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Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10


Whatever may be true about Hetty
Green. the lady cannot possibly look like
all her pictures.
Cost Of living in San Francisco has sd-
vanced 20 per cent and the living Is not
half as good as Il used to be.
John ID. Rockefeller's Sunday school well
coined him back as cordially as though Il
had few papers TO serve on him.
Misoha Elman. the boy violinist. has re-
volted against being considered an infant
prodigy and has insisted on wearing trous-
ers and discarding the sailor suit. which
he found extremely uncomfortable. He Is
now Il and gets furious when women want
TO kiss him.
Lieutenant Earnest d. Peck, a member
Of the United States Army engineer corps,
has the distinction Of being the tallest
man in the army. He is six feet four
and one-half inches in height. a native OF
Wisconsin. and graduated from West Point
with the class OF 1901.
Accurate tab has been kept on Baron
Rosen, the Russian ambassador, since he
arrived In Washington. and nobody ever
saw him without a cigar in his mouth or
in his hand, just ready TO put in his
mouth, except when he was at a state
function or dining, and then he always
smokes between courses.
Thomas A. Edison, the noted inventor.
has started on an automobile trip that
will embrace a journey of over 5000 miles
Mr.. Edison is accompanied by his wife
daughter ana son. They, will tour through
northern New York and New England. and
will then go into Canada, where Mr.. Edi-
son will make further researches into the
cobalt deposits.
r. T. Lowery is soon to have the dis
tinction Of being the only perpatetic edi-
tor. He is now publisher OF Lowery's
Claim at Nelson, b. c., but the Canadian
postoffice has excluded his paper from this
mails. Now he has decided to go upon
the road and will issue his paper from
whatever town he may happen to be ir
at time of going TO press.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the reigning dauEh.
ter OF the White House. is an indefatiga bic
collector of souvenir postal cards She ha,
just finished her sixteenth book. A large
collection has come to her from her sister
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, who since hel
arrival in Europe, has sent a souvenir
card daily. Mrs. Roosevelt divides between
Miss Ethel and her two younger boys al
the pictorial cards which she receives.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
TAINTED MONEY oUTLAwED.
Difficulties Involved I'm Obeying
Colonel Bryan's Commands.


Mr.. Bryan, who resigned from the board
OF trustees Of Illinois college because 1t
took tainted" money, is not going to have
the expenses of his homecoming betrayed
by that sort of currency. He commands
the committee of arrangements to see to
II that no money is accepted from ques-
tionable sources" large order. 1t tsboos
many illustrious, democrats who are now
standing with hands astretch and hearts
afire awaiting the wanderers return. No
body in the trust line can chip in.
trust" is only a large corporation. How
many important democrats are not inter
ested in such corporations? The Hon.
David r. Francis of St. Louis is d.
rector OF many. He must step down from
the committee. Lewis Nixon must step
down, too The Hon. Charles Annette
Towne, tainted with Texas OIL can't get
on the purified list OF contributors. Colonel
Jim Guffey, wh6lh the bowels OF the earth
have deluged with wealth, must sit among
the scorners. The Hon Jim Jones, some
time of Arkansas, is a trust magnate, He
can sign bulletins. but not checks, for the
Bryan old home week. He can furnish
rainbows but not contributions. The
Golden democrats Of New York all belong
to 1.-THE ostracized set" The democratic
national committee and the democratic
state committees are thick with faint. They
must be purged.
Mr.. Bryan, who loves dollar dinners pre-
fers dollar subscriptions, but will consent
TO ffty-dollar subscriptions; and the names
must be published. But a dollar subscrip-
tlon may be as irremediably tainted as
million dollars of John d. Rockefeller's.
Can Mr.. Bryan's faithful janitor and wor-
SHIPPER the Hon. Moses Cincinnatus Wet
more, subscribe? He makes his money by
selling out TO trusts. Therefore his money
Is trust money. Some of the Peerless's own
wealth is tainted. Undoubtedly some plu-
tocrats. some directors Of corporations,
mlnions of the money power and foes OF
the producing classes" have attended his
| lectures and bought his paper, Can he
| divide the pure from the impure in his
| pile? Can he follow TO its source every
| dollar and guarantee It's purity?
At least every subscription should be ac-
companied with an afidavit; but mems
memories are short, and the bacteriology
| OF financial faint Is new science. Would
/ Il not be better to have the bills for the
Bryan home week paid by two Catonian
! and impeccable statesmen, against the yes
| tai virgnity Of whose modest savings the
/ breath Of suspician and malignity have
/ never dared to blow? We refer OF course,
| 10 the Hon. william Bourke Cochran and
| the Hon. Charles Francis Murphy
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
A NATIONAL PERIL
"What Shall We DO to BE Saved"
from ThisF

from ThisF
Cleveland Leader.
Mr.. Bryan casts a sinister shadow across
the sea, David b. Hill turns uneasily on
the couch of oblivion. Charles Warren
Fairbanks continues to mail photographs
to county chairmen. Mary McLane is writ
ing new book and tornadoes are pre-
dicted for Kansas Gloom enough for one
summer-end, assuredly, but the dangers
thus catalogued fade into thin gray in the
presence OF the black calamity that threat
ems from London. In its inimitable tragic
style Golfers Weekly thus sets forth the
impending disaster:
1.-THE princess gown. being now in vogue,
has brought in it's wake a new form Of
corset, rampant abroad, and threatening
these shores for the autumn trade. Waists
this year are small and round, and the
efforts thus to cut them and keep the
princess style has summoned into existence
whalebone garment reaching from the
shoulders to below the knees"
What shall we do to be saved? Think OF
IT, gentle male reader. "A whalebone gar
ment reaching from the shoulders to below
the knees" Fancy being shut up in a ton
nea with that. Imagine a ride In a
crowded street car in such company. Pic
ture fair summer resorter so CARRIED
trying to rest languidly on a low stone
wall by babbling brook. Must we sit
IDLY by and see this horror creep upon us
from oversee? Must we exchange our
womankind for a race OF armored cruisers
Must Kipding revise his gentle, genia
Vampire" lines TO rag and a whale
bone and a hank OF horsehair?" Can
President Roosevelt or George Fred Wi
liams or Carrie Nation or Governor HAM!
do something about It?
"a whalebone garment reaching from tn
shoulders to below the knees!" Help!
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
INEFFECTIVE RANK INSPECTION


The worst feature Of the disastrous
bank failure over in Chicago is the dis
closure that the work of wrecking the
institution has been in progress for sew
eral years and that Notwithstanding its
frightful condition bank examiners had
repeatedly reported 1t to be solvent and
reasonably we'll conducted. One we'll
known Chicago banker, speaking of
this phase of the bank failure is quoted
as saying that the state bank inspec-
ton in Illinois to which the failed bank
was subjected is just as efficient as the
federal bank inspection and that it is
no trick at all to fool the bank exam
iners or to mislead them by doctored
books and manipulated accounts.
This statement is doubtless over
drawn and exaggerated, but 1t draws
attention. at least. to a serious situa-
ton that calls for careful investiga-
ton and measures to remedy the de-
fects. II may be impossible to make
all bankers honest by force of law, but
there ought to be some way of devising
effective inspection that will uncover
| dishonesty and trace the guilt home
before it has run the whole gamut and
cleaned out the entire contents of the
bank. If it is SO easy to fool the bank
examiner, how much more easy would
it be to loot bank in connivance with
corrupt bank examiner who might
wilfully cover up the crooked work
and share in its profits.
We have been perhaps fortunate in
the character Of our bank examiners.
but it has been frequently remarked
that, in the great majority of bank
failures due to dishonesty of the bank
officials. the exposure has come. not
from the inspection, but from some ex-
ternal signs or accidental discovery
The question of improved bank inspec-
ton must command the attention OF
our lawmakers. both state and ma
tional
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
RebuIxe for Boss Bryan.

Kansas City Star.
The victory of Roger Sullivan in Illinois,
in spite Of the remarkable demand by Mr..
Bryan that he step down and out of the
counsels Of the democratic party, was not
SO surprising after all. Mr.. Bryan is
exceedingly popular with his party, but
when he undertakes to run things" he
gets into the same kind of trouble that
other men find when they get out of bounds
and mix 1t up" And to be plain and
truthful, Mr.. Bryans demand on Sullivan
would come with a somewhat better grace
II he, the peerless leader" were a little
more careful in choosing his political asso-
ciates and immediate counselors. Good
men have Mr.. Bryans ear, but so have
bad men. And OF the latter some even
have the hobnobbing privilege.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
THE DIFFERENCE.

On the eve Of the primary election
over in Illinois last week Senator
Shelby NJ. Cullom issued the following
public statement over his signature:
The new primary law gives the people
an opportunity 10 express their choice for
United States senator This opportunity
should not be neglected. The decision Of
the people ought TO be conclusive. BY
that decision shall cheerfully abide, as
I have repeatedly stated before.
SHELBY NJ. CULLoM.
The primary election law in Ne
braska under which the delegates to
represent Douglas county in the repub-
lican state convention we're chosen
gave the people OF this county an op-
portunity to express their choice for
United States senator, and they did not
neglect the opportunity. The issue
was plainly between Edward Rose
water and his opponents. who had
Joined in a delegation made up OF their
combined supporters, with an addi-
tional advantage in the form of a
juggled rotation primary ballot in
flicted on the voters by court order.
The outcome was decisive declara-
ton for Edward Rosewater for senator
by more than a two to one majority
II this we're in Illinois the decision
would be conclusive as against other
Douglas county candidates who had
entered the field. Had the decision OF
the primary been reversed. with a ma
jority against the candidacy of Ed.
ward Rosewater, his opponents would
also have insisted that it be conclusive
at least so far as he was concerned.
Notwithstanding this decision, how.
ever, certain Douglas county candi'
dates who we're rejected at the pri'
mary by the republicans OF their OWE
home county still refuse to acQuiesce
in the results, which they were tacitly
pledged and morally bound to abide
The position taken by Senator Cullon
in Illinois is respectfully commended
to Nebraska senatorial aspirants whI
! decline to recognize the decision o.
the people as conclusive.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
GOLD AND CIRCULATION.

Two Official statements, one showing
the aggregate money in circulation in
the United States on August 1, and the
other the production of the great South
Africa gold region for the month of
July, concur in suspicious significance.
Our total circulation on that date
reached the unprecedented figure of
$2,757 100000. being an increase of
$12, 900 for July and $162,4O0,-
900 for the twelve months. The per
capita thus on that date was S32.52,
against 3S2.45. the highest point ever
reached before. The treasury report
shows that not in half a century has
| the proportion of gold in our circula-
ton been so great as now, nor as rap
idly growing as lately, most of the
great gain in recent months being gold
and a large part OF 1t through impor-
tation by transfer OF the South African
output.
In July the officially recorded out
put of the South Africa mines mounted
to $10,5OO, 900, against $s,70O,00O as
the highest previous record. and the
total product of that district alone for
the current year will probably be
Sl2O 100000. or not very far below
the low point of the worlds gold an
nual output within the memory OF men
still living. The mines of the United
States are expected this year to add
over 100000 200. The wordb gold
product for the year can hardly be
much less than Ss5O.OOO.000. or far
more than the annual increment OF
the value Of both gold and silver not
many years ago.
The special significance of the stu
alton is. not only that the worlds sup
ply OF gold is ample and increasing.
but also that we have the credit 70
secure from Il all we need as money
in a period Of industrial activity and
expansion. Ten years ago the per
capita currency in the country. a much
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO

The prospect is not very bright for
a new state composed of Arizona and
New Mexico under the enabling act
passed at the last session of congress.
While the people of both territories
would have favored separate statehood,
congress was immovably opposed to it.
The law therefore provides for admis-
sion as a single state only on condition
that the people of each territory vote
for 1t in the coming election.
There is evidence of powerful senti-
ment in Arizona against fusion with
New Mexico. and the opposition. ex-
tending through both political parties
Unfortunately, is organizing for a
vigorous contest. 1t is natural enough
that nearly all the federal Office holders
and allied interests should object to
the change, but 1t was hardly expected
that 10 per cent of the members OF
both the republican and democratic
territorial committees should take the
same view and enroll themselves az
they have done in an .anti-admission
league.
In point of fact there does not ap-
pear to be in Arizona or New Mexico
apart from mere politicians, the strong
desire for admission either as one state
or separately which the general public
has imagined, nor is there any practi.
cal reason why such desire should
exist. The territories now have II
local affairs self-government through
their own elected legislature, while as
territories a large portion of the ex
pense of government is paid from the
United States treasury and not by ter
ritorial taxation at all. Statehood
would Immediately be followed By
largely increased taxation, which under
the circumstances has no attraction FOL
the property owners and substantial
commercial class. And 1t is believed
upon the whole not unlikely that thes'
considerations, added to sentimental
impulse and mutual prejudices In the
two territories, will decisively defea
the merger for admission, involving tn,
alternative Of an indefinite territorial
status for both Arizona and New Mex
leo
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

larger proportion of 1t than now paper
OF underweight silver coin, was S21.1O,
or about one-third less than on August
/, with a doubt as to stability that
was rapidly driving gold out Of the
country and cutting us OF from a con-
dition, now so happily and firmly es-
tablished, in which the aggregate
worlds gold holdings and increment is
virtually a reserve upon which we can
draw indefinitely according to our
varying need for currency.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

They Hand Each other some Charm-
Ing. vocal Bouquets.
New York sun

New 1ork sun.
From, the Lakes Of Killarney his lips
sim fervent with the kisses Of the bryan.
stone. Rn the faint Killer sent sugared
words In praise OF Three-Cent Tom:
"Nr johnson Is a unique figure. Ht
stopped money making in the very prime
OF life and at great pecuniary sacrifice
gave himself unreservedly to public affairs.
In the face OF all the abuse that in.
trenched wrongdoers could heap upon him
he has been performing a great civic duty,
and I am hoping that his splendid example
will inspire many other rich men 60 put
limit to their accumulations and devote
their lives to the welfare Of their fellows.
There are many good friends whom
would gladly have seen chosen for that
place, but az this time. when there are 50
many signs Of an ethical awakening anon
our business men. his selection was espe
| cially appropriate
This ethical awakener is chairman OF the
Bryan reception committee. one OF the
choicest collections of taintees ever gath
cred. True to the great principle of Ca
me, ca thee, the Cleveland dictator sweet
ems the Peerless with smiling hand:
I'm the charm Of his oratory and the
steady march Of his thoughts, the simple
skill Of his political tact and the broad
promise Of his statesmanship and his ideals
of citizenship, his noble standard Of man
hood and the magnetism of his personality.
we have always seen what the world is
now discovering, the supreme influence OF
his rugged sincerity"
Thus does this noble pair OF brothers give
and take molasses. IL is privilege 10 see
them 'ladling out butter from alternate
| tubs" II is remotely possible that neither
! Mr.. Bryan nor the burly street railroad
eapitalist will ever be president But what
Of IL? They are linked together in a glory
that transcends office. To change one OF
| DR.. Holmes pronouns:
Read on the hearts that love them still:
HE facet Tom, hic jacet BIZ.
| And each has written the others epitaph.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
An Opening eor ReIIef.


The battle between the people and the ice
men in several cities has brought forth the
suggestion that the business Of supplying
ice is one which can be very advantageOusly
combined with that OF the butcher. Butch
ers themselves need large stores Of &c, and,
by putting up a surplus and delivering 1t
TO ordinary customers by means OF the
wagons which at the same time deliver
meat, considerable advantage is SEEM
ingiy gained. This is the plan by which the
back OF the present ice monopoly at Pater-
son, n. j., Is TO be broken, the retail
butchers having united to secure plant
and agreeing 10 supply customers at 10
cents per 100 pounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

The unterrif1ed democracy in the
State of Gage has resoluted aloud for
the edification of the world at large,
declaring. among other things:
Resolved, That we believe in a free and
untrammeled ballot for as little expense to
the public as practicable.
This declaration must have been
written by a lineal descendant of the
sawdust pie editorial which always
wound up, And we want it distinctly
understood that we do not wish to be
understood" We are all for a free
and untrammeled ballot for as little
expense as practicable, and also for a
free lunch without any expense what
ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
DEPARTURE.
New York Sun.


What, in the Bible days of old,
Did the ungodly man when told
To take himself without the fold?
Tarried not.
Requested by the ancient Greek
Some other spot on earth to seek,
How did the rude barbarian sneak9
Exephotizei lighted ouO.
What. when we had our civil strife,
Did Reb or Yank to save his life,
If frightened by the drum and fifeH
Skedaddled.
What did the hostile Moro man
When, chased by the American,
He from the prickly bayonets RANT
liked.
How doth the yellow dog today,
If lettering idly or at play,
Proceed when kicked across the wayH
Beats It.
What does the corner Ioafer do
When ordered by the cop in blue
To disappear, and quickly, too?
Gets a move on.
When, coming home at break OF day,
The husband hears somebody say:
please. burglar man, do go awayF'
Takes sneak.
The aged lover bends above
The hand of his young lady love
with what word does he get the shower
Scat!
When little boys and girls at play
Wish one OF them to away
What do the precious darlings say?
SkiddoO!
What will the editor give me
When these poor rhymes he has to seef
Who'll bet my number will not be
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

We agree with the World-Herald
that the so-called special editions"
gotten out for publication of notices
of the proposed constitutional amend
ment would have no standing in court.
But all the decisions in Nebraska are
TO the effect that the constitutional
period of three months preceding cleo
ton is to be counted back from cleo
ton day, which happens to be Novem-
Der 6, and publication beginning this
week will fulfill the requirements of
the law. The delay in publishing the
notices will not serve as an excuse for
complying with the railroad demand
for, no state convention endorsement
of the amendment, although It looks
very much as If the World-Herald were
trying to help the railroads out.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

Congressman Hull OF Iowa is bend
ing ell his EFFORTS and using all his in
fuenoe to have Dies Moines made a
brigade post in the new army distribu-
ton scheme. Why Iowa posts should
be preferred above Nebrasks posts in
the allotment OF troops does not APP
pear except that Iowa seems to have
more persistent and more successful
Unshers In the two houses of congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
Too Much Talk.
Boston Transcript.


Ex-senator Henderson of Nebraska, who
processes to be "a friend of Bryans, al
though of the opposite political camp, ad-
vses the Nebraska candidate to write and
talk less and he will come nearer to sue
cess This by no means original sugges-
ton recalls the. reason which the colored
preacher gave Of Bryan's not being a
Baptist-that he could not hold his mouth
closed long enough for immersion pur-
noses
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

Japan and Russia are quarreling
over the collection of customs duties
in Manchuria. This should give Sir
Robert Hart an opportunity to make
himself solid with the Chinese empress
and China's creditors.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

Street Commissioner Flynn declares
that the increased expenses OF his de-
partment since he took charge are due
- the excessive rains. Perhaps we
had NO business to expect to get mil
lion-dollar rains for nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
An open Door Dream,

Japan's course I'm Manchuria may win
good deal of trade for its merchants, but
II is likely to lose American sympathy-its
biggest asset The open door to the terri
tory over which the mikado Yields infiu-
ence ought to be a real, commodious en-
trance and not a mere illusion.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

The Real Estate exchange has also
Joined in retaliation against the Rock
Island for its determinations against
Omaha. The real estate dealers will
ship no more dirt over the Rock Island
until that road comes to time.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

The fact that a private corporation
leasing scaling grounds from the
United States is permitted to maintain
a force of armed guards smacks too
much of the methods of the old East
India company 20 be popular in this
free country.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
The stringing of wires in the council

The stringing of wires In the council
chamber to improve the acoustics will
surely be a welcome improvement.
Hitherto the wires leading to the coun-
ell chamber have all been under
ground, although the wire-pullers have
been largely in evidence. With new
and up-to-date wiring, the weekly chin
music concerts in the city hall ought
to command an admission fee at the
door
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

Congressman Norris OF the Fifth
Nebraska district has been renomi-
mated without opposition. Judge Nor
ris has given eminent satisfaction to
his constituents and is sure to be re-
elected in November by a decisive ma
jority over any one whom the demo-
cratic opposition may draft to make
the race against him.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10

Southern cotton planters are COM
planning because their crops promise
to be so large that the price has al
ready declined. The boil weevll is
doing little better than his late part
ner, Mr.. Sully.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
Argument for Postal Savings Bank
Chica NhWa.

Savings banks depositors want interest,
but their first demand is for security, and
that they must have. One of the strongest
OF the arguments to be made for a postal
savings bank system is that the establish
ing of an absolutely safe repository for the
peoples money would tend to raise the
standard of safety and compel responsible
dealing on the part of other banks.