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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Descendants of the "Comuodore"
switch from the Railroad world.

D~eacendnmt of the commodore"
switch from the Railroad world.
81 Louis Globe Democrat.
With the advent OF Hartman as the
controlling spirit Of the New York Central
system, which is expected to take place
soon after his return from Europe a few
weeks hence, the vanderbilts. as factors
OF Importance in the railway world. will
drop into the background. II lie believed
that the recent sales Of convertible bonds
Of several Of the Hartman roads were for
the purpose OF irving him the cash which
would enable him to get a dominant voice
In the Central. Early in 1909 he became one
Of the directors In the Central. and several
other members Of the board are favorable
to his interest. II is believed that when the
proper moment comes he will nave no
difficulty in getting sufficient stock 10
place him In control Of the road and Of It's
subsidiary links.
Who would have supposed, in the days
Of the old Commodore that within a
third of a century after his death the New
York Central would pass out Of the control
Of the Vanderbilt famiiy7 When he died
in 1871 he handed over the road to his
Oldest son, William II. Vanderbilt, and the
latter managed It and it's subordinate lines
with such skill that the 500, 900, 900 which
he inherited was increased to more than
$500, OOO, 900 at his death in 1885. Except the
Pennsylvania road, II was. the largest sys-
tenn In the world, and it's name and that
OF its head travelled farther over the globe
than that OF any other railway.
But the third generation OF Vanderbilts
came under widely d fferent influences from
those which had shaped the lives of their
predecessors. The Commodore" Cornelius
Vanderbilt l., had risen from poverty up
70 affluenoe and power. william II. had
helped the father to make the family for
tune, and the energy and skill which he
displayed in the making OF IL impelled him
to increase it. But wealth was thrust upon
the third generation without any effort
Its part, and much Of its time has
been passed in trying to squsnder It. Cor
nellus H., the grandson OF the founder Of
the family, was a man of education and
talent, but he gave comparatively little CT
his time to the management OF his road,
while the fourth generation, as well as
some Of the third, pass most Of their days
in dissipation in Europe, with occasional
Interruptions in divorce court proceedings
In Harrlman's hands the Central will prob
ably regain the prominence which IT won
In the days Of William II. Vanderbilt, and
will be likely to become more profitable
to its stockholders thar it has recently
been,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
ELEPHANT ON ms HANDS.
Relations of the Party Emblem ana
the Real Article.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
Colonel Roosevelt, for the first time In
his history, has an elephant on his hands.
His first bagging OF the greatest OF all
beasts has been made, and he IL CORE.
spondingly rejoicsd; for be 1t remembered
that while Mr.. Roosevelt in his various
public capacities, particularly when pres
ident, had problems to adjust he never
had an elephant on his hands. His facility
to dispose Of measures and issues kept
things passing pretty swiftly within his
purview, and nothing ever landed on his
doorsteps that he could not handle ao-
cording to the situation.
While he has for the first time a great
pachyderm Of the African species to deal
with, pachyderms have been his speciality.
He had for a long time an elephant 10
deal with that beats the African beast 10
a FRAGILE. But he never rthirsted for its
gore. The great G. o. 2. animal was hia
pride. Its care was his devotion; Its train
ing was his passion. II would eat out OF
his hands. At times It showed a surly
disposition, but instead Of a prod he would
hand it out some oats, and It would snort
with pleasure and go to its accustomed
work Of treading out the grain from tho
political chaff Of the Legislative halls.
The present specimen will doubtless ba
mounted and placed among the other
eighty-odd specimens OF the hunters rifle
that are to be displayed in the new struct-
ure for the National Museum at Washing
ton, and will be a silent suggestion OF tho
many triumphs of skill that have been his
in the capacity of elephant driver.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

No One Man a Paramount Factor in
Nations Commercial Progress.
WASHINGTON Post.

Washington Post.
That Edward Fl. Hartman is one of the
most remarkable men who has ever par
ticipated in the colossal business affairs
of the United States will be acknowledged
by every one who is at all conversant with
the history making progress Of commercial
America. There can be no doubt that Mr..
Hartman has displayed an imaginative
genius Of the highest order in addition to
that efficiency in The practical" which
has met with encomiums from the exalted
Of the land. Mr., Harriman's achievement
will leave their Impress for generations,
and the Importance of his part in the
country's railroad Regeneration and i'm
provement would be hard to overestimate.
But with all the most generous recognition
possible of his abilities and accomplish
ments, there is at this time a tendency to
~exaggerate him as essential to the con-
tinuation Of the prosperity Of 10000. 900 peo-
ple-to make him a paramount factor Of
the nations commercial healthfulness.
The country will 90 on its way Of prog
ress and Of giant strides in
whether Mr.. Hartman live or die. The
properties with which he is most lnti-
nately associated will no doubt be man
aged with due consideration for those
iiAAb NAlCl VIII liOSl ptIAtllL lnGIl
financially and conduce to the country's
welfare, even though Mr.. Hartman be
compelled to relinqulsh his activities or ad-
visory generalship in them. To assume
that the taking off of Mr.. Hartman
would mean disaster TO the country's in
terests is to belittle the genius Of scores
OF other leaders in the business affairs Of
the United States, and to suggest a
ludicrously flimsy oundation for the finan-
cial and commercial structure. To antici-
pate a cataclysm in the affairs Of the cor
porations with which Mr.. Hartman is so
closely connected. is he should lose his
grasp of their control, is to underestimate
him as a far-seeing man, whose wisdom
long ago would have made all the prepare
ton necessary for the full protection of
himself and those interested with him., in
case of his withdrawal from the world of
business.
The splendid health OF commercial Amer
lea and the precedence of Mr.. Hartman are
facts which make the present Hartman
hysteria ridiculous.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
WAR ON FAKE WINE.
Tips ON California Methods Worth
knowing.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
In MS war on fake wines DR.. Wiley
VIII nave the hearty Endorsement OF the
public, which will still protest that the
use OF sulphur fumes in cleansing wine
barrels never did and never will harm
anybody. Wine is. the fsrmented Juice
OF the grape and nothing else, and who
ever sells as wine connections or blends
OF water. coloring matter and alcohol from
other sources than fermented grape Juice
should go to Jail. In his warfare against
the brick vineyards" DIR. Wiley may be
sure OF the support OF all decent men.
BUT even In this case, where there is no
dispute as to the meaning Of the term wine.
the facts Of nature and the dictates OF
common sense compel some compromise.
Before there can be wine which will keen
mere must be sugar I'm the grapes suf-
ficient to produce the necessary alcohol
ana II the sugar is not there It must be
added or the grape juice devoted to Infe-
rlor uses. There are many seasons when
many OF the grapes do not develop the
sugar necessary to make wine, and when
sugar must be and always Is added. So
long as no water Is added and only the
sugar necessary to raise the contents 10
the proper point, the laws of this and ali
other wine making countries permit the
resulting product to be sold as wine. And
that is right.
But then follows another product. After
the real wine has been made and drawn
off 1t is the custom Of many wine makers
TO cover the trash with water. add more
sugar and sell the product OF that fermen-
taion As wine. 1t is not wine. The office
Of the grape in producing the mixture is
merely the addition of whatever color
and flavor remain In the spent grapes.
The stuff Is no more ~unwholesome than
other alcoholic drinks. but II is not wine
and should not be sold as such. And when
DR.. Wiley says he will try 70 send to fan
those who do so sell 1t, he will find the
people behind him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
American Piano Music.

Except in the piano trade few per-
sons care whether there are 12,00O,-
900 instruments in the country or not
much more than half hat number.
But II really is curious and financially
worth noting, If the musical doctor
who starts the discussion is right in
saying hat there is in America o a
single pianiste of even the third order,
though here more women play than In
any other part of the world.
Exactly what is the American feel
ing about music has always been hard
to tell with precision. Americans spend
money literally. even extravagantly,
for the privilege of listening to music.
They p%atronize song, strings, the
piano and the symphony orchestra.
On opera they "go broke" Yet they
do 1t all as II It were a conventional
obligation to society.
The musical doctor just quoted does
not explain how we send to Europe
for all our virtuosos of the first rank,
after our free spending OF money to
make musicians. Our girls show no
lack Of a or facility, but they seldom
get far enough along to more thar
teach the rudiments to the little girls
OF a nursery age.
There is something not mathematic-
ally practical in sacrificing so much to
music without a proNortionate return.
Yet social life would miss a great deal
without the piano ON numerous occa-
sions. Besides, it is much to a girl to
possess the potentiality of performing
more like a virtuoso If inclination or
necessity drives. If we could examine
all the conditions we should find, we
may assume. that the piano and all
Of our music, II It supplies no delight
for many of us, fully justihes itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Twelve Men Manage 90 keen CapitsI
CITY In Order.
Cedar Rapids Ua) Republican.

Cedar Rapids ua) Republican.
Mayor Love OF Lincoln. Neb. was In
Cedar Rapids the other day. Among other
things ne told was that the police force OF
that city consists OF about a dozen men.
day and night shifts, plain clothes men
and all. Lincoln is a city Of nearly moo
people at that Some one supposed at once
that II was due to the prohibition OF "a.
looms which is now in force in the Ne
braska capital But Mr.. Love promptly
stated that the police force had been the
same for many years, under license as
well as prohibition. lie said Il Ia lust a
habit in Lincoln and they had found out
that a great many policemen are more cF
less useless. For myself" he said, Il
am a great believer In plain elothes' men.
l am going to strengthen that part Of the
police force. The ordinary patroiman ia
not so useful. There is seldom ANYTHING
going on in the particular spot whore he
happens to be, which is another way OF
saying that the policeman 10 apt to be any
where except In the place where he is
needed. Every one knows the officer In
uniform. and every one is careful TO
avoid a disturbance in his vicinity. But
he can not be everywhere"
The police situation in Lincoln is GER
tainly unique. We doubt IL there is an
other city in the world that has SO small
a force to keep Its peace. One officer, day
and night, to every 5000 people is a record
that is unparalleled and upsets all known
theories OF keeping the peace I'm cities. The
solution of the police problem in Lincoln IL
worth being studied by other cities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
Mr. BrHan,, Lats,t Challenre.

In one Of the hrst-page -hrst-column
thrillers in which the editor and pro
prietor Of our respected and atten-
lively watched contemporary, the
Commoner, issues alarums to the
democratic hosts, we learn that the
time is passed for sham battles" on
the tarin question. The point taken
is that "the only victory we have won
on the tariff in recent years vas the
victory Of 1892, when w attacked
the principle Of protection" The Off
cial Trainer OF paramount issues con
cludes by saying: THE democratic
party must challenge the republicans
-standpatters and progressives alike
to defend the protective principle"
1t is inferred that the party is to re-
turn to the old battle between protec-
ton and free trade.
The professional prepayment Of demo-
cratic challenges might give to his
party a contention which has all the
charm of age and all the attraction of
library academies. But there is no
such political issue around which any
large body Of Americans can be ar
rayed. Mr.. Bryan almost kills the
practical politics OF the oy in
Producing the victory Of 1892. Men
do not remember the victory of 1892
as well as they remember the dire and
dreadful days and a which fol-
lowed the party perAdy' which that
victory produced. The victory proved
the victorious party incapable Of pass
ing a tariff law which was not thickly
with the seeds of trade stagna-
ton and business confusion.
No doubt there still lie a respectable
body of college free traders. But even
they turned with discouragemSot from
the fruits Of the victory of 1899, and
they and their successors have evinceS,
no desire to call again upon the demo-
cratic party to construct a tariff law.
Mr.. Bryan himself lacks what the
Chicago Record-Herald aptly calls a
fighting record on the subject. II the
issue m up people will recall his
clarion words that IL protection had
slain it's thousands, the gold standard
had slain its ten of thousands. In
cold and premeditated council he sur
rendered the classic democratic doc
trine Of a tariff for revenue only, flrst
to the apparently promising opportun-
ism of silver imitation, and then to
the ignis fatuus of Imperialism.
AS a consequence our whole people
seem now to have agreed that the
tariff question is a practical measure
Of legislative detail to obtain the
necessary government revenue and
promote the prosperity and industry
Of the people who labor. When faced
with the responsibility democrats and
republicans both work out the tariff
in that way. Birmingham and Chatta-
nooga are as p~rotectionist as New
England. Louisiana is not preaching
a tariff for revenue only any more
than is Pennsylvania, and Texas gives
up even It's demand for free raw ma
terials. Mr.. Bryan started out to
coddle the so-called insurgents whom
he now says he must fight just as hard
as the extreme reactionaries. This an
nouncement should be notice to prog
ressives and standpatters that as re-
publicans they will find their common
interest in following the leadership of
President Taft along lines of practical
and substantial reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Charleston News and Courier.
Not a single passenger in the United
Kingdom lost his life in a railway accident
during the year 1905. This is a remarkable
record, particularly so in view Of the fact
that II was not many years ago that an
express train to London was wrecked and
many Americans killed. No doubt many
will wonder why Just as good a record
cannot be made in this country. The an
swer is that 1t has been made. for on one
Of the greatest Of the western railway sys-
TENS there was no loss of life whatever
during the year 1905. In the case Of the
American road the use Of the masculine
pronoun is not necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
Bank Directors rs Ornaments.
baltimore News

The bank director is a busy man and he
must in the very nature Of things leave
much to the officers who are in constant
touch with the banks affairs: but the
name of the director is used to give the
bank credit and to obtain deposits. He is
compelled both by the law n by the
ethics Of The case to be something more
than a figure head. Moreover, the number
of instances in which his neglect is the
direct incentive to fraud are so numerous
that they present all the argument neces-
sary to show that a director in a ~financlal
institution ought not to serve purely an
ornamental purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

have reached the conclusion that the peo-
pie OF the state are entitled to a substan-
tial reduction In the rates paid for certain
classes Of property, and accordingly I have
made the order. TO which ! will expect a
prompt and I hope. a cheerful compliance.
The subject Of fire insurance rates Is an
important one, and this department is
clothed with unusual power. which should
not be abused, and which. l trust, will not
be while l occupy the office.
I have taken great care not to infict in.
jury upon the fire insurance companies that
furnish the indemnity, for such action
might be as disastrous to the people as to
the Institutions themselves. do not want
to imperil the solvenoy Of the companies.
1t Is not my purpose to weaker the eff
cheney OF a single fire insurance company
to perform the functions for which it was
created, but. on the contrary. the new law
will give strength and furnish a safeguard
to the people. When rates are reduced by
my direction it will be the result Of careful
investigation. and as near as 1 now can
determine the present order will amount to
a saving Of approximately $3.50, 900 annually
to the people Of this state.
This new law is the most enlightened in
surance legislation ever Enacted by any
state, and the judgment OF the legislature
will be fully confirmed before the meeting
of another session.
While the life insurance companies
we're being cleansed and regulated a
few years ago, the FIRE insurance COM
panies sat back with a s~elf-satished
smile, but II the Kansas idea pans out
and spreads the fire insurance COM
panies will be more sympathetic when
they get through.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Among the names attached to the
report made by the committee of If
teen on judicial reform to the Amer
lean Bar association are those of three
lawyers of national prominence who
started their professional careers in
Nebraska, namely, Frank Irvine,
Henry d, Estabrook and Roscoe
Pound. A pretty good contribution
for a prairie state that used to be
mapped as part Of the Great American
desert.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Omaha jobbers "a they are too
busy to take another trade excursion
this fall. They will not be too busy,
however, to entertain merchants from
surrounding territory who come in to
participate in Ak-Sar-Ben festivities
and do a little buying on the side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
PinchIng scorchers of the Air.

New York Tribune.
The filming Of a French aeronaut for
reckless flying follows the imposition Of
a like penalty in this country for exceeding
the speed limit in the air, and suggests that
when scorchcrs actually get off the EARTH
they are not even then exempt from rules
and regulations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

The brief to support the motion for
a r~ehearing in the so-called nonparti-
san judiciary case is to be written by
Oil Inspector Mullen. who is chief of
Governor shallenberger's political
stan. The brand Of nonpartisanship
that comes from the political oil in
spector will not be thick enough to
spread with a knife.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
DO We Eat Too Much

After careful study Of the national Gus
toms Mr.. Rockefeller is Of the opinion
that the American people eat too much
He does not complain that they burn toe
much midnight oil, and II the new petro-
leum butter gets well under way may be hC
will be willing that they enlarge the regi-
men in that direction. Meantime the pack.
ers' combination seems to be making its
modest endeavors I'm the way OF checkins
popular gluttony.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Sd. Louis olobe-D emoerat.

81 LOUIS Globe-Democrat.
When Mr.. Hartman was asked II he
ever hires his assistants because OF the
clothes they wear, he answered: 1T all
depends on the shape OF their heads.H
Everybody knows that II is not impossible
for a well dressed man TO have brains
though Hartman himself is an evidence
Of a man having brains without being well
dressed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

The kaiser keeps mp his end. Count
Zeppelin is led out before they can
tell much about Rheims. The Zeppelin
ship is the only real, big, original,
reliable, stand hitched. irresistible
dirigible in the eastern skies.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

In all this passing army of freshly
made outdoor champions none are
glanced at by the tickle crowd unless
he has shaken the hand Of Orville
Wright or had a high-ball with Glenn
Cnrtiss.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Congressman Hitchcock wants It dis
tinctly understood that he harbors no
sense of gratitude for the committee
ship favors which he accepted at the
hands of Uncle Joe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

In replying to the old fogy, Prof.
Armstrong, on the educated woman
issue. one Chicago dame says that a
happy marriage is well worth waiting
for. How DO o tell them at sight
and how do you get them?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Kentucky's county FAIRS are multi
plying. The movement Of popularity
started when the vents were turned
into vaudeville shows. Kentucky must
always see the great. wide world.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

At the present rate OF ballooning a
3%O.OO0-ton warship will soon look like
a seventy-gun man-of-war after the
meeting of the Monitor and Merrimac.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Governor Johnson Of Minnesota is
booked for an address at the fortieth
anniversary festival OF a Swedish
Lutheran church at Oakland. Wonder
If he FIRST got permission from Mr..
Bryan to come into Nebraska9
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Charleston is setting its ducks in a
row for a music festival. They have
NO program and no crowd, but they
can talk about the festival. Charleston
has the proper civic spirit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

The Brooklyn Eagle says that the
drama owe a debt to Roosevelt. He
is not much Of a Snowman or he would
not have lost himself in Africa when
there was so much going on in Europe
and America.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Mr.. Hin, one of the grand old men.
reproves the young fellows with the
correction that crops In the northwest
are not bumper, but Just good. The
rest OF us stand moderated.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Omaha will entertain the AID mems
convention next year. 1t is the bust.
hess Of the ad men to advertise, and
advertising is one Of the essentials of
a live-go-ahead town.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
The Great American HarmonI.er.
Cleveland Leader

II is probably true that President Taft
expects TO be able to keep both Secretary
Ballinger and Forester Pinchot In h'%ad-
ministrstion. The master OF the White
House is a great ~harmonizer, and he has
to deal, in this instance. with two men Of
merit and ability. both deyated 20 the gov
N service.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Mr.. Bryan in his Commoner sug-
gests that the language employed by
Justice Brewer in denouncing the in
come tax raises the suspicion that his
vote against the income tax when it
was before the court was the express
sion of a personal opinion rather thar
a judicial decision" This is -charac-
teristically Bryan. 1t reflects Mr..
Bryan's ideas of a court in which the
judges vote their opinions just the
same as members of congress or of a
legislature. And the democrats of
Nebraska are trying to smuggle their
candidates into office under pretense
Of nonpartisanship.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Mr.. Taft took the census out of
politics the moment he heard that
Chicago and Cleveland we're training
for a count. They we're sure to turn
out on the counting a lot of bad
counters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

The south is overtaking the west.
Louisiana and Mississippi raise more
corn this year than ever before In
their history.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

w. e. Curtis has tried it, and says
that the eating in the Yellowstone is
as good as at D~elmonico's. What Of
it9 We do not eat at Delmonico's.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Omaha forever. but it turns out that
it was not solved at all. The garbage
problem will never be solved satisfac-
torily until the city maintains it's own
garbage department and removes ao-
cumulated refuse at public pense
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30

Nebraska's share Of the National
Guard money appropriated by congress
amounts to $4,000. Time 20 renew
agitation for a permanent armory for
our local companies Of the state
militia.