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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
Regulating Insurance Bate.

So general has become the COM
plant of municipalities against the
exaetion Of rates and requirements by
the insurance companies that demands
were bound to come for some such
state control as has been obtained in
Kansas, where concessions averaging
a general IL per cent reduction have
ensued. In some Of the larger cities
Of the east local compromises have
been effected after bitter and renewed
conferences between civic interests and
the underwriters. Usually concessions
have been secured from the companies
only after radical and costly local inn
provements, such as the introduction
of entire new systems of high pressure
water mains, and in no case have the
underwriters yielded their prerogative
of debating such rates as they decided
the various risks warranted.
II has remained for Illinois to dem
onstrate whether such public control
as obtains in Kansas is applicable to
a state containing a city in the metro
politan class. A commission appointed
by Governor Deneen has now entered
upon the task of investigation of rates
by means of public hearings in the va
rious municipalities. Evidence al
ready adduced at Quincy is that dis
elimination exists and that some large
insurers had been able by threats and
persuasion to secure advantages yer
the general rates, which in some cases
had been increased SO per cent with
no additional hazard. 1t is conceded
on ali sides, as far as the investigation
has gone, that there is much unfair
ness in the application of rates and
that the sufferers from this u~nfairness
have no redress. Even the insurance
men admit that the making of rates
is largely a matter Of guesswork or
private arrangement, and thus far the
advocates for state regulation believe
that they have demonstrated the JUS
tice of their cause. Other cities are
yet to be heard from, and when Chi
cago is reached there will be need for
the most painstaking inquiry into what
is of necessity a complicated situation,
owing to the variety of risks in the
conlagration district.
The Illinois commission has entered
upon its duties in a manner that indi-
Gates an intention to give a con-
scientious review of the entire situa-
ton, and If it finally recommend state
control of rates It undoubtedly will ac-
company that recommendation with
suggestions for building reforms and
elimination of extra hazards from con-
gested districts that will in some
measure appease the underwriters,
who naturally are hostile to n in
reference with their control. The
outcome is likely to be, If not definite
state regulation, at least the appoint
ment of a permanent board to which
insurers may appeal for adjustment of
rates where discrimination or unfair
ness is alleged. If such a result is ac-
complished, the people who have
brought about the investigation will
feel that they have accomplished their
purpose, and other sections will doubt
less profit by the example of Illinois.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
1NDISCRETIoNs.
New York Sun.

Now Whacker told a story Of the money
he had made
And no one there believed a single word.
And Todd remarked lin accents slyl,
Now isn't that an awful Her.
Twas indiscreet. for Whacker overheard.
Spoken with feeling) Poor Todd.
So indiscreet . .....
So indiscreet . .
Whack's fist was like a ham,
And he had an awful slam, 90
And We all knew then hat Todd was
indiscreet.
Now Todd admired a lady, and the lady
He wrote her formal letters, very short.
But one fine day, when feeling blue,
He wrote, Dear Nell: 1 love but
Twas indiscreet; she hailed him into court.
Poor Toddl
Sc indiscreet .
So indlscreet .
She sued, she wept, she won,
And she took poor Toddy's mon,
And we all knew then that Todd was
A safe was being hoisted in a window
DER the street;
Twas fastened wrong and soon began
to swing;
The rope was slipping all aside.
"Just wait a moment!" To-day cried
He ran beneath and tried to fix the sling.
Poor Todd!
So indIscreet . .
Sc indiscreet .
The safe weighed many a ton,
And II came down on the run
And we all knew then that Todd was
indiscreet.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
COnqusring the Elements.

That great and unique engineering
enterprise, the railway extension over
the Florida Keys. in w~ithstanding the
terrific storm that devastated the Key
West region has given to mankind
additional assurance that he has 1t in
his power to control the elements.
Coming so soon after the successful
test Of the Galveston sea wall by hur-
ricane and tide, this triumph of the
ocean railway against tempest and
wave has especial emphasis.
Such storms are prevalent in thai
territory, and it was predicted that
they would wreck the east coast ex-
tension and wipe out an enterprise
costing millions. The fact that the
completed section came unscathed
through the onslaught Of the elements
will give the engineers renewed con-
hdence, and the extension win the
more assuredly be built to Key West
giving realization to the dream OF an
all-raiI route from the continent tC
the capital Of the keys and establish.
ing a direct commercial outlet with
Havana, only ninety miles distant.
America has long since outstripped
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The plea Of President McCrea Of the
Pennsylvania railroad that no further
railroad legislation Of any kind be at
tempted would find a reader response
IN the world OF commerce. Il It we're
not an old familiar cry. Coming as it
does at a time when shippers are
threatened with higher freight rates,
Mr.. McCrea's argument is open to sus-
picion. He admits that there has been
a rapid return to prosperity, that it is
bound to continue. and he gives every
assurance that It will be lasting. pro-
vided-and here is the recurrence of
former special pleading-"the poll
tlcians n legislators do not inter
fere."
In common with the heads of other
great railroad systems, Mr.. McCrea
has lately been making special prepa-
ration to handle the tremendous vol
ume Of business for which the present
traffic facilities are admittedly made
quate. To use Mr.. McCrea's language,
this is the double-track era, and all
roads with single tracks are planning
great improvements. Contracts in
volving millions of dollars have been
entered into for locomotives and other
rolling stock; there is a shortage of
cars, not only to 10Y the crops, but
also to handle the increase In manu-
featured products. Facing a conges-
ton Of business and a possible car
famine, the railroads framed a new
schedule Of rates, largely an advance,
which aroused a protest from the ship
peTs, who felt that the abolition Of re-
bates had been increase Of rates suti-
cient. Mr.. McCrea's immediate utter
ance against further railroad legisla-
ton cannot but give the impression to
shippers that the talk Of higher rates
is intended chiefly as a threat.
The plea of the railroads that higher
rates are necessary is being resisted
and investigated, but their further plea
that the advance of prosperity Will be
checked IL future legislation is at
tempted will be met by the shippers
with the answer that the country is
full of goods requiring to be moved,
and that it is the railroads duty to
themselves as well as to the public to
move them. The commerce has over
taken the carrier, and it is The duty
Of the carrier to be equipped to handle
It, as Mr.. McCrea admits when he tells
of the millions being spent I n pre2ara-
ton. If M find that it needs
further legal protection, it will insist
upon it; and If it be found that the
old legislation needs strengthening or
that additional legislation is required
the fact that the familiar protest has
been heard in advance will hardly be
permitted to stand in the way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

itself in tina species Of work which
first drew from De Lesseps a gasp Of
admiration for "the audacity Of Amer
lean engineering" and this Key West
railway project is the spotheosis of dar-
ing. But It is also already a tri-
umphant achievement, in that 1t has
convinced mar Of his ability. by means
Of the adaptation Of scientific princi-
pies, to meet the forces of nature in
their wrath and to issue forth tri-
umphant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

In the face of the Illinois Central's
II won't" Chicago is forced to aban-
don its old cry of II will' in favor of
you must" and has entered upon one
of the stubbornest battles of its career
in an effort toward compulsory electri-
fication of railway lines within the city
limits. After they win GU Chicagoans
may yet be able to discover the lake
that is said to exist somewhere beyond
the smoke belt.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
ROyaIty's Crooked Roads.
New York Tribune

The royal-Or impeTial-Toad appears
some times to be particularly roundabout.
The Russian emperor wants to go to Italy,
but he will not go through Australian
gary, because he does not wish to appear
TO cohdone the seizure OF Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Neither will he go through
Bavaria and Switzerland. because some
members Of the Munich Parliament have
been saying things about him. Accordingly,
he will make a wide detour through France.
One Of these days It ma be practicable for
great p~ersonages to travel In airships. but
even then 1t will be necessary to determine
how high the Territorial atmosphere" Of a
country extends and for the illustrious
voyager to keep above It In the high seas
OF the upper a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

1t takes nerve on the part Of the
democratic organs to charge repub-
lican candidates with being under cor
poration influence when the headlight
on the fake n~onpartisan ticket in a let
ter over his own signature. only a few
weeks ago. publicly confessed to his
corporation afhliations and practically
said he would take a corporation re-
tainer just as fast, II o faster, than
a retainer to represent the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Rasmussen, who has been investi-
eating the Polar claims on his own &C
count, including cross-examinstions Of
the Cook Eskimos, now makes public,
through a long letter to his wife, writ
ten in Greenland September %, de-
tailed reasons why he concludes that
Cook actually reached the pole. Ras-
mussen's experience in Arctic explora-
tion and his complete knowledge of all
the parties and claims involved qualify
him as a Judge, and the Cook zealots
will regard his verdict as being more
convincing and final than anything
Peary has yet presented.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Official government reports that this
country ranks far ahead of all other
nations in the rigidity Of meat inspec-
ton should silence the recurrent at
tacks upon the packing house products.
The thoroughness Of the supervision is
costing millions, and is held in part
responsible for the existing high prices,
but the knowledge that it guarantees
prime meats and clean foods should be
worth something.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The quartermaster's supply depot of
Omaha is to be moved up a peg to
make 1t a general supply depot under
direct supervision Of the quartermas-
ter general at Washington. AS a sta
ton for distributing army supplies to
western posts Omaha has unmatched
facilities, which fact is doubtless real
lied by the War department officials.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Enthusiasts for a deeper Mississippi
will doubtless have a few sandbars
judiciously scattered through the chan
mel for presidential observation. Mr..
Taft's trip down the flyer is too good
an opportunity for object lessons to be
lost. Now, if they could only get Mark
Twain to do the navigating!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The republican county. ticket in
Douglas county is made up, with three
exceptions, of present incumbents seek
ing reelection as endorsement Of good
records. The democrats running
against them are either unknowns or
.nonentities, or professional politicians
of questionable r%eputation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

If the World-Herald wants matter
for reprinting, why not go back to It's
W files for a few Of the shots It took
at the author OF the Boland bill, now
heading the democratic county ticketY
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

too good to be wasted on q government
salary."-Washington Star.
Gladys-wen, what did Miss DR. CIeve-
erton say was the cause of your extreme
~paleness?
Grsce-Well, she has described to me a
hat and waist that will go beautifully with
it.-Harper's Bazaar.
His whole life has been . series Of ups
and downs"
How so7' a
HE began as an elevator boy, won M
cess as a mountain climber and now is CIV
ing balloon ascensions. baltimore Amer
lean.
Colonel, what will be the o~vershadowtng
ISSUES OF the next campaign"
We'll I can't tell you about that, Of
course, until a few Of us have got together
and had our little conference."-ChicaEo
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

because the Bermuda lily has been
improved by the United States govern
ment is no reason why we should no
longer consider the Bermuda onion,
which grows a bigger bulb snd a larger
fragrance.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Mr.. Hartman put Omaha on the
railroad map in big letters. If his
successor follows in the Hartman
footsteps the letters hat spell Omaha
will continue TO grow bigger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Like every other claimant to the
power of divine healing, Schlatter
found plenty Of gullible victims for a
time, but he anne to the same sort of
end that most impostors meet-ex-
exposure, rags and the death of an out
oaaf
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

It is really too bad Omaha has not
gotten possession of it's water works
in time I o have the grand opening
while the women's Christian Temper
ance union is here.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
WIsdon by Descent.

WdsnlIlBlOH IAtIdlus
King Menelik is reported to have changed
his attitude toward Mr.. Roosevelt completely
and now openly expresses great admiration
and respect for the former president. This
is calculated to lend considerable color to
King Menelik's claim of descent from King
Solomon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The democratic managers waging a
nonpartisan campaign in Nebraska this
year started out by appropriating the
nest egg of $1,000 left in the treasury
Of the Bryan volunteers which was
contributed to put Nebraska in the
democratic column. That's nonpar-
tfsanship.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

NV IVIh NWIIN'
Steamboat traffic on the lower Missis-
sippi is reported to have been tied up be-
cause the negro crews remained ashore to
hear the news OF lack Johnson's fight with
Ketchel. Students Of the race question will
note this demonstration of the negro's adj
vance in civilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
the indian.
Philadelphia Ledger.

Senator owen Of Oklahoma is pushing a
claim of 81, 100000 as fee for legal work done
on behalf Of the Choctaws. There is no IN
viii In expressing the hope that he may not
get it. To regard the Indian as a good
thing was customary in the days of Penn,
but styles have changed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Gratis. who are trying to gloss over
their own 'orendingl"
Great is democratic reform when It
hits the other fellow, but It has no
binding force on democrats themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

II they take the throne from King
Alfonso he might get a job in a Michi-
gan furniture factory as a maker Of
-"knock-apart" cabinets.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

If you are not registered this year
you cannot vote. Last years regis
tration. does not hold good for the COM
ing election.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The voter who wants to be on the
side of good, eficient government 10
Douglas county will make no mistake
by pulling the republican lever and
stopping there.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The university professor who de-
oldres nations that buy modern miri-
merry will war upon each other
doubtless means that the men Of no
country a AFFORD both the women's
hats and a navy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
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The latest improved Player Piano
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We extend an invitation to call at
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
A Chance to Yell.

The anarchists and professional agitators
are glad that DR.. Ferrer was executed,
which shows that they were not so much
saddened over the death OF a good man as
glad of another occasion TO make trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The death Of ten men in an Okla
homa mine is the old story of excessive
familiarity with danger-breeding care
lessness.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
Look what's Here.

Washington Star.
Nebraska evidently entertains ambitions
Of revolutionizing finance in a way that
may give Omaha a Wall street of its own.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

AS a design for those buttons South
Dakota might once have adopted a love
knot and a pair of scissors, but 1t no
longer applies.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Now that the lazy bug has invaded
the University Of Georgia. we may look
for an historic battle between hook
worm and bookworm.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

II Mrs. Pankhurst bothers the New
England women nov there will be a
lot OF pumpkin pies spoiled.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

In taking back its still rebellious
striking students the University OF
Maine is turning it's other cheek.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Subscribers leaving The city tenn
DorariIy sheu1d have The Bee
mailed to them. Address Will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The president found the town Of
Taft as was to be expected-absolutely
on the level.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
sTATEMENT or CIRCULATION.

state Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b. Tzschuck, treasure or The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says
that the actual number OF full and complete
copies Of The Daily, Morning, Evening ana
Sunday Bee printed during the month Of
Eepiemher. 100 was as folloWE:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

San Francisco's carnival triumph
proved that there is no rust on the
hinges Of the Golden Gate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Mr.. Jeffries and Mr.. Johnson will
now hold the conversational stage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

The naval experts continue tireless
In wireless work.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Standard oirs cut in prices should
tighten things some.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

vesuvius seems to be daring the
Cooks to climb on.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Welcome to the Women's Christian
Temperance union while in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Last chance to register, today.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
In Other Lands

side lights on what A. TTans-
piring Among the Eear ana
Far nations o. the narth-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Have you registered
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Father" said little Rollo, what does
a politician mean when he says he Is going
to retire from public life?"
He may mean one Of two things, my
SOM either that his pull has been en-
tirely exhausted, or that II has become
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

too good to be wasted on q government
salary."-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
BREEZY TRIPLES.

"I shouldn't think this aviation business
was profitable"
why not?"
Because 1t is always going up,"-Balti-
more American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Truth was lying at the bottom of a well.
Il like 1t down here" said Truth; '"the
waters fine"
But nobody paid any attention.
Whereupon Truth disguised, applied a
short and ugly word to itself and kicked
the bucket.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

A measure of the intensity Of anarch-
ism in Rome at the present time is fur
nished by the Rome correspondent Of the
Boston Herald in a late letter. "In other
lands he writes, "all enmities cease at
the tomb; in Italy, hatred is carried beyond
the grave. For two or three years back
the removal Of the remains OF Pope Leo
XIII from the temporary tomb IN st.
Peters has been held up because the gov
eminent is unable or unwilling to furnish
protection for the funeral. Unlike their
Pagan predecessors, the present masters
OF ~Rome-whether they be anarchists or
Observation-Disclosures a burial to one who,
whatsoever they may think OF him, has
been regarded by all honest men as a
strenuous and constant supporter OF law
and order and a preacher Of those prln-
ciples TO his followers. II is calculated
that not less than close upon 100, 900 men
would be required in Rome to maintain
order in face OF the opposition that would
be raised to this funeral" The writer as
serts that since the death Of the pope the
anarchists have kept constant watch over
the Vatican for fear the removal OF the
body should be effected secretly at night.
This vigilance has now been redoubled as
the anarchists believe that the removal
will take place In the near future. To
further illustrate the extremity to which
Roman anarehism descends the writer in
stances the publication Of a rlbald sheet
devoted to defaming religious institutions,
insulting and nbeiling religions. and so
grossly obscene that Il has been excluded
from the United States mails. Yet the
government permits It to flourish and
poison the well springs Of decency through
out Italy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

Entered at omaha DOstomos as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

VICTOR RosEwArER, EDITOR