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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
ONE-MAN CONTROL.
Plea for Frequent Change I'm COrDOr-
alton Management.

New York Journal of Commerce.
Should the presidents OF large corpora
lions retain office year after year? The
subject is exercising study in thinking cir
Giles because Of the changed ideas Of the
public regarding corporate management.
Too often the head of a large corporation,
after years Of service, comes to regard the
concern as his private property in which
stockholders have no business 10 be inter
ested. Instances where this has occurred
will Immediately suggest themselves-the
Sugar trust and amalgamated copper in in
dustrials, the Union Pacific and Reading in
railroads may be instanccd offhand. The
moral reformation that is taking place in
this country may not cease until every cor
poratlon Is managed not by one man, but
by the body Of stockholders What voice
have the stockholders in the policy OF any
one Of the corporations named, or in a
hundred others that come 10 mind? Presi-
dent Havemeyer Is convinced that 1t is
none Of the stockholders concern how the
Sugar trust Is conducted so long as they
receive their regular dividend check. Pres
ident Westinghouse Is similarly minded,
although pressure has Of late succeeded In
wringing from the Westinghouse interests
a modicum OF information. Standard Oh,
Of course long withstood all assaults, but
it is on the point Of capitulaunG as soon
as It can gracefully do 80.
Were the Office OF president restricted In
tenure to a few years this evil would be
modified, II not entirely eradicated, The
suggestion may smack OF the revolutionary.
This republic believes ia a change Of pTest-
dent and the principle might possibly be
applied with advantage 20 our great rail-
road and industrial combinations, The day
OF one-man control has admittedly passed
The trusts contend that IL is no longer pos
slble TO carry on business individually
might not the same reasoning he applied
IN the case OF those men who completely
dominate certain orga nizations supported
by the capital Of the public? The idea Is
not likely 70 fructify Just vet, but It may
look less alarming as time goes on.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
IoWAs LEGISLATIVE RECORD.

The Iowa general assembly just adj
journed is leaving a record Of progress
siye legislation along conservative
lines not excelled in the history of the
commonwealth. While the republican
party Of the state has occupied ad-
vanced ground for several years in
demanding various reforms in trans
portation and in regulating the man
agement of corporations, the assembly
enacted but little legislation that
will be classed as radical. although
twenty-six laws were passed affecting
railroads, twenty-one relating to in
surance AFFAIRS. and fifteen affecting
other corporations. The railroad laws
enacted were for the most part de-
signed to strengthen and increase the
powers of the State Railway commits
sion in the matter of regulating rates
and preventing discrimination. The
passeE ger fare problem was disposed
of by passing a law for a 2-cent fare
on roads of a certain earning power,
2 n cents on others. with a maximum
of cents on minor branch lines. An
anti-pass law which cuts on railway
doctors and lawyers who do not de-
vote most of their time to the service
/ OF the railroads was also enacted.
The existing laws of the state gov
erniug corporations were likewise
strengthened In many respects. One
measure prohibits corporations from
contributing money to any state or
municipal campaign thus supplement
/ ing the national law which prohibits
this practice in federal elections. An
other law prohibits the watering of
stock by requiring that all stock in
corporations must be paid in full or
approved by the state executive coun-
ell. A measure was passed prohibit
ing combinations for the control of
the price OF grain and another forbids
he operation of bucket shops.
OF purely local interest 10 Iowa were
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
TERMINAL TAX LAW.

Beatrice SUM- Beatrice need not feel so
much swelled w over her new depot after
all II has been returned to the assessor
as worth Si3s II was referred 20 during
the course OF erection as q several thou
sand-dollar depot The difference in the
two values represents the freight on the
materials which the company saved.
Central City Nonpareu, Now that the
| terminal taxation bill has become law and
| they no longer need the argument the
railroad tax experts candidy admit that
the law will benefit the country towns in
the state as well as the large terminal
centers This admission nuts the legion
( Of lawyers and pass carriers who lobbled
against the bill in a serious predcament.
{ They excused their action on the ground
( that they were working against the roduc-
/ ton Of taxes in their home towns After
getting them out on that limb the railroad
managers complacently saw of the limb
| by stating that the home towns won't be
| injured A pass is getting to be an ex-
pensive luxury.
| scribner News CdemD: The terminal tax
alton bill has secured the approval OF the
governor Under its provisions Omaha and
! the larger places Of the state will be able
to greatly increase their local taxation on
| railroad property This looks very we'll on
| the face of 1t. But supposng the State
/ Board Of Assessment, which Is VIGOROUSLY
a railroad body, concludes that the terminal
! tax added to the amount collected for gen
| eral purposes, makes the aggregate railroad
| taxes too high, and the supreme court sus-
| tains this contention. A reduction Of all
! the railroad taxes combined would follow
| The terminal tax would more than make
| up for the reduction In the cities and larger
places, but the country would not in any
manner be recompensed for its loss. 1t is
plain that under conditions as they exist
the terminal tax law is very likely to prove
a detrment to the taxpayers of the state
as a whole.
Kearney Democrat: There is, perhaps,
not more than a whole dozen men in Buff
falo county who are or who have any
reason to be opposed to the terminal tax
law that was voted on in the house last
week. Under these circumstances It is
an unaccountable condition which has had
! force enough to impel Representative
Hamer to stand out against the wish of
the people he was elected to represent and
vote against this measure Mr.. Hamer is
a young man and has had a most excellent
! opportunity presented him to have become
useful member of the Legislature, because
he is endowed with a heap OF natural and
native ability, but he has gone entirely
| wrong upon the important matters that
have been brought before the Legislature,
| and in almost every instance has taken
| upon himself the championship of the re-
! verse side of beneficial mea sures and voted
against them. AS a candidate he stood
| pledged for all these measures over his
published endorsement and he should have
stood by it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
NOTHING TO SAP"

John Temple Graves, the Georgia
editor, orator, politician and problem
producer must be given credit for
accomplishing what has heretofore
been considered the impossible, by ad-
vancing a political proposition which
places the seal OF silence on the lips
Of both President Roosevelt and
Would-be President Bryan. At the
anniversary dinner Of the Bryan club
Of Atlanta. Colonel Graves in a burst
Of eloquence that would make one Of
Senator Beveridge's perorations look
like the work OF sufferer. called
upon Mr.. Bryan to rise in the next
democratic national convention and
put in nomination Theodore Roo.e-
welt for one more undisputed term Of
power to finish the work that he has
so gloriously begun"
People can easily picture the Bryan
smile, spreading over the mobile face
and giving battle to the lines of per-
plexity, as the Nebraska leader got
ready for the graceful sidestep, which
he executed as a substitute for Colonel
Graves request that he step aside.
There is a vast difference between
stepping aside and side stepping. LAS
at present advised" said Mr.. Bryan,
II shall not present the name of TheO-
dore Roosevelt to the democratic ma
tional- convention. Bear in mind that
| say as at present advised Then
Mr.. Bryan scared into other fields,
viewed with alarm the monopolistic
tendencies Of the republican party, de-
nounced the United States senators
and went over the old grounds, being
careful to light as far as possible from
Graves grave problem. To interview
ers who approached him after the
meeting he insisted with emphasis
that he had nothing to say" on the
proposition advanced by Colonel
Graves.
President Roosevelt has also an
nounced from the White House that
he had nothing to say" about Colonel
Graves plan to have him carry the
democratic banner in the next presi-
Dental campaign. When one stops to
think of the problem from the view
point Of Mr.. Roosevelt or Mr.. Bryan,
the wonder that neither of them has
anything to say soon vanishes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
Mr.. CONTIGUOUS BOND POLICY,

National bankers throughout the
country are expressing their approval
of the action of Secretary COrtelyou
in providing for a refunding rather
than a redemption of q portion OF the
outstanding per cent government
bonds which mature this year. There
are about 0O,OOO,0OO of these bonds
which, under the ordinary method of
be redeemed at their maturity with
money from the treasury vaults. The
Treasury departments order provides
that S5O,OOO,O0O of these bonds shall
be relssued into 1880 2 per cent bonds
and only the balance redeemed.
Secretary Cortelyou offers no ex'
PLANTATION of his decision, but bankers
accept 1t as arising from a desire to
continue $5O,OOO,OOO as an available
fund to secure the circulation Of ma
tional bank notes. which is based on
government bond security. AS most
of the 1907 4 per cents are already
held by bankers to secure circulation
the redemption Of the entire issue
would reduce the basis of circulation
by that amount and correspondence
reduce the per capita circulation oil
the country. The business conditions
prevailing forbid this. If it can be
avoided. Secretary Cortelyou's plar
will prevent curtailment of bank note
circulation so far as the $50,O0O,O0C
otherwise to have been redeemed viii
be continued in circulation through
the medium of national bank notes
| The advantage of the order is tina
there will be no drain on the treasury
| for bond redemption and at the same
time a goodly sum of money will b'
ready for release when there may b.
urgent demand for additional funds
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FRIDAY April - 1907

score or more of bills relating to
the government Of cities. enlarging
the powers Of city authorities and
making provision for the application
Of the home rule principle on an en-
larged scale. A state primary law,
In many features the result Of a COM
promise, was also adopted.
Along general lines OF legislation for
the public welfare we're enactments
prohibiting divorced persons from re-
marrying within one year. forbidding
the sale of giant frecrackers, a com
pulsory school attendance law, a
measure regulating sporting events on
Memorial day and a law making wife
desertion a penal offense.
Altogether, the record of the Iowa
legislature is one Of which the lawmak-
ers and their constituents may we'll be
satisfied II was accomplished largely
through a wise decision of the diff
ferent factions of the republican ma
jority to bury their differences during
the session and devote all their en-
ergies to the betterment Of conditions
in the state, without regard to parti-
san results. The result was a bust
ness session of the legislature con-
Quoted on strictly business lines, and
the people Of the entire state promise
to be benefited greatly by the innova-
fipp
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
Personal NOTES.

Mr. Edison vanquished the shark thus
reversing the usual arrangement by which
sharks do up inventors
New York has paid $24, 1853 for damages
caused al a fireworks display in honor Of
Hearst but 1t has the satisfaction Of know
ing that displays due to any such reason
will not mark the future
Governor Hoch OF Kansas is said not to
intend to fill out his term. He has accepted
number Of assignments from a lecture
bureau for this summer and will receive
as much as $3.50 q night, the seasons profits
figuring close to SIS 900.
Premier Campbell Bannerman of England
unlike his predecessor is a great reader Of
the newspapers and writes for them fire.
quently. His predecessor, Mr.. Balfour,
boosted that while he was IN ONCE he
never read the newspapers.
The Brooklyn JefTersonlan dinner is to
be So a plate, with Mr.. Bryan thrown in:
the Hearst Jeffersonian dinner, s. a plate
and the New York Democratic clubs din
ner $40 a plate The latter is for Jefrer-
sonians who like their simplicity with
trimmings.
Daniel A Campbell, who has been APP
pointed postmaster Of Chicago, replacing
Mr.. Busse, just elected mayor, is a sena-
tor and a prominent lawyer of the state.
He is known as the silent man" and his
leadership in the senate of late years has
been absolute.
Henry G. Bayer the special commissioner
to the United States for the International
Maritime exposition at Bordeaux, France,
which opens in May, has completed ar
rangements for the loan of several relics
of Robert Fulton, including the compass
he used on his first boat, the Clermont,
and the famous portrait Benjamin West
painted of Fulton.
A. 7. Kyle. one of the original town
slters" of Leavenworth, is still living in
that prosperous Kansas city. Mr. Kyle
and few associates selected the site of
what Is now one Of the biggest cities in
Kansas in 1854, He made the first surveys
for the town just outside of Fort Leaven-
worth then frontier post for the pro-
lection of settlers from the marauding
Indians.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
THE MAN.

The man Of our quest is the man who can
rest
serenely secure in. repose,
Seeing nothing In life to cause turmoil or
strife,
He is tranquil with friends or with foes,
The man for the hour is the man with the
power
OF conscience enlightened and strong,
With mind to endorse and a will to en-
force
Every law, to make right every wrong.
The man Of the day is the man who can
say
His heart, life and soul are his own,
Who will stand by the right in the face Of
dread might
OF the tyrant or car on his throne.
The man for the time must have virtue
sublime
Unsullied and pure ms the snow;
VINO temptation can fout and put treason
TO rout.
ThrouEh the fires and the floods that
may flow
The men for us all is the man broad and
Looms high IN the ranks Of the world;
For destruction Of crimes OF all grades in
all cliInes.
From the palace or slums 70 he hurled.
The man, IA be sure, will forever endure
The myst T'es Of myst' ries-ah met
He is good, he is bad, he is sane, he IL
mad.
strong monster, yet weakling is he.
Omaha, April Q, 1907 OLD BOY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
DOWN TO 4 BUSINESS BASIS.

Few measures passed by the last
Legislature are more important locally
to the taxpayers of Douglas county
than those putting the sheriff on a sal
airy basis and providing for the feed
ing of prisoners in the county Jail by
contract.
In substance these laws require the
sheriff to account for and pay into the
county treasury quarterly all the fees
earned by his office; the only exception
is mileage for actual travelling, for
which the statutory allowance is cut
down from 10 cents a mile to 5 cents
mile. The sheriff is to receive a
salary at the rate of $4,000 a year up
to January l, next and thereafter at
the rate of $4,000 a year. In the in
teryal the present arrangements for
Jail feeding at the rate of 80 cents per
prisoner per day, including jail sup
plies, is to be continued until January
/, when a feeding contract is to be let
according to specifications by the
county board to the lowest and best
bidder. The sheriff IS to have one
deputy at a salary of $3.50 per month
and other deputies as may be needed,
their number and salary being subject
to order of the county board.
1t is confidently hoped that this
change in the sheriff's Office will put
IN opd fSro,or 10 scordo1s 4bot bava
grown out of the fee system and the
iail-feeding graft. A $4,000 salary
for the sheriff of Douglas county is
more than liberal and that officer, who
ever he may be, should be content with
the amount allowed by law without
reaching out for perquisites of any
kind. With the sheriff on a salary, he
should be Independent of the county
board to the same extent as other
county officers, whereas up to this time
I in order to keep his jail-feeding al
| lowance up, he has found 1t necessary
to maintain a sphere of influence over
| the county commissioners, upon whose
! favor the profits depended.
From the taxpayers standpoint the
/ change should effect a great saving.
The fees of the sheriff's office ought TO
pay all salaries and the reduction In
the cost of jail feeding should approx
mate from $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
according to the average number Of
prisoners and the contract prices, To
get this great reform inaugurated the
people will not object to waiting until
the first of the year for the full opera
ton Of the new regime.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
OKLAHOMA's CONSTITUTION.
Features of the Organic Act of the
Coming State.
Chicago Tribune.


The latest thing in constitutions will be
submitted to the voters OF Oklahoma and
Indian Territory on August G. The draft
which has just been completed by the con-
stitutional convention contains most OF the
advanced" ideas which are popular in
the west and southwest but which older
States are slow to see the advantages OF.
About the only thing which 1t does not
contain is woman suffrage. II il easy to
believe that even civilized Indians are slow
to concede equality to women, and It Is
possible that the white women OF the ter
rtory have so much else to do in aiding
the development OF a new state that they
have no time for politics.
The initiative and the referendum, direct
primaries and popular choice Of United
States senators are all provided for. State
ownership Of coal mines is contemplated.
Corporations are restricted in the amount
Of real estate which they may hold, and
water stock is strictly prohibited, The
prccept that governments must often re-
vert to first principles, in other words, that
the people must have every facility for
changing their form Of government, is
obeyed In the provision that the consttu-
ton may be amended by a majority vote
There is no effectual bar to hasty amend
ments
The prohibition OF succession in ONCE
has something in its favor; whether II viii
secure a Better service Of the public than
the hope held out 10 an oficial Of re-elec-
ton in case OF faithful performance OF
duty is yet to be seen. In this state the
holders Of Offices to which reelection Is
prohibited have not been as a class IN any
way to be distinguished from other officials
as a class by greater or less honesty,
efficiency or freedom from craftsmanship
This and other experiments will he watched
with interest in the older states.
Many explanations have been offered OF
the extreme character Of some Of the po-
lltical principles accepted from time TO
time IN Kansas. Oklahoma seems 70 have
outcome Kansas In a determination to try
new methods OF getting at and expressing
the peoples desire. Whether or not they
will be more successful than the older
representative forms OF government is
question which may well be tested In
Oklahoma as anywhere.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
Public Ownership in Mexico.
Springfield ReDllhlIo.


While we are writing obituaries on the
public ownership movement in this coun-
try 1t IL to be noted that Mexico is eff
fecting a pretty complete naturalization
Of its railroads, and making ingenious APP
plication of the holdlng-company device In
order to effect It. Consul General Gott-
schalk writes from Mexico City to Wash
ington that the Mexican government has
succeeded in merging into one corpora
ton the Mexican Central, the Mexican
National and other lines aggregating alto
gether some 10000 miles, and this corpora
ton is to be owned or controlled by a
holding corporation in which the govern
ment will own a majority of the stock.
The mileage thus embraced is nearly equal
70 the total IN Mexico. The government
expects to effect economies in the opera
tiOn of the combined systems and to in
troduce reduced rate schedules
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
Two Cent Fires and share Prices.
Philadelphia Press

The shares of every railroad affected by
the 2-Cent-a-mile passenger fare law rose
Saturday, the day after the act was signed.
1t is pretty clear that those who buy and
sell these shares and those who own them
do not believe that cents a mile will be
either runious or without profit, The rate
has come here and is coming over the
country without causing apprehension or
arousing alarm in the stock market
Whether the reduction stands or not Is
for the courts to decide, but the public OF
shareholders accepts 1t, thus far without
anxiety
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
Lure OF fEe Lucre.

John C. Spooner's first law case on re-
firing from the United States senate comes
from group of Chicago public utility cor
porations that are striving to defeat an
increased assessment for taxation. But OF
course it was expected that he would place
himself at the service of wealthy corpora
lions. The cause Of his leaving the senate
was that there is no money on the public
side OF law
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12

George Gould has decided to sell his
polo ponies and devote all his time to
his railroad interests. Probably he
figures that he can get all the exercise
he needs by practiclng before the In
terstate Commerce commission.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12

If this agitation against corporation
contributions to campaign funds keeps
up some United States senators Will
be compelled to pay their own mem
bership dues.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12

A big church conference at Lamont,
Ia, is being held by a man who was
railroad conductor for thirty-one
years. The average railroad conduc-
tor who gets into church work has to
be caught when he's young.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12

Perry Belmont declares that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had him blackballed
by the Chevy Chase club The presi-
dent is too busy hunting bear to waste
any time shooting at sparrows.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12

W. T. Stead suggests that Amer
leans make a peace pilgrimage to The
Hague Oui American railroad man
ayers will not get enthusiastic over
peace pilgrimage plans since their re-
cent experiences at the White House.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
Knows How 1t is Himself
Boston Globt

Grover Cleveland has prepared n brief
to be presented to the Wisconsin legisla-
ture, in defense of life insurance presidents
receiving more than $4,000 a year in salary.
Mr.. Cleveland, you know, is getting a
$4,000 salary out Of the life insurance bust
ness himself
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
what the Worry IN About.
Wnshlnrtnn Herald

Several newspapers are seeking to OBJ
tain the ccuntrys idea as to what Mr..
Roosevelt shall do when he goes out OF
the White House The worry now in some
quarters is not what he will do when he
gets out, but what he is going to do while
he is in.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12

The Bee is quite willing to leave to
the local yellow journals the function
of emptying the social sewer through
their columns. The Bee is convinced
that the great majority of the people
here in this city as elsewhere prefer
to have a newspaper that can be read
in the family circle without shaming
any member of the household-man,
woman or child.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12

A raise Of $4,000 in the salary roll
of University of Nebraska professors
within q week after legislative ad-
journment should reassure the public
that that institution has not been Grip
Piled by the pairing down OF the padded
appropriation estimates.