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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH IOWA,
A Bouquet and an Apology for the
Hawkeye State.
New YORK. Tribune

While no one seems directly to have
raised the Issue as to what is the matter
with Iowa, that state, like its sister, seems
to have been under suspicion. Because
Of the peculiar habit which some of the
sons Of the Hawkeye state have displayed
Of going to New York to manage traction
companies or to Washington to look after
national finances and hold done other
cabinet positions, there appears to have
been a somewhat general impression that
Iowa was a good state to get away from.
and this suspicion seemed to be confirmed
when the 1906 census came out showing that
there were several thousand fewer people
within its boundaries than had been there
five years earlier.
It is evident. however, that an apology
is due to Iowa. Its people are so accus-
toned to prosperity and all the other good
things that make life worth living that
they go lsewhere merely to break the mo-
notony. After raising hogs and cattle and
corn and wheat for the rest of the country
to eat they develop a curiosity to see at
close range the hungry millions who so
eagerly seize upon the products of Iowa's
rich soil. returning in place of It bank
balances and automobiles. It is evident
that there can't be anything radically
NlOu6 WIN q state whose country villages
veraciously boast Of an automobile to hun
bred inhabitants, and even the slightly
chaotic condition of its politics indicates the
ennui of panic time prosperity.
The secret of why the people OF that fav-
ored land have so long refused to see in the
Klondike region more than a long distance
summer resort is now out, The wealth Of
the cornfieids between the Mississippi and
the Missouri rivers, from Spirit Lake to
Keokuk and from Council Bluffs to Du-
buque, is so great that there is no lure in
the Alaska sands sparkling with precious
metal. When a man in straw hat and
o~veralls car go out before breakfast and
pick an ear of corn which is worth SO he
begin to feel a gentle contempt for the
average Wall street plunger, and when he
has picked eighty others, footing up TO a
total of S204.5O more, os one son of the
Hawkeye state yclept McCullich is said
to have done, he decides that he can at
ford TO send his sons to the city 10 eX-
pertinent with the bulls and bears which
there do congregats If they feel so inclined d.
The moral OF this seems TO be, II there
can be any morality connected with the pos
session OF such wealth as these figures in
dictate, that the Iowa farmer is to be con-
graduated on his appreciation of the wis
dom Of improving his farm, his stock and
his crops, While the high value TO n acre
OF Iowa crops may TO some extent be due to
tina natural fertility of the soil and other
marks of natures special favor. we can
account for the fact that the state raises
the finest corn in the country only by TAX
Ing into consideration the character OF the
men who raise the crop. Much Of this sue
cess is no doubt due to the efforts Of the
State Agricultural college, which has man
aged 10 secure and retain the confidence Of
She people 1t Is presumed to serve
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

conceded, the Gomez followers would
refuse to abide by the result and
would either start a revolution at once
or wait until Governor Magoon and the
American forces are withdrawn and
then make war on the Zayas forces.
Most of the Gomez followers openly
assert that they would rather have
Governor Magoon remain in charge
than to see Zayas holding the reins Of
government.
The larger industries of Cuba are
being promoted and developed by
American capital and the uncertainty
of the election result has practically
put an end to business and industrial
activity on the island. There is a
growing feeling that the United States
may have to soon redeem the promise
made by President Roosevelt in 1905
that If the American troops had to be
sent to Cuba again they would go to
stay. Cuba's future independence
hangs upon the result of the August
election.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Bryan and the Farmers.

800" 1850 N'AANHts
The democratic plank promising "a re-
duction Of the tariff upon the necessaries
of life seems to us harmless, even ad-
mirable, but it is loaded and aimed at the
heart which beats for the poor farmer.
The above simple phrase being trans
lated into a shorter and uglier form spells
"free wool" and that means the enmity
Of that class for whose pennies Mr.. Bryan
made such a heart to heart appeal the
other day. II is all right in the east to
crush the wicked combination of wool buy
ers who are keeping down the price of the
farmers wool, and keeping up the price
OF the peoples clothes. But in the west
this means the annulment of the sacred
clause putting up the price of the farmers
sheep.
Did not the census OF sheep show a fall
ing off of ten millions during the last
democratic administration. and has the
poor farmer yet recovered from that mas
sacre Of the innocent sheep, like that now
prepared for himself to make a Bryan holt
day? Has not the price Of territory, best
fine staple, clean risen from 30 cents to
90 cents under republican administration,
and shall the hands of the clock be turned
backward? In other words. will the farmer
chip IN for Bryan and free wool? We
trow not. Bryan and ruin look alike to
the western rancher, and he would rather
vote for the Old Boy himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Taft Equal TO the Task.
National Magazine.

William Howard Taft's public career al
ways found him equal to the tasks set be-
fore him.. In school and college; his first
activities as a newspaper reporter; coll
lector of internal %revenue; the industrious
and painstaking young lawyer: strong and
conscientious solicitor general; a fearless
and just Judge; the first governor to grasp
the vexed and unsettled problem in the
Philippines; the foremost member OF the
cabinet whose fame was worldwide in
the limellght of criticism and before the
tribunal of American popular opinion.
Successful in small beginnings and ever
increasing opportunities and unmoved by
greed or vanity, he came to be the man Of
the hour-the trusted nominee to be put on
the Job.
Was there a vexatious problem in the
%hilippines, a boundary dispute in Alaska
or Colombia, a Panama canal to be pushed
to completion. the Chinese boycott OF
American goods to be peacefully obllterted,
an incipient revolution in Cuba to be
averted, or a japanese war cloud to be dis
PEELED, William Howard Taft was always
ION the Job" and always 'smade good"
The skilled constructor of public conf
dence. energy and optimism; the bridge
builder OF oversee commerce is called,
and a president nominated whom men trust
and honor from coast to coast, from Orient
to Occident.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
NOTES.

II will be an embarrassing moment when
the notification committee calls on Candi-
date Preston, who Is locked up in the Ne
vada penitentiary.
John Eaton OF Kingston, N. H., has one
Of the best collections Of Indian relics in
his state, most Of which he has dug dur
ing the last half century in his own garden.
At his death they will go to sanborn semi
nary, in his home city.
Upon the announcement OF the birth of
his thirteenth child. a Braddock, Pa, man
jumped into the Monongahelia river and
was drowned The superstitious man was
probably hoping that by the arrival of
twins he would dodge the unlucky number,
King Edward is a model landlord, and
when at SandringhAm spends some time
every day with his agent, and takes an
active personal interest in the estate and
in the well-being of the people. Most af-
f%ectionate relations exist between the royal
landlord and hfs tenants and employees.
DR.. S. c. Mitchell, head of the Depart
ment OF History at Richmond college,
Virginia, has been elected president OF the
University of South Carolina, vice Major
BENJAMIN Sloan, resigned. DR.. Mitchell has
made engagements TO lecture at Brown and
Harvard universities during the coming
session.
George Hough, the oldest railroad man in
the west in active service. has the remark
able record Of fifty-five years Of life on
the rail. Hough has probably Travelled
more miles than any other human being,
II is estimated that he has exceeded a
million and a half miles, more than sixty
times around the earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Passing the Hnt.
AAoas
Pittsburg Dispatch, (rep.)

Pittsourg Dispatch, (rep.).
In a joint note to the farmers of the
country Bryan and Kern, the democratic
national candidstes. make a unique and al
most pathetic appeal for contribution to
pay the expenses of %electing them to the
presidency n vice presidency. This is
certainly a new and charming departure.
Usually such contributions have been left
to individual or corporation enthusiasm,
or. at times, self-interest. 1t is the first
instance in the history Of American politics
when candidates have made a personal
appeal, and that to a class. The candi-
dates could not await organization of the
national committee. They want the rush
OF funds to begin at once, and, with de-
lightful n~aivete, it is stated that previous
to the construction of an official con-
tributIon box the dollars may be sent
to the Commoner treasury.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
he KIND TO FATHER.
Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Sun.
Be kind to your father, he had a hard
To nick up a dollar and toll for a dime;
He bears all the burden and chops all the
wood,
And stiIi you all tell him he's not any
good;
through the days, 500 -!s,1
Cooking and cleaning and getting the
praise!
Be kind to your f~ather-don't send him to
with ieers and with rancor to ring in his
He sits in the office and sweatS for the,
While mother sklps round where the sea
breezes blow,
And writes, Darling h~usband-It's pleas
Please close all the windows II storms
come, my dear!'
BE kind to your father and don't pull his
Till he's almost compelled to turn beggar
and beg; ,
He's choppIng the kindling and earning
the money
And getting sweet letters from mother;
Look after the kitten and feed the pet
bird,
And water the rubber plantg" Lover Not
Be kin to your father and keep him from
His life is all trouble and hustle and hurry;
at night,
But play him some music and treat him
all right:
Regards to your father, and tell him to
A check for more money; my wad's at an
end"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
TIPS ron
some Notes About Hunting in the
WIlds of Africa.
Man, VaaIx Cioho

some Notes About Hunting in the
WIlds of Africa.
, New York Globe.
For the instruction of plain Mr.. Rcose-
welt, as he will be when the great presi-
Dental African hunt is undertaken. We
call attention to n report from Vice Con-
sui General Memminger regarding African
elephants. In the first place. II may sur
prise him to learn that hunting elephants
In the Congo requires a license, which
costs 1850. Furthermore, the number Of
elephants each hunter is allowed to take
out Of the district is limited. The most i'm
portsnt piece of news contained in Consul
Memminger's memoranda, however, is the
announcement that at last the African Gle
plant has been domesticated. AS Mr..
Roosevelt. OF course, knows, hitherto all
experiments with this end in view have
failed, and he has probably arranged to
blaze away at anything In the shape of an
elephant seen on the Dark Continent.
Under the altered conditions arising from
the success of an elephant farm at APP.
this indiscrimlnate attack might result in
the slaughter of domesticated individuals
and involve the hunter in unpleasant con-
troversies with the natives, similar to those
occasionally occurring in this country when
the amateur bags tame ducks by mistake.
1t is reasonable to assume that any new
thing about elephants, tame or wild, must
now interest Mr.. Roosevelt. The fact that
a Cincinnati menagerie elephant was re-
Gently X-rayed to locate a $3.50 diamond
ring It had swallowed by mistake for a
peanut is, therefore, perhaps also worthy
Of note.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Political Changes in the south.
Clnclnnati Elnnnirer Nnd. dem.l

Cincinnati Enquirer ind. dem.)
From Information gathered in a num-
Der of the cities and towns Of the South
Atlantic states it can be assumed as a
certainty that the republican vote in Vlr-
ginia, North Carolina and Georgia will be
increased to such an extent that at least
one Of the states named will be debatable.
The news from Tennessee points conclu-
sively to al increased republican vote in
that state.
Careful analysis of the cause of this in
crease plainly shows it is the result of two
Numerically opposite sentiments.
TIL democrats are losing by two currents
of thought in the south, each current diff
ferent in origin, but both running to the
benefit of the republican party.
One comes from admiration of President
Roosevelt and through approval Of his at
titude toward corporations in general and
railway corporations in particular.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Decline of English stamina,
New York Sun

The Marathon race was the most signifi-
cant Of all the olympic sports in it's re-
suits. OF the four runners who finished in
the van, not counting the Italian Dorando.
who did not complete the course without
help, three were Americans. The first
Englishman to finish was thirteenth on the
list, If the Marathon of 1908 does not in
dictate a decline in the stamina of the
English people-and we think it does-it
certainly proves great vitality in the Ameri-
can stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Mr.. BryRn's Enthusiasm over HIS
Managers Fat Purse.

"
Managers Fat Purse.
Kansas city Star Ond).
The JUNCTION with which Mr.. Bryan re-
counts the fact that the chairman Of his
new committee does a business Of half a
million dollars a year presents an amusing
study in political psychology.
one will recall from 1bsen's "Rosmers-
holm" the scene between Rosmer and the
socialist editor. Rosmer declares his intent
to renounce the comfortable dogmas In
which he has been reared, and set himself
truly before the world as a socialist and
disbeliever in orthodoxy. both Of church
and state. The editor endeavors to dis
suade him by pointing out that what the
cause needs is "respectabllity"-standing
with the fashionables, the pillars Of the es-
tabllshed order.
Can II be that Mr.. Bryan places a similar
estimate on "respectability?' Is he seek
ing to mollify or disarm the criticism that
once was as breath to his nostrils7
II this is true, is there not here rather
too palpable a change from the era Of the
cross OF gold? Good old Chairman Jones,
one might say, was buried with the six
teen-to-one issue. But will not both OF
these old friends turn over in their graves
that Mr.. Bryan should be so much more
than highly gratified" in finding in the
whose favor the strongest argument was
that he had built up a business of half
a million dollars gold dollars) a year,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Law DiverEeIy Expounded.

IHIdUVTpTIId ITVSN.
Judge Lands looked to the real owner
OF the Standard OIL company of Indiana.
The court that reverses him looks to the
legal corporation. A difference like this
needs and should be carried to the court
OF last resort. Railroad rates must be
uniform. II existing laws still leave it
possible for actual concessions to be legally
secured 1t is clear that the law should be
changed. This can be known only when
the supreme court finally passes on a case
like this and settles once for all the boun-
daries of a shippers responsibility.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Our humble apologies are due to
Mayor Jim for intimating that some
thing not visible to the naked eye was
keeping him from making good his
promise to file for the democratic
nomination for governor. Mayor Jim
has bought his chips and stacked them
up on the table and promises never to
bat an eye no matter what kind Of
cards he finds himself holding.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Democratic orators and organs will
now proceed to manifest their dis
pleasure at what Judge Taft has said
in his acceptance speech. No matter
what Mr.. Taft might have said, it was
certain that he would not get a pleas
ant look from the Bryanites.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

The democratic city council has on
second thought reconsidered its de-
cision to shave the tax levy a trife and
has piled on the utmost amount which
the charter permits 1t to take out of
the taxpayers pockets. Whenever The
Bee makes a suggestion in the interest
of the taxpayers the democratic city
councilmen think themselves in duty
bound to do the opposite.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
odds Against Bryan.

springfield RepubTcan Nnd.).
II is stated that while the democratic
campaign chairman will be an fastener,
the real fight Of that party for the presi-
dency will be confined largely to Ohio, In
diana and Illinois. They are as likely
states for the democracy as any in the
central west, yet some idea can be had
OF the odds TO be overcome when Il is
stated that II all three went for Bryan
and Kern, and the rest of the country
voted as in 1904. the democrats would be
beaten in the electoral college by IN to 2l5.
But with New York added the democrats
would win, Pa TO 232. II will take a YER
liable landslide TO land Bryan in the White
House.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
PecuIiaritIes of Pine Dreams.
Kansas City Times.

One of the states Mr.. Bryan expects the
prohibition party to deliver to HIM in
November, according to the Lincoln (Neb),
dispatches, is Kansas. Just to show how
very optimistic Mr.. Bryan has grown it
need only be pointed out that when Roose-
welt carried Kansas by a majority Of 126 900
the prohibition party polled only 700
votes in the entire state.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

The county board has granted a
hfty-year franchise for a street rail-
way project. Long before the fifty
years are up this street railway, If 1t
is ever built, will be inside of the city
limits of Omaha. The Bee is opposed
to granting hfty-year franchises to In
public service corporation, present or
prospective.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
LonR ni.tnnce MIrcIe.n.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
a new long distance record for wireless
telegraphy has been made between the
station at San Diego, Cal, and the battle
ship Connecticut. Intelligent messages
were exchanged over an intervening space
Of $500 miles, the greatest previous space
record for wireless being 1000 miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Bearing the BELL.
Neu Work Sun 1renN

ANVW IVIh sun NIVWsT'
II seems clear to the remarkably saga
cious politicians in Mr.. Bryan's confidence
that the appointment OF Mr.. Mack will
bring New York into line" in November.
For really intantlne ratlocination the poll
ticians hear he hell
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

The editor Of the Charleston News
and Courier admits that he shook
hands with Mr.. Taft. The Bryanites
have had a good deal Of work to pre-
vent that same editor from shaking
his political views.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Reviving T~orchIight Professions.

minneapolis journal Gep).
In the days of Grant and Colfax, Grant
and Wilson, Seymour and Blair, and Gree
ley and Brown, the torchlight procession
was the whole political thing. A band of
Chicago young men has proposed to revive
this old generator of enthusiasm and to
organize a Taft and Sherman torchlight
procession. This band had even gone so far
as to try to place an order for torches, but
no concern could be found manufacturing
the article. That is only a temporary han
dicap, of course, for If the torch cap find
a user it will speedily find a maker.
Many an old political warhorse would
snort and paw with delight to march again
with the leaky, smelling, Pickering kero-
sene light over his shoulder. And new and
more spectacular torches would doubtless
be put hurriedly on the market. Something
interesting may happen yet before Novem-
Der,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

A riot occurred in Honolulu when
Japanese ball players protested the
umpire's decision. Still, some contend
that the Japanese are slow in assim-
Hating American ideas.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
where the Diggers Dig.
Philadelphia Press.

Any man who used to think It a Joke
to talk about how the dirt would fly"
in Panama when America got to work in
earnest should read the reports of the
engineers. Over 100000 cubic yards
have been ~excavated. more than half Of
which was accomplished in the year end
ing June 30. Yes, the dirt is flying and
American energy is again vindicatine
itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Money from Corporations.

wall street journal.
The first recorded contribution to. the
democratic campaign fund came from cor
porations. Two photograph companies
paid Mr.. Bryan $1,000 for talks into the
record machines, and MIR. Bryan promptly
turned the money over in equal amounts
to the Nebraska democratic state commit
tee and the Lancaster county (Neb.) demo-
cratic committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Mr.. Taft has been informed Of the
action OF the Chicago convention. but
II will be three weeks before James
~Schoolcraft Sherman finds out who was
nominated for vice president.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

The police have proven hat one of
the bandits killed in the man hunt at
Boston was not a native OF the city.
He did not wear glasses and had no
copy OF Browning in his pocket
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Hobson and the Japanese cabinet
ministers are displeased with the dem
ocratic platform, but as Hohson Toes
not count and the Japanese do not
vote, their objections will not change
the result.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
No Shouting Record.
Washington Star Crep).

The prohibitionists have not received suf-
ficient credit for the sobTiety-no pun In
t~ended-which characterized the proceedings
at their national convention. Everything
was done quietly and in order. No long
distance shouting record was made. There
was elaboration, and TO spare. And yet
today. only two weeks later. not one man
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

An American consulate Is to be es-
tablished at Omak. Siberia. Why
should not the president waive polit-
ical considerations aside and send Cap
tain Richmond Hobson over there'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

1t would be interesting to know II
the Commoner's subscription list has
grown since Mr., Bryan promised to
quit writing for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
StiII

New Iork World Idem.J.
Must the election of Norman E. Mack
of Buffalo to the craftsmanship Of the
national committee be construed as evil
dence that the democratic party. to use the
language Of Grover Cleveland, is still I'm
fatuated with the visage OF defeat?"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Sporting interest will soon be d.
verted from the Olympic games to me
oross-oountry run in which Messrs.
Taft. Bryan. Debs. Watson. Chain and
Mr.. Hearst's proxy have been entered.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Augustus Thomas, the playwright,
is TO take the stump for the democratic
ticket. Chairman Hitchcock should
get George AIDE on his list of SPELL
binders.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
worried by administrative affairs. He
Is a sort Of a Chinese vice president.
Can an Tastes ne suiteat
indianapolis News

There are seven national tickets in the
presidential field this year; and still there
are people. we presume. who are not salts
fled to make a choice Of evils.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

The reformers in Turkey should re-
member that the sultan is always a
good promiser when he is scared or
sick.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Boss Croker wants to know who
John Worth Kern is. Have beer con-
fident all along that something in Mr..
Kern's favor would be discovered.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30
Tom Watson has challenged William

Tom Watson has challenged William
j. Bryan to meet him in a series of
joint debates on the issues of the day,
The last public joint debate in which
Mr.. Bryan engaged was with the
founder and then editor of The Bee
on the question of free silver coinage
at 16 IN L
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

in a hundred can give the names of the
prohibition nominees. Query: Does noise
serve to fix the personnel OF a national
ticket in the memory?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Mr.. Roosevelt may not be learned in
the law, but his opinions always conf
mand attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

What" asks a school boy" is
meant by the term cold cash?'" It's
the kind that comes In drafts.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-30

Statistics show that the average sal
airy of the American college professor
is considerably less than that of a
good FIRST baseman.