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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-09-13
EYES ON
7 He WAR
Washington Keeping
Close Watch on
Rebellion
No Present Demand
or inclination for
intervention
United States Would
Be Well Prepared
to axe Part

Washington, Sept. l2.-The critical
situation in Cuba is absorbing the at
tention of the administration to the
exclusion of all other foreign topics,
as indicated by the activity Of the Of
ticials of the state, navy and war lie.
partments The president at Oyster
Bay is keeping in close touch with
every development of the revolution
airy movement in Cuba and is in con,
slant communication by wire with
officials here, who, indeed, are even
in receipt of detailed instructions
from him as to what they shall 10.
The prime object of the administra-
ton at present is to get all the facts.
Particularly is 1t desired to know The
precise strength of the revolutionary
sentiment in Cuba and the relative
powers of the government and the in
surgents there. Mr.. Morgan. Amer
lean minister to Havana, is under
stood to be Fastening from Europe,
where he has been on a vacation, to
the Cuban capital.
No intervention Unless.
1t was said on highest authority
that there is to be no Intervention by
the United States unless the rebellion
assumes the proportions of a general
conflagration. 1t was farther state |
that there had been no application
for Intervention from any authorized
party, which statement answered an
inquiry as to whether any of the for
eign governments whose citizens in
terests were suffering from depreda-
tons of the insurgents had called up
on the United States government to
step in and preserve peace,
Another interesting statement from
official voices was that careful inquiry
had satisfied the administration that
none of the American capitalists IT,
terested in Cuba had expressed a de-
sire for Intervention. On the con.
trary it was stated that these people
seemed adverse to any such action,
figuring that it would precipitate the
destruction of their properties during
the long guerilla warfare that might
be expected to follow the landing of
American troops in Cuba. They real
lied that If they we're paid for the
property so destroyed it might be a
matter of more years before any ad.
justment could be had so they pre-
ferred peace under the present condi
tions.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
Personal NOTES.

Mr. Orchard of Idaho is said to have
confessed to twenty-six murders. His
conscience may feel easier, but one is
bound to regard him as poor insurance
risk.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is bearing
the cost of concerts given by well known
singers in the slum quarters of The Hague.
Only the poorest people are allowed to a.
tend.
VIII S. Hays, whose songs 'Molle Oar
ling" THE Little Old Log Cabin in the
Lane" etc, were sung two score years
ago, is living in Louisville, KY, and re-
Gently celebrated the 74th anniversary of his
birth.
Congressman Champ Clark has been
good enough to give out the Information
that If Benton had been elected president
there would have been no civil war Sell
dom does the little word "if' reach Il
dignity superior to this
Champ Clark of Missouri came Looping
down the center aisle of the house, rock
ing from side to side, but covering dis
lance at surprising rate. There's
Clark unused Speaker Cannon; look at
him travel II he had four feet he would
have been a camel"
Daniel S. Jones, "a, civil war veteran and
member of the squad that captured
Jeff Davis in 1866 is dead at Kokomo.
Ind, aged 30 years. 1t is said there is
now but one SURVIVE, General Miles, of
the detail OF twenty men who assisted in
the capture of Davis,
M. c. Conway, trolley car conductor
in Denver, is making quite a name for HIM
self AS a tracer of deserters from the
United States army. All told he has cap
tured about fifty men who had taken
French leave of army life. At one time
Conway was a soldier in the Eleventh
United States cavalry. He has made ar
rests all over the west, getting $50 for
each capture he makes. He served I'm
Cuba, China and the Philippines
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
SANTA FE's GOOD EXAMPLE,

The Atchison. Topeka Il Santa Fe
Railroad company is to be commended
for its refusal TO join the other com
panies having lines in Kansas In their
attempt to nullify the state schedule Of
rates on oil. by arbitrarily putting in
force rates higher than the legal rates
and fighting the public authorities tooth
and nail through the time-consuming
process Of the courts. The Santa Fe
colapany incurs the displeasure Of the
confederated roads, hut sets worthy
example when il officially announces
that il will submit in good faith to the
maximum freight charges prescribed I'M
der the state law, although as emphat-
ically as the other roads holding those
charges unremunerative and unfair to
the carrier, and proclaiming its inten-
ton to 30 before the legislature next
winter to show that the legal rates are
confiscatory and TO secure permission to
increase them.
This announcement, IL il be sincere,
implies definite submission to the pub
lie authority, in striking contrast with
the attitude of two railroad systems
towards taxes levied in Nebraska. 1t Is
strange that great railroad corporations
should so long have failed to perceive
that genuine and conclusive recognition
Of public authority is the condition Of
peaceful and wholesome relations. The
ultimate best interests of the railroads
themselves are bound up in it.
II may be safely assumed that the
Santa Fe will fare far better by taking
the people of Kansas into its confidence,
by presenting it's case to them openly
and shove board, than by any possible
effort Of defiance and chicane, almost
limitless as are the resources of great
railroad corporatio for the latter
course. But resistance inevitably means
war with the public, and a state of wa
with it's bitterness and evaporation is
not favorable to consideration of the
nice details OF equity. The railroads
ought by this time to have had enough
Of the losses and enmities engendered
by foolharly war with the public au-
thority.
The people Of Kansas or any other
state will meet the transportation cor
porations fairly and more than half way
IL they come, equally with other citi-
zens, with ungrudging acknowledgment
Of the supremacy of the state and ask
ing square deal on the merits of the
case
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

before the state convention will meet, and
IL is only fair to allow Mr. Millard's acts
to prove or disprove his words. In case
the present incumbent is not able, how
ever. to harmonic the different factions
and gain n reelection. we are in favor
OF Edward Rosewater for senator, man
who has always labored with effects that
were beyond petty clubbing and Jealous
ness. who would make a senator that any
state would be proud OF and record
that Nebraska could and would point TO
with pride.
Fremont Tribune. The best judges OF
the senatorial situation agree that Norris
Brown is likely to sweep the state as
Mr.. Burkett did. The probabilities are
there will be no other Candidate in the field
outside of Omaha. and very likely none
from that city when the convention meets.
Senator Willard viii soon discover that he
doesn't have a ghost of n show. Then he
will fade from view. This will be the
time for another Omaha man to step in
If he feels like II. G.. w. Watties is said
to he holding himself in readiness to take
the fatal step Mr.. Wattles has been quoted
as saying he will spend $4,000, $4,000. $4,000.
or even 100000, to perfect an organization
looking toward his elevation to the senate.
TO prove he can do this he says he bought
100000 of Omaha street railway stock at
80 cents on the dollar and that IL has adj
vanced to $l90 that his profits are now
more than 100000. II goes without saying
that the people of this state will not send
a man to the senate at this time, above all
other times, on that platform. Neither
his great wealth nor his unknown party
service will appeal to them II there is a
candidate in Omaha who can make any
Roadway against Norris Brown that cand-
date is Editor Rosewater. He has pioneered
along the lines OF the present sentiment.
He has friends in many parts Of the state
and admirers in all parts. But Mr.. Rose
water is not available. for the reason that
the state will unite almost solidly against
Omaha. That city has had senator from
the beginning of statehood. The time has
come when the remainder OF the state will
demand the senator and contest II with
Omaha. The Omaha candidate could secure
a few struggling Burlington counties. but
not enough to encourage him, whoever he
might be. This is why the chances are
against an Omaha candidate lifting his
head after it has soaked into Senator Mil
lard that he is dead one. II is probable
that the next month will settle the sena-
torial situation, when the decks will be
cleared for action with reference to other
candidates on the ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

1t WAS To have been expected that
the immediate" compulsory purchase
of the water works, which has done
service in every political campaign for
the last five years would be trotted out
again for another heat on the municipal
primary race track. Inasmuch. how
ever as City Attorney Breen admits
that the immediate" purchase cannot
be effected in short of two years, the
voters are not likely to he stampeded
by any turning on of the hose at this
stage
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
FAIR PLAY EOR FAJRR INKS

Nothing could be more irrational and
dent Fairbanks Of purpose to defeat or
to falter with the Dolllver Hepburn bill
In the senate. Though the place OF the
vice president is Of great Importance by
reason of the fact that he succeeds to
the presidency in the event OF the death
or disability of the chief executive, yet
otherwise his principal function is
simply that of presiding officer Of the
senate, with exceedingly limited infiu-
cnce in that body, of which he is not a
member nor even entitled to n vote ex-
celt in case OF an equal division of the
senator's. He is entirely devoid of the
enormous influence which the speaker of
the house possesses over legislation
through the power to appoint the com
inittees Of that body, and he is other
wise equally circumscribed by the very
constitution the traditions and the rules
of the senate.
If there he just complaint or general
suspicion Of the senate as body, or of
many of the senators, on the score Of
disposition to thwart the popular de-
inand ON pending railroad legislation.
the Odium should attach to the senate
itself or to those senator's who are at
fault. and not To the official who is des-
ignat,d by the constitution merely TO sit
as its chairman-certainly not In the alb
sencc of specific evidence of interference
on his part. not Il scintilla of which is
even alleged against Vice President
Fairbanks. II the field Of specuat ton
is to be opened, he ought TO be entitled
to the benefit of all the presumptions
TINT rest upon the fact that both the
senator's frori Indiana are said to he
heartily supporting the very measure in
| question.
| Even the unofficial hearing of Vice
President Fairbanks on a matter like
this, so completely absorbing public at
tention and permeating all political cir
cumstances, is one of extreme delicacy.
! For II ignorant or malicious misrepre-
sentation assails him as TO things abso-
lutcly beyond his responsibility, much
more would he be made the victim of
hostile criticism II he were to obtrude
himself conspicuously in the lime light
a. If for the purpose of making political
| capital
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

Critic Says ellis Zeal Outruns His
Discernment."
Chicago Chronicle


The Lenten season pastoral sent out to
all the churches in his diocese by Bishop
Scsnnell of Omaha is a human document in
warm sympathy with human needs. some
times too sympathetic to admit of entirely
clear vision. Like most men OF warm tenn
permanent, he seems inclined to generalize
too hastily and too broadly
No one who knows the world will ques-
ton the Judgment that the simple tolful
life of the farm tends to develop honest.
sturdy manhood when it has fit natural ma
terial to work on. but in the bishops
the implication in coupling theater goers
and votaries of pleasure" grow old prema-
turely and never become men, it is not pos
sible to approve the broad generalization
the implication in coupling thater goers
and Votaries OF pleasure. A habit of attend
ing the theater alone never dwarfed man
hood seriously The bishops phrase is too
broad. His zeal outruns his discernment.
Stranger still is 1t when he appeals to
fathers to save the children, since they can
not trust the mothers because, he says,
women are swayed by extraneous consid-
erations and their Judgment is not to be
relied on. Here again it is evident that the
bishop has generalized too hastily i'm draw
ing sharp a line of distinction between
fathers and mothers. There is not the least
doubt that II ne will look about among his
own flock he can speedily pick out many a
case where the father cuts no figure among
the directing forces that control his family,
but the mother is the commanding officer
and director
Equally true it is that i'm other families
the father is exclusively the director, the
arbiter. the boss" And it is quite safe TO
say that the bishop knows in his heart that
these father dominated families are not al
ways the most wisely or the most really
governed Among all England's rulers the
one most distinguished for uniting clear
sagacity and an imperious will was a
woman.
And so the bishop must know Of yet other
families where father and mother contrive
to convey an impression of joint authority,
exercised sometimes with much wrangling
and friction. but more often with smooth
and harmonious pressure that wins It's end
before il is even recognized as power
Probably the bishop on reflection will ad-
init that this last named is best of all but
that joint authority, even when marred
with friction and clanking jars, is nearly
always better than the one-sided force that
wastes much in lost motion, like the willing
horse in a team that must pull the load and
it's lazy or stubborn mate as well.
Next after the natural hber of character
born in the child. it is the home training
more than any other one thing that deter
mines character growth II that training
has been intelligent. faithful and whole
some the bad play may shock and disgust.
but It will not corrupt. To blame II for
immortality in spectators il not unlike kick
ing the insensate stone against which our
own gross willfulness or esrslessness
dAshes our feet
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
ONWARD AND UPVARD.

Measured by any yardstick of ma
terial progress, Omaha. commercially
and industrially, is pursuing steady
course onward and upward. As the
year 1905 when closed disclosed n bal
ance sheet for Omaha notably i'm ad-
vance Of that for the year 1904 so the
initial months OF the year 1906 are
marking records ahead OF those of the
corresponding months OF the preceding
year.
In the matter of real estate and build
ing activity the statistics are decidedly
gratifying, being far to the good in the
comparative column. This is explaina-
BILE, OF course, by the fact that the win
ter has been an open one, entailing no
cessation Of outdoor operations and en1
abling building projects to be carried
ON almost as il through summer
season.
The expansion Of general business is
shown most gratifyingly in the bank
clearings totals and the postoffice re-
eeipts Omaha bank clearings for Feb
r'iary, 1906, are more than SS,OOO.OOO in
excess 81 the bank clearings for Feb
ruary, leoo-a gain of approximately 30
per cent. and this Notwithstanding the
fact that the number OF banks clearing
through the local clearing house is
smaller than a year ago. Stamp sales
from thelomsha postoffice again for the
month of February, 1905, are So, sos, as
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
OLD TUNES.

II j, NJ Lewis in Houston Post
III plhln Tor some music like the tunes 4
want nothin slow:
/ don't want nothin' dreamy an 7 don't
wont nothin' slow:
l don't want nOthin' classic with rumble
squeak an roar
I'm lust plnin for some music like 1 used
TO know u yore:
| want the bow a-mopin' full o. iov aIons,
the strings s-+- - -
TIL my heart begins s-throbbin an my soul
sets up an sings:
Oh there amt no other music that can
bring me up TO taw
Like The Wind that Shakes the Barley
and Turkey in the Straw"
I'm a-longin for the music like the kind
When ! roomed with Mark and Jimmie
and with Aleck, Gish an Joe,
In the boarding house of yonder in the
lonesome time o. life
Fore ! had little baby, fore had a
When git my pipe Albumin an Tn settin
In the gloom
can hear the fellows laughin'. see the
three beds in room,
An | hear the strings a-singin' as the
bow begins to saw
At The Wind that Shakes the Barley and
Turkey in the Straw"
Then hear the hands -pattin'. an the
voices pause an break.
An l smell the perfumed breezes that have
made the barley shake:
Nights we've sat and cut and shuffied till
TIE comm OF the dawn
or have bluffed. and been caught at II, on
a bObtail hush or straight,
We have done" the town by gaslight and
have gone its every gait;
But the memory OF the music is wha Z
brin.s my heart to taw
With THE Wind that Shakes the Barley,
and Turkey In the Straw"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

against s46,sSs for February Of last
year The same sort Of a showing is
doubtless made by telegraph and eX-
press companies, which share with the
postofiice the interchange of business
communications and packages, and rail
road earnings on freight in and ont Of
Omaha must likewise he larger.
While contemplating Omaha's growth,
we must remember that Omaha's pros
perity is directly dependent upon the
territory within it's commercial reach,
and that every city. village and hamlet
in this territory is also marching in a
forward movement, in the reflection OF
good crops and fair prices enjoyed by
the people on the farm and in the field.
The best part OF the situation is that
with so solid foundation resting
firmly in the development of natural re-
sources yet untouched, the outlook for
uninterrupted trade expansion for
Omaha was never better.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

The decision just rendered in the
federal court for this district on an APP
peal from an assessment made by the
county board establishes the power of
that body under the revenue law to in
crease or decrease assessments upon its
own initiative, subject, OF course. to no.
tification and hearing of the parties af-
fected This makes the county board
share equally with the county assessor
responsibility for equal taxation Of
property within their jurisdiction and
relieves the property owners of the I'M
pleasant necessity Of complaining
against his neighbor in order to get JUS
tice for himself. The taxpayers will
watch the county board when it next
sits as board of review ana equaliza-
ton to see whether it will shoulder this
responsibility without shrinking.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
Public Conscience Aroused.
Baltimore American


The various laws being introduced In
federal and state legislatures TO stop cor
ruption may not all pass. and some Of
them may be upon an entirely too Utopisn
basis. but they show the public conscience
is aroused and that some measure OF hon
esty and honor must replace present ex-
posed conditions. The public may resent "a
ruling state of things better than It's own
moral standard human nature hardens
itself instantly against the 'holier-than-
thou" attitude, no matter how justly taken.
But neither will Il tolerate conditions be-
low it's own moral code. as has been proved
more than once, by the reforms in social
and political affairs brought about in the
face of strongly entrenched power and in
huence by the sheer force Of public opin-
ion
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

The recent conference of school super
intendents at Louisville among other
things condemned the tolerance of fra
ternities and secret societies among high
school students as subversive Of disci-
pline and detrimental to habits of studi-
BUSINESS. There is no question but that
the high schools and some of the lower
grades OF the public schools have gone
altogether too far in aping college Gus
toms and that the time is ripe for re-
action here just AZ it is for foot ball
athletics
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
worshipers of the big polar.


Silverism dies hard. Four members of
the house committee on coinage, weights
and measures have made a minority report
against bill to authorize the secretary OF
the treasury to increase the supply of sub
sidiary silver by using as material some Of
the silver dollars now lying idly by the
million in the treasury vaults. They want
the secretary to preserve the integrity of
the sacred silver dollars by buying fresh
bullion for the subsidiary coins, or to buy
bullion and coin dollars therefrom to re-
place the dollars coined into smaller pieces.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

The most amusing thing about Eras-
tus Benson's platform is his denuncia-
ton OF platitudes which, almost in the
same breath. is followed by a string
Of platitudes borrowed from the cam.
paign books OF all the political parties,
living and dead. ancient and modern.
The only strictly original idea evolved
10y Benson is that he favors 1.-THE mu-
nicpal ownership OF government, 50
whatever that may mean.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
Possible Cure-AII for Hazing

san francisco chronicle.
suit is to be brought against an east
ern university to recover damages for in
juries sustained by a student in a hazins
affair. If the principle that the governing
authorities of an educational institution
are responsible in cases of this kind is as
serted, it will 20 long way toward abat-
ing vicious practice which is winked at
by many presidents because they are VIC
Tins Of the delusion that 1t does a student
good to subject him to hard knocks.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05

State Treasurer Mortensen evinces a
commendable desire to get an authorita-
tive ruling in advance on the constitu-
tional provision governing eligibility to
state Office in ample time before the
nominating conventions. We apprehend,
however, that the difficulty will be to
make case on which the courts can
be induced to pass. The court might
issue the proposed mandamus against
the secretary of state requiring him to
accept a candidates petition Oh the
ground that that officer is not the judge
of the candidates qualifications and
has no discretion where the petition is
in proper form and duly attested by the
required number of signatures. The
courts have almost invariably held that
the only way to test title to Office is by
quo warranto, and that case in quo
warranto cannot be instituted until two
persons are in position to claim the
same office at one time.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-05
SMILING REMARKS.

Let me speak with you a moment
The busy man paused to listen, and the
ne Psfsed sae Of msa
ever heard before dinner" said the busy
man.
Ledger.
Somebody says the climate OF the Philip
pines is like eternal spring.
Yes, and l UNDERSTAND that all the ma
tives have an eternal spting fever. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Ascum--I've. heard your minister wasn't
very popular, but you seem to treat him
as II you liked him.
Church-Think so?
Ascum-Yes. notice you send him away
on trips to Europe pretty often.
Church-Yes, that's the way we like him
best.-Philadelphia Press.
How did Mr.. scadds make his money!"
asked the inquisitive girl
My dear" answered Miss Cayenne, .'you
must never again ask such a question
about any one. People will think you are
writing for magazine Observation-Disclosures Star
Discharged Cook-An will yez give me a
reference, mum?
Cross Lady-Reference. indeed, What is
there to recommend you?
Discharged Cook-Just say th't Two lived
wid you whole month.-C1eveland Leader.
MS-Grscious! What's the matter with
Pa-Oh. he bumped his head against one
OF the pedals OF the piano.
Ma-Poor little dear! Perhaps he's seri-
Pa-Oh, / guess not IL was the soft
pedal he struck-Philadelphia Press.
Was any tenant ever known to 20 out
sadly to the cemetery three month"; n ~
the funeral and mournfully nut dowers o,
MS landlords grave?-somerville Journal.