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Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
INSURANCE FINANCIERING.

Cleveland Leader: Where is this to end7
How far does the rascality go? Who is to
be punished? When will the laws pen
alties be inflicted, and how2 1t ought to
be clear that nothing less than the effec-
tive use of the criminal courts will clear
the fetid atmosphere of life insurance,
coupled with high finance"
Chicago Inter Ocean: Many boy born
into poverty in the United States may yet
rise by sheer force Of his own exertions
until he will be able to share in the syn
dictate profits. For this reason, as well
as for many others, we should be careful
not to tear down any of those institutions
that have been built UP and nourished in
this country by the men who draw their
salaries ahead in order to meet their life
insurance premiums.
Brooklyn Eagle: There is upon the
record the Joint insurance committee is
making in It's investigation into insurance
affairs. at this moment. sufficient to Justify
the recommendation to the Legislature that
the provisions Of the savings bank law,
standardizing the securities in which funds
may be invested, should be applied, in all
their severity, to insurance companies; that
the investment in stocks Of corporations,
or their purchase of them, or receipt of
den; and finally, that when a certain point
of outstanding insurance is reached no
more new insurance should be written.
New York Journal of Commerce: The
suggestion arises whether such vast &C
cumulations by single life insurance or
ganization do not furnish the incentive and
inducement for such abuses as have grown
up. Has not the scale upon which life in
surance is undertaken by some of the COM
panies presented temptations and oppor-
tunities that have perverted the manage
ment of the business and distorted the
moral vision of those engaged in It? 1t
seems to be a serious question whether
limit should not be Put upon the accumu-
lation Of assets, as web as upon the charac-
ter of investments, which would restrict
the insurance written by any one COM
pany within bounds that would maintain
the character of life insurance and not al
low It to become an agency in large flnan-
cial operations of promoting and exploit
ing. Life insurance should not be an in
strunent of high finance" but a means Of
saving from the earnings of those who
become holders of policies for the care of
those dependent upon them when they are
not longer able to provide for their sup
port.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
l.rrsr INSURANCE DIsCLosUREs.

LATEST INSURANCE DISCLOSURES.
The testimony presented to the New
York legislative investigating committee
hy Frederick Cromwell, treasurer Of the
Mutual Life Insurance company, is, re-
gardless Of its importance to the invesi-
cation, Of more than passing interest to
the large number of policyholders In
mutual insurance companies, particu-
larly in this statement:
We could not make our investments with
out syndicates and we are partners In every
syndicate into which we go. l want to say
further that unless we went into these syn
dicates we would not be able to Invest our
funds except by buying in small quantities
and paying the successive profits OF middle
men. ask you and the committee TO con-
slider that we have now over S45O,OO0OOO OF
assets and while we have over $lOO.OOO,O0O
invested in bonds and mortgages we are
constantly under the necessity Of finding
additional investments for our large ac-
cumuations of funds This is the condition.
1t is no theory.
Life insurance In the United States
has grown to such vast proportions that
1t is no longer n subject of local concern,
and when an officer Of one of the largest
companies in the country says funds ac-
cumuate so rapidly that they cannot be
invested in the ordinary course of bust
ness, but must be used through under
writing sydicates"-a form of financial
dealing practically unknown in America
until recently-it must occur to the aver
age policyholder that the company is
really looking more TO the income to be
derived from the Surplus" than to relief
for the policyholder, despite its mutual
features.
Granting that the policyholder, or his
heirs, will ultimately receive the profits
derived by the company from these syn
dictate operations, he should at least have
been taken into the confidence of the
management and should have been given
full and fair statement of the opera
tons, and that without the necessity Of
making inquiry or depending upon the
result Of an investigation by state au-
thorlties.
AS result of these investigations
policyholders may be expected to insist
upon change in the system of some Of
the companies which will prevent the ac-
emulation Of funds too large TO be
easily handled, and at the same time Sc
cure for themselves insurance at rates
considerably lower than those at present
exacted.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

Mr.. Leslie as his successor justifies the
suspicion that there is something to
cover up in the county judges office
Were this objection removed Mr.. Leslie
still would not be a suitable candidate
for the bench. theoretically he may be
a lawyer but a man without law prac-
tice should not aspire to the bench.
B. Il. Thomas is a fair lawyer, but his
record in the late legislature does not
commend him 20 the important trust to
which he now aspires.
On the other hand, Charles w. Halter
is recognized as one Of the ablest mem
lers Of the bar of this district and is re-
puted to enjoy the unbounded confidence
Of every man and woman in the city OF
Omaha and Douglas county who has
come in contact with him. We believe
him to be a man who would not be
swerved from the honest and fearless
discharge of his duties whatever pres
sure might be brought.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
NO MORE FIGHTING.

The orders of the generals in the field
putting into effect the stipulations of
the armistice agreed upon by the rep
resentatives of both Russian and Japa-
nese armies means that there will be
no more fighting between the late
belligerents in the far east. AS a mat
ter Of fact hostilities have been in prac-
teal allegiance since the great naval
engagement of the Sea Of Japan al
though at no time until the present did
the opposing forces remit anything that
would be necessary for their prepared
ness to continue active warfare.
From now on the operations in the
orient will be in the direction Of evac-
uating positions under military occupa-
ton and restoring conditions of civil
government in what was the theater of
war. The homeward movement of
troops. the release of prisoners of war.
the dismissal of hospital patients, the
disarmament of volunteer soldiers and
to their new peace footings will doubt
less occupy some considerable time yet
fer the disarmament of a great army
is almost as slow a process as its con-
scription. All who remember the Incl
dents marking the close of our own war
with Spain will recall the length of time
IT took to get the soldiers at the front
back home and our experience was by
no means exceptional.
The proclamation Of the armlstice
therefore is really a prelude to these
needful preliminary steps to the COM
plete execution of the peace treaty
terms. 1t is safe to count also that
nothing is likely to happen now that
would lead either side to break faith
with the other to the extent Of precipt-
tating further clash Of arms.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

offered for the failure of the subway sa-
loon the conclusion is reached that the
New York palate isn't educated up to the
taste Of pure whisky.
The corn doctors Of Chicago have a knife
up the sleeve for the manicurists who are
| charged with low-down violations OF pro-
fessional ethics. At last accounts the row
was confined to cutting remarks.
A Pennsylvania on a bet managed to get
on the outside Of eight gallons Of beer at
one sitting. 1t is quite certain the fashion
seeress who thinks all men will soon wear
corsets has another guess coming.
II Mr.. Rockefeller is really anxious to
achieve fame he should comply with the
request for $OO,OOOOOO with which to en-
dow free laundries throughout this glorious
republic. Andrew Carnegie and his free
libraries would be left at the post.
Another chapter of "frenzed finance"
and the infamies of 1.-THE system is now
due. The system Of taxation In Boston
pounced upon Tom Lawson's property and
put It under the hammer. Great reformers,
like other people, have their troubles.
Conductors on the l. roads in Chicago
must wear creased trousers minus patches
and teachers in the public schools are re-
quired to spruce up If the growth Of
ideals keep up the present pace getting
mussed up in a strike will soon cease to be
fashionable.
There are large punches of crepe on the
doors of the bill boarders of Kansas City.
1t is proposed to regulate the business
so as not to endanger life or offend decent
eyes. and no building or pasting paint
ing can be done without a permit What
brand of nerve tonic the city authorities
are taking is not given out, but communi-
ties bill boarded out of countenance can
get a tip by return mail.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
IN WHOM WILL YoU PUT YOUR rhUs,

IN WHOM WILL You PUT YOUR TRUST
1t cannot be too often repeated that
the citizens of Douglas county are more
vitality concerned in the nomination and
election Of an honest and capable county
judge than in any other position that is
to be filed by them at the November
election. The county judge is also Judge
Of probate and chief guardian of the es-
tates Of all deceased persons within his
jurisdiction. The question every con-
scientous voter should put to himself be-
fore he makes his choice from among
the candidates who present themselves
for his support is, Who is the most trust
worthy and reliable to discharge the du-
ties of the officer
Inasmuch as only one man has filed
for the democratic nomination democrats
have no other choice. Republicans will
find the names Of four candidates on
the official ballot, viz, Charles T. Dick
inson, Charles w. Halter, Charles Leslie
and B. F. Thomas.
The Bee earnestly recommends Charles
w. Halter as the best and most emf
nently qualified candidate for the posi-
ton.
Charles T. Dickinson is conceded to be
one OF the ATTEST lawyers who has served
on the bench I'm this district, but his
record as county judge in Burt county,
where be formerly resided, does not
justify in recommending him as a safe
custodian Of the widows and orphans
trust funds and precludes his choice even
had 1t not been for the fact that he al
lowed himself to be made a candidate
for district Judge on the democratic
ticket two years ago after having sub,
mitted his name TO the republican judi,
cial convention and being fairly defeated
by decisive majority for the nomina
! ton.
| Mr.. Leslie is now and has been chief
clerk Of Judge NinsOnhaler for the past
six years and his selection would per
petuate the keep-it-dark system that has
prevailed in the county judges Office fol
the past six years. The very fact thai
Judge Vinsonhaler offered TO resign hi,
office few months ago on condition thai
the county commissioners would appoint
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
TOP HEAVY CONVENTIONS.

IOF hhdl OONl hN IIONbs
The Lincoln Star hits the nail on the
head when it declares that much of the
confusion and boys play in the recent
republican state convention was due to
its excessive size, and that state con-
vention of 1920 delegates is enormously
too large for the orderly transaction of
business. When the Star says that the
convention could get along better If its
membership were reduced about one
third, it does not go far enough. A state
convention, especially in an off year,
would be amply large if it were COM
posed of not to exceed 500 delegates and
no part of the state would suffer for
lack Of representation.
The fact is that our topheavy conven-
lions are admirably calculated to play
into the hands of the railroad manipu-
lators. This is true not only of repub-
1ican conventions in Nebraska, but Of
democratic and populist conventions as
well. 1t becomes a practical impossible
ity to have full delegations in attendance
from distant counties except where they
are hauled down on railroad passes, and
the result is that the pass-favored men,
bers make 1t point to be on the ground
and vote themselves, two, three and
sometimes ten times for the absentees,
and usually as the pass distributor
wishes.
The abolition of the free pass should
be accompanied by a reduction in the
size of the state conventions and fol-
lowed up with a direct primary system
that will make it altogether unnecessary
for delegates to travel hundreds of miles
to attend convention and participate in
the making Of n ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
Let Us ne Grateful .
Brooklyn Eagle.

brooklyn Eagle.
At a Jefferson Club banquet in Chicago
recently Mr.. Bryan administered this chilli:
II want to make my position perfectly
clear. 1 want to say to you that not only
am 1 not announcing a candidacy, but 1
am not permitting a candidacy"
Perfect clearness was there; nothing was
vague or ambiguous or to be seen, as 1t
were, through a glass darlSly. That is to
say, the clearness was perfect as far as 1t
went. Ostensibly, with procurement
went announcement; the spirit displayed
was that Of self-sacrifce in glorious emu
lation Of the sage of the Sal5yas. How
ever, it is scarcely ungracious to remark
that the Peerless might have gone on a
step further. He said: Il ON not per-
hitting" He might have added: More
than that, am distinctly and positively
prohibiting" But why look a gift horse
in the MOUTH For even the most gentle
of disclaimers, let us be duly grateful.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
DIR. GLADDEN's RECEssIONAL.
Opponent of "Tainted Money" Accused
of Changing Front.

NnlCdBO NuIOIiNlos
Rev DR.. Washington GLADDEN., Just before
leaving Columbus for Seattle to attend
meeting of the American Board of Foreign
Missions, took occasion to restate his views
on tainted money" and his remarks we're
such a complete, though disingenuous,
abandonment of his former position that
they should be carefully read They were az
follows
II am opposed TO the acceptance of
money by the American board from in
dividuals or corporations that are generally
believed to have acquired their money
through methods harmful to society at
large We are not foolish, not asinine. If
the worst in the world drops money into the
contribution plate when It passes him In
church we cannot and will not refuse that
money. II a man who II Is generally be-
lieved has made his money by methods
known to be wrong is solicited by a re-
ligious denomination for donation I am
opposed to H. Another evil feature is the
ostentation and publicity attendant upon
such donations. A church cannot AFFORD to
be in league directly or indirectly with such
men. If. however such men, without being
solicited, see Mt to give money and give It
as quietly and unostentatiously as the man
who puts dime into the contribution plate
rel with the money, but we do not believe
in accepting IL in such a manner as to give
cause for belief that we countenance the
methods by which It was acquired"
The distinctions which DIR. GLADDEN. here
attempts to make would be unworthy OF n
respectable gambler He gravely takes the
position that It is right for him to accept
| for religious purposes money that was dis
| honestly acquired II he has not solicited IL,
hut wrong for him 10 solicit il; that it is all
| right II the money is given on the sly, but
all wrong II It is given publicly; that II Is
| all right II II is contributed mOdestly, but
ali wrong II It is given SYSTEMATICALLY; that
II is all right II II is a dime, but all wrong
| il II Is 10000
| DR.. GLADDEN. says. I'VE are not foolish,
not asinine." The remark is timely, but is
| It true? Would any sensible man raise the
! rumpus that he has raised about tainted
money" and months afterwsrd explain that
he was only Directing TO ostentation. which
is just as sinful in connection with any
! other money?
The truth is, Dr. GLADDEN. wishes TO aban-
don an untenable position and he lacks the
grace Of candor. Why could he not say; 81
think have made a mistaken" Why should
he beat about the bush before confessins
that he is in error? Why did he not con-
fess also that in the tainted money" case
that first set his tongue going the money
was not solicited and was given without the
slightest semblance OF ostentation2
Before DIR. GLADDEN. drops this subject viii
he not favor us with an exposition OF Luke
VII, 1913, which tells us how woman
which was a sinner broke box OF oint
ment, which was no doubt bought with thu
proceeds OF her sin. on the feet OF Jesus
how the bystanders raised the same objec
ton that DR.. GLADDEN. has raised and how
the Master decided In favor OF the woman
ana the ointmentf
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

Herman Beal, who Is asking a repub-
lican nomination for county surveyor, is
most highly spoken Of by everyone who
knows him. and his professional abili-
ties and tried qualifications for the po-
sition are unquestioned. He is the only
man from South Omaha asking a nOmi-
nation ON the republican county ticket
and South Omaha is entitled TO REPRE-
sentation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
personal AND OTHERWISE.

There are at least two sections of the
country where automobiles are barred
Mackinac island and Nantucket, Mass
And the residents seem TO be happy without
them.
There is said to be a poverty OF artistic
design" In the new $50 bill, II sufficient
number can be had however, precious
few owners will lose much sleep over the
design.
A Brooklyn Justice sentenced man to
talk 20 his wife two hours every Sunday.
The punishment may fit the crime all
right, but why should the innocent be
made TO sufferf
Boiling down the various explanations
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

NdUoUdl MdbdLlnts
The Army Of the Corn across the mould
Comes marching now In all its wondrous
bloom:
BY day a fire of yellow and gold,
by night a cloud of tassel and Of plume.
It's ranks with bayonets bright keep back
the suns,
And hold at bay the cossack wind and
breeze:
II boasts a thousand friendly Marathons,
A thousand thousand blOOdless victoriesi
So shall II march to fullness Of increase,
Till soon I'm field Of harvest there appear
It's rustling tents of plenty and Of peace
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

Harper's weekly.

Harpers Weekly.
In these piping days OF agricultural pros
perity let us not forget the fine old farm
er's toast not uncommonly printed on Eng
lish drinking vessels in bygone years:
Let the wealthy and great
Roll in splendor and state,
/ envy them not, / declare II,
1 eat my own lamb,
My chickens and ham,
l shear my own fleece and wear II.
l have lawns, I have bowers,
l have fruits 1 have flowers,
The lark is my morning alarmeri
So my Jolly boys now,
Here's God speed the plough,
Long life and success to the farmer"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

In order to maintain his reputation
NJ. Witte may be compelled to show
that his influence with the car is suffi-
Client to cause an improvement in the
condition of the Russian Jews. The
Jews are perfectly willing to be found
in error on this subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

With fusion in some counties Of Ne
Lraska and straight" democratic and
popullst tickets in others it is probable
that opposition newspapers which as
pire to state influence will continue to
present amusing attempts to "sidestep"
until the end Of the present campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

We doubt very much whether the
Omaha police will appreciate the croco-
ollie tears shed by Pat Groves Omaha
organ over its starving condition, by
reSson OF alleged municipal extrava-
gante The average Omaha policeman is
not afiicted with a lapse Of memory and
does not take kindly to gifts rendered
by the Greeks.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

New York school teachers idea Of
teaching pupils how to play may be a
good thing in New York, but the idea
will hardly be taken up in Omaha until
the public play grounds become more
popular with the rising generation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

In expressing a wish to have a plan
adopted which will result in the quickest
completion of the Panama canal, Presi-
dent Roosevelt evidently desires that
posterity shall not have all the benefits
of the greatest engineering undertaking
Of history.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

Coroner Bradley mas made an exem-
plary officer since he has occupied that
position. He has attended strictly to
business and the cost of the Office to the
taxpayers has been smaller than under
any of his predecessors.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

Friends of the, former auditor of In
diana, removed BY the governor, say the
chief executive borrowed money from
the disgraced officer during the last
campaign, The governor denies the
story, but even if true how would such
loan give the auditor a right to loot
the state funds?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
A RaIIroad ArEument.
San Francisco Chronicle.

Jun AANANA9No NAAibtlAties
One Of the railroad bureau writer's seeks
10 emphasize point made by him In one
OF his screeds by asserting that the con-
sumner would not get the benefit OF any re-
duction, because It would be absorbed by
the shipper. The argument he makes
seems plausible. but the public viii take
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

In the light of recent experiences in
Colorado the United States is one Of
the countries which should not be too
severe upon Japan for not preventing
assaults upon Americans during the dis
turbances at Toxic.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

When you come to vote at the pri-
maries next Tuesday, don't fire into the
air by marking your ballot for some one
who has no chance OF winning out.
Where there is field of more than two
pick one or the other OF the leaders and
make your vote count for the man who
is entitled to your support.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

If, as announced from st. Petersburg
Russian peasants will control the new
Parliament the real extent Of popular
enlightenment can be determined, un.
less, indeed, the Bureaucrsts control the
peasants,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

Unless citizens who desire good gov
eminent participate at their party pri.
maries they have no right to complain
after the nominations are made that the
candidates dominated are not worthy Of
their support at the election.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

1t is now said that Russians removed
the wireless telegraph instruments from
their ships before reaching the Sea of
Japan, showing that there are more
ways Of getting away from orders from
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

Talking republican doctrine to repub-
lican candidates and audiences or demo-
cratic doctrine before democratic candi-
dates and their adherents is simply a
waste OF pent up energy and loosened up
gas.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
NIutnaI ConNersion.
Boston Transcript.


To convert President Roosevelt to his
measure of rate regulation is what Senator
Elkins will attempt. The conversion is
likely to be mutual; not so long ago Mr..
Elkins was, so Il was currently believed.
standing in the way OF rate legislation Of
any kind.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
one brand for Al.

AIlOdBO inter Otedls
Now that Mr.. Rockefeller has consented
to see and talk 20 the reporters, he will
find a new and agreeable interest in life;
but let him not until his position in the
newspapers is secure, make the mistake of
carrying two kinds Of cigars
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

With satisfaction expressed at both
Stockholm and Christiania over the re-
suit of the conference at Karlstad, the
diplomats are apparently winning over
the warriors at all points.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

With the surgeon-general of the
japanese navy in America, Baron
Komura should be able to learn why he
is i'll or japanese medical knowledge
has been greatly overestimated in the
west
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18

the chances Of the law Of competition oper-
ating in this as in other cases. 1t is not
likely that the middleman viii ever be able
to do business in the manner implied BY
the bureau writer, because he is not in
position to form POOLS