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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

The allegation that Mormons have
laid plans to control the politics OF the
state may account for activity against
them in Wyoming. The American peo-
Pile more strongly object TO church
domination in politics than to moral
lapses by which they are not directly
Affected
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

With Allison proposing the amend
ment which insures the passage of the
railway rate bill Iowa seals its right
TO be considered the birthplace OF the
measure. since IL WAS introduced in
the house by Hepburn and in the SEN
ate by Dolllyer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
Startling Reason for divorces.

There is scarcely living a married man,
or one who has had the average expe-
rience, who will not be amazed to learn
that Chicago woman has been granted
decree OF divorce on the ground that her
husband had cold feet. II husbands should
make cold feet ground for divorcs-but
let II go.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

And now we are once more prom
ised a report OF the water works ap-
praisers within the month. Two
members OF the Water board have
served out their terms and one mem
Der has died while waiting for this re-
port, but the COW is still being steadily
MIXED by the lawyers, while the tax
payers are footing the bills.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Are we or are we not going to have
an inaugural procession when Our
jim" rides into the mayors ONCE at
the head OF the democratic pic
brigade?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Generous Americans should remem-
Der that while the FIRST shock has
passed the people OF San Francisco
are unable TO resume their usual pur-
suits and must have food supplied to
them for some time yet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Enthusiastic friends OF Mr.. Roose-
welt will in time be convinced that
he means what he says when he de-
clares that he will not be candidate
for president TO succeed himself.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

The local administration of Cape
Colony expects trouble when the leEis-
lative council meets, but II is good
evidence OF British development that
the army has not been placed on riot
footing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
A surprIse ComInr.


Those citizens who thought the insurance
companies we're going to open their safes
and tell the people OF San Francisco TO
take whatever they thought was coming
TO them merely forgot that the insurance
companies have lurking desire to 20 On
doing business in spite Of the catastrophe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
The Poor Must Hustle.

NtdiohS
William A. Clark Is going to retire from
the senate and devote some years to the
requirement OF competency for old age
Senator Clark Is worth only s7s,oOOOOO and
whenever he thinks Of Rockefelier's billion
he trembles for the future OF his dependent
little ones.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

The number OF votes cast at the
Omaha municipal election adds up
1897 That is not by any means an
excessive vote for city Of the popula-
ton which we claim.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

The campaign to make Omaha beau
tlful should be an all-the-year-round
campaign, with perhaps little higher
pressure In the boiler for the summer
months than for the winter months.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Egyptian Moslems seem to find
themselves defended against the az
erosion OF the sultan OF Turkey in
matter wherein they are perfectly
willing for him to have his will.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Australia has started TO create
navy. Old England may yet find Itself
relegated to a corner by the FIRE as the
grandmother Of commercial nations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Historical novelists con now cast
their scenes in San Franoisca with
little danger OF being accused VI vlo-
lating local color. as IN @ SHORT me
the memory of few men viii carry
them back 70 the DAYS 1sfors the
earthquake.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Baltimore American.

Baltimore american
The free seed section has been replaced
In the agricultural appropriation bill, and
congress has once more demonstrated that
II has the interests OF the people at heart.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

For once again the prospect lie fair
that we will have gone through an
election in Omaha without any post
scripts in the form Of election contests.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
CouIdn't Let 40,
PhllnielnhIn Recnrd-

BY large majority the house OF repre-
sentatives has again voted TO maintain the
free government seed store. But an those
who want seeds 10 grow In field and garden
would do well 70 apply 20 private dealers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
An ANIMAL RIoN-On.
Washington Post

Perhaps II the American riots OF a year
could be punched we could make an even
better showing than the Parisians. who
break out once a year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
When the Hike VIII BeEin.

There will be an adjournment OF con-
gress just as soon as the public business
threatens to interfere with the work of
the campaign committees.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
Present Proat Versus Hone.

NtNNN4ehu ram DcaAef'
Cuba's vice president has a salary that is
double that OF Vice President Fairbanks.
But perhaps no isn't buoyed up by the
precious thought that he may be pro-
NOTED some day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
SMILING LINES.

We must all be capable Of some sort OF
sacrifice, said the philosopher. b. -
well" answered Mr. Van Root; "a sac
rihce is all right in its place. But l prefer
a line drive over second base. w ashing-
ton Star. t#r.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
Looks better wlahout ,,.,ch.,.

Washington Post.
Between fifty and sixty amendments
have been offered to the rate bill, and
the longer they are discussed the better
the unamended bill looks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
subs,rihers leaving the city ten
pornrily should have The Bee
mailed 10 them. Address will he
changed ne often 49, reduestsd.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Speaker Cannon paid a visit TO the mi
nority room recently TO see his old friend
John Sharp Williams. II is a bright
CHEEKY, cozy room, and as the speaker set
tied into a big chair and looked on the
surroundings in which williams does his
work his eye lighted with pleasure.
John" he said. this is a mighty fine
room you've got here"
Glad YOU like II, Joe" said John, FOR
you'll be occupying il next year"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
nnArn,1r1r az ctRcuLAT1oN.

sTATBMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss 1h.
G. c. Rosewater, general rnahaiAS5. 81 ..,orn
Rec Publishing company, being duly tWoII
saws that the actual number Of iull sna
complete copies Of The Daily, Mohr ,,,in.
~ yanntb ~ Snrii 1906 was as follows
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Man-Do you think I'd better ask your
father for your hand this morning?
Glrl-No. Wait until this evening when
he has his slippers on.-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

The Bashful - All am so happy. /
wouln't let myself even hope that you
would accept me. -
The Girl-Well you see a fortune teller
told me yesterday that my second marriage
would make me happy and wealthy, and
you know, of course, had to get my first
marriage over with.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
Steward-Dld you ring, sir?

Traveler-Yes, steward, II rang.
Steward-Anything | can bring you, sir?
Traveller - yes, st-steward. Bub-bring
me continent IL you have one, or an
Misunderstanding. steward, so l-lul-long as
rs solid. II you can't, sus-sink the ship
Harper's Bazaar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

c. c. RosI ar
General HaHarar.
Subscribed In my presence an gv TO
before me this s0th day OF April. lN
(seaD NJ b. HTNGATEi
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

These street car seats are awfully un.
comfortable, aren't they?" said the first
passenger.
Mine is" said No. q There's an
awfully pretty girl standing In front OF
me, and I'm too tired to get up."-Detroit
Free Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

1t has been demonstrated physically that
= member OF the house OF representative
lie not entitled to slumber In the senate
when a speech is in progress there
II was in the midst OF Senator Spooners
speech that Representative Charles H.
Grosvenor's patriarchal snowy beard was
thrust through the main doorway to the
senate chamber. The general, for every
body calls him that, entered softly and
took the chair usually occupied by sena-
tor Fulton OF Oregon. which was temper
arily vacant. For a time he was an inter-
ested listener. but presently his eyes seemed
heavy and his head sank gently down and
was pillowed in the billowy whiskers. The
vice president became uneasy. Some OF
the pages grinned, but the general did not
waken. Occasionally his head swAyed.
Assistant sergeant-st-Arms Layton, after
conference with the vice president,
stepped softly back and, standing behind
the sleeping statesman touched him gently
on the shoulder. The Sage OF Athens
(which they call him also) leaped from his
chair with a start that indicated that he
believed some Of his political enemies were
after him. Realizing his surroundings he
looked about suspiciously to observe II any
one was watching him. and then with a
consciousness that he was unobserved stole
out OF the chamber.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07
nIrs or wAsnINorON LFE.
Minor scenes ana incidents sketched
on the SPOT.

wv NhNAs
Scenes Of dramatic intensity. OF pent-up
emotion at its climax, are not infreauent
in the American congress But no event
has happened in the house Of representa-
tives since the twentieth century began
to equal in strenuous craftsmanship the
mighty struggle for free seeds and an
appropriation which eliminated In q glori-
Gus victory one week ago The Congress
sional Record faithfully tells what was
said. but does not picture the scene when
the I'D was blown OF and victory perched
In tho camp Of the speedy. One correspond
ent does the same Justice in this sketch:
AT exactly six minutes after 4 O'Clock
CLANCY Of Indiana, temporarily occupying
the seat OF Hon. Robert Adams of Penn
sylvania, leaned back in his chair and
emitted strident 'e-e-eyipr that signaled
the adoption Of the free seed amendment.
Instantly CLANCY was joined by a hundred
others, and a tumult broke forth such as
no other incident Of this session has pro-
voked in the house.
The Joyous seed distributors pounded
their DESKS cheered, stamped, clapped
their hands and roared their satisfaction
that the Ubiquitous Seed trust had been
foiled again, and the suffering farmers
of the country would not be cut OF from
their supply Of congressional graft seeds.
As South Trimble put It, the only graft
OF which everybody could have q piece
had won its hard-fought triumph.
There was almost breathless expectancy
when the paragraph Of the bill was reached
where an amendment restoring the free
seed appropriation would be in order. Fifty
/ times before that attempts had been made
to release some OF the pent-up speeches.
but when nothing else headed them of,
mere uproar had drowned them. Now,
| Colonel Lamb of Virginia, ranking demo-
| crat on the committee, offered an amend
ment appropriating $50 for seeds and
| providing that fve-sixths OF the entire
amount so secured should be distributed
! by congressman, instead Of two-thirds. as
heretofore Immediately Mr.. wadsworth
made the point of order that 1t changed
! existing law. Colonel Lamb strove to de-
liver a regulation free seed speech. but,
tired out at length by oratory and tumult,
the house held him to the point Of order.
On that there was considerable discussion,
and at length, at 4:06 p. M, Mr.. Wads-
worth shouted above the din:
Il withdraw the point Of order
Then they yelled. 1t was all over at
that but the shouting, and they proceeded
to shout. On the vote everybody yelled
as loud as he could with what voice he
had left, and on the demand for tellers
the whole house stood up. It was a fore
gone conclusion how the vote would stand
and the formation for the amendment took
in three-fourths Of those present. The
tally stood 1853 to S."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

About $3.50 private pension bills have been
passed at this session of congress; by the
house only $50 public bills have been passed.
Both are however, a new record for the
house. Usually the number Of public laws
for a whole session does not exceed the
number passed so far at this one.
Hitherto 1900 private bills has been the
record. Counting the days that congress
has been in session the house passed on
an average nearly forty private bills Of one
kind or another.
Relief is coming too late for many of the
benenciaries OF these bills. In every batch
of bills signed by Alexander Mcdowell there
are three or four old soldiers whom death
has claimed before congress gets through
acting on their bills.
The popular impression to the contrary not
withstanding, nearly all the cases covered by
these bills are absolutely meritorious. Nearly
oil are for men who made no hospital record
and cannot therefore get relief through the
pension ONCE. Soldiers who were so fortu-
nate as to have money wherewith to pay
civilian doctors when they were furloughed
home on account Of sickness or wounds are
unfortunate now because they have no hos
pital records and the doctors who treated
them then are dead or unable to recall their
cases, Congress lie the only relief for them
II they are disabled now on account OF
wounds then received, The loafers who got
into the hospitals every time they had a
stomach ache and who knew sick calls
much better than they did the bugle sum
mons to charge can and have got pensions,
but not the fellows who gritted their teeth
and remained at the front so long as they
could stand up and then went home to be
treated by the family doctor.
They are the kind OF men who have to
apply. to congress for the relief they can
not get because they failed to keep their
hospital records straight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-07

Good morning." said the piano stool
by the way, l observed that you started
to smoke last night when Miss Yerner was
entertaining Mr.. Soman."
Yes" replied the parlor lamp. II saw
she was waiting for an excuse to turn me
down. Philadelphia Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23
Federal Detectives,

1t has developed recently that the
spy system is not only fully approved
by the president. but that he is really
the inventor of what is known as the
French system. This is evident from
his conduct in the famous beef pack
ers' cases in Chicago. His subordi-
mates have boldly applied to the post
masters 10 furnish them information to
be used in the prosecution of the pack
ers. Many of the men who handle the
letters of the public have complied
with this demand. but some have re-
tanned their freedom and have de-
clined to play the spy upon their neigh
bors
They prefer TO lose their positions
rather than degrade themselves by
following their nefarious instructions.
and no doubt ii will soon devolve on
the newspapers to chronicle the dis
missal of various postmaSters from the
service. 1t is found that thousands of
secret service men under the direction
of the president are on duty in a dozen
or more states, where they are en-
gagged in assisting in this work.
The whole system is disgraceful and
States. Ii is called the French system
because it prevails in France, where
every man is at the mercy of some spy
hired by some one in authority That
these spies are employed to hunt down
criminals is no excuse for adopting
the system to hunt down simple and
technical violations of the law, and it
frequently occurs that these petty Off
Gals draw into their nets the innocent
as well as the guilty. Men in the most
exalted positions sometimes find them
selves Swallowed by the presidents de-
tectives and their most innocent act
distorted into crimes of which they
have no knowledge.
Thus we are drifting into a form of
government which it's founders never
contemplated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23
A DIFFERENCE
IN LUNGS.

In the Edinburgh Uni
versity three human lungs lie
side by side. One is of an
Eskimo and is snow white.
In life, this would be ruddy
with rich blood. Another is
that of a coal-miner and is
black. The other is of a town
dweller and is a dirty slate
gray, as are the lungs of most
city residents. That's why
consumption thrives in cities.
One reason why SCOTS
Emulsion does so much to
keep down consumption is
because it helps to keep the
lungs clean and supplies
them with rich, red blood. 1t
makes the lungs germ-re-
slsting. If the body is run
down and health is at a low
ebb SCOTS Emulsion will
build it up quickly and per-
manently.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 4os Pearl Street. New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23

said Cook. I've always thought that
when l got through with my present
business I'd come back and enjoy my
quiet home
Homer" said the agent ''You
wouldn't want to live in house with
trolley cars running by it all day and
all night, a hospital backing up against
you and a noisy school on the opposite
corner"
This staggered the owner, and he
said he would go and have a look for
himself. The agent offered to drive
him there, but he declined The truth
is he dreaded to have witness pres
ent when he inspected the house and
grounds where he had spent q happy,
youth. He started alone and on foot
and found the place, just as it had been
described. There was the familiar
house dingy with age and the grounds
full of saplings that had grown up
about the roots of the larger trees
The summer house was falling to
pieces, and the well house had entire
ly disappeared. He entered the for
mer and stood among the ruins On
that seat now rotten and partly fallen
he had sat beside Lucy Dean the even
ing before he went away and told her
that some day he would come back
rich man and they would be married.
Lucy had long been put in the back
while he had been engaged in
a fierce struggle to make himself rich.
He turned away from this corpse OF
his former home, resolved that he
would sell. it., There was orihad been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23
a Lesson Yet to be Learned.

ST. Louis Republic: An instructive
commentary upon the campaign which
Ex-Governor Yates is making against
federal interference in state politics
in Illinois is the question. foremost in
Washington these days. whether a So
called representative in congress owes
a higher duty 10 the speaker of the
house or to- the constituents who sent
him there.
The news from Washington. even
through republican channels. leaves no
doubt that republican members of the
house from the west and the middle
west have been deluged with letters
and kilograms from their districts urg-
ing them to vote for the statehood bill
as amended by the senate Many OF
them have been directly warned that
success Z 20 polls next fall depends
upon their course with respect to this
bill
And yet. says a Washington special
to a st. Louis republican paper. MANY
of these members are wavering be-
tween loyalty to Speaker Cannon and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23
DAILY SHORT STORY
THE OLD BEECH TREE.
[OriSinal.l

IOriginal.l
Hayward Cook sat in his office in the
city reading Il proposition to buy the
old homestead of his family. Fifteen
years before he had left il, large
brick house standing in four acre lot
about five miles from what had since
become great city. y suburb had
been established taking in his prop
erty, and he had had offers for il from
time 10 time, which he had declined
but now an offer had come SO far be-
yond the rest that he considered it
worth while TO go and look into it.
Taking Il train. he went TO the city
near which his property was located
and on alighting at Il stone station that
had taken the place of the frame one
he had known as IL boy turned IL cor
ner TO find the omnibus that used to
take passengers in the direction he
wished TO 20. Instead he found trolley
cars, 4 CIR starting every few minutes
instead of the twice Il day trips for
merly made by the omnibus. Enterin.
car. III half an hour he was at Ridge
wood, the name given to the suburb he
sought, and alightcd at real estate
Office. The agent met him at the door
and BEGAN an effort to induce him to
part with his properly
u don't want 10 sell the old place"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23

due consideration for the wishes Of
their constituents, with. their own fates
trembling in the balance"
In other words, the voters of the
west and middle west have lost control
of the men whom they sent to Wash
ington to represent their wishes and
interests in national legislation.
When these men were elected the
question of statehood for the south
western territories was overshadowed
by the larger question of the election
of a president of the United States.
They were not instructed on statehood
and when they are made acquainted
with the will of their districts they re-
ject it, presumably under the spell of
the speakers pork bar'l.'
And, though there is no sectional
feeling in the middle west against the
southwest. the leading republican or
gan of ST Louis, in the spirit of mar
row partisan sectionalism, advises
these republicans of the house to stand
pat on the provisions of the original
house bill making joint statehood for
Arizona and New Mexico a rider on
that for Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory.
Some unnamed leaders of the re-
publican party have issued rescript
TO the effect that the interests of the
party require that two states be made
now of the four southwestern terri
tories. and this dictum is set up as the
higher law To be observed by republi-
can members of the house rather than
the will of the republican voters in the
several districts.
Under these conditions Ex-Governor
Yates campaign TO reestablish the po-
litical independence of his state and
of its subdivisions is in many ways the
most important of the year The Brit
ish government and the French gov
eminent have learned by experience
that safety lies onlX in paying atten-
ton TO the declared will OF those who
make and unmake parliaments and ad
ministrations. II is a lesson which re-
publican bosses in Washington have
yet TO learn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23

! come. Don't INK ne wUrr rrettIn'
bout"
Cook stood looking at her stupidity
for awhile. then he asked:
us your mistress at homer
''Yas. but it won't do no good to try
to buy dat tree. She won't sell il to
nobody
Cook gained an entrance TO the
house, where he was received by
woman of thirty three or thirty four
who had not yet parted with all the
freshness of youth.
Il would like to buy that tree in
your yard with some letters cut on IT."
he said. Your maid has Informed me
that you prize it though the man who
made 1t treasure to you has proved
unworthy. He promised you in the
summer house of his fathers place
that when he had made his fortune he
would come back and claim you. Well,
he has been absent a long while, but
he has come at last. Lucy, do you
know me?"
She stood with her eyes fixed on him
in a stare for some moments after he
had spoken the last words, then turned
with bent head. Cook went to her and
took her hand and put an arm about
her waist.
The Cook homestead was sold for n
fortune in Itself. Indeed, though Hay
ward Cook had struggled hard he had
not amassed fortune. The increased
value of the homestead land, however,
gave him a sufficiency, and he built
home near the city of his adoption, and
after its completion he brought Lucy