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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
A Broader Commerce Law.

From the study and consultation at
Washington over the projected amend
ments OF the Interstate commerce law
it is evident that this is to be one OF
the most ~engrossing subjects to be
brought by the president to the atten-
tion Of congress at the coming ses-
sion. The announcement that the at
torney general is to draft a bill en-
bodying the presidents views may be
taken as significant Of the thorough
ness with which Mr.. Taft has gone into
this question with public men met on
his recent journeying.
With the proposal Of the establish
ment Of a special Interstate commerce
court to dispose speedily Of rate and
similar cases the public for some time
has been familiar, and there is visible
no serious opposition to that feature
of the measure; but the latest item
Of suggested reform is apt to arouse
discussion in railroad and financial cir
Giles, namely, the purpose to prevent
one interstate road from owning stock
in a competing line. But hostility of
the interests involved is also sure to
follow the proposal to restrict the issu-
ance Of stocks or bonds except through
the approval of the interstate com
mission. The public will be thoroughly
with the president to prevent the over
issuing or watering Of securities an0
the railroads are not likely to yield
without a contest over this point.
These important details will be
definitely outlined by the president in
his message and in the text Of the bill
to be submitted, and will be threshed
out in committee and on the floor of
the house. In the meantime It Will be
seen from the constant deliberations
at Washington that the regulation Of
interstate commerce Is going to claim
a lions share of attention this winter.
The need of a broader law for the COM
mission is conceded and the Taft adj
ministration is in a fair way to obtain
for the commission the wider powers
which the Roosevelt administration
had set out to get.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
AS THE SEASON CLOSES.

s. Il. Kiser in the Record-Herald.
foot ball season soon will end; we
SUI! hope for the best;
our william Is quarter back; he plays
with snap and zest;
They broke his collar bone and knocked
his knee cap out OF place;
lie wears his left ear in a sling and has
an awful face;
We fear he has a floating rib, he limps
as II in pain,
But we are praying he may rave the
strength TO stand the strain.
His right arm is discolored from the Shout
der TO the wrist;
HIS nose, once high, is flat, because he
bumped against a fist;
Ills eyes are bloodshot and his Inns ara
bruised and cut and raw,
lie mas no skin on either shin; they also
cracked his Jaw.
But eagerly we look ahead, the seasons
nearly run,
And with the help of prayer We hone 10
save our precious son.
He's limPing out to practice now; he Is
in heavens care;
We can but pray that he may stand tha
awful wear and tear:
How tenderly we cared for him when child
hoods Ills assailed;
'TwOuld be a shame to lose him now-if all
our planning failed;
How fair the world will seem again when
he comes home TO rest;
The foot ball seasons nearly run; we're
hoping for the best.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
In TO Old Tricks.

Our democratic friends are already
up to their old tricks in prelude to the
Nebraska campaign for next year.
With extraordinary solicitude for the
welfare Of the republicans the local
democratic organ is volunteering It's
services to enter a large and varied
assortment of candidates for nomina-
ton for various offices on the repub-
lican ticket.
What seems on the surface to be for
It merely an entertaining pastime has,
however, a deeper and well calculated
purpose. The democrats figure that
If they can get a large number of re-
publicans fighting one another acri-
moniously in the primaries, no matter
who may win out, the bad blood stirred
up and the lingering sorenes of the
defeated will open wounds hat cannot
be healed in time for the election, and
the democrats who carry the banner,
Let the People Rule" while taking
their own tickets ready-made from the
bOSSVoB Will AOoP INV OOhOhbo at bAO
polls.
From the democratic standpoint 1t is
always good politics to foment dissen-
sion among their opponents so that the
minority ofice-seekers may have a
chance to slide in under over. Re
publicans of Nebraska have seen this
game played before and they ought to
be able to see through the trick this
time. Nebraska went republican at
the last election and 1t will go repub-
lican again at the next election If re-
publicans refuse to swallow the bait
held out by democratic bunco steerers.
The democrats who have been eating
out of Bryan's hand are facing trou-
bles of their own which ought to keep
them busy on their own side of the
political fence.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
The Shop Windows Lure.

In one democratic trait all mankind
is kin-that of lingering over the in
spring joys offorded by the shop win
dow. Everyone must remember how,
when as a child he had a penny to
spend, the actual spending of the coin
yielded nowhere near so much of
happiness as the speculation over the
contents of the show window while the
coin grew hot and moist In the middle
Of a fat fist. And, even having no
penny, one could prolong the delight
full anticipation indefinitely.
In the matter of the shop window
the elder is, as 80 often in other things.
child of a larger growth for
the grown-up with eyes to see has
never wholly abandoned this early
field Of contemplative pleasure; he has
only moved on to other windows dis
playing his later fancIes. Jerome has
well described the passion one de-
velops for some particular article on
view-in his case a pipe-daily plan
ming to buy that particular article
when he can afford it, until at last the
shopkeeper changes the display, re-
moves the favorite, and one rushes
madly in to find out whether It has
gone utterly out of his life. Similarly
the lover Of books or pictures or other
elevating articles will come from a
store where It would seem that he had
had his MI and yet will pause again at
the windows outside and gaze and long
and forget all about the pressing
duties to attend to which forthwith he
had emerged from the barter within.
Women engaged in professions
whose exactions crowd their hours so
that they have no time for the
leisurely comforts OF life confess. in
the midst Of the hurlyburly, that an
occasional glimpse of the dainty al
lurements of the show window is a
bit OF idleness they have never been
able to forego. That is why the story
comes as a unifying touch which tells
of the president Of the United States,
an the eve Of the great American home
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
PERSONAL NOTES.

Fashion writer's say that lissomeness is a
necessity this winter. In the %springtime,
gentle Annie, limosines will catch the smart
set.
The engineer Of the United States geologl-
cal survey estimates the annual loss from
smoke in this country at $4,000 ,OOO. with
the outdoor season closed, rock sharps de-
light in figures just for the exercise.
San Franchises Partola celebration
wound up with a deficit of $40, 600. The
committee in charge Of the affair has been
b]anqueted and surfeited with applause, but
the shouting subsidized as soon as "the
hat appeared.
The New York Sun printed a three-line
editorial announcement of the death Of its
famous editor, Charles Anderson Dana,
nine years ago. The death of William NJ.
Laffon, publisher and editor, was an
nounced in nineteen lines last Saturday.
The Sun do move"
James A. Story of Baltimore, almost 30
years old, has blossomed forth as the oldest
chauffeur in the United States. He took
out three other men, over so. for a ride In
his automobile. The combined age of thess
men is SAT years, the average being about
So years and 0 months. This select com
pany toured the town In fine style and the
lads seemed to enjoy it.
Prof. Charles zueblin, formerly Of the
University Of Chicago, was the lecturer
before the League of Political Education,
New York. After telling the audience,
which was composed mainly OF women,
how the recent tariff bill was passed,
Prof. Zueblin said that the old idea of the
eighteenth century under which the con-
stitution was framed, the greatest good
for the greatest number" had passed its
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
LAUGHING GAS.

There is a lot Of talk nowadays about
the sanitation Of osculRtlon.'
Naturally. Oscillation is one OF the
most pressing issues of the day."-Balti-
more American.
Hubbite Showing visitors around )-You
mustn't mind our streets; they were laid
out by cows, you know.
Britisher-My word! But, I say, what
had the cows been drinking ?-Boston
Transcript.
Brooks" said Rivers, can you Civ me
a synonym for utility? I've used that
word twice already"
II suppose I can" growled Brooks, but
what's the user"
Use? Use? Thanks; thatn do"
Thereupon the rattle Of the typewriter
began again.-Chicago Tribune.
Elijah had just been fed by the ravens.
PLAIN food ana no speeches." he ejac-
Herewith he VOTED Of certain moderns
who would envy hlm.-New York Sun.
Wealth has It's annoyances," said the
ready-made philosopher.
Yes" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax. "Reo-
pie don't realize the risks / run in the
very nearly cut my finger while clipping
coupons this morning. "-Washington Star.
-
do you believe" she asked, that mar
riages are arranged in heaven?'
Il haven't any well-grounded conviction
on the subject he replied, but / will say
this: II they are, it's about up to heaven
to get. a new. marriage arranger.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
dc you think it's possible for one to
learn anything by taking a course in that
correspondence school he's conducting7"
oh! yesi one is likely to learn what a
fool one was to bother with it."-CatholIc
Standard and Times.
whats the matter with young
Bingley2'
His throat was badly injured at a foot
ball game"
i didn't know he was a player"
~ isn't. He's a rooter." -Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Commenting on the Linooun dispatch
quoted in The Bee last Wednesday, the
New York Times says, editorially:
Mr. Bryan's reported belief that he has
owed his series Of brilliant defeats to the
liquor interests is new and ingenious. II
is characteristic for Mr., Bryan to attrib-
ute his defeats TO others than himself.
His plan TO take up prohibition as a living
issue for a new campaign, reported In a
dispatch from Lincoln, is. however, worth
knowing about. II must be confessed that
It is not necessarily bad politics three
years before a national election. Il will
cause trouble in the democratic party, but
Mr. Bryan is a Bryan man, not a demo-
crat.
Prohibition Is, in a sense, a living issue
In tho south, and IN many northern states
as well. Mr.. BTyan's espoussl Of the cause
will serve to keep his name fresh in the
public mind. He needs new Issues, and h.
cannot be expected at this late day to
adopt wise ones Of great national moment.
Already Mr.. Bryan's new policy Is making
enemies for him In Nebraska. But hs IA
used to enemies, and he knows II will bring
new followers 10 his ~tandard That he
Will pTomulgate Views on the liquor uues-
ton sounder and more rational than his
views on the larger public questions is not
to be expected. But he will keep himself
in the limelight, which is the great end Of
his being"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

coincident with the one here, but the
other Iowa towns are not seriously dis
tressed. Chicago has just been hold
ing a big Land exposition, against
which Omaha would have the same
grounds to protest that are put forth
as objections to our Corn show. All
these enterprises are for the general
good, although with incidental benefit
to the places where they are located,
and there is no good reason why they
should not enlist the support Of all
who share in the benefit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
VIII Congress Wake UuF
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

81. Louis GLOBE Democrat.
One of the leading express companies
has just trebled its stock and declared a
stock dividend of $500 a share. At the
same time the United States collect "a
cents postage on a four-pound parcel in
the mails, though 5000 rural delivery
carriers make a daily round with light
loads. A four-pound parcel car be mailed
to London for 40 cents postage. yet be-
tween any two domestic offices, no matter
how near to each other, the postage re-
quired is Ga cents. Does congress ever
intend to take notice Of these parcels
post absurdities?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
Emaneipated, but Not Free.
Boston Herald

The Iowa supreme court rules that mer-
chants in that state may decline to do
business with negroes. 1t is this and similar
indications of change in northern senti-
ment that cause the negro to smile some
what cynically as he reads of Booker T.
Washington's efforts to organize a race
jubilee in 1918, celebrating the enamel
patton by Lincoln. 1t has always been
contended by Mr.. Washington that what
ever else the white man might do in the
way of discrimination against the negro,
he never would refuse his dollar proffered
for goods.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

With that great river Of drinking
water flowing under It's rock founda-
ton, Manhattan will be almost a float
ing island. And If Rip Van Wrinkle
were to float down the 100000 900
a~queduct from its source in the Cats
kills and emerge at an outlet in the
top Of a s~kyscraper. with what re-
newed amazement he would exclaim at
the wonders Of this village of rising
water.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

The ability OF the Gould spirit to
cling to its own is manifested by the
fact that the Gould homestead still
stands the sole survivor of the old
landmarks OF that residential section
Of Fifth venue Tradesmen hem 1t
In, but this appeal for possession OF
the quiet old mansion is one CONNER
cial voice that thus far has fallen on
deaf ears.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

The startling announcement comes
from Lincoln that the first copies OF
the house journal recording the pro-
ceedings Of the more popular branch
of the last Nebraska legislature have
at last come from the press only eight
months after adjournment. There
used to be complaint when these vol
umes were delayed four or Ave months,
but now we may see the fruits Of re-
form.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

The willingness of the Standard Oil
heads to fondle that government med
ioine and the air Of braggadocio with
which they say it's absolutely harm
less may arouse suspicion in some
quarters. Tom Sawyer used to talk
that way 10 his aunt about the pain
killer she prescribed, but after he had
won her confidence he used to give II
TO the cat or pour it down a crack in
the floor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Three good reasons are said to have
guided New York's $4,000 900 widow
in the selection of her new husband:
He was an American, had twice her
fortune and. unlike her other s%uitors,
had no title to be lived up to. If there
was a fourth reason. in none of the
published interviews does the happy
bride mention it. However, It is
barely possible that the experienced
society reporters consider love a
tabooed topic in the light of New York
matrimonial experiences among the
vastly rich.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Speculation as to what it cost the
government to convict the Union Pa
Cifc train robbers should find an Offset
in speculation as to what 1t would
have cost not to have apprehended
them and convicted them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Reports of tourists that the old
Spanish missions are fast falling into
complete decay would seem to prompt
California to realize that here is an
asset she is i~nexcusably permitting to
deteriorate. One Of that states new
missions surely is to restore and pre-
serve its old missions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Beauty again proves to be only skin
deep in the case of the wonderful
Spanish moss of the south, which has
been convicted Of gross ~iniQuity in har-
boring the boll-weevil during that
pests Information. In demanding the
destruction Of this graceful drapery OF
the southland's trees science is sweep
ing a ruthless hand over the landscape.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

A famous preacher has been telling
us about the ghosts of past ages to
which we are still slaves, but thought
lessly overlooks the ghosts that stalk
in the pulpit. When hunting for
ghosts no one need go far from his own
workbench.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

1t is to be hoped that the city may
replace the burned automobile police
patrols without undue delay. as the
passengers who have become accus-
toned to riding in these vehicles will
surely object to going back to old and
discarded methods Of jailward locomo-
tion
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

The theft Of the vice presidents soft
pedal gavel suggests that there are
those who would agree that II the van
dal should only substitute 1t for that
Of the speaker no questions would be
asked and all would be forgiven.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
surely the World 900 Novel,
rLtz.~ n.z..a 1Ta..t5

The British lords are finding It neces-
sary to surround themselves with guards
because the people are eXasperated over
the action of the peers with regard to the
budget. When Englishmen begin to think
Of laying violent hands on the sacred per-
sons Of the lords, we may well conclude
that the world has been moving.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

AS too often happens, when Omaha
pulls on any big event attracting state
wide attention some Of the interior
newspapers are undertaking to back
cap the Corn show. over in Iowa Des
Moines is to have a Corn show almost
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

1t is humiliating to acknowledge that
omaha is incapable OF self-government,
but such is the aot.-Nebraska Issue.
What a terrible arraignment from
the ~anti-saloon league organ. 1t is
too bad that Omaha does not realize It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

OF course, the discovery Of a typo
graphical error in the indictment of
the sugar ring is seized as ground for
dismissal of the case. 1t would never
do to convict a rascal whose lawyer
had been cute enough to discover a
misplaced comma.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A million-dollar bride in the shape Of a
contribution to a campaign fund
by corporation managers was rejected by
the Roosevelt administration After the re-
lection the corporation managers threat
ened to support Bryan. And perhaps they
ala
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

II the written consent of all the
owners of property in the same block
we're required before a permit to erect
a billboard could be issued the bill
board nuisance would soon be held
fairly within reasonable limits.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

holiday, dropping the cares Of state
and slipping informally away to finger
before the shop windows Of the capital
for the simple and genuine relish Of
the merry holiday show.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
No RefIectIon Intended
Boston Globe.

Those automatic electric scales to be in
stalled in the Boston and New York GUS
toms houses next week are, Of course, not
Intended as any reflection upon the hon
esty of the officials. They are merely a
convenience, like the cash register or the
bell punch. And they are quite as in
and i~ncorruptible.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

The old story of orders disregarded
appears in the explanation Of another
fatal train wreck. The human factor
must be made to heed the lesson of
mans first disobedience and It's
fruita. -ya.zs-r-rn.-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

From the point Of view of Young
America the Thanksgiving feast is only
the curtain raiser to the Christmas
prospect.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
short Reach for salvation.
Plttsburg Dispatch

Between the Standard oil decision, the
Sugar trust exposures and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham's speech we do not see
any other salvation for the interests"
short of another meeting Of the Railway
Business Mems association.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
some Fun he Is MissinE.
Philadelphia Record.

When that mighty hunter who is dis
porting himself among the .hippopotami
hears the big bang OF the Standard Oh
gun on the Missouri circuit won't he wish
home, though. and right on the
vaTmints hidel
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
EXPRESSLY MADE LEECHEs.
and Fatten on Both Carriers
and Shippers.

Philadelphia Record.
Many cogent arguments have been made
showing the necessity-allke in the inter-
est of the public and Of railway stock
holders-for the absorption Of the various
express companies by the railroad COM
panies. The express companies are an
unnecessary excrescence which feeds upon
both carriers and shippers. The strongest
argument yet adduced, however, is pre-
scented in the recent division Of accumulated
spoil made by the Wells-Fargo Express
company, which has been recently earning
IS per cent upon its capital stock of
SSlO0O.O %. 1t has now increased its capital
stock to $24, O0O,O 900, and is paying its stock
holders 100 per cent in cash and 200 per
cent in new stock. It's $24, 900 600 surplus
may be regarded as the measure Of extor-
ton in excess Of fair profit for service
rendered,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

The hearty interest with which
American mothers and fathers receive
the news that another heir to the
throne is expected in Holland should
convince the race suicide alarmists
that our people are still loyal to sa-
cred motherhood and to the ruling in
stinct for the propagation of species.
AS one exponent of ~eugenics has said,
the chief concern of man should be
what he is to leave above ground when
he himself is moldering below, and the
American family is developing, gener-
alton by generation, in the direction of
race Improvement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrHrily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as. often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

The reclamation act appears to have
convinced It's expert Investigators that
1t loci not need retaining.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Wonder If Mayor Jim" will take
his lasso along with him when he goes
into the same corral with Uncle Joe.''
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska, douglas County, S.:
George B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Bee
Publishing Company. being duy sworn,
says that the actual number Of fun and
complete copies Of The Daily. Morning.
the month OF October 1919 was as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Cold turkey the day after and tur-
key hash the day after that.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26
New Paramount

interest CenterinE On the Quaint
spectacle Of the Democracy
Mounting the water Wagon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

Democratic sentiment in PHILADELPHIA.
as expressed to the Ledger's reporters was
In substance, that no single man, however
important in democratic councils, could de-
Zine the policies of the party. These men -
says the Ledger, pointed out that BRYAN
would sever his friends, those who still
believed In him, like Mayor Dahlman NJ
omaha, and instead Of making himself a
FACTOR politically would appear In 1912
without the support Of his followers NJ
the west, the only element he has actually
commanded in the last few years. One
democrat gave it as his opinion that BRYAN
was merely a box office candidate for
president" meaning that he was advo-
eating prohibition as a means Of keeping
himself before the public and advertising
his lecture courses.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer Of
~Stroudsburg said: Il do not believe that
Mr.. Bryan will seriously attempt to force
the question of prohibition on the demo-
cratic party as a national issue whatever
his personal view on the subject NAV he
He has been too close a student OF the
history Of the democratic party not ~
realize that its principles are as old az
popular government itself and the re-
lation Of those principles to questions of
government are the result Of evolution and
development in the minds of the people
themselves.
Mr.. Bryan's personal Views do not neces-
sarily constitute democracy's platform NJ
principles, and If the time ever comes whsn
any one man can name the position Of the
party on any given issue It will no longer
be a democratic party. The attitude OF
the people under changing conditions br.ng
about new issues, but the principles under
lying the party's position upon those issues
never change"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-26

0hOfNSb o. IHSSAOCh,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day of November, 1909.
(Seal.) M. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.