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Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
RESTORING THE ARMY oANTBEN.
Time to Put Aside Sentiment and
Theoretical Tyranny.
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A working chapter, or tent" in WASH
ington. D. c.. Of the Independent order of
Rechabites perhaps the oldest temperance
in the world, recently adopted
resolutions favoring the restO-
ration OF the army canteen for the sale OF
beer and light wines 10 soldiers, under
proper restrictions. Many members OF this
order are men who have served in the
army: men who know all about the evil
effects Of excessive drinking from personal
experience and observation, and they
realize that the abolition Of the canteen
caused evils much greater IN garrison life
than those In the name of which this abo-
Iitinn was successfully urged.
The results following the abolition Of the
canteen form a dark chapter in army life
It's abolishment does not control the de-
sire OF the enlisted men TO drink. but forces
him outside OF the garrison for his supply,
whore, without restrictions, he indulges his
appetite on vile liquors that increase his
craving.
The argument is old and late presentment
offers nothing new. When, however. we are
confronted by the statement OF Surgeon Gen
eral o'Reilly that the United States a. my Is
the "drunkest in the world" IL 10 high
time to put sentiment and theory aside and
listen to the statement of facts as they exist,
based upon human nature and experience
With the canteen as advocated by the
Rechabites, supplied with beer and light
wines, dispensed under rules, the soldier
will be less likely 10 visit resorts outside
the post, where vile liquors are sold and
where vile creatures Of either sex con-
gregate.
The position taken by this oldest Of tenn
perance organizations has the support OF
army oficers and military organizations
generally. The Spanish War Veterans al
their recent convention unanimously III
rscted their legislative committee to press
--ess for the restoration of the eau
teen
-.ce il has become manifest through a
I long line OF unimpeachable testimony that
I there Is more drunkenness In the American
army than in the days OF the post can
/ teen and that this drunkenness Is OF q
more violent and disgraceful type than for
merly, Il should be admitted even by tbs
/ good women of the Womens Christian
/ Temperance Union, that the abolition o
/ the canteen. though urged In all sincerity
I in the name OF reform. was unwise. Ger
! tainly II has been proved beyond doubt tina
soldiers cannot be eOerced into total absti
nence and that since they will drink. IN
orderly drinking place offers the smalles
possible incentive 20 disorder.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19


Norfolk Press: There ought TO be no
question now about the enactment OF
statewide primary law at the coming
session OF the legislature.
Norfolk Press; The Press has after ma
ture elaboration. concluded that Judge
Graves was oxcusable That pass was Tor
his mother-in-law, and she was going away.
Tiiden Ciuzeni OF course Norris Brown
will be the next United States senator from
Nebraska. His election will be q dis,aste-
ful pill 70 a good many true republicans.
It's bad enough, but things might have
turned out woi ise>-democratie for instance.
Syracuse Journal; Hitchcock viii spen6
another term at Washington drawing
congressmans salary for distributing free
government seeds When he was there be-
fore, ho said that was his only service and
we presume he will not slight the seed
franking this time.
Norfolk Press: The adoption OF the in-
dependents telephone francnise shows that
the corporation machine Is not all-power-
ful In Omaha. The victory OF the inde-
pendents IN the metropolis will aid ali
the balance OF the state in securing com
petition and relief from exorbitant tel
ephone rates. Il is about time for Nor
folk TO move IN that direction.
Schuyler Free Lance; In this Third
congressional district, where Mccarthy
defeated McKilnp two years ago by over
$50, Boyd only beat Graves by a few
hundred votes Graves made n great run
and had his railroad transportation rec
ord been clear he would have won. That
trip his wife and mother-in-lsw made ~
Minneapolis on passes cost him a seat in
congress.
! Utica Sun: One OF tho biggest-hearted
men who ever made Nebraska his nome
died the other day In Savannah, Ca. II
was General J. G. McBride. who began his
/ Nebraska career IN 1871 as a newspaper
man at Schuyler, and three years later
was made state treasurer He went Uroks
at Lincoln when the boom collapsed and
went 70 Texas. Since then he has wan
/ dered about somewhat, but wherever he
went he was man. No more generous
acquaintance or truer friend ever lived
| than Mcbride
Humboldt Leader: Congressman Pollard
elevated himself several notches In the est.
nation of both friend and foe wnen he
returned 70 the dsbursing officer of ths
national house the amount of his salary
to which some claimed he had no title
While the writer believes he had both
| perfect legal and moral right to the money,
yet he did the wise thing by turning IL
back SO long as the doubt existed In the
mind of any one. Whether the money 10
accepted by the government representa-.
tives remains to be seen, and while we
doubt that, It must be confessed the con.
gresham has performed his whole duty
In the premises.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
Sounding Doom of BObber Trusts.
Chicago News.

Americans must hope that the day OF the
robber trust is drawing to q close. That
the practices OF Rockefeller and his fellows
and imitators have proved OF enormous in
jury not only to individuals but to the coun-
try as a whole cannot be doubted. The
combination Of business man and bandit is
not desirable one,Sno matter how effec-
tive It may have proved against those who
walk In the open. The day of honest COM
petition must be restored or the day of the
socialist is not far Off. Men who kill COM
petition by secret conspiracy must be re-
strained II individual enterprise Is not to
perish. Very much depends upon the out
come of this attack on the Standard Oil
trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
EDUCATION AND LONG LIFE.
Longevity of Persons In sedentary
Employment

Noting the longevity OF persons in
sedentary employments, American Medi-
cine observes that II occurs with sedentary
persons who are mot exposed to harmful
conditions such as dust, dirt and duluess."
An inert life is declared TO be the normal
one. The savage takes l!fe easily I.azi-
ness Is natural Sports should not consist
OF "spurts," but OF exercises that subject
the organs, internal and external 70 no
excessive exertion. The right thing for
everyone Is 10 avoid violent movements
that strain the arteries, enlarge the heart
waste nerve force or cause one to become
so run down" as to fall an easy victim
Of bacteria that invade the circulation.
We want, says our medical contemporary,
to get back 10 nature, where excessive
labor is the rare exception" Our modern
athletics are condemned as ''the unnatural
thing" since they embrace too much Of
violence and strain for the normal man.
The sports OF boys, should accordingly,
be moderated with view TO their escap-
ing excessive calls upon the heart and
other delicate organs. The boy Is COM
monty supposed 70 be immune from in
Jury, however violent his eXertions, but
his violence sometimes produces unOb-
served LESSONS that show their Fuinous ef-
fscts a few years later. Moderation IN all
things Is the secret OF long life.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
MUsiO lN TnE HEART.
IJovd Rohetts 4,

Lloyd Roberts in Outing.
There's music In my heart today:
The master hand Is on the KEYS
Calling me up 70 the windy hills
And down 10 the purple seas.
Let time draw back when hear that tune
Old TO the soul when the stars were new
And swing the doors TO the four great
winds
That my feet may wander through.
North or south, and east or west,
over the rim with the bellied sails,
From the mountains feet TO the empty
plains,
or down the silent trails
II matters not which door you choose:
The same clear tune blows through them
Thousa one heart leaps to the grind Of
seas
Ana one 20 the ralnblrd's call
However you hide IN the city's din
And drown your ears with itE siren songs
Some day steal IN those thin, Wild notes
And you leave the foolish thrOngs.
God grant that the day will hnd me not
When the tune shall mellow and thrill
IN vain
81 long as the plains are red with sun
And the woods are black with rath
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
ABoLIsHING RAILROAD PASSES.
Illinois Expected to Join the Pro-
eesEiOn OF Reform.
Chicago News.

The anti-pass provision of the new rate
law does not go into effect until January l
next, The railroads. 1t is announced, are
making preparations to comply with the
regulation in good faith. The new law
prohibits practically all free transportation
across state lines except that Of employees
Of the railroads themselves. Some states,
notably Wisconsin. have anti-pass laws
upon their statute books. It remains for
the other commemorative 70 follow this ex-
ample and thus bring about the complete
elimination OF the pass evil.
Illinois should have a rigid anti-pass law.
II is the duty of the general assembly to
deal with this subject at its next session.
Governor Deneen is expected to recommend
anti-pass legislation and TO place the in
fiuence Of the administration back of the
movement for the reform. Already he has
prohibiteds state employees from riding on
passes, which Is a step OF no small import
ance In justice TO the members Of the leg
islature, who are poorly paid for their serv-
ices, legislation cutting on their free trans
portation should be accomplished by the
passage Of a law increasing their salaries
or law providing them with a reasonable
amount OF transportation at state expense
Anti-pass legislation, the Improvement OF
political conditions and the movement in
favor of lowering rates for the transporta-
tion of passengers who pay their way are
closely inter-related. To considerable ex-
tent the two last mentioned are dependent
upon the hrst.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
COLLEGE, MnN IN BUSINESS.
Marked Change Noted tn the Activ-
titles OF Graduates.

PittsburE Dispatch
II figures just completed from the living
alumni OF Princeton university hold true
in the other great educational institutions,
there has been a great change In the coll
lege graduates OF the last few years
Formerly the boys sent to college we're
destined for professional caroer-law,
divinity, medicine, teaching, ongineering'
architecture, literature Back In the early
ios not one graduate turned 20 business,
and before 1850 but per cent Even up
to 1870 only Is per cent found their way
into business, In. the 500 there was
rapid increase, bringing the total TO one
fourth Of the graduates, and this was
maintained until 1901. since when there
has been remarkable gain In the number
going into commercial life, probably 30 per
cent, bringing the total Of all the living
alumni In business TO about one-thlrd.
The explanation may be found not in the
sons but In the fathers In the days
when q college education was regarded
as merely a preliminary 10 a profession
the students were sons OF professional
men. But as business grew and fortunes
were accumulated came the parental de-
sire 90 give the boys college education.
Sometimes they turned TO the professions,
but OF late they have come home to take
~ NHd uusAuGbo VI AllblG AhAlltIS VI W Nh-
ter other employment. Business oners
greater rewards, or rather a better op-
portunity to obtain them, The proportion
of successes from a financial standpoint it
\ larger.
/ 1t Is a good sign. Probably no other
| country can offer the same showing.
/ Higher education elsewhere Is not con-
| sidered necessary for a business career.
Here II is becoming more and more recog-
nised that education is a means ratheT
than an end, and that It is just as useful
] TO the business man as TO the professional
Education does not produce a caste IN this
country. We do not consider It a dis
grace to be "in trade" The fact that
college men are turning to business rather
! than the professions merely shows that
they are typical Americans, ready to dc
their work in the world. II the proportion
were increased Il would be all the better
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
SECRETARY SHAW FOR oURREACY

SECRETARY SHAW FOR CURRENCY
> resV REFORM F..
The authorized statement by SecreE
tary Shaw seems to foreshadow a spe-
cial EFFORT to secure at the ensuing
short session of congress legislation
for currency elasticity, at least to the
extent Of authorizing some form of
emergency paper money. His annual
report accordingly viii undoubtedly
be devoted mainly to presentation in
the strongest light of the need of such
amendment of our currency system.
There has indeed been hardly an an
nual report Of the Treasury depart
ment from the time OF Secretary Man
ming under the Cleveland administra-
tion in which this subject has not been
treated, but until lately It was com
mingled with other monetary and fis-
cal subjects which pressed equally or
more urgently for consideration.
1t is no doubt wise resolution on
the part of the secretary not to cham
pion ofacially any specific scheme for
currency more responsive to the
huctuating commercial requirements,
not even the outline Just agreed upon
by the representatives OF the National
Bankers association and the New
York Chamber of Commerce. 1t is
not likely that he would be able to
present that plan nore cogently than
the able men who formulated It will
before congress, If its substance shall
commend itself to public judgment as
the best method, or as upon the whole
a better method than any other pro-
posed, then the full force of the ad-
ministratlon's urgency to meet the
need OF currency elasticity will favor
it.
! The secretary's expressed expecta-
ton, however, that such legislation
will be passed at the coming session
can hardly be regarded otherwise than
as distinctly optimistic. Rarely, in
deed, has a great measure of this
character been carried through at the
short session except under pressure OF
war feeling or some equivalent pas.
sion. A great deal of business was left
over from the long session, and with
the increasing volume OF routine work
not much time is left for the consid
Grafton OF new measures of such i'm
portanee, unless there should bt
stronger popular demand than yet ap
pears and a substantial agreement o.
public judgment for IT,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
BACK TO NATURE.
Science OF Health Harks Back 60
the Starting Point.
Kansas CITY Journal.

kansas City journal,
After wandering far into the interminu-
bic reaches of more or less important
speculation, science has returned to the
starting point-nature. Within the past
few years there has been tremendous
sentiment in favor OF the fresh air treat
ment for many diseases, especially those
Of pulmonary character. Physicians OF
today-those who are honest with their
patients-sdvocate walks in the out OF
doors for cases that few years ago they
would have sent TO bed.
While fresh air is being resorted TO as
a cure, it must be remembered also that
fresh air is particularly effective as q
preventive. This is demonstrated among
those employments that call for outdoor
work, and especially employed IN the
woods or the open country where the air
is sweet and uncontaminated. Those who
spend most of their time In the open are
seldom sick of those disorders so common
TO city life.
The habit OF walking is an excellent
one 10 form. Busy men and women make
the excuse that they have no time TO
take walks, but this is because they do
not realize how benehcial walking is.
When It is too late they sometimes try
the remedy which is so cheap that it is
within the reach of the poorest. II the
men and women of the city should make
it point TO take walk every morning,
irrespective OF the weather, they would
do more than medicine can accomplish In
keeping well and wardinB OF those dis
eases that kill so many people, in the
winter season. To say that one hasn't
the time is merely to say that one Is
willing to take chances with disease be-
cause of inexcusable iaziness or inju-
dicious application 10 business, A daily
walk IN all kinds of weather soon be-
comes a rare pleasure as we'll as a guar
antee of good health. 1t does not suflee
for one to walk downtown, for while this
is better than not walking at all, yet Ia
be OF greatest beneht the walk should be
in fresh pure air that is found only In
the aiiburbR
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
JEROME ON INSURANCE oFFENsEs.

JEROME ON INSURANCE OFFENSEs'
The principal questions touching
criminal prosecution Of life Insurance
oficlals and agents growing out OF
the famous Armstrong investigation
may be regarded as practically settled
by the exhaustive report OF District
Attorney Jerome TO the governor OF
New York. The substance Of this elab-
crate opinion is that there is no state
law under which such oficers and
agents can be proceeded against for
certain acts, the exposure of which in
the legislative investigation so deeply
stirred public Indignation, among them
being exorbitant salaries, extravagant
favoritism to family connection and
unreasonable compensation for legal
services"
II was not the morality. but the
criminality OF the acts that was sub
mitted to District Attorney Jerome.
AS to their essential immortality, pub
lie opinion Is practically agreed, and
outside of certain circles where similar
practices have been customary, no two
opinions are expressed. But Mr.. Je-
rome, while he in his report and out
side OF It, makes clear his perfect ae-
cord with public sentiment on the
moral phase. is nevertheless compelled
in passing on the cold legal question
to admit that the offending insurance
ofncers cannot be successfully prose-
cuted under the existing criminal code.
Mr.. Jerome by no means holds that
convictions may not be had for crimes
in looting insurance funds through the
device of excessive payments for sal
aries, legal services and political con-
tributions, because criminal purpose
therein might be established by inde-
pendent proof, but that the payment
Of large sums for these ostensible pur-
poses does not by itself constitute
under the law convieting proof OF
criminal intent Several indictments OF
high oficials of the life companies for
forgery and perjury obviously rest
upon an entirely different basis, the
acts under the law implying. crimi'
nality
It will no doubt be a matter Of grave
public disappointment that the Law
turns out to be as Mr.. Jerome on thor
ough study finds 1t. and that trustees
who wasted the funds entrusted tc
their care cannot be criminally pun
ished, as they richly deserve. The sit
uation certainly calls for reform of the
criminal code in this particular. But
| the evildoers are still liable in civil
actions, a great many Of which, though
the remedy is inadequate, have beer
brought and are pending. BeyonC
that, the more grievous penalties o
public contempt and detestation hav'
been unsparingly visited upon them
and as a result of publicity of the tur
pitude OF their doings and their dis
grace a better public sentiment hai
been created, the effect of which viii
not be lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
RAILWAY COMMISSION AMENDMENT

RAILWAY COMMISSION AMENDMENT.
The amendment to the constitution
of Nebraska for the creation of an
elective railway commission has, with
out question, received more than the
requisite majority of all OF the votes
cast at the election. When the re-
turns are canvassed official declaration
will be made to the effect that the
amendment has been ratified by a
majority of the electors and that ii
has thereby become an integral part
of this states fundamental law.
Whether the new railroad commission
will be allowed to assume once
and proceed TO exercise It's power over
common carriers without first vindi-
eating in the courts the validity Of the
amendment remains to be seen.
The points at which attack might
be made arise, first, out OF technicali-
ties of publication and, second, out Of
the law for counting aflrmatively all
ballots marked for a straight party
ticket, when the party has in state
convention given formal endorsement
to the proposition. The allegations
of defective publication are admit
tedly not serious, nor, in our judg-
ment, is the change in the method of
counting any more serious. Under
the old system every voter who failed
to mark his ballot for the amendment
was counted against it. while under
the new law every voter who puts his
oross-mark within his party circle, his
party favoring the amendment, is
counted for it. In both cases the
vote is counted by construction, but
no more so in the one case than in the
other. In counties like Douglas,
where the voting machine is in use,
the mechanism is so arranged that
every voter pulling the straight party
lever actually registered an aflrma-
tive vote in the amendment column,
and makes it impossible, so far as the
Erecord goes, to distinguish whether
the knob was moved separately or in
connection with the party lever.
1t is quite possible the railroads
who are the. only parties who might
interest themselves In blocking the In
auguration Of the new commission
will not enter any objections until a
commission actually does something
distasteful to them. It will be re-
membered that the old statutory rail
road commission was allowed to &c
along by sufferance for ten years and
more before the railroads thought Il
worth while to go into court and have
it knocked out on constitutions
grounds. In this case, however, Il
the validity of the new amendment Il
subject to question, it is to be hoped
1t will be judiclally tested at once SC
that If there is anything wrong abou
it we may soon know 1t and provide
the remedy in some other way.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19
Personal NOTES.

Chicago is thinking OF hiring a press
agent so that the native modesty OF the
city shall no longer act as a handicap
Governor Hoch OF Kansas, looked ask.
ance at his plurality of 1906 Smallest
ever" he murmured. IF had kissed one
more woman II would have been my
finish"
Former Postmaster General and Mrs
James A. Gray of Baltimore. will cele.
brate their golden wedding with a dinner
on November 26 and a reception on No
vember 81. Thirty-two members of the
family will be present at the dinner the
seven daughters appearing in their wed.
ding gowns.
II is said that Governor Elect Higgins
of Rhode Island is the FIRST Roman Catho.
lie to be elected chief magistrate of a
New England state, Edward Kavanaugh,
an adhereht OF that faith, was governor
of Maine in 1s4s-1s44. but he succeeded
to the ONCE on the resignation OF Cover
nor Fairfield, who had been elected United
States senator.
Simon z. Bernheimer, a wealthy brewer
of New York. whose estate is estimated
at 3i5,oo0,00O, supports a brass band
known as the Amioitia Amateur band. at
an expense Of $4,000 a year, and himself
plays the bass drum. "Thumping the
sheepskin," he says, is the passion OF his
life. He never misses rehearsal, and
has the best bass drum that money can
buy.
a few days ago Ex-Governor David b.
Hill OF New York was shown a dispatch
conveying the rumor that he was in the
last stages OF Brights disease. He COM
mented grimly: This is another evidence
of the republicans trying to count me
out" Then he added THE election did
not kill me-" Mr.. Hill is enjoying his best
health in a number of years and he has
never looked so well since he was elected
governor of New York
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-19

The point raised in the Omaha city
council as to sidewalks out OF grade
has started discussion down at Linz
coin, where II is said no two sidewalks
hit each other at the same level. The
real solution OF the sidewalk problem
would. be for the city 70 take the
streets under it's care from lot line to
lot line and secure uniformity over
the entire surface the same as is done
with the paved roadway