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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
DIR. Eliot to the Natinn.

One OF the final public services of
DR.. Charles w. Eliot, browning his
long career of usefulness as president
of Harvard, Is his translation into
text Of the sentiments represented by
the allegorical figures to be placed
ove the entrances of the great new
Union station at Washington. 1t is
fitting that the ripe scholarship Of the
famous educator should be enlisted In
the Interpretation of these heroic stat
ues which will be studied by the peo-
pie Of all nations flocking to the ma
tional capital. Here will be depicted
the forces of our civilization, electric
ity. invention, agriculture, ~transporta-
ton and character, and the master
thoughts OF DR.. Eliot will be blazoned
to welcome the coming and to speed
the parting guest.
DR.. Eliot in classic verse halls fire
as the greatest of discoveries, but
electricity as mans greatest servant,
itself unknown" He halls Freedom,
the fairest Of all the daughters of
time and of thought" and pays trib-
ute to 'the farm, best home of the
family, main source of national
wealth, foundation of civilized society,
the natural providence" The march
Of transportation he attributes to the
Fold mechanic arts, controlling new
forces" and he pays his respects to
the present era of conservation by
giving an u%p-to-date application of
making the "desert blossom as the
rose" AS a final counsel he urges:
Let all the ends thou aimst at be
thy eountry's, thy Gods. and truths"
Altogether. it is an impressive
choice Of words hat the worthy doc
tor has inscribed for the gateway of
the nations capital. He has drawn
from the deeps of past knowledge
and has applied his own e~xhaustless
fund Of wisdom in framing an appre-
citation of the influences that have
shaped our destinies and a sober
thought for the future development
of national character.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

at his story, but It's lesson is lost on
the modern youth. It is natural for
every man to consider himself smarter
than his predecessor, and that vanity
is n Of the traits which plays into
the hands Of the professional.
The sudden temperance Of Lee
baudy, under spectacular auspices. af-
ter so long a period Of retirement with
a demonstration Of how to beat the
market and win fabulous sums, may
be needed. by the wise as a LANCER
signal; for while It is true that in a
measure nothing succeeds like success,
still it is also a fact that nothing lures
more to failure than the exulting cry
of success in so devious a way as
Wall Street.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
CHANGING DAYS,
Chicago Post.

OAANoGO - O9N
Come the opalescent lays when the world
with the %gleamings through the Aze
where the summer fires have glir !,
When the faintest flash OF gold tips the
leaves and rims their edges
And bronze colorings enfold all the mead
owlands and hedges
When the woodbine, drips as wine from a
golden chaiice splitting,
And q flavor fair and fine the autJmnal
air is filling, HA srsfrsh
And the naples dance with flame that is
bright yet unconsuming,
And a scent that none can name all the
breexes is perfuming-
When the oak leaves burn with red, and
the forest hues commingle
In mosaics overhead, and there Is a tang
and tingIe 4t. tr
In the very air you breathe, till It fills
your blood with laughter,
And the grape leaves idly wreath chap
let's for the days hereafter
When the sky at night is fair with a
wondrous jewel-shimmer
That the stars are dripping there till The
dawn has made them DINNER,
And the purple gray of morn shows the
frosty fields all hoary .4-a
And the drowsy shocks OF corn tremble to'
a tint Of glory
Come the opalescent days--all the world
about is changing
Even while we stand and gaze tints
through all their hues are ranging,
And the wonder of the world and the
cleaning of the grasses 4 .54ase 500
Tell us that the world is good. tell us that
the summer passes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

The Illumination issued-by Governor
Shailenberger lambasting the federal
court for preferring to nullify the de-
posit guaranty law rather than to null
lily the constitution would indicate
that our democratic governor. instead
Of keeping mis- equanimity. had allowed
himself to be stampeded. A famous
statesman once declared, that loud
noise does not betoken sound argu-
ment,r and neither does mere denun-
citation of a court establish the un-
~soundness Of its decision.
That the governors proclamation is
the product Of an excited mind is best
proved by the iagrant mistakes. and
misstatemcnts, which he surely would
not have made in a deliberate mood.
The governor deplores the fact that
Judge T. G. Munger happened to hear
the case instead Of Judge w. H. Mum
ger, whom he characterizes as that
distinguished democrat Of this state
who was made a federal Judge by a
revered republican president" This
is the first time that any Bryan demo-
crat recognized Judge w. H. Munger
as a distinguished democrat, because
his refusal to follew Bryan was always
regarded by the Bryanites as a deser-
ton Of the party. Moreover, Judge
W. H. Munger was not appointed by a
republican president, but the signing
Of his commission was n of the last
official acts of Grover Cleveland as the
last democratic president.
Governor Shallenberger asserts that
two acts of the recent democratic leg
i~slature have been set aside by nine
judges, 'of whom six were appointed
to the bench for political services,
either to their party or to the powers
that created them While this num-
Der of judges participating in these
two decisions is incorrect. one of the
six, judges he thus slaps as appointed
for political service is at this
running for reelection on the demo-
cratic ticket, pretending to be a nom
partisan. OF course, the governor in
tended to except this one Of the six,
but in his blind fury he evidently over
looked 1t.
The governors diatribe about the
legislature being "the only voice"
through which the people may rule,
rnd about the theory of our govern
ment making the legislature supreme,
has no foundation in fact. Tho theory
Of our government contemplates three
coordinate Notwithstanding. legis-
%lative and judicial. Where questions
Of constitutional validity are involved
the executive has the first veto on leg
~islative acts and the judiciary the sec
end. The governors veto may be
overridden by tho legislature, but not
the judicial veto. Whether a British
judge can, or cannot set aside IN act
of Parliament is not In point, because
the British Parliament, when commons
and lords act together. may make and
change tine British constitution instead
Of being subject to 1t. In this country
the legislature is governed by the cou-
%stitutfon. the same, as the executive
and the judiciary, and the acts of any
Of them in conflict with the coastitu-
ton are null and void.
The charitable Construction 10 put
on the governors %outburst is that
someone else wrote it for him and mis-
led him into standing for it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
The Rnlinr Influenza

That indeterminate term undue in
fluence," which is so often used in
the effort to set aside willis. has>met
with a specific rout in the judicial
procurement that when love is the
basis for that influence, the wishes
inspired by love should be fulfilled.
The a s is one in which relatives
of a dead woman sought to obtain be-
quests made by her to her fiaEce, who
had also been her adviser in business
affairs. The our held that the fiance
had Justly earned the gratitude of the
testator by his counsels, and that she
had a right further to reward him for
his personal aid. There is no telling
what value g woman might place upon
such service rules the court. whose
heart had become interested and
whose affections had been aroused.
The last act between the testator and
her affianced lover, before the opera
ton that preceded her death. was that
they kissed, and she asked that her
engagement ring be left on her fin
ger. There is no evidence of undue
influence except the influence that
legitimately controls everything
love"
Here we have the modern Judicial
application Of the poets lain that
"love makes the world go round" and
of the ancient Injunction that love is
greater than faith and hope. Those
who 'believe that the promptings of
the heart have a right to their sway
over the dictates OF the reason will
be ready to applaud the legal dictum
that sordid claims and blood ties alike
are subject. in common with all the
rest of the affairs Of men. to that mys-
I~terious power which, an unbidden
guest, sets up it's throne in the human
breast.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
Knocl.a on PnrceIn Pont.
Springfield Republican.

WFE"ToEFN1N EFNFWDINNHf
Business organizations are more and
more taking a position in ~antagonism to
any radical extension of the postoffice as
a merchandise carrier. The American hard
ware association Is the latest to declare
against the so-caiIed parcels post This is
because 1t would give the mail order houses
a great advantage in the trade over the
local merchants who have to ship their
goods at rates graded to distance. It is
the one7rate-regardless-of-distan which is
objected to In the postofflce scheme. and 1t
will have to be admitted that this would
create an unfair situation in favor of cen.
trail distributors in retail lots.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
s"HATTERING A TRADITION.
President Taft's visit to Mexican Ter
ritOry.


St Louis Times.
President Taft. should receive due credit
for SCATTERING what was at best a foolish
tradition. When he steps across the border
between the United States and Mexico
today he will have put to rout, we hope
for all time. the idea that a president Of
the United States cannot go beyond the
dimensions of the country OF which he
happens to be the head.
There will be no one, except a few silly
sentimentalists, who will c~riticise the presi-
dent for his action in attending the re-
ception which has been prepared for him
at Juarez, Mexico. The tradition has never
had any basis In sound sense, but has been
growing stronger with each year that the
chief executive of this country, in maxi
ing long trips, chose to observe its re-
strictions.
Rulers of other countries find 1t the part
Of diplomacy occasionally TO pay we'll
timed visits to foreign lands. Why a
president Of the United States should not
be permitted to strengthen the good feeling
obtaining between this country and Mexico,
or this country and Canada, by brief
visits, does not appear, except as proceed
emit governs. Presidential swinging about
the circle" is becoming common, and there
seems no good reason why it should not
include, in a small measure. at least. our
%neighbors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
A DECIDED DIscREPANoY.
Experts Disagree ON Available Coal
supply.
Plttsburg Dispatch.

ANAobAA HA"RNANA
There seems tQAbe a necessity for COM
mending 10 the members OF the United
States geological survey the value Of that
team work which is deemed so important
IN the scholastic pursuits Of foot ball and
base ball 1t Is not 80 many moons ago
that an official Of that service figured out
that in 200 years the supply of coal In this
country would be exhausted. But now
comes another light Of the same bureau
and reveals thai the unmine coal Of the
United States presents a total Tonnage that
will last for 1859 years.
Neither this generation or its great
grandchildren are likely to see the end OF
either period. That uncertainty. therefore.
is not so vital as the disclosure with re-
gard 20 scientific accuracy. With due re-
gard to the variations Of the compass and
other lnterferences with the calculations
OF pure sclence, we respectfully submit that
a hitaus OF E.l6s years between the esti-
mates of two officers Of the same body Is
too much.
We can II is true, average the two
predictions up and expect the United
States to go ~eoalless IN the year 569a But
the reflection that this may not leave US
or posterity any more certainty about II
than either Of the prophets makes Il a
slight basis for the population OF that dis
tant year 70 prepare TO emigrate 70 some
other plane
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
ErreIsinr snrinus Mineral Watsrs

We are distributing agents in Omaha
for the celebrated waters from Excelsior
Springs. NO, and sell at following prices:
Regent, quart bottle, 2bc; dozen, $2.25;
case, so bottles, $500.
Suipho-Saline, quart bottle, Csc; dozens,
S2.2B: case, so bottles, $500.
suipho-saline, pint bottle, 15c; dozen.
soterian. quart bottle, 2Oc;,dozen, $500
Sotrian. pint bottle, 15c: dozen, $3.50.
soterian Ginger Ale. pin bottle. loo;
dozen, $3.50.
soterian Ginger Ale, quart bottle. 25c:
Diamond Lithia. haIf-gallon bottle. 4Oc;
case, / dozen, $500.
Crystal Lithia. five-gallon jugs. each.
$500.
Salt sulphur. f~ive-gallon jugs. each.
S2.25. =,
Delivery free to any part Of Omaha.
Council Bluffs or South Omaha.
SHERMAN q M1ooHMELL DRUG CO.,
18th and Dodge.
OWL D8UG CO., 1etb ana Harnsy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
NIl.arrlIention Id TitIes.

WNNhInBIOn SIlr9
Prof. Charles Wallace OF Nebraska. Wis
iting in London, has stirred up strife by
participating in q discussion respecting the
site Of the Globe theater, the playhouse
with which in his day Shakespeare was
connected. English students OF the drama
and borrowers in its traditions differ with
Prof. Wallace and are politely referring
to him as the sage Of Nebraska II is all
very well to compliment a visitor, and I'm a
controversy max him feel as comfortable
as possible. but let there be no confusion
about. or manipulation Of, titles. There is
a sage Of Nebraska" but, as all AZ sri
cans know, he is not Prof. Wallace He Is
so well known in this country he need not
he named.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

Another fine modern ireproof hos
pital has been dedicated here to the
service Of suffering humanity. Omaha
is now, in point of ~up-to-date hospital
facilities, far in advance Of any other
city of its size in the country, and is
fast becoming a most important cen
ter for medical and surgical treatment,
drawing patients from a large expanse
Of surrounding territory. Many
things go to make up a great city, and
not the least the hospitals, which are
among tho prerequisites to a high
standing and skillful medical profess
sion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

That is astonishing news, that the
ravages of tuberculosis in New York
are greater today than at n time
since 1909. OF what effectiveness has
been the agitation of recent years, If
the white plague has gone beyond its
former foothold? In the face of all
the campaigning of the health experts,
this showing is distressing, II not dis
couraging.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

Two Nebraska counties have gone
to law to find out which is entitled to
an inheritance tax on an estate over
which both claim jurisdiction. There
will be lots Of litigation Of this kind
in the course of the next few years.
Our inheritance tax law is yet young.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

Why should the striking bakers of
New York use violence against the
p%oRunion pastry vendors? Why. not
let the people suffer the consequences
of eating the amateur pies?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

According to Mr.. Barrill, the photo
graph representing DR.. Cook as at the
Mckinley peak was taken fourteen
miles from the true summit. He
might have added hat it was a long,
cold walk, as in the case of that other
famous fourteen miles from Science
tady to Troy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

OF course it Is merely out of the
goodness of their hearts that Governor
shallenberger and Edgar Howard are
willing to stop short of the United
States supreme judges when they wipe
all the other federal courts off the
map.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

The ponsioning at the age Of 81 of q
cashier with a record of hfty-two years
OF CONTINUOUS service should encourage
beginners in the hope OF ultimate re-
ward for fidelity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
. %short-LIved Issue.

Sioux City Journal.
The compulsory guarantee Of bank de-
posits was political rather than an eco
nomic issue. Mr. Bryan set il rolling to
meet a temporary political need. The
United States supreme court may be ex-
pected to administer its final quietus along
the lines laid down by the circuit court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

ton Of London by German %aeroplanes.
Mr.. Maxim hes d convincing way Of
showing that a battery OF 100 aero
planes could not blow up more than
one-half the number Of buildings that
London constructs each year, and as
for damage to battle ships, that, he in
dicates, would be inconsiderable. Bat
ties apparently will continue to be
fought for a few years yet with guns
and by men behind them, and Mr..
Maxim's contribution to current dis
cussion Of airships and explosives
should serve as a SOLDERING and illumi-
mating antidote to an alarmist vision.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

An official inquiry into the usefulness Of
elderly clerks qusrtered in the Treasury
department gives a jolt to the Oslerized
and ossified notions regarding this class
Of public servants. The gist Of the report
Of the committed made to Secretary Me-
Veagh Is hat the so-calied s-uperannuated
employees of the department are the most
efficient clerks in the establishment, al
though unable in many instances to per
form as much work a day as young clerks,
The secretary is deeply interested in the
elder employees. He wanted to know how
they were rated. He has ascertained that
almost without exception, the old men and
women are regarded highly by the chiefs,
The committee Investigations reveal that
the work OF the su%persnnuated employees
is always we'll done. long experience giving
an intelligence that frequently more than
offsets the greater amount of work Of
younger employees.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

II not already registered as a voter
this year make an appointment with
yourself for next Saturday and take
the necessary precautions to prevent
yourself from breaking the date.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

If the late democratic Legislature
had only known that-the republican in
cumbents under the state banking de-
partment were TO hold over they surely
would lever have raised their sal
aries.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

In estahlishing q personal investiga-
ton of questionable plays and play
houses the members Of the women's
clubs in Chicago VIII take long chances
tn encOupterins some very shady foot
lights.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

In their announced belief hat low
prices for meat Will never come again
the packers are not alone. The con-
sumers have for some time reluctantly
held to that faith.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

When Speaker Cannon makes that
speech to the Illinois mayors in SEES
sion at Elgin this week he should have
due regard for the melting point Of
butter,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

o. the republican county ticket to
be voted for ext month All but three
Of the candidates are up for re-elec-
ton. II a good record entities a con-
stientfous official to endorsement. the
suocess OF the republican ticket should
Be assured
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

The year 1915 viii be a memorable
date in American history IL Colonel
Cocktails keeps his promise to send
ships through the Panama canal IN six
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

1t is not a nonpartisan judiciary
now, but a bipartisan Judiciary. for
which the democrats are pleading.
This is open confession hat the non
partisan Plea was mere p~retenss.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

In styling the bomb as the "chemi-
cal parcels post" the dynamiters show
that devotion to explosives has not in
terfered with their study of literary
fireworks.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

The cook does not make so much as the
barber, nor anywhere, near It, but his
merits have as much 10 do with keeping
the men sound aud happy as anything or
anyone aboard ship.
1t is a sort of officers saying that men
are at their best under a mean captain and
a good cook. II the cook is mean the
combination is intolerable, and they de-
sert. II the captain Is popular his reputa-
lion is spoiled by a bad cook. The men
lump the captain and the ship together
and vote them bad or good according as
the food satisfies and renders them cheer
full or the opposite.
The cook has a high rating and good
but no other legitimate profits. On
thb other hand he has plenty OF assistants,
and his task Is an easy one, At least. it is
less labor than that Of the barber, with
more leisure In between times.
It Is surprising how much difference the
abilities OF the cook make in the comfort
Of the sailors. Though the food Is simple
and the cooking simpler yet, the tar Is a
finicky judge OF what is laid before him.
BY his style OF Judging beef a naval chef
may rise or fan.
The cook has much 20 do with the pur-
chase OF provisions, but here his ingenu-
lty. especially In foreign ports. comes into
play. An ingenious cook contrives to light
upon articles Of diet that surprise the sail
ors palate and make him feel glad that he
Is not back home.
The ships tailor has plenty TO keep him
busy. and he should retire with handsome
savings. after a term or two Of enIistments.
He not only attends to the clothes OF the
men, but does much for the officers. whose
expensive uniforms are IN need Of con
tinual care. The tailor who is saving in
his ways should retain after his enlist
ment term somewhere between 5000 and
$1,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

The fact that q, Massachusetts,
clergyman has left a fortune Of half a
million need not lure the avaricioGs to
the pulpit. This clergyman must also
have served niammon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

The expert way in which Hiram
Maxim demonstrates the folly Of sup
posing the airship 20 be a menace to
fleets and cities must come like a cold
douche 70 those fervid i%maeipations
have been depicting the destruc-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
TackIins a Life job.

Chicago tRecord-Herald.
If King EDWARD, has been hunting around
for a life job he has probably found it in
his proposed effort to establish a friendly
feeling between the lords and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20


The democratic nominee for supreme
Judge four carr ago declares that he
expected the deposit guaranty law to
fall when tested in the courts because
ef its fragrant conflict with the con
stitution, but that. in his opinion. a
valid law could be drawn to accom-
plish the object sought Where was
this patriotic democrat when the late
democratic legislature was wrestling
with the framing Of the law md was
looking for a democratic lawyer It
might hire to draft it's provisions?
Why oid1't he volunteer his services at
the time and point u the defects be-
fore the bill became q law instead OF
waiting for it TO land in the scrap
heap.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

washington Post.
What the president OF the United States
said to the president of Mexico may not
a tasted as well as the interchange of
the Carolina governors. but It was full
Of good spirit. 50
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

Mark Twain's son-in-law, ossip Ca
%brilowitz. has had his appendix re-
moved. but his name unfortunately re-
mains intact.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

subscrfbers leaving the city tem-
pOFaFiIy shoaId have Ia Bee
mailed TO them, Address will be
changed as ofteh ~ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

Last chance TO register mex satur-
day. The voter who shuts himself out
by neglecting to register will have no
right t o kick about the outcome.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20

The discovery of live bees sealed in
the hollows Of Indiana limestone is not
SO surprigingsd They are probably
either literary or political bees seeking
to escape the annual swarm.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-20
, SMILING REMARKS.


Don't you think Comeup's remark was
twisted that he had a pedigree In his
family? ?"
II don't know. He has a dog with a
screw tail. "-Baltimore American.
They had been making hay while the
sun shone, and when they had finished a
high haystack the farmers boy shouted
from the top, Say, mister, how am 1 goin'
to get down?
r6e farmer considered the problem. and
finally solved It:
'Oh, Jest shet yer eyes an walk round
a bitp'-Everybody's Magazine.
Scotia bohemian is a chap who Dor
rows a dollar from you and then invites
you to lunch with him
Mott-Wrong. A bohemian is a fellow
who invites himself to lunch with you and
borrows a dollar.-Bostop Transcript.
Were you ever arrested before?" asked
the magistrate whose principal business Is
Imposing fines for speeding.
f'What do you think I've been doing all