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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-27

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-27

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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
Special Session Talk.

Special session talk again emanates
from Lincoln, where some of the demo-
cratic politicians are said to be bring
ing pressure on Governor Shallenber-
ger to call the legislature together
once more. Just what reason there is
now for a special session of the Ne
braska legislature that has not existed
for months is not apparent.
1t is limited that the democratic wire
pullers would like to have the legisla-
ture enact a initiative and referendum
law, but the initiative and referendum
was up at the regular session and was
beaten then, and nothing has since
occurred to show that there is any
greater demand or that it would have
any different fate.
The last democratic state platform
called on the governor to convene the
legislature at once to ratify the income
tax amendment to the federal constitu-
ton in order hat Mr.. Bryan's home
state might be first on record in favor
Of this proposal because Of his advo-
cacy of It. Inasmuch as other states
have already acted Nebraska cannot,
in the nature of things, be first or the
list of ratifying states, and since 1t
takes thirty-six and it will be at least
two years before that number can pos
sibly act, urgency for ratification by
Nebraska has passed, If it aver ex-
listed.
One other possible justification
urged for a special session is the de-
posit guaranty law which Governor
shallenberger, himself, talked during
the early part of the recent campaign.
But when the decision came down in
validating that law on constitutional
grounds, he publicly declared that the
Legislative action on this subject in ad-
vance of the final decision would be
uncalled for and ineffective.
Some other laws passed by the late
democratic legislature have, II is true,
fallen by the wayside, but they have
been, almost invariably, partisan
measures passed for the benefit of
democratic pie-biters for whose
dilemma no tears are shed.
II the democratic politicians merely
want the legislature brought together
to mix some more political medicine it
is within their privilege to besiege the
governor, but the general popular de-
mand for another lose of the kind ad-
ministered to Nebraska last winter has
yet to develop.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
If the Situation Were Reversed.

The insistence of the defeated anti
saloon candidates for police board
places on a recount of the ballots in a
fake election contest, throws a light on
the peculiar motives and methods be-
hind the whole proceeding. There is
no question but that out of some
10000 votes in the last city election,
the contestants received only 5000
and that the people of Omaha dis
tinctly said that they wanted their sue
cessful competitors.
The only contention which the de-
feated crowd has to offer is that all
the straight party ballots should be
thrown out in order to d~isfranchise the
majority and let the minority rule. The
intention of the voter who marked his
ballot for a party ticket or for a group
can not be gainsaid. The point at
issue, therefore, If there is any point
at issue, turns on purely a legal tech
~nicality which, as a matter Of law, can
not be affected by another count Of
the ballots, which Ear show only what
every one comedies.
In the interval 1t should be remem-
bered that both the anti-saloonists and
the liquor dealers Joined hands last
winter demanding of the legislature
that the police board in Omaha be
made elective, each side evidently per-
suading themselves that they would
win at the election. If the anti-sa-
loonists had won and the defeated can
~didates, representing the more liberal
vote, had started contest proceedings
to overturn a clear majority of more
than two to one. just imagine the hue
and cry that would now be piercing
the skies,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
A HARD WORKING VERB.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
The family physician declares" you are
a boy.
Pop declares, your advent has Frustrated
him with JOY.
Sis declares that you have nails upon your
tiny totBpQ 20 .a..4f.l aI u#.
And Aunt declares you've got the old
mans chin and nose.
In course of time you do declare your love
for Mary Jane.
The priest declares that you are one and
are no longer twain.
AS Fate will have II, YOU declare in time
An Individual declare to beat your mother
in-law.
The referee cellar that she is lacking in
civility,
Declares It best to make the ground just
"incompatibility;
The court declares the referees report
And the clerk declares the papers have
been sealed and filed away.
At last, when Gabriel's bugle has declared
your time has come,
The doctor he declares your breath has
stopped, your heart is dumb;
The death certificate declares the cause of
your demise,
And all your friends declare their grief, as
well as their surprise.
A brief obituary note declares you lived
Declares you.rah for sheriff, and little <Nsse
The stone that is erected within a year or
two
Declares that it is sacred to the memory of
you.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
No Sugar S~capegoat.

The reported refusal of a lesser Of
fetal Of the sugar combine to submit
20 being made a scapegoat for his SUI
periors, has a welcome sound, for 1t in
dicates that u Of the mouths of the
offenders on the rack the full truth
may come at last. No one has any de
sire that any scapegoat shall bear
alone the scars of chastisement; what
is wanted is absolute discovery and
punishment Of all the r~ascals, low and
high. II a superintendent aided In
frauds under orders, it nay not reveal
"a very lofty integrity on his part, for
he could nave refused to obey such
orders, lost his job, and exposed the
whole crooked deal, but since he did
follow instructions, making a clean
breast Of it all should bring some good
out of evil. The public is in no mood to
.sympathize with any cloaking attempt;
It wants the brand applied equally
upon all in the ring.
So far as any governmental con-
nection with the sugar fraud has been
disclosed, there is no evidence of
highup collision, though there is a sug-
gestion Of official error of judgment.
Mr.. Gage, former secretary Of the
treasury, nov admits that rumors of
fraud came to him and that he dis
missed them by passing them up to Mr..
Havemeyer, believing that as an honor
able business man that fu%nctionary
would ferret out and put a stop to
bribery and ~thievery, If any existed. 1t
is naturally to be expected of any pub
lie official that he would be alert to
investigate such reports for himself,
rather than trust alone to the one per-
son most interested financially.
A thorough exposure and prosecu-
tion Of the sugar thieves is in prospect
and no half way business will suf-
flee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
A COERCION.
h Happened to Merchant Who
Threated Customer in Germany.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

mat happened 10 Merchant VINO
Threated Customer in Germany.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
In Germany the director of a combination
was found guilty Of trade coercion by
threatening a customer with refusal to sell
him goods II he should buy similar goods
of parties not belonging to the syndicate.
He has in consequence been sent to a term
in prison.
Germany has been cited as an example in
favor of the combination plan as developed
in this country. But the fact is that the
"kartels" Of that country are very limited
both in duration and power as compared
with our trusts and holding companies.
The further fact appears In this case that
their operations are closely watched, with
sharp penalties for any infringement on the
freedom OF trade. Imagine an official of
the Standard Oil company or the sugar
trust sent to prison for threatening to
blacklist a retailer II he should buy of an
independent!
The very just principle is laid down here
that the boycott or blacklis is equally
obnoxious to the law, whether inflicted by
the combination OF a trade union. The in
dividual has the right to buy or not to buy,
and to sell or not to sell. But when the
refusal to buy or sell is the concerted
effort of a combination of individuals to
restrict the liberty Of those at whom 1t Is
aimed It comes within the scope of the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
Our Crops and Our Foods.

In charaeterizing 1909 as the most
prosperous year in American agricul-
ture, Secretary Wilson depicts the
farmer not only as a more successful
champion than ever in defying drouth
and other crop enemies, but also as a
more able general in commanding
prices. It has long cen a favorite plea
Of the consumer that he would not so
much mind the increased cost Of living
II he felt that the original producer
were reaping the benefit. This cry may
come home to roost, for Mr.. Wilson
produces statistics to show that in the
upward movement of prices since 1886
the products of the farm have Jared
better than any other large class Of
commodities.
To this there is one exception, which
will touch the public on a sore point.
In unfed beef cattle the farm price has
barely begun to rise above the price
level OF ten to twelve years ago, yet
the secretary's personally conducted
investigation into the prices of meats
shows the retail dealers charging an
average of 3s per cent above whole
sale prices, and in many cases the re-
~tailer's margin goes above so per cent.
The retailer, who hitherto has pleaded
immunity, confronts a substantial in
dictment in the Wilson report.
Aside from it's interesting and yalu-
able records Of the banner year, the
department demonstrates its useful
ness in the review OF beneficial work
done for the public in the pure food
and drug crusade and in the propaga-
tion Of advanced ideas for more in
telligent and intensive soil cultivation.
The nations prosperity is based in SO
great a measure on thatpf the farmer,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
me switohm.n,s strikn.

In the strike Of the railroad switch
men, does Il appear that the public has
been taken sufficiently into account?
An unbiased observer is apt to con-
.clude, from all the evidence at hand
up-to-date, that both sides have per-
mitted themselves to reach the point
of evaporation prematurely, which is
not conducive to sane settlement Of
controversies. And the resultant
strike was p~recipitated just at a time
when the railroads ought to have their
full facilities in operation to
date the holiday travel and to handle
the traffic of the busy seasons trade.
AS is usual in all such cases, the.
public is the buffer between the dis
putants. And as such IT has a right to
have It's voice heard. That voice is
undoubtedly for arbitration Of diff
culties affecting common carriers. The
roads and the men were not so ex-
tremely far apart when the strike was
called and it would seem that they
might yet get together for rational ad-
justment in the interests of both them
selves and the public. Strikes are
costly, and arbitration is always in or
der.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
RETURN OF THE TIDE.
Marked Rise in the Influx of Inn
migrants.
PhlladelphIa Press.

Philadelphia Press.
Exactly twice as many immigrants have
come to America during eleven months Of
this year as arrived in the corresponding
period Of last year. The tide Of people
coming to this country again largely ex-
ceeds in volume the stream that is flow
ing ava from it,
One OF the astounding incidents occurring
recently I'm the United States was the
great exodus Of foreigners in 1908. Not
only did immigrants stop coming here,
but tens OF thousands already landed re-
turned to Europe. In the entire year only
a third as many came as in either OF the
preceding two years, while the army who
went away greatly o-utnumbered the ar
rivals.
That was the first time on record when
America lost population through the chan
mel OF emigration. The soc reason for
this freezing up OF the tide OF incoming
laborers was the chill that had paralyzed
our industries. They didn't come because
there was no work to do, while at the
same time thousands fled because OF the
closed mills and the dead Industries.
But now things are different. Americas
quickened trade appeals with it's old-time
force TO the European hordes who seek
higher wages. better homes and more
comforts. In one month last year only
$500 came. but in October nearly 1000
arrived.
There could be no better proof that this
is the land OF plenty h the oncoming
OF the hosts OF workers from over the
Atlantic
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
The Rejected Budget.

One thing that must forcibly i'm
press the American spectator of the
British budget fight is the dispassion-
ate elaboration of the chief confess
tants. 1t had been popularity cried that
revolution would follow the rejection
of the budget by the lords, yet they
calmly proceeded with their announced
program, and after a series Of debates
that were mastery in their exhibition
of dignity and craftsmanship, stood
unflinchingly for their original declar-
alton of rights, and sent the whole sub
ject back to the people.
This fine display of courage cannot
but have had a SOLDERING effect on the
thought of the Briton, who will now
have some weeks of opportunity for
consideration of the question on its
merits before casting his ballot. The
campaign is sure to be one Of the live
Hest in the history of England, but the
eager supporters Of the popular budget
are confronted by a d~auntless opposi-
ton which at the most crucial point in
the contest has shown that If it goes
down to defeat 1t will at least die game.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
WHITFIELD TO A POINT.

1T must be grand" said the effusive
young woman, Ito be a dashing Speculation
end organize q corner on foodstuffs."
YES" answered Mr.. Sirius Barker. rs
grard all right; grand larceny. "-Wash'
ington Star.
There is one thing which always puz'
zled me about the prohibitionists."
whats that?'
How they could consistently support a
full ticket. "-Baltimore American.
why don't you go on writing my
speech?' said the orator.
I'm spellbound,' replied the typist.
Has my eloquence such an effect?'
Yes, sir. l never worked for a man who
used so many words that 1 can't SPELL
Chicago Record-Herald
I'm looking back over the mistakea
you've made, young man" counseled Uncle
Allen Sparks, don't regret them. They
have made you feel ashamed Of yourself,
and you can't take a more wholesome men,
tai exercise than that.'-Chicago Tribune,
Examining INSTRUMENTATION, you per-
sistently deny that you committed this
act, though the description of the culprit
fits you exactly-beautiful face and figure,
extremely youthful appearance, most at
tractiVe-
The Defendant-Your honor, I confess all,
Yes, II was PUCK.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
PERSONAL NOTES.

A New York chauffeur whose machine
was going In an eccentric fashion was
found to be suffering from an eplleptic
fit. The others Of his class, however, have
no such excuse.
The tax roll of Boston foots up S1,347,-
94s,2 27, a gain of 500, OOO,O coo over last year.
The record shows $50 cows in the city,
1880 horses, 5000 dwelling houses and
1s9, $50 persons assessed for poll tax only.
Pittsburg shop girls saved their rats by
a threat to strike. While no masculine
man can conceive a reason why rats should
be worn, almost any mind can grasp the
fact that the wearing of them is the
wearer's business.
Shortly after the obituaries appeared and
the preacher had pronounced the eulogy,
an extra wife and an extra group Of chill
dren appeared at the funeral Of a New
York politician and somewhat Jared the
solemnity of the occasion. The cause Of
the disturbance was not disturbed.
Captain Charles E. shillaber, who is
building a canal from Tampico to Tuxpan
for the Mexican government, is 70 years
old. He was a sailor twenty-three years
and his great-grandfather, William Shil-
laber, was on the Bon Homme Richard
with Paul Jones when he captured the
Scraps in the English Channe after a
desperate fight.
"Cuba-the most beautiful spot in all
creation and the most fertile island in the
world" are the keynotes of the boom edi-
ton Of the Havana Post. A collection Of
pictures of urban and rural scenes supports
the enthusiasm of the Posts word painters,
presenting a combination of glowing at
fractions calculated to draw tourists when
the north SHOWS blow and frost bites the
cuticle. The Post is up to date in handling
printers ink and fashioning a lure that
only scarcity of the wherewith can re-
sist.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
= " H.
a Romance of Tunls
BY ETHEL sTEFANA STEVENS

The triumph of Miss Stevens, like that of
the author of THE Garden of Allah" is in
the portrayal of Arab life in Northern Africa.
H VEIL is. a story which tingles with
mystery and throbs with passion. The central
figure is a beautiful dancing woman and political
spy, who can chatter French and has a liking for
Partisan luxuries, but remains at heart a daughter
of the Arab race. Across her path comes a hand
some young Sicilian of venturesome disposition,
who quickly finds himself in a maze of intrigue
and in the thrall of a romantic attachment. Both
become involved in the plots of a crafty Moham-
medan prophet, a man of great learning and per-
sOnal charm.
"A pleasanter and more interesting book than
The Garden of Allah Unquesionably this is
one of the big books of the season. Frederick
Tabor Cooper, in The Bookman
Cloth, ~ mo, $3.50.
PubIshors FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY New York
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
ReasonIna Around q circle.

The insurgents are to be wiped off
the map at the election next year, accord
ing Ito ex-Representative Lacey of Iowa.
The seat in congress tina Mr.. Lacey found
comfortable was taken from him by a
democrat and is now occupied by a new
republican. Perhaps Mr.. Lacey regards this
as a stand paty triumph.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

The fact that Duke Karl of Bavaria
devoted his time and his fortune to ad-
ministering hospitals for the poor is
IN encouraging sign that the generic
origin of the nobleman is not alto
gether lost in occasional cases.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Germany manifests the satisfaction
of a thrifty parent in its announcement
that It's colonial possessions are grow
ing nearer the point of paying their
own way. These sons far from home
usually have less conjunction about
drawing on the old folks at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

That story of adoption OF the card
index system to a pastors prayers
sounds like a modern development of
the ancient heather custom Of written
petitions to heaven such as returned
missionaries used to exhibit before
Sunday schools. Change in customs
appears not to be confined to worldly
matters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
sugar-COated Expectations.
st. Louis Republic.

81. LOUIS fNepuDnC.
What President Taft shall have to say
In his annual message about the men higher
up in the Sugar trust is awaited with
expectancy. 1t is not believed, however,
that he can do justice to the $50, 0OO,O 900
which, it is estimated, they have annexed
from the government by bribing custom
house weighers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
what Happened 70 the Judges.
%Philadelphla Reeord

In the fable the monkey ate up the
cheese while he was pretending TO divide
1t equally between two cats. and the fable
does not relate that anything happened 10
him. But two former judges OF the court
Of common pleas in Ohio have been dis
barred because under their judicial adj
ministration absolutely the whole OF an
estate Of 100000 was eaten up in costs OF
litigation and attorneys fees.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Attempting to settle the ancient on
troversy over Mrs. O'Leary's COW by
the assertion hat Chicago's fire was
caused by spontaneous combustion of
green hay. is only opening up a still
more difficult moot point wherever the
tall grass rows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

II there ever was wit or point to the gag
that an elective officeholder's presence i'm
church in Washington forecasted his re-
turn to private life, reality has blunted
both. The marked regularity in attend
ance Of this class Of government officials
is regarded as convincing proof Of progress
toward the higher life. Doubters and
cynics may scott at the increasing process
sion moving toward the churches and sug-
gest fashion as the motive because plety
may be restricted to the seventh day, but
when an o~fficeholder boosts the price OF
pews in one church TO $1,000, the fact is to
be accepted as substantial proof OF a re-
hgious uplift in circles too often regarded
as hopeless. The prize pew is in the fash
ionable st. Johns Episcopal church, across
Lafayette Square from the White House.
A comparison with the prices of swell
church pews In new York leaves the Wash
ington figure on the back stretch. The
c%ostliest pews In the metropolis, and prob
ably In America, are In Temple Emanuel,
Fifth avenue and Forty-third street, which
bring 5000 a year. A pew in the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church has been
sold for 5000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
wants a boycott on the railroads re-
sisting collection of the gross revenue
tax recently imposed in that state. Ne
braska brought the railroads to time
when they resisted payment of taxes
by another and more effective method.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

San Francisco Chronicle.
The Standard Oil corporation was once
dissolved in Ohio, Then it reincorporated
in New Jersey and is ready to try some
other place. The only way Uncle Sam can
make sure Of getting rid OF it is to ake
up his residence for a year in Reno.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

The Mexican congress in session in
the City Of Mexico has just expelled a
member found guilty of missppropriat-
ing funds in his custody as guardian.
This is "barbarous Mexico" Ever hear
Of any member of our congress, or Of
m of our state legislatures, being
expelled for such a cause?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Popularity Of the cemeteries for an
imals is likely to spread. Nearly
every man knows Of some family pet
in the neighborhood which he would
like to see buried.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Now that It is no longer illegal, the
rolling Of a cigarette by a South Da-
kota boy will not be half the fun 1t was
when he had to dodge a policeman for
such a daredevil crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
Political PHO Drenmn.
CleyelAnd Leader.

CItNtIdlu ItdutT,
The British liberals grow more conf
dent as the general election comes nearer
and the opposition Becomes less sure Of
overturning the government. Much like
this country, where the democrats are al
ways electing the president two or three
years In advance and failing to do 1t when
the time comes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Our old friend, Ig. Dunn, has not yet
%apologized. Would any one but the
city of Omaha employ an attorney
under a disbarment preventing him
from doing any law business in the
courts?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

The prize fight promoters make
more fuss over their preliminaries,
and raise more technical questions,
than if the subject at stake were an
International treaty. But that's the
most important part of the fight.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Down in Lincoln a man has been
fined S25 and costs for failing to re-
port a case Of diphtheria. A few OBJ
ject lessons like this would be salutary
in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

II now develops that an Iowa man
whose heart had always been supposed
to be In the right place has his heart
on the wrong side. which is right. The
case is somewhat confusing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
BaseIess Surprise.
st. Paul Dispatch.

New England appears to be very much
surprised that the west did not jump on
Senator Aldrich and beat him up instead
Of showing him every courtesy. The west
has never been, known as the enemy's
House of Lords.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

The local democratic organ COM
plains because the proposed electric
street lighting contract was not sub
mitted TO the city law department be-
fore it went to the council. ordi-
narily the complaint would be good,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

Governor sh~allenberger has gone to
Chicago to lcok after his interests as
a candidate for director Of the Ma
tional Shorthorn Breeders associa-
ton. 1t is to be noted that our demo-
cratic governor has no hesitation in
turning the rudder Of the ship Of state
over to the republican lieutenant gov
.arnDr
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

but the contract was presented this
time by one Of the democratic council
men who evidently thought he knew
more law than the democratic city at
tOrnev