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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
Excursion Rates.

1t is gratifying to note that the rail-
roads have gotten bravely over the
idea, which they tried hard to propa-
gate, that the 2-cent fare laws would
bring about the unconditional and ire
vocable end of all excursion rates.
The railroads had learned by actual
experiment and measurement of results
that excursion rates under proper cir
cumstances paid them. When reduced
fare lines were under consideration the
withdrawal of excursion rates was one
of the principal arguments offered on
the railroads side, and for a while IN
attempt was made to demonstrate by
object lesson, only to arrive at the final
conclusion that If excursion rates paid
before the rate reduction they would
pay proportionately Just as we'll after
the rate reduction.
And so we have excursion rates
again whenever there is a real reason
for them, and the railroads In grant
ing applications are consulting their
own best interests as we'll as those Of
the community or organizations d.
rectly interested. Certain it is that
railroads are not granting excursion
rates at a loss, If they know 1t, and
the growing passenger business attests
the popularity and efficacy of excur-
sion rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
Taft North and South.

AS the president advances from one
stage TO another Of his visit to public
opinion II Is pleasant to see evidences
that he has through this summer
been earning golden opinions. In the
south these opinions are specially graz
.tifying. While not the most senss-
tional Of his functions, the duty Of
p~ersusding the south to cooperate with
other section in the freely moving
and natural government OF the country
is the most difficult and hesitating.
II is the Charleston News and Cour-
Ter. one Of the fairest and yet most
southern Of papers In that section.
which recounts the recent federal APP
pointments in South Carolina and pub
fishes a generous appreciation. The
verdict is that in South Carolina Mr..
Taft has made a record TO which he
may point with pride and FOR which he
is entitled to the thanks of the people Of
the state" Reviewing the principal
appointments the News and Courier
says that all those mentioned are
white men, a number Of them demo-
Gratis and a majority are natives Of the
state. This is a very good record.
Besides pleasing the people, the gov
eminent will get first rate service"
At Boston Mr.. Taft with emphasis
said that he and Senator Aldrich were
determined that in presenting new
financial legislation they would keep
out Wall street influence and the med
ding Of spells politics. When Mr..
Taft makes such statements, II has
been proved, he means what he says
and executes his promises. In publicly
taking Mr.. Aldrich into cooperation,
in vouching for the good faith Of the
chairman Of the committee on finance,
he has disarmed any jealousy the sena-
tor may have entertained and immeas-
urably strengthened the potential ca
pacity Of the senate In arranging a CO.
herent policy IN the monetary system.
In the most northern Of great cities
and in the most typically southern city
the president has, almost at a stroke,
established al understanding on the
patriotic determination to support the
government in its efforts to do what
the public needs. The promotion Of
good humor and good sense has been
guided so quietly that It will be years
before the nation measures the pro-
gress of a few weeks toward financial
and political peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
PERSONAL NOTES.

How would you like to be a polar Ice
mani
The fact tina Or. Cook lost two teeth
chewing walrus meat may explain his In
ability 20 "ohew the rag.
h Quay statue, shipped to the governor
OF Pennsylvania, lies as unoailed-for
freight at the Harrisburg station.
astronomers who are watching for a
glimpse Of tho approaching comet cheer.
fully admit that Mr.. HALEY saw It first.
The Wright brothers ave gathered In
most Of the ~aeroplsne glory. but Glenn
Curtiss Is soooplnE the most OF the cash
prizes.
Gabrielle D'Annunzio is an enthusiasts
aviator. GLADLY" rhapsodlzed the poet at
Brescia would 1 abandon all things, every
body, and say adieu to earth for the Joys
Of ethereal space" .t-
An enthusiastic fan in a Pennsylvania
town offered a house and lot TO the mem
Der OF the home team who knocked out
a home run in a pennant game. He knew
the home team ana didn't lose.
Andrew Davidson. a journeyman com.
positor of London, has been awarded a
pension under the terms Of a whl made
in 1TU by william Bower. Among the
conditions laid down In the viii were that
the oompositor who received the pension
should be able to read and construs Latin
read Greek fluentiy with accents ana tha
he should be "a man OF good life ane
conversation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
Crowded Period Of History.

In the reminder that 1t is only five
years since the first battles Of the
Russo-Japanese war presaged the hum
~iliation of the cars empire, we can
see what changes in high politics can
be crowded into a short time. The
same lesson Of swiftly marching events
Is taught in peaceful deeds by the
happenings of this year.
The war in the orient was followed
by the establishment of a constitu-
tional government in Russia, a constl-
tuition In Persia, a revolution in
Turkey, the cautious beginnings of a
constitution in China, the APPEARANCE
Of a distinct hostility between Eng
land and Germany, extension of the
suffrage in Sweden and in Austria, a
new constitution in South Africa, a
new alignment Of party forces in Eng
land and, probably, a general parlia-
mentary election, an apparent elimina-
ton Of the democratic party In the
United States and a movement Of all
sections toward reliance for a time on
the republican party, and the discov-
cry Of the North pole.
What will the next five years con-
tain? Not so many alterations in the
governments of the world, but possibly
some of exceedingly important conse-
quences. If Germany and England
should clash the terms Of peace might
profoundly affect France, Japan, Aus
tro-Hungary and Italy. There may yet
be an upheaval or reaction in Turkey.
In both England and the United States
there may be readjustment of party
forces which will put a new complex
ion on the meaning OF government.
All these events are not merely pos
sible, but could easily follow from
existing conditions. The last five years
have been prolific in gigantic changes.
The next five may be equally strik-
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
NEED OF POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
Sections where Their UtiIity a. Con-
s~picuOun,
Boston Transcript.

spicuous.
Boston Transcript.
A correspondent Of the Transcript who
has divided his sixty years OF life nearly
evenly between his native Massachusetts
and the lower south. writes that the pos
tai savings bank scheme should be In
dorsed because OF the uses that It prom
Uses to serve in the ports Of the country
which are commercially backward. He
makes the Interesting point, not before
heard in this discussion, that the great
demand for the silver dollar In the south
In preference TO paper
"hlch the treasury authorities always
recognize as existent-is due to the conven-
renee with which the metal may be hid
den In a hole in the ground or elsewhere
ana remain free from attack by rats and
mice, or from destruction nv ,b. 49, -
= treehet or a leaky roof. The paper money
is liable in these wavs N danaro Thts
preference for silver, reveals the hoardins
habit and to encourage tic tot,na .,an,
mes the correspondent believes every most.
office shout offer facilities for IN. CO.. -
savings A rate Of 2I per cent would
draw the silver dollars out Of the bol..
behind the fireplaces, but would not in
Wv savings banks mere or
elsewhere which are paying 4 per cent.
lie would rather have his name attached
10 a postal savings bank law than to any
measure that might be passed.
From this point of view. the postal
aving bank scheme has much to com
mend 1t. 1t offers to perform the same
service as the toy-banks which the set
tiement workers try to introduce in the
poverty-stricken districts as an antidot.
FOR the sale Of furniture at any time when
misfortune overtakes a family. PERHAPS
II is the duty of the government, at some
expense, to establish an otherwise useless
piece of machinery for the sake OF inoul-
eating thrift and aiding those in the re-
mote parts of the country who desire TO
save a little. From any severely PRACTICAL
point OF view the project is indefensible
But there are often sentimental consider
atoms worth Weighing, even though they
escape the attention OF the economists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
NJ Democratic vitality.

An u~nproductive attempt in New
York at alliance between the Cleve-
land democrats and the Bryan demo-
Gratis, the pitiable result Of which was
a give and take platform, acceptable
to no steady faction, suggests counting
up the our OF the opposition
party.
New York democracy at the mo-
ment is PROSTATE and fiberless. Gov
ernor Johnson Of Minnesota has the
strength that comes, not from the
democratic party, but from scandinav-
ian pride In a capable man OF their
blood. Bailey democracy has no nat
ional purpose whatever and only a
state strength due to the traditional
southern pride in a successful polite
ian and a good debater. Harmon sug-
gests no enduring quantity. Like what
Douglas was in Massachusetts, and
Marshall is in Indiana, he is the erea-
ton Of a temporary dissatisfaction
with republican local politics. Along
the Missouri river there are remnants
Of the populist ascessions in the nine
ties. They are personally led by the
subordinate officers OF the Bryan
machine and have q movable allie
glance. Between the Missippi river
and the mountains there is no substan-
tial democratic party.
What can any prophet make of the
democratic outlook Always except
ing possible il-luck or blunders on the
republican side, never so remote from
expectations. nothing appears ahead for
the democratic national party but con-
slant sloughing off. These processes
OF chronic political mal-nutrition have
been going on since 1898. There is a
certain wonderful tenaoity in a onee
we'll organized party, long after the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
HEROES AT HOME.


Detroit Free Press.
Out of his mouth much wisdom comes; his
dignity is very great,
The world looks up to him as one well
qualified to run the state.
He seems to be of better clay than Just the
common run Of men,
And we revere him as q man whose like we
may never meet again. r
we s SsPY e fbi th5Hk dhn{ pes H4n29ye the 0Eai-
Yet he, too, has to run and hook her waist
when summoned by his wife,
And he, too, mushy phrases spoke and fell
upon his Bonded knees,
And promised. IL she's be his bride, she'll
always know q life of case.
He's something wonderful to us, we sit
and gaze at him in awe,
But stu there Is a woman who refers to
him as son-in-lawi
And when at home, he nightly goes and
His mantle from his shoulder slips and he
is told to wipe HIS feet.
1 care not who your hero is, at home he's
very much the same
As we are who stand by to cheer at Just
the mention OF his name.
When In his dining room he sits, shut off
from other peoples view,
He dips his egg toast In his tea the way
that common mortals do.
IL matters not how great his fame, like us,
when he Is all alone,
He loves to pick a chicken wing and in
his fingers hold the bone.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
TEST OF SPEAKING POWER.
Will President Taft Trust to the Gin
~spirRtiOn of the Momentr"

W " DNaAs
1t is reported from Beverly that the
president has noe prepared any Of the
speeches he will deliver on his western
and southern trip. That Is to say, he has
not put his thought and argument on any
OF the subjects he viii discuss into precise
shape. Facts and figures are in his mind,
but he will trust to the inspiration Of the
moment for the arrangement n the form
Of expression.
Lawyers often-in fact, as a ~rule-adopt
this course, They are so frequently on
their feet, and therefore so quick in read
ing the spirit OF their hearers, they have
not the time for, and do not feel the
need OF, slow preparation. They like a
free tongue, so to say, and speak accord
ing to their appraisments Of the hour
and place. Here they may expand. there
contract, as may seem advisable at the
moment
Blu lawyers in political office some
times yield 10 caption. Where they have
a message OF unusual importance they
set II down with great care in advance,
and in delivering 1t stick like a brother TO
the written text. Mr.. Cleveland could not
have been induced to extemporiEe on pub
lie questions, and even Mr.. Mckinley, who
was a reader man, preferred the written
statement to the Inspiration of the mo-
ment."
General Harrison was ever ready, either
with tongue or pen. OF all our presidents
he was the best offhand speaker. He was
never discounted by ar interruption, and
never opened his mouth to his disad-
vantage on any subject before any audi
ence. Some OF his short addresses while
he was on tour were models OF force and
clearness. And before reaching the presi-
dency ne had made a reputation as a most
effective stump speaker.
Though a trained lawyer, Mr.. Taft was
not famous as a speaker while at tho bar.
His reputation was made later on the
bench. II was this fact that caused the
ious last year when the candidate for
president decided to take the stump. They
wondered how ne would acQupit himself
before large audiences, where INTERRUPT
tons would be in order, and where every
word spoken by the candidate would be
weighed by the voters.
Mr.. Taft soon set everybody at rest on
that score, He showed himself to be a
ready, clear and courageous speaker. who
lodged nothing, and left no doubtful
meanings behind. He discussed all the
issues involved In the contest, and re-
piled 10 the criticisms promptly and
freely.
On his coming trip, therefore. Mr.. Taft
will be no experiment as a speaker; and
II he shows the form OF last year should
give both his party and the country At
large much to thin 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
OCEAN DEPTH AT THE POLE
Plenty of Water for All Needs of
NnvIGatiOn.
Philadelphia Ledger

Philadelphia Ledger.
ON OF the most interesting feat,ras .,
Fearys narrative is his brief description
OF MS measurement Of the depth of the
ocean In close proximity to the pole.
Ohtl Nansen's attainment. of "fartbest
north In 1894, the polar basin was s,n-
posed to be shallow, and II was Thought
there might be land at the pole. In the
spring of that year, a short distance aho,o
the eighty-first parallel, where the Fran
was frozen In north of Cape Chelyuskin
hansen obtained soundinRs indios tin9
depth OF from 1900 to 2,1oo fathons. Si,ch
measurements as these led N~ansenvto vvstto
In his polar diary, II do not think I'VE shall
ak any more about the shallow polar
sea-" p
On Pearv's previous expedition he had
taken soundings in Smith sound Just after
leaving Etah, and in Kane basin. to the
northward, and had obtained a reading In
the first instance of 43s fathoms In tho
second OF 19. But these so~undines In cou-
paratively landlocked channels gave no
hint to the intrepid explorer that. after
paying out LOO fathoms Of wire in the
vacinity Of the pole. no bottom would be
found.
Northward OF the continent Of Durope
the depth of the Arctic ocean. is only from
COO TO LOO feet. The tidIngs that at the
pole the ocean is at least a.Oo0 feet deon
destroys the last vestige of the pleasing
superstition OF a polar continent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
EMBARRAssMENT OF RICHES.
Ice Covered Poles Thrust Upon the
Governments.
GnrinpfIaId pnn,,hitoan

ice covered roles Thrust Upon b
Government.
Springfield Republican.
The State department is p~alpably stag
gered by the polar riches thrust upon the
government by .GQHBander Peary in his
dispatch to Secretary Knox. 1t is rather
startling, at first thought, that Peary
formally took possession Of that entire
region and adjacent for and in name Of
president United. States, America" For
400 miles or more after leaving Cape
Columbia, Peary saw M land, and all he
could possibly have taken possession Of in
the name Of his country was an ocean Of
ice. What shall we do with It. pray, even
II it be ours! 1t Is to be hoped that other
countries who already reioiced in Arctic
possessions adjacent to that interesting re-
Elon will not t9ko umbrage at Commander
Peary's claim that he took possession, also,
of all the region roundabout the pole.
The sensitive Canadians may be up in arms
st once owe this development, unless It is
explained to them that the United States
has no intention Of establishing, in &C
cordance with International law, an eff
fective occupation OF half a million square
miles OF ice pack.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
Rivalry for the south Pole.

FhIIdueIphIa HeCOTu.
Lieutenant Shackleton ran 10000 in debt
to get an outfit for his Antarctic expedi-
ton, but the success of two Americans in
reaching the North pole has touched the
national pride of Britain and loosened up
the British purse strings. Within a few
hours 500, 900 was subscribed In London to
finance another Antarctic expedition, and
England is determined to AVE one pole for
herself. DR.. Charcot Is poking around in
the far south. and Englishmen are a little
nervous lest he shall reach the other end
of the world and this little globe be
bounded by an American pole on the north
and a french pole on The south.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

manufactures have equaled all those Of the
100 years preceding. In the last twenty
years We ave exported as much in manu-
features as IN the whole century before,
Manufacturers formed but 8 per cent Of
our exports in 1909, but in the decade end
Ing in 1909 they amounted TO more than 81
per cent.
The Sp~anish-American war seems but
yesterday. The young men who served In
that campaign are young men still. Yet
in that brief period since the foreign trade
OF the United States in manufactures alone
has equaled that Of all the years since
i7sO. The comparison is more startling
than the Individual case OF Harrlman's
Mldas-like touch. It's a great country md
a great age.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

The local democratic organ tries to
take exception to President Taft's re-
marks about Governor Johnson, and
yet avoid saying anything that could
be construed as favorable to the Min
nesota governor. Mr.. Bryan is still,
in his Commoner. reading Governor
Johnson out of the democratic party
for going back on a platform pledge.
Further explanation unnecessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Governor s~hallenberger has named
a bunch OF delegates to represent Ne
at a mining congress. Ne
braska has neither mines nor minerals
within its borders, but that should not
prevent our delegates from telling the
congress just how to do It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Attorney General Thompson might
have saved himself all worry about the
alleged prize fight that was to be
pulled on in Omaha masked as a box
ing contest. The only people who
have any right to complain are those
who paid good money at the box office.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Battles at sea will hereafter be
fought at eight-mile distances. Ameri-
can gunners have out-shot the world
since the revolution. War looks like a
minor league series with the Pirates,
the way they now have the art ar
ranged.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

The Americans vulgaris may not
know what anterio polio-myelitis is,
but he fully understands polar vertigo.
1t is what a man has when he sees the
pole, shuts his eyes and opens
his mouth
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
ExpIorntions Hirher Up.


bdIIIIHOTo AIHbTICun,
1t may be that the unemployed fields of
the upper air will prove as fertile for
research as the u~ntrsversed lands
on the globe. Bieriot's ~aeroplane accident
Is attributed to the phenomenon of a boil
Ing sea Of ARA condition which suggests
yet more strange phenomena to be re-
vealed to the scientist who will work from
an ~aeroplane.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Portland has always been rich and
getting rich is still easy there. That
is the latest view in the local press of
Portland. II is a pleasure to push the
news along, but It is fair TO the pub
lie to add that Cape Disappointment is
close by.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

By mistake The Bee credited a quo
tation from the Schuyler Free Lance
to the Schuyler Quill. It is the Free
Lance. and not the Quill, that declared
against the fake nonpartisanship Of
the democratic supreme Judge who is
seeking denomination.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

The language used by Peary's man,
Henson, in telling what the Esquimos
said to the North pole ought not to be
printed until we know whether they
belong to us or not. II excites doubt
OF their social position and good
morals.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
The democratic World-uerald give

The democratic World-Herald gives
fresh illustration Of it's characteristic
methods. Its columns have been wide
open to every attack on Secretary Bal
finger, but when the president renders
a decision in the case generating the
secretary of the interior n exposing
the source and baselessness of the OPP
position in full detail, the World
Herald gives space to only a few sem
fences.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Secretary Ballinger Is pig-tlght,
ho~rse-hfsh and burl-strong. The presi-
dent has spoken, the case is tied up
and the banquets proceed according to
schedule.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Inventions are new, but ideas are
classic. Quick on his feet and long
in his wind used to be the description
OF a good horse. It fits an aviator
like Curtiss quite as we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
Are National Debts n B~IessinEF

." HVUI9 INVpUUIIV'
If a national debt is a national blessing.
Great Britain with n debt of $500, 900, 600
from a debt Of some S4,0OO,O 900, 900, in
CURED mainly during the Napoleonic wars,
is supremely blessed. Our national debt,
which at its maximum in 1866 amounted to
81, IT'S, 2Ss, Ia, is now less than $1,000, 900, 1000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Somebody has been meddling with
our policies. General Myer is prepar-
ing to abolish the riding tests. The
best fun the late president ever had
was when as commander-in-chief, he
had the we'll fed lesser generals out on
exercise joys of ninety miles a day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

It's all very we'll for the Real Estate
exchange to appoint a committee to
watch the construction of the new
court house. but would not a commit
tee from the Builders exchange rem
der more effective ssrvicef
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

John j.. sullivan is a man clear OF cor
porate innuence.-sehuyler Free Lance.
We don't know about that. Judge
Sullivan In bis, letter to Edgar How
ard. himself refers to his corporate
a~faiiations."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Speaker Cannon's financial policy is
that the national banking law is need
ing very few changes Now this reck-
less veteran has made enemies Of all
the men who have remedies for mis-
takes in the banking and currency sys-
tenn.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Abdul Hamid is writing a book. As
nobody will believe a word he says it
does not matter much, but he would
better consult his publishers on the
prudence of waiting until R~oosevelt's
hunting adventures, the Taft tour and
the books of Peary and Cook are off
the news stands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17
Some snnnms 60 Como.
Pittsburg Dispatch

Pittsburg Dispatch.
II J, Pierpont Morgan succeeds to the
control of the Hartman lines in addition
to those he already rules will not that i'm
pose on Wall street the necessity OF going
into a convulsion whenever Morgan has q
headache2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

All the time the bankers association
was chewing gum over the question
of educating the government up to
the point Of absorbing that &7OO,O00,-
900 Of 2 per rent bonds. what's a
central hank7
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

1t Is demonstrated that verrazano,
who said several centuries ago that he
had navigated the Hudson. was a
fraud. These old nsvigators were not
so slow or 80 untaught.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Registration, so, far, in Omaha is
decidedly light. Next registration.
day is Tuesday, October 5. Mark 1t
down on your calendar.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson, re-
turning from the west, says Crops
look bully" He must have gone
through northern Nebraska and west
ern Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-17

China 10 seeking a new system of
weights and measures and at the start
marks off the list the English and
American system. Something's China
knows at sight and not so smart at
that