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Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
CIVIL SERVICE ORGANIZATION

The permanent organization of the
civil service commissions throughout
the country which has just been
formed at Washington cannot fail to
be beneficial, as regards both improve
ment of the system and growth of SEN
timent in favor of maintaining II. The
meeting of representatives of the state
and municipal civil service commits
sions at the national capital in connec-
ton with the United States commits
sion has served 10 call public attention
to the rapid extension of the merit
system which has been accomplished
for the most part quietly and in spite
of innumerable obstacles. Coincident
with the various acts of congress and
executive orders by which the great
bulk of the federal patronage has been
brought within the classified service
important progress has been made in
recent years for including state and
municipal appointments within a SINH
lar rule, but the results have been
sporadic.
The popular notions of the reform
derived from the federal classified
service are generally vague. The con-
ditions therefore call for a comprehen-
sive organization of all the widely sep
arated state and municipal agencies.
The field for it's usefulness is almost
boundless, particularly under munich
| pal government, in which the tendency
toward nonpartisan service is distinct
and strong. The merit system, in
deed, has a vital relation to the uni
versal demand for radical general re-
form in municipal politics.
Concentration by organization of all
the civil service commissions ought TO
have equally important effect in i'm
provement of the classified service it.
self, which is conceded to be imperfect
in some important respects. It's meth
DDS do not always provide adequate
tests of merit. The most effective
weapons OF its enemies have been
drawn from the arsenal of its own
shortcomings and no greater service
could be rendered by its organized
official guardians than by perfecting
its rules so that they would more GER
tainly ascertain merit and fitness.
The great measure of success which
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
Master OF Two Languages.


The late Prof., Price Of Columbia-tbe
most competent OF judges-once said that
Mr.. SchuTz's mastery OF English was the
most astonishing intellectual feat that he
had ever known 1t was not simply that
this German had learned TO speak English
without mistake or accent, nor that he had
acquired rich and varied vocabulary The
amazing thing was that he appeared to
have penetrated the very spirit OF the alien
speech. It's idioms seemed native 10 him.
Among its living growths he moved with
ease and certainty. His crisp pronuncia-
ton, his flexible handling Of phrase and
instructive building up OF sentence and
climax made listening 70 him a blending
Of delight and wonder. We hear frequent
boasts OF bi-lingual achievements. but they
relate ordinarily to the restricted speech
Of travel or social intercourse or diplo-
macy Mr. Schurz could In either tongue
be playful or powerfully argue, soar or
thunder, and do it with the facility and
grace Of one to the vernacular born.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

cheering and mechanical skill during
that time have been concentrated on
only that fraction of transportation
which relates to railroads and deep
water navigation. Thus while the
long railroad haul has been amazingly
cheapened, the enormous economy
that might be effected on the country
road haul has been neglected, so that
wagon carriage for a few miles fire.
quently costs as much as rail carriage
for as many hundred miles.
The first step toward solution Of the
problem obviously must be legislative
provision Of up to date means. The
road laws of most states are antigua
ted and in some, like Missouri, the con-
stitutions stand in the way of better
ment. No system of law will meet
the case which does not facilitate the
employment of capital in large and
permanent way, as the last session OF
the Virginia legislature realized when
it wiped out the futile and obsolete
poll tax method and authorized county
and township bonding operations for
solid highway improvements.
Discussions which the last year or
two have occupied so much of the time
of farmers institutes in Nebraska and
other western states have resulted in
very considerable road improvement
but their chief value has been educa-
tional. The exigency calls for radical
reform. The growth of rural popula-
ton and freight, the extension of ru-
raj mail service, the application OF
mechanical motors to country road
vehicles and many other causes are
pointing the way and irresistibly
pressing for an economy of transporta-
ton off the railroads scarcely less inn
portant in a long view than that which
has been accomplished on them. The
multiplying signs of popular realiza-
ton of this fact are most suspicious
and should mean q revolution within
few years in the means of country
travel.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.


Cleveland Leader: The apostle business
has reached a dishesrteninE stage when
Elijah Dowie Is ordered into court TO show
his credentials.
Baltimore American: It appears that the
chaplain OF the United states senate is
inclined TO humor. He quotes the scrip
tural text, Blessed are the peace makers"
at time when there seem 20 be no peace
makers in the woods.
| Philadelphia Record: The ecoiesia sticsi
court which tried DR.. Crapsey Of Rochester
has found that a man who does not believe
in the virgin birth or the bodily resurrec-
4 ton OF our Lord is incapable of reciting
the apostles creed with the necessary de-
/ gree Of sincerity. and is out of place as a
Clergyman in church which maintains
that creed one OF its standards. The
Protestant Episcopal church tolerates con-
siderable latitude but feels that II must
draw the line somewhere.
/ Philadelphia Ledger:N An Indiana
preacher seeks divorce largely upon the
allegation that his wife has a habit Of
sitting in the congregation and making
/ faces" at him just at critical points in his
( sermon. There can be no denial that such
! conduct on the part of the lady would
tend to distract the thoughts even OF an
earnest pastor. Would II not be wiser
for her to make up her face before enter
| ing the church? This is a practice not
perhaps to be commended and yet not
without precedent
Chicago Chronicle: Rev Dr. Motatt in
his speech at the Presbyterian banquet on
Tuesday evening criticised his church for
devoting too much attention to doctrine
and said that was the reason that it had
not prospered as the Methodist church had.
He may be right about it. but history
proves that doctrine is the life Of religion
and Of sectarlan power, Every great relig-
ious movement the world has ever seen
has centered around some one doctrine.
In Paurs day IL was the doctrine OF the
resurrection, in Luthers day it was jus
tihcation by faith i'm John Wesley's day il
was regeneration, and in Jonathan Ed
wards day IT was the doctrine OF hell.
The Methodists have prospered by con-
stantly preaching free will and the posi-
billty of certainty i'm regard to salvation
The trouble with the Presbyterians is that
instead Of preaching their theology they
devote much Of their time to undermine
ing it.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
THE GEOGRAPHY OF HERoTsM.

The Carnegie Hero Fund commits
sion last week made twenty-one
awards for acts of heroism performed
by various persons deserving of special
recognition. The distribution of those
receiving these awards, when summar-
lied, shows that ten reside in Penn
sylvania, six in Ohio, three in New
York and one each in Connecticut and
New Jersey, respectively.
Not a hero discovered west of the
Great Lakes nor south of the Ohio
river. Only Ave states out of the
forty-five constituting this great ma
ton aAe on the map of heroism. Surely
there must be something wrong with
the geography consulted by the Car
negie Hero Fund commission.
One explanation of this visual per-
version might be that because the fund
is administered from Pittsburg deeds
of self-sacriflce arising in the state of
Pennsylvania or the adjoining state of
Ohio would come in more easily for
notice. That the mere intimation that
heroes are bred only in the small area
close to the source Of the Carnegie for
tune is so preposterous as to carry its
own refutation on It's face.
Surely heroism does not consist in
claiming q reward. Heroism is being
developed every day in every state in
the union. There is heroism on the
farm and in the field as we'll as in the
mine and factory-in the everyday
walk of life on land as we'll as in the
precarious vocations on water. The
geography of heroism is a worldwide
geography rather than one confined to
the narrow limits of a half dozen
states all of which together could be
swallowed up in the one commonwealth
Of Texas.
The administration of the Carnegie
hero fund will have TO broaden out il
It wants to avoid becoming a mere
local institution for the place where its
headquarters happen to be established
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
GOOD MORNING.

7. A DAILY in Philadelphia Catholic STANDARD
Day dawns, and bids the blushing sky
Good Morning.!
The fiute-Voiced birds take up the cry;
Good Morning."
And nearer home, beneath the caves,
The gnarled old naples tender leaves
That shlvered in the midnight rain,
Now whisper at my window pane:
Good Morning."
The genial sun peeps DER the hill
And laughs across my window sill
Eyes CULVER under sleepy lids
This Is the King himself who bids
Good Morning.
/ rise and open the window wide.
The sun-kissed bree1es charge and ride
Straight through the breach in merry
rnut,
And scale the walls and fairly shout:
Good Morning.!
They make me captive 10 the King,
They pluck at me and bid me sing
Their paean to the Golden Day,
Whose conquering slogan is their gay
Good Mornlng"
They clutch the singing birds in air,
On all the world their music beats
Until the captive world repeats:
Good Morning!"
Heart calls to heart. The surly wight,
Who scorned his neighbor yesternigbts
With smiling visage stops. to greet
That neighbor in the busy street;
Good Morning." :,
o! joyous day! o! smile Of God, %
To hearten all who toll and plod, =.
We hail thee, conquerer and klnBI
We hug our golden chains and sing:
Good Morning"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
RAISE THE srANpARp.

While II is yet early for the nofni-
mating conventions which are to name
the candidates for the state and legis-
lative Offices to be voted for in Ne
braska this fall, il is not too early to
urge upon republicans the desirability
of raising the standard all along the
line. There is no call for undue
alarm, but It is none the less true that
the tendency toward independent vot-
ing has greatly increased in recent
years, and that the character OF the
candidate and his qualifications for
the position to which he aspires have
much more to do now with success at
the polls. as distinguished from the
fact of party nomination. than they
formerly did.
Nebraska is, TO be sure, strongly re-
publican. At the last election, how
ever, scarcely a county in the state
went solidly republican down the
ticket from top to bottom. The popu-
lar demand is for better ability and
greater trustworthiness in public serv-
ants Of every class. Men of real abil-
ity and unquestioned integrity are
wanted in the legislature as we'll as in
the state executive Offices. and even
more as representatives in the two
houses of the national legislature at
Washington and the people are looking
back Of the party label to see what is
there.
The disposition to set up higher
standards has already been manifested
to a. certain degree by Nebraska repub-
leans, but the aim must be ever still
higher. Nebraska republicans have
among them men OF known ability and
tried loyalty who will compare favora-
bly, with those in public life in other
and older states. These men must be
put to the front, so that Nebraska may
take it's true rank among the progress
sive states OF the union.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20


He cannot reach earth who does not
touch heaven.
Platitudes in the pulpit make Pharisees
in the pews.
Star gazing will never make you shine
as the stars.
The two-faced never have more than half
an outlook
Many man thinks he is busy when he
is only buzzlng.
The man who will not waste his love al
ways wastes his life.
Dreams of heaven do not come in slum-
bers in the church.
He'll is never far from him who thinks
that all men are demons
The heart that is hot with passion may
have an icy face for the poor.
Heavenly mansions cannot be leased with
the rent from reeking tenements.
The only worth while kind of aspirs ton
is that which gets up perspiration.
The wave of speculation always makes
more splutters than the rock of faith.
The more of a bore the sermon is the
less Of a hole it makes in the walls OF sin.
1t il by no means certain that you can
lead men into light because you love the
limelight.
The bottom would speedily fall out Of the
fortunes Of some church saints IL the city
nailed the lid down.
II is better to give a hungry world the
most old-fashioned loaf than the latest
thing in theological logic.
The only men who ever complained of
Gods service were those who sought his
payroll for their own promotion. -Chica go
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

the reformed system has already
achieved in protecting appointing
power from the pressure of mere po-
lltical workers inspired by hunger for
spoils is its abundant vindication.
There is room, however. as its most
intelligent friends realize, to raise far
higher the quality Of eligibles from
which appointments and promotions
shall be made in the public service.
Upon the success Of the organized tai
ent now employed in supervision in
accomplishing this very much depends
the further extension of the merit sys-
tenn
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

AS might have been expected,
Colonel Bryan's Commoner is turning
all sorts OF fantastic fits over the al
legged surrender" of President Roose-
welt in his railroad rate regulation pro-
gram. After all the bouquets Colonel
Bryan had thrown at the president II
was necessary to improvise some sort
Of terminal facilities to land the dem
Oeratic leader once more where he
could eriticise Mr.. Roosevelt from a
PARTISAN standpoint.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Railway earnings for the first four
months of the present year show an in
crease over the same period of last
year, aggregating more than 16 per
cent The difficulties besetting the tax
bureaucrats in their efforts to make
out a case of poverty for their employ
ers in order to hold down the valuation
for tax purposes are steady growing.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

One thing may as we'll be accepted
as settled in advance-the republicans
OF Nebraska are in no mood to endorse
a candidate for United States senator
who has the corporation label blown
in the bottle no matter whether he
lives in Omaha or some other part of
the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

A rate war in ocean tourist trafic is
now in prospect, which reminds us that
before government regulation Of in
ternational transportation rates can be
had some more effective way of getting
the nations upon common ground than
the present difficult system Of treaty
arrangements will have to be devised.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Mr.. Garfelds oil report has caused
as much comment as his Beef trust
statistics, but not in the same quarters.
The immunity bath" is evidently not
so easily prepared this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
Straight shooting.

New 1oth TCst.
Young men for war, old men for coun-
sell, was illustrated at last nights dinner
OF the Founders and Patriots Of America,
when Admiral Dewey Css) told Of the target
practice on the Missouri. when round OF
shots was fired. without miss at a target
LOO yards away by a gun crew OF an av-
craze age OF 2l
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
Dividing the spoiIs.

NiSosu NeOoiu-tieialu'
The present per capita circulation in this
country is 1898, so it will be seen that II
every man has what is due him he can buy
a ton of coal, pay for a pound or two OF
beef, get the baby a new pair OF shoes,
purchase a sack Of flour, put up SO on his
months rent and still have enough left TO
do something for the Tobacco trust by in
dulging I'm a scent cigar
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Unless business is better in Constan-
tinople than it seems from this dis
lance foreign corporations will save
money by refusing TO invest in Turkish
securities
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Uncle Joe" Cannon seems to be the
only prominent statesman not excited
over the climax on the rate bill, but
the speakers opinion of the upper
house is probably unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Three new places are 10 be filled on
the state ticket this year by the nomi-
nation of candidates for state railway
commissioner. For these places only
the strongest men should have the call
men in whom the people may have
confidence that they will give a square
deal to the shipper and to the railroad
alike
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Walter Wellman will take automo-
bile sledges with him on his trip to the
pole. Heretofore the sledge dogs made
fair food when all else failed, and the
present explorer may find 1t TO have
been a wise policy which carried
emergency food on foot.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Alexander Berkman, who served
eighteen years in prison for assaulting
Mr.. Frick, says he is not to become
the leader of anarchists in this coun-
try. This is doubtless true, as the real
anarchist could hardly submit to a
leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman de-
clares himself convert to the doctrine
OF female suffrage. but says he cannot
lead his party on that issue. Sir Henry
evidently thinks discretion the better
part of ValOr.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Pennsylvania railroad oficials who
are surprised to learn that subordi-
mates received gratuities from coal
companies are only equalled in lack Of
knowledge OF their business by Stand
ard Oil managers. who know nothing
OF rebates.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

If the car is shrewd he will take
greater care with his reply than with
his address to the Duma, as this docu-
mept will probably join the issues be-
tween the court and country.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

The Simplon tunnel is open for
traffic after seven years work. The
next international traffic celebration
should be the opening of the Panama
canal
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Perhaps, as democratic senate
leader, Senator Bailey felt chagrin at
seeing Senator Tillman always in the
center of the stage-but he was placed
there by republicans.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

With earthquakes in California, dy-
namiters in Idaho and forest fires In
Michigan the claims of the Missouri
valley as the home OF men who want
peace and prosperity must be conceded.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

American consuls in Asia may be
expected to insist on higher wages or
shorter hours If American methods are
to succeed Asiatic methods in the man
agement of the offices.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Having postponed the Smoot case
again senators must be waiting to see
If the retirement of the Mormon
church from business is bona fde.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
Unnatural RepOse.

The sultan Of Turkey IL threatened with
ennui. For two whole days he has received
no ultimatum nor have the powers threat
ened him with demonstration.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

BY opposing a federal election law
southern democratic congressman show
they are still conservative" despite
radical utterances
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

The scene of action on the rate bill
will now be transferred temporarily to
the conference committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
one senator Comfortable.

chicago Record Herald.
Somehow 1t Is impossible to consider Mr..
Aldrich Of Rhode Island without thinking
Of the cat that ate the canary.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Several big life insurance companies
have reduced the maximum line of liza
bility they will assume on any one life.
One company which was formerly will
ing to issue life policy for as much
as a million dollars, now proclaims its
policy for the future to be to refuse
applications for more than $3.50, 900.
This is only another indication of the
return to sanity on the part of the
over-reaching life insurance companies
called TO account by the Armstrong in
vestigation, who found most of their
troubles growing out of the eagerness
for limitless business at any cost.
Safety in life insurance. as in any
other kind of insurance. rests on the
number of risks rather than on the
size of the risks.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Mrs Upsome-The people that have
moved into the house next door to ours
spend about half their time peeping at US
through their lace curtains.
Mrs. Chillcon- Kearney-How did you And
II out7-Chicago Tribune.
Him-Darling, you don't know how beau
Her-George, 1 have very good mirror
and am not blind. What l don't know Is
how rich you sre.-Cleveland Leader.
Tess-Dld he actually kiss you?
Jess-Yes
Tess-Gracious!
Jess-The idea! He was not / think II
was ! who was gracious TO let him.-Phile
delphia Press.
Mrs. Glen viner--How do you like my
new spring hat?
Mrs. Wade Parker-Lovely! Who made
II over for you?-Cleveland Leader.
That door bell of ours doesn't ring at
all, grOwled Poorman. I'm going right
down and make that landlord fix IT, right
oh don't be in a hurry, dear" inter-
so. This is about the time for the INSTALL
ment man to be coming around. Chicago
Tribune.
May Roxley (at the telephone)-That you.
Jack? You know you promised you'd
speak to father today.
Jack Lovett-Yes I-er-spoke to him
this morning at his office.
May Roxley-oh! What did he say?
Jack LoVett-Why-er-I didn't wait to
hear all OF it.-Philadelphia Catholic Stand
ard.
TOMS foolr
why, Margery! 1 thought you liked
him."
well. we were sitting on the sofa last
night, and he bet me that / couldn't
whistle. And l turned 10 him and puck
cred up my lips to start, and"
"Well?'
well, he let me whistler -Cleveland
Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

&. G. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn TO
before me this SOth day of April, 1906,
(SeaU NJ. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Him-Darling, you don't know how beau
tiful you are,
Her-George, l have a very good mirror
and am not blind. What l don't know Is
how rich you are.-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
pOrariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often a. requestsd.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Mrs Glen Viler-How do you like my
new spring hat?
Mrs. Wade Parker-Lovely! Who made
IL over for you?-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Jess-The idea He was not. l think 1t
was ! who was gracious TO let him.-Phils
delphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

THAT door bell of ours doesn't ring at
all" growled Poorrnan. I'm going right
down and make that landlord fix It, right
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

Tess-Did he actually kiss your
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20

oh don't be in hurry, dear" inter
rupted his wife. Let II go for a week or
ment man to be coming around. Chicago
Tribune.