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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

known that some Of the commonest
violations have been in the dealings
of the carrier corporations among
themselves, for which they heretofore
had no effective remedy.
That most of the enlarging amend
ments we're nevertheless opposed by
the railroads in common is presump-
tive evidence that they preferred that
the public should have no better rem
edy against carrier abuses, even
though coupled with better remedy for
one carrier against another, be-
cause the chance would remain even
in the latter case to shift much OF
the loss over onto the shoulders of the
public. But now that the law provid-
Ing remedy In the one case as well an
in the other actually and irreversibly
exists, II will be only history repeating
itself If transportation corporations
ere long find 1t TO their interest to re-
sort the same as others TO the equal
rule of public redress of grievances
against one another
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
More Rum Than Reason.

ndrtiOru SOurant rep.D
The story Of how Maine went in the
'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" year has been
handed down in immortal verse This
years political doings in Maine. while less
exciting. are peculiar Governor Cobb,
republican. has been reelected but look
how they've whitfield down his plurality.
The new legislature Is preponderantly re-
publican. The republican congressman APP
pear TO have scraped through all right,
Littlefield included. But the thousands OF
Lttefeld's 1904 plurality seem to have
shrunk to hundreds.
We await the Maine explanations. APP
parently, Gompers hurt. Apparently, the
law that made Maine famous has parted
with portion of it's popularity. Appar-
emily, a good many Maine voters were
thinking more about rum than about
Roosevelt. To some extent. at least, the
news from Maine is a summons to the re-
publicans of other states to be diligent
and vigilant.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Personal NOTES.

The dancing master who wants to remodel
the waltz by abolishing the hugsing fea-
lures plainly intends TO kill IT,.
The Cuban rebels suffered their first real
defeat when they encountered some Amer
leans in charge. The Americans evidently
violated the rules Of the Cuban game.
President Joseph F. Smith, the veteran
Mormon and chief OF the Latter Day Saints.
Is visiting In England looking over the
progress made by Mormon missions in that
country.
The man who furnished the information
which caused the downfall of the Tweed
ring has just died in New York In the
hrst efusion of public gratitude the legis-
/ lature gave him 5000. ~. g.
About two dozen onondaga Indians went
on sightseeing tour Of New York. Gen.
eral Grants tomb at Riverside came in
for much of their attention. After a
long look at the imposing monument Chief
Logan voiced their general disapproval in
the words, big grave for one man.
zepheniah Hopper Of the Central High
school In Philadelphia has begun his sixty
third year as a pedagogue. He graduated
with the first class of that school In 1s42
and two years later began to teach mathe-
mates there. He has been associated with
the institution ever since, more than 5000
pupils having studied under him
Prof. Goodwin Smith some time ago
formally willed his brain to Cornell uni
versity Some remarkable brains have been
sold not given. An Englishman has dis
posed OF his to an American university for
$4,000. He is a man of little education
and for many years worked as a coal miner.
He has marvellous memory. especially for
dates, and is now earning a good salary
on the music hall stage. .... ...-....
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
The Future America.

LOnQOn truth.
The new Bank of England is America I
II we propose to build a railway we have
to go to the United States for the neces-
sary capital. II we wish to develop some
industrial concern we apply to an Amer
lean flnancier for assistance. If we have to
sell a large property, valuable picture, a
rare work of art or a celebrated race horse
we OFFER 1t to an American millionaire. II
any we'll known bachelor among us is in
pecuniary difficulties u is to the United
States that he hurries to find bride with
a fortune. II a more obscure Englishman
is unable to earn a living in this country
II is to the United States that he generally
crosses to obtain employment
II is probable that at the very least
America will have twice as much wealth
and power in twenty years hence as it
has acquired In the last twenty years.
II so what country will then be its equal ?
THE Future Of the United States" would
be a useful subject for some essay writer
to deal with, for an America that is twice
as rich. az powerful and as populous; that
has double the fleet OF men-of-war and
merchantmen. and that does double the
trade with the outside world that the
America of today has and does will be q
monster among the nations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
WHY ANDERSEN SHOULD BE BEAT

WHY ANDERSEN SHOULD BE BEAT.
1t is notorious that In the recent
senatorial campaign the railroad pro-
gram was to prevent any nomination
OF United States senator in state con-
ventlon and thereby throw the choice
OF senator back to the legislature,
where a corporation man might be
elected by the usual jugglery and
bribery of legislators. With this OBJ
ject in view the railroad pluggers set
out to pack the republican state con-
vention- with uninstructed delegations,
who were to have been manipulated
to vote against convention pomina-
ton.
/ One step in this railroad program
contemplated splitting the Douglas
delegation in order to play one part
of 1t against the other and prevent
the preferred Omaha candidate from
having the benefit of the solid vote
of his home county. This division of
the Douglas delegation was to be &C
complished by inficting upon the
voters the outrageous rotation" bal
lot, designed to disfranchise a large
part of the rank and file of the party
and produce a confusion that would
prevent the effective expression of the
popular will.
The mandamus suit by which the
rotation" ballot was saddled on the
people of Douglas county was insti-
tuted in the name of Charles J. An
dersen, who was a willing tool of the
railroad schemers and corporation
hirelings. In the light of this exam
pie Of abject subserviency to the rail-
road bosses, the candidacy of Charles
j. Andersen for denomination to the
legislature Is an insult to the people
of this county.
The coming legislature will pass on
railroad legislation most vitality af-
fecting the commercial interests OF
Omaha and will be called upon to
take action to force the railroads to
pay their taxes. Our people may un-
Willingly send some railroad tools to
the legislature, but they should not
send a man who SO plainly and openly
acknowledges his railroad masters.
1t is the duty of every loyal repub-
lican to put the brand of reputation
upon Charles J. Andersen.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
cHRoNIo CUBAN irFrRMrrr.

IL is perfectly apparent that inter-
vention, Of which President Roose-
welt solemnly warns Cubsns, instead
Of being repugnant to the pride and
interest OF an important element Of
the natives would be really welcomed
by them as a boon. In fact. many
Of the educated and substantial busi-
ness men believed from the FIRST
that annexation TO the United States
was far preferable to independence.
II this conviction exists among intel
ligent and property owning Cubans,
II must be strong among Americans
and other foreigners having extensive
investments in the island who. with
the natives holding similar views, con-
stitute a very influential body.
Revolution" as the outbreaks OF
the wandering, restless, irresponsible
classes who are very numerous, are
called is a chronic condition In Cuba.
Scattered over the island are thou
sands Of men of mongrel breed,
densely ignorant, lazy and many OF
them vicious, who for generations
have been in a state of revolt If taxi
ing to "the grass and the forests In
predatory bands can be called revolt.
They always constitute material ready
to the hand Of conspirators, agitators,
disappointed office seekers and desper-
ate parties and leaders. While the
abuses OF Spanish colonial government
for centuries afforded abundant cause
for truly patriotic resistance which
was forced to employ every available
means, the conditions at the same
time afforded excuse for both chiefs
and followers whose object was plum
der and general lawlessness. Out Of
1t all was bred a formidable mase to
whom any sort of real self government
Is onerous, and who are always ready,
with or without cause, to relapse into
habitual disorder and chaos.
II was the presence of this element
that caused SO many worthy Cubans to
fear the results of independence. that
INV CdubSS JuCAu W WOANOhAO AANOA'
ton and that indeed is the lion in the
way of successful self government or
self government that is not hopelessly
incompatible with progress and civili-
cation. Patriotic impulse rebels
against foreign interference or forcibly
imposed sovereignty, even when the
alternative of independence involves
many imperfections, hardships and
even perils, and 1t is not to be doubted
that sober minded and we'll meaning
Cubans fully share the impulse with
others. There is no more discouraging
fact at the present juncture than that
SO many people in Cuba are convinced
that a governing force from outside
the island is indispensable and are
hoping for Intervention and even for
annexation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Governor Mickey is being inund

Governor Mickey is being inundated
with requests for pardons and COM
mutations of sentences for inmates of
the state penitentiary. That is what
always happens when a governor APP
proaches the end of his official term,
the supposition being that he becomes
worked during the last few months
of his possession of the pardoning
power. The governor owes 1t to him.
self and to the public to give no con
victs their freedom now on any less
showing of merit than he would have
required when he first entered Office
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
JOSEPH MEDnL PATTERSON AGAIN


Joseph Medill Patterson, the young
Chicago man who two years ago an
nounced his conversion to socialism,
continues to emit complaints that he
is "drone," incapable by reason of
his capitalistic' education and environ
ment during childhood and youth, of
earning a living through labor, and re-
iterating his previously declared pur-
pose to devote his energies to some
useful work. II there be seriousness
and any real capacity in him 1t would
seem that two years would be suf-
ficient to produce now tangible proof,
and that If he must indulge in personal
publicity, for which, however, no
pressing call has been made by others.
that he would be able by this time to
report at least some progress in the
consuming passion of his new born So
cialistic life. There certainly is
plenty of work to be done. Others
find no great difficulty in doing some
thing to earn the bread they eat. Yet
young Joseph Medill Patterson calls
public attention to himself only to re-
port and complain again that he Ia
still "drone."
Therein, too, the young man Incl
dentally makes 1t patent that he is still
laboring under the hallucination that
the only useful employment by which
TO earn a living is by manual labor.
which even II true, leaves little excuse
for him in particular to be still idle
That after so long a time he enter
tains such view as we'll as persists
In idleness will sufficiently admonish
the normal mind of his real type and
personality and be accepted as sigr
enough that In the great movement OF
affairs he is likely to be permanently
negligible factor l
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
DEMOCRATIC HARD Luck.
General Prosperity Gives Crackers
the Hoarse Laugh.


There is no end to the bad luck Of the
democratic party. Here is the corn crop
booming up to record figures and IL may
exceed them. Iowa alone, IL lie estimated
will have 400, 900 bushels. There are no
lean years and calamity never has its
innings. How can the Honorable Grim
JIggs, wipe out the republican majority In
congress when the country is so disgust
ingly prosperous? Hardly a mortgage in
sight, except to raise cash TO buy more
land and cover It with crops; farmers
speeding over their broad acres in motor
cars; bank deposits bursting vaults and In
terest rates way down. all the luxuries as
well as the comforts OF home for the
producers; labor better on than ever and
capital with more money than II can use;
everybody working but the politicians. and
they can't work" anybody-was there ever
a more discouraging outlook for the party
OF the pee-pul? What the Honorable Grim
Jiggs needs is kind words not money. This
Is so generally understood that the dollar
campaign fund has died a natural death.
People who have any bowels will not make
fun OF the plight OF the democratic chair
man. The Astounding and rebounding pros
pertty OF these United States u not his
| fault.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

Careful reading OF the opening
speech in the fusion campaign dellv-
cred by ex-Candidate George w.
Berge at Columbus fails to disclose
any great controlling reason for sup
porting Candidate Shallenberger, ex-
cept that Berge IL nominated would
have expected shallenberger to have
supported him. There are grave sus-
picions, however, that Berge might
have been disappointed had such a re-
suit ensued.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

Most Notable Character.

NebrasLs's Most Notable Character.
Kearney Democrat.
The fragrance OF his unselhsh life Is
but now dawning upon those who loved
and those who despised. with but single
exception he was Nebraska's most con-
spicuous and notable parsonage He was
endowed with both courage, unceasins
energy and indomitable perseverance. His
was a force so vital TO the state that its
sudden cutting of is received as a calamity
no less by his enemies than by his friends
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
BELLS OF SEPTEMBER.

Katherine Daimler In Leslie's Weekly.
Farewell TO the woodland. the mountain.
To the froiicking waves with their tumult
and roar; ~ -
One last lingering glance at their gem-be-
For the bells OF September are ringing
"Come home"
The witches of autumn are weaving their
spell,
And keen blows the breezes over hilltop and
dell;
While soft on its pinions, borne lightly
Are heard the faint notes of the harvesters'
song
Their emblems OF royalty. purple and sold,
And the woodbine Is donning her loveliest
But pIaytime is o,er-we must bid them
adieu y fFa.--. ~
The school bells are ringing--eaeh bright
little man .fH .t
Seems proud OF his coating OF sunburn and
and tan ~
And wee frocks are heightened when sum-
mer has flown.
And we marvel TO see how the girlies have
grown. --.i'
Ring, bells Of September. your merriest
Though deep in the midst OF our pleasures
We fnd. as our wandering steps you recall.
our greatest OF blessings is home, after all.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

further south. the tubes rest IN the soil,
for they will not have 10 bear trains %
great weight. The Pennsylvania tunnels.
on the other hand. must support ioo-ton
electric locomotives, and hence II was neoes-
sary to provide iron foundations extending
all the way down to bedrock.
A special safety feature viii be the con-
crete welkways. or sidewalks, built inside
the tubes on a level with the car windows.
II there is an accident or q long delay. the
passengers will be able 10 reach these walk
ways from the car windows or doors Tho
cables for power. water pipes for protection
against ire and part Of the signal wires
win be bedded in the concrete beneath these
sidewalks.
] There was a scurrying In Nassau street
one day last week. during the noon hour,
/ when four blooded coach horses. swathed
/ In the brilliant, crested blankets OF a
famous stud and led by struggling grooms.
/ trotted in zigzag course down the middle
OF the narrow road Truck drivers, push
cart men. policemen and pedestrians
skipped lightly TO one side and gave all
the room required. and more. willingly
and without asking single question. The
animals were nearly mad with fright at
! the crowds and the unfamiliar sights and
sounds which, indeed. was just what they
were brought there for. 1t Is the custom
TO break such horses to the city by taking
them through the most crowded portions
and getting them accustomed TO conditions
| there
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

WlSner free GTeSH.
Usually our friends and the public re-
serve their ecomiums for the dead and un-
needing ear. But we believe that much
satisfaction accrued to this deserving man
in the voluntary offerings OF praise and
recognition Of his worth that came before
II was too late. Throughout the state
II was voiced during his canvass for United
States senator.
That there was lack of consolidation"
in his behalf was a credit to him. His
support was with the rank ana file. who
knew his worth, ability and integrity Of
purpose.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
BenefactOr OF the Race.
nroLA, nau, n...o

leader of the progressive element OF
his party In the state, contending for the
rights Of the people against monopolistic
aggressions and influences. he incurred the
enpity OF corporation cormorants" who
lost no opportunity during his long and
useful career, to abuse. calumniate and
villify him. 1t is the experience OF all who
live in advance OF their time. But when
the waves OF calumny shall have subsidized
and the people are permitted to view the
work he did, unobscured by prejudice or
enmity, Rosewater will be recognised as a
benefactor OF his race and one whose
career was what 1t was from a motive 70
be serviceable TO others.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

One of the candidates for nomina-
ton on the republican legislative
ticket announces that he Stands on
the platform last adopted at the re-
publican convention" All the other
candidates on the republican ticket
will have to get on that platform be-
fore election and the sooner the bet
ter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

The beauties OF the rotation" bal
lot will be again exemplified at next
Tuesdays primary election and the
people will remember whom to charge
Il up against.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

There will be no difficulty in get
ting signatures to petitions TO make
Cut-onf lake and vicinity a part OF the
Omaha park system. The pinch will
come to get the money TO make the
desired improvements without taking
1t away from other parts of the park
system.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Brigadier General Whit adds his rec

Brigadier General Whit adds his rec
ommendation for the restoration of the
army canteen in order to stop the de-
moralizing influence of the resorts that
surround military posts. The con-
sensus of opinion among army officers
is overwhelming that the restoration
of the canteen would be as much of an
improvements over existing conditions
as would be we'll regulated licensed
saloons over degrading holes-in-the-
wall that thrive in prohibition states.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Honest Taskmaster.

Sand has lost a valuable friend. We are
using the word valuable In everything but
a commercial sense. Edward Rosewater
started The Bee, he came up the Platte
Valley, soliciting subscribers. The writer
was only a kid then, but he remembers
what happened. Years later he did serv-
ice for Mr.. Rosewater and found him a
hard, but honest taskmaster. Among the
recollections Of busy life, the editor of
Sand will cherish his association with Ed
ward Rosewater as one of the brightest
gems.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Did More Than Any Dozen.


In his long career as editor of The Bee
he has probably done more than any dozen
men for Omaha and Nebraska, his work
being simply incalculable. 1t is hard to
tell whether there will ever be another
to take up the tight against corruption
and crookedness in public life and attain
the same results that Edward Rosewater
did. Notwithstanding his strenuous life
with it's bitter controversies and sad dis-
appointments, his end was quiet and
peaceful, such as any of us might wish
for when the final summons comes to us.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Spread Nebraska. Fame.

Nebraska sustains lasting loss in the
death of Edward Rosewater. Death re-
moved him from life OF great activity in
the affairs Of his state and nation. He was
national character and carried the fame
Of Nebraska wherever he went.
He was a strong champion of measures
for the benefit of the whole people and an
open and unrelenting foe OF class legisla-
ton Of all kinds. He has left an impress
upon the history Of his state which time
foremost citizens
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

One of the democratic legislative
conventions held last week not only af-
firmed the platform adopted by the
democratic state convention. but also
endorsed "the democratic principles
enunciated by william ]. Bryan"
Does this mean that they endorsed the
Bryan program for state owned feed
ers to federal owned trunk lines?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

Omaha business men are still de-
murring to the demurrage charges
which the railroads are trying to ex-
act from them under pretense that
they are required under the new rate
law. II the Interstate Commerce COM
mission has Jurisdiction only over de-
murrage charges connected with inter-
state trafic and cannot reach demur-
rage charges based on shipments be-
tween points wholly within the state.
the Importance of having the rate
law followed up with state legislation
governing local traffic is here strik-
ngly REINFORCED.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Testing Issues al Home.

Mr.. Bryan has decided to try out" his
issue before the people of Nebraska this
fall. He says. he will make a vigorous
campaign for the fusion candidate for gov
ernor, Ashton C. 6hallenberger, giving as
his reason: He advocated government
ownership of railroads before I did" Both
candidates for governor are "anti-railroad,"
but one is for government ownership and
the other is opposed,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
RATE Law FoR oARRIERs ALSO.


It would be an impressive denou-
ment IL one of the early effects OF the
new national rate law should be an
appeal to the commission by great rail-
road companies against a combination
of their competitors gravely menacing
the interests of the former, as the ru-
mored alliance of the Hill and Harri-
man systems is alleged to aim at by
control Of Pacific ocean steamship con-
nections. II the two systems. which
have their own steamship lines while
the competing transcontinental lines
have none, could make common action
the basis for dominating ocean borne
freights, the result would of course be
disastrous to all such competitors as
the Atchison and Rock Island. unless
the powers of the Inter State Com
mrce commission were invoked to re-
strict such combination In its illegal
aspects.
But whether the rumored alliance
has been effected, and whether resist
ance to it's alleged purpose is to be
made before the commission or not,
the case forcibly illustrates the fact
which has not yet been fully appre-
ciated, that the great powers con-
ferred by the new law are precisely as
available for remedy OF abuses through
unlawful combinations and discrimi.
nations OF which railroad companies
sre the victims as OF abuses OF which
individual shippers or the general pub
lie are the victims. The provisions
of the law are general. and It is well
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17
Name Familiar to All

In the death OF Edward Rosewater Ne
braska has lost a prominent figure. Not
school boy or girl in the state with whom
the name OF Rosewater is not as familiar
as that OF Roosevelt. His was a strenuous
life, ever active on all matters pertaining
to the interests of the public and will he
greatly missed by both friend and Zoe.