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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Wireless Development.

While there is criticism hat we lag
behind other nations in the matter of
military aeronautics, it is evident that
we are up with the procession in that
more useful service, wireless teleg-
raphy. 1t must be a matter of satisfac-
ton to the citizen who favors cultiva-
ton of the latest scientific equipment
for the defensive service Of the nation,
that the navy is about to embark on
one of the greatest of tests to demon
strate the possibilities of wireless de-
velopment.
What the navy is striving for is an
absolutely reliable system that will
transmit messages for at least 1000
miles under any and all conditions,
and for 5000 miles under favorable
conditions. Two vessels, the scout
cruisers, Birmingham and Salem, are
already equipped with apparatus de-
signed to accomplish these results,
and if they demonstrate the trust
worthiness of the plan, then all the
ships of the navy are likely to be
equipped with similar devices.
The two fleet vessels are to make
what will be practically a tour of the
world, exchanging messages constantly
at a distance of at least 1000 miles
from each other, in all waters, in all
climates and weathers, They are also
expected to maintain communication
with shore points 5000 miles distant.
The program is such an ambitious n
that the results will not be known till
late next year, by which time the Navy
department hopes to be able to demon
strate to the world that it has uttered
the last word in wireless efficiency as
applied to men-of-war.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
BRYAN AND EDINBURGH.
Specializing ON the Chances for n
University Degree.

Specializing ON the Chances for n
University Degree.
Springfield (Mass,) Republican.
The fact that Mr.. Bryan has an engage
mont to deliver an address in Edinburgh,
Scotland, next spring arouses gossip, Natu-
rally. Such an engagement seems out OF
his line. AS the foremost do~wn-and-outer
in America, he can scarcely get engage
ments in his own country, so why should
Edinburgh take him up? Astonishment
deepens over the strange development when
the detail is added that the address is 10
be in some way under the auspices Of the
University Of Edinburgh. This seems Un-
thinkable. for the University Of Edinburgh
Is one of the leading Institutions in the
British Isles. And, thereupon. the disturb
ing question arises whether the university
is to confer upon Mr.. Bryan an honorary
degree. Ordinarily, the degree is assocta
ated with such appearances by foreigners
Of reputation. VIII Mr.. Bryan get an
Ill. D. or a d. C. LIZ There is more thar
one board Of university trustees In Amer
lea that would be narrowed to near that
the University of Edinburgh had thus taken
Mr.. Bryan to. its academic bosom, for not
a single institution in this country has thus
far "doctored" the Nebraskan. For him to
receive hts first honors of this sort from
an eminent British university might make
several Of our leading university and col
lege presidents-wince a bit. For Mr.. Bryan,
from their point OF view. is unthinkable.
II the degree is given, possibly we may
account for 1t on the ground that Mr.. Bryan
is a devoted and steadfast Presbyterian,
and in Scotland the Presbyterians are Q
power. ' 90
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
RERETTIN.

j. NJ. Lewis in Houston Post.
The days are gittiu' shorter,
And although I thought that I
Would be glad the long and glary
Days OF summer had gone by,
Yet I catch myself a-wishin'
For the summer days once more,
For the bar feet OF the babies
OF a mornin' on the floor.
Used to be when days was longer,
When the daylight came at four,
/ would hear a sudden patter
And the creakin' OF a door,
I would hear q little giggle,
And q football on the stair,
And I'd fix myself all ready
For a most outlandish scare.
But I'd keep right on a eatin'
Like ] didn't hear at all.
Didn't hear the little Eiggie,
Didn't hear the witchin' fall
OF the bare feet OF the baby
Comm down to s'prise her pop,
Just a eatin' and a-sstin'
Like 1 never meant to stop.
Then there'd be a rush and scramble
Andsa giggling. shrieking: 'Boor"
And a daddy so excited
h he scarce knew what TO do
Then a babe In a white nightIe.
With a tousled yellow head,
sitting snuBgled to her daddy
hunching on a piece Of bread
Now the days are 90 much shorter
That ! finish up, and take
UP my hat n dinner bucket
Fore the babies are awake:
And. I seldom get to see them
TIN the night time. and that's why
I'm reEettin' that the long days
OF the summer time are by.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
ExtravREunt Estimates Pared Down
to Actual Needs.
baltimore Sun.

EXtrRVaEunt Estimates Pared Down
to Actual Needs.
Baltimore sun.
the estimates of the cost Of con-
Quoting the business Of the government
are more han 500, 900, 900 less than the ap-
propriations made for the same purposes
last year is an evidence that President
Taft intends to keep his promise of econ
omy. 1t has beenu the established custom
heretofore for each department of govern
ment to ask conSdess for morel money than
was really needed. The expectation was
that the amount asked would not be
appropriated and, therefore, each depart
ment gave itself some room to be cut down
A more unbusinesslike method could
scarcely5b be devised. A surer way to pro-
mote extravaganza 1t would be difficult to
find. Congress could place no reliance
upon the z estimates. which were always
misleading.
Under President Taft's direction the diff
ferent departments have furnished con-
gress will a statement of their actual
needs, and the amounts, instead of being
padded are cut down, it is said, to the
owest figures consistent with efficient
administration This is a sensible and
proper method. 1t shows that the president
is in earnest in his desire to safeguard
louder than words. This practical method
of saving money will be more effective
than pages Of admonition in annual mes
sages. 1t will now be for congress to do
its part of this good work and keep within
the estimates.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

all Of q heap, but recovering himself, I'VE
BOY the ambassador about $500 more
salary, my son. than we do the minister"
Chicago Tribune.
Il see there is a correspondence school
of poetry"
II suppose 1t charges by the plumber of
feet"
"or else by the reading OF the meter
CleveiandLeHder.
b. 0innerLThe caddfe laughed 50 when
1 fooled that ! felt like Draining him
Friend-Why didn't your.
B. Gil didn't know the proper club to
use.-Boston Transcript
Poor Richard was writing early to bed
and early to rise"
why didn't you include early to shopr'
we asked.
Sadly he confessed himself behind the
timeS.-New York Sun.
His brother is m a very shady busi-
ness"
WHATS thatT'
"Awninss."-PrincetoR Tiger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Reminder OF Platform Pledges.
GA In.rIn nnnnnhIAn

A portion OF the message that will at
tract Wide attention is that In which the
president reminds the republican congress
Of the Chicago platforms pledge for a law
forbidding, except in emergencies, the issue
by the federal courts Of injunctions, tenn
porary or permanent, without notice to the
parties against whom the injunction is
sought. LitiEants. especially the leaders
Of labor organizations, will await with
solicitude the action Of congress on this
recommendation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Another Fight Ahead.

SpringfieId RepubIcan.
The first sentence in Mr.. Bryan's Com
none this week is: The people have an
other fight ahead" They have many
ahead, but the one the Commoner has in
mind is the central bank issue. For the
present, there are no signs that the cen
trail bank question threatens our liberties,
and Mr.. Aldrioh must be disappointed in
the small -conflagration it has caused,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
CHAFF.

Il know one thing which will make a
woman change color quicker than any
thing else"
What Is that"
when she gets blue because she finds
out she's Bray."-Baltlmore American.
Can openers?" said the salesRdrL Eyes.
ma'am; what kind?"
ANY good kim will do" answered Mrs.
Lapsling. I've heard my nephew Bertram
I'll look at one OF those, IL you pleaseP-
Chicago Tribune.
Father said the small boy with the
thoughtful. Intellectual fact, "how DO you
differentiate between an ambassador and a
minister ?" -
"Differentiatel gasped the father, struck
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The New York Board of Education
has barred foot ball from the public
schools of that city, Notwithstanding
the plea Of the games supporters that
the rules are to be reformed. The
board evidently wants to see the refor-
nation first.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
How the Trouble started.

O~IpVeIanu Leauer,
Congressman Fowler of New Jersey de-
clares that unless the republican party
gets rid OF Aidrlchism and Cannonism, the
people will get rid Of the republican
party It is only a few months since CGn-
non dropped Fowler from a much-prized
committee craftsmanship. a circumstance
which may nave whetted the edge OF the
~Jerseyman's criticism and clouded his
prophetic vision.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

What a pleasant picture of co-opera-
tive housekeeping is afforded by the
governor Of Kansas throwing his
kitchen open to his %neighbors during
the cold spell! Natural gas may a
to flow, but Sunflower Stubb's milk Of
human kindness goes on forever.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Undoing IA Combination.

New York Journal OF m
The Rock Island combination is an ag-
gravated example Of the holding company,
which the state Of New Jersey has inflicted
upon the country for the propagation of
trusts and combinations in restraint Of
trade. The more such as these can be I'M
done and defeated in the purpose for which
they were created the sooner can we get
to the solid ground of genuine investment
and honest corporate management.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Good Word Dbl season.

Detroit Free Press.
We can speak a good word for the pay
a~s-you-enter car. In the first place, you
don't have q conductor walking all over
your feet and erowding you off your bal
anee so that he can grab a transfer from
the man who got on by the way OF the
front door, and your thoughts aren't inter
rupted now and then by a naughty woman
hour ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

OF course, James j.. Hill knows that
Nebraska is not always covered with
snow, and besides, he has encountered.
cold weather before. But the warmth
of the welcome he receives in Omaha
will more thar offset the frigid climatic
conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The fact that yellow is to be substi-
tuted for white in the signal service Of
some Of the railroads does not alter
the standing Of the yellow Journals
In the newspaper world white will con
tinue to be the signal for safety.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Parisians are likely to frown Sc
verely on the violation of the code in
Bolivia, where one dueling senator
killed the other. On the same date
two famous Frenchmen aimed their
pistols at each other, exchanged kisses
and honor was satisfied. Oh, no, a
Partisan could not live in Bolivia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The gentle spirit OF levity has
broken loose again among our co-eds
in the east, where a girl who rooted for
the wrong team was painted red and
thoroughly iced. thereby demonstrating
the admirable qualities of her hazers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

n city Times.

Kansas City Times.
Nothing better mark the contrast be-
tween the, present administration and that
Immediately preceding than a comparison
Of today's message with the representative
Roosevelt communications to congress,
The difference in temper as well as in
substance Is strikingiy apparent. But Il
is a difference for which the country vas
fully prepared.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Even during the stress and discom-
fort of the weather mans u~naccounta-
BILE behavior, Omaha citizens can find
some grains Of consolation in reading
reports from Kansas City and other
neighboring communities. 1t is not as
bad as that in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

No proof was required to support the
proposition that Nebraska badly needs
a new state capitol building. but this
will not lessen the regret that valuable
books in the state law library have
been ~irreparably damaged by eason Of
the insecurity of the room in which
they are stored. To provide proper
housing for state officers and records
is a most imperative duty and cannot
be much longer evaded.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Omaha is closing the year at an In
dustrial and commercial pace far ahead
Of it's fastest former gait. The in
ereases in every line OF activity prove
that the growth Of the city has just
begun
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Clear, Compact and Complete.
olos,w rtt,. To,,rpaI

AS a report on the state OF the union"
President raft's first message to congress
is clear, compact and complete. AS an
outline OF the administration program It is
Incomplete, several Of the most important
items, including the paramount issue"
having been left for future presentation in
special messages.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
RemarkabIe for OmiasiOns.
Chicago Tribune.

The presidents message is remarkable
for its omissions rather than for its CON
tents. It is so neutral In tone and 80
large a part Of II Is given to the recital Of
unimportant. noncOntroversial or quasi
controversial diplomatic questions that it
reads rather like an English speech from
the throne than the message to which our
ears are accustomed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
sound, vIrIIe Dooument.

OHICHkO MISUNDERSTANDING
In oharaoterizing the message as a whole
We should say that It was a sound, virlle
document. The views expressed in It are
clearly set forth in a frank and straight
forward manner and for the most part
they will be Endorsed by the great body Of
the people. But he who is searching for
highly sensational passages viii have his
labor for his pains.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Courage banked with Whiskers.

An Omaha judge has decided that a
barber is not a professional man. Doubt
less that judge wears full whiskers and has
his wife cut his hair, otherwise he would
not dare talk that way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The young missing from
Kansas City has been located not very
far from the Nebraska state capital.
She was looking for quiet, and knew
where to ma It
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

II Zelaya thinks Mr.. Knox doesn't
mean it, let him read back In the files
about that Atlantic City scrap in which
a Plttsburg rowdy was routed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

with his constantly recurring law
suits. Boni, must be. almost as much Of
a nuisance to Anna as before the di-
vorce.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The South Omaha Commercial club
has for its slogan, KIN the knocker."
II they will only succeed in doing that,
what a service they win render the
public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
THE MESSAGE IN THE WEST.


Des Moines Register and Leader
The strongest part Of the message Is that
in which he deals with the needless delays,
appeals and costs OF legal procedure in the
United States. II Is here that he knows his
ground and he talks with absolute assur-
ance. And It is here that he can do a real
service to the country. for II Justice was
ever slow and costly. where II should be
cheap and speedy, Il lie with us.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

4 Charleston News and Courier (dern.h
The poor old democratic jackass has had
a hard time Of IL for the last thirteen
years. Instead OF ~ploughing the burrows
straight the driver has been going in and
out, cutting fancy curves, going deep some
times and ploughing the air on occasion
so that the poor beast has been so con-
fused tina he has lost all idea OF proper
ton. The political crop which has followed
this novel farming has been the saddest
that the eye OF man ever gazed on Re-
markably arabic lands have been as barren
as the rock farms OF New England, and
the plants that in the beginning bloomed
hopefully, have withered before they had
time to put out fruit Diversity Of crops
has done no good. The general ruin has
been all embracing.
However, the jackass has been told to
take new courage. that the farmer has a
new idea, as the opportunist always has.
Mr.. Bryan has discovered a new para
mount issue, and It Is prohibition. He has
studied the statistical tables, he has wept
over the tales Of wrong and misery
which the teetotalers have presented to
his view,f he has seen the wave OF fanat-
lcism sweeping from one end OF the coun-
try to the other. In the repeated Vic
tories Of the "drys'' he espied the silver
lining Of the cloud and he has been quick
to take advantage Of It. Tie has visions
OF an Immense water wagon, himself on
the front seat, moving with Irresistible
force to Washington, He has dreams of
Carrie Nation, as the representative OF
Kansas, delivering philllplcs in tho capt.
tol Of the nation. He sees himself bella
boring the patient jacksss, who is draw
ing the water wagon. and bethinks him
self to summon Minnemascot back from
the Goldfield brewery to assist In the
glorious work,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Australia

While many people are grumbling about
the number of immigrants we are getting,
Australia has sent an agent to New York
to see IL 1t cannot lure some Of them away
from as. And Australia knowsi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The courts ave decided that the
nsiEhborhood OF J. P. Morgan is not
sxefusiEs. evidently considering that
Il b, really wished TO make It so he
could readily buy It up.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Subscribers IeavinE the city tenn
porariIy shOaId have n Bee
mailed 60 them. Address viii be
changed ms often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Governor Hughes has appointed q
mountain climber to the supreme court
bench, but no Polar claimant has yet
landed the ermine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Congo natives who have suffered
from the Belgians' tyranny may now
draw Lessons from the spectacle OF Leo
pold confronting the king Of t~yrants.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
erArnMrNr nr r1RCuLATION.

state Of Nebraska, Douglas County. ss.;
George b. Tzschuck. treasurer Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn;
says that the actual number OF dull ano
complete copies OF The Daily. Mornink,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month ~ Noveuber 1902 was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Zelaya seems to be rs competent a
suppressor Of truth among his follow
ers as was Castro. The end is likely
to be identical.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

on lesser scale as well as on greater. is
a fraud against the government and
against the citizen who pays his honest
dues.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Keep in mind the zero spells for the
ice man when he talks about no CROP
next summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The question promptly arises, What
is the knead for a bakers combine?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Leave It to a referendum vote of the
ultimate consumer and there will be
no general railroad strike.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Gaynor may be making up his own
slate, but it looks as though Murphy
were supplying the pencil.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

While the women are decorating the
waterways, let them not overlook the
opportunity for identifying the canal
boat mule. rs, w
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

AftsrGt the plush hat. man is capable
of anything ia s@
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Does the county attorney prosecute
for and in the name Of the people, or
for and In the name of the Dahlman
Democracy?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The ship Of state launched by the
last democratic Legislature in Okla
homa seems TO have run on a hefty
snag. .......
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The pooling of the wool crop in Ken
lucky may be only another excuse for
the activities OF the Night Riders.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

If the aeroplane cannot be made
stable otherwise, why not gyroscope it?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The iron box %concealing the Cook
trophies at Copenhageh forms a well
come relief for.the elds brass tube.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

And now the thud of the fatal basket
ball Is heard in the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

And in the meantime, so far as any
American helress is concerned, no lord
need apply.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

New York puts up with the six-day
bicycle race, but Butte annot stand
for the Marathon waltz
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

The copper merger has the appear
ance Of being submerged.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
a state OF PreparedneAs.
Washington Post

Mr.. Taft may have 10 rub the dust off
the big stick before he gets the national
incorporation act through eonErel
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Poor Old Jackass

some RreeEy Remarks on he
Democratic Animal the water
wagon, ana the Regular Driver
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

1t Is well that tho peerless one has es-
capped appointment to the supreme court,
else how could he again save the country7
IL is unfortunate that the Incarnation OF
Disaster" has espoused a cause which has
heretofore given evidence Of popular sup
port. On the heels OF the announcement
from Lincoln Of the new paramount Issue,
the voters OF Alabama gathered them
selves together and administered such a
blow to It as never before ave they sd.
ministered to anything. Is it possible that
Mr.. Bryan is a hoodoo when we all thought
him a Billikin? Is he the antithesis Of
the swastika? Have his repeated sacrifices
to- strange gods awaited nothing? Has he
withered the power Of the Penates of the
democratic household? Is the jaokass,
which was so cleverly guided in the brave
old days, now tantalized into uselessness
by repeated injections Of bitter and I'M
palatable medicine?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10

Net Totala. aEs - ~. .A'a1S'VVo
Daily Average. !, .....S ......... 41,7se
GEO. b. TzsCHUCK. Treasurer.
Subscribed IN my presence and, sworn to
before me thia lat dEy Of December, 1913.
(SeaD NJ. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10


The platitudinal Nebraskan writes know
ingly, calling to the attention Of the puble
many things which they have had the honor
to know for years. "The saloon rs next
toxin to the brothel and the gambling
hall; 1t is the rendezvous for the criminal
element and the willing tool Of the cor
rupt politicians" So 10 the great Mystery
Of 1909 explained. Without this corrupt
tool" the democracy would have. marched
in triumphant splendor from bleak Ne.
braska to hospitable WRshin gton and "The
Boy Orator of the Platte would have
shared his domicile with the monosyllable
from Indiana. The saloon robbed the
nation of a president and made a protective
tariff possible. "A drunkard robs his wife
and children, and he may finally make his
family and himself a charge upon society
has society no right TO protect itself?" II
has. 1t has a right to protect itself from
the %drunkard, from tuberculosis, from
idiots and from -demagogues. 1t has a right
to protect itself against incompetency in
high places. 1t has a right to demand
success and to refuse to condone repeated
failures. 1t has a right to insist that its
leaders should be men who think, who
study, who can tell a necessity from a
noise and not confuse their personal am
bition with the needs of society in gen
eral. Yes, society has many rights even
If democracy seems to have none.
OF course. some time in the distant flu
ture, when the utopias of the dreamers
have become the realities Of economies,
when the brotherhood of man has been
achieved, when human nature has been
changed and the new evolution has per-
fected man and society, then the historians
In looking back over the dark days of the
present can write in glowing terms of the
greatest dreamer of them all, the man
who saw things as they were to be in the
time of his children's great grandchildren,
the leader who sacrificed the probabilities
Of the present to the possibilities of the
future, who had visions Of a millennium
brought about by his magic wand. who
changed in a few short years millions OF
practical men into dreamers like himself.
whose aspirations reached to the farthest
limit of the skies to meet his negative
achievements; the man who knew no equal
Jas a political prestidigitateur. and rose
stronger and more beatific from every
tumble. 1t is the future, not the present,
which belongs to the peerless one. Hia
is the immortality Of hope and the in
consequence of reality. The man who can
not pluck a rose without being prioked by
the thorns is Harvesting the jackass again,
The overworked animal is about to be
hitched to the water wagon and be driver
he knows not where.