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Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT

st. Louis Republic: No one will admit
familiarity enough with the situation to
deny a visiting minister's point-bank as
sertion that there is not sufficient heat in
hell to drive the machinery of foreign mis-
slons.
Cincinnati Enquirer: A minister has been
elected governor Of Colorado. He may save
the state, but the state may have hard
work to rescue him from his determination.
Ministerial and gubernatorial functions do
not blend charmingly in Colorado.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Bishop williams as
serts that lin the last analysis politics and
religion are one" Undoubtedly correct, II
1t is the right kind Of politics and the right
kind of religion. But there are so many
kinds Of both that the epigram is hardly
safe to rely on as a working rule.
New York Tribune: In deciding to grant
the Catholic church another year Of grace
in which to submit itself in civil AFFAIRS to
the civil law of the land, the French gov
eminent shows admirable moderation and
patience, and we must expect it will have
its due reward in a peaceful and satisfac-
tory settlement Of the controversy.
Indianapolis News: The pastor Of the
Wesleyan Methodist church at Button,
discouraged by the seeming indifference Of
his congregation, and having exhausted
other means Of bringing the recalcitrant
members within hearing Of the gospel, in
the early evening began tolllng the church
bell, and the people FASTENED from every
quarter to ascertain who was dead. Then
the minister told them there was no one
physically dead. but there was a big lot
spiritually decayed, and It was in their be-
half the bell was tolled. Indeed, so well
satisfied was the minister of their spiritual
death that he proposed supplementing the
tolling Of the bell with eulogies more or less
fattering concerning those he had in mind
1t is said there was a feeling Of relief when
the congregation found there was no need
of physically sitting up with the dead. and
that 1t manifested a callous indifference as
to spiritual conditions. Tolling the bell for
the spiritually dead Is an innovation.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
.Hadley on Railroad Rate Making

per cent In interstate business that IS
handled by local freight trains Is some
what greater than Is the per cent OF lntra-
state business OF the entire freight bust
ness, yet the difference Is so slight as TO
affect but little the result. 1 think Il Will
be shown by an investigation OF the way
bills OF any railroad that there is proper
tionately nearly IS much interstate freight
handled by through freight trains as there
is Of interstate freight. Further, as the
necessity for the operation of local freight
trains exists for the purpose OF picking up,
distributing and carrying interstate freight,
as well as picking up, distributing and car
rying Of intrastate freight, It cannot be
contended that the necessity for the opera
ton Of local freight trains can be attrb-
uted solely to intrastate freight. with such
a proposition as basis OF examination, It
becomes mere mathematical problem TO
determine the increased cost II any, per
ton per mile for the doing Of intrastate, as
compared with the doing of interstate
freight business.
Mr. Dllworth. in the Nebraska case, gave
It as his opinion that the increased cost
Of state over interstate business did not
exceed 10 per cent and the Board Of Rail-
road Commissioners in Kentucky has re-
Gently found, after a most exhaustive
investigation of the subject that the in
creased cost would not exceed IA per cent.
While ! agree with you that there has
been much juggling upon the part Of the
railroads in this class of litigation, I do
not think that in this day, at least, they
can succeed in inducing any court to assign
the expenses for all state and interstate
freight business as against the earnings
from the state from freight alone Such
cases must be determined upon the in
creased cost, IL any, Of handling the aver
age ton mile Of state freight as compared
with the expense Of handling the average
ton mile Of interstate freight, and this must
be determined by the proportion Of state
and interstate freight business that Is
hauled by through and local freight trains
in comparison with the comparative volume
Of the two classes of business.
While this letter is not written for publ
cation, yet, If in your opinion, It would
serve any useful purpose to the people Of
your state, 1 have no objection to your
publishing it. HERBERT S. HADBEY,
Attorney General.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

CITY OF JEFFERSON, November "A, 1905
TO the Editor Of The Bee: I have read
with interest your comment upon the prop
osition contended for by the railroad COM
panies in their opposition to the regulation
Of state rates by the different states.
agree with you that the facts In reference
TO the expense of doing local or interstate
business have been grossly misrepresented
BY the railroads TO the courts of the vari-
Gus states and to the federal courts The
success Of the railroads in the various
freight rate cases has been largely due to
the fact that they have been successful In
inducing the courts to believe that Il costs
from three to seven times as much TO haul
ton Of freight per mile in the doing Of
intrastate freight business as It does in
the doing Of interstate freight bushes s. This
contention seems to have been accepted by
the representatives Of those states that have
been engaged in such litigation as correct,
and the facts upon which such contention is
based have been given little or no investi-
cation.
In the litigation now pending in the
United States circuit court at Kansas City
between the eighteen railroads in Missouri
and the state Of Missouri, in which it is
contended by the railroads that the act OF
the last legislature is confscatory, this
time-worn contention of increased cost Of
doing state, as compared with the cost Of
doing interstate business constitutes the
basis OF the suits I have made this the
main Issue in the litigation, and from a
careful investigation by competent experts,
l am satisfied that there is no difficulty in
the legal proposition established by the de-
csion Of the supreme court Of the United
States, excluding from consideration in such
cases the earnings on interstate business.
II the courts can only be made 10 under
stand the fallacy Of the contention as to
the Increased cost Of handling intrastate
business.
The contention has been made in the Bur-
lington case, in which the evidence IS now
being taken, that II costs more to haul an
average ton Of freight per mile in intra-
state business than in interstate business
because the interstate business is mostly
handled by local freight trains. and the
operation Of such trains is more expensive
than the operation Of through freight
trains. While it is probably true that the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
HAZEL BLOSSOMS.
John Greenleaf Whittier.

JeLlA GIeeLlcdA " ulLlleIs
The summer warmth has left the sky,
The summer songs have died away;
And, Withered, in the fOotpaths lie
The fallen leaves, but yesterday
With ruby and with topaz gay.
The grass is browning on the hills,
No pa 81, belated flowers recall
The astral tringes of the Tills,
And drearily the dead vines fall
F'rost-blackened, from the roadside wall
Yet through the gray and somber wood,
Against the dusk of fir and pine
Last OF their floral sisterhood,
The hazels yellow blossoms shine,
The tawny fold of Afric's minel
Small beauty hath my unsung flower
For spring TO own or summer hail;
But, in the seasons saddest hour,
To skies that weep and winds that wall
It's glad surprisals never fail.
o days grown coldl o life grown old
No rose Of June may bloom again;
But like the hazels twisted gold,
Through early frost and latter rain
Shall hints Of summertime remain
And as within the hazers bough
A gift OF mystic virtue dwells
That points to golden ores below
And in dry desert places tells
Where flow unseen the cool, sweet wells.
So, in the wise Divine's hand,
Be mine the hazels grateful part
To feel, beneath thirsty land,
The living waters thrill and start,
The beating of the rivulet's heart!
sufnceth me the gift to Tight
With latest bloom the dark, cold days;
To call some hidden spring to sight
That, IN these dry and dusty ways,
Shall sing its pleasant song OF praise.
o Lowell the backward may fail,
But thou canst lend the surer spell
That passing over Baca's vale,
Repeats the old-time miracle,
And makes the desert-land a we'll
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

claims. The only alternative, since
she chooses not to employ existing
permanent charity organizations, must
be the creation of an organization of
her own with the extensive staff neces-
sary to dispose of her millions in her
lifetime. That even the best man.
aged charity organizations are imper-
feet is only too well known, but they
reflect the mature common Judgment
that far more good is accomplished
with than could be accomplished with
out them. If, therefore, Mrs. Sage
can carry out her laudable purpose, it
will be a marvel Of executive ability.
1t may be plausibly surmised that
the method is the one preferred by her
late husband, though not expressly
enjoined in his will, for while ready
to relieve real need, he was extremely
wary against imposition, and he was
known to be distrustful Of professional
opportunities in the name of charity.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

The holy life needs no heralding.
Your fads cannot be another's faith.
Character seldom climbs higher than
kindness.
The debating Of doctrine means the de-
laying Of duty.
He who can do no more than dream is
already undone.
The worship Of gold does not make the
golden worshiper.
No man rises without being knocked
down a few times
It is always easier to bring down the
house than to lift II up.
You do not set yourself solid for heaven
by getting askew with earth.
The faith that IS forced down the throat
does not drop into the heart
If you are not happy on a little you
would be less happy on more.
No man ever knows just how faithful
he is until he gets under fire.
Every man Is debtor to men to at least
the extent Of his advantages
The man who puts bread and butter FIRST
will never get much beyond H.
Many a good deed has died in intention
for lack OF a little appreciation.
II Is easy 70 spoil a lot Of religious logic
with a little of color religious living.
II Is wonderful how little II takes 10
satiate the self-respect Of some people.
It is always we'll 10 believe a few things
deeply, provided they are deep things.
The highest delights are often found by
turning the back on pleasure and facins
cold duty.-chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Doctors interested in the campaign
against "the great white plague" ex-
press a wish for some wealthy man as
"crazy on this as Mr.. Carnegie is on
libraries" One thing at time. When
the Carnegie library has done it's ap-
pointed work, the money to enable the
doctors to carry on a comprehensive
and effective campaign against tubercu-
losis, or any other form of disease, will
be readily forthcoming. Dissemina-
ton of knowledge will lead eventually
to its application, and the world in
time will be much better because An
drew Carnegie has been crazy on
Libraries"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
Muntra AaAlNsr Mnnnr

Signs are appearing in various d.
rections portending movement on
the part OF the allied corporate inter-
ests TO prevent confirmation Of the APP
poiutment OF Attorney General Will
liam II. Moody to the supreme bench,
to which the president has announced
his intention TO promote him. Objec-
items are being raised to the selection
of MIR. Moody to a high judicial posi-
ton which lily disguise the fine Ital-
ian hand of the astute corporation
lawyers, always careful to hide their
tracks. These all insist that the pres
ident made a mistake in choosing Mr..
Moody for the supreme court vacancy,
and while pretending to endorse his
fitness and qualifications, urge the un-
timeliness of the appointment because
of conditions which his ascent of the
bench would produce.
Among other things we are told
that the investiture of Mr. Moody with
the judicial robe would cost the gov
eminent millions Of dollars, that he
/ would be prevented by custom and
precedent from sitting on any case in
which he had directly or indirectly
represented the government as a party
to the suit, and that many cases of ut
most public Importance would have to
be dismissed altogether, or could not
be tried by a full bench. An effort is
being studiously made to impress the
public with the multiplicity and inn
portance of the prosecutions brought
under the trust laws and the suits
against the railroads from which Mr..
Moody, as Judge, would be barred.
The real difficulty, however, is to be
found not in the cases on which Judge
Moody would be prevented from sit
ting, but in the cases in which he
would sit We have a striking exam
pie pending right now in the appeal
in the Nebraska railway tax cases, for
which the railroad attorneys secured
a special postponement a month ago
on the plea that they wanted to wait
until the vacancy was filled SO that It
could be tried to the entire compile
ment Of judges. They did not dream
that Mr. Moody was the Judge for
whom they were waiting or they would
have taken the other tack and pressed
for immediate hearing. They hoped
that the new judge would be lawyer
of known corporation proclivities, or,
at any rate, preferred to take chance
upon finding a friend in the new ap-
pointee. They can expect no favors
beyond "a square DEAL from Attorney
General Moody and hence would much
prefer to have his nomination held up
and someone on closer terms with the
| corporation crowd put in his place.
This condition is doubtless duplicated
in many other cases.
If Mr.. Moody had shown corpora
ton bias as attorney general he would
in all probability be immune from the
attacks upon him now. At least they
would not come from the same source.
Mr.. Moody has proved himself to be
a man of independence, yet of fairness
as well. Those who are laying the
foundation for opposition to his con-
| firmation should let we'll enough alone
rather than invite the appointment Of
someone still more obnoxious to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

worthless have thus become fruitful
and valuable and the theater Of a
thriving farm industry. 1t is precisely
in this direction that the increasing
pressure of surplus population from
the older settled regions is destined
to be felt indefinitely in the future.
But with the development Of the work
of the Department of Agriculture,
which, important as its results already
have proved, is yet only in its begin
ming, an almost illimitable field for
expansion will be opened up and rap
idly occupied.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Ministerial declarations on the di-
vorce question are useful as indicating
the attitude Of the clergy on the points
involved, but up to date have had little
apparent effect on the courts that are
called on TO correct the blunders made
by Cupid. And the blind little archer
will very likely continue to FIRE at ran
dom despite the advance refusal OF
ministerial sanction under certain
specified conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
Steel Cars for Passengers.

Steel passenger cars on the railroads
will unquestionably be better than the
wooden coaches in some respects, but their
superiority is not absolute. 1t Is true. for
instance, that the steel cars will not be
wrecked so completely as wooden cars
when they are In collision, but, on the
other hand, 1t will be harder to rescue
people from wrecked steel cars than from
wrecked wooden cars. Wood can be
chopped away, while steel will remain
impregnable to the efforts of rescue
parties, 1t is not going to be pleasant Ia
be wrecked in a steel car, even though II
stands the shock better than a wooden
car
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
THE PRESIDENT At PANAMA.

No one imagined at any time that
President Roosevelt's visit to Panama
partook in the slightest of the nature
of a junket, and the record of his
movements since arriving throw into
bold relief the seriousness Of his pur-
pose. The arduous investigation of
the work to which he has devoted
every moment of his time. the public
and social demonstrations being mere
incidents, shows his intense earnest
ness for knowledge and for every re-
quirement that will forward the enter
prise to successful completion. No one
on the isthmus or elsewhere will doubt
that the visit is official and means
business, or that It is merely the pre-
liminary to a campaign of increased
efficiency, which will not cease so long
as he is president of the United States,
and the effects of which will be felt
long afterwards.
The president thus once more sig
nally illustrates his faculty of putting
himself in line with the dominant in
terests and desire of his countrymen.
for on hardly any other subject is pub
lie opinion more thoroughly aroused
than on the Importance of this historic
undertaking. There may be, and there
have indeed been, few carplng critics
who would prefer a more conventional
chief executive, or one who would not
transgress beyond the formal functions
of a mere official figurehead, but the
overwhelming and enthusiastic judg-
ment of the world will be that the
country is fortunate to have in the
presidents Office a man alert and in
stinct with zeal and force to drive for
ward such great national undertake
ings.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
Mexico's Carnegie.

Mexico has an Andrew Carnegie in a
multi-millionaire mine owner named Pedro
Alvarado; but instead of scattering
Libraries through the land his method Of
dying poor is to give his money directly
to the people. It is averred that he has
actually proposed to President Diaz to as
sumo the public debt. The result might be
a reverse application OF the old proverb
and 1t would be a case Of easy go, easy
come Having got rid Of the old debt so
easily, the government would be encour-
aged to run up a new one.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
A. HOspe Co.
1918 Douglas Street

and each broke a leg. Wherefore an un-
feeling section boss requested the superln-
tendent Of the road to line the right of
way with feather beds, so that the heroes
Of the rail might have a soft thing to
Jump on"
A Chicago Judge evolves a few thinks of
interest to the brethren Of the bench. He
declares with BETTING decorum that
there are limitations to the power OF the
court Emphatically so on the question Of
restricting an able-bodied thirst to one
drink day Injunction denied"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
THE RrssFLL SO MILLIoNs.


The progress Of Mrs. Sages effort
to dispose OF her colossal fortune di-
rectly to deserving poor individuals,
and not through the fundamentally
of public charities, will be watched
with interest. There is evinced, how
ever, a general disposition to honor
her motive rather than to approve the
wisdom of her method. Her desire
that her wealth shall not go to impair
self-helD and ambition nor to nourish
those who have brought upon them
selves the consequences of idleness
and vicious habits, but rather to re-
lieYe those who, though industrious,
honest and worthy, are unfortunate,
surely is most commendable. 1t is
indeed the aim of all intelligent char
liable effort, but its evolution has
demonstrated the necessity OF system
attic and permanent organization. 1t
is represented. so far as the larger
operations are concerned, chiefly by
our system of public charities, which
indeed by the measure of their ad-
ministrative economies make small do
nations more effective
Mrs. Sage cannot. OF course, per
sonally inquire into and know the
merits of more than an infnitesimal
fraction OF her beneheiaries II her
whole huge fortune is to be disposed
of during the few years OF life that at
best can now remain to her. She
would be engulfed In the mass Of
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Senator Henry M. Teller echoes a
complaint that has been heard in the
west these many years concerning the
system of the Indian office in it's ad-
ministration of affairs on the reserva-
tions. Too much system and too little
administration has always been a no.
ticeable feature OF the dealings be-
tween the government and its wards.
Wherever the relations between the
two have even approached a common
sense arrangement, good for both sides
has resulted. Commissioner Leupp is
merely the legatee Of a long line of
mistakes, but he is apparently earnest
in his desire to bring about a better
adjustment of conditions. If the ad-
mission of Indian territory Jointly
with Oklahoma as state will aid in
bringing the system of the Indian Office
to a better business basis, it will be
of far more benefit to the country than
the mere addition of a star to the field
in Old Glory.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Those who attribute the negro's con-
dition in the south to his Incidence
should investigate the conditions. Such
wages as he receives is hardly an in
centive to hard work.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Japan is now demanding "reci-
procity" with the United States. Those
islanders have evidently observed the
contest in Iowa and are taking a mean
way Of retaliating for the San Fran
cisco incident.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

A glance toward Washington, where
the survivors of the Knights Of Labor
are in session, should be a valuable
object lesson to the American Fedora
ton OF Labor when it discusses politi-
cal action.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

The report that Methodist bishop
is III as the result of chicken bone
lodged in his throat indicates that the
barnyaFd fowl has begun to object to
its traditional fate.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

The Missouri river is just as suscep-
tible of navigation today as it ever
was, and its channel is much more
Inviting because II is more free from
snags. Who will be the hyst to endow
a feet to pillow the turbid waters and
thread the fugitive channel Of the
s'AIissooY"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

If the delegates to the Transmfssis-
sippi congress, which is to convene at
Kansas City during the week, will only
center on some one project to be
pushed, the meeting may not be devoid
of beneficial results. One difficulty
with these conventions in the past has
been that the deliberations covered a
wide range Of topics, and the possible
good Of the gathering has been dissi-
pated through misplaced efforts to sup
port a number of enterprises, any one
of which would require the undivided
attention of the congress. If it is DOS
sible TO unite on a program that will
center effort on a single project and
push 1t to its contamination, and then
take up another, the Transmississippi
congress can be made a genuine fac
tor for good in the development Of the
great empire 1t purports to represent.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Those VINO expected Governor Ma
COON to resign on complaint OF Cuban
liberals failed to take into considera-
ton his natural desire to see what the
liberals would do II they could not
Gust him.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

twenty-five years OF state aided in
suranee for working people finds Ger
many well pleased with the system;
but Anglo-SaXons on both sides Of the
ocean will probably be content with
their poor houses
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
Uncle Joe,n Futile Honen.
Springfield Republican.

Speaker Cannon must begin early II he
is to persuade the president to abandon
radicalism this winter and give congress
and the country a rest. The annual mes
sage, which is already written, comes
down hard, 1t is understood, on Swollen
fortunes"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

BY the time the United States has
completed the Panama canal it will
look upon the deep waterway from the
lakes to the gulf as a mere bagatelle.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Personal experience will enable
President Roosevelt to deal with some
features of canal construction, notably
that of landslides.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18

Kansas City will probably send all
delegates to the Transmississippi con-
gress back home firm champions of
resumption of traffic on the Missouri
river
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
Lemon Market Overworked,
indianapolis News.

1t is said that the supply of lemons this
year will be smaller than in previous
years. We should judge so by the num-
Der that was handed out during the re-
cent election.