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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
MATCHING WITH MILLIONS.

Close on the heels Of the report that
the king of England and the emperor
of Germany discussed, at their recent
meeting, the feasibility of limiting the
naval extension program of the two
powers, comes the authenticated state
ment that the British government is
about to raise a loan of $500, 900, 900
for the purpose of distancing all at
tempts on the part of Germany or any
other rival power to compete with
Britain in naval ornaments. The situa-
ton in England is peculiar, owing to a
public sentiment that has been aroused
In favor of a marked extension Of the
naval powers of the empire.
British officials are apparently In
the hands of the magazines, some Of
which have become real muckrakers in
calling attention to the country's
danger of being outstripped in the
naval race. The magazine and review
editors insist that England must pre-
pare for a war, either with Germany or
Win pDlllt AHldllC BCNCis w III OduoCb
for such a conflict are neither apparent
nor numerous, the public sense has
been keyed up to the belief that a war
is imminent and that some action must
,be taken along radical lines to put
England in a state of preparedness.
1t is easy enough to make blue prints
of a powerful battleship squadron, but
it takes cold cash and lots of it to turn
these ships out of the navy yard, and
there England is apparently at a dis
advantage, so far as plans for outstrip-
ping Germany in a navy construction
program is concerned. The British
tax rate is already 80 shillings per
capita, and to this must be added an
other burden assumed by the recent
act providing for the payment of old
age pensions, a matter involving the
expenditure of about $4,000, 900 a
year. This is exclusive Of the annual
interest on the country's debt, which
brings the British tax rate up to about
AZ shillings per capita. The German
citizen pays a rate of II shillings for
the maintenance of the army and navy
and a total tax rate of % shillings,
Germany could add $3.50, 100000 to
its debt before it would be as large as
that of Great Britain and could in
crease its tax rate by so per cent be-
fore the German citizen would have a
burden equal to that already carried by
the Englishman. Under such circum-
stances, the kaiser could easily double
the British loan and still be in 4 better
position with his people. Germany is,
therefore, in a position to meet any
bluff England may make in the naval
extension game, and then put in a few
fleets of battleships for good measure
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

The law makes no discrimination be-
tween types of men in its written in
junction, Thou shalt not kill" All
the laws on this subject since the time
of Moses have been directed to the pro-
lection of human life, and the safe
or social standing, environment and the
mental state furnish no justification
for the violation of the law, and not
even the tacit recognition of the right
to personal vengeance in extreme cases,
which, in some sections, has found
rating as "the unwritten law" The
sensational Hains-Annis murder in
New York is another appeal to this un-
recognized law, which will be appealed
to in an effort to cover an atrocious
assassination.
Accepting, for the sake OF argument
the unwritten law" the killing al
Flushing, Long Island, can not, by any
stretch of the Imagination or the argu.
ments, come within that law. Admit.
ting that Captain Hams was deeply
wronged, he did not take the law in his
own hands on impulse after the dis,
closure. He did o seek out imme,
diately and put to death the despoileI
OF his home, as is customary with those
who appeal to "the unwritten law" Or
the contrary, he calmly and deliber,
ately began suit for divorce, naming a
correspondent and by that act forfeited
his right" to protect his wife and
waived his privilege Of appealing tC
the unwritten law. The sheer frenzy
that might furnish a justification fol
appeal to the law of personal vengeance
disappeared, In face of the implied
ability 10 reason calmly enough to &c
into the courts with a divorce proceed.
ing. That suit. incidentally, put the
wife outside the pale of the husband!
protection aud stripped him of hi,
right to take any action in her behalf
or in vindicating their marital relation
Assuming the guilt Of Annis, the
alleged destroyer Of the Hams home
pity would be wasted upon him, but hi
character does not rob the manner o.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Barnum originated or revised the truism
"A fool is born every minute" Tom Law
sons amendment raising the birth rate ia
two il in order.
Six thousand votes were cast against a
free bridge proposition In st. Louis. Evil
IDENTIFY the local cemeteries are not getting
all they are entitled to.
Some people are mighty hard to please.
Inmates Of a TAIL in Perry county, Penn
sylvania, are kickingg against being over
fed. They lack the exercise of a rock pile.
The amazing tank capacity of Cleveland
girls for soda water, Ice cream and the like
convinces the Plain Dealer that South
America hasn't a monopoly of the rubber
crop.
An enterprising business man at Atlanta.
tributing distilled water has retired from
business His tank was too large for the
color OF his fluid.
T. Jenkins Hams. the fellow who held
off the crowd while his brother did the
killing at Rosedale. l.. I, has also a large
notch on his gun. He killed his man
seventeen years ago.
Miss Russell, the "airy, fairy Lillian, -
is In love again and is just as happy as a
l6-year-old under first treatment. He is a
Greek prince, and, though she doesn't speak
the lingo of his tribe, she understands, and
that's enough for any young old girl.
What will his number be?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

his taking off of it's murderous atrocity.
The assassination was planned with all
de~liberateness. The husband and his
brother had a killing to perform and
they did it in a most theatrical man
ner, selecting a regatta crowd as the
occasion for it, keeping the crowd at
bay at the pistols point and doing their
killing in the presence of women and
children, among them being the chill
dren of their victim. They shot down
an unarmed man without warning. The
brother of the injured man has no
standing in the case. Even the un-
written law contains no clause that
would cover or condone his part in the
assassination.
All the evidence shows that Hams
acted with elaboration in accordance
with a p~reconceived plan Of vengeance,
and he was in collision with his
brother. He carried out his evident
intent to murder Annis and to publish
to the world the whole miserable story
of his domestic troubles. The barbaric
code of IAN eye for an eye, a tooth for
a tooth" can not be extended to furnish
justification for such a cowardly crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
THE NINETY AND NINE.v

Elizabeth C. Clephsne's Poem, Made
Famous by Sankey's Singing.
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter Of the fold;
But one was out on the hills away
Far off from the gates Of gold,
Away on the mountains wild and bare,
Away from the tender Shepherds care.
Lord, thou hast here thy ninety and nine,
Are they not enough for thee?"
the shepherd made answer; '"T 70 one
Of mine
Has wandered away from me;
And although the road be rough and steep.
l go 10 the desert to find my sheep"
But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters crost,
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord
passed through
Ere he found his sheep tina was lost.
out in the desert he heard its cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die.
Lord: whence are these blood-drops all
the way,
That mark out the mountain track %
'They were shed for one who had gone
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back,
Lord, whence are thy hands so rent and
torE?'
They are pierced tonight by many a
But ali through the mountains, thunder
riven,
And up from the rocky steep,
There rose a cry to the gates OF heaven.
Rejoice! ! have found my Sheep
Ana the angels echoed around the throne,
Rejoice! for the Lord brings back his
own!'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
SECULAR sHors AT THE PULPIT.

Baltimore American: The pope declares
that Americans have the gift Of tact to a
degree unknown to other n"ationalities.
Even those who deny his iufalhbuity will
hedge on his dictum in this respect.
ST. Louis Times: We may in time forget
the singer. but T h Ninety and Nine and
other great hymns from the heart and pen
Of Ira u. sankey will insist on remaining
in the memory.
Brooklyn Eagle: Bishop Green has come
home with a very simple plan for a reform
which has troubled his church for years.
He says that II It was as socially disgrace
full to get divorced as II is to get drunk,
we should hear no more about the United
States as the home Of divorce, When the
Episcopal church refuses contributions
from it's wealthy Divorces we shall be-
lieve that Bishop Greer's plan OF social
ostracism for that practice is being carried
out.
Springfield Republican: What a picture
that is Of the thousands OF men and womeR
at Old Orchard, the other day, wildly tumb-
ling over each other to give their offerings
Ito the Lord" at the missionary meeting
of the Christian alliance. Things have ad-
vanced since S~avonarols's day, when the
Florentines flung into the fire their Eew-
saws as a sacrifice OF the world. The
Americans were indeed excited enough,
but the women who stripped themselves Of
earrings and finger rings, bracelets and
bangles, and even dropped lorgnettes and
jeweled combs into the collection baskets,
were practical. All these things could DO
sold and used-nOt wasted in ashes. Men.
too, put in their scarfpins and bosom studs,
cuff buttons and so forth-sometimes even
watches-not to mention actual money and
pledges. There we're almost six bushels OF
valuables, It is reported. What an astonish-
ing affair. Sixty thousand dollars worth
in all, reported Rev. DR.. A. d. Simpson.
and yet there are those who say that in
terest in missions, and even in the Chris
tlan religion, is dying out, Not, 1t seems,
under conditions. Human nature is as eN-
citable as ever, when It's hit right.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Where Justice Fails Down.

san francisco Chronicle.
The miscarriages Of justice which we con-
tinually see are not the result Of v~enality
or incompetence. They are the result OF
the fine-spht technicalities which have
grown out OF generations Of technical study
by clear and analytical minds. Nearly al
Of them are logical from generally &C,
cepted premises. In the aggregate theiI
result is almost a breakdown OF our judi
cial system. In such criminal cases az
those which have occupied our courts ir
this city for the last year there Is not
merely a breakdown. There is a smashup
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

The white mice of the British navy
are TO lose their Jobs, a test having
shown that the service which they per-
form in his majesty's service can be
performed more effectively by the use
of machinery.
1t may be news. but il is non
the less true, hat up to date a
colony of white mice has been con-
sidered an essential part of the
equipment of the submarine craft
of the British navy. A white mouse
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

welcome one that comes upon him with
out being sought, it is a real relief to
know that as soon as the world is en-
lightened on the subject, as it will be if
it accepts Mrs. Potter's teaching, the
red nose will not be an invitation to
criticism or innuendo when worn by a
man whose conscience is clear and
whose conduct is void of offense.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

American jokes do not travel"
says the Detroit News, which APP
parently has overlooked the fact that
the socialist candidate for the presi-
dency is going across the country in. a
special train, scattering speeches on
the way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

The difference between Mr.. Taft's
promise of tariff revision and Mr..
Bryan's pledges in the same direction
is that Mr.. Taft, If elected, will be in
position to redeem his pledge, while
Mr.. Bryan, if elected, would be power
less to accomplish anything with a re-
publican senate arrayed against his
free trade plans.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Congressman Burke Of PENNSYLVANIA
says the office of president is infinitely
more powerful than congress. We can
see Mr.. Burke's finish If Speaker Can
non happens to see that statement.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Another Omaha to the Gulf" rail-
road is being planned. The space be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific is
getting a little narrow to accommodate
all of the Omaha to the Gulf" rail
roads.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

We favor a sufficient supervision of rate legislation OF rail-
roads engaged in interstate commerce. To this end we recom-
mend the physical valuation of railroads by the Interstate
Commerce commission. such valuation to take into considera-
tion the physical value of the property, the original cost OF
production and all elements of value that will render the vHlua-
ton fair and just.
We favor such legislation Is will prevent the railroads from
engaging in business which brings them into competition with
other jobbers; also legislation which Will assure such reduction
in transportation rates a. conditions will permit, care being
taken to avoid reduction that would compel a reduction of
wages, prevent adequate service or do injustice to legitimate
investments.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

The sheriff of Saratoga county, New
York, where the races are soon to be
held, says that a bet is not a bet unless
he sees it made. Willing to lay a small
wager hat he will be looking the other
NAV
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

He-Do you believe that silence gives con.
sent?
He-Well, when l ask your father for
your hand, manage to have your mother
In the r~oom.-Yonkers Statesman.
"Esmeraida, when are you and Godfrey
going to be marrled?'
Just as soon as ] say the word"
When are you going to say the word?'
Just as soon as he asks m~e."-Chicago
Tribune.
Him-You are the only girl I ever loved.
Her-But YOU have had a lot of affairs.
Him-Yes, but all l did. was to tell ON
all that sort of kfddIng,-Houston Post.
He lin the hammock)-Dare light my
she (also in the hammock)-Do you wish
US to he regarded In that light?
Shea match.-The Bohemian.
My husband is always cross as a bear
at the breakfast table and delightfully."-
agreeable at dinner, | can't account for
That's easy. You want money for shop
ping in the morning, don't your The stores
are all closed at night,"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
craggs-You look warm. Why don't you
go where it's cooler? I know a place only
six miles from here where the thermometer
drops way below zero.
Snaggs-What are you giving me? Where
Is this place?
Mrs, Lushington-And there you we're, at
3 O'Clock in the morning, hugEing that
cigar store Indian.
Mr.. Lushington-surely, my dear, you are
not jealous?-JudEe
HicksvSo Mr.. Gayboy is going to spend
a fortnight at Old Orchard while his wife
Is In the mountains?
Wicks-Yes; what of II?
Hicks-Oh,, n~othing-only she ought TO
tie n string around his finger to remind
him that he is Notwithstanding Journal.
Office Bov-The editor is much obliged
to you for allowing him to see your draw
inEs. but much regrets he Is unable TO use
them. '.
Fair Artist (eagerlyl-Did he say that?
Off 2 Boy 0rutbfullv)-Well. not exactly.
He just sad. Take 'em away. Joe: they
make me sick ."-Harper's Weekly.
Cragrs-Straisht up. Take a balloon
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How is II that you cultivate the society
of that deaf and dumb couple so assid-
uously?'
Don't have to listen to the smart things
their 2-year-old gets off. baltimore
American,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Mr.. Bryan critieises Mr.. Taft for
adding to the republican platform. In
the meantime, the number of para
mount issues which Mr., Bryan sub
traeted from the democratic platform
would fiji several large volumes
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Who're ReaI FIght.ng b. A..ured.

NH7IHIsIVH pVuI'
II the government should take up the
question Of regulating the theatrical trust
some real fighting may be looked for.
Men who have been accustomed to dealing
with grand opera singers and burlesque
comedians develop a fearlessness of vocab-
ulary which no lawyer can hope to equal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

King Edward and Emperor William
are said to have discussed the limita-
tion of their navies at their recen con
ference. Chances are that each
thought he was fooling the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
THE RAILROAD REGULATION

We believe that both the nation and the various states
should first ascertain the present value of the railroads, meas
ured by the cost Of reproductions second. prohibit the issue OF
any more watsred stock or fictitious Capitalization; third, pro-
hibit the railroads from engaging in any business which brings
them into competition with other iobbers; and, fourth, reduce
transportation rates until they reach a point where they will
yield only a reasonable return on the present value of the
roads, such reasonable return being defined as a return suffi-
ciont to keep the stock Of the roads at par when such roads
are honestly capitalized.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Rare and RoynI Record.
New York Tribune

NEW IUTh IIIDUIt,
At rs years Of age the Austrian kaiser
ranks as one Of the worlds grandest old
men-old in years and grand in the almost
infinite patience, tact and ~benevolence with
which he has held the balance true among
the many jangling and Earring lements OF
his c-onElomerate realm.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

"The automobile is rapidly dimin-
ishing the aristocracy," says the New
York World. 1t is also diminishing
the common people, too rapidly
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Speaker Cannon says that in time
Washington will be more beautiful
than Paris. All of the presidential
candidates doubtless think that Wash
ington looks that way now,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Experience has proven the necessity of modification of one
present law relating to injunctions and we reiterate the pledges
of our national platform of 1895 and 1904 in favor Of the
measure which passed the United States senate in 1895, but
which a republican congress has ever since refused to enact
relating to contempts in federal courts and providing for trial
by jury in cases Of indirect contempt.
Questions of judicial practice have arisen, especially IN con-
nection with industrial disputes. We deem that the parties TO
all judicial proceedings should be treated with Importantly
and that inJunctions should not be issued in any cases in which
inJunctions would not issue If no industrial dispute was in
VOlVed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Bob" Burdette writes from abroad
to say that there are more poets in
ireland than there are in Indiana.
What's the difference? Most of the
Indiana poets are Irish, anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Another unfortunate feature of the
Hains-Annis murder case is that it will
be a signal for the sob squad to go into
action again.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Keeping In the Spotlight.

Minneapolis Journal.
Candidate Chafin, having fallen into the
water tank out west, and having stopped
hat a brick with his person at Springfield,
will, II he is going to keep in the lime
light, have to lose his diamonds, or do a
buck and wing with Mrs. Nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
ReciDrOceI BOostfnE,
St.. Louis Globe Democrat.

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
Judge Parker is laboring for the Bryan
cause in California, which recalls the fact
that Bryan's campaign in Nebraska for
Parker kept the republican majority in
the state down to 5000.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

That good old democratic paper, the
Cincinnati Enquirer, is a little discour-
aged, but still clings to the conviction
that Bryan will carry Texas.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Make. the blue Ribbon.

Baltimore American.
The report comes from Nebraska that
a man there shot his wife because she
wouldn't talk, AS far as the Ananias
record is concerned the fish and sea SER
pent stories are now outclassed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Prince Eitel Friedrich of Germany
is saving wood several hours a day in
order to keep down his obesity, Mr..
Taft is also saving some wood.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
LABOR AND INJUNCT1oNs

We favor such a modification Of the law relating to mJunc-
tions as will first prevent the issuing of the writ in Industrial
suits, except after notice to defendants and full hearing; second,
permit trial before a judge other than the one who issued the
writ; and, third, allow a jury to be summoned in all cases
where the alleged contempt is committed outside of the pres
ence of the court.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Honors are easy again, Every time
Mr.. Taft buys a new horse, Mr.. Bryan
mounts a new hobby.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Candidate Sherman has been pre-
sented with a loving cup. The next
thing in order is to present Candidate
Kern with a shaving cup.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Has Bryan grown" asks the
Springfield (Mass.) Union. Yes,
measured by girth and his bank ac-
,ount.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Top Notch of Optimism.

Minneapolis Journal.
The wheat crop is turning out in a way
to make the farmer as cheerful as the
Lincoln, Neb., hotel keeper.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Great Britain is a little ahead Of
time with the request for a loan Of
100000, 900. The Nebraska farmers
have not sold their crops yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
ANOTHER LOST DECLARATION

We insist upon the recognition of the distinction between
the natural man and the artificial person called a corporation
and we favor the enactment of such law a $ may be necessary
to compel foreign corporations to submit their local disputes
to courts of the states in which they do business, and thus
place themselves upon the same footing as domestic corpora
lions.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Mr.. Bryan is &c make a speech on
bank failures. He is also qualified to
make a speech IN rank failures.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

There's a vast difference between
doing all the good you can and canninl
all the good you do.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

France has interviewed to make the
situation in Morocco less binding than
it was.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
LosT-THE INHERITANCE TAX

We favor an income tax as part Of our revenue system and
we urge the submission OF a constitutional amendment specific
ally authorizing congress to levy and collect a tax upon The In
dividual and corporate incomes to the end that wealth may bear
its proportionate share of the burden OF the federal government
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

Aguinaldo is running for alderman
in Manila. Can't Mr. Bryan say some
thing for his old pal?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

A New York motorman claims to
have saved. Now, we could have I'M
derstood that if the man had been a
conductor.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

1t is time for the summer girl to
come home, leaving her freckles be-
hind her.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

A murderer named Leak has es-
capped from the New York police. The
plumbers should be sent to find him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

The City railway of New York re-
ports the loss of $~6,112,714. Haven't
found it.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

We favor an income tax as part Of our revenue system end
we urge the submission of a constitutional amendment specific
ally authorizing congress to levy and collect a tax upon in
dividual and corporate incomes to the end that wealth may bear
it's proportionate share of the federal government
We favor a national inheritance tax to reach the swollen
fortunes already in existence.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
MARCH AND JULY--WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
Bryan's Nebraska Platform,
March. 1908.
THE ISSUE

Equal rights TO all and special privileges to none" This
is the overshadowing issue at this time; II manifests itself In
all the questions now under discussion and demands immediate
consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
BryaR's Denver Platform,
July. 1908.

"shan the people ruler" is the Ovsrshadoving issue which
manifests itself in all questions now under discussion
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
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