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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
BRYAN AND PROHIBITION.
Probable Lineup of the Democracy
on the Water Wagon.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

on the water wagon.
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
When asked as to whether or not he
would tax a hand in the Nebraska con-
test on the liquor issue Mr.. Bryan an
swered: IT most certainly will. For
eighteen years l have engaged in discuss
ing other questions, but shall do my
part to keep our party from being con-
trolled by the liquor interests" Com
menting on this expression the Charleston
News and Courier says: This would seem
to indicate that Mr.. Bryan intends to at
tack the American electoral on another
flank in 1912. We do not know to what ex.
tent he will go into sumptuary legislation,
a wholly undemocratlc policy, but we can
count on him surely to do the thing tina
will not only accomplish his defeat, bu
the defeat of the party on which he has
fastened his hold"
Mr.. Bryan viii nave some difficulty in
getting the democratic national convention
OF 1912 to make prohibition a new para
mount, but he has been so successful here
tofore In committing that unfortunate or
ganization to his fads that predictions Of
failure In the case OF prohibition canno.
be made with any confidence. Prohibition
as a national issue, can never carry tn.
country, but, c~onceivably, It could carr
a democratic convention il IL had a power
full man behLpd It, like Bryan, In the las
few years prohibition has made a con
quest OF a large part OF the south, fro1
Hoke Smiths state to Governor Has.
kell's. Just at this moment II seems L
have lost a little of it's earlier momentum
but Mr.. Bryan could easily give It a neV
propelling force. II he should carry 4
through Nebraska IL would becomI
identified with his personal fortunes, an
thus be an issue OF national scope In 1912
so far as Bryan and the democracy could
single-handed, make IL so.
For several reasons the republican
would be sorry to see Mr.. Bryan commi
the democracy to prohibition. The democ
racy would be beaten on hat question, a.
It would on any other which is In sight
But the liquor issue, In the shape whicl
it would have II IL should be precipitates
into national politics, would lineup ever.
fanatic and freak In the country OF
Bryan's side, and would make the demo
cratic campaign, from the convention t.
the election. a continuous screech. TIL.
yells OF the ~populists and the rest OF tn
queer persons who were with Bryan II
1895 were mild and melodious compare
with the shrieks and imprecstions witt
which his prohibition supporters woul,
split the air II he should turn them loos
In 1919
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
PERSONAL NOTES.

The noiseless Fourth movement is max
ing vociferous progress.
A Philadelphia begger evicted for non
payment of his trifling rent was found
to have In his possession $14,140.
The thing that is most against the new
fashion Of pantaloon skirts for women
being looked upon with favor in this coun-
try Is. they meet the hearty approval OF
DR.. Mary Walker.
The press agent announced that he was
to bring a peerless and unapproachable
star to this country, warranted to dance
with less impediment Of raiment than any
before her. Each performance will cali
for $500" he remarked.
The probate court at Washington, d. c.,
Holmes Conrad, former solicitor general
of the United States, for services in Sc
curing a judgment from the supreme court
of the United States allowing the claim
of the heirs of the late Joseph Parrish,
S1sl, sos, for ice furnished to the union army
during the civil war.
Court Chamberlain war Nazimoff, di.
rector of imperial typography of Russia
has left for this country, where he will
inspect the printing establishments of New
York, Washington, Philadelphia and Chi.
cago. A new building for the government
printing office is now being constructed
In. st. Petersburg and a new plant will
be installed. The government is deter.
mined to organize and equip it on an Amer
lear basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

The fake report Of the death Of e.
II. Hartman cost the timid investing
public and men holding stocks on mar
gins millions Of dollars. The New
York state law Inc the rules Of the
Stock exchange both provide penalties
for circulating such rumors, but no
consistent effort has been made to en-
force either, and in the face Of such
conditions the Stock exchange stands
convicted OF at least a silent partner
ship in a conscienceless confidence
game. Such methods are just al dis
reputable as selling gold bricks and
working OF bogus checks to pay myth
ical freight bills, but on the Stock ex-
change the men who pursue them are
all honorable gentlemen engaged in
the perfectly commendable enterprise
of catching suckers.
The game OF fake reports has been
worked so often II il strange that it is
effective, but so has the bogus check
trick. Every time the potential head
of any great enterprise whose stock is
susceptible Of manipulation gets be-
yond touch with the telegraph similar
rumors are started. and just as con-
s~istently the stocks in which he is In
terested break and let the manipula-
tors reap a harvest.
Mr.. Hartman has undoubtedly &C
complished wonders in building VI
the Union Pacific to its present strong
position. While his genius a needed
to do the work, It Is extremely doubt
full II his death at this time would
seriously affect the property. Yet
this does not alter the fact that IN un
expected and false announcement OF
his death, or even dangerous illness
greatly has depressed the price of it,
stocks. It is this timidity of investors
which makes possible the harvest Of
the Stock exchange fakirs. The stock
exchanges are Just now in none toe
good favor at best and self-preserva
ton should dictate to their manageri
the clearing of their skirts of all com
plicity in malicious manipulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
DOES HE PASS 1T UP7
Mr.. Bryan HesitRtes About a Job Not
Yet in Reach.
WaShipgton Post

mr. 3hDSN
Yet in Reach.
Washington Post.
It is with unfeigned regret that The Post
notes Mr.. Bryan's declaration that he Is
averse to entering the United States SEN
ate. A term in that body would do him
"a power Of good" and might serve to
make a real statesman of him. Mr.. Bryan
is an orator, not a debator. He is of the
order Of Edward Everett or Wendell
Phillips, not OF the ilk of stephen A
Douglas or Allen G. Thurman. He is no
lawyer, but an advocate, and had he
served in the two houses Of congres as
long as Joseph W. Bailey has-the two APP
peared in this town simultaneously in 1891
he would now be a very difficult order Of
public man.
So long as Mr.. Bryan lives he will be
a conspicuous figure. Thousands and tens
Of thousands OF his fellow citizens idealize
him and resent the cold fact that Mr..
Bryan is made of just as common clay as
the average citizen. Like all other men,
he is generous and he is also selfish. He
has strength and he has weakness, and he
would be more than human II the adula-
ton he has enkindled in the imaginations
OF his admirers had not made a spoiled
boy of him, such as Sheridan discovered in
the younger Pitt.
Service In the senate would subject Mr..
Bryan to financial loss. He would be tied
to Washington at least ten months of
every twenty-four, and thus his income
from the lecture platform would be ma
terially decreased; but politically the coun-
try would profit, for whatever strength
ems and broadens the minds of a country's
great men inevitably rebounds to the pub
lie veal.
We cannot believe that Mr.. Bryan's re-
fusal to be a candidate for senator is due
to the superstition that a seat In that body
would wither his chances for the presi-
dency. 1t is true that no man has yet
gone from the senate to the White House,
but many OF our presidents served in the
senate before they became chief magis-
trates. Monroe, the younger Adams, Jack
son, Van Buren,, both OF the Harrisons,
Tyler, Pierce, Buchanan, and Johnson had
been senator's, and Garfield was senator
elect in 1850.
Some day a senator In the midst of his
term will be elected president.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
The Compromise.

After four weeks of pulling and
hauling the mayor and council have
gotten together ON a list Of appointees
acceptable to both and the appoint
ments have been made and confirmed.
There is no use eve attempting to
disguise the fact hat the city hall
deadlock was simply a tug-of-war to
determine the division Of the spoils
in the allotment of patronage between
the council majority, dominated by
the six republicans and the mayor
urging the claims of his. wing of the
democrats.
Had the mayor had a democratic
majority in the council ready to re-
inforce him he would, of course, have
ignored the republicans and the whole
list of appointees would have been
made up of his followers. The repub-
lican control of half of the council
being sufficient to block any nomina-
ton, 1t was necessary for the mayor
to make concessions and to accord the
republicans reasonable recognition.
On the surface the chief bone of
contention was the position of city
prosecutor, for which a number OF
different candidates were urged, and
which finally, as so often happens in
such cases. has gone to a dark horse,
The reason why the democrats were
so insistent on retaining the position
Of city prosecutor was inadvertently
biurted out by the political reporter
OF the World-Herald, which in it's is.
sue Of June 9 said:
There was even a good nance Of split
ting the difference with reference to then
(the appointments) had it been possible L
reach an agreement on the office of cit!
prosecutor, which is an office withou
patronage, but yet is regarded Of peculiar
Importance from q political point OF view
because OF the political prestige that ma!
be swung by It.
In the treaty of peace" the once
of city prosecutor goes to a republican
so II there is any political prestige II
1t 1t should not be used against thu
republican side in coming contests
Outside of this the mayor has secured
the re-appointment Of his principa
associates. With few exceptions mos
Dof the new appointees promise i'm
provement in the service, but Their,
are a few weak spots in the list wher'
stronger material should have beef
inserted. 1t will remain to be seeI
whether these will all the bill or hav'
to be weeded out later.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION.
A Task TO be DImcuIt OF
Accomplishment.

~ DS DAAACNA VI
Accomplish
New York World.
Although people set out lightly to amend
the constitution of the United States. it
is a task difficult Of accomplishment and
such was the intention. Mr.. Taft assumes
that there is a strong sentiment in favor
OF an income tax, but that might be true,
and still no amendment would follow. To
amend the constitution 1t is necessary that
two-thirds OF the members of both houses
OF congress shall vote in favor of it and
that their action shall be ratified by the
legislatures Of three-fourths of the states.
A measure that runs this gauntlet must
be urgent and have great popularity.
Congress has proposed four amendments
which the states have refused to rectify.
Two of these, in 1883, pertaining to the
ratio Of representation and to the salaries
of members. In 1909 congress proposed an
amendment annulling the citizenship of any
American who should accept a title or gift
from a foreign prince. Harmless as this
must have been in that day, 1t lacked one
state of the necessary three-fourths. In
lS60-61, in view of the slavery dispute and
the immlnence Of secession, many amend
ments were proposed for the purpose Of re-
assuring the south, but congress adopted
only one. Hostilities began soon after
ward, and thus no action by the states was
had.
The first ten amendments, constituting
the bill Of rights, were proposed at one
time in 1859 and were ratified in 1891. They
were exacted by several of the states as
a condition Of their acceptance of the con.
s~titution itself. The eleventh and twelfth
amendments, protecting from suits citizens
OF other states In federal courts and regu-
lating the electoral system, were adopted
in 1898 and 1903, respectively. The last
mentioned would seem to have invited no
opposition, and yet it received exactly a
three-fourths vote OF the states. Public
memory is still fresh as to the remaining
amendments. They were intended to secure
the fruits of the war for the union.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
GRADUATES AT THE CORNERS.

Horace S. Keller in New York Times.
Goodness! but them duds come high.
Susan wore fur graduashun-
Folderols we had ter buy
When she spoke hur reCitashun.
Say. but she looked nice an clever
When she bowed an said terday:
(Back-seat folks they herd hur never
'B'yand the Alps lies Italy"
Mister Pivens SEE as I do
When his Tidy made hur bow
In hur gown o. satin sky-blue:
Then toys cost hur dad a GOVT
Wow! ole Pivens' feathers fluttered
When his Tidy gasped te say
In a peevish voice n uttered:
"B'yand the Alps lies Italy"
Simpson sold ten bushels 'taters
Jest to rig Melinda out
Pink frum top way down ter CATERS;
Wuth the price beyand a doubt.
stud as firm as Geberalter,
Stiff's a hop-pole an as gay,
Wuth a stut'rin' voice ter falter:
"B'yand the Alps lies Italy"
Perkins sold out all his dry goods
Jest, the goldeFae feller,s luck
Ter the folks, an made 'em high goods;
Took his pay in garden truck
But whut bothers me III menshun,
Is why did them gals. terday.
n one string an call a~ttenshun:
"B'yand the Alps lies Italy,"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
SMILING REMARKS.

Knicker-I hear the new play has an
exceedingly strong scene7
Bocker-Yes; It shows the new family
moving in, and the women Of the audiences
breathlessly watching the furniture
Harper's Bazaar.
Here are a number OF witnesses to prove
that the plaintiff was assaulted by your
goat. Have you any rebutting witnesses?"
"Only the goat. He did all the re-but'
ting ."-Balumore American.
Mr.. Harlem-Our son John Is coming
home from Harvard in debt UP to his
n~eol."' .t
Mrs. Harlem-Thank heaven he never
grew any t~aller!-Judge.
Health experts all advise people TO eat
very little in summer"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne, land II IL
very good advice. Summer IS the time of
year when the cooking school graduates
get home."-Washington Star.
Knicker-He meant to carve his name on
the scroll of fame.
Booker-But now he is trying to get ia
on any old p~ayroll.-New York Sun.
This talk of a sane and sensible Fourth
is arrant nonsense" said the little man
with the ~incipient whiskers.
MAY l ask II you are a dealer in fire
works?" inquired the fat man by the fare
box.
No, SIR snapped the little man. I'm
a doctor. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
AerOplanes for Rural Mail.

There is nothing too good for the
days and one Of the first thoughts is to
turn every modern invention to his
benefit. This may not be a mark of
friendly interest so much as an ac-
acknowledgement that IL you have any
thing to sell, the farmer can dispose of
a pound of butter, a bushel Of wheat or
a pig and pay for II. The latest proposal
Is to utilize aeroplanes for delivery Of
rural mail. 1t is pointed out that
muddy roads are no handicap and 1t
would be Just as easy to drop letters
and papers at the front door as to
leave them out in the road. With a
speed of from twenty to fifty miles
per hour any distance could be o v
cred in a day, Three deliveries daily
from every country town is not be-
yond the possibilities when all rural
carriers have aeroplanes.
Just where the suggestion emanates
we do not know, but possibly 1t is
one of the suppressed recommended
lions of the late Rural Life commits
sion. Why the commission should
have stopped without a recommends
tion for using %aeroplanes in mail de-
livery is not clear. II there Is any
thing in the world hat will raise the
farmer above the sordid things of
earth 1t is an aeroplane. He certainly
should have one to go Joy riding in
after the dull monotony of following
a pillow for twelve or fourteen hours.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

The University of Nebraska is again
in danger of losing some of its best
men and the refusal of Mr.. Bryan's
legislature to permit the university to
qualify its professors for retirement
pensions from the Carnegie founda-
tion is not making the outside offers
look any the less attractive. Ne
braska cannot expect its university
professors to sacrifice their futures
for the privilege of holding their Jobs
at Lincoln,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
Prosperity's UpIift.
Wall street Journal.

wal SlIttl dOul
The railroads have been placing large
orders both for rams and structural ma
terial and seem to be in the market for
rolling stock. This is q fact of fundamen-
tai Importance, and must ndlca either
certainty as to the business outlook in the
near future, or a very encouraging con-
fidence in the prospects for the country
generally. Railroad earnings have made a
uniformly good showing, which is the more
satisfactory as there is usually some
thing of a lull about this time Of the
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

The State Federation of Labor, in
session at Lincoln, has been r~esoluting
about legislation in the interest of
labor. The new volume of Nebraska
session laws ought to be out very
shortly, but it will take careful fine
tooth combing TO find anything that
looks like labor legislation, notwith-
standing the big promises made in the
platforms on which the demo-pop
lawmakers were elected.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
Competing for Foreign Trade.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

Papers in the iron trade announce that a
contract for 5000 tons Of steel rails for
Argentina has been placed with the export
branch Of the steel Trust. At the present
time orders for steel rails are coming in
too freely TO Justify the trust In selling at
a loss to foreigners The trust has no
hesitation in shutting down It's mills and
blowing out its furnaces to sustain prices,
so we cannot doubt that II will make a
profit on its sale to the Argentine Repub.
lie. In selling rails abroad. however. It Is
obliged 10 meet the figures offered by rail
makers in England. Germany and Belgium.
stlll. the trust stoutly insists that It needs
protection in It's home market
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Omaha saloon keepers are asking
the city council to help them close out
the free lunch counter by passing an
ordinance imposing a penalty on any
one who gives away food as a pre-
MUM on drink purchases. If the sa-
loon nen want to abolish the free
lunch business there is nothing to pre-
vent them from stopping it without
~burdening the city law books with
useless ordinances. II the council
starts in right to put the ban on free
lunches the next thing 1t will be called
on to do will be to forbid shoe dealers
from handing out free shoe laces to
their customers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

The democratic papers that are SO
loudly lamenting the proposed test of
the guaranty law would probably feel
better If the suspension Of the guar
anty feature could be had without
holding the governors democratic
appointees up in the air. The princi'
pal consideration of passing the de-
posit guaranty law in our late legis,
lature was the excuse 1t gave to legis.
late the republican banking board and
republican bank examiners out Of
office.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
First Note of fhe Rusy Time.

st. Louis Republic.
The cry Of Missouri and Kansas for hands
in the wheat harvest will be soon taken up
by Iowa and Nebraska. 1t is the first note
Of the busy time that will set all the
wheels Affirming and start the dollars roll
ing rapidly from hand to hand until after
Christmas.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

every dollar Of increased dividends
stands for several dollars paid out for
wages and raw materials which rep
resent labor. At the present rate Of
recovery the producing and consum-
ing capacity of the country will soon
be at normal
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

The French naval scandal appears
TO be the real thing, but it is univer-
sally conceded that when It comes to
scandals France Is always in the front
rank.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Mr.. Bryan says only IN unforeseen
emergency will inject him into the
senatorial race and several Nebraska
democrats are hoping Mr.. Bryan will
pass without the emergency clause.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

dairies through the pure food commits
sion and the city health department
is likewise supposed to be exercising
all necessary supervision to insure
pure milk. How many more inspec-
tors do the dairies need?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

A New York mi had a special
church erected for her wedding. which
was torn down Immediately after. A
dobs court house in Nevada will do
for the divorce.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Texas bandits cannot see the neces-
sity Of working hard all night to crack
= bank safe when a little nerve will
secure the roll in broad daylight.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

The customs officials have ruled that
Chinese sausages are not bologna. II
the customs ofhcials know what either
kind contains they are wiser than the
most OF as.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

1t is suggested that perhaps the
long silence from the Roosevelt party
was due to the ex-president taking a
few days on to teach the Africans sim
plinsd spelling.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

The cEar OF Russia will not 90 TO
Italy because he has heard OF q plot
there against his life. The car may
have a bad case OF wanderlust. but he
Is handicapped In gratifying IT,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Among the tarin schedules yet to
be determined is that on asbestos, but
no fear lie expressed that 1t will not
Withstand the heated arguments.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Although he had planned to spend
his ummer in Europe. Senator AL
drich has decided to stay in Washing
ton until Senator La Toilette gets
through talking
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Senator Bacon Of Georgia says he
has been cured OF the free trade de-
fusion and now he can hope to get his
picture in the papers. top Of column,
with reading matter on three sides.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

A new Wisconsin law prohibits
bankers from dealing in futures. Do
the bankers propose TO collect both
principal and interest on notes in ad-
vance after this2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
PnIIinr the WnnI.
New York World

New 1ork WOrIu.
Wyoming's wool clip this year is said tc
be 40, 0OO.O 900 pounds. These figures help tc
explain Senator Delivers reference to a
certain western senator as the greatest
shepherd cince Abraham"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

A princess has been born to the king
and queen of Spain. At the present
rate Spanish royalty will soon have q
full house.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Subscriber leaving the city tem-
DOrarily should have The Bee
mailed TO them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

One Of Broker Patterns trusted
agents has disappeared and 1t is not
wheat shortage. but q discrepancy In
cash, which is bothering the broker.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

1t is no longer slang to say a person
has a bug" since fashionable people
are using butterflies and other insects
to adorn their stationery.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Mrs. Belmont advises women not to
wed men, but to fight them. We have
frequent reminders that some women
do both.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

1t is now proposed to make the city
veterinarian a dairy inspector as a
foundation for raising his salary. The
state is supposed to be inspecting our
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

Mayor Mcclellan has received a check
for Ss3,576 from the Board of Aldermen TO
reimburse him for the expenses incurred
In defending his title to the office ne occu-
pies. OF this amount S71,5O0 went to the
lawyers. No matter who may have been
hurt or harmed by the suit to unseat the
mayor of Greater New York, the lawyers
were not numbered among the victims.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

1t is suggested that Abdul Hamid
is occupying his time in retirement
writing a book on "Afinities."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
When Ronrc,cIt Gct There.

Kansas City star.
There are half a dozen members Of the
United States senate who are not afraid
of Aldrich. And when Mr.. Roosevelt gets
there therell be one more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24

King Edward has set the fashion
for lavender gloves, but the big matt
will remain popular with the ward
heller.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-24
An Admirer In Doubt.

Washington Herald.
AS we understand Nj. Bryan, while he
will not run for the senate, he would not
run from II exactly.