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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
REPORT ON HAzLNG.

In the light Of the report of the sub
committee of the house committee on
naval affairs on the inquiry into hazing
at Annapolis the pleasant notion so gen
orally entertained that that abuse had
substantially disappeared at the naval
academy must be given up. During the
very years when the public was content
in the belief that hazIng was a thing
OF the past the brutal custom. as the
evidence indisputably establishes, was
most prevalent among the midshlpmen.
1t is an astonishing and deplorable state
of AFFAIRS when the subcommittee, after
painstalling investigation, declares that
2s1 members OF the three upper classes,
including the class which was recently
graduated, have been guilty Of hazing
and on trial could be legally expelled
from the academy and the naval ser
vice.
II viii strike the public as an mex
cusable anomaly that custom so oh
noXious and defiant of the law could per-
sist without being promptly exposed and
punished by the naval authorities on
their own motion. For nothing but the
circumstance that midshipman hap
pened to die as the result of injuries
in one of the numerous fights brought
the truth 10 public notice, These Of
lenses, except in rare cases, have not
been reported or even taken cOgnlzance
Of by the academy officers. and they
acted at last only when compelled by
outside circumstances.
The subcommittee's conclusions. while
they deal gingerly with this phase.
nevertheless imphcate the officers in
charge OF the naval school in gross in
difference and some of them in the act
ual connivance with the offending haz-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

bryan Men Must Hustle II They Would
Head on Hearst.
shInptnn Star

This is the latest from Lincoln:
-Four hundred and fifty Of the flower of
Nebraska democracy, including practically
all of the state leaders save Mr.. Bryan,
participated in a dollar dinner here to-
night. The object of the gathering was
to organize for what the leaders insist is
certain to be a victorious campaign. and
incidentally. the speakers boosted william
Jennings Bryan as the proper man for the
democrats to nominate for president two
years hence
Here is the right spirit. Mr. Bryan's
neighbors are watchful of his interests He
Is far, far from home. and giving his at
tention to Oriental peoples and their GUS
toms. He is not, It is true, entirely out OF
touch with his country, and probably fol-
lows by letter and newspaper. what is
going on here in his absence. But such
intelligence is meager, and necessarily old
when he receives It, and hence, in a sense.
he is at a disadvantage when we consider
what is going on in the field OF politics
and president making for 1905 1t is
pleasant, therefore, to observe that his
faithful supporters in his own neck of
woods are thoroughly alive and resolved
to keep his nag flying That is right.
Is the contest within the democratic
party narrowing down between Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Hearst? It looks that way They
have never fought each other. Mr.. Hearst
did not inaugurate his campaign for the
nomination In 1904 until II was we'll un-
derstood everywhere that Mr.. Bryan would
not seek II. The field was clear so far as
Mr.. Bryan was concerned, and Mr. Hearst
in his canvass for delegates antagoniEed
the influences In the east which in the
two previous campaigns had opposed Mr.
Bryan. While he did not support him, Mr..
Bryan did not oppose Mr. Hearst; and
what he did in pleading for q platform
which should hold the party measurably
close to the Chicago and Kansas City
platforms was In line with what Mr..
Hearst as a candidate was standing for.
Things. however, have changed some
what. MT. Hearst has been making no lit
tie Roadway In the last few months, and
is no longer a Jest in public AFFAIRS. His
wallet may still be in evidence. but It Is
not the cry OF his enemies as II once was.
He has gathered around him a coterie OF
experienced workers and organizers, and
they are all very active. They have not
waited TO hear what might be Mr.. Bryan's
purposes for 1903 They are for their chief
and employer, and in every section Of the
country are busy Ia his behalf
This Mr., Bryan's neighbors seem to have
noticed, and hence the dollar dinner at
Lincoln and the oratorieal trimmings.
Let them. then. he up and doing,
With a heart for any DOOM
stu achieving. still pursuing.
Keep Initiating Willies boom
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

ers. It is impossible that the violations
could go on without the knowledge Of
the officers in immediate charge and
especially the surgeons who have failed
in their duty to report the obvious truth.
The showing puts in most unfavor-
able light, not merely the conduct Of
the young midshipmen in whom a GER
tain tendency to excuses is to be ex-
pected. but also the whole array Of ma
val officers in charge Of the Annapolis
academy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
ADVICE FROM 4 HreH SOURCE.

The letter written by Secretary of
complimentary election of President
Roosevelt and himself to honorary mem.
bership In a republican club organized
to promote reform within the party in
Cincinnati, contains pert advice, which
applies also in some other cities. In
the first place, Secretary Taft says that
theoretical reform, while all right In
it's way, will not accomplish results ex-
cept through practical politics, and that
practical politics involves cooperation
with all those who have the same ends
in view.
"The members of such a club as the
Roosevelt club" he continues. "al-
though an orthodox republican organiza-
ton, may very well decline to support the
candidates Of it's own party if such can
didates are plainly lacking in the quail
ifications, according to the standard they
may properly set for the selection of
public officers. Still, it is well to use a
wise discretion in boiling. The impor-
tant question will always be, what you
can secure and exercise the greatest in
fluence for good and you cannot af-
ford in practical politics land there
are no other politics., to ignore the
strength which adheres to regularity
given you as a club in working reforms
within the party. The conduct of NUM-
cipal affairs has no natural relation to
the conduct of national affairs, and
while it does not seem possible to elimi-
nate from municipal elections the sys-
TEN of nominating party tickets, there
ought certainly to be cultivated a much
wider spirit of independence at munich
pal elections in the scratching Of i'm
proper candidates selected by either
party than is likely ever to be exer-
cised with reference to state or national
elections"
We may safely say that Secretary
Taft voices the sentiment of a growing
number of republicans everywhere. The
mission Of the republican party is to
secure good government, and if bad men
are to be put into office, It is better to
let the other party have the odium.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

way franchises in q single city like Chi
cago could be worth that much, how
much are the steam railway franchises
worth for the whole state OF Nebraska2
But when the State Board Of Assess
ment meets shortly to fix the valuation
OF railroad property for taxation, we
will have representatives Of the rail-
roads reappearing with an attempt to
make the board believe that franchise
rights, worth millions upon millions for
capitalization purposes, are worth little
or nothing as property subject to taxa
ton
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
RECLAIMING DESERT LANDS.
linn ediate and Satisfactory Returns
from Canals Constructed.
Teslie'a Weakly

from canals COnatFucteOs
Leslie's Weekly.
According to an offcal OF the geological
survey, in the three years since the federal
government organized Its reclamation SER
vice seventy-seven miles Of main irrigation
canals of river size have been built, which,
with others of smaller dimensions, con-
structed within the last twenty-five years,
make a total of irrigation canals in the
United States long enough to span the
earth twice and representing an outlay OF
s9O,OO0OOO Every year" we are told, the
area reached by these canals returns a
harvest valued at more than $50, 1000,
with a population of 2,OOO,OOO. dwelling in
harmony and content where only a short
time ago a wilderness or a desert reigned."
II is beyond question that no investment
of government funds has yielded such large,
immediate and satisfactory returns as the
money expended for irrigation purposes in
the far west No one except those who
have visited such sections of the union as
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and south
ern California can realize what irrigation
has already done and what it's extension
means for the future of these regions,
where often for eight months Of the year
not a drop OF rain falls. Southern Cali
fornia-now one OF the richest, most fertile
and populous sections OF the United States
would still be, for the most part, an arid
and uninhabitable country were it not for
it's vast systems of irrigation. The saying
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Evidence is accommodating that the po-
lice club is being swung with a ven
geance in the interest of Police Com
missioner Broatch upon denizens of the
Third ward, who are being arrested or
released from arrest, according as their
political activities are exerted against
or for the Dennison- Noise candidate.
From what is being done now in this
direction, they can judge what they may
expect in case Broatch should by ac-
cident reach the mayors chair and
inaugurate reign of terror as of old In
the whole police court Jurisdiction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
4 DEpLoRABLE CATASTROPHE.


The collision Of street railway cars
at South Omaha, inficting death and
serious injury upon the passengers, is
most deplorable catastrophe and the
sympathy of the public goes out to the
unfortunate victims. Whether the ac-
cident was avoidable or not may never
be determined, but, irrespective of this,
it emphasizes the need of greater eau
ton i'm the operation of the street rail-
way service and impresses the public
with the great responsibilities resting
upon the motormen and conductors.
That the car crews on the street railway
must be constantly alive to the protec-
ton Of passengers against passing dan
gers is too often taken as matter OF
course. The comparative freedom OF
Omaha from bad street railway accl-
dents in contrast with many other cities
of its size attests the carefulness in gen.
eral of Omaha motormen and supports
the assertion that on the whole they will
measure up well above the average. In
this particular case, however, there
should be a thorough investigation that
will disclose all the facts. Such an
investigation is due to the street rail-
way company, as well as to the poor
people who were innocently caught in
the accident
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
Senatorial "InnOcence' on Exhibition.
Springfield Republican.

Senator Scott of West Virginia seems to
have been indulging in a Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep. He takes the railroad side in the
rate control controversy, but said in his
speech in the senate: Should railroads
by merger attempt to limit competition
and thereby lesson the opportunities for
commerce, /, for one, would insist on radi-
cal action" He affects to be blissfully
ignorant of any developments among rail-
roads during the last twenty years OF so.
through mergers, common ownership, COM
munity of interest and other consolidating
Devices to limit the play of competitive
forces in transportation. When he does
wake up to the situation, he says he will
'insist on radical action" But we doubt II.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
TRYING TO QUEER" INSURANCE
REFORM

REFORM.
The insurance officials, even the top
most ones Of the big life companies,
who have been fiocking to the hearing
on the ten bills recommended by the
Armstrong committee, embodying the
reforms in the New York law indicated
as necessary by it's elaborate investiga-
ton, present the curious spectacle first
Of eulogizing the committees work and
then imploring not to have the results
carried out in legislation.
Precisely this is the substance Of the
labored arguments made by President
Morton Of the Equitable and score Of
other high officials OF the various COM
panies. Their arguments were especially
directed against the bills requiring the
companies within five years to dispose
Of their investments in railroad stocks
and collateral bonds and the stocks Of
subsidiary banks and trust companies,
against legally prescribed forms of
policies, and against abolition of de-
ferred dividends. If the officers are
strenuous In opposition to reform touch
ing these capital points, the insurance
agents from all over the country now
swarming about the New York legisla-
ture are frantic in cutlery against a
maximum percentage Of premium
which is to be paid them as compensa-
ton for their services and which Is one
of the chief items of expense loaded
upon policies.
The sum and substance of this be
lated scheme in the insurance company
interest is simply an effort to rob the
investigation Of it's fruit, and it could
proceed only from the egregious blunder
OF its promoters in suppOsing that the
public outbreak against insurance
abuses was merely a riot and not q
revolution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

What franchises may be worth on
the market is indicated anew by the
consequences Of the supreme court de
cisiOn against the contentious of the
Chicago street railways with reference
TO the expiration of their franchise
rights in the streets Of that city, the
decision having been followed by a
slump in the stock quotations OF amaz-
ing proportions. According TO Chicago
dispatches, local dnanciers estimate the
franchise value wiped on the slate by
the supreme court At between S60,OOO-
900 and $s5,0OO,OOO. II the street rail
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Omaha republicans are to choose be-
tween three candidates for mayor. Ben
SON represents the extreme OF puritani-
cal law enforcement and Broateh the
extreme OF wide open vice and licen-
tiousness, while Hennings stands for
the application of common sense in a
rational enforcement Of the laws, with
. view TO maintaining decency and good
order and promoting the growth and
prosperity OF a cosmopolitan city. Keep
In the middle vi the road.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

The United States court has acceded to
the motion to advance the Nebraska rail-
road tax cases TO the extent OF setting
them for hearing at the first OF the
October term. That is a considerable
concession, particularly as It is a recog-
milton of the great public Importance of
the issues involved. A speedy and final
decision on the question whether the
railroads are subject 10 taxation on
their property the same as other prop
erty owners, or whether they have a
right to pay or refuse to pay their taxes
as they please, will clear up the situa-
ton materially and give the next leglsla-
ture a chance 70 fOrtify the law in case
the railroads should succeed in picking
flaws in it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

While probing into petty politics" in
the county court house, it might not be
a bad idea to look into the county audi
tors office, where the head officer is
said TO find it difficult to distinguish be-
tween his work as county accountant
and as secretary Of the Fontanelle ma.
chine. II any petty politics is at large
in the county building the moving cen
ter will be found pretty close to the
auditor-secretary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

in all these regions that water is life" has
a significance elsewhere unknown. The
federal government has adopted generous
and far-sighted policy in regard to re-
clamntion projects but II might expend ten
times the amount thus far appropriated
with a surety OF getting at least 81 back
within few years in permanent additions
to the nations wealth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Public sentiment in favor Of direct
primary nominations is steadily increas-
ing throughout the state. People are
gradually waking to the fact that they
are entitled to have something to say
as to who shall be the nominees of their
respective parties for important offices
and that the right to have voice in
nominations is as important as the right
TO hagea vote at the elections.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

The remarks of Secretary Taft on pc.
Iitical independence lie also in line with
what has made the people forget party
divisions in their approval of the present
administration.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
The Tap Root of Evil.

IHIIdutIpHId TttCOIu'
President Eliot of Harvard university,
makes a safe and sage observation when he
declares that IL corporations were not OBJ
liged to pay dividends on watered stock
they could afford at once to give cheaper
service to the public and higher wages
to their employees. The problem for
statesmen and financiers is to find a
method of squeezing out the water.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Des Moines retail dealers have ad-
yanced the price OF bltuminOus coal be-
cause of fear Of a strike; and still the
people lay the blame for all high prices
on rhe "big combinations"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

II is now announced that China is to
have a constitution based on the British
model. AS 1t took the British thou
sand years TO develop its constitution,
China will show remarkable ability II
IL can duplicate it in one generation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

The Independent telephone people
have now answered back. 1t would be
rash, however, to undertake to say
which side of the talking wire win have
the last word.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Congressman Benefits opinion OF for
eign immigration in New York comes
FROM a man who knows what he is talk
ing about and for that reason may have
little effect upon the theorists.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Louisiana has discovered that failure
to plant cotton for one year on infected
land will drive out the boil weeyil This
should increase diversified farming in
the south.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Senator Rayner of Maryland sounds
new note in the debate on the Hep
burn bill, but his mild sarcasm will APP
pear as commentator If Senator Till
man really ''tuns himself loose" when
he makes his formal speech.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
Sleeping on Duty.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
The continued agitation OF schemes for
putting to death the hopelessly i'll, the de-
formed and the idiotic suggests that there
is work for the fool killer which he is not
performing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Perhaps the Standard OH company
laid its pipe line along the railroad
rlght-of-way in order to avoid local tax
alton; at least that is the effect 1t would
have in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Senator Simmons evidently thinks the
railroads have nothing to fear from gov
ernment rate regulation so long as the
roads are permitted to arrange the
classification.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Secretary Wilson's remarks regarding
the advance in Nebraska land values
shows that his conversion to the idea
OF Nebraska being in the corn belt was
complete and lasting.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

The new French cabinet has an
nounced it's program and the discordant
opposition now knows where to begin
work to accomplish its downfall.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
SYMPTOMS.

w. d. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune,
II your wife is growing restless; II she
tentatively tugs
Al She dingy window curtains; II she
studies all the rugs; 70 .U. &.
II she talks about wall paper; IL she views
tht window panes
With an eye that sees them furnished by
lot OF streaks and stains,
Then you may as well be patient and as
quiet as mouse,
For no feeble man can stop her-she will
soon
clean
house.
You had better plan for boarding some
where else a day OF two.
For the chances are she'll start II with
rustling, busting crew
OF scrub women and OF busters, and the
chairs will block the hall
And lot Of dainty china will be put where
II will fall
And an aproned, towsled draggled sight
will say she is your spouse.
For the signs of spring are potent--she will
clean
house.
You will eat upon the ice box. you will
sleep upon the stove,
You will slip upon a box OF soap and down
the stairs will rove;
You will find your valued volumes mixed
with kitchen pans and pots;
For the time youll be an alien-you and all
your little tots
And therell be a time OF trouble, time OF
shake, and dust and douse,
Till the fever has subsided-she will
soon
clean
house.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Fifth district editors who denounce
ready made editorials have the solu-
ton of the problem in their own hands.
No editor is compelled to print them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
Just the Thing for spring.
Pittsburg Dispatch,

The arrival of Admiral Sigsbees fleet in
Turkish waters is an indication that the
United States will soon be in receipt OF an
other invoice of fresh and charming prone
Uses from the sultan.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
Pull Down Your Face.

To laugh at the United States senate
would seem to be almost as irreverent as
to poke fun at the pyramids.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Eve-There's no use talking, Adam. |
homework, too. You've got to t a girl
Adam with resignation)-Oh, very well
1 suppose this is where lose another rib.
Puck.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

The library of congress now contains
Il ,344, SIS books 4lO,352 pieces of music 1924
prints and STA maps and charts. accord
ing TO the annual report OF the librarian.
Herbert Putnam, just presented to con-
gress.
The library gained 1881 books and about
$4,000 pictlres and pieces of music during
the last year. There were bought 22,SeS
books, i6S4S were received by gift, n.76S
by copyright and 6,474 gained by exchange
with foreign governments.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

What did that new arrival want?" asked
st. Peter
HE asked me II knew where he coHld
get hold OF four old haloes," replied the
attendant angel. He says he wants to
try and build an auto. "-Philadelphia
Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

G. G. ROSEWATER
Secretary.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 18th day Of February, 1905.
(SeaD M. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Representative Longworth visited the
senate one day this week. Fearing the
ordeal Of congratulations likely to occur
he came in very quietly and was well
within the chamber before he was seen
Senator Kean was quick to offer his con
gratulatlOns and after him came dozen
more senators. Longworth got red under
the volley OF remarks that fell upon him.
Just as the incident was at the height OF
it's interest the door opened again and IN
came Prince Cupid OF Hawaii. Long
worth is here" said Kean. "and Cupid
came also" The next moment the young
son-in-law of the president was making
a hRsty flight back toward the south end
OF the capitol.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15
LIGHT AND BRIGHT.

He talks great deal about his family
tree"
heard about his shady past."-Philadelnhia
Ledger.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

"You say your first speech made several
converts2'
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum, re-
gretfully; from my side OF the question
to the opposition. "-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-15

Miss Ascum-Is Freddy Fathedd working
for a livinR2
Miss TrilIion-Oh, my, yes! The poor boy
mas been trying for six months TO gain
papa's consent-New York Press.