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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
RrsINnss ANp POLITICS


The adage that politics is business
and business is politics is not a mere
platitude, but is literally true. Unfor-
tunately business men rarely take part
in the active work Of politics, excusipg
themselves ON the plea that they do not
want to soil their skirts I'm the dirty po-
litical cesspool. Once in a while. how
ever, business men break loose, like o
bull in the china shop, and smash crock
cry right and left just to show that they
are really mad. But such spasmOdlc re
form is generally short-llved and un-
productive of lasting results.
The trouble with the business man in
politics is that he is unwilling to place
himself on the dead level with other
voters and expects his employees to de.
liver their votes to the candidates he
favors. Very often a business mans
preferred candidates are selected for
him by corporation managers and sup
ported by him even when they are no
toriously untrustworthy or incompetent.
Another popularity of the business
man in politics is his lack of tolerance
and his unwillingness to concede to 9th
ers the same rights and privileges be
claims for himself. A striking example
Of this spirit is found in the attitude OF
Omaha business men toward political
candidates who are endeavoring to Sc
cure support from members of organized
labor. 1t has been given out cold that
any candidate filing his name with the
Central Labor union for preference by
referendum will be pitchforked by the
business men at the election.
Yet the business men of Omaha, and
especially the retail merchants, are MOI
only willing to trade with the working
men and their wives and daughters, bu
they are actually spending thousands o.
dollars every month in advertising fol
their patronage. What is the difference
between the business man who is hold
ing out all kinds of inducements for thu
patronage Of workingmen and the politi
| tidh WIN 10 DiuNihS AOt SuPpOAN Va bh'
workingmen at the polls? One want
his money and the other wants his vote
and both have a right to solicit tn,
favor of workingmen regardless Of eacl
other.
The retail merchant who would loci
out his union labor patrons would sool
go to the wall and the jobber who woul,
refuse to sell to the retail merchant VIII
accepted patronage from working peopl
would close his doors in very shor
time, and the political candidate VIII
would sprrn the labor vote and put hi
entire dependence on the business me-
would be showed under in the election
and could not be resurrected until Ga
briel blows his horn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
Personal NOTES.

Colorado has set up a rather disconcert-
ing habit of putting crooked bankers on
the straight path to prison.
james Riley the dialect and humorous
poet of Irish life. now a resident of Bos-
ton, Mass, is visiting southern battle
fields gathering material for a new book
Who will now deny that civilization is
advancing in the Philippines? A Filipino
woman has been granted a divorce from
her American husband, with 100 pecos a
month alimony
The average man, reading current criti-
cisms OF the design of the new twenty dollar
certificate, confesses to a feeling that he
would like to see several of them for pur-
poses of comparison.
A. ID. Parker, the new vice president OF
the Colorado & Southern company, owes
his good fortune to the fact that he once
'grub-staked" prospector. This was FIVE
years ago. Today he is worth fully $4,000
and has some new mining ventures.
Charles DENLY. just appointed chief
clerk of the State department. is a son
of the late Charles DENLY. formerly min
lister to China. He is a graduate of Prince
ton and spent thirteen years as secretary
of legation in China The new chief clerk
speaks and writes Chinese duently and
is thorough French scholar.
Eli Hioki, the first secretary OF the
Japanese legation at Washington, will ad-
dress the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
today, which will be the first expression
from official Japanese circles since the
peace treaty was signed. and It Is ex-
pected that 1t will be of great significance
as to the policy to be adopted by the
mikado's empire toward the rest of the
world, particularly the United States.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
THE FINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Basis of Legislative Drafting Trace.
able TO the Voters.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
In the critical view of the people of the
United States President Nicholas Murray
Butler OF Columbia college arrived at the
conclusion that statutes will not put moral
principles where they do not exist. In a
less general way, but following the same
course of reasoning. Mr.. James NJ. Beck
a prominent fire Insurance man, has ar
rived at a conclusion which is identical
in effect, II not in form. In a speech to
the Fire Underwriters association in Chi
cago, Mr.. Beck said:
Let those who complain of the large
sums expended by insurance to defeat OPP
pressive legislation remember that the in
surance companies rarely spend dollar
to secure favorable legislation They ask
no appropriation, they claim no right Of
way. Let our stern moralists visit their
greatest condemnation upon the legislative
highwaymen, who hold up these great bust
ness interests, and. above all, upon an in
different people. who clothe these highway
men with the power to hold up their VIC
Tins"
This is getting back to the fundamentals
1t is, of course, not true that the insurance
companies and other corporations are to
be classed as unwilling victims Of legis-
lative rapacity but the responsibility is
about evenly divided. The corporations are
willing to be held up and the legislatures
are willing to hold them up. Just now a
| committee OF the New York legislature is
making a splendid inquiry into wrongs
which are in a large degree directly trace
| able to the legislature itself. The legis-
lature is the representative body elected
by the people, often with full knowledge of
| the shortcomings OF the men elected and
| never with complete absence OF suspicion
Of their susceptibility to corrupt influences.
1t would be an insult on the integrity of our
| governmental institutions as theoretically
| conceived to say that the legislatures, cor
rupt or otherwise, do not fairly and truly
| represent the prevailing sentiment of the
voters Time after time in Michigan we
| have been the unwilling witnesses OF the
| faulty OF a hundred constituencies which
| pers,stently returned men to the legis-
| lature whose fitness was told In public
records black with shame The same people
who do the voting cry for the passage OF
statutes that will make them honest. In
charging the responsibility to the people
through the legislatures. Mr.. Beck Is APP
proximately correct. 1t is within the power
of the legislatures to correct half the civic
and economic evils whose correction Is
demanded It is within the power OF the
people to elect legislatures that would
make such corrections. The inevitable con-
clusion is that the crimes of Industry the
commercial evils. the financial wrongs tht
depredations. thieveries, briberies and
gratis reflect the sentiment Of the people
and mark the morality of the times,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
NOTORIOUS TRUSTS.
Conspicuous Combines Deserving At
tention from Law Omcers.

chicago Tribune.
The Structural Steel association met the
other day in New York City to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of advancing prices. After a
lively discussion II was decided to make no
change. II a majority of the members had
favored an Increase the cost of construction
of buildings where structural steel is used
would have been increased throughout the
United States. A few men meeting in New
York can arbitrarily raise or lower the cost.
The other day notice was sent out that
there was to be a meeting of the steel plate
pool at Pittsburg TO consider the expedi-
ency of raising prices. The steel rail pool
has it's meetings. So have other associa-
lions which control the manufacture and
the price of various iron and steel products,
There is no secrecy about the meetings or
the action taken at them. The consumers
are promptly notified OF changes in price.
The various branches OF the iron and steel
industry are controlled by combines which
do not shun publicity and whose existence
is a matter Of common knowledge. The
antitrust law has no terrors for the steel
pools and associations. Each of them has
established a profitable monopoly and Will
not relinquish It until forced to do so by
the courts.
| It is certainly time that the courts should
be appealed to for that purpose. There can
be no dificulty about getting evidence
! against the steel rail- pool, for instance. II
has perfect monopoly. The Department
OF Justice can with the greatest ease make
out case against that pool and half a
dozen others in the iron and steel business.
When will It take the matter In hand and
deliver the community from the exactions
OF notorious combines?
There IL another trust which calls for &C
ton by the Department OF Justice. That is
the anthracite coal trust. II has been in
existence for years. but has never been mo-
Tested. The combine is perfecting its mo-
nopoly. Only the other day the Lehigh VAL
| ley railroad absorbed the firm OF Coke Bros.
! q Co. and the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey is negotiating for the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation companys mines. railroads
and canals The Arm OF Coke Bros. was
the largest of the independent producers OF
coal When all those producers shall have
been absorbed the monopoly Of the coal
| roads viii be complete.
| The more compact and stronger the coal
trust becomes the more exacting will It be
To get the evidence needed for a successful
prosecution should not be difieult matter
! II suit were to be begun the public would
rejoice at the prospect OF relief from mo-
! noPoly which has PlundeTed II for years.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
war ON Honest Graft.
springfield RepublIcan.


where did you get it?' drove Richard
Croker from New York. Mr.. Jerome has
begun to ask the same question concerning
Crokers successor, Murphy, and he will
continue asking II until election. Since
Murphy became the boss his wealth has
perceptibly increased. Today as Mr.. Je-
rome says, Murphy has an ESTATE" on
Long Island, and liveried servants.
whether he should be elected or not, Mr..
Jeromes slashing campaign will serve a
good purpose. He can say what Henry
George did nineteen years ago, when an
emissary from one of the great parties,
trying to dissuade Mr.. George from being
an Independent candidate, had pointed out
that as he could not be elected his run
ming would only raise hell" Then, said
George, gladly. Il will run. do not want
to be mayor, but do want to raise hell"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
LACK OF SKILLED LABOR.

In most Of the cities of the country
there is a demand for skilled labor in ex-
cess of the supply. Building operations
generally have been making fair prog
ress during the summer, but with the
approach Of winter there is necessity for
hurrying them forward and hence an in
creased demand for labor The prospect
is that great deal of work will have to
go over to next spring. According to a
leading trade journal, some large in
dustrial centers are actually bidding
against each other and shops are losing
men to neighboring establishments which
terms. That journal remarks that a
time may come when the labor bureau
idea will have developed into a clearing
house of labor, which will obviate the
almost fierce striving or the present
time to secure enough of good men. es-
pecially first class mechanics, to meet
the volume of business which the manu-
| facturers in metal lines have i'm hand.
Never before has there been so pros
porous a time for American wage work
ers. In every line of Industrial effort
there is a demand for labor and espe-
cialIy in the building trades the com.
pensation is better than ever before
The situation is in striking contrast with
that in European countries. In Eng
land. for example, the question as to
what shall be done for the unemployed
is seriously engaging public attention
In Germany conditions are not very
much better, while those who are EN-
ployed are not enjoying the usual share
of the necessaries of life. owing to the
high prices that prevail. Only in this
country is the demand for labor, par
ticularly skilled workmen, in excess Of
the supply and the compensation pro
portionate. Intelligent wOrkingmeI
fully understand to what this is due
They do not need TO have pointed on
TO them that it is the result of a polio!
which has fostered and developed on
industries and brought wealth TO tn
country within recent years in unpreee
dented measure.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
HAYERLY ZOE oouNrr cLERK


The candidacy Of d. NJ. Haverly for
the position Of county clerk should COM
mend itself not merely to republicans,
but to men of all classes and political
creeds. Mr.. Haverly is eminently quail
fled for the position and can point with
pride TO the record he made in that office
during two consecutive terms that were
terminated by his voluntary retirement
four years ago.
When he was county clerk Mr..
Haverly did not transact the business OF
his once by substitute deputies, but at
all times during his four years service
not only actively superintendent the
work, but participated in it and as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

Chicago Chronicle.

N~IHE WHIT
Prof Wiley might be better engaged
than in trying to raise hullabaioo about
the soldiers in the League Island navy
yard being fed on oleomargarine colored
with ''coal tar dyes" II there is anything
more wholesome than oleomargarine or
more harmless than aniline dyes we do not
know IT, The professor ought to revive
the alarming intelligence that the carbonio
acid gas in soda water is made out Of
marble dust and sulphuric acid.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
FAIR TREATMENr ON BORN SIDES.


II is one OF the very strong points in
the attitude OF Mr.. Roosevelt toward the
corporations that he asks for them abso-
lutely fair treatment. There is no bitter
ness against them, no bigoted prejudice.
no desire to crush them. All the presi-
dent asks is that those corporations
which are engaged In commerce among
the states shall be subjected to such
governmental supervision as will re-
strain them from committing wrongs
and abuses against the public and com
pei them to regard the laws.
In respect TO this the president made
his position very clear in his Atlanta adj
dress. He pointed out the necessity for
just treatment on both sides-on the part
of the people toward the corporations
and on the part Of the corporations to-
ward the people. He said that IL we
penallze industry we will ourselves in
the end have to pay a considerable part
Of the penalty. "If we make conditions
such that the men OF exceptional ability
are able to secure marked benefits by
the exercise of that ability. then we shall
ourselves benefit somewhat. 1t is our
interest no less than our duty to treat
them fairly-on the other hand, II is no
less their interest to treat us fairly-by
us l mean the great body Of the people,
the men of moderate or small fortunes,
the farmers, the wage workers, the
smaller business men and professional
men" He further declared that 1--WE
cannot afford in this country to draw the
distinction as between rich men and
poor men, The distinction upon which
we must insist is the VITAL deep-lying
Interchangeable distinction between the
honest man and the dishonest man, be.
tween the man who acts decently and
fairly by his neighbor and with a quick
sense of his obligations, and the man
who acknowledges no internal law save
that of his own will and appetite"
If the men in control of the railway
and other corporations could be induced
to accept these views and act in accord
with them, there would be no serious
controversy or difficulty in settling the
| questions between them and the public
1t is because they persist in demanding
conditions and privileges which are no
fair to the public that there is an urgen
and insistent call for regulatory legisla
ton designed to insure the people fai
treatment. Mr.. Roosevelt is not II
sympathy with those who would strik,
down corporations. He does not pro
pose anything revolutionary He con
templates no overturning and destruct
i've warfare upon any interest. Hi
simple aim is to secure obedience to tn
laws, fairness and honesty on the part o
the corporations. His purpose is t
cure. not to kill; to regulate, not to de
stroy.
Having with him in this an over
whelming popular support the eventus
success of the policy he champions I
assured. The corporations, with thei
attorneys and creatures in congress
may be able to delay it's realization, bu
their opposition serves to strengthen
public demand the ultimate triumph o
which is certain. Fair treatment o
both sides is what the American peopl
want and will inevitably obtain
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
GenuIne Regulntlon Demanded.

Chicago RecordHerald.
No shams. however artistic and ingenious
in construction, however attractive In APP
pearance, will pass muster. The people
are in no mood to be humbugged. The is
sue Is clear and simple and there must be
an open fight upon It. In the president $
emphatic words, ut is out of the question
for the government not to exercise a super
visory and regulatory right over the rail-
roads," a real, not a shadowy right, and
this right must take the form OF power
to correct abuses promptly and effectively.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
Man. Inhumanity to woman.

Baltimore American.
II has been judicially decided that a wife
has a right to go through her husbands
pockets while he is asleep. But now comes
another ruling. that husband has as good
a right to keep a rat trap In his pockets
to protect his money. Exasperated women,
in reading this ruling, will reassert the old
complaint of feminine kind that men have
horrid. mean way OF standing by one
another.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

sumed all its responsibilities. II Is
hardly necessary to bespeak the un-
divided support OF all republicans for
Mr.. Haverly. He has always received
IL when he was candidate before the
people and will, undoubtedly, again
head the procession on the 18th Of No
vpmbpr
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
WHO OWNS THE PRESCRIPTION
A Novel Question and Novel
Answer.


Philadelphia Press.
The question, who owns the prescription
given by a physician to his patient? oc-
cupies in it's discussion twelve columns in
the Druggists Circular. 1t seems that the
physician, the patient and the druggist all
have claims, which, however, are conflict
ing Each can plead with some plausibility
that the title to the document is in him.
The physician. because he wrote it for a
special purpose and has the right to re-
write indefinitely; the patient. by right of
purchase from the physician; the druggist,
by right of possession and the necessities
of the case, as IL tis for him a receipt and
record of the MEDICINE he delivered.
The dispute is clouded by treating the
prescription as substantial property. 1t is
simply an order for or description Of
property that the patient seeks to acquire.
When the physician has given the order to
his patient and received his pay his part
and money interest in the matter termi-
nate When the patient delivers the order
and receives and pays for the medicine his
part in the transaction is closed. The
piece of paper which is given to the drug
gist is retained by him merely as record
of a completed sale of an article made &C
cording to the specifications of the prescrip-
ton. The paper is necessary to the drug
gist as a protection should any question
| arise as to the nature of the medicine sold.
1t Is necessary to nobody else. Therefore
the druggist. who usually retains it, APP
pears, to have the best right to II.
Some patients would like to get the pre-
scription back to use elsewhere and oblig-
ing druggists will usually furnish copy OF
it II requested This. we take it, is rather
| a courtesy than acceded right We dc
not believe, however. that the apothecary's
right to retain prescription on which he
has sold medicine can be successfully dis
|
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
PHILOSOPHY.
Sonervile Journal.

Don't fret II things go wrong today,
They'll all come right tomorrow.
A time OF Joy, the wise men say,
Will follow every sorrow.
II you have failed, don't sit and mourn,
Just get to work and hustle,
Success Is sure to come In time
To active brain and music.
The man who mopes and frets, and pines
Will never be q winner.
He's I'm great luck II every day
He gets a decent dinner.
The sought-for secret OF success
I'll tell you, on the level:
Just hustle! hustle! that's the way
To circumVent the devil!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

While all the railroads now projected
and under construction west OF the Mis-
souri, do not lead to Omaha, they will
all tap a territory that viii eventually
become tributary to Omaha and materi-
ally increase the volume of traffic in
every branch Of its jObbing trade.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

South Omaha is preparing to add an
other quarter OF a million to its bonded
debit Mortgaging the future is a very
popular pastime in the Magic City,
which confidently expects Omaha to as
supe all the bonded debt created by II.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

"By their fruits shall We know them"
is favorite text Of President Roosevelt
and circumstances indicate that it is to
be applied more closely than In the past
20 departmental clerks at Washington.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

Judging from the discharge of double
shotted editorials that are being fred by
the Omaha Jack-ass battery one would
imagine Chancellor Andrews and John
d. Rockefeller were running for re-
gents OF the Nebraska university.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

The first intimation of the provisions
of the proposed German tariff law would
lead one TO believe that the farmers of
that country are the real protectionists;
but Great Britain will probably not
dread the enactment of its discarded
corn laws" by a commercial rival,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24
Heroes and Heroines.
Baltimore American.

out OF ten heroic savers OF life TO re-
ceive Carnegie medals three were women
which is quite an encouraging showing for
the weaker sex But, after all, heroism IA
something which, in spite Of the eynies. Il
latent 10 all human nature, and nothing IL
more surprising often than the people IN
whom It develops or the occasion which
call II forth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

The extent of railroad building in the
west would indicate that the railroad
managers either believe they have de-
feated the presidential plan for freight
rate regulation or they are not as much
afraid of Il as they pretend to be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

With Santo Domingo in the hands of
a receiver and Morocco rapidly heading
in that direction, the sultan of Turkey
should be careful how he treats the pow
ers who want to administer the affairs
of Macedonia.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

In the death of Jerry Simpson pOpu-
iism lost the man who did more than
any other TO make its vagaries popular
In Kansas; but, after all, he survived his
party.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

When that referendum is ordered In
Norway the real progress Of republican
ideas in the north will be measured; and
IL is by no means certain that the ma
jority OF the people viii be willing to
discard the traditions of monarchy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

Japan's naval display in which cap
tured Russian ships took part may not
have been as barbaric as the ancient
Roman triumphs, but the vanquished
pay the penalty just the same.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-24

The president OF the Prison congress
deplOres the existence of 'isms" in the
matter Of charities and corrections in the
United States; but he must admit that
bot for these ''isms" the men who have
studied the subject would pc lonesome
when the congress Is called to order.