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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
ANOTHER AMERICAN TRIUMPH,

The American army rifle team has
just won the worlds championship in
competition with teams from other ma
tions at Bisley range in England. The
great Olympic match brought together
expert shots of all nations and in that
impressive gathering of cracks the
men from the American army,
equipped with the new service rife,
held the lead from the very beginning.
Finishing the shorter ranges with a
small advantage over their nearer
competitors, the English, the Amer
leans went to the longer range firing,
and there established supremacy be-
yond a doubt. The match finished
with the Americans so far in the lead
that no dispute will ever be raised as
to the outcome, the British second,
the Canadians third inc the rest no
where.
This victory is merely keeping up
the American tradition Of skill with
firearms and will serve TO convince the
foreign experts that not only are
American methods OF training we'll
founded, but that the American soldier
maintains his high quality as a man
as well as a marksman. The condi-
lions of the firing were far different
from those under which the men had
their practice at home, atmosphere,
wind. light and all varying in Eng
land greatly from similar conditions
at home. 1t is distinctly to the credit
of the men that they were able to re-
tain their confidence and cool assur-
ance, so eminently necessary to sue
cess, under the changed conditions,
The triumph for the new American
army rife is also noteworthy. Sew
eral years ago, when the government
was seeking TO substitute a modern
high power gun for the obsolete arm
then in use, the patriotism of the peo-
pie was seriously shocked by the an
nouneement that a gun Of foreign de
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

sign was to be adopted. The Krag-
J%orgensen came nearer to what we're
considered ideal requirements than any
other and was taken on as the arm
that was to supplant the Springfield,
so long in service. This was enough
to spur the gunnery experts Of the
service, and under the stimulus Of the
presence in the army of a gun with a
foreign name the Springfield was de-
veloped, until a short time ago 1t was
considered At TO %supplant the Krag-
Jorgensen. Experiments proved 1t
worthy, and now a test In competition
with the best arms of the world, in the
hands of experts, shows the new
Springfield to be the leader Of all. Not
only has the American army the best
marksmen of the world, but they are
armed with the best military rife
known. This triumph for American
aims Is the direct result of the applica-
ton of the lesson of the Spanish
American war.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
AN APPROPRIATE MoNUMEN T,

The most characteristic part of the
will of the late Grover Cleveland, just
made public, is that which relates to
the monument to be erected over his
remains. AS expressed by the dead
president, his desire is for IAN appro-
pirate monument with brief inscription
and only moderately expensive"
Evidently Mr.. Cleveland realized
that a monument appropriate to a
man who had held his exalted position
in public life must be impressive and
suggestive of his high standing among
his fellow citizens Manifestly, how
ever, he rebelled at the thought of
elaborate ostentation at the grave. He
does not say that his monument shall
be inexpensive, but that it shall be
only moderately expensive plainly
putting the emphasis upon the appro-
]priateness rather than Upon the cost.
MI. Cleveland also exhibited a known
trait in interposing a veto upon full
some eulogy In the inscription. AS he
disdained flattery and fawning in life,
he clearly wanted his permanent
obituary kept within the strictest lin
its of truth and shorn of everything
savoring of laudation.
Mr.. Cleveland's idea of an appro-
pirate monument should be an exam
pie to all men called upon to provide
for the marking of their graves. Ex-
travagance and display are more out
of place in the cemetery than at any
other point in a mans career. A great
man will be long remembered and his
works live after death, but no tomb
stone folly will make a man great or
perpetuate his memory.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
NO LONGER A MISSION LAND.
Change In status OF Catholic Church
in the United states.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The United States, by decree of the pope
taking effect shortly. is no longer a mis-
sionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic
church. For purposes OF ecclesiastical adj
ministration the United States, together
with Canada and Newfoundland, Great
Britain and Holland. is removed from the
control of the congregation OF the propa-
ganda, or central board of missions. In
other words, the United States. in canon
law as we'll as in fact, is recognized as a
christian" country.
Doubtless there are some Protestants who
may ask by what right the United States has
for the last 200 years at least, been re-
garded as anything but a Christian
country. The distinction may be regarded
as one of the nice outlets of the canon
or church law. However, the same distinc-
ton is observed by those Protestant bodies
which maintain their missions In Latin
America and in various European coun-
tries, including Italy.
American Roman Catholics will natur-
ally be pleased with the change, for two
II pleases to know that they are no
longer regarded as needing any special
guardianship by the highest authorities Of
their church. The other is practical. The
process of selection of bishops and arch
bishops is simplified. The names of the
candidates go directly to the pontiff with
out passing through the mission board.
And certain litigations will reach the court
of final appeal without delay in an inter-
mediate tribunal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

AS a crop booster Old Sol is the Peerless
One.
Despite its bad spell, Boce Ank-le-ess is
still on the map.
John johnson of Minncsota is only Il
and will keep until 1912.
After all It was really a shame for Den
yer to take the money when everything
was fixed at Fairview.
No organization, political or otherwise,
can pull off a successful campaign by
pulling apart at the start.
BY one Of those singular condolences
which provoke a smile. Denver's imported
snow banks turned into slush when the
nominating speeches began.
II the hot air poured out so prodigally at
national conventions could be AIMED and
preserved for eight months the Coal trust
would perish of heart failure.
Dave Francis of Missouri is a fine sample
of the SHOW me" tribe. He is the father
of thirty-six feet of sons, six in number,
each rising six feet above his stockings.
There is no apparent connection between
the project to widen and deepen He'll Gate
and the return of the cherries Tammany-
ties from Denver. The former is a water
route.
Denver hotels were dead sore because
the railroad yards were full of sleeping
cars used by delegates and visitors. Some
how the hotel men cling to the idea that
railroads do not need the money.
When the shouting and the tumult died
out there sat New York and Georgia dele
cations vindicating and unfolding the
graveyard motto: Let us alone" They
forcsaw the finish in November.
Graham Bell, of telephone fame, a kite
flyer Of some repute, gives a glowing ad-
vance notice of twelve varieties of sue
cessful flying machines which will soon
compete for the summer excursion business.
Prosperity and life insurance are look
ing up.
Cleveland more than any other city is
aroused over the Fourth Of July slaughter,
the folly of explosive patriotism being
brought home to the people by a prema-
ture explosion of fireworks in a store, fol-
lowed by panic, death and destruction of
property. 1t is proposed to enact a state
law prohibiting the sale of explosives. But
the legislature will not meet for seven
months, and midsummer Indignation IL short
lived.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
MISSED HIS OPPORTUNITY.
Bryhn'S Treatment of Parker and the
Cleveland Resolutions.
Sioux City Tribune Cdem.).

Sioux City Tribune (dem).
Opportunity came to Mr.. Bryan in the
person of Judge Parker and in the form
Of his first resolutions expressing democ-
racy's tribute to democracy's latest II not
last president, TO repair a gross wrong he
had committed, TO recsnt a grievous error
he had made and to display a magnanimlty
that is one attribute to real greatness. He
let opportunity go by unused.
What was Cleveland's greatest service
to his countrymen? Unquestionably, It was
preventing the debasement OF our currency,
being rushed to the climax Of disaster un-
der a cowsrdly compromise with monetary
heresy. He stopped a movement which,
defying immutable laws of m
would have compelled commerce 10 carry
the handicap of a metallic money who's
burden had become intolerable and from
which Il had stTiven TO escape. lie served
his party by preventing It from aban-
doning its own historic ground Of sound
and honest money. The panic which
greeted his advent to his second presi-
Dental term. caused by the monetary
policy he forced congress to repudiate,
would have subsidized Immediately mad his
party accepted his policy, 1t was the
doubt caused by the opposition in It that
prolonged the suspension Of confidence
until 1891.
Time and events indicated Cleveland.
Since 1900 the national conventions OF
his party have admitted by their silence
the rightfulness and soundness OF his
action. Mr.. Bryan himself virtually
conceded IL while evasively attributing
resulting conditions 10 increased output
OF gold mines. Why, then. not admit
H.? Mr.. Francis pleaded for burial Of the
past; how could the past be better buried
than by frank admission that Il Is past?
The resolution finally adopted is spirit
less, perfunctory and trivial. II roads
like one of those stereotyped resolutions
which societies always reiterate when a
member departs for the other shore. II
is an affront 10 the mepory OF one OF
the few great presidents democracy has
given the nation. II lays no soothing
balm on old sores. Democracy will stu
have rs Cleveland democrats,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
ACTIVITY IN RUIIDiNc.

Reports from forty-four principal
cities of the United States, published
in another part of this paper, indicate
a general resumption Of building &C
tivity. While the total is not quite up
to that of June OF 1907, yet the per-
centage of decrease is small, and the
showing Of gain made in some of the
larger cities, New York, for example,
is such as encourages the general
builder.
The figures are especially significant
in that they are a recognized sign of
returning confidence. New buildings
are erected chiefly to provide homes
for more people or to house new en-
~terprises or permit the extension of
established businesses. In either in
stance the erection of a building is an
evidence of growth. The present &C
tivity is due in some measure to the
~cheapening of building material. prices
for which have been shaded very sub
stantially during the last few months,
but this cause is not entirely RESPONSE
BILE for the renewal of the industry.
The fact is that the growth of the
country has been steady, even during
the last few months, and the actual
requirements of the people demand
more and better buildings than have
heretofore existed.
The matter of the payroll involved
in the revival is of some importance,
too, for it means that a vast army Of
workmen engaged in the building
trades is employed at remunerative
wages, and that the general prosperity
of the country is aided to that extent.
No matter from what side it is viewed,
the report of building conditions in
the United States is encouraging.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
Savings of working People the Back
bone of Enterprise.

DOne OF bnteEpriSc'
Washington Post.
In 1896 there were 5,2O1 1872 depositors
in the savings banks of the United States,
with the sum of 1885, 1864 8 to their
credit. To that extent labor was then
a capitalist, though labor was taught that
it was wicked to have money.
In 1907 there were S,5SS, S1l depositors
In the savings banks Of this country,
with credits to the stupendous amount of
SO. 495,41O,OS7 And thus labor pro-
gressed in the thrifty art of becoming a
capitalist.
These billions are only a part of the
capital accumulated by labor. There are
life insurance policies and building and
loan associations that have absorbed i'm
mense sums. In addition to these there
are tens of thousands Of laborers who
have bought homes and paid for them,
In view of these facts what a folly it
is to hold that labor Is benefited by as
saults on capital. Those billions in the
savings banks. the denominations Of la
Dor, are in the channels of industry and
of commerce. 1t is possibly true that
immense sums of the savings of labor
are loaned to Hartman, to Pierpont Nor
gan. to Tom Ryan and men of that Tx,
who engage in vast enterprises that re-
quire capital of colossal proportions.
An assault on capital threatens the
savings of every laboring man. Abolition
Of the writ of injunction would make 1t
infinitely more difficult for the work
ing man to get a job or to hold It II
secured.
Then a plague on all ~demagosues!
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
Safeguarding the Home.

Baltimore American.
Uniform divorce laws are needed In this
country, and the movement for their CON
summation is one OF those movements
which, il must be said in commentator of
the people OF the land, will not down. Uni
form divorce laws will remedy much of
the evil which must be attributed to the
present often lax regulations governing any
desired release from the matrimonial bonds.
But in addition to uniform divorce laws,
uniform marriage laws should be enacted
also. 1t is Just as well TO begin at the be-
ginning when trying to eliminate any evil.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

The question of a market is the one
If his farm or factory be located within
easy reach of a center where goods
may be exchanged with facility and
from whence other similar centers
may be easily reached, then the pro-
Queer enjoys the benefits OF a local
market. II. on the contrary, he is sit
uated It some considerable distance
from such a point, he is at a distinct
disadvantage in the carrying on of his
business. These simple truths have
beer well illustrated during the last
few days for the edifcation of the
farmers and others in the territory adj
jacent to Omaha.
Corn has been Just sold on the
Omaha market both for cash and for
the July option higher than or the
Chicago market. This without taking
into consideration the added freight
from Omaha to Chicago. This means
that the farmers who sold corn in
Omaha would, in the absence of the
Omaha market, have been compelled
to sell on the basis of the Chicago
market, less the cost of hauling the
grain from the river to the lakes, which
would have meant several cents a
bushel less than the price actually re-
ceived.
What is true Of grain was estab-
llshed with regard to live stock a long
time ago, and will be eventually es-
tablished as to wool and other commo-
dities in the very near future. The
Importance of Omaha as a market. town
is daily being emphasized by expert
ence and the growth Of the several
markets here is as certain as the bust
ness foresight of the farmers can
make 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
SERMONS BOILED DOWN,

Faith in God Is best evidenced by fell
low ship with men.
Too many measure their means by their
meanness.
Trouble that might break us may be
made to make us.
The hardest seats in the world are those
on Easy street.
Nagsing people are always praying for
peace in glory.
Social sympathy is the solvent Of many
theological barriers.
Worms OF the dust make poor leaders
of men to the divine.
The world is not lifted to virtue by
picturing 1t as wholly vicious.
You cannot have harmony within your
self without conflict without.
No preacher ever caught men who was
fishing for compliments.
Formalities are the substitutes with
which the empty heart tries to make up
for faith.
Prayer is measured by it's aspirations
rather than by the Information IT sends
to heaven-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
ON FRONTIERS OF conquest.
Air N~avIEators on Threshold of Great
Achievements.
Wall Street Journal


What would Caesars legion have
thought II 1000 years ago, when they
amped on the shores Of Lake Constance,
they had seen a spectacle like that OF
Count Zeppelin's airship lowering for half
a day over the frontiers OF the Roman
empire?
Yet these navigators OF the air are
frontiersmen OF the most daring type,
who are pushing out the boundaries Of
achievement Of machinery In its mas
terry Of nature. With the great leviathan
ships ploughing the ocean. with tunneling
OF the earth to overcome limitations of
distance, and with the perfection Of me-
chanical means by which man may gain
for himself firm footing and sure flight
through the atmosphere, is II any Won
der that dreamers look forward 70 the
time when a trunk line OF airships may
be established between this mundane
nlsnst of ours and the moonl
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
STILL MORE ICONoCLASM.

AS II 1t were not enough to have
Paul Revere, Betsey Ross and Barbara
Fritchie subjected to the captious crit
icism of the heartless historian, we are
0 threatened with a complete de-
molition of our patriotic reverence for
the far-famed Liberty Bell" popu-
larly supposed to have proclaimed the
birth of the republic. Instead of toll
ing liberty throughout the land with
such vehemence as to crack its rim,
ing been as dumb as an oyster and as
mute as a clam, and to have allowed
the glorious Declaration to take wing
without a single paroxysm of righteous
JOY.
The disillusioning of the Liberty
Bell" has all come about over an un-
timely attempt to induce the Sons and
Daughters Of the American Revolution
In Philadelphia to erect a marble slab
over the grave Of William Hurry, IL
lumined in history as the grand
father who ran the bell on that
fateful July 4, 1875. Not only is it
now denied that Hurry hurried to pull
the bell cord, but 1t is boldly asserted
that there is not a single reliable au-
thority to show that the bell was rung
at all on July A." The illustrious
declaration was not adopted until the
night of that date and was not pub
licly proclaimed until four days later,
and we are told that even then there
is no evidence that the bell was rung.
According to the iconoclast who tore
the veil from the bell before the Phil
adelphia Sons and Daughters, the
whole Liberty Bell tale is based OF
a story told by a novelist, George Lip
pard, who lived in the middle OF the
last century, and upon an anonymous
poem entitled THE Independence
Bell" The details of the exposure as
exhumed from musty tones by the his
~torical grave digger is as follows:
The story is repeated, but no authority
Is given and no mention OF the ringers
name is made. The episode is not men
tened in any way by any other historical
authority. In these stories Hurry is mem
toned as an old gray haired man,
and we have the evidence of his recently
discovered tombstone, that he was 80 when
he died and only So at the time of the sign
ing of tie Declaration. This hardly TALES
with the generally accepted description OF
the man.
The Rev. Hughes o. Gibbons, in his His
tory Of the old Pine Street Presbyterian
Church" refers to an anniversary sermon
preached in the church in 1865 by the Rev.
DR.. Richard Il. Allen, then pastor, in which
he said that among the other revolutionary
Iatriots buried in the c~hurchyard was VIII
liam Hurry, who rang the Liberty Bell,
without giving any further authority for
the statement. 1t would appear from what
l have been able to learn that the entire
story is merely tradition.
OF course, if there was no bell
ringer the bell could not have been
rung and, II the bell was not rung, our
school histories have been filled with
a yellow journal fake, to say nothing
OF the unearned obeisance mistakenly
lavished upon the bell.
But while there is life there is hope.
We pause for some distinguished an
tiquarisn consecrated to the cause OF
true romano to bring forth the proofs
that will vindicate the good DID lib
erty Bell" and restore to it its former
good name and fame.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

TNNII9N" VT DFUE'
Upon the heels of an interesting story
from Denver to the effect that the demo-
cratic convention was really a temperance
meeting, comes the conflicting news that
the Kansas delegation was congratulated
upon the prospect Of carrying the state for
Bryan this fall. The idea that the demo-
Gratis have any sort of prospect for carrying
Kansas this fall against Taft certainly
could not have originated in a temperance
gathering.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

Chairman Clayton declared that
Taft must be beaten 70 prevent him
from carrying out President Roose-
velt's policies. Candidate Bryan has
been asserting that Taft must be
beaten in order TO make sure of carry
Ing out President ROosevelt's policies.
That part Of the Clayton speech re-
ferring TO Taft as a Roosevelt man
must have accidentally escaped the
Fairyiew blue pencil
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
Death of the Road Hog.
Journal

AWNVIIIVUIIV VVWEIIdh
The death knell of the road hog has been
sounded by the automobile association,
which has appointed a special subcommit-
tee to look after him. 1t may be difficult
at times for the committee of public safety
to bring itself up to the striking point, but
we hope 1t will harden its heart against
compassion. There must be no milk-and-
water business about the work to which 1t
has turned it's hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
More acnred Than Hurt.

Why not talk prosperity? 1t is stated
that for the first half OF the present year
railroad dividends in the United States
amount to $272, S54. OIL. against SZ73, 5O7 for
the corresponding period last year. The in
dividuals who have been unduly scared
should begin to realize that they are not
seriously hurt.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

The United States and Venezuela
have officially decided not to play, for
the present, in each others backwards.
But they may be depended on to kiss
and make up at some future time not
so very remote.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

A man who claimed TO be the cham
pion steer roper of the world has just
died in Oklahoma. He'll have to show
us folks who live in the same town
with Mayor Jim"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
Cheering a Trust Buster.
BALTIMORE American.

Baltimore American.
The New York attorney general has
started a movement to put the Ice trust
out of business in the state. A trust like
this in weather like this, with arbitrary
power to curtail production, kill competition
and raise prices, ought not to be tolerated
in any civilized community.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

The first time he ran Mr.. Bryan
hitched his kite to two tails-one in
Maine and one in Georgia. The sec
ond time he ran he took his tandem
partner from Illinois. For the third
try at kite-iying he will choose a little
ballast from Indiana.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

Ordinary sea water will cure almost
any old ailment that besets human
kind, according to a Chicago homeo-
path, What will subject the new pan
soea to suspicion is that sea water is
too plentiful to be cornered.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

The new chairman of the republican
national committee is a young man,
being yet in his sos. The young
man in politics is keeping well to the
front.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

It turns gu that Willis ]. Abbott,
who is the personally retained press
agent for William ], Bryan. gave out
a wrong steer on the vice presidency.
MIR. Abbott cannot be taken as far into
the inner citadel OF his chiefs conf
dence as he would have outsiders be-
lieya.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

substantial net increase over the cor
responding month Of the veal before,
although seventeen OF these postof.
fees show a decrease Of business. This
is a pretty big country, which keeps
right on growing in spite Of occasional
little setbaeks affecting local condi-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

1t will now be the proud privilege
81 the democrats to hoist a Bryan BAN
ner to the most conspicuous mid-air
position they can find within the city
limits of Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

Although President Roosevelt is to
be the highest paid of all magazine
contributors, his publishers expect to
make a little profit out of the bargain
themselves. They know a good thing
when they see II.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

California has shipped only 3,54S
carloads of lemons 30 far this season.
There will be enough to go round in
November, just the same.