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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

The publicity bureau established by
the railroads to combat public sentiment
I'm favor of railroad rate regulation is
a thiRg Of beauty and Joy forever. 1t
is a double back action, automatic affair
that catches them coming and going. An
excellent example of how smoothly the
railroad publicity bureau works is to be
found in a printed circular, prepared to
show how public opinion is changing,
which it has kindly sent out to news
papers with the privilege of printing
with or without credit.
In the first place two South Dakota
papers are quoted, one at Sioux Falls
and the other at Aberdeen, reiterating
the railroad argument against rates de-
termined on a mileage basis. This is
followed up by an extract from a Kansas
City paper, commenting upon an inter
view given out by the superintendent
OF the Kansas City transportation
bureau, and urging that the fixing Of
railway rates remain in the hands Of
the railway managers. This is trumped
by a quotation from another paper at
Chillicothe, o., ringing the. changes on
a protest said to have been sent to the
president by the local freight agents,
presumably at the instigation of their
superiors. And the joker comes last in
a reference to the action of an organiza-
ton of railway employees in Illinois pla-
cling themselves in opposition to the fed
eral control.
All this stuff sent out to these various
newspapers by the railroad press agents
has evidently been gathered together by
some press clipping service to which
the railroads have subscribed and ar
ranged seriatim with running digest to
make single complete article for which
space has been found in a Boston paper
to which IT is ascribed in the. printed
circular. Thus the manufactured amuni-
ton is sent around the circle to be
started off a second time with another
itinerary Of newspaper offices in the hope
that it may here and there find it's way
again into print.
WHEN lue COuBIeSS COuNSuSS VIC nave
no doubt that some plausible member
Of the house or senate will rise from his
seat and gravely weave into a speech
all the excerpts furnished hi by the
railroad publicity bureau that have been
struggled into the press in different
parts of the country with the sublime
assurance that they voice the general
drift of public sentiment. This may be
the sort of an excuse some member
of the august senate is looking for, but
the members of the house who expect
to hear from their constituents when
they seek reelection next year will be
rather wary of depending upon railroad
manufactured sentiment for their back
Ing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Portsmouth turns out a daily crisis with
out impairing the supply.
According to Wooster, conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and gentleman has a variety
of definitions
The Japs are diligently raising sunken
Russian ships near home and Russian
money in America.
The report of an abundant crop of prunes
on the Pacific coast ought to hold the
boarders for a while.
The yellow fever mosquito is known to
the doctors as the stegomyia fasciata and
to the victim by it's bill
The tone and atmosphere of thigh old
time" does not appear to advantage in the
broad light of a divorce case.
Sank Kamultah a Comanche Indian, is
dead at the age of 100. He escaped being
good" all these years by staying on a
reservation In Canada.
A bit OF Roosevelt luck was revealed in
the wreckage of the Albany department
store. The presidents picture wasn't hurt
a bit. Not even the glass covering was
broken.
The gaiety of newspaper life shines amid
the shadows Of human afiiction. west
ern editress. recently bereft Of her hus-
our weeds
A party OF seven persons in Indiana had
their curiosity satisfied by the light OF a
match at an abandoned gas well. No
funerals, but an abundance OF blisters for
which gas leaks are justly celebrated.
Luck clings to the plumber through all
his troubles. One OF the famous tribe in
Maryland, while patching drain pipe,
~
the surface. With characteristic gener-
osty he discounted his bill for the cash in
hand.
The mystery surrounding the disappear
ance OF Mahmod Khan has been cleared
up satisfactorily. He died quite sud
denly" explained a Persian functionary,
naively adding. He was not sympathetic
to the grand vizier." This style of rushing
the Khan is popular In Shahdom
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
RUSsIAs NATIONAL ASSEMBLY


The Russian people are to hive what
is called national representative as
sembly, but it will be subject to such
restrictions and limitations thar it prob
ably will be able to do very little toward
remedying the abuses and bringing
about the reforms which the people
want. 1t will have scant powers, its
freedom Of action will be narrow aud
its participation in the government will
be largely negative. Still it is perhaps
to be regarded as a sign of progress
and a promise of better conditions in
Russia and therefore as an epoch making
event, The assembly will not lie chosen
by all the people, but chiefly by property
holders, so that a majority OF the people
will have no voice or only an Indirect
participation in the election Of the body.
Consequently it cannot properly be re-
garded as popular representative as
sembly, such as are possessed by com-
tries which have free institutions. Fur
thermore, it will not be a legislative but
simply a consultative body passing ludg-
ment upon certain matters Of legislation
which may be submitted to It aud having
no authority beyond that.
The autocratic power Is to remain
unchanged. In all things the will of the
car will continue TO be the supreme law
and in the future as in the past this
undoubtedly will be to a gceat exlcnt
influenced by the bureaucracy, whose
power and privileges will be practically
unrestricted The grand dukes and
others who hang about the throne and
are chiefly responsible for the existing
unfortunate conditions of the empire
may be watched more closely than at
present and something OF a checi nut
upon their corrupt practices. for one of
the privileges of the assembly will be
TO pass upon the departm entail, minis
terial and national budgets, and some
! thing in the way Of reform may I've
expected from this. yet the mon upon
whom the czar leans will stlil find ways
to enrich themselves out OF the public
treasury and thus keep their hold upon
power
While, therefore, the national assem-
bly, win give the Russian people voice
and enable them, through some 500
chosen Representatives, TO get the ear
OF the sovereign, it must not he assumed
that 1t IL going to revoluuonizs eOndi-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
Duty is a door to delight.

Duty is a door to delight.
Hidden sins cannot be healed.
Worship is but the voice OF love
Disinterested men get the greatest inter-
est.
Nothing proves culture better than kind
ness
You never find beautiful life with boast
ful lips
This world needs new impulse more than
new ideas.
The Lord have mercy on the boy with a
faultless father.
He who would do divine work must not
be afraid OF dirt.
You cannot advertise men into affection
for the Almighty.
Some men would be most miserable with
out their miseries.
He who loves men needs not to pray for
power TO love God,
A good deal OF piggishness goes under
the name OF principle.
Warm friendships are not likely 10 he
fused In heated arguments
II takes more than milk and water On
make the meekness OF a Noses
Most men ina CINE that a fEzle in business
furnishes a hitting for the ministry.
Life r. but our name for that which the
great Master may call His first lesson.
No man is fitted 10 oversee any great
work who cannot overlook some small
things
The world always will choke on a religion
made out OF PHILOSOPHERS first petrined and
then pulvsrizsd.-Chieago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
NEARING THE CRISIS.

A few more days will determine
whether or not there is to Be peace in
the far east. The crisis, 1t is expected,
will be reached at the next meeting of
the conference and the present mdica-
tons are not favorable to an agreement
as to those demands Of Japan which the
Russian ENJOYS are said to have UNI
compromisingly rejected. The gravity
Of the situation is emphasized by the
fact of President Roosevelt summoning
Baron Rosen to a conference after hav-
ing conferred with Baron Kaneko as a
representative of the Japanese govern
ment. This is manifestly a move Of
very great significance, its purpose being
obvious, for the president would not take
such a course unless fully convinced
that the conditions are such as to justify
him in seeking a conference with one
OF the Russian ENJOYS.
The world will await with intense
interest some information as to what
the president Of the United States shall
propose to the belligerent nations and
the opinion may be Yentured that what-
ever he proposes will have the approval
Of the neutral powers. II is stated that
the British government is bringing its
influence to bear upon Japan in the
interest Of peace, while both France and
Germany are doing the same with Rus
STA. II those governments should unite
in approving what President Roosevelt
may recommend TO the belligerents
neither Russia nor Japan will be likely
to reject it. There is ground for hope
therefore, that the interposition of Mr..
Roosevelt may result I'm effecting an
agreement on the two items in the Japa-
nese demands which now threaten TO
bring about a rupture and prolong the
war. Meanwhile there appears 10 he
little IL any confidence either at st.
Petersburg or Toxic that peace will
result from the Portsmouth conference.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
ALLIANCE SUGGESTIONS.

The prevalent discussion of methods
for insuring international peace, and the
prominent position which the United
States has taken in connection there
with, has brought out suggestions Of ALI
ances between this and other countries
since it is quite possible that in the not
remote future the matter may call for
the serious consideration Of the Ameri-
can people. The high place which this
republic has attained among world pow
ers and the large influence it exerts upon
international affairs. with the certainty
that this influence will increase, very
naturally creates q desire on the part of
other nations to court the closest friend
ship with the United States and I'M
doubtedly there is not one of them but
would be glad to have an alliance with
this republic.
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts, who
recently returned from Europe, said in
an interview: II saw a great many Off
Gals while abroad and l found this:
France and Great Britain have such
thorough understanding now that 1t
practically amounts to an entente cor
dale. Those two powers are very close;
and, also, both OF them have a very
warm feeling for the United States.
More l cannot say" The report stated
that the inference from the senator's re-
marks and tone as he spoke was that a
very close entente between the United
States and Great Britain and France
was bound to come very soon and that
it will probably be an alliance in every
thing but in name. There is no doubt
that both those nations would most cor
daily welcome such a relation with this
country.
1t would be a mistake to treat these
suggestions with levity. They are made
seriously and should be so considered.
American people no foreign alliance
would receive popular approval, but who
can say that public sentiment in this re-
spect may not change? Since the
foundation of the government 1t has been
the policy to have no alliance with a
foreign power, Washington admonished
his countrymen against 'entangling ALI
ances" and his counsel has thus far been
needed. We make treaties intended TO
promote friendship between ourselves
and other nations. We enter into agree
ments to submit certain differences TO
arbitration. We seek TO strengthen
friendly relations with all the countries
Of the world. But we have made no al
lance with any and shall not so long as
the public sentiment remains as at pres
emit When, however, so prominent a
public man as Senator Lodge makes such
an utterance as that above quoted II
may well be asked whether change is
not taking place in the sentiment regard
ing foreign alliances-a change which
may make rapid progress II there is in,
difference on the part OF those who
would have the government adhere in
this respect TO its traditional policy.
Ii has been said that owing TO the
varied character OF our population an
alliance with any foreign nation, as a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
FRAUD ORDERS.

Postmaster General Cortelyou's order
excluding from the use of the mail sery-
ice every individual, firm and company
found to be conducting a fraudulent
business, and requiring greater activity
In this line on the part of postotf1ce In
spectors, is an effective stroke in behalf
of public honesty 1t supplements and
reinforces the efforts of several states to
suppress various get-rich-quick schemes
designed to swindle credulous people.
The fact that such a measure is neces-
sary to check the operations of swiudlers
is not hattering to national pride. We
esteem ourselves the equals intellectually
Of any people on the globe, unequalled in
inventive skill, unrivaled in industrial
development and traders Of SURPRISING
enterprise. With perceptive faculties
highly trained we quickly see and take
advantage of the shortcomings Of COM
petitors But beneath our intellectual
strength is vast strata of RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Upon this strata the sharper operates
skllfully and shrewdly, masking his
scheme with the name of some legitimate
business and concealing his purpose in
artfully written prospectuses. Promises
impossible of ful6llment are made, and
unheard Of profits guaranteed" the vic
tim Thus the credulous honestly seeking
to better their condition, are lured into
the net. The natural desire for a home has
lnau nj fn 70 tho
fragrant swlndles with which court rec
ords are Uttered. In almost every in
stance the gambling instinct is appealed
to in some form. Indeed the sharper over
looks no method or means to realize his
sole ambition-"get money, honestly if
you can, but get money"
The extent to which swindling schemes
have been carried on through the mails
in the United States presents an amaz-
ing record. A computation made by an
investigator a few years ago showed
that during the last quarter of the last
century upwards of $50 900 was
taken in by various got rich quick
schemers, and less than 20 per cent of
that vast sum was returned to the mil
lions of victims. Millions were added to
this total in the past five years by the
home cooperative companies, turf in
vestment and grain gambling schemes,
Franklin syndicates, bogus banks and
diamond tontine swindles. Some of these
concerns are still in operation and de-
serve prompt and vigorous action Oh the
part of the postoffice officials
The difficulty experienced heretofore
in securing action by the PostoItice de-
partment was the rule requt-Ing a com
planning citizen to furnish document
airy evidence of the offense COM
planned of. In several instances in Ne
braska and Iowa the department i'm
posed such a task on complainants, the
expense of which obliged them to
abandon the cases. Postoffice inspectors
had their attention called to fragrant
abuses of the mails, but did not act until
the remains of the swindles were
dragged into the courts. The depart
ment now proposes to initiate action
against all concerns of doubtful char
acter and to investigate promptly every
complaint. That it means business is
evident from the closing of the Lewis
banking concern in st. Louis and the
exclusion from the mails of scores of
fraudulent schemes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Boston Transcript According to the new
Methodist Episcopal dispensation the bride
promises not to obey but to keep her
husband We don't see that that reduces
her responsibility much.
New York Post: Bishop Potter says that
a sermon should not exceed twenty min
utes. But this is no real Improvement on
Mr.. Evarts, who put It: Twenty minutes
with a leaning to the side OF mercy"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: No doubt that
New Orleans clergyman who has dropped
all his other duties and devoted himself to
cleaning up the street or that city Is firmly
OF the opinion that cleanliness is very close
to goodness.
Boston Transcript: "Oh day OF rest and
gladness" is the way the old hymn de-
scribes Sunday; but according TO the head
lines in Monday papers it seems to be more
than any other day OF accidents, suicides
and other extreme crimes.
Philadelphia Ledger: Connecticut par
son delivered a powerful sermon on the In
EQUITY OF women OF his flock exclaiming
"Oh, fudge!" What, may we inquire, may
church women properly say in lieu OF this
naughty word when they make unlucky
play in progressive euchre?
Minneapolis Journal: Josh Billings said:
II like to see a man as honest when he Is
measuring a peck of onions as when he Is
shouting hallelujah." The humorist hit OF
in this condensation the philosophy of real
church membership. The people like to see
a man who can say amen to his own acts
as heartily as he does to the words OF the
preacher. They have not much use for the
sharp practitioner who uses up all his re-
ligion on Sunday and has nothing left for
the weekdays following.
Springfield Republican: Writing Of re-
forms in the Roman Catholic church in re-
cent years, Prof. Briggs has noted that the
influence OF the papacy has been thrown
toward the style OF preaching that empha-
sizes the simple problems of good living
rather than those of dogmatlc theology.
The same tendency has become strongly
confirmed in the Protestant churches, and
It is seldom In these days that one can hear
what used to be called a strong doctrlnal
sermon. Clergy and laity seem TO be glad
that theology has suffered an eclipse, II II
has not passed into downright disrepute.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

measure Of practical politics, except pos
sibly IN a great emergency, cannot he
accomplished; that I'VE should have our
own people by the ears the moment an
alliance with any particular power or
group Of powers in Europe wos con-
summated." There certainly Is force In
this, but the protection indicated 10 not
absolutely secure. The time is oppor-
tune for once more impressing upon the
American people the wisdom Of keeping
free from alliance, or anything even
remotely in the nature Of an alliance,
with any European power.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

In behalf of the Paul Revere Me-
mortal association, 1t is intimated that
II every American man and woman over
p years Of age who, when NJ school,
read and probably detained Tenny-
sons poem, paul Revere's Ride" would
send a contribution, the $4,000 which
1t is desired to secure would soon be at
hand. If this is the basis on which
memorial funds are hereafter to be col
lected, we will soon see monuments
rising in various places to Barbara
Fritchie, Hiawatha and all the other old
standbys Of the ancient school reader.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

their usefulness ceases and their retire
ment becomes imperative.
If the government is ever to go into
the old age pension business It should
not discriminate between public officials
and private individuals, but should
spread its benefits as has the German
government proportionately to all alike,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

American exports of cotton cloth to
China increased during the fiscal year
ending with June last from about $4,000
600 to $27,75OOOO That does not look
as II the tariff were seriously obstruct-
ing foreign trade
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

1t is fortunate Colonel Bryan did not
make the trip to the Philippines along
with the TAFT party, otherwise be, too.
might have been converted away from
his anti-imperialist associates and no
one would be left TO champ,on the cause
Of the immediate evacuation OF our far
eastern insular possessions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Recent injuries to participants are said
to have sounded the death knen OF auto
mobile racing. Promoters of that form
OF sport should not abandon 1t until they
fail TO have it recognized as a legitimate
college contest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
FOREVER AND A DAY.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
little know or care
If the blackbird on the bough
Is filling all the air
With soft crescendo now;
For she Is gone away,
And when she went she took
The springtime in her look,
The peachblow on her cheek,
The laughter from the brook,
The blue from out the May
And what she calls a week
Is forever and a day.
It's little that / mind
How the blossoms pink or white,
At every touch of wind
Fall attending with delight;
For in the leafy lane,
Beneath the garden boughs,
And through the silent house
One thing alone / seek;
Until she come again
The May is not the May,
And what she calls a week
Is forever and a dayl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Now, If the Postothce department will
only issue a fraud order against the
general land office, which has been con.
Quoting another land lottery Uncle Sam
might get taste of his. own medicine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Cubans will probably learn in course
of time that only the supreme court Of
the United States has the right to nullify
law formally passed by congress and
approved by the president. The Plat
amendment will stand
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Advices from London would indicate
that the only reason "frenzied finance"
has not been as prominent across the
water as here is that the Thomas Law
sons of Great Britain all received their
share of the plumber
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

If human nature is the same oil the
world round, II may be taken for
granted that the hotel keepers and
restauranteurs Of old Portsmouth are
not in the least disturbed over the pro-
longation Of the peace conference seq
sions
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
Work for Idle Hands,
Portland Oregonian.


All over the Pacific northwest there is
a great demand for harvest hands at from
81 to IS per day. The grain crops are ripen-
ing so rapidly that some OF the farmers
are threatened with serious loss unless help
is forthcoming
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
Has Troubles Enough.
indianapolis News.

Knowing how busily he is engaged other
wise, NJ. Whites statement that he did not
come to America to defend the rights Of
the press will be accepted without either
or carping criticism.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Automobile fire engines are said to lie
In satisfactory use in New York. Bos.
ton and Hartford. We might Introduce
them here In Omaha were It not for the
speed limits prescribed by the state law
and municipal ordinances, to say moth
ing OF the lack Of money in the fire fund
% indulge In such a costly experiment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

in ordering all saloons closed when a
mob threatened to lynch a negro, a
Texas mayor brought out unexpected
supporters Of law and order, and the
negro will be tried in the courts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Just to make sure of safe return.
these Arctic explorers who Get wealthy
friends TO put up the money to fit out
the exploring expeditions should also
raise fund in advance to send out the
rescuing party.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Before Emperor William finally closes
the Baltic sea he should receive expert
advice from St Petersburg, which has
had some recent experience with closed
son
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

Since he has expressed complete salts
faction with the results of the st. Louis
exposition, II is certain that President
Francis has not seen all the snapshot
photographs taken Of its chief executive
officer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20

lions and bring about all needed re-
forms. 1t is a step forward ana there
fore to be welcomed by all who hope
for better things for greatly oppressed
and sorely suffering people.