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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
The New Penal Code.

In the closing days of the late con-
gress a most important measure was
passed in the form of a revision of the
penal code, a subject that has been
in the hands of a commission since
1897 and is to be further considered
by that body. The new bill is a vol
luminous document, the details of
which are no at hand. but many of
the topics disposed Of are radically
different from the federal laws now in
effect.
One Of the features Of the new law.
which has been the subject of heated
controversy in congress for some
years, is a provision which gives
dry" states positive and complete
control OF liquor shipments within
their borders. This proposition has
been opposed by the liquor and ex-
press companies for years, but has
finally been disposed OF in favor of
the temperance workers, who have
long been contending for the right to
place such shipments under the con-
troll of the police authorities of the
states in which anti-liquor laws are
In effect. The new measure is appar-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

The failure of a jury to convict a
man who had all but confessed In
court the murder he was charged
with and the execution on the same
day of a murderer who had five times
before stood in the shadow of the gal
lows, but had escaped through some
loophole in the law, are excellent argu-
The serious difficulty In these cases is
that the people are likely to recall in
cidents in which the law has failed
rather than those where its operation
Is swift and secure.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
Taft and Trade.

1t was often promised during the
campaign Of 1908 that the election of
Mr.. Taft meant a resumption Of COM
mercial and industrial activity in the
United States. The fulhllment of this
promise is at hand. In fact, it began
the day after election last November.
When II was certain that the menace
OF Mr.. Bryan had been removed man
ufscturers and dealers In all lines be-
gan to put in operation plans for the
extension OF their business.
The inauguration OF Mr.. Taft as
president. even with the prospect of
the early convention Of congress for
the purpose Of revising the tariff, has
had a still further ~reassuring effect
on business and the reports from the
great commercial agencies all indicate
most encouraging prospects. One OF
the features hat has contributed to
this result has been the fact that dur
ing the last year stocks of all kinds OF
goods were reduced to a minimum.
The scare OF 1907 had the effect OF
checking consumption and conse-
quently manufacture. Retailers
bought only for immediate demand
and this policy extended through the
channels OF trade all the way back to
the maker. The pressure has now
been removed. but the makers find
themselves unable to turn out new
goods fast enough to meet the require
ments. Jobbers and wholesalers are
unable to I'LL all orders for this reason
and the result is business improve
ment that ven exceeds what Mr.
Taft's o enthusiastic supporters
hoped for.
The record In the building trades il
even more encouraging. February re
ports from the large cities of th'
United States showing advances ovel
last year that are enormous. Rail
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
Changing Inauguration Dav.

The blizzard that ragged over Wash
ington on March 4 furnished eloquent
argument in support of a proposition
that has been pending for some years
to change the date of the inauguration
of the president of the United States
from March 4 to some later date. A
constitutional authority has stated re-
Gently that there is nc constitutional
provision for the inauguration of the
president on March 4, nor is there any
statute on the subject. The custom
had its origin in a resolution of the
last congress under the confederation
fixing the first Wednesday in March,
1889, rs the date for the new consti-
tuition to go into effect.
George Washington was not inaug-
urated until seven weeks after March
4, although congress apparently by
common consent construed his term 10
have been for four years, beginning
with the date the constitution went
into effect, March 4. Inauguration is
not an essential feature of the begin
ming of the presidents term. All that
he is required to do is to take the
oath, and he can do that before any
United States Judge. Mr.. Taft, for in
stance, could have taken the path at
Cincinnati, New Orleans or any other
part of the country and remained al
home, If he wished, until such time as
congress may have fixed for the for.
NAL inauguration ceremony, which Is
really a show proceeding in nowise
provided by law or essential to the
change of presidents.
March is the most trying season OF
the year everywhere and is worse In
Washington than in almost any Other
part Of the country. The chances are
all in favor, according to the statistics
of the weather bureau, of snow and
sleet and slush in Washington in the
early days of March, although perhap.
not so much of 1t as marked the in.
a%uguration day last week. April and
May usually bring ideal weather t.
the national capital, and the Inaugural.
tiOn In one of those months would be
worth while.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
rHB RnD MANS TUNES.
Move 10 Develop Music DistipctiveIy
American.


Washington Post.
II was more good luck than good heart
that saved the item in the sundry civil
bill sppropristins $4,000 for continuing
ethnological researches among the Ameri-
can Indians. Mr.. Hitchcock OF Nebraska,
characterized II as zone OF those ginger
bread appropriations which ought to be
cut out" The principal basis OF objection
to the item seemed to arise out Of a report
accompanying It which asserted that "a
small beginning has been made in the
study Of the music of the Indians"
Congress never reflects more proudly
upon its virtues than when It hears Itself
characterized as a body OF practical
men" What have practical men TO do with
music? What does congress know of CON
cord or sweet sounds save of the silvery
tones of cratory7 when did its public spirit
wearied in the glare of the public noon.
worn with the jar OF discordsnt arguments,
entreat the sergesnt-at-arms to
Call in sweet music. We have heard soft
Can charm our senses and dispel our
cares.
Asked a gentleman Of the opposition
scornfully. "Who ever heard Of any good
coming 10 anybody from a study of Indian
muster" The gentleman was sincere; we
must believe that he had never heard OF
any one.
He might know. however, we're he not
such a royalty practical man, that Fred
erick Burton, Arthur Fsrwell and dwa
Mcdowell, whose music has made Ameri-
cans proud Of them, have done much with
the rude Indian melodies. Whatever Is tn
be new and original in the music OF the
New World, springing from It's soil with
out the inspiration Of outside forces, must
come from the wild chants, the barbartc
pagan hymns of the North American In
dian. The white mans music comes from
Europe; 1t springs only from the inter
mingled emotional sense of intermingled
blood. The so-called negro melodies are
not African at all. They we're either
written for the negro by the white nan
or are, at best, but negrpfied c~orruptions
OF the white mans hymn tunes. DIR.
Dvorak's New World Symphony" Is inter-
esting and beautiful music; but as a tonal
expression Of the spirit and the native
quality of the New World it is valueless.
IL there should ever be established a
truly American school Of music, II will
have to Look largely for its Inspiration to
Indian motifs, Congress, being composed
wholly of practical men," may not be
able to appreciate what 1t means to de-
velop in the United states a school OF
music as original and free from European
traditions as the Rocky Mountains; but to
the rest OF the world such an achieve
ment would be considered of far more
practical value to the future men and
women OF the nation than many times
$4,000 put out at a good rate of interest.
Government, investigation OF whatever
pettained to the life of the red men is
highly worth while, even at the expense
Of a few dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
MESSAGES.
Their influence on the Life of the
Nation.
Baltimore American.

MAJOR.
Baltimore American.
1t would be difficult for any historian
dealing with present times to fail to color
his work with the Roosevelt viewpoint. Mr..
Roosevelt has saturated every topic OF the
times with his personality, so that II would
be as impossible to dissoclate it as to re-
move from the rose it's ~perfume-to phrase
the situation more complimentary than 1t
would be put by many persons. Mr..
Roosevelt has made himself a part of the
thought Of the times. Scientific and So
cisl topics. domestic and institutional
themes, the province of the pulpit and the
responsibilities of the pew. the varied
means for the promotion OF the general
veal of humanity, the reprobation Of false
mood and the exaltation of truth, the lam
pooning of hypocrisy and the steadfast
defense OF personal liberty. the necessities
of the poor and the scope Of the wealthy
have been discussed by him. Literature
and living in every phase nave been treated
by Mr.. Roosevelt in his messages and in
other printed expressions of his views.
But these things are incidental TO his
treatment of the specific facts of govern
ment. Upon this subject he has contributed
a bulk of academic opinions that rank him
as a doctrinaire and another lot of prac-
teal recommendations that rate him as a
commanding statesman. He has never been
sparse in the use of language and has
never trimmed his sentences to the feelings
Of persons. His language is terse and
Vigorous and there runs even through his
messages a quality OF diction that gives
ground for belief that the Roosevelt Eng
lish Will be as interesting to future stu.
dents as the Roosevelt doctrines or opIn.
ions.
The debt to Mr.. Roosevelt of the future
grubber into the archives of the past will
be incalcuble, even though he will have TO
wade through a sea Of dissertations upon
all imaginable themes to reach the kernel
OF his research. But this will, after all.
probably not be SO much OF a task. as
there Will come forward some adventurous
person TO do the work OF civIlIzation-to
employ the term that the ardent pro-Roose-
veltian OF the future would Indorse-of in
dexing and cross-indexing the strenuous
presidents work with informing commen-
tary' including the dates OF the various
traeases with congress and the member
ship list OF the Ananias club.
In all seriousness. however. those who
nave mad occasion to delve into such
classes OF material will appreciate the
service to the chronicler of the future I'm
Mr.. Roosevelt's habit OF voluminous and
informing writing. Few things he has
written will be perpetuated as literary
classics: much he has written will abide
on account Of his versatility and the ethical
stress he has infused into his writings.
II the pen is mightier than the sword, then
MI Roosevelt will rank as one OF the
mightiest of the mighty.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

emily in conflict with the original
package" decisions of the supreme
court but must be recognized as an
emphatic victory for the temperance
workers.
A determined effort was made to
have the commission amend the law,
passed in 1875, forbidding discrimina-
ton on cou of race OF color in
the selection of grand or petit %juries.
The southern representatives were in
sistent In their demands that jurors
should be composed of white citizens
only, but so many complicated ques-
tons we're brought up in the course
of the discussion hat it was finally
decided to leave the 1875 law un-
touched.
The new bill contains some 800
separate sections and represents the
first systematic effort thai has been
made by congress to revise and codify
all of the purely penal laws that have
been passed by congress in the last
half century. While there have been
no radical changes in the existing
laws. the work of the commission will
be found of greatest Importance in the
trial of cases in the federal courts.
In order to prevent confusion and to
allow the correction of any serious
errors that may be discovered in the
measure just passed, the new law will
not take effect until January 1, 1910,
enabling congress when it meets next
December to correct any serious mis-
take or omission.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
THE WORKER.

J. NJ. Lewis In Houston Post.
It's plum good TO git your shoes off, an
your galluses o. nights,
An set comfy bE the window. and just
In the windows OF the city come out shin
in one by one,
Markin' labor's time o. Festin'. markln'
toilin' past and done
For the day, and just your ownself and
your smilin' wife 70 please,
And the little fellers climbln' full o. gig
giles to your knees;
oh, it's good to be a worker and to do
YOU level best,
For you're SO fun OF contsntment when
the times does come 10 rest.
What IL l do work for people, other peo-
pie work for me!
Somewhere now way off in Ceylon ma
tives are s-pickin' tea
For my drinkin', somewhere also farmers
pillow the smelly soil
So that l can have potatoes, somewhere
other fellows toll
So that can, when the day ends and the
Gather round me. turn a button and fill
all my home with light;
Ships are ~plunEing through the ocean
bringing me good things to eat
Bringing cloth to make my coats Of,
bringing leather for my feet.
so take my dinner bucket at the break
And start tohward strong and rested, and
whistle on the way,
Glad 10 DO my part OF ali the work that's
needing 10 be done
In the world, TO keep men going on from
rise TO set OF sun;
Glad TO do my part toward keeping other
lights than mine aligft, b
Glad TO do my part toward keeping other
nomeliko corners bTdght;
Glad TO work by day or nighttime. glad
70 be one Of the shifts,
Glad to lift and keep on llung whIls LAA
A~s &~hAg h4tA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
PERSONAL T

Delaware peaches have been pronounced
safe. The asseveration is cited as a most
remarkable violation or precedent.
Fifty thousand dollars for White House
alterations sounds ~extravagant till you
consider the cost of widening the doors.
Vermont legislators raised their own
pay, and now disgruntled constituents are
intimating that the mistake made was in
not cutting II down.
A stenographer in Michigan believes
that she is heiress to $4,000, 900. How
ever, many stenographers act as though
something Of this sir had happened to
hem.
Ernest p. Bicknell, who has served as
superintendent of the Chicago Bureau of
Charities since 1898. went to Washing
ton, ID. c.. the other day to assume his
new duties as national director Of The
American Red Cross. as
Ex-Mayor John Boyd Thatcher OF AL
bany, N. Y, who died last week.. wac one
Of a hastily formed company of boys from
the Albany Academy, who marched with
the procession on the day when President
Lincoln was in Albany, on his way to DO
inaugurated. His father, who was mayor
OF Albany at the time, rode in the car
rGage with Mr.. Lincoln.
The Oklahoma legislature is going to put
a marble bust Of Sequoyah in the state
capitol. which is most fitting. Sequoyah,
or George Guess. was the man who In
vented the Cherokee alphabet and was a
half-breed. born in Georgia in ITO. 1t was
in 1895 that he put Cherokee among the
written languages with its forty-eight char
acters, each one standing for a syllable
instead OF q single letter. The great trees
of California have been named sequoias
after him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

The "MOst Vivid, vital, Write ard
Versatile Genius,

Brooklyn Eagle lind. dem.).
Mistakes? Many and often. but always
honestly Characteristic and always repara-
BILE, Temper Yes, hot and grim, but
short lived and never malevolent. Com
bative? Yes, but as ready to take as to
give blows, with nsught struck out in NAL
Ice. Undignified? Among friends. now n
then, but never in official moments or re-
outiements. His consistency has been pro-
gressive, not OF the sort which Emerson
said was the hobgoblin of little minds.
Decidedly, the most vivid and vital, and
virile and versatile genius among the heads
of states is this man. The verdict of our
posterity on him, when attritlons and Rcri-
mony and soreness shall have worn away,
ls already forecast by the judgment OF the
other nations. The universities, courts and
chancelleries Of the world await his com
ing, and are impatient with the delay on
them which his hunting trip will impose.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

CINCINNATI Enquirer und. -dem,D.
President Taft enters into power with the
good VIII and good wishes OF the people OF
all parties and OF every section OF the
union.
He faces no personal antagonism in any
political party,
he VIII encounter neither factions oppo-
Siuon In own nor bitter partisan attacks
from the other great political organlza-
lions.
singularly fortunate In all his relations
with public men, public affairs and the
public itself, he enters the highest office in
the land with the appreciation OF his fellow
citizens and amid the brightest hopes for
an administration that will bring the best
possible results to ALL
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
An ~UneEDected slam.
sprIngfield Republican.

Last and most unexpectedly OF all comes
the high court OF New Jersey ''sIsmminE"
corporations. 1t has blocked the little
game Of the Chicago stock yards million
aires 70 reineorporate the United States
Leather company or trust through the Cen
trail Leather company, and thereby dodge
the claims OF the preferred stockholders
OF the United States Leather company,
whose dividends are cumulative and largely
In ARREARS. This decision mAk II appear
az though the Central Leather company
would have to dissolve
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
REGULATION OF TRUSTS.
Courts E~mphasiEins Principles of the
square Deaf.
York Sun.

new 1pIh Bun
Upon the principle that the power OF cor
porations TO consolidate and merge Is not
to be implied and exists only by virtue OF
plain legislative enactment" Chancellor
Pitney OF New Jersey, recently refused
permission to the Leather trust to swallow
a smaller concern.
The supreme court OF Massachusetts at
firmed the lower court decree ordering
the New Haven railroad to set rid before
July / Of all it's holdings In certain partly
competitive and patty feeding" street.
railway systems.
Thus II happens that, though the United
States supreme court has not yet decided
the commodities case, this week, like last
week. does not pass without quiet remind
ers thai the lawful regulation OF the trusts
is being attended to under the present
statutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

cheek on Piracies Of Makers OF
Canned Muaic.
Pittsburg Dispatch


Pittsburg Dispatch.
Congress passed finally the ~internationsl
copyright. including the clauses for the
protection OF musical composers against
the plracies OF the manufacturer OF
canned music" This act has been pend
ing long and there will be general salts
faction over It's final enactment Il Is a
measure Of justice only, since u gives the
composer some right in hts work by what
ever means Il may be reproduced.
Other portions OF the bill are In the line
Of perfeoting the international oopyright
on books. pictures and other thing that
are subject to copyright. The United
States is now abreast the most advanced
nations In this manner. which is cause for
congratulatlon. 1t Jagged for years, until
1t had gained an unenviabie reputation Tor
piracy. Possibly the American people
gained something In educational advantase
by the cheapness Of pirated publications,
but we do not think so. Legitimate publi-
cation was cheap enough during the pirate
era TO satisfy most of the demand Cor in
formative literature.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

The home-rulers who were so tri-
umphantly thrust into prominence last
fall are finding the difference between
promising and performance. One
after another their assaults on the
statute book of Nebraska have been
repulsed, and the legislature is likely
to adjourn and leave Omaha still I'M
der the government of the code Of Me-
braska.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
A Lasting Impression.

Springfield (Mass-) Republican dhd).
But, whatever the ultimate estimate OF
Mr.. Roosevelt snd his administration may
be. there are some things which are not
left doubtful. He hes y!viely Impressed
the imagination OF the people of his time
and his extraordinarily complex personal
ity makes him one OF the most interesting
men ever in the service OF the republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

A Georgia editor says that one way
to keep Bryan from becoming a can
didate again In 1912 is for the news
papers to stop saying anything about
him. The republicans will view that
prospect with alarm.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

Tom Platt presents strong evidence
to show that he was almost solely re-
sponsible for the nomination of Mr..
Roosevelt for vice president in 1900.
1t is really pleasant to record one good
deed in Platt's favor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

This is an occasion when WASH
lngton's pre-eminenceNa s a convention
city speaks for itself" said the Wash
ington Star on March 5. And the next
day IL showed. sleetsd. hailed and tied
mp all the tranic facilities for mlles
around.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

Wheat spectators having made
their little ~eleAnups. the price is goins
down again. In q few more days
perhaps. the trap will be set again and
another boom result.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

The British Parliament has passed
a law to make the hours of the clock
and the hours of the sur coincide.
When this is in successful operation
the Britishers will be permitted to re-
vive Mr.. Bryan's plan for repeating
the law of supply and demand.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

The Commercial clubs activity in
the pursuit Of new members is worthy
OF support. The influence OF this Or
g~anization is not to be doubted and
all business men should hold member
ship In II.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

roads are taking up the work of ex-
tension and improvement and in every
avenue Of commerce and industry this
same activity is found. Mr.. Taft has
certainly had a revivifying influence
on trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
omaba's clearing house record

Omaha's clearing house record is
leaping ahead at a rate that must i'm
press outsiders with the Importance
of this city. The showing for the last
week of an increase Of nearly 81
per cent over last year is most graft
flying.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

Iowa is to make an experiment with
the Sackett law. II 1t works as well
in the Hawkeye state as 1t did in Ne
braska 1t will make no difference at
all.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

Mr.. Bryan predicts that the Taft adj
ministration will fail because II will
try to accomplish too much. This ID
a change from Bryan's usual cry that
the administration will not try to &C
complish anything.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

S~uburbanites at this time of the
rear probably regret that the pure
food law does not apply to the garden
seeds sent out by the congressman.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

Four letters signed by George
Washington have been sold in London
for 5000. II Mr.. Roosevelt could sell
his letters at $50 each there would
be no occasion for his working for a
living any more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

The Philadelphia Inquirer insists
that higher honors await Mr.. Knox
when he leaves President Taft's cabi-
net. Must be piahping to make an
editor OF him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

A Missouri judge has decided that
a woman may paint and powder as
much rs she pleases without being
subject to divorce. Being a married
man, that Judge knows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

The man who is expecting a govern
ment appointment Will do well to keep
a strange hold on his present Job un-
til he gets an oticial letter from Wash
ington,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

Nov that wise Time has shown me
| was wrong" writes Alfred Austin in
his latest poem, Time and the public
agree that Austin is wrong, and his
only remedy is to quit writing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08
Uncle JOe's Limit.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
II was bad enough when Uncle Joe didn't
get to carry the banner; II was worse
when his salary raise failed; but TO rave
TO preside right way over q session Of
tariff r~evislon-that's the limit!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city tem-
porarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed Rs often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-08

A Kansas man has discovered that
a fine quality OF brandy can be manu-
featured from sawdust. Necessity and
thirst are the parent of invention in
the dry districts.