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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
TIFF LIMIT IN TEXAS.

Cartoonists and writer's Of lurid fic-
ton will have TO go outside of Texas
hereafter to get their types OF bad men.
The wave Of reform struck the state
some time ago and has grown amaz-
ingly until now every citizen OF the
vast domain has been made good by
legislation. The temperance people
scored the first victory by securing the
adoption Of local option laws under
which liquor is now as scarce as water
in a good many counties of the state.
Then the reformers turned their atten-
ton to the race track and closed all the
pool rooms in the state and drove the
bookmakers out Of business. This was
promptly followed by a crusade against
gun toting, with the result that the man
who used to attract admiration and
command respect by making a walk
ing arsenal of himself is now ignored
or scorned by everybody except the
police.
Difficult as II is to think OF Texas
without having thoughts OF guns and
pistols crowding into the picture. it is
almost impossible to grasp the slgnih-
canoe Of the latest innovation. a law
absolutely prohibiting gambling The
gambling den has been a fixed institu-
ton In Texas since Sam HOuston's time.
1t has never been a skulker. but has oc-
cupied the ground floor and the front
rooms Of the best business buildings.
easy OF access TO the cowboy. the miner
and the sporty wayfarer. In the early
days II was the clearings house for the
eashing Of checks. a meeting place for cit
lzens, an open house day and night Locks
were never used on the doors and the
lid was q thing unknown. Now the re-
form legislature has passed a law max
ing gambling a felony. holding the
owner Of the property responsible for
what gambling tenants do and making
Il worth a mans life almost for him
TO be caught promoting or indulging in
any game OF chance The awfu! fea-
turc OF the situation. so far as the sport
ing fraternity Is concerned. Is thar
Texas seems % be very much In earnest
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
e1LUsgAh eRow.

The west owes a debt OF gratitude to
Galusha Aaron Grow. whose death at
his home in Gienwood, Penn, has just
been announced. Prominent IN public
life for more than half a century, as
member OF congress and in other Of
fetal capacities, his greatest achieve
ment was his authorship Of the home
stead law which was passed during the
last years Of the civil war and re-
deemed the promise held out In the song
that cheered the union soldiers In the
trying days Of the crucial campaigns;
Then march along. boys; feel no alarm,
For Uncle Sam 10 rich enough to give US
each a farm.
Mr.. Grow was a member of congress
from Pennsylvania during the war and
devoted much Of his time to plan for
making II easier for the men engaged
in the struggle for the union to find
homes and occupation when the war
should close. The homestead law, with
the commutation clause deducting from
the five years residence required for
title the time Of service Of the soldier
entryman, was his work The result ex-
ceeded the most sanguine expectations of
the Trainer Of the measure, the veterans
Of the war fiocking by hundreds Of thou
sands to the new states and territories
west Of the Mississippi and taking up
their homesteads. The law and the
timeliness Of 1t were potent factors in
the rapid upbuilding and development
Of the great west, and Mr.. Grow lived
to see the complete realization Of the
possibilities Of the legislation of which
he was the author.
After being speaker Of the house of
representatives in congress from 1858 to
1853, Mr.. Grow retired from public life,
but kept In active touch with public
affairs until 1894, when he was returned
70 congress and served until 1903 when
he again voluntarily retired. In his
latter service I'm congress he devoted
much of his time to legislation on edu-
cational subjects and succeeded, among
other measures, in securing the enact
ment Of a law extending the ranking
privilege to publications for the blind.
He belonged to the old school Of public
men, rugged in his honesty, stubborn
in defense of position once taken and
was always power on the side Of good
in legislation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

The world Is either growing better or
more absent-minded. Two OF three New
York mi1lionAires have not visited the
assessor for the purpose Of swearing to
property.
Senator whyte of Maryland attributes
HIS vigor at SO to a diet Of terrapin
Maryland style The terrapin is a long
lived reptile and II II can impart that
quality. there may be something in IL,
George T. Angel Of Boston has been
elected for the fortieth time as presl-
dent Of the Massachusetts Society FOR
the Prevention Of Cruelty 70 Animals
In 1868, with the help OF few others
he organized the society.
DR.. e. p. oberholtzer's Life Of Jay
Cooke" will shortly be brought out. The
hundreds OF letters written TO Cooke dur
ing the civil war BY distinguished per-
sonages then engaged IN making history
are 20 be deposited IN the library OF the
pennsylvania Historical society.
Herr Bebel, the leader Of the German
socialists. who has been 80 much In CYL
dence OF late, Is wheelwright by trade.
Although entirely self-educated, he is One
OF the finest orators and debaters IN the
fatherland and, distasteful as his views
may be in the Reichstag. whenever he
addresses the assembly he is certain Of
having a large and attentive audience.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

GOVERNOR sHELDON'S FIRST VETO.
Governor sheldOn's first veto proves
to be Of a bill granting authority to the
mayor and city council Of Omaha to
vacate streets and alleys. This author
ity has been exercised chiefly for the
benefit Of the railroads that have been
extending their trackage through the
wholesale district. The most objection
able part of the bill is the provision
validating all the acts of the mayor and
council along this line since the new
charter was adopted two years ago.
While the city has proceeded on the
theory that 1t has had the power to va
cate these streets, the railroads appar-
emily are not satisfied that their title is
clear, whereas a legislative act would
cure the dsfects. While there is some
demand that the city should be compen-
stated for streets closed for the use Of
the railroads, there has been general
acquieseence in the object Of the move
which Is to give trackage to all the ter
ritory occupied by the big jobbing
houses.
At the same time these privileges
were secured on distinct promises Of
reciprocity in the way Of improvements
which the roads have more recently
manifested disposition to withhold.
Nobody win object to the continued use
Of these streets by the railroads, but
the people Of Omaha will expect them
to keep faith on their side Of the COM
pact. If they viii fulfill their obliga-
tons they will have no trouble later in
securing the coveted quit claim. The
governors veto of the validating bill
leaves Omaha in the same strong posi-
ton it now holds. which would have
been lost had he approved the measure
The veto is convincing evidence that
Governor Sheldon has watchful eye
out and does not propose to be caught
mapping.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
PURE FOOD IN DINING CARS.
Managers of the Service Give Away
Their Case.
ChIna ao Tribune

Chicago Tribune
The American Association OF Dining Car
superintendent has appointed a lobbyist
to represent It at Washington. fearing that
the enforcement of the pure food laws may
prove fatal to the dining car business
That Is a partial admission of the need
Of government regulation Of dining cars.
Travellers have suspected at times that
the perishable foods served in dining cars,
other than fruits, were preserved by chem
ioals. II there is any ground for the sus-
picion II is time the practice was stopped.
There is nothing about the motion of a
railroad train which makes drugs any less
injurious there than In a hotel. The argu-
ment that passenger is not on a train
long enough to be injured by the minute
quantity Of preservatives which he absorbs
IL not applicable to the thousands Of men
whose business compels them to spend a
large part OF their time in travelling. Many
commercial travellers eat more meals on
trains and in railway restaurants under
the same management than they do In
their own homes
II is Just as easy 70 carry Ice in a dining
car as II Is to put IL in a hotel refriger-
ator. 1t is not necessary to carry a large
stock OF milk or anything else on one run.
and II IL always possible to replenish the
stock II careful calculations Of the amount
needed prove erroneous. large part OF
the soups ana cold meats are canned but
at the prices paid travellers are entitled to
the best quality. and under the new law Il
is always possible for the dining cars to be
provided with pure food.
To gain public confidence the dining car
superintendents ought to call back their
lobbyist and advertise on every railway
folder and every bill of fare used the fact
that all articles served are guaranteed to
be prepared In conformity with the laws
of the United States and are free from
anything injurious II win pay them much
better than TO wriggle away from the law
and thereby suggest their lack Of inno-
cence. 1t does not necessarily follow that
their goods are bad because they do not
want them Investigated. but they must con-
Tess that IL is suspicious.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

ing from committing himself to the
program outlined by the railroad on
cials, although II is generally conceded
that he is in accord with some Of their
Plans. One assuring fact stands out
prominently as the result OF the discus
sion that has been raging. The happy,
careless days Of railroad Irresponsible
fly gnd arrogance have gone forever,
and while there may be need Of coop
Grafton between the government and
the railways to ease the situation and
restore confidence, long step toward
better conditions has been made by the
acknowledgment on the part Of the rail
way magnates Of the higher authority
Of the law and their place in the system
Of things
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
WESTERN FOREST RESERVES.
Government Policy Not Opposed "a
Settlement.

Government Policy NOT opposed 10
Settlement.
Portland Oregonian.
Nearly all those who have protested
against the creation Of forest reserves do
SO upon the ground that such action re-
strcts BODYBUILDING. There is no founda-
ton for this objection. for two reasons
creation OF reserve does not prevent set
Element, and as a rule there are very few
places IN the reserves where any enc would
want to make home. The department has
many times declared its policy Of remov-
ing from the limits OF a reserve any lands
that are wanted Tor settlement. This policy
was announced in the letter written by the
president when he Issued the last Of his
ppclamatiOns Practically the same atti-
tude was shown in the statement made to
Senator Bourne on Saturday, when he in
quired regarding the rights Of those who
have already made settlements, but have
not acquired title The government IL not
standing IN the way OF any homebuilder
When opponents OF forest reserves assert
that settlement Is being retarded II might
not be a bad idea fer them 20 give the
names OF intending settlers. the lands they
desire 20 locate upon, and the time when
they asked the government 70 release the
lands and were refuasd
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
sure Check TO Drafting,

The history OF graft IN San Francisco
shows that the success or failure OF a graft
administration depends upon the character
OF the man who occupies the Office Of prose-
cutting attorney. Graft cannot be carried
on TO a very considerable extent without
there being evidence OF II sufficient to
arouse the suspicious Of an alert prosecut-
ing attorney San Francisco has had graft
Ing bosses almost continuously since II had
municipal business that afforded cppor-
tunity for graft The election Of an honest
man to the once OF district attorney was
what led 70 the prosecutions row occupy
ing the attention Of the whole civilized
world. Where extensive graft prevails the
district attorney must be stupid Indifferent
or dishonest
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
WOULDN'T BnrRAY TRUSTS.
Business Secrets that Girls Have
Faithfully Kept.
Kansas CITY star

FAITHFULLY Kept.
Kansas city star.
Not long ago Kansas City stenographer
learned that the railroad for which she was
working had determined to extend its line
She had friend living in a town through
which the line was to run. A letter to him
with her savings would have enabled him
TO buy at low price the land the road
needed, and. the peculiar nature OF the
ground in that neighborhood would have
enabled him to sell at a great profit. II
would have been a business move on the
part Of the girl, but she would gain her
money by the betrayal Of the confidence Of
her employers. She did not consider the
thing more than a minute and then de-
cided that II would be dishonOrable thing
to do.
Another stenographer in large real es-
tate office became aware of deal in which
$4,000 was involved. Certain information
she possessed would be worth thousands
to the other parties, They made a few ad-
vanoes and limited at rewards as high as
5000 for her betrayal OF her Arm. She in
dignantly refused and told her employers
of the scheme. 1t never entered the mind
OF that young woman to betray her trust.
Another stenographer was offered 1900
for copies OF three letters which she had
written. A law suit in which her en-
ployers were involved might have gone
against them had the opposing party been
able to secure the Information contained in
the three letters. The lawyer for the other
side laid ten 800 bills on her mothers table
and told her they were hers for the per-
mission to read the letters. The girl
scorned the offer as an atetmpt to bride
her to do a dishonorable and dishonest act,
and she never even told her employers
about Il
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
SINCE MOLLY WENT AWAY.


Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
Don't seem Jest like II used TO seem
since Molly went away.
The dark has lost the rosy dream.
The sunshine left the day,
The birds don't sing as sweet az when
They saw the roses stir
An look. an listen ia the glen
To hear the step Of her
IL Jest seems like for bird an brook
There's never no more May:
An that when Molly went she took
The world an all away
/ jest set here when days begun
An feel the lonely place
The sunfoWers fOllerin' the sun
An dreamin' OF her face.
An wonder why In shrub an tree
The sweetest birds are dumb,
While all the roses look az me.
An whisper: viii she conner
I didn't think II would, seem so strange
That any heart would break.
But how this world o. Gods can change
For jest one wOman's sakel
One little woman--"Will che Gomez
The roses, day bV dav;
/ answer not my heart Is dumb.
Since Molly went away
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
VANISHING VETERANS.
RemOrseIess Time Decimating the
Grand Army.
Chicago Tribune.

Grand Army.
Chicago Tribune
Another evidence that the great army OF
soldiers Of the civil war is fast vanishing is
afforded by the organization OF a new
post OF the Grand Army OF the Republic
which is to hold its meetings Sunday
afternoons. Because OF physical inhrmities
the charter members OF 'Old Glory" post
have found It hard to get out for the usual
evening meetings. so they have sought re-
lief by the establishment OF a daytime
post.
In mastering them in the past department
commander expressed his belief that this
may be the last post OF the Grand Army
to be organized. The ranks Of the veterans
are being depleted rapidly by death. Each
years summary reveals the absence OF a
host who responded at roll call the year
before. Most Of the great commanders
have gone. The man who was 90 in 1850 IL
now g.. There were thousands who were
far past 20 when they rallied at the call OF
Abraham Lincoln. Each year now is bound
to show relatively larger death rate and
II cannot be long until the last of the vet
Grams OF a great conflict Is gone
with the passing of these who preserved
the union in it's time Of distress is spring.
ing up a race OF people who know little OF
that great contest and can little appreciate
the strength OF the sentiment which IL be-
hind the Grand Army OF the Republic.
Millions OF other citizens have no personal
relationship to the men who followed the
flag between 1851 and 1866 Not only the In
dividuals are passing away, but the era ia
which they played a part. So dominant
has been the influence OF the soldier during
the last forty years that It win indeed
seem strange when the bugle call fails to
secure the attention OF n single veteran.
But no change OF citizenship or shifting
interest will make the world forget what
the Grand Army of the Republic accom-
plished. The strength and glory OF the
nation is its monument. There is no regret
over things undone. The members OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic have the
peculiar JOY of a happy memory OF ao-
compllshment. The kindness and care Of q
grateful people will be theirs during the
evening of life. Their work will not be
forgotten when they are gone.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

RippIes on the Current of Life IN the
Metropolis.


RippIes on the Current of Life IN the
Metropolis.
Greater New Yorks police force totals
z, iSi men. Salaries range from $500 for the
first years service OF a roundsmnn to 5000
Per annum for the chief Inspector, and the
average ~ about $4,000 a year. Members
are retired on one-haif pay after twenty
I'VE years service, and after twenty years
service ~ q veteran OF the civil war OF
for permanent disability contracted on line
Of duty. Members are also protected by
civil service law and cannot be dismissed
without cause disclosed at a regular trial.
An organization so vast ramifying the
complex life Of over 100000 people Is a
conceded power for good or evil and a
mighty dificult body to line up on a
straight and narrow road. AS a political
factor II Is often the making Of party vic
tory. just now the force IL lined UP, on
the quiet, as usual against a bill pending
in the Legislature designed TO grant power
to the police commissioner to handle the
members as he Wills and materially relax
ing the right OF dismissal In the fight
for the bill Commissioner Bingham and Dis
triot Attorney Jerome led a raid on the
headquarters Of the police beneficiary fund
where they found records and most OF the
cash Of a surplus Of 5000 supposed to have
been raised TO defeat unfriendly legisla-
ton. The discovery is expected to advance
the measure. On the heels OF this shake
down comes the discovery that Commits
sioner Bingham's executive clerk, James
l.. Mock, has been industriously borrowing
money from members OF the force and IL
said to be $4,000 to the good. Evidently
whatever side snaps the members enjoy
are barely SUFFICIENT to meet the exactions
of grafters higher up
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

A reform sadly needed In Nebraska
is some provision for giving publicity
to laws enacted with the emergency
clause before the penalties begin to ac-
crue. In other states such laws must
be published in the newspapers, but in
this state people may innocently com
NIT acts that will take them to the pen
itentiary without any opportunity what
ever Of finding out that they are doing
wrong.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

It is now unlawful to employ any
child under 10 years Of age at any re-
munerative work in Nebraska except
on the farm, unless he is supplied with
a school certificate giving his weight
and height and the color of his hair
and eyes. Presumably, however, prose
cutions under the new child labor law
will not begin for few weeks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

The census estimate gives Omaha
and South Omaha a combined popula-
ton Of little more than 100000. That
means that to reach the 100000 mark
for Greater Omaha by 1910 we must
not only consolidate the two cities, but
secure 10000 more people besidcS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

In the reform program, the state, county
and city officials being united In n
pledge to secure strict enforcement Of
the laws. The Texan who can not live
without gambling ana mis- partner, tine
man who is always ready to shoot at
the drop Of the hat" will have either
to reform or move to New York.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

The president has written a 1000
word letter to Congressman Pollard
thanking him for his vote on the ship
subsidy measure. At that rate, he
ought to write a couple Of books to
General Grosvenor who has been voting
for the measure for over twenty years
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

1t is refreshing to note that the home
are keeping close tab on the
votes Of their respective members Of
the legislature on all important legisla-
ton. Every man who went wrong at
Lincoln will have to do a lot Of tall
explaining whep he gets back to his
peiRhbors.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
BattIe Arain.t spoIIs.

TIIIaUuII8 DIaUaINII'
Tho corporations and the New York po-
litioal machines are Joined in nghdng Gov
ernor Hughes public utilities bill. In the
last analysis the two powers are usually
as parts Of one tremendous whole.
But Governor Hughes is making both to
gether do their utmost and has got some Of
them In the preliminary stages Of stampede.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

The mayor of one OF our Nebraska
towns has appealed to the school boys
to put in their vacation time cleaning
up the streets and public places. Most
Of the school boys have all they can do
wrestling with the back yard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

A railroad president has been sent to
Jail in Nevada for refusing to show the
company's books to the grand jury. He
is behind the times in not having his
books SO fixed up that the grand jury
could not make heads or tails of them
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

The presidents letter ought to square
Congressman Pollard with such Of his
constituents as are opposed to ship sub
sidy appropriations. The Nebraska
congressman who voted against ship
subsidies will have to square them
selves.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02
Demands on the Peaeemaker.


President Roosevelt has been appealed TO
20 put stop to the massacres in Rou-
mania. But II may have been noticed
that, while the duties OF the big inter
national policeman are constant and oner-
GUS, there is no salary or ofrer Of one TO 90
with the Job.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

Railroad managers probably win view
with alarm the report from Washington
that President Roosevelt has been hav.
ing his teeth repaired,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

Mayor "Jim" has turned the old mar
ket house building into about every.
thing except q prize-nehting arena
and he may get to that yet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

That lincoln paper that denounced
Omaha as "A sponge and hog" must
have been trying to cover up the tracks
Of Lincoln wadIng into the state appro-
nrlations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

The statement that more persons die
each year from drinking milk than from
Indulgence in whisky probably had its
origin in Kentucky or at Peoria.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

Kentucky is about ready TO charge
that the prohibitionist movement is a
coordination IA restraint OF trade.
Another distlllery town in the state has
gone dry
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

The New York surgeons who bored a
hole in a mans head to make him talk
ought to have been engaged in better
business. Too many men are talking
already.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

That Chicago woman who wants a
divorce because her husband is ugly
will know better than pick out Chi
cago man next time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

A Connecticut man is telling how It
feels to be electrocuted. That's one
subject on which even MissOurIans are
willing to accept hearsay evidence.