Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-01
saturday---Easlss' nay.
Ak-Sar-Ben's own Events.
Taft and ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Coronation Ball--Friday.
Cinderella BAll-Saturday, ai30 p. m.

Coronation 8aI-Frtday.
Cinderella Bau-saturday, si3o p. m.
If Alexander the Great had seen whal
Ak-Sar-Ben XIV saw as he passed NJ
Farnam street last night, he would never
have longed for more kingdoms to conquer.
If the king of Macedonia IN the deepest
depths of his lnordnate lust for power and
wealth could have viewed what this king
viewed he would have turned his back
upon the eastern world conquered by his
might, shut his eyes to the Panhellenlc en-
pire his mere plaything and the chief herl-
tage OF his son; he would have spurned the
country beyond the Danube and dismissed
the thought of Asia Minor from his mind
But Alexander the Great could never
have viewed what Ak-Sar- Ben XIV viewed
He conquered the eastern world. yes.
Thrace, Thressaly Illyrium were his foot
tools and Mount Pangaeus his pillow
Mount Pangaeus with its infinite wealth OF
gold He humbled monarchs and destroyed
monarchies, he changed the lines Of ma
tional destinies-he outstripped the world,
his world. IN military conquest. Before
him nations fell. warriors criDked. His
name thrilled cities and appalled, states.
But his, was a mailed fist. History tells
us that Alexander the Great. when he had
SldiH All tile tnOuBanuS ne cOuld TeaCn, ana
overturned every yower at his command,
still craved for more kingdoms to conquer.
But Macedonia's monarch conquered he
did not rule. Or II he did he ruled not
wisely. The mailed fist was turned against
the nations and the nations against the
mailed fist, and in time the towering mon
uments erected by the overpowering might
and skill Of this warriors military Prov
ess fell crumbed beneath the feet Of
cringng slaves And where today Is the
Alexandran form Of government?
Ak-Sar-Ben XIV is a king of peace. lie
conquers, yes. and rules, yes. But he con-
quers by sheer force of commercial and
industrial excellence and rules by moral
power. His realm is greater. richer. bet
ter than the combined powers crushed
and dominated by the ancient king and his
dynasty will live and his state endure to
a length of time not reached by the reign
or influence of Alexander.
| And so When these twenty black steeds
bore the king of Quivera through the hui
man-walled streets of his capital city last
night, Ak-Sar- Ben looked out upon a scene
! that never before met the proud eyes OF
royalty He looked first into the faces OF
! thousands upon thousands OF intelligent
! freemen. There he saw In the concrete
a vast Of misunderstanding, bounding
/ blows of human beings But underneath
/ the turbulent waves OF applause Ak-Sar-
ben saw in each individual a sturdy, stall
wart son OF liberty, scion of the house
of American freedom, a warrior only as
war gives virtue and honor to a free state
and an Independent republic.
And back OF this impenetrable mass King
Ak-sar- Ben looked and beheld the imper-
ishable trophies which the pursuit OF peace
:
uments which commerce. in a reign OF un-
paraleled prosperity, had reared in the
beautiful undulating streets Of Omaha; he
felt the impulse Of restless energy that
had built this Nebraska metropolis and
gazed with simple pride upon thousand
I evidences of commercial supremacy in his
military conauests. And out over and be-
yond the limits of the imperial city he fixed
his gaze upon the rolling plains OF Ne
braska. He saw other towns and other
cities. rich and prosperous and happy ana
great and at last be saw what made and
what is maintaining these urban land
marks Of civic greatness.
lie saw wealth and power sufficient to
overturn empires beyond the conception OF
inordinate ambition. He saw the farms
and fields Of Nebraska. He saw men an6
women and children surrounded by
ern conveniencos and comforts and
in the enjoyment of materisi -
which their fathers could
He saw toll titled
cultivation and p
acre.
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