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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
WILL THEY MAKE GooDi

4 pow-wow Of so-called democratic
leaders is about to be held at Lincoln to
outline the party policy in Nebraska
and discuss plans for the coming cam
paign. This meeting will give the
democrats an opportunity to make good
If they are so disposed, on some of the
promises made TO the people in their
last state platform. Among the resolu-
lions promulgated by the democratic
convention last fall We're the following
We favor the passage at the next session
of Nebraskas Legislature Of a law proNld-
ing for the nomination of candidates for
public office by the direct primary system
We favor the election of United States
senator's by direct vote of the people as
the only means of bringing that body into
harmony with the voters.
At the coming election the people OF
Nebraska will choose candidate for
United States senator, as well as can
dldates for other state offices. In max
ing their selection they WILL in all
probability, have TO choose between
nominees of the two great parties-the
republican and the democratic.
If the democrats mean what they say
in their platform they will let the rank
and file of their party have something
to say as to who shall be their nomi-
nees for these offices. True, their plat
form declaration relates to a law pro
viding for nominations by direct pri-
mary. but there is nothing whatever
to hinder the present party organiza-
ton putting into effect at once rea-
sonaby efficient direct primary system.
The democratic organizations i'm the
southern states have worked out and
put into operation direct primary sys-
TENS of their own by which democratic
candidates for United States senator,
as well as for state offices, are regu-
larly chosen without any legal legisla-
tive enactment on the subject What
has been done by the democratic or
CARNATIONS in Arkansas, Virginia, Mis-
sissippi and Georgia can be done in
Nebraska. II the democrats sincerely
favor the election of United States SEN
atOrs by direct vote, how can they OPP
pose the nomination of their own can
didates for United States senator by
direct vote. and how can they escape
the charge of indulging in political clap
trap If they nullfy their own conven-
ton declarations?
Nebraska democrats have the chance
take it. or will they, as usual, dodge
behind some frivolous preteXt?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
.InHN NJ SCHnEIELn.


The death of General John VI. Scho-
field removes the last of the regular
army officers who achieved high rank
and fame during the civil war He
will be associated in history with the
brilliant group of successful soldiers of
that period whose most conspicuous
figures are Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
and Thomas. None of these served
continuously so long in the regular
army or in such varied employments
as General Schotield, who entered the
military academy at West Point as a
cadet in 1S49 and did not retire till 1895,
when as lieutenant general he had long
been the ranking officer of the army.
General Schofield's career during the
civil war demonstrated that he was an
accomplished soldier, of solid judgment
as well as Of brilliant initiative and
dash. and never failing in emergency.
From the outbreak TO the close of the
war he was therefore invariably chosen
for serious and difficult duty. The i'm
portance of his service, although under
stood by all special students, has never
received the popular recognition 1t de-
served. But it is known that it was
Schofield who broke the backbone of
Hoods army i'm the desperate fighting
at Franklin, Tenn, and there paved
the way for its complete humiliation a
little later by the national forces con-
centrated under Thomas at Nashville.
1t was critical time in the great ma
tional struggle, when the fierce-fighting
rebel general. Hood, classmate of
Schofield at West Point swept north
from Atlanta i'm the fall of 1864 against
an objective beyond the Ohio. Schofield
was ordered to oppose him. so as to
gain time to gather the detachments
scattered over that region into an effect
i've force. The mastery skill with
which he conducted his retreat and all
the collateral movements, until he was
able to turn and strike Hood at Frank
lin Is now acknowledged by military
W ne Ollt VI ulltSl
tions Of generalship in the war. Nor
was the fatal force of the blow there
struck fully revealed till many years
afterward, when the confederate war
records were published. The ultimate
result was to clear the whole interior
of the country and set Sherman free in
his famous march to the sea.
BY such achievement Schofield rose
from the rank of captain to that of
major general in the regular army be-
fore the close of the civil war His
military services after the war were
important and honorable Besides be-
ing a typical fighter he was a gentle
man of learning and culture. He acted
as secretary of war at a difficult time
! toward the close of .Johnson's admins.
tration and filed many other important
assignments at home and abroad, al
ways with credit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
RATE DISCRIMINATION.
Legal Knockout for Coal Dealing
Railroads.


The decision Just rendered by the United
States supreme court in the case of the
Chesapeake & Ohio is likely to have an
important bearing not only on railways
that mine coal, but also on any companies
that carry their own commodities by rail.
The principles laid down In the decision
are OF wide application. The Chesapeake
& Ohio had contracted to buy coal in West
Virginia, transport 1t to Connecticut and
deliver II there at s2.75 ton. At this
rate. the road. after paying for the coal at
the mines received only Is cents a ton for
transportation. though the published rates
for the distance are 81. 40 a ton. The In
terstate Commerce commission brought suit
for a violation of the act forbidding a de-
parture from the published rate.
The supreme court in passing upon the
case grants the injunction sought by the
commission and lays down the broad prin-
ciple that carrier may not take itself
from out the statute simply by electing to
be a dealer and transporting commodity
In that character" The prohibition against
charging less than the published rates is
held to be all-embracing, applying to every
method OF dealing by which the forbidden
result could be brought about The fact
that the road giving a low rate-substan-
TALLY amounting to a rebate-in this form
was the only one 20 suffer loss does not
alter the character OF its offense as a
violation Of law. Furthermore, the court
points out. any road INDUCING in such
practices would be able ito concentrate in
it's own hands the products which were
held for shipment along its line and to
make II, therefore, the sole purchaser
thereof and the sole seller at the place
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
Sensible md sound.

Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
What Senator Tillman. the new manager
OF the presidents rate measure, says Of
the Interstate Commerce commission is
worth considering:
but, for one, l am not inclined to ac-
cord to the members of the Interstate Com
merce commission any less patriotism or
good judgment than is accorded to the
judges on the bench. They, in both in
stances, are appointed by the president and
confirmed by the senate, and l think ons
can be trusted as well as the other. l do
not fear that this commission is going to
establish rates that will be confscatory,
and 1 think we will be able to trust the
commission"
Wit. all respect for their honors on the
bench, 1t is hardly republican or demo-
cratic or sensible to suppose that the
courts are the only repositories in the gov
eminent of sense of justice or disposition
to deal fairly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
No TERRITORIAL LIMIT.

The assumption that a president of
the United States is not permitted by
the constitution TO go outside of the ma
tional jurisdiction. although entertained
quite commonly, is not well founded.
There is nothing whatsoever in the SUI
preme law to prevent President Roose-
welt from visiting Emperor William on
German soil, or i'm fact from passing
our own frontier into foreign parts
whenever he may have occasion or de-
sire so to do.
The only constitutional provision bear
ing even remotely on this question Is
the one which specifies that in case
of the presidents inability to dis
charge the powers and duties of said
office the same shall devOlve on the
vice president" There has been spec
fetched and hair-splitting character, on
the point whether absence of the presi-
dent from his country constitutes ina
bility" to discharge the duties of his
oLiNN' buA obNiouSiN anu ny dEItt-
ment of competent minds mere alb
sence by itself would not create the
condition that would devolve the presi-
dental powers on the vice president
The president might be abroad under
conditions which would constitute dis
| ability. and those conditions We're in
| comparably more conceivable in 1877
than they are in the present state of
communications and International COM
| ity. Indeed disability might then
easily have arisen from an absence
/ which did not take the president out
of territory now included i'm our coun-
4 try.
The president Is communicative chief
of the army and navy. If we suppose
| him to take command in person and
military necessity TO require him to
cross the boundary there would result
this absurdity from the familiar error
as TO the constitution. that that act ipso
facto would work temporary forfeiture
OF office aud he would cease to be com
,ander-in-chief =
But such views belong TO the realm OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
AS 1T GOES.
New York Times.

New York Times
This world is such a joyous place
There's naught but pleasure in IL.
q have neuralgia in my face
Excuse me Just a minute)
The whole earth teens with fragrant
For good all things are turning
(Now what COMPOUNDED news is this7
They say my home is burning.)
Rare treasures lie on every hand
Earth flows with milk and honey;
Vou'll have to let that old bill stand
l haven't any money!
Love lives enshrined in every heart,
And virtue is jewel
(My wife and / have got to part
There's going to be duel)
Our infants, how they court theml
CHOSE kids OF mine have got to work,
They know / can't support them.)
How sweetly time may ring its chimes!
Old age. how grand, how pleasant!
CThat old mans been in jail three times,
And should be there at presently
How gently doth remembrance speak
OF those in death now lying.
(That skinflint, Jones who died last week
What wondrous luck, his dying0
How beautiful is life! How gay!
What rapture to be living!
Gf poets care not what they say
And readers are forsiven.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
FIattery for n Purpose.

NNIVHkO NNTVTIIVIts
And now comes our old and excellent
friend James Bryce of the new British
cabinet with the highly fattering assur-
ance that Uncle Sam is just the person to
deal with the sick man and do something
for the Armenians" 1t is the fashion these
days for European statesmen who have hot
Jobs to do and would rather not burn
their own fingers to pass them along to
the new world power with some compli-
mentary remarks to the effect that it Is
just the expert to do them all with neat
ness and dispatch. But it was hardly TO
have been expected that Mr.. Bryce would
turn the sick man over to us in this smil
ing fashion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Here is another political howdy-do.
A fractional schism is threatened among
the socialists of Omaha. who are deny
ing the right of one another to bear
the party standard without first paying
dues to the international organization.
The socialists have slept upon their
rights by not registering written remon-
strances within three days against the
filings that are now questioned. The
state of Nebraska does not recognize
prepayment of dues to any society as
one of the qualifications for Office. We
might, however, have had an interest
ing session over contest for the use
of the party name and at the same time
obtain some additional light as to Just
what makes a man a socialist.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

The Railway Age calls upon Presi-
dent Roosevelt 10 take Il decided stand
on the railway rate bill. II the special
pleaders OF the railway interests have
Not been doing a lot OF unnecessary
Shouting. the Railway Age is about the
only railway concern which has not
found ont that the president has not
only taken a position. but that the post
don is well dehned
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

The suggestion that the, money raised
in aid of Japanese sufferers be used to
buy corn in America to be sent to Japan
comes from Michigan. The shipment
might also be made in American ships,
thus encouraging another American in
dustry, but as the japanese are not IA
miliar with the use of maize the gift
would SAVIOR too much of selfishness to
be appreciated.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

A challenge to mortal combat is in
order between the city attorney OF
South Omaha and the city attorney Of
Omaha. Nothing less than blood ven
geance can wipe out the affront con-
tanned in the declaration Of the South
Omaha city attorney that he does not
give fig leaf for the opinion of the
Omaha city attorney as to the meaning
Of the law governing the appointment of
judges and clerks Of primary elections.
A mere disagreement on legal technical
tiles might be passed up as harmless.
hut the South Omaha city attorney
publicly adds that the Omaha city at
torney had given out eight or ten opin-
ions on the election law which had all
been turned down by the supreme court,
intimating that the only safe rule to
follow is to ascertain how the Omaha
city attorney CONSTITUTES the law and
then read it the other way. When doc
tors disagree we know what to do, but
when lawyers accuse each other of
knowing no law we are all up a stump.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

competitors who are unequally served. II
it be done without the consent of the cor
poration Its stockholders are robbed. The
penalty should be made to At the crime
fine and imprisonment. especially imprison-
ment. A few rebaters in Jail. there would
be an end of rebating.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

The Russian labor leader who com
mitted suicide to prov" his honesty may
have conformed TO Russian standards,
but in America self-destruction is more
usually taken as am admission of guilt.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

speculation and have no practical bear
ing whatever. If Theodore Roosevelt
should visit Germany he would he there
as much president of the United States
us William would be emperor of Ger
many while visitor here.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

The generous concession OF the rail-
roads in granting special rate of fare
and third to Lincoln for the gathering
of the leaders of the democratic clans
usures attendance OF every self-im-
pOrtant democrat who can scrape up a
Gree pass.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

The car has decided that hereafter
Nladivostok shall be port of entry. His
proclamation may he more effective than
the effort of the mikado, who attempted
to make it a port OF entry for his war
ships not so long ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

IL the telephone situation in Omaha
has been simplitied into n demand for
an additional telephone franchise. pure
and simple, and an abandonment of the
compulsory connection foolishness, one
step i'm advance has been taken.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

1t is hardly betting for any news
paper published at Hastings to berate
Omaha as a hot bed Of lawlessness be-
fore the shrieks of the poor Chinaman
have died away.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

\ Russian blue cross society has
been organized to care for persons af-
fected by present trouble in that land.
Apparently the word red has a mean
ing to Russians not generally recog-
nized in other lands.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Now that the house of representatives
gress might get rid of their stock cam
paign speeches before the busy season
begins again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

1t remained for German scholar to
discover an official phase to the trip OF
Miss Roosevelt to the far east. In
America the belief has been that it
proved to be more matter of sentiment
than of statecraft.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Justice Gildersleevc has again post
poned the oil hearing in New York. This
should give II. III. Rogers time TO be-
come wise" TO the situation and to run
while he has chance
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Make Omaha too hot for criminals"
is good slogan, but in the interval it
would be II good idea to put the brakes
on the daily police gazettes that are
breeding new criminals among us every
day
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Archbishop Glennon of St Louis has
taken up the cry of Bishop Scannell
against the demoralizing influences Of
the yellow play. The objectionable
theater is not confined 20 any one city
nor is the problem presented by it in
any way local one.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
Practical Theft.

The giving of a rebate to one customer
that is denied TO other customers on
similar terms by public service cor
poration is a practical theft. II IL be done
with the consent of the corporation the
stealing comes out OF the pockets OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

If John ID. Rockefeller does not do
something to stop this decline in prices
on Wall street he may find his vacation
costing him more than he expected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

The greatest shortening of the inn
pending democratic love feast, we fear,
will he the dearth of pie to pass around
among the Nebraska faithful.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
The Crucial Test.

Judge Lands has ruled that the Inter
state Commerce commission has power TO
compel witnesses to answer questions. Now
all that It needs is power to compel them
to tell the truth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed often as requested.

Make Omaha too hot for criminals"
But you cannot do it by electing Walter
Noises man for mayor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
His Real Motive.

washington POST.
DR.. Hadley, president of Yale, says the
Hepburn bill is illogical and impracti-
cable" but he would like to see IL passed by
congress. In other words, he wants the
supreme court to earn its wages
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
OF CIRCULATION.

state OF Nebraska Douglas County, SIS:
6. O. Rosewater. secretary OF the bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
complete copies of The Daily, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of February. 1906. was as tol-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
Time WIN Tell.

81. Louis Globe Democrat.
The last time Senator TillmAn spoke OH
the administration he shed tears. There is
no telling who will weep over his manage
uent Of the rate bill
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor scenes and Incidents sketched
ON the Spot.

on Nue SpON
Persistent agitation and insistent public
sentiment travels a rocky road before It is
crystallized in legislation at Washington.
The atmosphere at the national capital
repels the fresh, pure air Of the country.
The element of its markeup is contentment
with what is But changes are brought
about which startle and amaze the special
interests entrenched i'm Washington. The
greatest change wrought in recent years
concerns the regulation of railroad rates.
Three years ago. when I first came here,
says Congressman Townsend of Michigan.
my views on the railroad question were
jeered at. This winter the whole country
has seen a scramble for the honor of being
known as the author of a rate bill that has
even the smallest chance of passage. Three
years ago so many Of my colleagues
laughed at me that l wondered whether
was really so outlandish in my ideas Of
what the lawmaking power ought to do to
curb the growing and illegal power of the
corporations that had been chartered for
the most beneficent purpose of all-that OF
making 1t possible for persons and prop
erty to be transported to the best market,
no matter how far away that might be-"
LESS than three years ago" writes a
correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch,
Robert Marion LaFollette was good
deal OF a joke in this part OF the country.
But he is not joke today. When he rose
in his place in the senate yesterday every
line in his face indicated full comprehen-
sion on his part of the fact that times
have changed and that this is the day of
the men who have insisted for years that
there is need of reform in the management
of public utility corporations. The populists
have ceased to be a political entity. They
have not one man in either house of con-
gress calling himself a populist. But
their ideas are there, just a few years
ago the long-bearded PETER, the sour-look-
ing Pettigrew, the noisy william Vincent
Allen and handful of others were there
in the flesh. They talked, incoherently of
course, about the abuses of the railroads,
whereupon everybody laughed at them.
The hurt that the abuses of power by
railroad officials is now doing was not
perceptible then now. Men who were
being squeezed thought the squeezing was
only temporary and that by their own
efforts they would be able to bring about
proper conditions Now however. as the
Federal Coal company asserted, the exac-
lions of the railroad officials interested in
industries along the lines they manage are
turning some of the most substantial citi-
zens into agitators.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Secretary.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 18th day of February, 1906.
(SeaD Nj. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

I'm these days of wholesale adulteration
how Is one to distinguish the bogus article
from the genuine?"
You can't. The manufacturers are sharp
enough nowadays TO charge just as much
for it."-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

George, what is all this talk about a
uniform divorce bill? What is a uniform
divorce?"
IT'S technical term. my dear Just as
soon as the bill becomes a law people who
get divorces will have to wear a uniform"
f"Well, Well Isn't that a shame ?''.CleVe-
land Plain Dealer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06
PASSING PLEASANTRIEs.

And you are ready to forgive your
daughter for clipping with me, sir"
Yes, I'll treat her kindly. The poor girl
will be sufficiently punished in having you
for husband. Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Mr.. Stoplate-That lamp appears to be
going out
Miss Tersliep-And yet they say imam
innate objects have no tntelligence!-Clevc-
land Leader
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Lady" said Meandering Mike. I'D like
to trust to yer generosity fur somethin' to
eat"
You're the same man that gave a meal
to day before yesterday"
Il am. | couldn't keep away from de
cookin'. "-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

Because of his youthful appearance, Con-
gresham Dawes of Ohio has been a VIC
tim of embarrassing circumstances more
than once since his arrival in Washington.
The other day he was struggling through
crowd which hung around the main en-
trance to the house, when assistant
doorkeeper called to one of the attaches:
Say. stop that young fellow Don't let
him in there" Explanations followed. and
Mr. Dawes looking ive years younger
than ever because Of his blushlng cheeks
hurried inside.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-06

oh. George! sighed the romantic girl,
Il wish you were like the old-time knights:
! wish you'd do something brave to show
your love for me-"
"Gracious!" cried her fiance, haven't |
agreed to marry you, and me only getting
$40 a week?'-Philadelphia Ledger