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The Washington herald., 1906-10-30

New Nors Oct. 19.-WHEAT-Ttsde rastricseG b.
small o5eTinss No. Northern Duluth, 10 asTirs,
The Washington herald., 1906-10-30

That there Is firm undertone Of
strength 10 the Morgan stocks was ap-
parent to-day in the trading in Southern
Railway. While the time does not seem
opportUnc for campaign in this issue.
Southern Railway has decided merit
which caused it 30 be esteemed with favor
by investors who arc prepared to bold
Tor Il long time pull.
The total earnings Of all Rock Island
lines for September were. net, 1921 SIS:
increase. sZ75,5s4; from July !, Se,Gl7,s45:
Increase. H.c1&1Il
The Washington herald., 1906-10-30
BOSTON STOCKS.

Total sales Sl.51l,o90 against 20 S-t,
g I59.079 a week sgo. and 8. io3.O00 a year aso.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-30
WALL STREET NOTES.

New York. Oct es.-IIad il not been for
the rise in Pennsylvania today's market
would have been deadly dull affair No
ono wanted to do anything except those
who knew what the Pennsylvania div'-
dcnd was likely 20 be, and they did not
20 outside of that one stock. There was
very little selling, however, except BY
operators, and more cheerful
views Were expressed in regard TO the
situation than at any time within
q week The bear party seemed 10 pin
its hopes mere strongly to the possibility
Of q furry in money than 70 anything
else.
The Washington herald., 1906-10-30
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

sales 70 noon to-d4y, So shares
Total sales S2tuTdsy. 5is.eoo shares.
Teal ak tg-day. JI5.5 m shares.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
Personal NOTES.

A walnut tree and q pecan tree have
been planted on the grave of Governor J.
S. Hogg, in compliance with hfs dying re-
quest
IL is safe to say that no American home
again from foreign shore ever cast eyes
on the skyscrapers of New York with less
pleasure than did w. Hilton, alias Andrew
Hamilton.
Professors in the University OF Maine
have perfected plans to travel throughout
the state in a finely equipped special train
and give free lessons in theoretical agri-
culture to the farmers -a'.
Mr.. Longworths sift OLA stout Cuban
cigar to Speaker Cannon suggests a terri
Bile question: Did the genial speaker inn
mediately strike match on the most
convenient surgace Of that new jean suit =?
Speaker Cannon is a teetotaller and so is
Representative Nehemiah Day sperry
republican, Second district OF Connecticut
Cannon has made Sperry chairman Of the
house committee on alcoholic liquor traffic.
Fastening a compass to his pillow, Cap
tain Sycamore, who sailed Sir Thomas
Lipton's Shamrocks in the American cup
contests, defeated a local farmer in a plow-
ing match at Brightlingsea, England, last
month. His burrows were far straighteF
than his opponents
Prussia's minister of public works has
ordered that in future engineers and fire.
men on the state railways must be total
abstainers, Many railway accidents have
occurred recently, a large number of which
are attributed to the intemperance OF rail-
way employees. Hence the new order.
When Wisconsin passed it's famous rail-
road law in 1874, President Mitchell OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul author
itatively declared that it had destroyed
all future railroad enterprise there. How
ever, the railway mileage in Wisconsin in
1904 amounted to 1914 miles. In 1870 II was
l.525 miles.
Governor Pennypscker of Pennsylvania
Is man of many sides, For fourteen
years he sat as Judge, after having been
farm hand and a business man. He has
given deal of study TO certain branches
of chemistry and can compound a pre-
scription with most drug clerks. French.
Latin, German, Dutch and Spanish are
familiar tongues to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
MORE REBATE REVELATIONS.

Such disclosures regarding rebates as
George II. Ingalls,, general freight agent,
and T. e. Common, general agent of the
Big -Four road, have just made in their
testimony before the Interstate Com
merce commission are furnishing ire
sistlble arguments for the enactment
into law Of the pending interstate COM
merce measure in stringent form. These
officials of an important railroad sys-
TEN. who are the chief and responsible
officers for their department, testify as
n matter of their own knowledge, not
only that cash rebates have been paid
by their company. but also that the
equivalent Of cash rebates has been rem
dered to large number of favored
shippers OF coal and iron through the
subterfuge Of accepting the shippers re-
ports Of weights, the intent and effect
being rebates ranging from SO TO 81 per
car. The light which such revelations,
now being multiplied with suggestive
rapidity in many quarters, Of railroad
ing federal laws. upon the necessity of
Strengthening these laws is timely and
ought to have effect on the senate. They
throw into an unfavorable perspective,
which is impressing the public mind
more and more every day, the hair
splitting arguments, unfriendly amend
ments and other parliamentary tactics
by which il is sought in the senate to
emasculate the Deliver Hepburn bill
These high railroad officials who as
witnesses before the Interstate Com,
| merce commission had to be promised
immunity from criminal prosecution he
fore their evidence could be secured
! fOrcibly illustrate the difficulties with
which the authorities have had to con
tend under the existing laws in dealing
with the vicious system Of rebate and
other illegal determinations One of the
main difficulties is. not so much TO pun
| ish the offense when ii is known, but Il
discover it and the evidence to prove it
| the best witnesses usually being as in
this case involved in the transgression
How gross, widespread and system
attic rebate lawlessness has actually
been among the railroads since the Eel
kins law went into effect, and how va
ried and successful the schemes through
which such lawlessness has cease!essly
operated, is only now beginning fairly
to appear, Notwithstanding all the the
atrical railroad protestation to the con
| tiary.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
THE Withdrawal OF MoRrEYsEN.

THE WITHDRAWAL OF MORTENSEN.
II is announced from lincoln that
State Treasurer Mortensen has come to
the definite conclusion to withdraw his
name from consideration as a candidate
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor, owing to the fact that there is a
question as 10 his eligibility under the
constitution and no feasible way Of Sc
curing a court adjudication Of the mat
ter I'm advance Of the nomination.
Mr. Mortensen has made an excellent
record as state treasurer. not only as a
custodian Of public funds and manager
of The states finances, but as a repre-.
sentative OF the people in his capacity
as a member Of the state board Of as
sessment. in which he has repeatedly
shown his independence of corporate
domination i'm fixing railroad assess
ments. His rugged honesty and unim-
peachable integrity would have made
him popular candidate around whom
to rally the voters at the fall election,
hut we believe he has acted wisely and
for the best interests of the party in de-
Gliding not to ask the republican con-
vention TO take the risk, whether great
or small. Of electing a governor with a
clouded title
The withdrawal OF Mr.. MOrtensen
will probably pave the way for the pro-
lection OF new candidates because the
issues involved remain unchanged. It
is highly desirable, II not essential, to
success that the republicans Of Ne
braska shall this year head their ticket
with a man unimpeded by entangling
alliances with railroad or other great
corporate interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
pREsLnENr ANp coNGRESS

Even the least scrupulous critics of
the president are lately abandoning at
tacks upon him on the score Of unwar-
ranted interference with congress in
pending railroad legislation. The presi-
dent was for a long time persistently
and vehemently assailed along that line
through newspaper and other channels
representing hostile interests, and to
some extent the impression was spread
abroad that there might be chance of
his zeal exceeding discretion. But as
the situation has become clarified by the
meeting of congress the groundlessness
Of such charges is disclosed. and it Is
noteworthy that criticism hostile to the
administration policy has been forced to
adopt other tactics of resistance
The sole fact at the bottom Of this
species Of misrepresentation at any time
is the intense zeal of the president for
the realization of national control Of
interstate carriers and his determination
to do all within his constitutional pow
ers to secure it, a zeal and determine
ton which have in no wise abated, but
on the contrary have increased. if that
he possible with the progress Of the con-
test. The enemies of rate legislation,
preclpitate TO charge what they no
doubt anticipated, would have been de
lighted II the president had extensively
interfered with the lawmaking depart
ment, which is VIGOROUSLY Jealous Of ex-
ecutive influence. This is one of the
most dangerous rocks on which many
measures, some Of them of the most inn
pOrtant character. have struck, and it
was evidently hoped and plotted by its
enemies to steer the rate regulation bill
upon it,
1t is singular and almost unprece-
dented that i'm the case of measure ell
! listing so wholly the interest and the
solicitude of the executive there should
be wanting at this stage effective accu-
sation of attempted executive dictation
TO congress through use Of patronage,
and furnishing opposition. Hardly any
has occurred in the whole course Of the
controversy which more fOrcibly sug-
gests to cOnsiderate minds, not only the
wisdom OF the president, but also his
loyalty TO public interest, than the fact
that despite his impetuous temperament
he has been able so effectually to disarm
his enemies and leave them no opening
at this point
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
ELIOT ON CORpoRATIoN ETHICS

ELIOT ON CORPORATION ETHICS.
The address Of President Eliot of
Harvard university before the Chicago
Merchants club enforcing the point
that no distinction can be allowed be-
tween those engaged in managing large
corporations and those engaged in ordi-
nary occupations, is like all the utter
moralist, stimulant and wholesome. The
address is not composed of truisms but
deals trenchantly with the prevalent
corporation immoralities which have
risen to the point of public emergency.
The wrongs connected with over-capital-
ization, stock dividends, excessive sala-
ries and perquisites and dummy" di-
rectors are not less wrongs because Of
the bulk of the transactions, the firms
involved I'm corporate fiction and the de-
lusive machinery between cause and eff
feet. President Eliot presses the point
home that corporations, though they are
said to be soulless, are after all but the
doings of men who have souls.
1t is necessary, never so necessary as
now. TO put the cOmpulsion Of the law
around men who are clothed with the
powers and envirOned with the tempta-
tions that arise out of the management
Of great corporations, and public senti-
ment has lately been notably aroused
to this fact. But beyond the field of
statutes and legal remedies, although
they may accomplish much and are in
dispensahle, real salvation, as President
Eliot suggests, rests upon moral foun-
dation and calls for enforcement upon
the cOnsciences of men having to do
with corporations of those obligations
and ethical restraints which in all ages
and under all conditions are drawn from
the line between right and wrong.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12

ton Is founded upon what he is and what
he has stood for What better gauge is
there for measuring the worth OF man"
We like Norris Brown and give him credit
for what he has done, but his services arc
nothing compared TO Rosewater's. There
is one man in the republican ranks in Ne
braska whose past says that he IL the
logical man for United States senator and
he lie the editor Of The Omaha Bee
Fremont Tribune: Mr.. wattes has re-
turned from a visit in the south and We
have It from reliable inside authority that
he is holding conferences with the afore-
time well known powers In Nebraska
politics. with a view 70 making an en-
trance into the senatorial fight Mr.. Wat
ties is regarded az the man to pit against
Norris Brown. 1t is conceded by those
who are most familiar with the Omaha
situation that he win be able to get the
Douglas county delegation to the state con
vention. He will be backed by the Fou-
tanelle club the street railway and other
big corporate interests. He will easily take
the delegation from Senator Willard. MI
Wattes will then have the Burlington and
probably the Union Pacific support and
some banking friends I'm different portions
of the state. 1t appears now that the in
terests opposing Norris Brown will at least
make their first stand for Mr.. Wattles
He will throw much money into the cam
paign. lie will organize bureau to spread
his fame a financier. BY sheer force OF
money he will expect to keep himself be
fore the people as fit senatorial material
He will keep his pledge to Organize the
state. He can pour out money like water
He has said he can contribute 100000 il
necessary. TO the cause. Mr.. Wattles. it
must be admitted, has right to aspire to
the high place. He has achieved much
during his residence in Nebraska. He has
demonstrated himself to be a man who
docs things. lie is 'rightfully regarded as
one Of the successful men Of the state
But conditions are not propitious just now
for the fulhllment of Mr.. Wattles' political
ambition He is too closely identified with
big corporations to give that confidence
the people insist upon in their public SER
wants. Being a dominant factor in the
Omaha street railway makes him a natu-
raj sympathizer with everything the cor
porations want that the people insist they
shall not have. The fact that he was "a
BARLEY bondsman during the first term OF
the state treasurer when the largest defal-
cation occurred will also initiate against
his availability in the minds of the people
His statements concerning the generous
manner In which he will spend money will
also create prejudice. The United States
senate needs TO be regenerated with. re-
spect to its being a 'house of lords and
collection OF plutocrats, out OF sympathy
with the common people Mr.. wattles is
likely to create some stir, but in the nature
OF things success does not seem possible
for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
Penalty for OsIsrisn,

1t is a pathetic picture Of DR.. osler that
was drawn by President Remsen Of Johns
Hopkins university for the benefit OF tbe
New York alumni OF that institution. The
doctors name has become a verb-"osleT-
ize"-and he has 10 travel incognito "a
avoid the distateful nOtOTiety that suddenly
swallowed him up. He went 10 Atlantic
CITY incognito after that speech" says DR.,
Remsen. "and he did the same when he
went TO England. He is a very sensitive
man. and II you ever meet him again. don't
ask him about his alleged theory" Dr.
Osler has certainly had an unpleasant ex-
perienee, but he should be treasured on one
point. The world has finally understood
that his ohlOrOsorm suggestion was a joke,
which was spread abroad in the first in
stance with the humOr extracted by the
stupid reporters President Remsen ought
to stop referring TO the matter in his
speeches. since ne keeps IL in that way be-
for the public
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
ROCKEFELLER's SUBSTITUTE.
standard OH Rogers Anxious to save
His Chief.
Chicago Trlbune.

chicago Tribune.
IL is said that Mr. Rogers has offered
himself as a viearious sacrifice 10 appease
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri ana
that probably Mr.. Rockefeller in conse-
quence will be spared the mental strain
and publicity of having to go on the wit
ness stand and tell-or refuse to tell-how
his company does business. Assuming the
report to be true, the question naturally
arises why Mr.. Rogers or some other asso-
ciate Of Mr. Rockefeller has not offered to
ascend the sacrihcial altar before. By do
ing so he could have saved his chief the
humiliation OF hiding for weeks and per-
haps won his. lasting gratitude. The oil
kings successful evasion of the process
server has heightened his reputation as an
artful dodger and afforded amusement to
newspaper readers, but has not increased
public respect for him. He has had the
nerve TO do so many reprehensible things
during his business life that he ought to
have the nerve TO go into court and answer
a few simple questions. Manifestly he has
not.
Doubtless Mr.. Hadley would rather get
Mr.. Rockefeller in the witness chair than
anybody else. Securing his testimony is
not necessary, however. 10 the successful
prosecution OF the suit against the stand
ard Oil company. What the Missouri at
torney general is trying TO find out is the
exact relation between the Standard and
certain other oil companies doing business
in his state which claim to be Independent.
I but which are believed TO be merely bas-
tard offspring OF the trust Any high Of
hclal Of the Standard can give him the
desired facts. That they have not been
given to him before indicates that they
/ are not in harmony with the statutes OF
Missouri Mr.. Hadley has shown great
perseverance and energy In trailing the
/ octopus and seems in fair way 10 soon
| get Il into a place where II will have either
| 10 submit 20 the laws or get out OF the
! state
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
PASSING PLEAsANTRIEs.

Miss Thuttyfore-He was the best anu
truest man In the world, but we quarreled,
and-well, you know the rest. ..a
Miss Chillicon--Yes, l understand; II 10
always the biggest fish that gets away
Chicago Tribune. sl
The Magnate-Do you mean to say, sir,
that you will charge me 81 900 for this op-
Grafton If live and 5000 IL die? How is
Great surgeon-If you die it will be So
much easier to collect from the estate
Brooklyn Life.
You know" remarked MIR. KIumsey.
they say dancing is the poetry of mo-
'Huh!" snorted Miss Grace, just recov-
eElng from waltz with him, but when
Catholic Standard Times.
Her-No. Tim-my ideal man must he
Him-Wel didn't I rescue you from
those tramps who attacked you?
HeT-That was brave, but not especially
Him-Wasn't it? I hired those tramps
to attack you!-Cleveland Leader.
The brides father was looking the pres
ents over.
asked I'm her playful way.
AS near as ! can figure up the lot" he
gloomily replied, we are coming out in
debt Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il see that the Monte Carlo gambling
shop cleared profit of S5,60O,O00 last year."
That's a great bank to do business with
for the syndicate that runs it"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
"Sh! whispered the burglar TO his pal.
What's that?"
"Nothin' but graphophone," said tho
1 other "G'wan I'm. It's on the floor above"
Eye. blame fool haint We got sense
enough TO know that everybody in this
tiatll be wide awake and swearin'? Back
OUT
The rear window was found open next
morning, but nothing was mssed.-Chi.
cago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
Japan's AMBITION ana De.tiny.

GOTtldnd OfeBOnlan.
Statements from foreign officials and
from newspaper correspondents in Japan
express the opinion that japan is ambitious
to dominate the Orient in every respect.
They say that Japan, having won its vic
tory in a great war, over a nation formerly
regarded the most formidable power OF
the world, Japan does not intend TO sacri-
flee any of the prestige it has gained, but
rather purposes to add to its glory and
strength by taking advantage of the new
opportunities opened 90 it the natural
consequence of the late war. SO, we read,
japan is moving upward and onward all
along the line, in order to achieve what it
regards as a still higher destiny, and is
spending money lavishly on internal i'm
provements and launching out on a pro-
gram Of paternalism which promises far to
surpass anything of the kind heretofore
seen. .'.. .s-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
MAKE ~ 4 rYoRorGB JOB.

The Board Of County Commissioners
seems at least to have realized that the
enforcement Of business methods in the
management OF county affairs requires
stricter control OF the fee offices of
the county and IL has set 10 work TO
check up the books and accounts of
these officers. That an amount OF loose
ness and leakage will surely be dis
closed IL the job is made thorough
one is safe prediction, because from
time to time various questionable prae-
tees have been uncovered in more than
one department.
But the checking up will be perfume
tory II il is confined solely to a verifica.
tion of the reports made by these fee
officers 10 see that they Offset the sur
plus on deficit in the balance sheet
showing the cost Of conducting the
Office. The inquisitors should go further
and ascertain how much money that
should have been accounted for as ON
cial revenue has been retained or di-
verted to private channels under one
pretext or another. 1t is susceptible Of
proof that considerable sums have I'm
the past been pOcketed which should
have gone into the county treasury and
IL is possible some OF this money could
be recovered by proper proceedings,
Another profitable field OF inquiry
would be as TO the disposition OF the in
terest earned on money in the custody
Of county officers other than the county
treasurer. The clerk of the court, the
county judge, the register OF deeds and
the county clerk all collect public money
and hold IL in deposit accounts OF their
own, Interest earned by such deposits
should be credited back TO the county
but no one has ever heard of such cred
it's The county judge moreover has
funds ia his custody belonging to es,
tates 10 which he should account for
the interest.
Still another hole that should be
stopped can be found in the claims fOI
mileage put in by the sheriff and his
deputies. for trips travelled ON free
Pnsses. Fer 4 county 0fncer 70 eolleci
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12

We doubt whether the suggestion that
the name of omaha's Sixteenth street
be changed to Broadway will secure
serious consideration. There are Broad
ways and Broadways-some famous
and some Infamous Even If It We're
conclusive that Sixteenth street is not
suitable for the principal thoroughfare
OF retail business, 1t would still be de-
sirable to have distinctive and charac-
teristic name of our own rather than
attempt to shine in the reflected light
Of New York's worId-renowned high
way OF commerce.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12

back from the county mileage expenses
never incurred amounts to the same
thing as rendering fraudulent accounts
and the practice should be stopped. no
matter how lonRstanding it may be.
A thorough job OF checking and au-
dlting the fee. officers Of the county will
stop enough leaks to repay its cost sew
eral times over, while half-baked job
will not be worth the powder
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
IN THE NIGHT.

Paul Kestern in McClure's.
When you shall waken
In some far on town
Distant alike by many miles
And many years
From home,
And all shall seem
Unchanged
The dim light falling
by the windowsill,
The maple leaves
Whispering beyond.
The echo of the ncighbor's steRs
Coming belated by;
When II shall seem 10 yOd
You need but raise your hans
To touch your mothers
Sleeping face.
That any whispered word
Shall wake her,
For your comfort
In the awesome hour.
When you shall know
That morning brings no drei1c
Beyond the fear
OF rainy days or school
Then when some sense
OF present time returns
And youth departs,
The heart grows old again
And feels with bitterness
The weight and pain
OF all the intervening sears.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12

A party Of Apache Indians on visit to
Washington visited the senate and listened
with stolid interest while Mr.. La Toilette
talked OF attempts by corporations to steal
Indian coal lands One of the red men had
been imbibing freely and when the bell
rang for executive session he refused TO
depart, demanding that the paleface talk
some more. Il took the combined efforts
Of his friends TO remove him.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12

The story from Picking that Russia
preserved the peace in northern China
for years may indicate that the car is
again laying plans to enforce his idea
Of para mount interests" In the far east,
but it is hardly probable he will act this
time without consulting Toxic.