of man WHO is
not minister. 1t is said that II Mr..
Chamberlain should say dissolution II
will certainly come In view OF the fact
that the leader in the cause of fiscal re-
form has publicly declared that dissolu
ton cannot come too soon, 1t is the i'm
preston that 1t will come and that there
will be general election within few
weeks. The governments program fol
the session, it is remarked. is slngularlS
unexciting, consisting chiefly OF an anti
immigration bill, Scottish education
bill, another workmen's compensation
bill and a bill to facilitate an appeal il
criminal cases, II is not on bills. how
ever, but ON the budget that the session
hangs. British trade is said to be reviv
ing. so that there is less danger of
dehcit than has been apprehended. Thi
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
SCIENTIFIC BULLDOZING.
kansas Waters Agitated by an OUT
burst of standard OIL.

IHlCHBO lIlDult'
The Standard Oil company has not for
gotten how to administer summary punish
ment to those who are audacious enough to
question its right to control the oil business
of the country. 1t makes no difference
whether its would-be competitors are pri-
yate individuals or state governments.
The state Of Kansas has aroused the en-
nifty of Standard Oil. 1t is to be punished.
Day before yesterday the state senate
passed a bill for the establishment OF
state oil refinery. 1t was of the opinion that
little competition would have a salutary
effect upon the price of oil In Kansas. The
oil wells of the state produce considerable
crude oil and state refinery would have
the advantage of having It's raw material
produced near at hand. Moreover the state
once found that the price of binding twine
was high and went into its manufacture
with most satisfactory results. Legislators
argued: why not try the same expert
ment in oil?'
The reply of the Standard Oil people to
this effrontery was swift and to the point.
, 1t did not send it's lobbyists to the senate
to persuade the members that they had
acted unwisely. 1t took from its arsenal
the first weapon that came to hand. II is
sued formal notice that instead of taking
the entire output of the state as heretofore
the Standard Oil company will take none.
The result of this curtailment of consump-
ton will be no market for an output Of
% 500 barrels of oil daily. As there are no
Independent refineries in the state and as IL
will not pay to ship the crude product east
by rail to the independent refineries there
this product will have to run to waste, for
there are no adequate storage facilities, or
shut down the wells. Even If the state de-
eide TO establish a refinery 1t will be some
| time before one can be started. 1t Is doubt
| full II the oil producers will want to wait
that long. Many will be ruined Perhaps
the producers will try to convince the legis-
lature that the business of refining oil il
| full of pitfalls. This IL where the real
| finesse of the Standards action is evident
1t saves itself the expense of persuading
| the legislators.
| The Standards method OF dealing with a
presumptuous state should not be called
punishment. 1t is an exhibition of scien-
| tihc bulldozing. Mr.. John d. Rockefeller
jr., has given expression to a beautiful
thought. He has said that the American
Beauty rose can be produced in its splendor
and fragrance only by sacrificing the early
buds which grow up around it, State and
independent refineries mus: be nipped In the
bud lest they blossom into competitors of
that American beauty, the Standard Oil
cOmnanv
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
Modern Legal Ethics Call for Re-
strictIVe Legislation.
Philadelphia Ledger

Western newspapers are giving much at
tention to a bill which has passed the Mis-
souri, house OF representatives providing
that any person who solicits a law suit
against another shall be guilty of mis-
demeano- punishable by imprisonment oil
fine The legislation Is aimed particularly
at lawyers who solicit business and who
are known in this portion of the country
as ambulance chasers." The west has its
owr vernaculae and characterizes the Mis-
sour. measure as the "anti-snitching'' bill
Those who are Interested in terminology
are informed that the western Switching
lawyer is the counterpart of the 'shyster.
The "snitcher" has become so obnoxious IN
Missouri that ii is thought expdient tc
brand him as criminal.
The old common law of barratry, or the
bringing of unjust and ''vexatious" law
suits is a statutory offense in all the
states, but the law is rarely enforced and
Is practically dead letter. The snitch-
ing" or "shyster" lawyer who encourages
law suits may be technically exempt from
the penalties against barratry. Missouri
is probably the first state which has at.
tempted to reach huckstering attorneys by
special penal legislation. The modest
"shingle" beside his Office door was the
only form of solicitation practiced by the
reputable lawyer OF the old school of lega
ethics Foraging for clients in person oil
by authorized agent has always been re.
garded as highly unprofessional. but II is
doubtful whether the "shyster." unre-
strained by ethical considerations, can be
reached by penal statute. ...
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

Several very appropriate amendments
to the Indian appropriation bill have
been made by the special committee OF
the United States senate. One of these
directs the secretary of the interior to
vacate and cancel all leases for Indian
lands heretofore made when he is sat.
isfied that they were secured by fraud
or for an inadequate consideration. We
apprehend the secretary will have nc
difficulty in discovering quite a number
of such leases within the territory GOV.
cred by the Winnebago and Omaha res
erVations
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
The DIRK side Pictured.
Philadelphia Ledger

THIIdUeTpNId IItuKtT
The statistics OF crime are depressing,
yet the criminals form a very inconsider-
able portion of the population. Crimes are
a matter of record. They figure formidably
in the census returns. The virtue of a
community is not computable. II "a diff
cult to determine whether there is more
crime relatively to population now than
there was 100 years ago. We know that
more publicity Is given to crime In these
days owing to the wonderful activity OF
the newspapers and modern facilities for
gathering news. We hear more about
crime and criminals than our forbears did
Honesty and fidelity are expected of men
and cut little figure in the public prints.
For this reason exaggerated Importance
Is given to crime and the unthinking are
persuaded that the world is growing worse.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
A Senatorial Joke.
Springfield Republican.

The petition for the expulsion Of Senator
Platt of New York from the senate, which
Michigan manufacturer has sent In. Will
be regarded as a joke. One can imagine
Mr. Platt's face cracking into smiles. as
he reads 1t. Yet the petition, novel as 1t
is, probably has a very pertinent bearing
upon the question of the senator's real
constituency. The Michigan man prays
that Mr.. Platt be expelled because he is In
conspiracy, as president of an express
company, TO kill all bills coming before
congress looking to the establishment OF n
parcels post system. Conspiracy or no con-
spiracy, every one understands that Mr.
Platt represents the express companies in
the senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
the RACE PROBLEM

The address delivered In New York
ON Monday by President Roosevelt, in
which he discussed the race problem In
the south, was one of the most important
utterances made by the chief executive
and will command the earnest atten-
ton OF the country. The Keynote of the
address was plea for fairness and JUS
tlce between the races a policy OF hon
est treatment of the inferior by the su-
perior race. lie declared that the prob
lem is that of 80 dealing with the man
Of one color as to secure him the rights
that no one would grudge him If he
were OF another color" lie urged that
to solve this problem IL is necessary to
educate him "to perform the duties a
failure to perform which will render
him curse to himself and to all around
him"
The president expressed the opinion
that the north should appreciate the
difficulty of the problem and sympathize
with the embarrassment of the south in
dealing with IT. He said that the atti-
tude of the north toward'othe negro is
FAR from what it should be and there
is need that the north also should act
in good faith upon the principle of Civ
ing 10 each man what is justly due him,
OF treating him on his worth as man,
granting him no special favors, but de-
nying him no proper opportunity for
labor and the reward Of labor"
President Roosevelt's dominating
thought was fair and equal justice to
all. The effort should be to secure to
each man. whatever his color. equality
OF opportunity, equality of treatment be-
fore the law. This statement OF n fun
damental American principle absolutely
essential to the preservation of our insti-
tutions, 1t is to be presumed Will be ac-
quiesced in by all of our people who are
not under the influence of a prejudice
against the colored race. Speaking not
as party man, but as a representative
of the whole people, Mr.. Roosevelt urged
that "to deny any man the fair treat.
ment granted to others no better than
he. ia to commit wrong upon him-a
wrong sure to react in the long run upon
those guilty of such denial"
What Is needed, in the view of the
president, is such an adjustment Of the
relations between the white and colored
races as will not abridge or jeopardze
the rights of either. He thought that
the working out of this problem must
necessarily be slow. but he believed that
1t could be solved through the application
Of the principles of elemental justice
The solution may be long deferred, but
it is possible of attainment and above ali
else 1--WE need for its successful solution
the sober, kindly, steadfast, unselfish
performance of duty by the avera &c
plain citizen in his everyday dealings
with his fellows"
President Roosevelt's address was n
conservative and statesmanlike discus
sion Of one of the most important and
vital questions confronting the country
1t will not satisfy everybody in his owr
party. 1t will probably not be accept
able to majority of the people Of the
south. But II will very strongly appea
to the fair-minded and unpreiudicet
opinion Of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

will of course count in favor of the gov
ernment, though it Is by no means GER
tain that it can he made available to
avert the dissolution of Parliament ana
a general election. Perhaps the strong
est influence in behalf of the government
is recognition of the importance OF the
ministry remaining in power during the
continuance of the war in the far east
so that Japan as Great Britain's ally
shall get fair treatment in the terms or
peace. The Balfour ministry can be de-
pended upon to safeguard japanese in
terests, having made the alliance with
the eastern power. and this new cabi-
net might not do. 1t is this considera-
ton quite as much as any other that
gives interest TO the present session of
the British Parliament.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
BRYAN ON CORRUPTION.
Sails Into Indiana, but Strangely
Omits to Censure Kentucky.
washington Post

Political corruption in Indiana attracts
the special attention of Mr.. Bryan, and he
fiagelates and belabors It with tireless
energy. Without special reference TO In
diana but In a general way, Mr.. Bryan ad-
vocates an impossible amendment OF the
constitution, providing for the election OF
senators by direct vote OF the people This
Is one of the remedies he advocates for
corruption in politics and he does well TO
avoid special application OF 1t to Indiana.
for that state has never had a senatorial
election that was touched by the breath
of scandal or a suspicion OF corruption
No state in the union has a better record
i'm this respect than Indiana. And we
may pertinently add that few, IL any.
states have surpassed the Hoosier com
monwealth in the ability and standing of
their senatorial representation. Looking
at the past, for the present senators from
that state are too we'll known to require
special mention, the people OF Indiana re-
call with pride the names of Morton. Hem
bricks, Mcdonald and Voorhees,. and have
no reason TO blush for any OF their SEN
ators for the past forty years Could
election by popular vote have produced
better results? And II the state were as
thoroughly saturated with political cor
ruption as II is sometimes represented to
be- would not that vile plague have tainted
senatorial elections before this time?
But there Is a state Just across the Ohio
river from Indiana with whose politics Mr.
BRYAN IL intimately acquainted. He knows
! Kentucky like a book, but, in his dis
courses on corruption in politics he al
ways fails TO mention It, And nothing In
his public career more emphaticsny vindl-
| Gates his discretion than his avoidance OF
| such a mention. For the most outrageous
and notorious example of corruption I'm
politics that has been witnessed in this
country for more than a quarter OF a
century was the Goebel revolution, which,
by carefully premeditated force and fraud,
overturned the government OF Kentucky,
putting out the duly elected and putting
| I'm the defeated candidates for once.
There was not a decent democratic paper
in the United States that did not de-
nounce the villainy OF Goebellsm. But
Mr. Bryan endorsed II as regular and
made special and great efforts to pro-
mote II.
| This is history, and, with all due defer
! ence 90 the man who has been honored
| with the presidential nomination OF two
narties. and who. by virtue OF that duplex
| Arrangement. polled IN 1896 100000 more
/ votes than had ever before been cast for
any presidential candidate. II is fitting 70
| remind him OF IL while he Is leading a
| crusade against corruption In politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
HERE, TOO, IN A FEW DAYS.

William ]. hampton In New York Sun
Swear. and the town swears with you
Don't and the crowd Is mad,
For the whole town knows
In the melting SHOWS
That the walkings p. d. bad.
oh, for a nat In some
Vast wilderness where snow
Is kept alway
In a dry frappe
Until IL Is time TO so
In a summer rush
OF decent slush
And not the kind we know.
Slush, slush, slush;
Slosh, slosh slosh.
Out of the slush
The cutters rush;
Into the slosh
The gum golosh
Goes with a glickety gluck -galuck,
And out again with a slimery suck
slippery. sloppery;
Drippery, droppery;
FIippery, fioppery;
Skippery. hoppery-
We jump
On lump
OF snow in hump
TO find that It's only sloppy slump
devilish. deceitful dsmply dump.
Our feet wet r.
From the icy Jet
That shoots up our
Well, no matter -..
We get the splatter
Just the same,
And our temper Is hot.
Though our feet are not.
Look at our pants. or skirts
Soaked In the slush that suuirtS
out of the beautiful. everywhere.
Thawing fast In the melty air.
Look on us; pity us
s Let us seS!e""iDr sey; "iDamnr
And be forgiven.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
As ro rHE PRoposEp WAGoN BRIpGE


OMAHA. Feb. H. 19O5-To the Editor of
The Bee: A week ago 1t was announced
from Washington that the committee of the
senate, which has under consideration the
granting OF charter for a wagon and
street railway bridge across the Missouri
river, had reported against the passage
Of the bill on the strength of arguments
presented against It by Senator Mlllard
This is a project in which the people OF
Omaha and Council Bluffs are vitaliy In
terested, but up TO this time The Bee has
said nothing editorially to indicate whether
II is in favor against the proposed Inn
provement. We always look to The Bee
to stand up for Omaha and want TO know
Just where It stands on the bridge bill.
]. r.
The Bee has always favored every
project and every enterprise calculated
to promote the growth and welfare OF
Omaha. and especially every project that
would improve the facilities for bringing
Omaha in closer relation to the people
of Council Bluffs and western Iowa.
Before encouraging or endorsing any
measure that involves the grant of spe-
cial privileges to public carriers, 1t must,
hONeNcI, nave uSSuIduCe tudI the th'ti
prise is bona fide-in other words, that
its promoters are in condition to carry
it to successful completion.
1t will be remembered that charter
the erection of n railway and wagon
bridge across. the Missouri between
South Omaha and Council Bluffs, ada
cent to Lake Manawa. Against the
grant Of this charter The Bee made ear
nest remonstrance on the ground that
no tangible proof of ample financial
backing had been furnished, and there
was moreover a well grounded suspi.
cion that the object Of the promoters
was simply TO procure a charter for
speculative purposes. The sequence has
fully sustained those suspicious.
Whether the promoters OF the proposed
charter mean business or whether they
simply want a charter to SELL either to
new company or to the existing com.
| panies, Is not clear. 1t has been
charged by the opponents of the bill
that the incorporators OF the proposed
new bridge are not rated altogether as
commanding more than $1,000 Of capital
On the other hand, it is claimed that
ample capital Is ready TO embark in the
enterprise as soon as the charter is
granted. r., .g-. -t. .-..t . d.
1t is a serious question whether con.
gress would be justified in granting new
bridge charters without some guaranty
that the projected improvement will be
made and completed within reason
able time. This is doubtless the view
that has inspired the senate committee
in making an unfavorable report.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
Whitfield TO A POINT.

"I listened to your sermon this morning
doctor, and II was the first time I'd heard
you preach SINCE you were our pastor nf-
teen years ago"
well well! how things have changed
since then"
"Reaiiy-er- didn't notice the change OF
a single word d"-Philadelphia Ledger.
49,
Stammerly-H-h-have y-you g-g-got
e-couple Of hours to s-sp-spare.
T-t-tohmoson? -...
Thompson-Why, 1 don't know-what do
you want?
Stammerly-Td l-l-like t-t-ten m-m- min
ute t-talk with you.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Some people say lunch aud some
luncheon and yet both mean the same
thing" H. - ..4.,yyL .. =. A. .-..
II don't think so. / fancy lunch Is mas
cuine and luncheon feminine. "--Philadel-
phia Press
Hans Andersen was telling where he got
his training for his fairy tales.
II wrote the plaustble explanations for
the fluctuations OF stocks" he boasted.
After this We easily perceived the rest
was mere child's play.-New York Sun
Stinjay-See here, when are you going to
pay me back that dollar you borrowed
Borroughs--Why, man alive I earned that
dollar had to work with you for a couple
OF hours before / got 1t out of you. Phil
ndelphia IAdRer
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
RuraI Chanwes for the Better.
New York Tribune

Farmers In the middle west are begin
ming to appreciate the advantages OF the
motor car, and their orders have given an
exceedingly optimistic turn TO the automo-
bile market. With good roads. which will
be a necessity In every farming community
in the near future. an automobile, rural
free delivery and the telephone tarmlns
me In America will soon be a vastly diff
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

King Edward and President Roosevelt
should feel degree of sympathy since
each has lawmaking body ION his
hands" The chief difference is that the
king is expected TO look pleasant no mat
ter what happens, while the president is
given the privilege, OF expressing his
feelings
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

That Colorado county clerk who es-
capped from II constable when on the way
TO secure a ballot box may have desired
only to throw the peace officer off the
scent until he found out what had been
done TO the ballots,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

Russian employers and employees are
10 elect joint commission to settle labor
troubles but II they do not conform TO
the ideas of the bureancrats 1t is prob
able that some ulterior political design
will be discovered in the findings which
will nullify the entire proceedings.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

II was to have been expected that
the railroad lobby would oppose all leg
islatiOn that tends to do away with re
hates. drawbacks and other methods by
which special privileges are granted tC
favored shippers in exchange for po
litical support, but why should the legis
lature allow itself TO be Influenced;
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
setting = Good Example
rtN,N.- II-,IA

Congressman Hepburn of Iowa thinks
there will be a bloodless revolution In this
country unless some of the captains of in
dustry 20 little slower. Perhaps II
would be well to have bloodless revolu-
tion here some time just to set the South
American republics a good example.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

The decision OF Japanese naval officers
TO fire on any collier found with Russian
warships, regardless of nationality, may
be the means OF spreading the zone of
waP but 1t is far more likely TO cause
a shortage OF coal In Russian bunkers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
shrewd Move. for the Poor.

Mr.. Bryan's wish that the democrats
should help President Roosevelt seems TO
be based on his calculation that by so
doing they will help themselves more
rather than on any suddenly developed ad-
mlration for the chief executive.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

England expresses surprise to learn
that the president has decided not to
present the amended arbitration treaties
To the other contracting powers. This Is
not the first time an American states.
man has surprised England
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

New York democrats are speculating
as TO the successor of David Bennett
Hill, which would indicate that some
New York democrats have persuaded
themselves that he would leave some
thing 10 succeed to.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
MarveIoua Restraint.

Washington Post.
The Standard OIL company has dis
charged 800 employees in Kansas on account
Of action by the Legislature adverse to the
trusts interests The surprising feature
is that the company vented its spite upon
it's employees instead of dischargins the
legislature
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

Massachusetts newspapers are protest
ing against a repeal of the national
bankruptcy law. out west the fact that
there,is such law has been almost for
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

And now it transpires that the bills
to save the people of South Omaha from
going to the expense of special elec-
tion, or being put to the trouble of ex-
pressing their wishes with regard to the
proposed issue of $250OO0 of sewer
bonds, is, In reality, an attempt to abro-
gate contract now in force between
the city of South Omaha and the stock
yards company, whereby the latter had
obligated itself TO pay one-half of the
cost OF sewers to be hereafter con,
structed. This may explain why bond
election is not so much desired >as a
bond issue without the aid or consent OF
South Omaha taxpayers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

Europe may be able to palm off spuri-
Gus art on America, but when II comes
. to unloading spurious industrial securl-
ties and mining stocks America can more
than play even
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15

ferent thing from what it was even quar-
ter OF 2 century ago. The many new IN
ventions OF this age of progress Will aid
greatly in checking the present drift TO
pfffag
Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-15
ono Sore spot ReveaIed

The house Of representatives has some
times sunk as low as It did when on
Thursday It passed the presidents railroad
rate bill by a vote of S2s to II, but is has
rarely II ever sunk lower