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Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

That the government is doing most
excellent educational work in the Philip
pines is shown in the statement of Prof
Dennis, who has just returned to this
country from the islands for visit He
states that the educational department of
the Philippine government is u success
and that the Filipino students have made
excellent progress in learning the English
language. The Filipino, II appears, is
very nearly II not quite equal to the
American student In acquiring knowl-
edge, According 10 this authority the
teachers sent out from this country have
shown great zeal and industry In their
work and the results are in the highest
degree gratifying. There has been de-
veloped large force of Filipino teach
ers, many OF whom are just as good in
discipline, In their method of teaching
and in advancing their pupils as many
American teachers.
Prof. Dennis expressed the opinion
that If the government will keep the edu-
cational force in the Philippines at, max
imum. in twenty years the ruling class
there will understand and love American
institutions, and in no other way can we
teach the Filipino to understand and love
them. There can be no doubt that II will
be chiefly through the educational sys-
TEN established that we shall create a
sentiment Of loyalty and affection among
the natives Of the Philippines toward the
government and institutions OF the
United States, and there is no apparent
reason why the policy In this respect
which has already been SO successful
should not be maintained and as rapidly
as practicable made more comprehen
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

II Admiral Togo will consent TO break
into the magazines he can name his own
price.
Just to show that Missouri whites take
little stock in the color line, white men
are taking the places Of the striking negro
hod carriers in Kansas City.
The Rigsdag and the storthing will have
to do business on the Hungarian Diet
plan IL they expect TO hold a place on the
first page, with headlines to match.
The amount OF tainted money handed to
the Rockefeller university this season is
not enough to draw a knock from Colum-
bus, o., or provoke yell of JOY on the
Midway.
Philadelphia is fully awake and enjoying
some Of the smiles of life. Just as a stray
bull butted into gospel tent in the sub
urbs the audience sang with much feeling
Nearer, My God, to Thee"
President Roosevelts ffteen-acre farm in
Virginia is distant from railroads and
country roads, and is of the rough and
rugged type calculated to test the horse
manship of the persistent correspondent.
The way of some transgressors is not
as hard as It is cracked up to be. While
Banker Bigelow got ten years at hard
labor a clerkship softens the fag end of
the sentence. Still, there are people who
think a ten-year clerkship Is not snap.
Queen Christina of Spain, who inherited
an immense private fortune from her uncle,
the late Archduke Albert OF Austria, has
for a number of years held some $SOOO,OOO
worth OF United States bonds and retained
possession of them even throughout the war
of Spain with this country.
1t is given out cold that Sunday closing
is the real thing in st. Louis and other
Missouri cities. Not drop was to be
had for any old price in St. Louis last
Sunday. And yet but a few years ago
people regarded Missouri as past redemp-
ton.
Manufacturing Chemist weightman of
Philadelphia made a fortune out of Peru
Wan bark and died. His heirs and their
lawyers are now dissecting his reputation
and making his fortune look like tele-
scoped capsule. People with any respect
for their regulations should never die rich.
Boston has certain ideals of architectural
art which cannot be violated with impu-
nifty. One of these ideals is a limit Of
ninety feet to the heights of buildings on
Copley square One offending concern went
over the limit ten feet and the authorities
got busy and removed one story. court
and jury have just assesAed the damage
at s4S1,970, and entered judgment against
the city. Ideals come high, but Boston
would not be Boston without them.
A London woman alleged to be a beauty
doctor, announces that she is prepared to
make lean and looking figures mod
erately fat and rotund. Her methods are
pneumatic. For a stipulated bunch of
royal coin she will pump air under lean
cuticle, much the same bicycle and
auto tires are filled, and in this way pro-
duce beautifully rounded figures. II this
method should become popular pins and
other pointed articles must be stunned.
An inflated beauty contracting puncture
unexpectedly would certainly create COM
motion and present spectacle that would
make strong men weep.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
THE DEAR OLD DAYS,

r L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
Gimme back the dear old days-all tho
boys in line
boy stood on the burnin deck" an
"Bingen on the Rhine!"
"Twas midnight; In his guarded tent"-we
spoke II high and low,
While Mary trotted out that lamb whose
fleece was white as snow!"
Gimme back the dear old days that mem'ry
loves to keep.
With pilot, tits a fearful night-there's
danger in the deep!
The old-tme awkward gestures-the jerk,
meant for a bow
We said that "Curfew should not ring"
but Lord, it's ringing now
Gimme back the dear old days-the path
way through the dels
To the school house In the blossoms; the
sound of far-off bells
Tinklin' 'crost the meadows: the song or
the bird an brook;
The old-time dictionary, an the blueback
spellin' book!
Gone, like dream, forever! city's hid
the place
Where stood the oil log school house: an
familiar face
Is smilin' there in welcome beneath q
mornin' sky
There's a bridge acrost the river, an we've
crossed, an said "goodby!"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
FOR REFORM IN PUBLIC BUSINESS.

FOR REFORM IN PUBLIC BUSINESS.
President Roosevelt has given another
evidence of his vigilance in regard to
public affairs and his sollcitude for i'm
provement in the business of the gov
ernment by his appointment of COM
mittee, consisting of government oiii-
cials, ''who are to investigate and find
out what changes are needed to place
the conduct of the executive business of
the government in all its branches on
the most economical and effective basis
IN the light of the best modern business
practice" There had been, so far as we
are aware, no intimation that the presi-
dent contemplated anything of this kind
and 1t is easy to believe that the an
nouncement came as a rather startling
surprise to the officials in the several
executive departments.
The significance of 1t is obvious. The
presidents experience has evidently con-
vinced him that there is a good deal Of
affairs, that not few government Off
cials employ themselves to considera-
BILE extent in ways which do not benefit
the public service and that business
in the administration Of the affairs of
the government as should be done. 1t
Is the opinion of the president that "the
business methods of the different de-
no tUnn 10 oh ha thSfo fiol
form" and that whatever is not indis-
pensable In the performance of work
should be eliminated. This plainly
means that great deal Of what is called
"red tape" might be dispensed with and
the public business carried on more in
accordance with modern methods. Mr..
Roosevelt specifies useless letter writing
as one of the things to be corrected, re-
marking that "in all branches of the gov
ernment there is tendency greatly to
increase unnecessary and largely per-
functory letter writing" This, the pres
ident says, wastes the time Of the gov
ernment servant responsible for it and
impedes the public business. This state
ment reveals condition of which the
country was not before aware, but
which it can readily be understood may
Justify the president in calling it an
abuse.
1t Is easy to imagine that this action
of Mr. Roosevelt will cause no little
anxiety in official circles, particularly
among those to whom he refers as
"bureaucrats," for 1t plainly indicates n
purpose to institute reforms which may
result in considerably reducing the num-
ber of government employees. 1t is not
to be doubted that there is q good deal
of wasted time in the government serv-
ice and that If business methods were
strictly applied all that is now accom-
plished could be as well done by fewer
officials. At all events it is certainly
desirable that the administration of pub
lie affairs shall be conducted. as far as
1t is practicable to do So according to
the best modern business practice. 1t is
an unprecedented move which President
Roosevelt has made and the result will
be of great interest to the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.


Religion by compusion results In repul-
sion.
1t Is easy to call our impulses His in
spiration
Faith builds no fences between us and
our fellows
Envying another's cake only spons our
own cookies
Men need new hearts more than
stronger harness.
a retrihed creed often goes with a
putty conscience
God waits for us somewhere on every
pathway Of pain
Men who intend TO be good tomorrow
always die today
Nowhere do souls sour quicker than in
an ice box church
The fragrance Of life depends on the
fullness of It's love.
Life is all song when Que lives in har-
mony with the infinite
The heart gains no rest through tho
gold cross carried on the breast
Inc sunday face that looks like lye will
not wash out the sins of the week.
The man who can be patient with his
corns has a good chance of glory.
What most Christians need is not mora
assurance of faith but more assets.
It's no use agonizing in PRAYER for tho
light when you keep the shutters locked.
The more haste men make for happiness
the less Intimate acquaintance they get
with It.
Heaven has feasts for home coming
wanderers, but not so much as a handout
for the tramp.
Many man wastes enough perspiration
praying for dimes to earn ten times as
many dollars.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
THE cAMpAreS OF EDUCATION.

Tons of literature are being sent broad
cast by the railroads one OF the largest
educational bureaus" OF this character
conducted by the railroads Is operated
here In Washington. Since congress
closed there has gone to every weekly ana
daily newspaper in the country, every
technical journal and magazine, every
member of the American Bar association,
every library and TO thousands OF indl-
viduals Of influence and standing copies OF
these pamphlets, in which the work OF the
interstate Commerce commission is shown
In an uncomplimentary light.
This same educational bureau" has
other pamphlets in course OF preparation
which will be given even wider circulation
than those which have gone before. All
court records OF the cases prosecuted by
the commission are being searched by ex-
perts for unfavorable comment by the
trial Judges. These are being arranged in
their most effective manner to cast dis
credit on the commission, the inference
always being that the members of the
present commission are to blame for the
alleged railroad evils by not properly ad-
ministering the law as It now exists.
In thus attacking the members of the
Interstate Commerce commission the rail-
roads believe they are getting at the
fountain head of their trouble over freight
rate legislation Washington Letter to
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The campaign of education that had
It's commencement exercises at the ma
tlonal capital Immediately after con-
gress adjourned has reached Omaha and
established itself under the title Of the
columbia News Bureau" with offices
on the ninth floor of the New York Life
building. Its typewriter contributions
are being mailed out to Nebraska edi-
tors, who will recognize their genuine
ness by this mark in purple ink, This
matter is exclusive in your territory and
is released for publication on receipt
Free" This, of course, relates to weekly
and monthly publications, who are gen
erously served by mall postpaid
The Bee has, however, been favored
by personal delivery with an exclusive
contribution over the name of "Slason
Thompson" the editor-in-chief of the
Chicago Bureau of Railway Education.
Adhering to its well-known policy to
give both sides of every great issue a
fair hearing, The Bee prints without
charge Mr.. Thompson's exhaustive re-
view of the railway issue and leaves the
intelligent public to make its own con-
clusions. In due time it will point out
the fiction and fallacies on which the op-
ponents Of railway regulation base their
arguments and seek to bring about a re-
action in public sentiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
A WISE DEVELOPMENT.
Progress Toward the Higher Ideals
of Life.
Indianapolis News.

lnuldndpOllS news
The entire st. Paul railroad system has
made a new regulation that Sunday shall
be a day Of rest as far as possible with
out interfering with the absolute necessh
ties of the traffic. Sunday excursions will
be discontinued as we'll as all extra trains
on that day, and freight crews will be In
struoted 10 make headquarters by Satur-
day night. General Passenger Agent Miller
says the road is doing this because It
thinks its men are entitled to rest, and
because the Sunday traffic Is a risk for
which the returns are not adequate. This
sort OF thing seems TO us to be a great
sign of the times. The sign is that We are
coming 10 the age of wisdom, the time
when we learn that there are limits to
human nature, so that the 'level best"
the greatest average, is to be had by re-
version to moderation.
In similar way as to principle, Mayor
Weaver OF Philadelphia, elected as a mem
ber OF the gang awakened TO the truth
that "honesty was the best policy" and
he concluded TO be honest-he found that
It paid better. The motive may not
be high, but 1t Is practicable 1t is suited
10 this practical world. Long ago rail-
roads dealt with the drink question on
precisely the same basis. They said In
or rather that there were no morals or
sentiment involved; that they simply rec
ognized that a man that drank was not
safe man 10 be trusted with running
train, and they would not have him.
II we are correct that the recognition
of this principle Is a sign OF the times
we are on the eve OF many betterments-
and to continue the application to rail-
roads, which are so vital a part OF the
life OF the country, It should apply TO the
great race for speed that is taking place
on some Of the great trunk lines There
are limits of safety, all things considered
track, grade, curves and equipment. 1t
is plain that this limit is being pressed
hard, to put 1t mildly.
After all. the greatest thing in the world
is a human being and his best development
is the greatest thing in life. 1t is not
dollars 1t is not u little more wealth at a
little more risk. A railroad man is a safer
man all the week for having Sunday
rest. just he is a safer man for not
drinking When the American people wake
up TO this large fact and come to cherish
human beings as the most valuable thing
In the word and human life the most
sacred thing in the world, we shall have
a saner civilization and more real progress
than We witness nows
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
HOMES FOR AMBASSADORS,

Again attention is being called to the
fact that among the leading nations only
the United States does not provide a
residence at foreign capitals for it's am
bassadors and ministers. A short time
ago the former ambassador to Germany,
Andrew ID. White, said that If our diplo-
matte representatives abroad find lodg-
ings at all in keeping with their Office,
as is necessary in all the larger capitals,
they must spend more than their total
salaries for rent. This means, he said,
that only rich men can accept the higher
posts and thus our republic maintains
the most bureaucratic and aristocratic
diplomatic service in the whole world.
More recently Mr.. Choate referred 10
the subject, remarlling that the present
arrangement by which our country, al
most alone among the nations repre-
sented at London by embassies, goes
without home OF it's own is undemo-
cratic, unrepublican and unbecoming to
the dignity of great nation. at is un-
fair to the president" he said, because
It limits his choice every time. He ought
to be able to lay his hand upon the
shoulder of whomever he considers the
very best man among our eighty mil
lions to represent the nation in each of
the capitals of Europe, whether he has a
dollar OF his own or not" Mr.. Choate
urged that what we ought to have is a
permanent embassy, suitable for the rep
resentative OF republic, properly
equipped and adequate for the purpose
in which each successive ambassador
would reside as matter of course, the
nation alone being responsible for It's
dignity and fitness.
The salary of an ambassador is $17, 800
year, 1t is stated that the rent of
Ambassador Reid's residence in London
is $4,000 year, or $4,000 more than
double the amount OF the salary. I'm
doubtedly the most forceful argument In
favor of the government providing resi-
dence for its ambassadors and ministers
under existing conditions no man is
eligible for a first-class foreign mission
unless he is possessed Of large wealth.
A man OF moderate means might of
course represent us abroad, but he would
have to live in a way which would hardly
comport with the dignity of this great
and wealthy country, TO say nothing Of
the personal humiliation he might be
subjected 10. An effort Is TO be made 10
again bring this matter TO the attention
OF congress, but 1t is probable that II
will meet with the fate of previous ef-
forts. II is great honor and distinc-
tion TO represent the United States at a
foreign court, but at present to be en-
joyed by men who have the wealth to
meet the social demands upon the posi-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
NEBRAsKA's NATIONAL GUARD.

The Nebraska National Guard has ad-
vanced beyond the tin soldier stage. The
school for officers held at the state cap
ital during the past week was success
from every point of view. 1t was very
well attended by the officers of the two
Nebraska regiments, comprising nearly
100 young business and professional
men, and had for its instructor an officer
of the United States army, who has
proven his capability both in the field
and in the school. Special lectures were
delivered by experts on topics under
consideration and the sessions of the
school We're made instructive and profit
able to those who gave their time to
them.
The people of Nebraska, and es,
pecially those of Omaha. do not fully
appreciate the Importance of the Ma.
tional Guard nor its relations to the
state and nation. 1t is organized along
lines similar to those of the regular
army. 1t was recognized by the federal
government as the most effectual
method of training the youth Of the
country for actual service in event Of
domestic insurrection or foreign war.
The services of the volunteer soldier In
America, both In the war of the rebel
lion and in the more recent war with
Spain. have not only redounded to their
imperishable renown, but have welded
together great nation and gained for
1t the respect and admiration of the CIV
ilized world.
The Nebraska guardsmen are in effect
volunteers with the single exception that
their support Is not properly provided
for. The efforts of these men to secure
for themselves proper training and theo-
retical knowledge Of the game Of war
evlnces the sincerity with which they
have inscribed their names on the mill
tary muster roll. They should be en-
couraged, at least to the extent Of hav-
ing armories provided for them, so that
they will be relieved Of the necessity of
devoting not only their time, but also of
giving their money to support their or
ganiZation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
ton which in these times seem to be i'm
perative.
FROM PETER DRUNK no PETER SOBER.

FhOh PETER DRUNK TO PETER SOBER
Sufficient time has now elapsed since
the sensational trial of Tom Dennison
for hysterical people, who claimed to
have been shocked by the verdict of ac-
quittal, to give a calm second, sober
thought to the melodramatic exit Of the
star witness from the stage.
The most spectacular and most sensa-
tional incident Of the trial was the pub
lie admonition of the principal attorney
for the prosecution to ex-Convict Morris,
alias Shercliffe, to arm himself and shoot
down any sheriff or police officer who
dared to lay his hands on him under pre-
tense that he had a requisition to take
him either to Oklahoma, where he is un-
der indictment for robbery, or to Colo
rado, where he is wanted on the charge
of murder. To say that noted criminal
who had served terms in three peniten-
tiarles would be justified in killing any
officer who attempted to arrest him is a
monstrous declaration that cannot be
justified by anybody who processes to be
n law-abiding citizen.
But the most amazing and the most
unheard of feature of the proceedings
that have sprung out of the Dennison
trial is the protection afforded to Sher-
cliffe from prosecution for crime with
which he is charged in several states.
Here is man whose criminal career be-
gan at the age of 10 and has continued
almost uninterruptedly for more than
twenty-five years. During this period
Shercliffe has been not only charged but
convicted of the most heinOus offenses
In the criminal code, including larceny,
burglary highway robbery and murder
GUS assault of which the Pollock diamond
robbery was perhaps the most dastardly,
and this ferocious outlaw, more danger
Gus than a mad dog, who has been req
uisitioned by two states, is kept at large
among the orderly, peace-loving people
of Iowa under promises made by the at
torney of the Civic Federation to reward
his services in the Red Oak trial.
How can honorable and reputable men
whose names have been associated with
the Civic Federation with the idea that
It's main object Is law enforcement recon
cile the position taken by it's attorneys
to shield confessed law-breakers Of the
Shercliffe type?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
SIMPLE GRIEF.
Government to Check Ostentntion at
Funerals.

New York Tribune.
A priest in a factory district of western
Massachusetts recently began a crusade
against costly funerals among his parish
toner's. On investigation he found that
their expense frequently impoverished tho
bereaved family, and that in order 10
pay for a magnificent coffin, elaborate
floral settings and a long procession of
carriages. all of which constituted only "a
passing pageant Of an hour" household
was often compelled to deny itself for
months the bare necessities of life. In his
pulpit accordingly he denounced such prac-
tices, and asked that henceforth those of
his flock who died be buried as simply as
they had lived.
The words of this priest bore good fruit
Simplicity instead of ostentation has more
and more characterized the funerals of
his parish, and as a result the community
as a whole has been much happier. This
was not because 1t grieved the less over
Its dead, but because, being less starved
by eXtravagant manifestations OF it's sor-
rows, 1t could bear them with greater
forttude. Nor has a single parish only
been blessed. The sentiment against costly
ceremonials for the dead has spread to
other parts of Massachusetts,, where other
clergymen have followed the example OF
the priest.
1t is to be hoped that the gospel OF sim
pie grief, as some have called IL, may find
It way to this city. Where, indeed, could
it work a vaster good? Where could its
material benefits, those which keep the
cupboard stored, the muscles strong and
the nerves steady, be more felt than in
the crowded tenement districts, where
death comes more often and life Is hardest
to liver And where could II perform a
greater spiritual mission, the sort which
puts sincerity before outward display, and
a full heart before full purse, than in
some OF the houses of the wealthy.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
Well-Sprinss of Patriotism,

Baltimore American.
The governor of Gibraltar Is holding up to
Englishmen the example of America In
teaching children patriotism and love for
the flag. He declares that his own country
men are lacking in this respect and that
this negelct is fraught with dangerous po-
tentiallties. There is no doubt that a Iowa
for the flag and the nation, which is vital
and appeals with reality to young hearts,
Is one of the greatest safeguards of a ma
tion. For the enthusiasm of youth stimu-
lates this patriotism in older hearts while
nothing can make it so deterioriate as O
nerfunctorY regard for Il.