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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Springfield. o.. is not disposed to work
the muck rake in Springfield, Mo.
This Is the season OF the year when the
chauffeur's fancy turns longingly TO wind
splitting speed records.
Garden makers and lawn beautihers may
continue the good work without fear OF
criticism. The garden rake is not in the
discredited class.
Mrs. George Gould has gathered up all
the links In her ancestral chain and her
husband is diligently building new links for
his railroad chain.
Divorces who married their attorneys
were wiser than they imagined. Recent
judicial complications materially enhances
the value of a lawyer in the family
Pennsylvania university includes four
judges In its list for degrees Of LID. The
faculty is wise in choosing experts. In the
matter OF doctoring laws judges are past
masters.
Buffalo imagined It would have the cleo
tricai world by the SERUM Of the neck when
Niagara power was harnessed. Yet the
best bid Il has received for arc lighting il
$50 per lamp per annum.
The sulphurous vocal power attributed "a
the lighting legion known as the army OF
Flanders is a gentle spring zephyr com
pared with the swearing ability OF taz
shirkers In New York. In one week they
burned out of the personal property roll
$500. 900 OOO Hot work. that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
rHE puRposrs or ~ ZION

THE PURPOSES OF TAXA TIOK
The declaration of President Roose-
welt in a recent speech for a national
inhe ritance tax, especially designed IT,
prevent the transmission from genera
ton to generation of colossal accumula-
tons of wealth, endangering the stabil-
ity of society, is sure to precipitate a
widespread discussion of the purposes
Of taxation.
The theory strenuously maintained by
the so-called orthodox political econo-
mists is that the only excuse and justifl-
cation for levying taxes is to raise rev.
enue for the support of the government.
This is the foundationstone of the
tariff-for-revenue agitation, whose cham
pions insist that any tariff in excess of
what is required to produce the neces-
sary income OF the government is a
perversion of the taxing power and that
a tariff for protection is not within
legitimate scope of taxation. The fact,
however, that we have had protective
tariffs for more than a hundred years
proves conelusively that this theory has
never had popular sanction in this coun-
try.
We have, however, gone further by
imposing taxes to accomplish still other
objects foreign to revenue raising. The
tax on state bank note issues. for ex-
ample, was intended to and does abso.
lutely prevent the issue of bank notes
except under the national banking act,
and the tax on oleomargarine was in
tended TO and does actually prevent the
use of this product in imitation of but
ter.
But whether the employment OF the
taxing power is justified to regulate the
distribution of wealth raises other
mooted questions. The school of politi-
cal economists in Germany, headed by
Prof Adolph Wagner. teaches that tn
equalization Of wealth is one Of the
proper functions of taxation. The
Wagnerian school goes step beyond
that which declares a Just tax to be
one which after it's collection leaves all
persons affected by it in relatively the
same industrial position as before and
advocates the imposition OF taxes for
the express purpose Of redistributing
wealth Accommodations as between diff.
! ferent classes Of society
President ROosevelts suggestion,
therefore. comes very close to some Of
the Wagnerian proposals. Up to this
time that the school OF political economy
has not found much favor in the United
States. Industrial conditions, however,
have been changing 80 rapidly that it is
quite possible the problems presented
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

SENATOR LAyOLLETTE'S AMENDMENT.
No more significant proposal has been
made in the whole course of the senate
discussion of the rate bill than the
amendment which Senator LaFollette
announces he will offer, giving the
Interstate Commerce commission au-
thority and imposing on 1t the duty TO
ascertain the value of the railroad
property OF the United States. and to
report the progress of the work at the
beginning of each regular session of
congress. The senator raises the ques-
ton of such an amendment as the con-
dition precedent to a solution of the
basic problem of what constitutes rea-
sonable rates, the main purpose Of the
whole movement for public control of
the railroads.
must obviously be reasonable return
upon value of the property employed in
transportation service. What is the
actual value Of transportation property?
Senator LaFollette's proposal goes to
the very root of the matter, and stands
in marked contrast with the intermin-
able legal arguments and refnements
with which the senate's time has been
for the most part so far occupied, and
which deal only with mere incidents of
the fundamental problem.
Tho VNioaapoir, eonoAoV. In }, 10 erNoooJ,
explaining the reason Of his amend
ment declared his belief that while the
railroads of the country are capitalized
at an aggregate of over $13,0O0,000. 1000,
the actual investment is not much in ex-
cess of $5,O00,0OO,OO0. Assuming those
figures, charges on the public for trans
portation service that would produce
for the watered capitalized amount the
average rate of profit realized in gem
eral business must be a grossly excess
size and unrea sonable, charge with
reference to the actual railroad invest
ment. The railroads themselves have
afforded some measure of the startling
discrepancies through their own official
valuations of their property for taxa
ton on the basis of claimed cost of re-
production, in contrast with the ruling
stock and bond market values on the
basis of earnings from charges enforced
upon the public for service.
After all questions of method. all
constitutional difficulties and legal hair
splitting shall have been disposed of,
the fixing of reasonable rates by public
authority must infalIibly imply the pre-
requisite Of an appraisal by public
authority of the values of railroad prop
erty. Senator LaFollette performs
valuable public service by challenging
at this time attention to the vital point
In the whole business.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
EEEEcr or DIVORCE DECISION.


Tie recent decision of the federal SUI
preme court renders divorce in which
but one party to the dissolved marriage
is a resident of the state where 1t is
granted, only voidable, and not void.
The distinction is of great practical inn
portance, because the decision. while
by possibility it affects a multitude of
DEGREES of divorce, will actually nullify
comparatively few of them. To have
that effect definite legal process must
be followed in each specific case. The
nonresident defendant lin the original
divorce case, or some one having prop
erty rights affected by the decree, must
go into court in proper proceeding in
order to set 1t aside.
AS a matter of fact both parties ac-
tually agree in a great many divorce
cases which would fall within the rule
laid down by the supreme court, al
though the state court making the
original decree may not have formal
Jurisdiction. In a great many other
cases where there may not have been
such agreement between the parties
originally, they subsequently acquiesce.
And where there has been neither or
iginal agreement nor subsequent ac-
quiescence of parties, the consequences
upon the status Of innocent children
will deter many who otherwise might
be disposed TO have such DEGREES set
aside.
One important effect Of the decision
will naturally be greater care in max
ing the formal jurisdlctional showing,
and this ought largely TO diminish
frauds in what are virtually exparte
divorce proceedings. so long as such
proceedings are tolerated.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
oRpER 1N sAN FRANorsco.


A most notable feature Of the San
Francisco disaster is the absence Of rio
tous and criminal excuses which almost
invariably accompany such occasions.
The earthquake shock. without the
added terror and confusion OF the fire.
was enough TO paralyze and dlsjoint the
whole machinery of society for a mass
Of nearly a half million souls, and to
create promiscuous temptation for the
vicious and the criminal 1t would not
be strange IL the wreck and exposure of
property to depreciation had been fol-
lowed by an orgy of plumber and vio-
lence. The element from which such
danger was to be apprehended is no
toriously large I'm the cosmopolitan pop
ulation Of a seaport like San Fran
cisco.
Yet no great catastrophe was ever so
free from such offenses as all accounts
so far from san Francisco represent the
case there. The prompt action Of the
municipal and army officers at the out
set and the summary shooting down of
the first offenders caught in the act
doubtless had great effect. But OBJ
vlously all that the scattered and dis
organized remnants of regular authority
could do under such appalling conditions
could not avail IL their initiative had
not been encouraged and sustained by
dominant American spirit of order and
regard for all rights. Clearly the in
stinctive impulse of the people must
have asserted itself instantly and visi.
bly, to restrain evildoers so effectually
under such conditions.
There is deep pathos in the scenes
which the telegraphic reports have de-
scribed5 where multitudes, hungry and
confronted with distress that might well
cause them to despair for themselves
and for others dependent upon them,
have waited with unconquerable pa
thence and self-control for authorized
distribution of relief. Almost invariably
when there has been seizure of stores 1t
mas bCth SntClcu Ollly uuueI SduCtlOu VI
recognized public need and in a spirit
the very reverse of private depreciation.
Such awful stress tries to the utmost
the moral fiber of any community. The
strain could hardly be borne, but for a
strong, Inherent sense of order and 10y
atty to the common good and without
sure confidence Of the members of the
community in one another that each
would strive to help and not to over
reach the rest. Back Of all, too, amidst
ruin on every hand must have been the
sustaining consciousness that the whole
American people would rise and rush to
their relief with all possible speed. But
whatever the cause nothing could be
more admirable than the self-control,
the orderliness and the fortitude with
which this stricken community has
borne itself.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.

Indianapolis News. Say what people will
about the disturbance and disorder of the
present time, we are constantly having
evidence that things are conducted in
regular parliamentary manner. For In
stance, the Latter Day Saints, in session
at Independence, Mo-, unanimously
adopted" a revelation.
Springfield Republican, King Edward has
neatly turned the flank Of his Protestant
critics, who thought he should have for
hidden, as defender of the faith" the be-
throthal of Princess Ena to King Alfonso
of Spain and her consequent conversion to
another religious faith. With the help of
his legal advisers King Edward fishes out
a statute of the reign of George III, which
declares that the royal prerogative of for
bidding marriages in the royal family with
out the monarch's consent cannot be exer-
cised in the case Of the children OF prin-
cesses who have married foreigners. AS
Princess Ena's mother married German,
she was free from King Edwards authority.
The Protestant reformation society, which
made most Of the fuss. seems very much
surprised by this revelation from the anci-
ent law books of the realm,
philadelphia Press: At one Of the Pitts
burg churches last Sunday night an the
women removed their hats. 1t was some
thing novel, and particularly on an Easter
Sunday when most of the hats are new
and worn for the pious purpose of showing
off and cultivating envy. The choir set the
example. The preacher then said that he
knew the men In the congregation would
cheerfuliy give SO cents each to the COT
lection If the women would remove their
hats This did not stir the women very
much, It appears for the preacher found 1t
necessary to go farther. He told the women
that If they did not take off their hats each
of them ought TO be willing to give 81 to
the collection. The hats came off, but the
collection did not suffer as the men made It
up most generously 1t would be too much
to predict from this incident that the
women are going to make practice OF
removing their hats in the ohruches. They
don't wear hats to church for that purpose.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

for the state, and still less its possibili-
ties for good in the future. A hun
dred or a thousand trees might as well
be growing where one stands today,
and we now know that there is moth
ing to prevent the western counties also
from being dotted over with groves.
Science and experience have pointed
the way even there.
The impetus given by the Arbor day
celebration by educating and directing
the attention Of the people, young and
old, to this great opportunity for inn
provement, is beyond calculation. The
origin Of the custom. as useful as 1t is
beautiful was happy inspiration
which ought to be remembered and
perpetuated each succeeding year with
deeper appreciation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
ARRoR Day.

Exceptional honor is due to Arbor
day in Nebraska. It is pre-eminently
a Nebraska institution. and every senti-
mental consideration should increase its
At observance In the home state of the
distinguished citizen whose name will
ever be associated with the day.
In no other state have the benefits Of
tree planting and tree culture been more
signally demonstrated than already in
Nebraska. Originally vast treeless
plain. the whole scene I'm the older set
tied parts has been transformed within
little more than generation by a sue
cession of pleasant groves, affordlng
generous shade for man and beast, fuel
and valuable building materials, break
ing the force of the winds and i'm mani
fold other ways contributing richly to
the comfort and welfare Of the people.
Ii has been -abundantly demonstrated
that, with cessation BIZ the prairie fires
which i'm the days OF the Indian and
the pioneer swept over this region, the
aiforesting OF Nebraska is a matter only
OF ordinary care In planting trees. Rain
fall, soil and other farming climatic
conditions will do the rest in the greater
part of the state.
While ths people OF other states.
blessed by nature with heavy forests.
are beginning 20 awake 10 the danger of
their reckless sacrifice, few even Of our
own people fully realize the extent to
which tree planting has been carried
on here. or what It has already done
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

Observers see No More Chance for
webster Than for Willard.

Lincoln Journal.
Charley Greene Is dead wrong In ossum-
ing that his claims to consideration as a
senatorial candidate from Douglas county
are paramount because he happened 20
speak first In this free country, praised
be. any man has right to aspire TO any
position in the gift OF his fellow -cltizens.
no matter how many others may be lookine
with covetous eyes upon the same job
Two years ago John L. webster sought
TO be made the vice presidential nominee Of
the republican party. but an Indiana Ice
berg aoated In between him and victory,
as a matter OF fact, before he was in sight
Of land. Be It said to the credit OF the Ne
braska delegation It was solid for Webster,
and would have put up a valiant fight had
thero been the ghost of a show of coming
out alive. These men we're agreed that Mr..
Webster possessed all the necessary quail
fcations for the position Of presiding officer
Of the senate. and said as much to other
members of the convention before the ballot
was spread; but nothing much came of II
except to advertise TO the country at large
that Omaha had a statesman in whom the
people of Nebraska reposed large conf
dence, that his name was John L. webster,
ane that he would be heard from again.
How perfectly natural that he should
loom up at TINS time as candidate TOT the
United States senate, and how commend
able that he exhibited modesty in not hur-
rying to get his name before the people
before any other statesman had a chance
TO say a word.
John i. webster is nothing II not modest,
but when he sees something desirable that
he thinks he can seize, watch him gol II
is little attention that he pays to the one
who says he saw II first From now on
look to Douglas county II you would OBJ
serve a political commotion as spectacular
as Vesuvius in eruption. There will be
hoarse rumblings and mutterings and weird
lightning flashes and some smoke, but moth
ing to be afraid of. while this exhibition
is in progress, the real work Of selecting
the successor to ]. II. Willard is likely to
be accomplished outside Of Douglas county.
Stand up for Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

The new census of Great Britain
shows a noticeable decline, in the aver
age number of marriages. An interest
Ing question that should be answered
in the same connection is whether the
number of divorces have likewise de-
creased or increased. The subjects of
marriage and divorce must be treated
together,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
Inheritance Taxes.

A collateral inheritance tax Is levied Nby
the state Of New York. federal in
heritance tax was collected during the
Spanish war, and under It considerable
sums were realized, notably from the es-
tate OF the late Cornelius Vanderbilt The
English estate devised TO James Henry
Smith Of New York paid so heavy an In
heritanee tax 90 the crown that Il figured
conspicuously in that years budget
Neither in law nor In ethics was either
payment conhscatorX. The principle that
wealth should contribute generously TO pub
lie needs is sound, nor is II dimcult OF en-
agreement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

San Franclsco's dire distress is being
explained in certain quarters as a mani
festation of divine displeasure against
1.-THE most dissolute and wicked of all
American cities" This information
must be quite surprising to those Of us
who have been told periodically by i'm
ported evangelists that Omaha was the
wickedest city in the world, sure 10
incur the wrath of God unless it
promptly mended its ways We pre-
sumo, however that this anathema has
been hurled az every large city in the
country, though none of the others have
as yet been punished with the earth
quake penalty. The only possible con-
clusioD is that if the diagnosis is not
wrong. prophecies of further calamity
are In order.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

senators who are disposed to resent
Senator IAFollette's speech on rate
regulation as defiance Of the unwrit-
ten law making Il the duty Of new
senators to be seen and not heard will
get bravely over their huf. The de-
fiance Of public sentiment by the rail-
road senators is ample justification for
defiance Of the senate's unwritten laws
fOr Eag rulA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Gladys-Have you any engagement for
next Sunday EVENING"
Msybelie-No actual engagement, but
expect to have. That's the evening I'm go
ing to bring Jack to time or give him MS
walking papers.-Chicago Tribune
Miss Oldun--Ohl Mr.. Rashe, this is so
student You must give me time 10 con-
slider
Mr.. Rashe-You.-er--you haven't much 10
spare, have you2--Cleveland Leader.
Bess-So many men are grouchy and hard
to get along with. When J. marry l want
a husband who Is easily pleased.
Tess-Don't bother-that's the kind your
get, an right-Philadelphia Press.
was papa really mad?" asked the girl
Mad? Well / should sayl" replied her
lover ~ came to the point right away and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

1t is safe to say that since the Sc
crets of underground Chinatown" have
been revealed by the fire the new san
Francisco will see that they are not
reproduced.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
TWO HOMES.
Baltimore Americar

Baltimore American.
There's a palace of white marble,
Fit TO house a reigning king,
Full OF luxury and comfort
All that wealth has power to bring
Noble grounds about 1t stretching,
Just O mass of fairy bloom,
And Il cost some million dollars
Thousands lavished on each room.
But within is gloomy grandeur,
And a chill is in thS air;
The spirits that make home life
Are sadly lacking there;
Lust of gold and greed Of power,
Dizziness, discomfort and pain
Fill the place of what It's millions
Vainly seek the way TO gain.
There's an humble little cottage.
Barely big enough for two;
Very cheap is its adjoining,
And IT, lacks are not a few.
1t cost toll and careful saving,
Through the dollars Of that cost
In a tribe of the other
Would be most absurdly lost
But It's full OF love aud sunshine,
And of happy, sweet content
With the hearts il Is the nest Of,
on no other wealth intent
For its riches overlooking
Fen millionaires might sigh,
That cost FIVE hundred dollars
And Ave millions couldn't buy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
Anglo saxon Race suicide.

If the English-speaking people OF the
Anglo-saxon stock, so called, were left to
themselves and thus prevented from race
mixture, would they not die out within
less than 100 years? The pure" Anglo
Saxon stock almost everywhere shows
declining marriage ana birth rate. The
oficial statistics of Great Britain for 1904
show a birth rate the lowest on record,
and there has been a fall OF 10 per cent in
the marriage rate in the last thirty-five
years white" Australia and Yankee"
New England are troubled in much the
same way.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

The trial of Congressman Blackburn
of North Carolina shows that he is
charged with trying to prevent the pun
ishment of moonshiners. His re-elec-
ton to congress evidently depends on
conviction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

The discovery OF eleven postal clerks
alive after remaining three days in the
ruins Of the postofiice should cause an
immediate search OF other ruins. Cali
fornia can afford no repetition of the
Encouragement following the French
mine accident.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

Only one more week Of active cam.
paigning before the city election. The
advantage Of the primary law fixing
the day to nominate candidates just
four weeks ahead Of the day fixed to
elect them tends to make the cam
paign short and sweet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

If Kansas coal operators sign up with
the miners they lose membership In
their association, and If they do not
the Standard Oil company will make
arrangements to supply fuel oil burn
ers to Kansas City consumers. That
looks like case of heads win and
tails you lose.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

If ''Jim" Dahlman wants to give his
friends out in the western part of Ne
braska surprise party he should send
them a copy of the platform on which
he is running for Office in Omaha as
the democratic candidate for mayor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

Des Moines' Young Women's Chris
tan association has Joined its Omaha
sisters in suspending work Of raising
funds for a new building until the peo-
pie of San Francisco are fed. This
thoughtfulness should find fitting recog-
milton in both towns when the canvass
is resumed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

While in no way DESTROYS OF taking
advantage OF their misfortunes. we may
yet suggest TO the homeless people OF
San Francisco and vicinity who have
to make a new start in life that they
will find no place Offering better OPP
pOrtunities or heartier welcome than
right here in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

Philadelphia fears it may be facing
coal famine. but will not know until
after the new retail price card has been
issued. The recent investigation seems
to have changed methods rather than
conditions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22

Kansas City is debating the question
of raising the saloon license fee to $500.
Kansans Immediately across the line
win regard this as another blow at
freedom.