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Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
RAILROAD MISREPRESENTATION
UntruthfuI Statement of the Rate
Regulation Issue.
Chicago Tribune

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Chicago Tribune
A leading western railroad has been
making a canvass of seven states and five
territories in which it does business, for
the pretended purpose of ascertaininE the
sentiment Of their business men on the
subject of railway rate regulation. The
question, do you favor giving the Inter-
state Commerce commission the absolute
power 20 Ak all interstate rates and to
establish the relation Of rates between all
localities?" was sent out, accompanied
by circular letter explaining that the
power described was that which President
Roosevelt and the other advocates OF
rate legislation propose to confer upon the
Interstate Commerce commission. II is
claimed that 70 per cent OF the business
men interrogated answered In the negative,
and this is represented as showing that
western sentiment is opposed TO the ad-
ministration's rate policy.
AS a matter Of fact, the results of the
canvass admitting them 20 be correctly
stated-which, under the circumstances, IA
a large concession-show nothing at all
unless II is that 70 per cent of the men in
terviewed are opposed to a policy which
neither President Roosevelt nor anybody
else is advocating. The assertion that Il
is proposed to give the Interstate Com
merce commission the absolute power To
hx all interstate rates. is a bald and IA
grant Misrepresentation The Interstate
Commerce commission at the present time
has the power to order a reduction in any
railway rate which It finds, after hearing.
to be unreasonable. but II has not power to
fix what 1t may consider a reasonable rate.
IT, under existing law, railroad refuses
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
Personal NOTES.

telephone has been installed in the
papal apartments in the Vatican. Plus X
did not take kindly to this innovation at
| first, but has found 1t entirely necessary.
DR.. John Warner. a wealthy physician
of Clinton, ILL.,, has given to De Witt
county, that state a first-class hospital,
| which has cost him S25,OO0. and he will
endow the institution literally.
Mrs. Mildred Dewey, wife of Admiral
Dewey, has returned to the Twenty
eighth Alabama regiment the flag captured
at Orchard Knob during the civil war by
her first husband, General Hazen.
Daniel w. Baker of Maryland, who has
Just been made district attorney for the
District Of Columbia is a member of the
law faculty Of Georgetown university,
being instructor in several important
branches He succeeded the late Judge
jeremiah Wilson in the chair.
Miss Alice Roosevelt's portrait on a Japa-
nese post card is the latest tribute of the
mikados people TO the presidents daugh-
ter. The picture shows Miss Roosevelt
wearing a long white coat and a white
hat trimmed with OWLS head and wings.
Underneath is a Japanese inscription ex-
planning that she is the American prin-
cess.
would do were he still living. He was a
swede, but he put the assignment Of the
Nobel prizes in the hands of the Norwe-
gian storthing, for the express purpose OF
bringing these two hostile brothers" into
friendlier relations. The question arises
whether the Swedish parliament will not
now disregard Nobels directions and itself
assume charge of the funds
King Alfonzo of Spain is a versatile
sportsman. His skill with the automobile
Is well known. Besides, he is a good shot
Recently, he went to a pigeon shooting
match at Jaucales, where the shooting was
for two prizes of silver cup and a silver
box given by himself. The result was
that the king won his own first prize, with
twenty-three birds, while Senior Mendoza
took second with twenty-five. His majesty's
competitors shot as sportsmen or as cour-
tiers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

there developed an issue between the
public printer and several Of his sutordi-
mates, resulting in an effort on the part
Of the former to remove the subordi-
mates. The president has now taken a
hand in the matter and It is announced
that the government printing Office will
necessary there can be no doubt and that
1t will result in needed reforms is rea-
sonably to be expected. Undoubtedly the
cost of the office can be considerably re-
duced without IN the least impairing it's
efficiency or the quality of its work. 1t
is not unlikely that the disclosures will
lead to an effort in congress to abolish
the Office.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

Portland Oregonian.
Young Kermit Roosevelt made a great hit
on q Burlington train by. giving up his
lower berth to an aged couple and taking
an upper. An enthusiastic press dispatch
describes him as the hero OF the hour. No
doubt. But Master Roosevelt is young and
so he is able to sleep well anywhere. Be
sides, an upper berth is just as good. or bad,
as any berth on railroad train after you
get in 1t. popular impression to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Besides, again, it
seems to run in the Roosevelt family never
to stay down below when 1t is possible to
go higher. After all, then, the sacrifice
was not great. II was simply unusual.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
GUARANTEEING The OPEN DOOR

The chief concern Of the United States
in the far east is that the principle Of the
open door for trade, 20 which this coun-
| try was successful in committing the
powers, shall be observed. There has
been some misgiving in regard to this.
Even among American officials the belief
has obtained that the japanese would
wish 70 keep the Manchurian and Corean
| markets for their own products. This
idea is said to have been fostered by
the inquiries of various alleged investi-
gators who have gone to the far east and
have returned with this impression in
their minds They regarded the Chinese
boycott on American goods as a symp-
tom Of what might be expected farther
north. 1t has been thought that Ameri-
can goods would, If not practically ex-
cluded, be made the subject OF discrimi-
nation, or at all events would lack pro-
tection, and that the manufacturing in
terests Of Japan would lead that country
to countenance at least such hostility to
American commerce.
Japan, however was one Of the first
countries to subscribe to the principle of
the open door when presented to the ma
tions by our government and there has
been no indication since that she is not
still favorable to It. The Japanese posi-
tion was undoubtedly reflected in the re-
cent declaration of Count Okuma, for
mer premier and most influential
statesman, that under all circumstances
the principle Of the open door must be
guaranteed" Even more conclusive evi-
dence Of Japan's attitude, so far as Man
churia is concerned, is furnished in the
treaty of peace. The fifth article of
that convention reads: "The govern
ments of Russia and Japan engage them
selves reciprocally not to put any OBJ
stacles to the general measures (which
shall be alike for all natIons) that Chirz.
may take for the development Of the
commerce and industries Of Manchuria."
AS China is committed to the open door
and has commercial treaties which rec
ognize that principle, there can be no
doubt that she will do nothing in contra
vention of 1t In the measures she may
adopt for developing Manchurlan indus
tries and commerce. Moreover, the most
potent influence with China will now be
exerted by japan and as that country
will need the open door its influence will
cast for 1t. 1t will thus work not alone
for its own interests but for the interests
Of all countries having or seeking trade
with that part of the Chinese empire.
The situation is somewhat different in
regard to Corea, which will pass entirely
and practically Internationally under
japanese control, but it is not at all likely
that the open door principle will be ig- |
nored as to that country, for It will man.
ifestly be to the interest of Japan to |
develop II industrially and commercially |
as rapidly as possible and progress
would necessarily be retarded by closing
its markets to the rest Of the world.
There is no substantial reason, there |
FORE for any apprehension regarding |
the open door principle in the far east |
Japan will be found, there can be no
doubt, thoroughly and consistently |
friendly to that principle, to which she |
is now fully committed.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
DEMANDS OF COAL MINERS.

The present agreement between the
anthracite coal miners and the operators,
entered into pursuant to the award of
the strike commission appointed by Pres
ident Roosevelt in 1902, will terminate
at the end of next March. While it ap-
pears to have worked well thus far, the
indications are that there is pretty gen.
eral sentiment among the miners un-
favorable to renewing 1t and an agita-
ton has been started for presenting new
demands to the operators, among them
one for an eight-hour day and another
for recognition of the union. A conven-
tion of the miners is to be held next
month to consider and act upon these
demands and in the meantime vigorous
effort is being made to increase the
membership of the union and Of course
its financial resources.
Although there is no threat of another
strike and Mr.. John Mitchell, the presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, has declared that strike is
not contemplated, If majority of the
miners at their convention approve the
demands and insist upon them, as prob
ably they will, a repetition of the con-
fiict of three years ago will be very
likely to occur. That the operators ex.
pect 1t is inferred from the fact that
they are accommodating an unusual sup
ply of coal without expressing an
opinion regarding the demands Of the
miners, 1t may be said that another such
conflict as that of 1902 would be very
generally deplored and 1t is very ear
nestly to be hoped that a way will be
found to avert it. The disastrous lesson
OF that strike should not be so soon for.
gotten by either the miners or the oper-
ators, as II certainly has not been by the
consumers Of anthracite coal.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
BLESSING OF THE NURSE.
Invaluable Service Rendered to the
Fever stricken.
Baltimore News.

Baltimore News
AS the yellow fever in New Orleans and
vicinity draws to its probable wane one
fact sticks out, and that is that yellow
fever, like smallpox, is losing its terrors.
From the first the death rate has been re-
markably low when compared with the
scOurge of 1878 and the visitation OF Nor
folk To date, in 1878 cases there have
been but 271 deaths. How far has the re-
duction in the death rate been due to
progress in medical science and how far
to other conditions? In every place where
yellow fever has developed careful nursing
seems TO have been one OF the main friends
Of convalescence. Is not the nurse entitled
TO a large share Of the credit? The doctor
would certainly lose none OF his glory by
its bestowal.
Is yellow fever so terrible as It has been
thought? In the great plague. so vividly
impressed upon the memories of those who
were there, the streets were cemeteries.
every passing wagon was a hearse, every
house was a house OF mourning 1t used to
be so with smallpox, but that disease has
failed to terrify for years, and its chief
dread is it's responsiveness Even the fear
OF pitmarks has been lessened by the GER
tainty that with proper nursing these will
be but slight, II they come at all. What
professional nurse does not hail with some
thing Of professional delight an interesting
case OF typhoid? The rising and falling
OF the chart, the fascinating changes Of
conditions from day to day. seem to have
a subtle charm for the nurse who loves her
calling. How long has 1t been since friends
and relatives fed the smallpox with fear
and trembling? The leper who shrank by
the roadside and warned the world away
from his communicating presence was not
more dreaded than the victim Of that dis
ease which in the years Of scientific ad-
vancement has dwindled IN fearfulness TO
just the extent that the science OF nursing
has advanced.
All honor, then. to the nurse. Attack
the source, slaughter the stegomyia screen
the cisterns, wash the streets fumigate
the trains. quarantine the boats, burn the
bananas. but don't forget the nurse. She
brings relief to the watchers and comfort
10 the sufferer and in thousands OF cases
decides In his favor the balance OF life and
death.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
THE COUNTF CAMPAIGN.


From now on until the 7th of Novem-
Der interest in the county campaign will
continue to grow Notwithstanding the
fact that our merchants, manufacturers
and wage workers have never been so
busy as they are this season. With no
great national or state issue involved in
the contest the off-year campaign will
very naturally center upon the character
Of the candidates who are to fill the ad-
ministrative and judicial positions that
touch the pocket of every taxpayer and
concern directly every man, woman and
child in the community, beginning with
the sheriff, who is charged with the
maintenance of law and order, thessafe-
keeping of prisoners and serving the
mandates of the courts, and ending up
with the police judge and justices of the
peace, who administer justice and very
often injustice to the great mass of the
people.
The candidates to be nominated at the
joint primary on September 10 will make
either for good government or lad gov
ernment, according to their respective
capacity and integrity. 1t is idle for
people who desire the affairs of the
county administered on business princi-
pies to complain about extravaganza and
wastefulness after the men who are to
administer the affairs of the county have
been nominated and elected. 1t is the
privilege under the direct primary sys-
TEN for every citizen to register his
choice Of candidates through the ballot
box, and it is the duty of all citizens who
want better government and more eff
cient service to take an active part in
the primaries, so that the best men Of
each party that are available for the po-
sitions shall be selected.
II it is foolish to lock the barn after
the horse is stolen, It is more foolish for
the man whO has the right of suffrage to
berate politics and decry our political
system because there is neglect in the
discharge of official duty and unfair and
untrustworthy men have been put for
ward for offices that have the manage
ment of S150,OO0.OOO worth Of property
and the custody Of millions of dollars
worth of funds and trust funds.
The axiom that politics is business and
business is politics, as well, is absolutely
true. Business men who periodically
growl and howl about grafters and tax
eaters have themselves to blame If they
are the victims of over-taxatiOn and en-
Eezzlement. 1t is the business of bust |
ness men as well as of wage workers to
acquaint themselves with the character
and record of every candidate for Office
before he is nominated and it is the in |
terest as we'll as the duty of every good |
citizen to exercise sound discretion in |
making up his choice of candidates at |
the primary. The periodic outcry about |
political chicanery and the rottenness Of |
politics is puerile. Our government is |
just what the people make it. If incom- |
potency and corruption predominant in |
Office the fault is with the people who |
have access to the ballot box. The |
stream never rises above its source
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
TO A NEW BABY.

s. w. Gillian in Baltimore American
Little kicking cuddling thing
You don't cry-you only singl
Blinking eyes and stubby nose
Mouth that moclCs the budding rose,
Down for hair, peach blows for hands
Ah-h-h-h! OF all the baby grands"
Anyone could wish TO see,
You're the finest one for me!
Skin as soft as velvet is;
God (when you were only his)
Touched you on the cheek and chin
Where he touched the dimples in,
CreaSes on your wrists, as though
Strings were fastened round them so
We could tie you tight and keep
You from leaving while we sleep.
Once tried to look at you
From strangers point of view;
You were red and wrinkled: then
just loved, and looked again;
What ! saw was not the sames
In my eyes the blessed flame
OF a fathers love consumed
Faults to strangers eyes illumed-
Little squirming cuddling thinEi
Ere you shed each angel wing.
Did they tell you you wen sent
With a cargo Of content
To home down here below
Where they hungered for you sof
Do you know, you lawless pearl,
How we love our baby girlY
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
THE NATIONAL PRINTING OFFICE.


The government maintains at Wash
ington a printing establishment at an
annual cost of about 100000. For
years It has been quite the most indie
pendent part of the public service, get
ting little II any supervision from the
executive branch Of the government and
receiving appropriations from congress
without inquiry as to whether the money
was being Judiciously expended OF not.
The public printer has been sovereign
within his Jurisdiction, exercising un-
restricted authority except so far as he
was required to conform TO the civil
service regulations that were extended
TO the establishment a few years ago.
Quite naturally factions have been Gre
ated among the hundreds of employees
and trouble has necessarily resulted.
A short time ago what is known as
the Keep commission, appointed by the
president TO make a general investiga-
tlon Of the working methods in the sew
eral departments. directed it's attention
to the government printing office. It's
report made to President Roosevelt has
not been given to the public, but It is
understood to have found conditions
such as TO call for reforms. Subsequent
to the Investigation By the commission
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
Now watch EN- Move.

One of the conditions under which the
English took Wei-hai-Wei, the Chinese
naval station on the Yellow sea, was that
they should keep It as long as Russia held
Port Arthur, directly opposite. The course
of the British government now that Port
Arthur, has been emptied of Russians, for
all time apparently. will be observed by a
world that probably does not expect the
promise to be kept. The opportunity is an
excellent one to prove that the English are
capable of hauling down their flag
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

That st. Louis judge who reduced the
demand for compensation OF a bank re-
ceiyer from $4,000 to $4,000 is evidently
more anxious for a clear conscience than
resolution Of approval from a bar as.
ISOLATION.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

The enforced resignation of Public
Printer Palmer, following his conflict
with subordinates, may snow employees
in other departments that they can tell
tales out Of school without bringing pun
ishment upon hemselves-provided they
can prove what they say.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

The sultan of Morocco should not
make the mistake of thinking that he can
follow the plan of the sultan of Turkey.
His territory does not protect British
possessions from Russian aggression,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
Handling It with Gloves.
Chicago Record-Herald.

Coffee seems to be the tempter of Ameri-
can statesmen this year. Every time the
federal deficit forces itself unpleasantly on
the attention some one remarks how easy
it would be to tax coffee and wipe out not
only the deficit but also the anxieties
and peris of revision. Congressman Nc
Cleary of Minnesota is one of the latest
to make suggestions in this direction,
though he cautiously refrains from COM
mitting himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

Now that Harvard professor has ad-
vaneed the theory that the moon was
once part of the earth. Jules Verne
may become an astronomical authority
as well as a writer OF entertaining fic-
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

All municipal boards or departments
that want to spend more money than is
appropriated and evade the charter pro-
hibition on overlaps are advised to get
on the good side Of the city attorney
who has vested himself with the power
TO suspend Objectionable charter provi.
siOns at will.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

The late storm on the great lakes
shows how little progress has been made
in the matter OF overcoming the dangers
of the deep. AS a rule the old-fashioned
sailing vessels seem to have Jared bet
ter than the monsters of steel and
stpam
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

You cannot have good government un.
less you put good men into office, and
yop cannot get good men into office un.
less the citizens who favor good govern
ment participate actively in the nomina-
ton of candidates in the primary elec.
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

With $4,000 out of 10000 illegal voters
dropped from the rolls at Philadelphia,
the survivors will be in danger of being
overworked when election day rolls
around.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

Colonel Bryan, has postponed his
world girdling trip so as to enable him
to attend the democratic state conven-
tion before setting forth. He may also
be depended on to curtail his travels, IL
necessary, to get back in time to attend
the convention next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

The demand for separate trials shows
that while the alleged Beef trust men,
bers may have been willing to stand to-
gether they are not willing to fall to-
gether.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

The recent death OF Alexander Camp
bell, who for many years was the pollti-
cal railroad autocrat OF the Republican
valley, recalls forcibly the brass band
and the gravel train that made populism
dominant in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

Omaha public schools open with a
prospect of a bigger enrolment Of pupils
for the coming year than ever before.
There ought TO be more children in our
schools because there are more people
within the limits OF the school district,
and the natural growth Of the school en-.
ronment only rejects the growth Of the
city. -
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

Since japanese mobs have attacked
the government newspaper office and
thrown rocks at law officers the mikado
and the czar may understand one
another better than before the cruel war
began.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
An Impressive Corn Pile.
Baltimore American.

1''1ENE1IIVEN NNITENI INNIIIa
If the frosts will only stay of few
days longer Iowa alone is promising a corn
crop this year of 100000 bushels. Neither
Nebraska or Kansas will bow down to Iowa
when 1t comes to figuring up corn totals,
and, therefore, the assurance is certain that
the corn figures from the west will look
impressive.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

George W. Berge has written book
on the free pass bribery system, Mr.
Berge has wasted a good deal of time
II he had copied the editorials on pass
bribery that appeared in The Omaha Bee
in the '7Os and sos and down to the
present day he would have covered the
entire subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

ing is simply the old fight between the
electric light company and the gas COM
pany broken out anew will now have n
hard time convincing even themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
Left His Pile Behind.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Tamagno, the tenor. died worth several
millions because he did his own wash
ing and cooked his own maccaroni and
never allowed himself to have a good time.
Lots Of people in this country have not the
making Of Italian tenors. thank goodness.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

Emperor William announces a new
transatlantic boat race for next year. He
is evidently bent on heading off any fur
ther advertising of British tea.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

The civilized world would be pleased
to see fight to the finish between the yell
low fever mosquito and the cholera
germ, on condition that they would Sc
lect a desert island for the contest.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
A Peacemaker Available.

When Secretary Shaw and Governor Cum
Minis have fought their controversy to the
point where 1t needs to be stopped every
one knows where the services of an expe-
rienced and energetic peacemaker can be
secured
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
While there may be a deficiency in the
revenues this year, It is cheering to learn
that there is a cash balance Of over s277, ,OOO.-
600 in the national treasury.