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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
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Governor Cummins Of Iowa, who
has been prominently mentioned as
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for the presidency in 1908, has
COMPOUNDED some of his politiea! oppc-
nents in the state aud added spice to
the ante-oampaign collection OF specu-
lative gossip by declaring that Presi-
dent Roosevelt should withdraw the
statement he made on the night of the
election In 1904 and agree to accept
the nomination for another term. III
private letter intended for publlca-
lion he says:
There is a great deal being said and a
great deal being written with regard to
the candidate for president, but Il is vastly
more important that we succeed in an
nOuncing a platform that will be express
sive OF our purposes than It is now 20 de-
termine who the candidate shall be- Pe--
sonally. I believe that President Roosevelts
plain duty Is 10 withdraw his former state
ment and TO say that under the demand
nYw made, and the evident state Of the
public mind, he will accept another nomi-
nation II It is rendered to him with prac-
teal unanimity.
In these days when politicians fire.
Quently use the confidential letter as
a medium, of conveying their views on
pending public questions the purpose
Of the writer is often more important
than the color of the ink used or the
phraseology employed. The political
situation in Iowa would be classified as
mixed" il It was quoted on the mar
ket like live stock. and there is some
difficulty in determining how much of
Governor Cummins' letter was de-
signed for national political slgnifi-
canoe and how much of it was calcu-
lated to confuse some of his political
opponents at home. At the recent ses-
sion of the Iowa legislature a resolu-
ton was introduced endorsing Piesi-
dent Roosevelt and urging his nominal
ton for another term The resolution
was tabled and the faction uf the Iowa
republicans opposed to Governor Cum
with smothering the resolution in
order to further his own candidacy.
The inference was naturally implied
that Governor Cummins was opposing
President Roosevelt AS a silencing
answer to that brand of criticism, his
letter goes to the extreme of profess
ing a willingness to sacrifice personal
ambition in a demand that the Roose-
welt policies be continued by their au-
thor instead of being sublet to any un-
derstudy from Iowa or any other
state.
Time alone will demonstrate the
shrewdness of Governor Cummins' tao
tical move on the political checker
board. Apparently the Iowa lightning
rod is up TO catch flashes from either
presidential or vice presidential thun-
derbolts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
STRENGTH IN UNION.

With a new regime ahead OF us in
the matter of railway rate regulation,
Omaha should prepare to defend its
rights and make sure of getting a
square deal as compared with it's COM
mercial competitors In every ques-
ton that may come up affecting our
trade interests, either before the In
terstate Commerce commission or the
new Nebraska State Railway commits
sion, Omaha should not demand more
than 1t is entitled to, but neither
should it be content with less than It
is entitled to.
The organization upon which the
duty naturally devolVes to take care
Of Omaha's Industrial interest is tho
Commercial club and no effort should
be spared to strengthen and solidify
the Commercial club with a view to
making its work in this direction more
efficient and more effective. Des
Moines is Just prosecuting a CAM
psign TO raise it's Commercial club
membership up to 1000, and If Des
Moines can maintain a club with 1000
members Omaha ought to be able to
push its Commercial club membership
up to 1900 or 1900. The same
methods employed in Des Moines and
other cities for recruiting by personal
canvass and individual effort can be
employed in Omaha with equally good
results.
Under changed transportation con,
ditions that now exist the Commercial
club organization can and must be a
much more important factor in
promoting business growth, extending
trade territory and preventing railroad
discrimination than ever before. With
all our business interests compactly
ranged together for united action on
every proposition involving omahs's
commercial Advancement and prestige
there viii be little danger OF com
peting trade eenters making any pre-
Ventable gains upon US.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
WATTERSON ON DEMOCRATIC
rlL.Cnn
PROSPECTS,

IhOCE COA
Colonel Henry Watterson, the vet
eran editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, has long been one Of the
leading advisers, counselors and
friends of the democratic party and
special chaperone of the "Star-eyed
goddess of reform" While he has
had a seat close to the head OF the ia
BILE in democratic councils, his advice
has usually been disresarde1. leaving
him room for considerable satisfaction
in saying, 81 told yon So, when mis-
party, ignoring mis- sage admonitious,
has marched from the slaughter
house to the open grave" While the
colonel has been spending some
months in Europe, evidently he has
been closely advised on the progress
of political events at home. When on
landing In New York he was asked If
he thought there was any chance for
democratic success at the next national
election, he made this characteristic
reply:
Yes, IL we should have cholera in the
Philippines, yellow fever in Cuba; II corn
should drop to 80 cents and wheat to 40
cents. Then we would have a good chance.
Yes. and we might win, too, II the re-
publican party should split wide open.
1t is unkind, If not unprofessional,
for Colonel Watterson to hold the in
quest and announce the post norton
before the corpse has been produced,
but his position is doubtless justified
by the attitude of many distinguished
| democrats who act as though they
were preparing TO attend the party
funeral once more. The democratic
party in the east has never accepted
the latter day leadership and even
the south is showing disposition to
get away from the present control
and re-establish the old democratic
party that used to represent some
thing. On the day Colonel Watterson
gave his interview in New York, the
Charleston Is. c. News and Courier
one of the Oldest and most powerful
I
democratic papers in the south, editori-
ally declared, Bryan cannot be elected.
That much is certain, but he can de-
feat the election of any other demo-
crat by keeping himself so persistently
in the public mind as the only avail
able candidate OF his party atthe next
election. Somebody else ought to have
a chance. The democratic party ought
to have a chance"
Finding even such surface indica-
lions of a sentiment among democrats
that their party must have a creed
and a purpose that are not subject to
revision with each change of the
moon is worthy of note. 1t is doubt
full, however. II this budding senti-
ment of Colonel Watterson and the
Charleston editor blossoms into a de-
mand that the democratic party stand
for something more than a label.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
LETTER AND SPIRIT OF LAW.
Means Adopted by Lawyers (
Evnde Both.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
Justice Brewer of the national supreme
court in a public address delivered a day
or two ago said that no other profession
was SO often and so wrongfully attacked
as the legal profession. But he immedi-
ately added than ian ingenious lawyer
can often find either in the statute or In
the mode of enforcement some way OF
escape from it's penalties. II is this.'' he
continued, (which provokes the frequent
remarks that the law so seldom reaches
the rich, for the rich can pay for the
brainiest and the braniest can most GER
tainly discover the means Of evasion"
AS against this Judge Brewer appealed
for higher standard of ethics. He
thought It not too much to ask every law
yer to say to his client: This may be
legal, but II is dishonest and l will have
nothing to do with It,"
In all this Justice Brewer hit not only
the lawyers, but the laws and the courts
pretty hard. He very plainly intimated
that the laws we're defective, that the
courts regarded the letter rather than the
spirit, and that brainy lawyers were none
too scrupulous.
1t is perhaps, too much to expect that
lawyers who, the judge intimates, get their
latest fees for discovering means of
evasion will reform so long as the laws
are defective and the courts regard the
letter and technicalities rather than the
substance of the law and the purpose for
which law is made.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
GLOWING OUTLOOK ron FARMERS.
Future of the Foundation of National
Prosperity.
Cleveland Leader.

Cleveland Leader
Much OF the prosperity which the Amer
lean people are enjoying, IN unprecedented
degree, is based upon the GOLD foundation
Of the soil and the minerals under the soil.
It rests In large part upon the earth. not
in the more distant and less evident sense,
but Immediately and visible.
Great crops have added enormously to
the wealth and resources Of the nation.
They have made hundreds OF thousands OF
farmers well-to-do who were in pecuniary
straits only few years ago. A multitude
Of land owners. especially In the newer
states and territories. have been enabled
TO make costly improvements upon their
property, which have added much TO its
productlVeness Good times have given
farmers an opportunity to fertilize, drain,
irriEate and develop their land as they
never could before.
Manufacturers OF machinery and tools
for irrigation ditches drainage bitches and
other land improvements report a remark
able and unparalleled volume Of business.
Thoy cater 70 a wide demand, which is
steadily growing greater They are In touch
with the forehandedness and enterprise Of
the farmers, who have prosDered 80 much
that they are able TO put much money into
the betterment OF their property.
It will not do 70 estimate the possibilities
OF American agriculture by Its past or
measure its future by the records OF years
gone by There will be constant enrich
ment and improvement, and increased pro
ductiveness throughout the country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Minor scenes and Incidents sketohed
on the SPOT.

Minor scenes and Incidents sketched
on the Spot.
The many trials and troubles OF tia nd-
ministration, crucial as they appeared
sink into insignifcance before the crisis
I precipitated b. the order removing mir
rOns from the government printing Office
II Is the greatest test Of strength, courage
and daring welcomed by the administrn-
ton since the Rough Riders swept the
heights Of Santiago and Knocked the hail
Of Mausor bullets. The order is aimed at
the women employees OF the printshop
They wasted precious time primping be-
fore the mirrors
In times past many Of the floors had
from forty to nifty mirrors upon the walls
| in convenient reach of the women EN-
| ployes when ready to go to lunch or to
| leave for the day. Each mirror belonged
! to particular beauty OF to a congenial
group and the utmost harmony prevailed
Now" complain the girls, there is but
one large mirror left and that in the main
dressing room. 1t is impossible for a hun
dred or more women to gather around one
mirror at one time and get any satlsfsc-
ton out Of the proceeding. Consequently
where our faces need washing most. and
| saunter out on the street-a perfect fright"
THE women waste too much time fixing
their hair and arranging their hats" is
| the reasoning of the department officials
I'VE waste no time belonging to the gov
| eminent, and should certainly have the
right to look decent" Is the way the
women see It.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
ONE WAY OF PEACE.
Paul Kester in Mcciure's

Paul Kester In McCiure's.
To live within walled gardens,
Once again 70 bound my life
This side the distant
Woodlands and blue hills;
To know
Neither the mystery OF the rivers source
Nor where Il Widens to the open sea,
To seek only the short beaten paths
Where the dew clings
To cowslips after dawn.
To find no new way out
Upon the uplands,
Never to measure
Eternity's long ways
Up TO the distant stars
Never 10 know the meaning OF the suns
fierce fires
Except upon brown cheeks.
Never to greet the rushing tumult OF the
storm
With kindred tumult;
Only 10 know the breath
That shakes .
The orchard petals down
Upon the low bent grass
or drives the shadows
OF fecked clouds
Across the sunny
New mown meadow lands
Has peace a surer price?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

When 1t is said that the railroads
are in a quandarE- as to what course
to pursue on "the party ticket PROPOSE
ton" IL should be explained that it re-
fers to party tickets issued to theatri-
cal companies, base ball clubs and
similar organizations travelling in a
group and not TO political party tick
cts. The railroads are never in a
quandary as to a party ticket propo-
sition in politics.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
ssekinr PuhIic GOOD VIII.
Springfield Republican.

DII ITI8IIVIU INN TUUIINtIIIs
The movement to unite the western roads
in a legal contest against the 2-cent fare
legislation is not succeeding as we'll as ex-
pected. One Of the most important OF the
lines. the Chicago & Northwestern, has
decided to submit to the 2-cent laws
adopted IN Nebraska and Iowa, and the
Great Northern road, It is reported. will
likewise submit to the similar legislation
enacted in Minnesota. Presumably, that 4
20 say. they are willing TO give the re-
duced rate a practical test, which alone
can determine whether II is reasonable OF
confscatory. This Is, OF course, the better
policy TO pursue in the case OF any rail-
road desiring the good will of the public
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

People down at lincoln are trying
to make their local municipal cam
paign a sort Of curtain raiser TO next
springs presidential contest by drag
ging into II the two republican United
81 ltes senators and the democratic
leader, William Jennings Bryan. Pre-
sumably they will all tell the voters
what a fine thing II is TO divorce city
government completely from partisan
politics.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
philosophical sLeDticlsm.

There is absolutely nothing 50 shallow,
foolish and ruinous that II is not believed
and advocated by some people who are
otherwise intelligent and wise. For in
stance, Major Woodruff, a surgeon in the
United States army, who has a high repu-
tation as a man OF science. traces nearly
all tuberculosis, insanity and suicide 20
sunlight Unless men, he says, abandon
an this foolishness about Gods sunshine"
the race win perish from the earth, His
theory Il that men were originally black
and became white and conFnmptivs by
venturing too much out OF the shade Of the
jungle. Can anybody wonder at philo-
sophicai skepucism which doubts the
power OF the human mind to arrive at any
trltb.s
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Senator Bourne of Oregon says the
people will force President Roosevelt
to accept a second elective term. That
100000 conspiracy to defeat the
president alleged to have been Matched
at dinner given by Senator Bourne
seems to have been stabbed in the
house of its friends.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Il am confident" says B. F. Yoa-
KUN, chairman of the executive board
of the Rock Island, "of a complete re-
turn to normal railroad conditions,
with no reduction in trafic for the
year to come" This is particularly
encouraging, coming as It does from
Mr.. Yoakum, who was going to tear
up the Rock Island tracks and go back
to farming If the different state legis-
latures did not abandon their efforts to
lass railway regulation laws.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
asuNpRIEsn no BR UNMAsKEp.


Judge Samuel H. Cowan of Texas is
getting ready to uncork another Jug
of trouble. Judge Cowan for many
years has been attorney Of the big
eattlemen of Texas, active in the work
Of the National Live Stock association,
special attorney Of the Interstate Com
merce commission, and is credited
with being the author OF the railway
rate bill passed by congress, He has
accomplished much in bringing about
recent reforms In transportation at
fairs, but he has now undertaken a
plan that looks like a blow at vested
rights. AS attorney for the Texas
Railway commission, judge Cowan Is
going down to New York to take testi-
mony and announces his intention OF
making the big oficials at headquar-
tiers tell Just what disposition was
made OF the money entered on their
books as ''sundriss" and charged TO
the expense account.
"sundries" has as many aliases as a
professional crook. In England It APP
pears as Expenses not Classified A"
! In Nebrasks and some other western
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Uncle Sam has just held a civil serv-
ice examination for five boys who as
pire to appointment as messenger in
the Weather bureau Office at Omaha.
Wonder il the questions made sure
that none of the boys is barred from
employment by the new Nebraska la
tor law?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Frost is said to have played havoc
with the Missouri fruit crop. This,
however, will not keep Missouri from
Offering the usual supply Of Ben DAVIS
apples.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Rental agents report that the de-
mand for habitable dwellings at mod
crate rentals is constantly ahead of
the supply here in Omaha. The open
ing for profitable investment in such
buildings should not be overlooked by
PEOPLE with idle money on hand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Omcials OF the Omaha street rail-
way company have been asked to nle
schedule Of rates charged with the
State Railway commission. That
ought to be easy II the return only
notes the exception in favor OF the
man with a time-eKpired transfer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
"what Mipht Have Been."

James c. Dahlman, democratic national
committeeman from Nsbratka, says Of next
years democratic convention, THAT free
silver is dead Mr.. Bryan will admit by &C
cepting a platform from which Its mem
ton will be eradicated." If Mr.. Bryan had
been equally convinced OF It's deafness in
1901 the country would be now under a
democratic president and we are not
aware of anything that has killed free
silver since then.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

The Washington Star suggests
Bryan and Warfield for the demo-
cratic ticket in 1908. The first wave
of enthusiasm over the suggestion has
subsidized since the public has learned
that the Warfield named is a Maryland
governor and not David Warheld, the
actor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

The brewers at Springfield, ILL.,,
have limited the supply of free beer to
one gallon day for each employe.
The men are retaliating by demanding
extra pay SO they can buy another gal
lon daily after they quit work.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

The big fight on the brewers in
Kansas is said to involve property be-
longing to nine corporations and
valued at $25O,OOO. This is not as
much value as that owned by single
corporation in Omaha alone, where no
where near as much noise is being
made over legislation affecting ten
times as much property.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

These efforts to eliminate large con-
tributions 70 campaign funds may
make It more than ever necessary to
nominate a barn for second place on
all the national tickets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

The eventual solution of the gar
bage problem will be the removal of
all garbage and refuse by the city at
public expense in the interest Of the
public health. Whatever temporary
arrangements may be made that dis
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Milwaukee boasts that the breweries
bottle 100000 bottles of beer a
minute. 1t might add that they are
emptied also at rate which leaves 10
large surplus in the warehouses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Boston teamsters are causing 4 lot
OF trouble In their strike. All q team
ster has to, do to block trafio lie to stop
his wagon in the center Of one of BOs-
toms narrow streets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
The KNOCK Courteous.
Louisville Courier-JonrnaI.

William T. Stead says the Americans
have ears for nothing but the clink of the
dollar. If they would only listen to the
blinking of the dollar half OF the time and
to w. T. Stead the other half that great
reformer might get the peevishness out
of his system.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

The democrats are planning to put
another comedy on the road next
year" says Colonel Watterson. If
that's the case, why not nominate
Weber and Fields2
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

If we could take you through
our establishment, and show you
the vast care and cleanliness
which produce the old original
egg and sugar coated Arbuckles'
Ariosa Coffee, no one could
ever tempt you to change to
any other coffee.
ARBUCnE EROS. New YOH o.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Senator Beveridge predicts that the
United States will eventually own all
OF the West Indies. Some men are
never happy unless they are borrowing
trouble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

The president declares he intends to
take q long rest at Oyster Bay this
summer. which means that while there
he will not work more than twenty
hours a day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
Calamity as Political Asset.
NaW Xnr.lr Nnrld

Marse Henry Watterson thinks the demo-
Gratis might win III cholera should break
out in the Philippines, yellow fever in
Cuba, and corn should go to 10 cents
bushel and wheat to 10 cents" Few
democrats would pray for victory at that
rate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
The MIG Stick IN Action.
Kansas City Journal

The labor unions that were dissatisfied
with President Roosevelt's utterance re-
garding the indicted Idaho agitators will
be still more dissatisfied with his reply to
their criticisms The president seems to
be as fearless Of organized labor as OF
organized capital
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26
Slow bat Sure Progress.

Governor Hughes of New York is unfor-
tunately discovering that a governor with
out help can put In most of his time clear
ing away the distractions that are heaped
in front of him on the way to reform.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Theodore Roosevelt, jr., says he is
tired of the publicity and newspaper
notoriety. Is that boy going to turn
mollycoddle!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Royal etiquette requires King Ed
ward to kiss the kings he is visiting
on his tour OF Europe. He must re-
greet that more of the kings are not
queens.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Foreign visitors at the White House
wore full dress at morning reception.
The st. Louis style is evidently spread
ing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Editor Stead of London says the
Americans are natural fighters. He
must have been reading English his
tory of King George III times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

If this cold weather continues much
longer, when Miss Spring arrives she
will have no time for anything except
to introduce her successor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

A New York girl declared in court
that she could not live OH 1880 a
year. Many other people do motor
obvious reasons
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

position Of the matter should be kept
in view, because that is what nearly
all the other cities have been finally
compelled to come to.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

Those city hall elevators might work
better II they could utilize some of
the steam blown off weekly in the city
council chamber.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-26

why don't you try to make a speech
that will echo down the corridors of timer"
whats the user" answered the cynical
statesman. 1T would simply result IN a
future lot OF school boys making me seem
ridiculous when they get up to recite."-
Washington Star.