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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

ted by chief clerks, bureau heads and
cliques that have made an art of Gre
ating jobs and delaying work. The
departments business is not logically
distributed into natural divisions or
groups, SO organized as to make 1t
possible. for the officer in charge of
each group, by devoting all his ener-
gies to cognate subjects. to master the
business under him. The commission
confesses that the present system of
accounting in the department is so
cumbersome and complicated that 1t lie
impossible to secure desired data
showing where reforms could be best
effected for the benefit of the whole
service.
The reorganization and co-ordina-
ton of the postoflce as a government
institution is bound to come soon
along lines adopted by the big indus
trial concerns that do business
throughout the world, and. like these
great world industries, the p~ostofice
will have to have efficient and special
ICED business ability at its head in ad-
dition to the executive who passes on
questions of policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

The unanimous decree of the seven
members Of the supreme court of Mis-
souri, ousting the three branches of
the Standard Oil company from that
state and imposing heavy fines for vio-
lations of the law is a complete vim
dication of the course pursued by At
torney General Hadley, recently
elected governor of the state, and an
illustration to other states of what
may be accomplished by vigorous and
fearless enforcement of state laws.
The state of Missouri charged the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, the
Republic Oil company of Illinois and
the Waters-Pierce Oil company of Mis-
souri, with having pooled to fix prices,
stifle compitition, limit trade in petro-
leum products and to mislead the pub
lie into the belief that they were sep
arate. distinct and competing con-
Germs. The testimony shows that one
of the firms fixed the price scale and
the others adhered to. it, making war
fare upon any Independent concern
e~ndeavoring to secure more than a
nominal share of the business. AS a
result, the three companies secured
and held about 80 per cent of the oil
business of the state, at prices burden
some to the consumers and unduly
profitable to the combine.
An interesting development of the
case lies in the showing that the
Waters-Pierce Oil company, a Missouri
corporation, made a determined effort
to act Independently, but had been
compelled, by financial pressure, to
make terms with the Standard. This
company will, accordingly, be given
an opportunity to separate from its
trust connections, in which event II
will be allowed to continue business in
the state.
The testimony in the Missouri case
is largely a repetition of the evidence
offered before Judge Lands at Chi
cago and in the hearings in New York,
showing the Standards methods OF
using rebates, declining to sell to in
dependent concerns, division of terri
tory among members OF the combine
and all the schemes and plans fol-
erecting and continuing a monopoly.
Enforcement of the courts decree
which Governor-elect Hadley promises
cannot fail to strengthen the hands OF
the federal government in its prosecu,
lions of this greatest of trusts under
the federal laws.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
ono SANTA
''Thank GodI He Lives and Will Live
Forever!
York Sun

New 1OrK sun.
Dear Editor: / am s years old. Some Of
my little friends say there Is no Santa
Papa says, IF you see it in the Sun, it's
So"
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa
Claus? HANLON'
lis West Fifty-ffth street.
Virginia, your little friends are wrong
They have been affected by the skepticis n
Of a skeptical age. They do not believe,
except they see. They think that nothing
can be- which is not comprehensive by
their little minds. All minds. Virginia
whether they are mems or children's. are
little. In this great universe of ours man
is a mere insect, an ant. in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless world about
him, as measured by the intelligence capa-
BILE Of grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He
exists as certainly as love and generosity
and devotion exist. and you know that they
abound n give to your Iii. its highest
beauty and Joy. Alas! how dreaTy would
be the world II there were no Santa Claus!
It would be as dreary as II there were no
Virginias. There would be no childlike
faith then, no poetry, no romance TO make
tolerable this existence. We should have
no enjoyment, except in sense and sight
The eternal light with which childhood fills
the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might
as we'll not believe in fairies! You might
get your papa to hire men to watch in all
the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch
Santa Claus, but even II they did not see
Santa Claus coming down, what would
that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus. but
hat is no sign that there is no Santa
Claus. The most real things in the world
are those that neither children nor men
can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing
on the lawn? o { course not, but that's no
proof that they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders there
are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see
what makes the noise inside, but there is
a veil covering the unseen world which
not the strongest man, nor even the united
strength of ali the strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. only faith. fancy
poetry, love. romance, can push aside that
curtain and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is 1t all real?
An, Virginia. in all this world there is
nothing else real and abiding.
Nc Santa Claus! Thank God he lives
and he lives forever. A thousand years
from now. VirginiaI nay, ten times ten
thousand years from now, he win continue
to make glad the heart Of childhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
II

Castro is the lion of the hour at Berlin,
indicating that the people there must be a
little hard up for lions.
Mrs. Isabelle Martin OF California, has
Just been sentenced to prison for life for
blowing up people with dynamite and maxi
ing herself generally disagreeable.
A Brooklyn woman who by accident
made a balloon ascension head down when
her feet caught in a guy rope at a country
fair has just received $1,000 damages.
With ten nationalities speaking as many
languages, the proceedings of the new
Turkish Parliament should be quite as in
General Botha has given to the Trans
vaal museum the Boer flag which waved
above the Government buildings at Pre-
toria until the capital was occupied by
Lord Roberts.
High speeding in autos is now given as
one method of promoting tuberculosis.
This, II memory is not at fault, makes the
list complete and speeding responsible for
| every ailment excepting old age.
Two men in Boston bet a dollar to a
doughnut on a certain thing which had
not then occurred. The stakeholder put the
dollar and the %doughnut in a drawer Of
his desk. Rats ate the %doughnut up. The
stakeholder is now sued for the loss Of the
doughnut. He wishes to compromise the
suit with pie.
DIR. Carlos c. Alden, Governor Hughes
new official legal adviser, is at present the
dean of the Buffalo Law school and will
probably retain that office, the school au-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
A Prerent for LIttIe nor nIne

A Present for Little BOY Blue.
Our n~eighbor, he calls me his Little Boy
Blue
Whenever he goes by our yard:
And he says, Good morning" or How do
you dor
But sometimes he winks awful hard.
I guess he don't know what my name
Or else he forgot, If he knew;
And my! You would think l am really
He calls me his Little Boy Blue.
Our n%eighbor, he told me hat Little Boy
Once stood all his toys in a row,
for you
But that was a long time ago.
And one time, at Christmas, when 1 had
He brought me a sled, all brand new,
And smiled when he said 1t was partly for
And partly for Little Boy Blue.
Our n~eighbor. he's not going to nave any
tree,
So he says the best he can do
Is try to get something to partly give me
And partly give Little Boy Blue.
Because, II he's here. it would make him
SO glad,
And he said he knew it was true
That ever and ever so many folks had
A boy just like Little Boy Blue.
Our n%eighbor, he calls me his Little Boy
And said he would like to help trim
Our tree when it came-he would feel that
he knew
He said he would fix it with lights and
wax flowers,
With popcorn and berries-you see,
He'd like to come over and help to trim
He's not going to have any treeI
j. w. FOLEY.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
Advantaee OF stoutnes..

New York Evening Post.
Happy is the nation whose chief magis-
trate is very heavy and very active without
ceasing to be very good natured. 1t shall
dwell in the broad peace and the great
silences hat only stout men can create
Such a sovereign is living proof of the
fact that corpuIence, far from being a
symptom of self-indulgence, embodies a
very high type of asceticlsm. The fat man
thinks so little of his body that he let's 1t
go its own way. 1t is only the man who
gives up a large part of his life to fighting
the onset of increasing weight that Is
really self-indulgent. For the sake Of an
ideal waist line and a freer gait, he ADAM
dons his family for the golf links, sets
himself a routine of morning exercises the
thought of which spoits his temper as
soon as he wakes up, lunches on milk and
crackers, growls at the office boy, and
ends by growing. very stout indeed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
CHRISTMAS.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethle.
hem Of Judea IN Tho days Of HerOd the
king. behold. there came wise men from
the east TO Jerusalem, saying. Where IS
lie that IL born KIM OF the Jews? for we
have seen His star in the east and are
come 20 worship Him-Matthew H:1-2.
The history of Christmas is an evo-
luton, embracing in a composite fes-
tival the Roman saturnalia, the Morse
yulefsst, the miracles of st. Nicholas,
the Druid's mistletoe legends. All
transfused, intensified and glorifed by
ages Of custom they have become a
part of the sacred festival Of the birth
OF Christ, the celebration of which has
taken many changes since the wise
men of the east gathered at the man
ger where the babe, wrapped in swad-
ding clothes. had been laid for its
first earth-sleep.
Custom has made Christmas the
children's peculiar holiday, when the
perennially fresh story Of Bethlehem
throws a spell of holiness over the
season. Happily, however, all men
and women are children at Christmas
time. 1t is the season of good will,
when malice, hatred and all unkind-
ness are things altogether out of place.
Youth is infectious. the spirit of play
is revived in many a nan and woman
who have fancied themselves long past
the day when it could enter into them,
canker and care are banished and all
the world enters into the pursuit of
the simple and pure joys that marks
observance of the Christmas customs
indicated by the centuries.
The spirit of the day is Good will
among men," which means helpful
ness to others, that helps those who
give as much as those who receive.
1t this production Of happy hearts,
made happy by giving happiness to
others, that contributes most to max
ing this old world beautiful at Christ
mas. 1t is the holiday which the lit
tlest child can understand and the
wisest man can not fathom it unless
he becomes as a little child.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
FOR DIRECTOR OF POSTS.

The joint commission appointed a
couple of years ago by congress to
work out a plan for the reorganization
of the postal service has made a re-
port which is certain to attract much
attention and cause a great deal of dis
cussion in congress. The report is a
voluminous document, going into de-
tails of the proposed plan, but its
chief recommendation is for the crea-
tion of the position of director of
ager of the department under the post
master general. In place of the four
assistants to the postmaster general 1t
is proposed to appoint six assistant di-
permanently and have charge of COM
pactly organized bureaus for the man
agement of different branches of the
service.
The argument advanced by the CON-
mission is that the greatest weakness
of the postal service has been the alb
sence of a permanent head. The post
master general is appointed as a cabi-
net adviser and rarely knows or cares
anything about the mass of details
connected with the department. He
remains too short a time to master the
situation and is not aided much by his
assistants, who usually are changed
with each administration. Thete have
been four postmasters general in the
last seven years, three first assistants,
three second assistants. two third as
s~istants and W fourth assistants, and
only four of these had had previous
practical knowledge of postal Affairs.
The department is too often domino
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

God bless us, every one!" prayed Tiny
Tin,
Cripple and dwarfed in body, yet so tall
OF soul we tiptoe earth to look on him
High towering over all.
And thus he prayed, God bless us, every
one!"
Unfolding all the creeds within the span
OF his child-heart; and so, despising none,
Was nearer saint than man.
l like to fancy God in paradise, =
Lifting a finger DER the rhythmic swing
or Ginning harp and song, with eager
eyes
Turned ~earthward, listening
The Anthem s~tilled-the angels leaning
there
Above the golden walls-the morning sun
OF Christmas bursting flower-like with the
prayer
Gold bless us, every one!'
JAMES WHITECOMB RILEY.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
Christmas Hymn,

JOY to the world; the Lord is come;
Let earth receive its king;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
JOY to the earth; the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ:
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and
plains,
Repeat the sounding Joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness
And wonder of his love.
ISAAC WATTS, 1913.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

thorities having voted him leave of absence.
The governor knew him In New York
City, where he practiced law for ten years
or so. He's the author OF several books
on practice and procedure, and@a member
of the Society OF Mayflower Descendants
Many of the prominent men of the time
began their careers in the comparatively
humble calling Of the telegraph operator.
One of the most successful Of these Is Mr..
Patrick II. Delany OF New York, whose in
v%entions in improving telegraphy have at
tracted worldwide attention. Mr., Delaney
came to this country from Ireland when
a lad and at the age of IS was one of the
most expert press operators In the land.
Among the many of his inventions are the
"anti-Page relay and the 'anti-Induction
cable"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IN SONG.
a MOUND for chrl.tmn..

Away from the stir and tumult
OF restless, hurrying feet;
Away from the mass and the motion
OF crowded store and street;
Steal away to thyself a moment,
Away from the chattering throng;
And give one thought to the Holy Child,
Tit theme of the angels song.
Yes, away from the stir and the tumult,
SO for a time apart,
And let the spell Of the wintry sky
Sink deep into thy heart;
When the world stretches wide about thee,
Asleep; on the still night air,
That old sweet song of the angels
May peal to you softly there.
Skeptics may scott and argue,
But their arguments won't hold
'Gainst the thrill of hat sweet, sweet
story,
That Is ages and ages old;
For the power that sets in motion
All the millions of feet today,
Is that little Babe in the manger
OF Bethlehem far away.
Omaha. -BAYOLL NE REL
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
AIRsHIPs FOR THE ARMY.
Necessity for Keeping Up with the
Flying Procession.
n.. UI.-.Ia

Boston Herald.
Brigadier General Allen, chief signal Of
ficer Of the army, calls attention, in his
annual report, to the need of a liberal APP
preparation for the advancement of mill
tary aeronautics. The strategic Importance
Of this military auxiliary Is recognized by
all governments. But the United States
has only three officers and ten enlisted
men assigned to the work, backed by a
meager allotment from the signal corps
funds Other nations make liberal APP
preparations and assign competent forces
of men to the work of investigation and
development. The final utility Of the air.
ship as a military agent is problematical
but it's value for observation purposes and
as a means of communication have now
been well established. Soon no national
army equipment will be considered com
plete without its aerial fleet. Other ma
tions are granting liberal aid to the de-
velopment Of the airship. Personal ambi-
ton and private enterprise Of inventive
genius in this country should not be de-
pendent entirely on its own resources in
this work,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE HIM.
Popular Regard for Governments
Pure Food APOSTLE.
c. To,,io napnhItc

st. Louis Republic.
Nothing less than the official life of DR..
w. H. Wiley, the chemist Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, will satisfy the out
ragged sugar refiners, sugar planters and
molasses makers. A formal demand to
that effect has been made to President
Roosevelt. Wiley, it is alleged, has been
''perniciously' active in fighting the use
Of sulphur in the Qualification of sugar and
molasses.
If DIR. Wiley is opposed to the use of
sulphur for such a purpose the chances are
very largely in favor of the fact hat
it's use is bad. The public generally is will
ing to accept wiley's word for such things
against the assertion of the commercial
factors whose habits are deprecated. But
even If the chemist were wrong in this
case, we would still demand that he be
continued in his position. And, of course
he is wrong, because Mr.. Roosevelt him
self has taken the matter of sulphur clari-
fication out of his hands and superior
chemical knowledge has been applied to the
case.
But, nevertheless. the popular regard for
DIR. Wiley is strong. He has taken the
public into his confidence and made known
the iniquitous methods of the food manu-
facturer. He has inculcated new ideas and
exploded old ones. Under his tutelage the
public has come to believe that analine
dyes are to be avoided except in the soda
water season and boracic acid is to be
eschewed except in tomato catsup, while
the variety OF poisons that enter into
partnership with sundry explosive chem
icals to make ten-year-old whisky are bad
at all seasons. Any attempt to interfere
with DR.. Wiley would surely bring down
on the head of the president a wrath COM
pared to which the combined anger of the
| house and senate would be as a drop OF
,,.o, 20 Tho onaan
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
Another ChrIstmas,

Another Christmas! Since the Christ was
born,
So many hundred weary years have
rolled;
And still our eyes have never seen the
morn
OF that glad day when man is more than
gold.
Another Christmas! Yet good will and
peace
Have not yet conquered all the hate and
And stin the worlds fierce conflicts will
not cease,
And none can sing the joyous angel song.
Another Christmas! Yet the hunger-curse
Is %blighting every city with it's woe;
Still reigns the Herod with his heavy
stiii on to Calvary must the Christ-men
80.
Another Christmas! Yet the temples
still shield the money-changers in their
plan;
While in the street the plundered people
And feel the house of God is not for man.
Another Christmas! WIN it never come
That age of love and honesty and truth!
When this dear earth shall be our happy
home,
And JOY shall flourish with immortal
youth?
Another Christmas! Blessed be our
Our short lives wither like the leaves
of June;
But still we dream of flowers and spark
ling streams,
That bloom and flow in everlasting noon.
Another Christmasl Happy is that man
Who makes to live as II his dream were
true,
And with a heart to feel and head to
Goes forth for others sake to dare
and do. HERBERT n. CAsSoN.
Taking Down the Stocking.
"Wha did you get in yours,
Jim and Eddie?.
Tom and Freddie!"
"A box Of candied dates"
Gee whiz! A pair Of skates
A engine, cars and track
"Oh, the poor jumping-jack,
Broken already"
What did you get in yeors.
Jessie-Molly2"
Look what ! found in mine!
A talking dollyg'
III show you how she cries.
"Oh, look! She shuts her eyes!'
'Mitten-and slumber socks
'Tea-set-and building blocks"
GOody. how jolly"
What did you find in yours,
Grown-up brother?'
why not look in your own,
Little MotnerG'
Mother and Father say,
They'd rather watch than play:
Presents enough, they trust
They've got in having Just
Us, and each otherO
SARAH n. CLEGHoRN.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
T,nne..ee ThrIIIeru.


For a real thriller the testimony describ-
ing how Captain Quentin Rankin was
hanged on a hickory limb at Reelfoot Lake
by the Tennessee night riders win do. The
unique feature of this tragedy is that there
is no woman in the case from start to fin
ish. It's simply a story Of cold-blooded
masculine vengeance, with no redeeming
feature, to speak of.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
what VIII the Bereft Do,

IIIIduVIUIId INENVIU'
Some years ago the surgeons began ex-
terminating the vermiform appendix from
the human system, and Justified their con-
duct on the ground that the appendix was
of no use whatever. We observe now
that some of the learned men have reached
the conclusion that it is of some use. But
what will the people whose appendices have
been removed do without them?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

Mr.. Bryan does not want to discuss
the decision in the Gompers case be-
cause of a feeling of delicscy about
criticising the eourt II this decision
had only come down before election
Mr.. Bryan would quickly have got
TN over his feeling Of delicaey.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
Il. There Excess Of Ornamentf
indianapolis News.

Perhaps the actioR of the Japanese gov
eminent in effecting a saving of s250,OoO
by dropping 6s4 railroad officials would be
worth the consideration OF our own mag
mates in connection with the existing style
of ornamentation.f
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

Colonel Bryan Is laboring under the
delusion that the republicans do not
want him to run for ONCE again in
1912. The republicans have never
objected to Colonel Bryan leading the
other ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

Extraordinary precautions are be-
ing taken by the health officials of the
District of Columbia to keep away
from Washington all faint of the
dread foot and mouth disease. They
may be able to quarantine successfully
against the foot disease, but they must
remember that congress will be in ses-
sion again early in January.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

An inventor has designed a brake
that will check the speed of warships.
He insists that II is an improvement
on Paul Morton's plan of scattering
sand on the track.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25
Brooklyn Eagle

Nearly every editor who thinks that Mr..
Roosevelt is too impetuous is convinced
that the president would be more OF a sue
cess were he a duplicate OF his editorial
critic. The world is not replete with such
duplicates. Therefore, those who never at
tain the presidency would fin It better than
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

Many Pennsylvania politicians are
seeking Senator Knox's seat, but what
is wanted is a man who can fill his
place,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

Colonel Bryan says he has not
changed his mind about Colonel Cuff
fey. The record does not show that
Colonel Guney has changed his mind
about Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

Theodore Roosevelt, jr., is naturally
qualified for a position on the STAFF of
the governor of Connecticut. He has
been working in the drill department
of a carpet factory.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-25

A stiffening Of prices may be ex-
pected II the report is true that the
Standard Oil company has secured
control of the starch supply.