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Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
MONEY GETTING AND SUCCESS.
False Conceptions of Life which
should BE Rooted Out.


Charles f. Hughes, the lawyer who has
been conducting the investigation into the
big New York life insurance companies,
has had as intimate view OF business cor
ruption in high places perhaps, as it has
been any mans lot to witness. The les
sons he has drawn from his unusual and
highly instructive experience, therefore.
have a peculiar value and are we'll worth
noting. Speaking the other evening of the
dinner OF an alumni association he said:
What we need is a revival Of the army OF
honor. We want to hear less of the man
who began poor and amassed riches and
more about the man who lived unsullied
though he dies poor We want to change
the burden of proof. Let every man who
has amassed wealth or gained office be
ready to show clear balance sheet, If he
has got ii.
1--WE want a baptism Of self-respect, so
we can stand erect in the presence OF the
almighty dollar"
No one will charge Mr.. Hughes with be-
ing a mere idealist. His searching cues
ton during the life insurance investiga-
ton have shown him 10 be a hard-headed
man, whose views OF life are sternly prao-
teal and with whom sentiment is always
guided and controlled by reason. He him
self. indeed, might be looked upon as a
typo Of successful man" The fact that
such man raises a warning against the
widespread and Unsuitable ambition which
has for it's object the amassing of riches is
therefore especially significant.
Virtually, his speech is an arraignment
OF the whole tendency of the teaching
which has been given to the youth of this
country, The gospel Of success has been
preached. so persistently and success has
been so completely Identified with wealth
in the public mind that our point Of view
as a nation seems hopelessly distorted. We
have come to feel that money getting Is d
pursuit beside which all other forms OF
human activity are secondary and insg-
n!ficsnt.
The idea that the man who has lived
unsullied though he dies poor Is In every
way more successful man than one who
gets rich at the price OF honor is one that
cannot be set forward too often or with
too much insistence. II this false eoneep-
ton Of life Is 10 be corrected.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

the last few years is likewise visibly
evident. But that there is room for
much greater Improvement and further
progress toward affording tourists more
comfortable accommodation and facili-
ties better adapted for their needs at
more moderate expense also goes with
ont saying.
The traveller i'm Europe makes short
trips and many stops, while in Western
America he is forced to make long
jumps with infrequent rests. Only a
few Of our cities have been educated up
to the value and prestige of the tourist
traffic sufficiently to exert themselves to
meet the ordinary demands, while the
tendency is altogether too marked TO re-
gard the tourist as legitimate prey
which comes within reach only once, in
stead of cultivating him as a guest with
a view to encouraging his return at
some future time.
Touring Western America can and
will be made more popular and no more
expensive than touring Europe, but the
people of the west will first have to
arouse themselves thoroughly to the de-
STABILITY of promoting tourist travel and
exert themselves accordingly.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

As TO MARSHAL MATHEWS REMOVAL.
Uncle Sam expects every man to do
his duty. That does not mean simply
that every public officer is expected to
perform the functions devolving upon
him, but that he must also show some
interest in the affairs Of government.
The United States marshal is pre-
sumed to be as vigilant as policeman.
When policeman sees burglar break
ing into store he is presumed to make
the arrest promptly. When the United
States marshal sees a violator OF federal
law running away from justice he is
presumed TO follow and corral him;
when he scents a conspiracy to defeat
the ends of justice, he is presumed TO
sound the alarm, at least, and lend a
helping hand in breaking it up. The
trouble with Mr.. Mathews was inaction
and strict neutrality between law break
ers and the government.
What has been wanted for years in
the federal court house is not time serv-
ers who grudgingly put in days work
to earn their salaries, but officers who
are in active sympathy with the presi-
dents efforts to enforce the laws against
public thieves. whether they pilfer "A few
dollars or steal themselves rich; and
against land grabbers, big and small
whether they grab from the poor Indians
or from the public domain. Mr. Mathews
will. of course. have the sympathy Of his
personal and political friends, but he has
only himself to blame for his summary
taking off.
Incidentally Mr.. Mathews removal
presents another aspect. In Nebraska,
as i'm other states west of the Missouri,
the initiative for the appointment Of
federal officers is taken at railroad head
quarters, and men who secure position
through that influence seem to be i'm
bued with the idea that their allegiance
is due to the managers of the corpora
lions, rather than to the government. In
their zeal to serve the corporations they
forget their official obligations and be-
come supremely Indifferent TO the trust
reposed in them as representatives of
the executive department of the govern
ment. This condition has plainly i'm
PEELED President Roosevelt to the rigor-
Gus discipline to which Mr.. Mathews has
been subjected by his lack of discretion
and sympathetic cooperation with the
Department of Justice
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Corporations of Modest Income.


Our good friend with 81, 100000 a year can
not eat much More or better food or drink
much more or better drinks than we can.
If he does he will be sorry. He can have
more places to live in and enormously more
and handsomer apparatus of living, but
he can't live in more than one place at
once, and too much apparatus is a bother.
He can make himself comfortable and live
healthful. So can we. He can have all the
leisure he wants, can go where he likes
and stay as long as he will. He has the
better of us there We have the better of
him in the daily excitement and discipline
OF making living. We may beat him in
dcipline, too. We are apt to get more than
he does-the salutary discipline Of steady
work, of self-denial, of effort That is
enormously valuable TO soul, body and
mind. He can't buy it. We get it thrown
in with our daily bread. We have rather
better chances than he of raising our
children well. We are as likely to have
good friends worth having and to find
pleasure in them.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
FEDERAL TAXING POWER.


An important decision relating to the
federal taxing power was rendered the
past week by the supreme court of the
United States. The state of South Caro-
lima runs liquor dispensaries and the
federal internal revenue officers have
been collecting taxes on the sale of liQ-
uors by the state and county dispensa-
ries. The state instituted suit against
the United States to recover the taxes
collected, contending that as the United
States is beyond the reach of state taxa
ton, SO is the state equally beyond the
reach of United States taxation; that
neither the property nor the agencies
and instrumentalities used by the state
for the transaction of its business can
be subjected to any burden of taxation
by the United States.
In the course of its decision the court
said: THE right Of South Carolina to
control the sale Of liquor by the dispen-
sary system has been sustained. Ming
ling the thought of profit with the ne
cessity of regulation may induce the
state to take possession, in like manner,
of tobacco, oleomargarine and all other
objects of internal revenue tax. If one
state finds it thus profitable, other states
may follow, and the whole body of reve-
nue. tax be thus stricken down." This
view of the highest judicial tribunal will
be interesting to those who think the
states should manage every kind of
business
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
The wife as a Banker.
indianapolis Sentinel.

Women are savers rather than spenders
And when they spend they spend to good
advantage. A dollar i'm a woman's hands
goes twice as far az a dollar in the hands
of a man. II you want to save money
let your wife be the banker. This is for
the man who gets wages out of job and
for the man who gets a salary out of a
position. This is for the workingman,
whether he labors with his hands or tolls
with his brain. This is for the married
man and for the man about to be married,
1t is for men in every class Of life and
every walk of life. 1t is the best advice
for the average man everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
THE WANDERER.
-Four Track News.


With book and bundle on my back, and
knOtty stan I'm hand,
L fare along the dusty road through wood
and meadow land;
Or, gazing from the flying train, behold the
starry night,
Or. leaning from the vessel watch the wake
of creamy white.
On, on through sleeping villages with
curtained panes l pass,
BY many a silent. moonlit field. knee deep
in fragrant grass.
Though in some green and pleasant spot
chance a while to stay,
The fire of travel in my blood soon surges
me away.
l see the flash of gilded domes beside 4
turqoise flood.
And vineyards purpling in the sun, and
aloes In the bud
Before me from the mountain tops, by
ancient tower and town.
An angel I'm golden mail, the morning
marches down
A pilgrim of the earth am I. no narrow
walls confine
MY soul. as in a rusty sheath, the horizon
is mine; - !,
The joy of motion leads my feet untired
DER vale and hill,
And from the shadows and the mist new
prospects beckon still.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

The Richards Omstock land fencing
prosecution seems to have so incensed
Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock that
he was driven to the use of italics in re
ferrlng TO their case in his annual re-
port. Were 1t only consonant with the
dignity OF his official position we feel
sure the secretary would be fully justi-
fed In using a few old-fashioned swear
words to vent his feelings
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
THE NATURALIZATION LAWS.

President Roosevelt believes that the
urged this upon the attention of con-
gress in his message of last year, say
ing then that fraudulent naturalization,
the naturalization of improper persons
is curse to our government, land it is
the affair of every honest voter, wher-
ever born, to see that no fraudulent vot-
ing is allowed, that no fraud in connec-
ton with naturalization is permitted"
He declared that there should be com
prehensive revision of the naturaliza-
ton laws. THE courts having power to
naturalize should be definitely named by
national authority, the testimony upon
which naturalization may be conferred
should be definitely prescribed; publica-
ton Of impending naturalization appli-
cations should be required in advance
of their hearing in court; the form and
wording of all certificates issued should
be uniform throughout the country, and
the courts. should be required to make
returns to the secretary of state at
stated periods of all naturalizations con-
ferred."
Since then a commission appointed by
the president has made a careful exami-
nation of the naturalization laws and in
his last message Mr. Roosevelt calls the
attention of congress to the principal
recommendations of the commission.
These propose a federal bureau of nat
uralization to supervise the administra-
ton of the laws; uniformity of natural
ization certificates, fees TO be charged
and procedure; more exacting qualitlca-
tons for citizenship; the preliminary
declaration of intention to be abolished
and no alien to be naturalized until at
least ninety days after the filing of his
petition; jurisdiction to naturalize aliens
to be confined to United States district
courts and to such state courts as have
jurisdiction in civil actions in which the
amount in controversy is unlimited; in
cities of over 100000 inhabitants the
United States district courts to have eX-
elusive jurisdiction in the naturalization
of the alien residents of such cities.
These are radical changes, but they
are undoubtedly necessary in order to
prevent fraud in naturalization and safe
guard our citizenship against the danger
of debasement. The last of the above
recommendations giving the federal dis
trict courts in cities of over 100000 in
habitants exclusive jurisdiction in the
naturalization of the alien residents of
such cities, is especially to be COM
mended, since under present conditions
practically all fraudulent naturalization
is in the larger cities and is made easy
by allowing other than the federal courts
to issue certificates of naturalization.
Certainly no argument can be needed to
support the proposition that every care
should be taken to shield American citi-
zenship against fraud and to confer it
only upon those who can show that they
are qualified and fitted to become citi-
zens of the United States. At a time
when aliens are coming into the country
in greater numbers than ever before the
naturalization question assumes eXtraOr-
binary Importance and should receive
the earnest and careful consideration of
| congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Senator Burkett has concluded to be
satisfied with the Craftsmanship of the
committee on geological survey. In
view of the periodical discovery Of pre-
historic fossils in western Nebraska this
committee Craftsmanship should feel as
much at home in this state as it would
anywhere else and i'm the interval Ne
braska's junior senator will wait in line
as patiently as he can for something
better
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Knock for an Open Door.
RrnnLln.n Ia nIn

1t is time to give our island dependencies
a market, and that market should be here
In our own ports. Condemnation to pov-
erty is a condemnation OF this country,
to perpetual rebedlions and an expense
greater than the gain promised to the
brown and black people through an enllght-
ened relationship with them.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

An anxious public is still waiting to
hear whether George b. Mcclellan or
William II. Hearst polled the most
legitimately cast votes for mayor at the
recent election in New York City As
to which will actually occupy the posi-
ton of chief executive of the metropolis
they are disposed to be rather indiffer-
ont
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Receipts at the Sidney land office had
fallen so low that the fees available for
paying the receiver and register suficed
only to make Il nominal salary. The
abolition of the Sidney land office,
therefore, need not be expected to elicit
much of protest from the men put out
of q inh
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Governor Folk insists that the insur-
ance exposures have not undermined in
surance as an institution, although they
have taken the ground away from un-
der insurance Encouragement To par
apbrase this in homely words-before
strengthening the structure all the rot
ten timber must be cut away
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

To put IL mildly, II does not look very
good TO have the father of the state au-
ditor appear as a witness for the rail
roads i'm trying to prove that the assess
ment of railroad property made by the
state board, of which the son is mem
Der, is out of proportion compared with
the tax valuations put upon the property
of the father and the son.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

In looking over the "honor list" at
London one fails TO observe higher dig
mites for Alfred Austin, but the prece-
dent-breaking poet laureate can hardly
expect consideration at the hands OF a
conservative" party.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

With Chinese sailors boycotting mer-
chants in the harbor of San Francisco,
congress may learn the depth of celestial
resentment
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

One railroad journal speaks of rate
determinations impossible to avoid" as
one reason why the government should
have no right to control rates, but Uncle
Sam has several times before this shown
that the impossible can be made pos
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
VIII She stOop to whisper'

According to statistics, women have dur
ing the past twenty-five years increased in
stature two and one-half inches, while men
have grown that much shorter. If this
thing keeps up for a century or two mere
man will need a stepladder when he de-
sires to whisper the glad word in her ear
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

firmly convinced that congress failed
n,iserably to take into due consideration
the arbitrary rule Of the weather man
when IL selected site for the national
capital way back in the 1TaOs
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

A definition of moral turpitude"
which viii. be recognized alike by both
judicial and executive officers of the gov
ernment as well as laymen would come
In handy about this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

According TO veraciOus chroniclers it
took less than twenty minutes TO read
the presidents message to the august
senate. Tho reading clerk Of the senate
must have had a prize up for making a
sneed record.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Zimmerman's dream of the Great
Central route" is now denounced as Inn
moral in its inception. Inasmuch as it
failed and J. Pierpont Morgan was
caught in the trap this must be so.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Senator Mitchelrs successor may be a
democrat without causing great excite
ment, but the governor of Oregon owes
it TO his state to see that he has no en-
tanglIng alliances with land sharks.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
rouR1sr rRA W. IN TEE WEsr.


Harper's Weekly comments in a hu-
mOrous way upon the movement inaugu-
rated 10y the Commercial club of Salt
Lake City to persuade American tourists
to direct their recreation trips to the
western part of their own country
rather than to the capitals and resorts
of Europe. While it jocularly wishes
good speed to the club and the confer
ence it has called of governors of west
ern states and representatives of the
railroads and commercial organizations
to meet and consider the subject Janu-
airy Is, 1906, the Weekly suggests that
I'VE would travel more at home if 1t
were made easier for us to do it. and
that while our4ri people do il now and
do it for fun, poorer people think they
get more for their money, as yet, by
crossing the Atlantic"
People frequently say things i'm joke
that are meant I'm earnest, and whether
this jibe was meant in earnest or not.
western people should take il in earnest
just the same. The bOundless west has
natural attractions that well repay a
cross-continent trip, but the question of
comfort and expense too often enters to
a deciding degree. That constantly
more and more American tourists are
acquamting themselves with their own
country as well as with Europe is evil
denced on every side and that the con-
ditions of western travel and stopping
OF have been vastly improved within
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

The recommendation of federal law
requiring the use of block signals on all
railroads meets with opposition on the
part of many railroad managers, but so
far the passengers have organized no
lobby against it.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

The movement TO transfer Inaugural
ton day from the month OF the March
wind TO the period of the April shower
is taking GU more definite shape The
public is gradually becoming more
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

That Boston grand jury showed little
regard for the comfort of others when
1t decided to let Lawson and Barron
tight their battles in the magazines.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

The census bulletin on illlteracy indi-
Gates that In every 1000 persons in this
cSuntry over 10 years OF age only 100
are now unable to write AS against l3S
in 1900. This reflects substantial pro
grcss. but II makes still just l06 too
many.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Another of the, McCurdys has re-
signed. If this keeps up we will have
the announcement of McCurdy resign
ing every day in the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Coming Our Way.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.


Manufacturers of such luxuries as pianos
and automobiles report that trade condi-
lions in the west were never so good as at
the beginning of this winter. The farming
population now has money to invest iii al
most everything, except Wall street secur-
titles
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

While the lawyers are scrapping as to
who is responsible for the defects i'll the
bill of exceptions by which the supreme
court justified its release of the BARLEY
bondsmen, the bondsmen are shaking
hands with themselves in perfect indif-
ference as to which lawyer gets the
blame
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

The imposition of fine of $4,000 on
a United States deputy marshal down
in Missouri, who falsified his expense
accounts to the government, ought to he
great step in the direction of retrench-
ment in the federal administration Of
justice. If all the expense bills of all
the government agents and employees
had the water wrung out of them a
good, fat contribution would be made
toward a surplus in Uncle Sans treas
ury
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

There is no telling what a day may
bring forth in the federal building, so
long as the big stick keeps swinging
over the heads of its occupants.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Now that Kentuckians have been re-
strained by court order from carrying
guns the time is rapidly approaching
when the injunction will cover all things.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Boon to Liberty.
Someryille Journal.

One of the greatest boons to this republic
can government of ours is that any man
who feels aggrieved about anything has
full and free permission to sit down and
write letter about it to the president.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarny should have The bee
mailed to them. IL is better than
a daily letter from home. Ad-
dress will be changed as often ms
requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

In the Mitchell affair the United
States senate shows an inclination to
follow the time-trled maxim: When in
doubt do nothing
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Little boys sometimes get licked for
doing nothing-that seems to have been
the trouble with Marshal Mathews.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Massachusetts bank robbers who cap
tured the local police force before begin
ming their work maintained the reputa-
ton of the Old Bay state Tor thorough
ness
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Bartlett Richards slx-hOur supper
cost Marshal Mathews his $4,000 job.
This is the highest price ever paid in
Omaha for three-plate banquet.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Americas new argument in favor of
peace"-the battleship Idaho--is equipped
with all the modern electrical devices to
make its logic rapid as well as convin-
cling.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Who will be Tuckered nexty

Puzzle: Where were the big cattle
fencers when they were supposed to be
In Jail?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
STATEMENT OFF CIRCULATION.

State OF Nebraska. Douglas County, IS:
G. G. Rosewater, secretary Of The Bee
publishing Company being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF full and
complete copies OF The Daily. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of November. 1905. was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Mr.. McSosh-Md dear, why do you re-
proach me? Didn't you promise to share
your husban's burdens7 Hey?
Mrs. McSosh-Yes, Henry, but you have
a load now that l cannot and will not
help you with.-Cleveand Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Mellon, that's your new hat is Il?
Believes and such a bargain; only Hs
What do you think2 / dropped in TO let
Miss Grumley see 1t just now, and she
pretended she wasn't interested. Didn't
even ask how much l paid for II
Nell-No dear she didn't have to- You've
forgotten to take off that tag marked
"$49S. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

He-But, madame, you are quite mis-
taken. II was not so. l give you the
Shell refuse to have any third party
brought into our discussion. -.Boston
Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

Secretary.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day of December. 1905.
CSeaD NJ. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10

would YOU" she asked, ''be satisfied
with platonic love-"
WELL" he replied. 'If IL didn't involve
an exchange of Christmas presents ] might
be willing to try it."-Chicago Record
Herald.