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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Wanted. a New R-sri,tration Law.

wanted, q new heg1stratlOn Law.
The light vote in Omaha and South
Omaha in the recent election is un-
doubtedly to be charged in large part
to the unduly burdensome registration
law which Nebraska has on its statute
books. The Nebraska law requires
personal appearance each year before
a board OF registrars sitting in the
various election districts, respectively
o n specified days, four in number. A
man may reside continuously in one
place all HIS life and vote at every pri-
mary and at every election, and still
remain under the necessity of register
ing anew every year.
This requirement OF registration in
the cities is for the very proper pur-
pose Of making sure that no one is per
mitted to vote who is not legally enti-
tied to do so and to insure the ballot
against fraud. But we should be able
to accomplish this laudable object
without making the exercise of the suf-
frage so in%convenient or so harassing
as to make the alternative of Sinking
this highest duty Of citizenship more
attractive than its performance.
There is no good reason why, in a
city like Omaha, there should not be
a permanent registration board holding
forth at the city hall once every week
or two throughout the year for correc-
ton Of registration, supplemented with
single day for registration revision
through boards sitting in the various
voting districts. This permanent
board should record changes OF resi-
dence as reported to it, erase the
names Of people who may have died or
moved away and add those OF new
or voters just coming of age,
In addition to advertising the names
erased, It should be enough to have the
registration lists submitted to the vari-
GUS political organizations for check
ing and to require personal appearance
only of those whose qualifications are
challenged for good and substantial
causes
Nebraska needs a new registration
law, not another amendment to the
present patchwork. Such a law ought
to be carefully prepared with a view to
making it really workable, and when
so prepared it ought to be enacted by
the next legislature without any oppo-
sition.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Diacardias His old Love.

~SprIngTieId Republican,.
Norman Il. Mack of Buffalo, N. Y, long
a friend of the Nebrsskan. says: Il do
not believe that Bryan will be the next
democratic candidate for the presidency
Mr.. Mack is chairman Of the democratic
national committee because Mr.. Bryan did
not object to his holding that place. Now
this radical democrat seems to be turn
ing with hope to Governor Judson Har-
mon Of Ohio, though as yet he is uncom-
mitted to any candidate. Mr.. Harmon's
party regularity is 'unchallenged, and all
wings Of the party might be able to unite
on him. This, at least, is a fair inference
from Mr.. Mack's utterance.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
AMERICA BLEssBs THE WORLD.
What Opportunity in the New Has
Done for the Old,

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Thu annual report Of the auditor Of the
Postoffice department-lts financial report
contains the usual statistics Of the money
order business, One tabulatlon Is made
which we do not remember to have seen
before.
1t is stated that during the last twenty
years more than $40, 900, 900 has been trans
mitted by money orders to foreign coun-
tries 1t is remarked that most or all Of
this money is evidently the surplus earn
ings of immigrants employed in the United
States.
The inference is plainly correct. Ordi-
nary mercantile transactions are not con-
Quoted through the postoffice. whose money
order business is limited to small sums.
And when we consider the other means Of
sending money. and the amounts that are
carried personally, It Is easy to see that
a most conservative estimate Of the amount
sent by immigrants to their former homes
abroad would be $1,000. 100000 in the twenty
years in question.
And thus we see how America and the
opportunity of prosperity that American
institutions give TO the ordinary man
tighten the woes of the world. For this
money-praoticaIly all Of Invent to the
families Of the senders. 1t made easy the
old age Of fathers and mothers worn with
toll. II brought wives and children to re-
join the husbands and fathers. It kept
thousands OF sisters from desperation or
worse in the harder conditions Of other
lands. 1t was charity that was not aims
tho loving kiHdness of the family.
And the gifts that the American oppor-
tunlty has enabled millions OF It's workers
in. the ranks TO send back to their old
homes lave done more to lift the burden
from weary shoulders, TO bring peace to
anxious minds and to comfort sore hearts
than all the ''agitations" and movements
have done in the same period OF in any
other period.
Those are but words that trouble the
ear and die upon the air. Here are those
fruits Of human kindness-their garnering
possible In this blessed land OF ours by
humble hands a. in no other-that make
life worth living.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Is 1T WORTH ITt
Tragedies on Foot Ball Field Force
Question 90 the Front.
WaahinFinn Poet.

AEAAeuAea on root hnhA ENeAu EWEee
Question 70 the Front.
Washington Post.
Two picked young men chosen from
among many competitors for their SUI
perior mentality and excellent physique,
one at Annapolis. and one At West Point,
are lying. the one bruised. broken. and
probably dying. the other dead. from In
juries received in recent foot ball games.
Who can measure the grief to their fam
lilies and friends to see such splendid
young fellows, full Of vigor and promise,
the pride and Joy OF those who loved them
struck down in an instant, and the open
Ing careers replete with hope to them and
coming benefit and credit to the country
they had elected to serve. forever closed?
And for whatf
We are told the game develops m~anliness.
courage, alertness, endurance, and physl-
cal strength, and furnishes one Of the
best forms of outdoor exercise. There
have never been lacking. long before foot
ball became the leading subject in the cur
rlcula OF the time, plenty OF men in the
army and navy and in civil life possessing
an abundance OF all these qualities to
carry them and the country through any
emergency they have been called on to
meet.
Admitting that foot ball does to some
extent foster manly traits, II must not
be forgotten that 1t also develops very
brutal and unmanly ones, that even the
most rigid rules and penalties have not
been sufficient to wholly suppress slug
ging, unfairness, and a determination to
win by foul means il necessary. That It
has tended and does still tend to unduly
magnify and exait mere physical prowess,
setting up a misleading and harmful stand
ard among young men whose primary OBJ
ject should be proficiency in their studies,
there can be no question, and there is no
question that an adequate amount OF ply
steal training can be secured without foot
ball. None OF the other games Is subject
to the objections which apply to II.
Every year numbers Of young fellows
are slaughtered and MANNED ito make an
American holiday" Is It worth It? II
we must have such spectacles, why not
turn to the bull fight, which we are so
ready to c%riticise, but which, as a rule,
kills only bulIs7 Is It not time that the
government, at least, should say that
young men 1t takes in charge to educate,
and on which 1t must rely on In the future,
shall not be subject to such risks9 If
for no higher or better reason these &C
cidents involve an economic loss to the
government from which 1t should protect
itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Lessons of Co.education.

In this day of violent agitation by
the suffragists, when militant activi-
ties Of the one-time gentler sex are
apt to give the impression that mod
ern thought and higher education are
making more of an opponent
than a cO-worker Of man, /. is worth
while to look into the records of adj
vanced womanhoOd in some center
where the experiment has been long
established. Such a fountain-head is
the University of Wisconsin, where CO.
education has been practised for
nearly forty years, and where In the
beginning it was prophesied that
woman. given equal opportunities with
man. would proceed to dominate his
established field,
An advanced woman, summarizing
the results both in the Wisconsin uni
versity and among the graduates. finds
that the man has continuously main
tanned his chosen domination as OF
old. For instance, woman has steadily
diverged from political economy.
though at first attracted by the idea
that therein might lie her emancipa-
tion from thraldOm, but after a little
investigation, she concludes hat the
prerogatives Of her own sex yield her
something better than she discovers in
the prerogatives of masculinity, and
she declines to trade. Therefore we
behold, In college. and in after life, the
man maintaining his leadership in
practical and h~ard-headed affairs, nu-
merically and vitality at the fore in the
serious business Of life. and virtually
alone in the pursuit OF politics and It's
manifestations.
Woman, however, as from the begin
ming. is ~steadfast to the more orna-
mental or aesthetic occupations and
Interests, leaving the political and eco
monte problems for the men. Where
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
PERSONAL NOTES.

Mrs. Pankhurst wants to know II the wo-
men Of this country could not march on
washington. Certainly they could, but
why?
New York editors generally do not seem
to appreciate the self-sacrificing spirit In
which one OF their number exposed 70 the
axe and already scarified neck.
william Lane Carson. who died at Ram
sey. H., was a grandson 0f Samuel Carson.
who came to America from ireland at the
age OF 10, and fought with Braddocks
army throughout its disastrous campaign.
Deacon stillman has just celebrated his
fortieth year Of service on the New York
Sun staff. but still sits up with the young
est cub after the paper has gone to press
and talks about the wonderful days Of old.
For the first time in years the Turkish
legation in Washington Is real busy. The
assumption that Turks, syrians and Ar
nenians were not white men" in the
meaning Of the naturalization law induced
the embassy TO sit up and a k notice.
Mrs. Indiana Hogan, lO4 years old, and
her son Levi Howard, II years old, whom
she characterlzes as my baby" passed
through Kansas City the other day enroute
for Anabel, Mo-, to the ozark regions,
where they are going for the sons health.
They are discovering at Washington that
Prof. A.. p. Andrew, OF Harvard, lately APP
pointed director OF the United states mint,
wrote once upon a time In sharp criticism
OF the ~paternallstio conduct Of the United
Treasury department under Secre-
tarieB Shaw and Gage.
Miss Ethel Wharton is the nurse hero
inc Of Wales, and the first British woman
to receive the Carnegie medal for hero
ism. Nj Great Britain knows Of the valor
of her deed, but in Wales she is enshrlned
in the heart of every mother-for she
rlsked her life and became a cripple to
save a baby.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

man shuns belles-lettres and other ele-
CANT studies or pursuits, woman neg
lects the very matters into which the
militant suffrsgists would drive them.
This demonstration from the field
Of thorough experiment and long ex-
perience will encourage the country's
multitude Of old-fashioned housewives
and mothers in the faith that their
daughters will continue to be the COM
plement Of the nations sons, rather
than arrayed against them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

Attempt to show Oklahoma COnstitu-
tiOn f. Unconstitutional.
Kansas City Star.

hAA1N ~Aeg 1Ne
The Oklahoma railroads are attempt
ing to annul the 2-cent fare law Of that
state in the United States court at Guthrie.
and in heir fight against low fares they
are confronted by a unique situation. They
must prove that the constitution OF Okla
homa Is unconstitutional.
In other states the roads have been able
to attack the 2-cent laws as antagonistic
to the constitutional rights Of thS corpor-
ations. In Oklahoma the constitution pro-
vides that the railroads may charge only
two cents per mile for carrying passengers.
So that, instead Of the usual plea that the
reduced fares are unwaTranted by the or
ganic law Of the state, the railroads must
show that the demand Of the organic law
is unwarranted by conditions.
The contest Is certain to attract atten-
ton because the result Of the suit filed by
the railroads may have a potent influence
in the solution Of the rate problem. 1t pre-
sents, also, the interesting feature Of in
volving the sovereign power OF a state to
adopt its own method of regulating cor
porRtions.
The evident intent Of the constitution
makers of Oklahoma was to reverse the
legal conditions surrounding the question
Of rate regulation; to remove the obstacle
"a S0hoNANaNAOilHA AbIN ~ AItNhNllNig IL
jected into such lawsuits to delay and often
defeat the state in putting into effect
statutes enacted by the legislatures In re-
sponse to public demand for lower rates.
Therefore they made the 2-cent fare the
standard passenger charges, and placed all
the responsibility for showing that this
standard was unfair upon the; rpgdstthenp
selves.
The corporation commission is made the
court of arbitration. The constitution
gives 1t the power to suspend the 2-cent
fare when the showing c%onvinces the com.
mission that the rate is unjust or confls.
catory. But the railroads must produce all
books and accounts OF the corporations,
establish the physical value of the prop
erty, and the actual investment involved In
the operation OF the road, to make that
showing.
The Oklahoma railroads have appealed to
the United States courts to declare this
provision Of the Oklahoma constitution
antagonistic to the federal constition.
II the Oklahoma document is upheld it will
point the way for other states TO the solu-
ton Of a vexatlous problem by constitu-
tional amendments rather than statutory
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
THE RETURN.

John d. Wells in Buffalo News.
When johnnie went away to school
He rigidly conformed to rule.
At first he Joined a college frat,
And lost an arm and leg In that,
And then he made the Delta Phis.
Who gouged out one OF Johnnie's eyes.
A rush" that launched the college year
Deprived him Of a useful ear.
He was SO good. and glad TO please.
That Johnnie made the a with ease.
He left q hand al Cleveland, o.
A kneecap at ST. Louis, NO;
His strnum cracked at Baltimore
Inferred his nose AZ Portland, Ore;
At every contest win or yield,
He left a portion on the field.
Thus gradually he was bereft
TIN little OF the boy was left.
We got his baggage homo by rail-
The rest OF Johnnie came BY mall.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

ton to the Administration Of the is
lands which has centered in Massachu-
sets, for Mr.. Forbes Is a Bay Slater by
birth, a Harvard graduate, and a
grandson Of Emerson, a trinity which
ought to satisfy the most orthodox
Puritan. In addition, he has for a
been identified with the progressive
doings in the Philippines, and has per-
%sonally conducted some of the most
arduous Of their reforms.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
WATER POWER development.
A Clear ExpOsitiOn OF Government
Policies.
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal,
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, the governments
chief forester, is out in a letter on the
conservation Of water power that may
serve to clear the atmosphere SOMEWHAT,
Mr.. Pinohot denies that he is in favor Of
delaying the exploitation of new water
powers in any way, but, on the contrary,
favors rapid development by private en-
terprise and private capital. He is insis-
tent only that any grants made by The
government be for a limited period, such
as fifty years, so that these powers shall
not be given away in perpetuity.
The experience Of the government with
reclamation Of irrigable lands has demon
strated. II demonstration were needed. that
public works OF that kind are far more
economically and effectively carried on by
private enterprise under government regu-
lation than when undertaken by the gov
eminent itself. Its every movement de-
layed and impeded by red tape. the gov
eminent moves in such matters with in
credible slowness, and when IL does move,
the expenses are multiplied many times by
official extravaganza and waste.
While Mr.. Plnchot does not contend that
a great water power trust is actually in
process OF formation. he points out that
the natural tendency Of the times Is in
that direction, and that. moreover, there
Is already community OF interest among
large power companies extending over wide
areas In central California the movement
has reached the stage OF a single cor
porate interest controlling the water rights
OF a vast region.
The great point, the vital point, is that
the government shall retain ownership Of
these vast natural benefits, for posterlty.
II Is useless to cry, let posterity take care
OF itself. The American mind totally re-
jects that cold doctrine. II will not have
Il. Present greed may as well abandon
the idea OF gstting absolute possession OF
what belongs to all the people for all time.
Tn use OF the water powers il can have
on fair terms. Their absolute unreguiated
ownership Il can never have
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

Kansas has lost n Of its most
aggressive good citizens, and western
newspaperdom one of it's most fear
lessly outspoken editors, in the death
of Thomas B. Murdoch OF Eldorado.
He was one of the unique group that
has kept the state OF Kansas before
the American people, and that has
earnestly striven to eradicate some of
the things that have been the matter
with It. His personal faith was we'll
expressed when he advised the young
men Of his state: Live the life that
gives you the courage to look the
world squarely in the face and say, I
am everything a man ought to be, and
nothing a man ought not to be- Live
the life that promises you an up
holstered seat in the amen corner Of
that happier and more glorious world
beyond the grave"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
value Of Publicity.
Chicago Tribune.

why all this fuss about ones private
affairs?" asked John Jacob Aston when
he was appealed to for Information con-
corning his wife's application for a d.
voroe. There are many people who will
agree with Mr.. Astor In the opinion that
it is none Of the public's business. Never
theless, it is the fear of publicity that
keeps many men from going the way which
Mr.. Aston is alleged to nave chosen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

Attorney General Thompson in his
to a petition of the railroads to
have the 2-cent fare law set aside as
that the reduced fares have not
Impaired railway revenues, but in
creased them. If he can only convince
the railroads Of that fact they will dis
miss their suit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

Changeable habits Of employment
are inevitable in a country where the
presidential term is limited to four
years and where men of energy are
likely to advise their boys not to stay
too long in any n place, regardless
OF the adage about the rolling stone.
1t is unusual, therefore, and somewhat
refreshing, to contemplate the distinc-
ton of a man who has filled one ONCE
with great personal happiness and
with much good to the world at large
for half a century. The circumstance
inspiring this reflection is the retire.
ment from the faculty OF Columbia
university Of Dean Van Amringe at
the close Of fifty years of service, dur-
ing which he has BEEN a personal
blessing to hosts of young men start
ing on their triumphant way. A mans
real standing in a community IS es-
tablished by his nickname-the dean
is affeetionately known as Van Am"
and that sobriquet is equivalent to a
college cheer among Columbia men all
over the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

Speaker Canno denied In New Orleans
the other evening that he wal "a
colossus bestriding 400 members Of con-
Rress and 90OOo,Oo0 OF people" Mr.. Cannon
not rave been designed by nature TO
serve az a colossus. but Il cannot be de-
MED that in the house rules as he applies
them he has a wonderfully stalwart ana
spreading pair Of legR
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

1t is said that during the state teach
ers' convention at Lincoln as many as
eight teachers were compelled to bunk
together in one DON Must have been
almost as overcrowded as some of the
school rooms.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

One Of the eastern roads having
demonstrated in a full-speed collision
that its new steel coaches are life
savers for the passengers. it would
seem to be the part Of good finance as
we'll as Of humanity for other lines to
install them in use without delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Simplifying city Government.

IHIIdutIpHId TItbs'
Boston has decided to concentrate civic
power in a mayor. elected once in -four
years, and a city council Of nine. This is
the tendency Of the day, and the course
of city elections over the country show
from San Francisco eastward the grave
difficulty of securing good city admins
tration with frequent elections for many
Officers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

In the present state of the drama, it
is safe to assume that The Lily"
about to be imported from Paris for
the American stage. is one of the
species that tolls not, but does spin
webs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

With Rockefeller fighting the hook
worm. Carnegie combating ~pellagra,
and Mrs. Sage contributing to the anti
tuberculosis campaign, 1t threatens to
be a hard winter for the germ family.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
miss their suit.

Is;Renewal Of the contest over the es-,
tate left by Count Creighton warrants
reiteration of a remark made at the
time the threatened will contest wa
projected, that If the count had only
had an inkling of what was to come he
would have made his requests to all
those lawyers direct.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

We have to thank the striking pastry
makers OF New York for a Thanks
giving novelty at the White House.
They are going to present to Mr.. Taft
a gigantic mince pie that promises to
be such a bird Of a pie as to put Mr..
Vose's annual Rhode Island turkey In
the background.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

Boston Transcript.

Amid the SCOTS and jeers OF the natives,
the Long Island railroad established two
experimental farms several years ago. This
year it has taken twenty-four first prizes
and twenty-three second and third prizes
at the county fairs, and the local attitude
has now changed to a desire to know how
II Is done.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

It's dollars to %doughnuts that the
answer Ig Dunn puts in for himself in
his contempt case will be mildness
itself compared to the brief that
started the rumpus.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

So close is the vote on the bonds to
the two-thirds line, which must be
passed to carry them, that it will take
v~erihcation 70 make sure. Bond buy
ers are proverbially exacting about all
the prehmihsries TO a bond issue so
that the city authorities will do we'll
b have no lOOphOle II the bonds are to
be issued.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

IHIIHUtIpIIt TTtHo'
Nebraska, too, abandons Bryan, and re-
verses the majority of a year ago. This
will not interfere with a national figure"
What is the loss Of a state more or less
TO a mar like Bryan. who has been losing
states for thirteen years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

II the Delawarean experiment Of
growing potatoes in barrels continues
to result in such prolific production. 1t
soon will be possible for any family TO
drop a tuber in a keg and raise a full
maoI
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

In the appointment OF Cameron
Forbes to the post Of governor general
Of the Philippines, President Taft has
not only satisfied his own judgment
concerning the fitness of the incumb-
emit, but he has also placated that par
ticular form Of New England opposi-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Back 20 the staple Life.
Sioux City Tribune.

When a man can raise a family and get
rich on % acres OF land, like that chap
in southern Nebraska is doing, II Is lime
to quit the strenuous life and resort to
the intensive methods OF farming, and stop
talking about the scarcity Of land for
farming purposes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Political Salvation.
nhtt,Aal,ht, T.a-or

San Francisco went into the campaign
with the cry Save San Francisco" each
faction having in mind it's salvation from
the other fellow. It has been saved, Of
course. There was no alternative.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08

The frequency of surgical operations
on modern liners makes It timely to re-
wise the title of the old song to "A
Knife on the Ocean Wave"