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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04


The members of the American
Bankers association, at their Denver
convention, have gone on record
against both the bank deposit guar
anty plan proposed by Mr.. Bryan and
the postal savings bank plan endorsed
by the republicans at their national
convention. Whether the action of
the bankers on the postal savings
bank plan was inspired by fear or self
interest, the fact remains that the
arguments offered in support of their
attitude are based on false premises,
and their acceptance would lead to the
establishment of a very short-sighted
policy.
The bankers contend that the losses
by bank failures have been so small
that there is no reason for the gov
eminent going into the savings bank
business, which, they insist, would de-
prive the regular savings banks OF
much of their business. 1t is true that
depositors actually lose but very little
Of their money, even in the hardest
times, but the fact they are afraid they
are going to lose their savings causes
them to withdraw their deposits, thus
forcing a contraction of the money in
circulation. Money taken from banks
in times of panic, or fear Of panic,
returns but slowly and use g block
fn~ - h,afnAa1 o,I I-J,aAry t, Ahsa
emergency the postal savings bank
would play its important part. It
would furnish confidence, at a smaller
rate of interest, and would keep in
circulation the money that would
otherwise be boarded or hidden. With
the restoration of confidence, the timid
depositor would take his money from
the postal savings bank and place it
with savings banks or in investments
that offer a higher rate of return than
that paid by the government. The
purpose Of the postal savings bank is
to keep the money in circulation at a
time when and at places where the de-
mand is most urgent. When the timid
~depositor withdraws his money from a
savings bank and places it with the
postal savings bank, the savings bank,
by depositing securities, approved by
the government, nay recover the
money withdrawn, thus keeping it in
circulation.
The contention of the bankers that
they would suffer by competition with
the postal savings bank is wholly un-
warranted. The government proposes
to pay 2 per cent interest, while saw
ings banks pay from 8 to 4 per cent.
This difference in interest is the best
assurance that the existing savings
banks would not suffer by the opera
ton of the postal savings banks. They
would, on the other hand, profit by
keeping in circulation money hat
their ~depositors would otherwise with
draw and place in hiding during times
of financial unrest.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
TIE CASE OF IAN POuREN.

A defense committee of American
citizens has beer formed in New York
in behalf of Jan Pouren, a Russian
refugee, whose case certainly appears
to be one that should command the
most careful consideration by the au-
thorities at washington before compli-
ance is made with Russia's request for
his extradition.
Pouren was implicated in the polit-
ical uprising in the Baltic provinces in
1905 and fed to this country. He was
followed by spies of the Russian gov
eminent and his arrest caused on
charges of murder, arson and other
crimes, and his ~extradition asked by
the Russian authorities. At a hearing
before a commissioner Pouren was ac-
quilted of the murder charge, but held
on some others, and a decision made
that he should be sent back to Russia
for trial, and presumably to certain
death. Pouren and his friends insist
that the charges against him are purely
political and that the Russian govern
ment is attempting to secure his per-
son., while he is guilty of nothing more
than a political offense.
In this case Pouren cuts a figure of
but little Importance, but there is a
principle involved that entities him to
have a most thorough hearing before
final action is taken on the application
for e%xtradition. His countrymen, In
urging President Roosevelt to prevent
his extradition, have submitted stem
ographic reprints of the proceedings
in the Russian Douma, when the COM
mittee on the details of the tortures in
the Baltic provinces made it's report.
This account gives the report of such
atrocities as have not been practiced
since the middle ages. Men and
women were tortured in order to COM
pei them to give testimony against the
insurgent leaders, of whom Pouren
was one. The report shows that even
Pouren's S-year-old daughter was
beaten to insensibility because she re-
IuS6u To reveal uOI ldIASA . WhSlSd-
bouts.
This country has always granted the
right of asylum to persons whose only
offense against their government was
political. If it is shown that Pouren's
offense was of a political character
only this government cannot afford to
surrender him to the Russian authori-
ties on any trumped-up charge. Thou
sands Of Russians, Polanders and
former subjects of the car now in
this country have incurred the enmity
of the Russian government because of
their part in the national troubles Of
that troubled empire. and the authori-
ties of the State department are under
obligation to exercise the greatest care
that the action in the Pouren case may
not become a precedent for the extra
dition of others under guise OF charges
of nonpolitical crimes and offenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
personal AND OTHERWISE.

Down in Oklahoma seers, seeresses and
palmers are making none solving pipe
line dreams.
The cranberry crop Of Cape Cod and
nearby bushes is reported splendid. Har-
vesters nave advanced prices to improve
the piquancy Of the sauce.
'I love America and the Americans
exclaims Hall Game. Mr.. Game is not
a stick when it comes to tapping public
interest for a lecture tour.
Pennsylvania has a man who has not
spoken for thirty years. Which shows
the perils of a state so Internally lopsiAed
that the political ginger can passes 1t Up.
Pittsburg has concluded a celebration of
the 10th anniversary OF its founding,
All the celebrating residents stayed at
home and made the collective blowout a
hummer.
Young women in a Pennsylvania town
have taken up boxing for mental diver
sion, and one OF them recent downed
five men in a contest. Notwithstanding
THE prowess of the champion It is dollars
to coppers she cannot keep her steady at
arms length.
To show the effect of the dry spell
down east 1t is stated that the Susuue-
hanna river at Harrisburg, Pa, exposes
portions of it's bed never seen with less
than three feet Of water. At Trenton the
Delaware river is several inches lower
than the low record Of 1860.
The two parties to the transaction affect
contempt for inqulsitiye people who want
to know why the head of the wrecked
brokerage firm Of A. o. Brown & Co.
Nm VprIr OaNra a 81 00 automobile to an
actress. 1--WE have been good friends for
a long time" the actress answered when
uuizzed, 80 It was perfectly natural for
him to give me the car" Sure! What is
a little 5000 car between friends?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

than ever before, and coercion Is near
ing its end in Ireland. In this work
of progress much has been done to
ameliorate the conditions Of the Irish
people In Ireland. Better houses for
the laborers have been secured in both
the cities and in the country, evicted
tenants have been restored to their
homes and the educational facilities
have been greatly improved. The
landlord domination has been practi-
cally abolished and the British govern
ment has appropriated something like
$40, 00O,0 900 a year for the work Of
reform.
America has never allowed ~Ireland's
appeal to go ~unheeded. Down in the
Americas heart is deep sympathy for
the oppressed, manifested in we'll
wishes and aid for the Beers in their
fight against England, with the Poles
in their struggles for freedom from
Russia's despotic rule, with Japan in
its struggle against the Russian ag-
gression and with the oppressed and
coerced everywhere. In Ireland's case
this sympathy has reached the purse
and America has been a generous con-
tributor to the fund with which Irish
members have fought in the British
Parliament for the right of trial by
jury, for free speech and against rule
by the military. This fight has been
won and Ireland is in a fair way to
soon pass beyond the point where It
will need either our sympathy or our
aid, and to Americans must belong
much of the credit for this happy out-
come of a long and fluctuating contest
which is being rapidly adjusted in
favor of an oppressed people,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
poLTTIcs avn 4 RAM DAY


The deposit in the savings bank is
generally accepted as the result Of the
"lay-up-something - for-a-rainy = day"
spirit that runs through all Anglo-Sax-
ons. There may be other tests of pros
perity or prohigacy, but when all is
said and done the savings banks de-
posits furnish the real test Of whether
the people have an income that meets
the demands Of necessity, with a few
tributes to the attractions If luxury,
and then leaves something over as a
precaution and safeguard against a
rainy day. Shrewd politicians in all
parties are always anxious and ready
with their arguments and platitudes
about the savings of the people, and
the differences drawn by them are
often, too often, very wide of the mark
and in Conflict with the facts.
Fortunately, the savings banks &C
counts are a matter of record and to
that extent Of value as throwing light
upon conditions political under which
lhC1 udNb uNlIulCu VI hdACu DlObpCl-
GUS. This record furnishes an elo-
quent refutation of the democratic
claim that the republican protective
tariff system works a hardship upon
the workingman and prevents the
rainy-day accumulation. The Statis-
tical Abstract of the United States, Is
sued by the Department of Commerce
and Labor, deals with this savings
bank record in a cold-blooded way,
just telling the facts and making no
deductions and suggesting no infer
ences.
This statistical abstract shows that
the American workmen are greater
home owners than the laborers of any
other country. 1t shows that when
yer the republican system of a pro-
tective tariff has beer in force the saw
ings banks deposits have been persis-
tently increased, while they have in
variably dwindled under the demo-
cratic rule. The record is one that
cannot be lodged, evaded or twisted
for political purposes. The record
shows that in 1896, the last year of
the Cleveland administration, and the
most prosperous year yer experienced
under democratic rule, the savings
banks deposits of the nation aggre-
gated 81, 935,466,4SS In the first
yea Of republican rule, in 1897, the
deposits increased to $1,9S3,413,5 64.
They jumped the next year, when the
pulsing effect of the tariff laws began
to be felt, to so, O28, 2O8, 400, and they
increased each year until 1907, when
they were $3,495,410,087. In other
words, the savings banks deposits in
1907 we're but a little less than double
what they were in 1897, The savings
bank book is the best advice to the
workingman as to whether he shall
vote for the republican protective tariff
policy or the democratic free trade
policy. The argument is more elo-
quent than the declarations of demo-
cratic spellbinders that the American
w%orkingman is a suffering loser by
reason of the operation of the repub-
lican tariff policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
THE WELCOME TO REDMOND.

Americans in general, and Irish
Americans in particular, are extending
most hearty welcome to the Irish
members of the British Parliament,
headed by John Redmond. the worlds
first Irishman, now making a tour Of
America and reporting the progress. of
efforts for ireland for home rule and
fair treatment under British laws.
The greetings that have been ex-
tended to these visitors have gained
enthusiasm from the fact that Mr..
Redmond this time brings a report of
encouragement. On all former visits
Irish representatives have pleaded the
woes and wrongs of their people, tell
ing Of the expressions of poverty and
the depressing effects Of unjust laws.
This year Mr.. Redmond brings a mes
sage of cheer. Home rule. IT is true,
has not been obtained, but progress
has been made and the contamination,
dear to every Irish heart. is nearer
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
Railroad Mans Unique Idea Of Boost
Ing Prosperity.
Plttsburg Dispatch.


Pittsburg Dispatch.
While Mr.. b. +. Yoakum is a very plaus-
ible speaker. there is a tone of special
pleading in his address to the locomotive
firemen in Columbus. No one will attempt
TO deny that prosperity of the country and
prosperity Of the railroads are coincident.
No more will anyone seek TO discredit the
assertion that railroad firemen are more
prosperous when the railroads are most ac-
tive. These things seem s~elf-evident. But
It is not evident that prosperity Of the
nation Is dependent upon that Of the rail-
roads.
II is the other way about. Mr.. Yoakum
is putting the cart before the horse. He
is equally at fault in assuming that pros
perity is a matter Of arbitrary charges for
service. 1t is true that American locomo-
tive firemen are paid much larger wages
than those OF Great Britain. But an arbl-
trary demand on their part. at this time,
for an increase In wages would not make
the American railroads more prosperous.
On precisely the same principle a demand
Of the railroads for an arbitrary increase
in freight rates will not make the ma
ton more prosperous. The railroads bear
the relation to the country that the fire
men do to the railroads In this particular.
Mr.. Oakum trouble Is the confusing
Of the respective relations OF the railroads
and the country. To him the railroads are
the dog. Outside railroad circles he will
likely find the opinion prevalent that the
railroads are but the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
GOVERNMENT By COMMISSION.

The administration Of municipal af-
able consideration during the conven-
ton of the League of American Mu-
inequalities. The net result of the de-
bate is not such as would tend to con
vince the average man of the desira-
bility of the change. Those cities that
have undertaken the experiment are,
naturally, very much in favor Of the
plan, but they have not as yet re-
ceived the united support of all other
authorities in their experiment.
It is admitted in a great many es-
sential regards the government of
American cities is defective. but the
deficiencies are generally traceable
rather to the men in ONCE than to the
methods in vogue. 1t is hardly worth
while to expect perfection in municipal
affairs as long as the direction of
events is in the hands Of fallible a
In this regard the commission form of
government offers no advantage, its
Just claim to consideration being that
it places the direction of the various
functions Of city government in the
hands of three or five men rather than
in the hands of an executive and ad-
ministrative officers and a legislative
body. 1t is quite probable. however,
that the cities which have not yet
adopted the plan will be content to
watch the progress of vents in Gal
weston and Des Moines in order that
no definite step may be taken until
the success Of the commission form of
government has been more thoroughly
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Hearst and Bryan.
New York American.

The owner Of this newspaper offers e
duplicate, and did duplicate every dollar
contributed to Bryan's campaign QS96) by
others. When Bryan was beaten, the
owner of this newspaper hired him to write
articles, and paid him for writing them at
least ten times what they were worth, in
order that he might have money to live
until the next campaign. When the next
campaign came the Hearst papers sup
ported him again, and the owner Of this
newspaper again contributed money to the
Bryan fight.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
THE RUBICoN.
william Winter in putnam.

William Winter in Putnam's.
One bitter drop to drink
And then-no morel
One little pause upon the brink,
And then-go DER!
One sigh-and then the lib-rant morn
OF perfect day,
When my free spirit, newly born,
VIII soar away!
One pang and / shall rend the thrall
Where grief abides,
And generous Death will show me all
That now he hides;
And, lucid in that second birth,
| shall discern
What all the sages of the earth
Have died to learn.
One motion-and the stream is crost,
So dark, so deep!
And l shall triumph, or be lost
In endless sleep.
Then. onward! Whatsoever my fate,
! shall not carel
Nor Sin nor Sorrow, Love nor Hate
Can touch me there.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
How Texas Fares with OIL Cans.
WASHINGTON Pos

The Standard OIL company was banlshed
from Texas. The bowels OF Texas were
full of oil. An honest, a tame. a respecta.
BILE, a domestic oil octopus was created by
the authorities of the state Of Texas, anG
It was so immaculate that such a dis,
graceful and disreputable concern as the
Standard was not allowed TO compete Will
it. What was the result? Why, simply
this-it costs more to fill the widows CRUISE
in Texas with kerosene than in any other
state OF our glorious union. But virtue is
not always q cheap article. It pays to be
vtrtuous, but ofttimes 1t is costly to be
%Yirtuous.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
THE p Z ATR CURE.

While much light is being thrown
on the tuberculosis problem by the
congress now in session at Washing
ton, representing the most advanced
medical opinion of the world, all of
the experts agree that fresh air is the
most potent weapon yet discovered in
the worldwide warfare being waged
against this scourge. Eminent physi-
clans from all parts of the world are
giving their expert knowledge upon
the tested value Of serums and anti
toxins, but in the final analysis they
admit that the world must rely more
upon fresh air and outdoor living than
upon any other mea of combating
this worst destroyer of human life.
Nature is a great nurse and the en-
listment of her services in behalf of tu-
berculosis patients promises to work a
world of good in general by teaching
the people the value of plenty of fresh
air, wholesome food and natural living.
Consumption is the most prompt and
worst of the diseases that result from
abuse of these natural laws, but the
entire physical welfare of the race will
be bettered as the people learn the
value of ventilation, sound sleep and
proper eating. The congress now in
session will have accomplished much,
If it does not find a positive specific
for consumption, If it gives impetus
to the spread of the wholesome doc
trine of sound, natural living.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Hero OF the Campaign,

IIII5UWTB DIspdIVH'
Debs certainly seems TO be the hero of
this campaign. While other candidates get
their regular three meals n day during the
effort Of stumping Debs and his COM
panions have cut down their regimen to
two meals in order that the fund to pay for
the special train may hold out longer. AL
though an indiscretion in eating became
famous at a critical point OF Mr.. Debs'
past career that does not diminish the
present sacrifice OF appetite to a chosen
cause. Further, It is intimated that rathe
than quit the stump Debs will manage on
one meal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
A Model of It's Kind.
wall Street Journal.

IT may be that the president of the
United States ought not to write political
letters in a presidential campaign, but If
he does write political letters and his aim
Is political effectiveness. he could do no
better than take for his model the letter
which President Roosevelt last addressed
to William Jennings Bryan.
Proofs accumulate of Roosevelt's master
full genius in political warfare.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

established. So far as known. locally,
no serious demand has yet been raised
for the abolition Of the present form
of city government. Some modinca-
tions in the charter are essential, aud
will be achieved. but it is altogether
likely that Omaha will struggle along
for some years to come under its pres
ent system of selecting officers for the
administration of the city's business.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
A REPUDIATED TITLE.

The Thaws have been subjected to
so much criticism or ridicule, most of
which was doubtless deserved, that it
becomes a pleasure to record a word
of commentator for one member of
the family. Alice Copley Thaw, a sis
ter of Harry Thaw, became the
countess of Yarmouth several years
ago. 1t was a typical barter of mil
lions for a title, and the bargain was
a wholly bad one from the girls side
of the case. Yarmouth was a bad egg
and Alice Thaw's marriage to him
was an offense against good breeding,
good morals and good Americanism,
but she has done much to reinstate
herself by securing a divorce from Var
mouth and notifying his family that
she has resigned her title of countess
of Yarmouth.
Under the English law a person who
has once borne a title has a legal right
to wear it until death and other Amer
lean heiresses have retained their
dearly bought titles after divorce from
their foreign husbands. Miss Thaw
had a perfect right to retain the title
which she bought with her fathers
gold and her own happiness, but she
has shown the real American spirit by
refusing to retain a title secured by
her marriage to a man whom she has
since divorced and whom she asserts
she thoroughly despises.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Speaking of the irony of fate, Tom
Cockrill, one of the leaders of the Nc
Coy-Hatheld feud, lost his life in KEN
lucky by being run over by a carload
of beer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

At Kokomo, Ind, 600 school chill
dren were paraded by the corpses of
two men who had been found dead in
the woods from intoxication and ex-
posture. The teachers explain their
action by saying they wanted to give
the children an object lesson in tenn
perance. 1t was q more striking OBJ
ject lesson in blind fanaticism.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Candidate Kern says he did not miss
his railroad pass for several days.
Probably the conductors know him so
well that they did not ask to see his
credentials.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
Governor Hughes ms n Debnter.

When Governor Hughes takes the stump
he gives the voters a chance to hear one
Of tho most effective debaters that the
country has produced. There is mighty
little risk in predicting that they will make
the most Of their opportunities.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

II looks as though President Roose-
welt had got hold of the tobasco sauce
bottle by mistake when he got an idea
that ginger was needed in the cam
paign.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
whither Are They DriftinRS

In view Of the fact that the bankers
who are now meeting in Denver have ex-
pressed themselves as opposed to beth
postal savings banks and the deposit
guaranty >plan, how do they propose to
cast their ballots on November 8?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Governor Haskell says he Is willing
to rest his case with a jury OF news
paper men. He probably has the ed
itorial stan OF the Commoner in mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Norman E, Mack says the presidents
letters are helping Mr.. Bryan. or
course. the president win answer that
Mr.. Mack and Mr.. Bryan are welcome.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Road supervisors are discussing
methods of laying the dust while the
campaign managers are devising new
plans for raising 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

While Mr.. Bryan was merely an on
Ger in a prairie state regiment. he is
reminded that Mr.. Roosevelt served
an apprenticeship as a Rough Writer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

An applicant has been rejected by
the enlistlng omeers Of the army be-
aus he il too tall. Why not take
him and assign him for duty with the
balloon corps9 4.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Remembering the kind of governor
they had. the Oklahoma lawmakers
thought it wise to pass a law guaran-
teeing bank deposits.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

The full name of the Standard Oil
magnate Is John Dustin Archbold, with
the accent on the first syllable of the
middle name.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Tho average blond woman" says
a scientist, has 100000 hairs on her
head" If you don't believe it. count
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

1t is announced that the champion
shot-putter will take the stump for
Mr.. Bryan. who is more in need just
now of a champion s~hot-catcher.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

The magazine editors are getting a
hint OF what they may expect when
they begin to pay Mr., Roosevelt 81 a
word for his letters.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Senator Bailey denies the truth Of
the report that he is going to shake
the soil or the oil of Texas from his
feet.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

Mr.. Hearst is now headed for the
Pacific coast, making a noise like a
Standard Oil letter.