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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
PROSECUTION OF INSURANCE OFFICIALS

PROSECUTION OF INSURANCE OFFICIALS
The Indictment of the president and
first and second vice presidents of the
New York Mutual Reserve Life In
surance company on charges of grand
larceny and forgery, on the basis of
practices which investigation has
demonstrated to have been more or less
prevalent among insurance officials, is
proof that the movement for reform
of the companies is reaching a really
practical stage. The chief purpose of
the movement was vertably to bring
men i'm such high places of trust to a
just sense Of duty therein. by the force
of law If not by their own conscience.
The developments OF the insurance in
vestigations the past year have indeed
shown that public opinion when fully
aroused is armed with heavy penalties
of its own, but in addition the emer-
gency requires the demonstration that
such offenses are not beyond the reach
of the law.
The acts charged against these de-
PENDANT officials are Of class which
have become familiar to the public
through mountains Of evidence built up
in the course of recent investigation
misappropriation of trust funds and
concealment Of the offense by falslfica-
ton OF the books and records. The
names of the Offenses in the indictments
are theft and forgery. But the ominous
phase Of the matter was that it had
come TO be assumed, by the public
generally as well as by those who were
guilty. that such crimes could not be
reached by the hand of justice, how.
ever ready 1t might be to be laid heavily
upon ordinary offenders.
II is different when the penalties OF
the law are brought into the immedi
ate prospect This is prospect which
ell the publicity and aroused public
sentiment carry with them. And Il
means that officials Of insurance com
panies aud all others who hold like
places of trust must discharge theil
obligations with more scrupulous fideI
/ ity or be called 20 account and suffel
| the CONSEQUENCES
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.


F. p. Adams in The Reader.
It's not for me to eriticise; it's not for me
A pssn as refreshing as '"The Fodder in
For whom am I that 1 should dare TO crih-
30 likely 10 endure the chill corrOdfng
Ny auarrel's not with Riley-I think that
But With the bards that feebiy try Ms
VSrk to initiate
And think they have a masterpiece II Il
should bat contain
ssne piatitudy commonplace and obvious
refrain,
The cheerup School of Poetry is open night
and day
IT'S pFisoipies and principals are but to
make you say
some dolsful bard,
Whose bargain rate Is just about one
fortyrnine q yard.
when Sunshine Is Shinin' WHAT'S the
Use to Nope and Fret
The Things we Don't Remember Are this
Things. That. We Forget" =, ~.
DISnt i8svs No Rain,"--
or any other commonplace ana obvious re
Train.
ParrIassus Il macadamized; they've paved
the road 70 Fame,
jump on the rented Pagasus-you'n and
The Mas w VIE Issysr worries Is the Man
''Whsn TrSubi. Genes TO RotAer You just
Sing a Little Song
"The Nan Who Makes You Hustle Is the
Man Who's Just Ahead"
''The People who Are Lying Amt the Reo-
pie Who Are Dead
o bardlets Of the Magazines vera OF
rs W St than R WTsPe the conmsuplaee and
obvious; REFRAIN
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

CHANGES IN THE SUPREME CoURE
Justice Browns notification to the
president Of his intention 10 retire from
the supreme court of the United States
IL to be taken as a fOrerunner Of numer-
Gus changes in the membership Of that
great tribunal Two other members,
Chief Justice Fuller, who has been in
feeble health for some time, and Jus
tice Harlan, are each 73 years old. and
Justice Brewer is within n year Of 20.
OF the other members Justice Peckham
is 80, Justice Holmes IS. Justice Nc
Kenna SO and Justice White 81, several
Of whom are physically inhrm, the
youngest member, Justice Day, being
81.
There is thus prospect Of vacancies
by retirement or other cause in the
places Of a majority Of the court to be
filled during President Roosevelts term.
The reconstruction of the court, inl-
portant at any time, is Of extraordinary
and far-reaching concern at this period
when the whole subject of the adjust
ment Of the relations Of the govern
ment TO modern industrial and social
development ia coming up for settle
ment. Legislation is fairly and broadly
engaged upon this adjustment, but the
transcendent influence of the court upon
the solution Of the problems arising
out Of IL is a fact understood by all
who have deeply studied the history of
our government.
President RoOsevelt's administration
marks an era in which public policy
has to deal critically with prodigious
changes In the business and Industrial
life Of the people, and the problem is to
reconcile with constitutional limitations,
ordained more than century ago, eff
fective enough for the purposes Of that
time, the needs growing out of great
concentrations of capital and a society
highly organized in every Branch. The
relation of the supreme court to these
vital questions in the immediate future
cannot be less important than It was
during the first third Of the last CEN
fury, when guided by the genius OF
Chief Justice Marshall it vitalized the
constitution by a series OF decisions
establishing a national power adequate
to deal with national needs. That
power must now be applied, likewise
largely through the ultimate agency Of
the court. to the new class Of needs
which have become so clearly para
mount
No other acts of President Roosevelt
official career are likely to have a more
far-reaching and lasting effect upon
the course of things than those which
will determine the character Of the
supreme court long after his term of
Office shall have expired.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

submit bond propositions at the com
ing municipal election for fire engine
houses and other improvements which
are less pressing and less important,
but the ordinance for a city workhouse
has not yet made its appearance. The
only explanation is that the beneficiar-
les Of the present costly system are ex-
erting their influence to prevent any
change, and that they would prefer to
have the city continue crime-ridden
than to give up the graft they are en-
joying out Of the Jail feeding abuses.
Rewards for the apprehension and con-
viction Of holdups may be all right in
their way, but they are not preventives.
The workhouse would snuff out the
training school Of holdups at its kinder
earten grade.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
LIEUTENANT GENERALS.
Congress CSncIwdes to Hold the Place
So Mora

Congress COnciwdes to Hold the Place
fer Tive More.
Chicago Record Herald.
Consider the Lieutenant eVzerals, how they
prosper.
Consider also congress, which hates to
hurt their feelings. '-''.'
The lieutenant generals aren't really lieu
tenant generals. They are good major
generals by right of service. In the higher
? rade they are puppets of a day." born to
oloSm just long enough TO entitle them to
retire on a good deal hiuAaer pay thaA they
need Sr than there is any reason the eouR-
try should sive tkSn.
For the benefit Of Major Generals Mac
Arthur and Corbia. who are destined to
soon experience this brief luxuriant bios
som and permsBsnt fruitage, certain con-
gressmen have succeeded in eliminating
from the army appropriation bill the pro-
vision to strike on the lieutenant generaley
frsn the list OF army grades.
1t II to be hoped that congress will not
eliminate the other useful provision of the
army appropriation BILL intended to put an
end to the promotion FER retirement only"
Of officers OF lower grade. Such promo
tons have degenerated into a systematic
form OF army graft. n is to be hoped
that separate bill to abolish the grade OF
liSutOnant general, which has now been In
troduced, will manage to get safely past
~ breaStwsrks and become law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
ABUSE OF FRANKINs PRIVILEGE.
Congregational Pefquisite Perverted
for Private Gain.
Philadelabia Tadgar


The decision of the postmaster general
that the literature Of a bureau at Wash
ington devoted to the propagation OF va
rious reforms" is not proper matter for
free transmission through the mails under
the cover of a congressional frank is a
tardy official recognition of A fact that has
been plain to the public for long time.
II Is not necessary to inquire into the
ethical value, or otherwise, Of the docu-
ments sent broadcast by this agency. 1t is
SUFFICIENT TO know that the free use OF the
mails was not intended to cover such cases
As In the wholesale use OF franks to
facilitate the mailing OF a vast volume of
partisan political literature, the system in
general has become an abuse the correc-
ton OF which has long been patent ne
cessity. Now that the department has had
the courage and honesty TO attack one form
OF the evil. perhaps the least serious. the
ruling may be extended to exclude all mat
ter that is partisan or is foreign TO the
public service.
If temperance tracts divorce reform,
briefs and the like are improper subjects
for the congressional frank. much greater
Is the abuse when the government is forced
to pay for the dissemination Of documents
bearing solely on partisan aspects OF ma
liucal questions. Perhaps il is utopiau 70
look for action from congress for the total
abolition Of the whole franl1ing system
but there is no manner OF doubt that IL
ought 10 be controlled in some way. II a
limited number Of stamps were issued TO
each senator and representative they would
be more likely 20 be safeEuarded and used
FOR the dispatch 81 legitimate public docu-
ments and oOrrespoudeaee than under the
NJ
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Mr. Heinze Of Butte Is believed to have
made enough Of his Amslgameted deal to
break into the copper senatorial class in
Montana
Congressman Longworth brought from
Cuba an elghteen-inch cigar and presented
il to Uncle Joe as the best means OF de-
termining the speakers pull
New Jersey proposes to do some insur-
ance investigating on its own hook For
prudential reasons New Jersey insurance
magnates prefer the federal probe,
While governor of Texas the late stephen
Hogg made a railroad company give UP
1000 acres Of land grabbed by IT, Mr..
Hogs did not have an annual on that
road.
The curtailment OF free passes and the
consequent necessity of economical con-
eressmen remaining in Washington over
Sunday gives the projected religious re-
vival much good material to work on.
The salary OF the speaker Of the house
of representatives is 5000 a year, 5000
more than that OF his fellow members Of
the house. The speaker of the British
House of Commons receives a salary OF
10000 a year. with commodlous furnished
residence
New York is not sufficiently Anglicized
to drop its his The seventh letter is the
leader of leaders in the Empire state. Hig-
gins is governor and Hughes. Herrick and
Hearst seek the job. The state however.
would enjoy dropping Hooker, the judge,
but It doesn't know how.
Abraham Lincoln indicated in speeches
and letters that he was chock fui of senti-
ment. Here is one Of his utterances: Il
want It to be said of me by those ssho
know me best that l have always plueked
a thistle and planted a flower in its place
wherever a flower would grow"
Rev. r. H. Kuhn, pastor Of the First
Christian church in Richmond, Ind, an
nouuces that he will contest for congress
sonal honors in his district against James
E. Watson. republican nominee. Mr.. Kuhn
has been making vehement warfare from
the pulpit on the administration of local
affairs and machine politics in general. II
is believed he will secure the democratic
nomination.
The case of Governor Pattson OF Ohio
has become pathetic. He has suffered an
other relapse, caused by worry over the
race riots at Springfield, and at last ac-
counts was unable to sign the appropria-
lions bill, which had been passed by both
branches of the general assembly Mrs.
Pattison has Cancelled all her social en-
gagements, and the condition of the execu-
tive has greatly depressed his political and
personal friends.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

The strenuous labor undergone by
members of the Water board once a
month to earn the salaries they are
drawing out of the city treasury is al
together too burdensOme to be exacted
from such strong men. 1t will be up
to the next legislature to devise ways
and means either to relieve members
of the Water board of their onerous
duty to hold two-minute sessions every
month. or to increase their pay to some
thing commensurate with the sacrifice
Of time and gray matter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
THE MAIN PREREQUISITES.


The main prerequisite TO making
Omaha an unhealthy place for hoboes
and criminals to tarTy in is a work
house in which Migrants and suspicious
characters may be consigned as sOon as
they take up headquarters in this city
Every large city will always have
periodic outbreaks OF crime, hut the
crime that is committed by professional
pilgrims can be repressed and mini
mixed only by persuading them that it
is to their advantage TO give Omaha a
wide berth.
AS long as a police court sentence
for yagrancy or suspicious character
imposes nothing more severe than q
few days or a few weeks detention at
ease and slothfulness in the county jail
with all expenses of board and keep
paid by the taxpayers, Omaha will be
a haven for the class Of tramps which
graduates hOldups and burglars, no mat
ter what vigilance is displayed by the
police. As The Bee has already pointed
out, the erection Of a wOrkhOuse by the
city would ~ a seed investment fnah-
eially. - WSll ~ frOm tie standpoint
Of pOaiee pEstsStiSn bssaUse the in
mates would be sSHpellsa - work ont
their foSd and loagiRgs, thus putting
a complete stop - the JsH feeding
graft.
The city council is already moving To
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
LESSON OF COMMON HONESTY.
Present Searching of Hearts Pro-
ductive Sf Beneht.


ductive Of BENEFIT.
Century Magazine.
The good citizen and square dealer falls
back, hewever, upon two points Of COM
fort. First that there was prodigal
amount of rascality in the days when there
was vastly less publicity; and, secondhand
here is his best consolation--that the stand
ards Of public opinion are as high as ever,
and that, contemporary with this hdeous
exposure of wrongdoing, the signs are
numerous of a revival of the ethics of
business, as we'll as Of the ethics Of poll
tics.
In a private discussion not long ago Of
one Of the most pathetic cases of ruined
reputation that recent events have illus
trated, the fact came out that this man-so
widely honored and beloved, and still so
sympathetiealry regarded-had long realized
the misfortune of his situation. deeply
deprecating the supposed necessity Of con-
tinuing certain corrupt and demoralizing
practices. IL is evident that IL such ethical
questions as he, for many unhappy years,
decided according to unfortunate custom,
could reach his authority again, after
period of exposure and retrbution such
as has just taken place, he would not hest
tate to declare to his associates that, obvi-
ouoiNI HbltSlN IL the nest pollCgs ds well
as the most agreeable part that honorable
men can play. So It IS now everywhere
easier for honest impulses and suggestions
to prevail in all matters relating to the
conduct Of business.
The most conspicuous exposure that has
taken place is. Of course, that which was
precipitated by certain insurance imbrog-
lios, and there was good fortune in the
fact that these exposures, almost more
than any other possible ones, touched in
dhidual interests well nigh infinite In ex-
tent The lesson of common honesty has
therefore been carried into every family
in the entire country where exist respensi-
bility and thrift. Every man in the bust
ness world is now watching his neighbor
better than that he is watching himself
taking TO himself all sorts of warnings:
making to himself all kinds of good resolu-
tons; Witnessing and taking part i'm a re-
vival of applied ethics not only i'm the
community, but in his own heart.
There is indeed, nowadays such a search
ing of souls, and such a stern application
OF higher standards, that there is almost
danger that judges themselves will stand
mp 80 straight" that they may fall back
ward into the pool of judicial demagogy.
But the searching will go on, and on the
whole. its dangers are few, while it's bene-
hts VIII be many and immense.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
Training fer Colony AdminIHtra ito N

It is in no sense a reflection upon Ameri-
can ability earnestness OF patriotism TO
assert that the great thing needed BY the
United States in connection with its colo
Rial interests Is a realization that men
must hsye a special ana technical training
In certain deaaits sirSctions before they
can become eAcisnt colonial administra-
ters. and that n is worse than stupid for
" to bhlnder fer another century, when.
~ ProhtiHG ~ the experience Of other ma
tious, We might bring the best machinery
OF the world into the hands OF intelligent
American ofhcials, and thus have the most
effective combination possible
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

The settling basins of the water COM
pany are being filtered through the
courts and a great deal of scientific dis
sertation as to high pressure and low
pressure is being evolved to stay the
payment of the hydrant water rentals.
In the mean time, the 100000 collected
from the taxpayers for the water fund
is on deposit i'm the banks drawing 2
per cent interest. while the city even
tually will have to pay per cent to
the water company and incidental attor-
neys fees, that may mount up into the
thousands Of dollars. And Jones he
pays the freight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

provide little traRic, as nearly all OF it is
eSnpletely desert. The purpose of the
road is to supply tho whole Anglo Egyp-
tiHn Sudan with short route to the ocean.
where its commerce may have the ad-
vantage of cheap freights.
During the ten years of unionist govern
neHt the population Of ireland steadily de-
clined, the latest statistics showing that,
while there we're 24eto more births than
Ssaths, the year saw loss of 5000 emil
grants frSn the islanud. At this rate be-
fore lSng the English government will have
ne Irish question to bother it,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
REBATES BY WHOLESALE.

The asseverations of railroad otti-
cials, so much heard when the agitation
for public control Of rates was begin
ming but less frequent lately, became
ludicrous and ought to cease entirely in
view Of the revelations concerning the
dealings of the Sugar trust and the
eastern trunk lines. The evidence of
the payment of large sums of money
by the roads to the Sugar trust are such
that Attorney General Moody has acted
promptly to inauEurate prosecutions in
the courts having jurisdiction, and does
not hesitate publicly to affirm its serious
character
The fact that the railroads implicated
are among the oldest and greatest in
the country and that the beneficiary
of their lawless determinations is one
Of the most conspicuous and arbitrary
trusts will not he lost upon public at
tention at this time. Nor will the in-
adequacy of the penalties of the ex-
listing federal statutes MS Il deterrent
to such violations fail to emphasize the
imperative need Of more drastic RENE
dies
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
RIrht. of strIIinR Printers.
Philadelphia Record.

In revising an injunction against striking
printers Judge Blanchard OF New York
stated the law of strikes with an unusual
amount Of liberaIity. He said: The right
Of the defendant 10 maintain pickets was
we'll established the local unions ARE
free, within the limits already indicated,
20 make any requests, or give any advice,
or resort 20 any persuasion, for the pur-
pose OF winning support and he refused
% enioin the issue OF circulars designed
10 iniure the trade Of the plaintiff though
they were said TO contain libelous implica-
tions
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

A noted survivor Of the Omaha
Claims club, who spends his winters in
Florida and his summers in New York,
urgently suggests the resumption of
pioneer methods for suspending road
highwaymen; but Omaha has receded
so far from the river that it would be
difficult to organize a Baptist vigilantes
committee
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Since the viceroy at Canton and the
American consul at that place have
dined together better feeling is said
to exist in official circles. Perhaps II
the United States will only feast a sufh-
Gent number of Chinese officials there
will be no trouble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

The recount I'm the South Omaha
primaries made no material change In
the returns as between the contesting
candidates. If this keeps on contests
over nominations are likely 10 become
as unpopular hereabouts as contests
over elections
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Mr.. Beavers will have difficulty in
making his plea Of guilty to conspiracy
conform TO the verdict in the Green case
unless he admits that he conspired with
himself.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

The arrival in Mexico of distin-
guished Nebraskan, who has been made
ambassador to the sister republic on
the south. has been duly celebrated by
a brilliant reception for the presenta-
tien of his credentials to President
Diaz. Nebraskans seem to have an
especial call to the front among our
Central American neighbors
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Since the Des Moines Capital refers
to the present governor as "monu-
mental blnifer and pretender'' It begins
TO look as II compromise were impossi-
BILE in the present Iowa campaign.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

The Smoot case is due to make it's
temperance at Washington March %.
The senators who fixed that date surely
count upon the equinoctial storms to
clear the atmosphere.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Despite the senatorial program Of OBJ
struction, the rate bill occupies first
place In the senate. II the upper house
really finds something il cannot side
track the internal reformation OF that
body may he considered as well started.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

With a rebate granted on sugar ship
ments between san Francisco and New
York Il would seem that railroads want
business even at a loss. since IT. has for
years been claimed that the published
rate between those points was unre-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

With 600 Moros killed at cost of
nifty lives to the United States the
ladrones of Jolo should be willing to
stop their warfare; but the loss OF nifty
American lives greatly overbalances the
loss Of 900 natives.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Military commanders in Jolo, in their
eagerness TO present the island In the
best possible light to General Wood on
his visit could think OF nothing better
to show him than the remains OF the
latest insurrection.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Pat Grove is said to be contemplate
ing reprsal on the Robber knights who
are invading his special line of bush
ness. not only in Omaha, but New
York.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

The mystery and uncertainty that
shrouds the location OF the new Union
Pacific headquarters has been a source
Of profit TO the real estate option
gamblers ...,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10
Let wei Enough Alone.

The late General Schofeld was one OF
two prominent commanders with the GOOD
sense TO discourage overtures looking to
the presidency and General Sherman was
the other
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-10

Hennings and Benson have promul-
gated their platforms as candidates Tor
the republican nomination for mayor.
II is unnecessary for Broatch to
promulgate platform; for the fact that
Tom Dennison and Walter Noise. are
both openly supporting Broatch leaves
no one In doubt where he stands.