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The daily tribune., 1906-04-17
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United Strikes OH IN WsIi No. $50
It I.3os Fest.

i u Is10S Eeoe.
The Usitsd OIL conpany hrs struck
oil = ) Sspth q i,sco - II vsil No
w IocA4sd assr ~ bass hall part.
lrhS wsll sivss ever Indicates oi
nakinx splendid produosr and sp.
|psrinsendsnt Johnston IL highly elat.
"a over the prospects. When atrucE
the oil rushed mp the hols : distance
Of between 500 and 1000 feet The
pumping machinery will Be taken to
the welt Immediately and II Il thought
pumping operations will commencs
shout Friday.
Kr. Johnston says the showing il
one Of this bost that the company has
had 10 now we'll for some time aud
that he believes No. $50 will be :
credit 70 the aeld. The drilling ma.
chinery will bs removed to the south
eastern part Of the field where we'll
No. 85l will be drilled. The site Of
the new we'll is CLOSE to the old we'll
Of the Fremont Oil company.
The we'll Of the Columbia Crude
OIL company has reaohed depth Of
1, 200 feet and ~ yet no streaks Of oil
have been encountered. The drilling
ID making good hesdway and Manager
James says he hopes to have oil In .
very few feet further depth.
The annual meeting Of the Keystone
Oil company will be held in this city
tomorrow afternoon. 1t will be held
In the city hall and IL called for ?
O'Clock. A board Of directors will
bs elected and after the election of
these they will meet and elect the
new officers for the ensuing year.
The daily tribune., 1906-04-17

BEST loo cream sod." YeIson.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
SLOWS OF POPULAR AwAkeNlNo.


The most noteworthy feature OF
the ferment in both political parties
In New York is the disposition to have
party tickets this year represent pop
ular sentiment and purpose. This
tendency has gone 30 far as to impress
old time party managers and to impel
them to consider how they can sat
isfy the people who demand a real
share in naming their representatives.
The movement in the republican party
to put Thomas E. Hughes to the front
for governor and in the democratic
party to name William T. Jerome is
most significant development of the
situation.
Both these men, while they were
long known as party adherents, repre-
sent everything that is repugnant to
machine politics carried to the ex-
IRENE in the Empire state. Neither
OF them in Office would for one instant
knuckle to machine dictation, and
each is the last man any combination
of bosses would pick out TO represent
their interests in patronage and legis-
lative manipulations. They are men
OF Independent spirit who regard pub
lie duty as paramount and whose
action would square with their CON
victions of public interest
Nothing could be more suggestive of
popular determination to have a
change from the dictatorial machine
regime than the fact that many of it's
most hardened and conspicuous leaders
not only have abandoned the idea Of
machine tickets. but also are making
show of favoring Hughes and Jerome.
On the democratic side there is the
additional embarrassment OF dealing
with the Hearst raid which threatens
TO become serious, and which, while
pretending to act In the name OF the
people. is practically a most obnox-
ious form OF bossism.
In the great pivotal state of New
York the campaign midway In a presi-
dental term is the time when party
AOiih 'heii hhSS anu enape
their strategy for the national con-
test two years later II means a great
deal therefore that they have now to
accept as a paramount fact that the
people propose to settle affairs which
the machines have been accustomed
to arrogate to themselves. and that
bossism can attempt to block the way
only at its OWE peril.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
NEBRAsIA sENAroRIAL CONTEST.
RE ne.t Nirtnrr.


Des Moines Register and Leader (rep).
Mr.. Rosewater has won what in the end
s the best victory any man ever wins. and
that is victory over his own inclination to
believe that he has been wronged by the
success OF others. A man may have repu-
tation as philosopher. but he Is in reality
no philosopher at all II he does not under
stand that there is always q reason for
things in this world. for his own defeats
and disappointments as well a. for those
OF his opponents.
In the psrisncs OF the street. Mr. Rose
water IL a good loser" Being q good
loser is only another term for being q sane
and we'll balanced man. For no man who
does not lose well ever wins we'll. And no
man who does not accept defeat with COM
posure IL entitled to win. Mr.. Rosewater
stands higher today in Nebraska than he
stood yesterday. and higher outside OF
Nebraska. He may never get to the senate
But he will leave a name that will be re-
membered in connection with the develop
ment Of HIS state OF the Missouri valley
long after the Nance Of most Of the sena-
tors have been forgotten.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE.

Nearly every large city in this coun-
try has within recent years adopted a
test of competency under civil service
rules for all municipal employees
Omaha is one of the very few excep-
tons. Here the spoils system In. its
most offensive and injurious form still
pr evails. While there always. have
been some insists and incompetents in
our municipal service during previous
administrations, great majority of
the men on the municipal pay roll were
qualified for the work assigned to
them. Under the present regime, how
ever, the reverse is the rule. Scores
of men who are absolutely UNIT to fill
the jobs to which they have been as
signed have been foisted upon the city
pay roll and the whole city service has
been demoralized. The fault is not
altogether with Mayor Dahlman, who
has endeavored in many instances to
stand on incompetent taxeaters, but
the council majority seems bent upon
turning everything upside down In the
city hall for partisan ends. regardless
OF the damage infiicled upon the tax
payers.
The responsibility for this state OF
affairs is the spoils system, which al
ways has been prolific in graft. en-
bezzlement and inefficiency in the mu-
nicipal service. The time is ripe for
d radical change. That change may
be brought about by the voluntary
adoption OF civil service rules and the
merit system that will make com
potency the passport for employment,
and at the same time protect honest
and competent men in the municipal
service from summary discharge and
promote those who are most worthy
to higher places. IL can also be
brought about and may have to, be
brought about by legislative action that
will make the civil service and merit
system compulsory in cities of the
metropolitan class.
IL the council is wise 1t will heed
this admonition by enacting an ordi-
nance that will establish civil service
rules and the merit system In Omaha.
BY such action It will relieve itself
from the pressure that is being brought
by place hunters and ward heelers and
at the same time protect honest and
competent democratic employees from
summary discharge in the future, when
the republicans get into power. n they
persist in foisting a horde OF incompe-
tents and grafters on the city pay roll
they will force taxpaying citizens of all
parties to organize for self protection
and precipitate conflict that is to sure
TO end in the expulsion OF the demo-
Gratis from the city administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27


The republican party of Nebraska has a
grand old man in Hon. Edward Rosewater.
He has his enemies-bitter, unrelentins
enemies! No newspaper man who does his
duty as Hon. Edward Rosewater has done
his is without them. They are not always
a discredit to him. As to some OF them.
he may well be loved and admired because
he has them. And no man could have en-
tertained or expressed a more loyal sentI-
ment than did Hon. Edward Rosewater
when called upon. after his defeat in the
nomination for senator, to address the
convention. He has done valiant services
for the republican party In Nebraska. Time
and again he has been on the firing lire
and has contributed as much to republican
victories as any other single agency. He
has frequently been honored by the party
to important and distinguished positions,
but owing to the opposition that will be
generated by any man in journalistic fields
who expresses his sincere convictions fear
lessly. he has been rejected when seeking
higher honors or those positions to which
he believed ne was entitled and In which
he was convinced he could serve the inter
ests Of Nebraska well, And It was immedi-
ately upon such defeat that Hon. Ed
ward Rosewater not only showed no bitter
ness, no keen disappointment, but also
pledged his support to the republican cause
without the least criticism of his opponents
OF OF the campaign they had made. and in.
dicated that he was prepared to continue
the fight for the republican party as dill
gently and enthusiastically az ever be-
fore.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
The Pace That Kills.


The tremendous speed made in the inter.
national automobile race over the Ardennes
circuit In Belgium on Monday Is almost
beyond conception. To maintain an aver.
age Of nearly seventy miles an hour through
a run OF 81 miles. which was the record OF
the winner, must have meant a speed neigh
boring on 100 miles an hour for much OF
the distance. Only in this way could
time lost on curves be made up. The race
makes very pat the story OF a Boston
millionaire who recently visited one OF the
young Vandervilts at Newport. The Wis
itor was taken for a run In q big racing
automobile. He stood the experience until
the speed rose to upward Of eighty miles an
hour when, in terror. he tried TO call 10
the driver beside him to slow up. But In
stead OF being able TO call ne found, 90
runs the story, that once he had opened
his mouth he could not shut II. so violent
was the blast. Fortunately the stretch
permitting such speed was short
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27

people in Douglas county or any other
section OF the state. Douglas county
will elect twelve members to the next
legislature, and there is q bare posi-
bility that Mr.. Brown may need a few
votes from Omaha and Douglas county
to make hts election sure. Let It be
distinctly understood. however, that
The Bee will give no eountenance to
any movement in Douglas or any
other legislative district designed TO
repudiate the action OF the state con-
vention. II Mr.. Brown should happen
to fall down in the final contest. II
will be due to the lack OF sincerity and
indiscretion OF his Lincoln fake reform
champions.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
City Jays Are Easy,

There are certain confidence games so
grossly crude that all the victims may ex-
pect Is a laugh. There is no sympathy for
him and he deserves what he gets, which
is a lesson In experiences. But the repre-
sentative from the back counties who buy a
gold brick, who bets that he can open a
lock. who wagers his money upon the ioca-
ton OF a nimble pea under a shell compared
with the city-bred gudgeon who reads the
personal OF a widow" and Is moved
thereby to loosen up is monument Of
wisdom, dignity and astuteness
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
my NEIGHROR.
Yankee Blade.


My neighbor was a wilder, an sha bad n
rundown farm,
An her cows an pigs an chickens done
r. mighty lot o. harm -.
10 nay neldS ajinin'' an stood It quite
Till I wouldn't be imposed on in no sich
kind o. style. -. r. -
So I looked my very maddest e. I walked
up to her door,
Till she looked up at me smiIin' while .
An her cheeks was red es roses an her
hair es black es night
/ forgot TO scold an sass her, fer she
seemed so sweet and bright.
But my hand was to the pillow now, an Il
To fSrgit them Expectations Jes' by Iookin'
at her shoe.
So / sstheIsd up my anger an said.
An my tone put out her eyes light an
the lashes they fell down.
But amt no man for foolin', ana I went
How her pigs ct an my 'mslons an her
How her chickens scratched my corn out.
oittin' harder ali the time. like a mad
man will, you know,
Then the wilder she looked up, with a
teardrop on her check,
An somethin' n her throat that wouldn't
But she sobbsd an cried out In q kind o
toaFy tone.
That she he'd NJ ne one oIsn to help her. an was
An my hand was on the plov then an
/ bed learnt suSdent lesson that I never
Well. my scoldin' was a failure. seein'
For her pigs an COWS are all here. an
the Widder's with EN-, too.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
A Specific for Revelation

Intelligence from Cuba confines the
opinion which we ventured to express the
other day--which is that the Cuban brother
is constitutionally inimical to constitutional
government or any other kind OF govern
ment. The batch of generals who are In
the lookup at Havana charged with melting
revolution admit that they have no griev-
ances. but want a change. They desire
something exciting to begin. like the little
boy who set fire to the barn. The remedy
for this sort of thing is not the one that
the spanisrds practiced-a nrins squad and
quIeklime. That is too spectacular and only
excites the Cuban brother to emulation.
Put him on the rock pile for six months.
That will abate his passion for revolution.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
PERsoNAL NOTES.

Albert ]. Earling. president of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad was
a Telegram operator for five years.
The New York police will wear caps In
stead of helmets next winter. The order
for the change will shortly be sent out
II will not be greeted with applause, since
policemen say that. while the cap gives
protection against the weather, the helmet
gives protection against the brickbat
Minister John Hicks. the representative
Of the United States in Chile, is the editor
aud principal owner OF the Oshkosh. Wis,
Northwestern. He served four years as
minister to Peru, having been appointed
by President Harrison. He has published
one novel. 1.-THE Man From Oshkosh"
Charles Francis Brush. the noted cleo
tricisn, has on his once door in his build
ing in Cleveland: "ofhce hours. 80 to
u" He is always there promptly and
never works overtime. Most OF his time
he spends in his laboratory alone. His
chief diversion is gotten out OF his three
manual pipe organ.
With the reputation of being the best
all-around athlete and student that Wis
eonsin has ever produced. and with the
distinction OF being the first man who
ever completed the three years law course
at Harvard in two years Henry r. coch-
ems Of Milwaukee Is now In the race for
congress in the Fifth district OF wiscon-
sin.
Pocohsntas v to have a monument. Her
descendants, including all relatives Of the
two HarrisOns, Gouverneur Norris. Mrs
Burton Harrison and the large and i'm
portaht Randolph. Cabel and Fairfax fam
lilies ~ virginia not to mentiOn many La.
weli-known people in New England and
other portions OF the United States. have
decided that the little Indian maiden de-
serves the recognition and have organized
to raise $4,000 10 that end ~
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
GOLD AVID THE INTEREST RATE.

GUILD AND THE INTEREST RATE,
The paradox of q rapidly increasing
worlds product. rising for the cur
rent year far above $500, 900. or
more than the value of the annual
output OF both the gold and silver
mines not long ago, along with an In
creasing interest rate. has not been
better explained than by Herman
Sielken, the great German flnancier.
who emphasizes stimulating effect
OF the unprecedented gold increment
upon industry. THE gold output"
he says, ''is only a stimulus to indus
try and will not bring down the inter
est rate until the worlds commerce
ceases to expand" In other words.
the sure prospect OF an enlarged sup
ply OF money stock encourages enter
prise. which calls for capital and bids
1t up. -.
Precisely this process on an enor-
nous scale has been in progress in
this country. closely following the as
surance ten years ago that adjust
ments we're not to be Violently dislo-
Gated by an arbitrary change from
the worlds money standard. No such
industrial expansion was ever before
experienced in the United States. but
1t has been paralleled in one degree
or another during the. same time In
other. countries, and particularly In
Germany. All the younger Industrial
communities like Canada are increas-
Ing at hitherto unknown rate their
demand for cash funds and credit.
The enormous concentrations in indus
trial organization in this and in other
countries, all proposing enlarged oper-
atoms in old and extensions into new
fields. are merely an index Of the in
crease of enterprise and trade which
must be financed.
The same forces are asserting them
selves notably in great municipal bond
ing operations. New York and Phila-
delphia having lately had to face sales
of thirty and fifty-year bonds on a
per cent basis, which is 90 per
cent higher than. they were able
to realize a few years ago. The
recent Panama bond sale by the
United States Is an explainable excep-
ton to the rule to which even national
and municipal governments of the
strongest credit must submit. Stock
values in this country have long in
large part reflected development an
ticipations, but in such q worldwide
demand for money, involving innumer-
able alternative profits at high rates,
early realization is demanded by in
vestors even in our most promising
properties. .,.,
The possibilities Of gold production
are now known to be almost illimit-
able, and although the annual output
may be still further vastly increased
the interest rate will not fall until
enterprise shall exhaust itself or some
how receives a check s+ !
q
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
THE PIERoE COUNTY DELEGATION.

Inn fihhJE COUNIf DEFECTION.
The attempt Of the fake reform press
b. Justify the conduct OF Candidate
Williams and the detection OF the
Pierce county delegation TO the state
republican convention IN the plea that
they acted in good faith Will not hold
water with intelligent people who are
familiar with the :acts Inc nssump-
ton that the Pierce county delegation
was not instructed on the sehatorship
is baseless. The resolutions instruct
Ing the delegation for Judge Boyd
for congress-. for Senator Sheldon for
governor and for Edward Rosewater
for the United States senator were
passed, each separately. in the pres.
once OF the candidates. and we feel
sure that. Senator Sheldon and Judge
Boyd will corroborate this statement
The comparison between the con-
duct Of Judge Williams and the Pierce
county delegates whom he controlled
and that OF the Saunders and Butler
county delegates who changed from
Brown to Rosewater on the third and
fourth ballots is not we'll taken. The
Saunders and Butler county delegates
voted their individual preference
after discharging their obligation with
out compensation or promise Of re-
ward. The performance of Judge
Williams was piece of rank treach-
cry and clear sell-out. The bar
gain for his vote and that OF the dele
gates whose votes he cast against their
instructions was made before the con-
vention opened And yet Judge Will
liams, when asked before the conven-
ton opened what he had to say re-
garding the reports of impending de.
lection which had been foreshadowed
by the Lincoln Journal, declared, on
honor to the chairman of the Doug
las county delegation. as well as to
others, that there wasn't the slightest
foundation for the report.
He clinched the denial with the
pledge that he and the other delegates
from Pierce county would stand for
Rosewater from first to last. Within
ten minutes after he had given this
assurance, he was seen arm in arm
with Frank Harrison. the manager of
the Brown press bureau. who had in
weighed him into selling out his con-
stituents for a mess of pottage.
1t is also telltale coincidence that
Mr.. Caldwell of Clay county, who had
been promised nomination for state
railway commissioner at the fake re-
form bargain counter, was given to
understand before the convention as
sembled that Judge Williams would be
one OF the three nominees for rail-
road commissioner. Mr.. Caldwell is an
honest, sincere advocate OF railroad
regulation and he was sold out the
moment that Williams was bought In.
Had Mr.. Williams been a candidate
for railroad commissioner or even
contemplated becoming a candidate
before the Pierce county convention
had assembled, he could readily have
secured instructions from his own
county for that office. Manifestly, his
was projected for him after
the Pierce county convention had been
held, and the statement that Pierce
county had not instructed its dele
gates to the state convention to sup
port Rosewater was fabricated to ex-
cuse his dishonorabfe conduct.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
work of Political schem.r..

D.,
When the Epworth league assembly in
Nebraska dipped into politics and passed
resolutions denouncing Editor Rosewater
owing to his being opposed to prohibition.
ana went further and denounced him per-
sonally 1t did Rosewater no harm and did
harm the Epworth league. A religious or
ganization like the Epworth league better
Keep out OF politics. and IL II does 10 in
should be at least fair. while Rosewater
Is opposed to prohibition. 80 is every man
who Is aspiring today for the republican
nomination for United States senator in
this state. Those leaguers did not mention
anyone but Rosewater. thus showing that
they were unfair and unjust and acting
upon spite. thing such body ought to be
clear OF. The amount OF It was that some
political schemer worked the league to DO
that and all he had to do was to raise the
cry OF ''crucify him" ard the mob wa.
ready to do 1t. One cannot predict what a
bunch Of fanatics will do or not do.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
Principles Are what count.

Edward Rosewater's speech after the sen
atorisl contest made him a host of friends.
Rosewater is one OF Nebraska's great men.
and nothing proves It more than that
speech. The ambition OF a lifetime had
for time at least slipped away. but he
was true to his principles. and without re-
sentiment pledged his support to Norris
Brown. because he stood for the principles
he had so long advocated
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
Advertising Its Unf,tness,
=. Rnrina1aalA RAniihlican

Indian territory has been industriously adj
vertised as it for statehood, and probably
Is in most respects. ii But a place where
card invitations to the execution OF a MUIR
derer are issued by a. marshal and the news
sent out as II the Invitations were to a
reception, has little civiliss-
ton yet to gain.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27

II every man who has filed his name
for nomination on the legislative ticket
has a platform of his own up his
sleeve the voters will doubtless have a
long and varied assortment Of prom
ises to digest. Platforms are all right
in their way, but the man and his
record must square with the platform.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
A Birdseye view.

AT the state republican convention Norris
Brown Of Buralo county. was nominated
for United States senator. George L. Shell
don Of cass county. for governor, and for
lieutenant governor. Melvin r. Hopewel OF
Burt county. r. Rosewater OF the Omaha
Bee took his defeat gracefully, showing the
true manhood Of that worthy gentleman
In Mr. Brown the republicans have a man
OF the Rosewater stamp. but one who had
not so many political enemies, hence his
nomination. Millard had no show what
ever. receiving only forty-six and one-half
votes on the first ballot.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
VIII Represent state Wen.

MduIson ChronIcIe (fep.).
Norris Brown was the choice OF the re-
publican convention for United States SEN
ator. While the Chronicle believed that
Rosewater deserved the honor at the hands
Of Nebraska republicans. yet we never for
moment doubted the ability or integrity
OF Norris Brown, and we believe that n
elected by the coming legislature he will
make one of the best representatives this
state has ever had in the United States
senate
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27

1t is difhcuit for the most ardent
lovers OF human freedom to enthuse
over the cause of the men who show
such poor taste as those who threw
the bomb In Stolypin's home.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27

Vice President Fairbanks hits the nail
on the head when he says the negroes
can advance only by their own efforts
but the white man should put
no stones In the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
While IT may be premature to make

While it may be premature to make
specific suggestions for charter revision,
the conduct of the city council in block
ing e1icient supervision of public works
and street pavements will compel tax
payers to organise at an early day to
insure the revision of the charter that
will make a continuance of such per-
formances impossible.