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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

In charging that Speaker Cannon
wears the Tammany tiger stripes as
a result of the deal admitted to have
been made with the democrats when
Cannon's rules in the house we're at
stake, Congressman Parsons of New
York has stirred the temper Of the
speaker into expressions more charac-
teristically violent than parliamentary.
Mr.. Cannon's denial of the Parsons
charges is coupled with the statement
that if the New Yorker is looking for
fight the speaker is willin'. Parsons
allegations specify that a corrupt COM
pact existed which extended to legis-
lation at Albany, but as his charges
involve both parties in New York
alike, the exact purpose in airing them
at this time mystifies the politicians Of
that city, where no immediate and con-
elusive effect on the pending mayor
atty campaign is apparent, though
probably Mr.. Parsons intended to
throw the limelight upon ~Tammany's
well-grounded preparations for cleo
toral frauds, one of the fruits of the
congressional alliance having been, ac-
cording to Mr.. Parsons, the killing of
a bill at Albany to make Tammany
frauds more difficult.
If Mr.. Parsons explosion does moth
ing else, 1t will serve to emphasize in
the popular mind the evils Of trading
between political parties that should
be opposing one another. But it is
likely to go further, for some enter
prising insurgent is apt to inquire If
It is true that the speaker has been
the beneficiary of a barter Of repub-
lican votes in the New York state legis-
lature in exchange for Tammany's
votes in the national house. Should
this result in a specific investigation,
Speaker Cannon, shrewd veteran that
he is, has come out successful from
other awkward predicaments, and may
be depended on to make a vigorous
sen-justification. Whether the speaker
energies with credit or with discredit,
the Parsons episode will probably fur
nish zest and spectacle to a session
which promised to be devoted to prosaic
things.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
PERSONAL NOTES.

The Duke de Chaulnes was received at
New York with open arms. He is only
II months old and cannot appreciate the
fact that when he comes again in twenty
years or so the receptive attitude will be
about as marked.
Judge Henry Dewey, candidate for gov
.eraor of Massachusetts,, recently made an
address twelve hours in length. Doubt
less in less than half Of this time he had
convinced listeners Of the urgent propriety
of voting for somebody else.
A Boston doctor protests against removal
of the appendix. He has in mind, Of course.
the appendix in general. Had the organ
been his personal property and gone or
strike, doubling him up j~ackknife fashion
and threatened his demise while in this
undignified position, his mental attitude
would be different.
Marcel Provost. the new French acade-
mician, has recently been christened the
"dressmaker novelist" He has a most ex-
ceptional weakness for describing dress. AS
a result Of his recent descriptions OF chic
male and female attire the novelist has
had offers from both Ducet and Paquln.
They offer to engage him for designing
hats and costumes.
The duke OF Bucceleuch, who has an
annual revenue of nearly $4,000. and is
known to own art treasures worth q, 800, =
200, and who maintains a great London
house and at least six country homes in
Scotland and England. has announced to
the Sanquhar Foot Ball club that he can
not make his usual contribution to II,
because of the awful budgets threatening
reduction Of his working capital.
A unique and valuable compilation Of
who's Who is compressed between the
leather covers of Sketches of the Inter-
mountain States,' which comes from the
press Of the Salt Lake Tribune. 1t is both
biographical and statistical and tells all
that is worth knowing about people worth
while and what they have done collectively
in the states Of Utah, Idaho and Nevada.
AS a reference book of the three states
1t is invaluable and deserves a place in
every western library.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
OCTOBER.
Baltimore America.

Baltimore American.
October is here, the bright month of the
woods,
With array that is brilliant and blazing.
When their coloring gorgeous ~enraptures
Meier tired of dellghtedly gazing;
The month OF the chestnut In full ripened
burr,
OF parties to seek it come gafiy,
When their laughter rings loud, mid the
rustling Of leaves,
And a country trip is a feast daily.
Now mellow the air with the warmth OF
the sun,
Yet a c~rispness which sets the blood
A briiiiance of sky and a Frightening of
stars
And a feeling Of life cool and braclng;
And the languor OF summer falls off like
the mist,
When the spirit springs up TO be doWg,
When the kiss Of the breeze on the up
To vigor and action is suing,
Fen flowers grow hardy and put on rich
tints,
And strength is the keynote of living.
When nature from storehouses vast of her
own
New energy seems TO be giving
All, this is the month when her lovers -
forth,
When each one in deep woods is a
rover,
This dearest and chsenest, richest and
This beautiful month Of octobSrl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Reforming Laws Delays.
New York Globe.

The attitude that President Taft takes
toward the reform of the laws delays, in
both civil and criminal trials, is a practical
one. He does not state the day or hour
or prescribe the method in which the
change is to be brought about. He says
that he does not know when 1t can be
brought about. But he make II plain that
he intends to apply his best energies to the
work. He repeats his earlier conviction
that of all the questions before the Ameri-
can people the improvement Of the admin
istration of justice is the most important.
This, taken together with his evident de-
sire to work with the materials at hand
for he does not propose unusual innovations
will encourage the belief that he will get
results If anyone can get them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
new ART ROOM FOR
the CULTURED ONES
A. HOspe Co. Opens 5pIendidly APP
pointed Salon Hung With Rare
Paintings From Famous y
Brushes.

"Finer art to itselr'-that's the way the
A. Hospe Co. OF 1913 Douglas street views
the matter. and has just opened up TO the
public a special room devoted to the
hanging Of ''hiEh class" art sfforts-not
many pietuTes-but VERY
pictures.
Thus, on the third floor. away from the
din of business. one may now view pic
lures from the brushes OF such noted ones
as Carl Weber, r. f. English. MulhOlland,
Collins. Rothery, Russell, FrischS. HerdeI
and others.
Many OF these water and oil colors are
handsomely set off in frames produced
at Hospe's own "Frsmers Craft Shop"
and any one Of them is worth a full hAlf
hours study II one drinks in art as does
a connesseur.
Landscapes, pastorals. rurals and some
portraits comprise the present showing,
but additional out OF the ordinary pieces
will be hung as fast as they are received,
and this will be a frequent matter from
now on. for the A. Hospe Co. has recently
made new connections at Americas Vari-
Gus art centsrs and has much in store for
the real art loving ones OF Omaha.
Miss Lambert. formerly with Roses art
store. win now be pleased 20 see old
friends and make new ones IN the art de-
part OF the A Hospe Co, and her vast eK-
p~erience and delicate choice In art mat
ters Is not to be despised.
Visit the art room tomorrow-just sSy
to the elevator attendant: Art room.
please" and youal be there In a moment
A. HosPB CO..
1913 Douglas Street
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST.
other Things Beside wheat and Germ
Make Land Valuable.

Make Land
Charles NJ. Harger in the Atlantic.
Five years g it was freely predicted
that land values had reached their height,
but they are 20 to 40 per cent higher nov
than then. This has led to the division Of
farms. The families of the first corners
are grown. The second generation has
come TO the fore, and is taking part in the
business of the communities. They have
grown up with the country and know what
It can produce, and just how valuable 1t
is for the purpose of production and for a
home.
Here and there is one who declares that
the expansion of prices and incoming Of
immigration is beyond the limits Of bust
ness safety. 1t is pointed out that land
is selling in places for prices in excess Of
any possibility of paying interest from the
products OF the fields. But there are other
things that make land valuable and desir-
able besides wheat and corn. C~onvenlences
of life, health and neighborliness add to
the value of the farm. When the buyer
comes to even newer lands he lind schools
established, rural telephone line, and free
rural delivery. He discovers that churches
are many, and social organisations Of a
pleasant sort numerous. In short, he finds
that the communities out on the high
plains are not very different from those in
the Ohio valley, except that there are some
vacation delights impossible unless a 800
mile journey is taken. For the lake and
the river he must find compensation in
the sunshine and the p~rairies, with the
probability that he will make a larger In
come. proportionately, on his capital than
he could have done farther east.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Omaha's Steady Growth.

Visitors to Omaha are unanimous in
noting, and remarking upon, our city's
steady growth. People who live here
all the year around scarcely realize the
changes that are going on almost i'm
perceptibly all the time, but those com
ing here only periodically n fail
to observe the noticeable improve.
ments that are taking place in Omaha's
outward appearance.
This change for the better is to be
seen in nearly every direction-in the
construction of handsome new build.
ings in the business center and attrac-
tive residences and dwellings in the
outskirts that are filling up the vacant
spaces and driving out the hideous
billboards and other dishgurements, in
the window displays and night illumi-
nations of our merchants growing
more strikingly artistic, in our more
densely thronged thoroughfares, in ouI
parks and ~boulevards acquiring the
beauties Of age and better care, and
in the whole scene putting on more
and more the metropolitan aspect.
While II is gratifying to have Wis.
itors take cognizance of this progress
we must, of course, realize hat there
is still room for improvement, and that
much work is already cut out for the
immediate future. But what is done
should be the spur and incentive tc
still greater efforts to complete the
transformation of Omaha into the mos
attractive city in the whole miGdlt
west.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
SCARCITY of ARMY SURGEONS.
supply of Aspirants Far Below the
Demand.
Boston Advertiser.

Boston Advertiser.
The interesting announcement is made
that the result of the examinations held
a few weeks ago in all parts Of the country
for appointment TO commissions in the
army medical corps have produced but
about half the number of Professionally
qualified candidates needed to fill the ex-
listing vacancies. Why? Army surgeons
ask. but do not seek to answer their own
query. 1t is pointed out that formerly the
difficulty in obtaining satisfactory candi-
dates was attributed to the lack of high
grade positions to which promotions could
be made. II was believed that with the in
crease of service pay and the improved
chances of advancement there would be
more candidates and the vacancies would
be fined. The initial pay OF a new ap
pointee amounts to more than 5000 a year
The known advantages In the way OF pro-
motion and certainty of income and finaI
retirement at the age OF GA years, or be-
fore that time, for disability would, it was
thought, prove attractive. 1t has not done
so.
The explanation is probably TO be found
in the same fact which initiates against
enlistment in regular army service by the
average young man. This is not a military
nation; and individuals look for something
more than an assured living-somethine
more, not merely in money, but in life
broadly speaking. Service as an arm sur
geon' may not be a strictly military life
with all its restrictions, but II is neaI
enough to that to repel the average young
man with a physicians degree who sect
a career before him and who regards ser,
vice in the army medical corps as unduly
bounding to his horizon, This may not be
a fair point OF view, but II is safe TO say
that IL is the common one. Even the gilt
tering example Of that most successful OF
army surgeons, General Leonard Wood.
cannot suffice to offset the average young
doctors u-nWiIlingness TO tie himself dow
to a restricted practice
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

stitutions and American destinies than
among the faded memories Of an arti-
fetal glory long since dead. Live and
progressive Americans, knowing how
good, how virile, life is in their own
land, and how vast are the possibilities
of wealth in the development Of these
splendid activities, are amazed when
ever they have occasion to contemplate
such an ambition as sovereignty over
the revival of the old worlds yam
ished vanities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Americans, Ambitions Abroad.

Vanity and folly continue to mark
the conduct of some Of our rich Amer
leans who have vast money to spend.
In their effort to conquer more
worlds, they turn to old Europe and
seek to revive dead glories in which
their personality may shine. The
daughter of ]. P. Morgan coveted the
palace styled the Reggia, at Mantua,
and sought to possess it in the hope
that here she might revive the glories
of the famous court OF Isabella d'Este,
one of the most gifted of women of the
Italian renaissance. But her fathers
offer Of $4,000 600 for this magnifi-
cent historic structure was rejected by
the government, which holds Reggis
as a relic and a monument.
Coincident with this upset to MOP
gan plans, comes the confession OF
Mrs. William Ellis Corey that heI
spectacular entertaining in Paris has
been with a view to working out am
billions to outshine Madame de Pom,
padour as the most glittering Of social
leaders since the days OF Louis XIV.
She desires to revive the glory OF those
times when woman was the alluring
magnet at whose table and in whose
salon the great men gathered, for vari-
Gus purposes and with varying results
America has not the spirit for these
undertakings. The call of the cattle;
and frailties Of the dead past of the
old world must be sought for. by those
who seek It. on other shores. Neither
can the atmosphere which is eoveted
as illustrated by these recent cases
be imported from the chateau country
to American soil. There is a bigger
and broader and gDander scope fOi
manhood and for womanhood in the
fresh new atmosphere Of American in.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
INDIAN CORN.
Tribute to the COuntry's Premier Har-
vest.
P%hnadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
American farmers are about to husk and
put into their granaries ST. o,OOo.0O worth
of corn. While not the very biggest, this
is among the banner crops, ever grown.
Corn is distinctly American. Wheat and
rye grow all around the world above and
below the equator. AS long ago as
Joseph's day in ancient Egypt wheat cut
an important figure In mans destiny.
But corn is modern so far as the white
man knows OF II. and il is American,
With the potato and tobacco it is one Of
our debts to the Indians. True some
maize" is cultivated In other lands, but
nowhere else except perhaps in Argentine
does il constitute an important part Of any
country's agricultural product.
Pile all the cotton and wheat In one
grand heap and they will only equal the
value OF our corn. As It requires less than
$50 lays to plant, grow and mature this
crop, II will be seen that since May l last
each day has contributed about 100000
to the production OF wealth that never
existed before.
The Indian can afford TO have his head
taken from the American cent. He has
given his name to the worlds premier
harvest and to this country's source OF
greatest wealth
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
A Terrible Threat.

And here comes our old friend,
Edgar Howard, to the rescue of Mr..
Bryan's pet deposit guaranty law,
whose constitutionality has been ques-
toned In the federal court for the dis
trict of Nebraska, with this terrible
threat:
Suppose the federal court shall kill the
Nebraska law. What next? Well, If
the federal court shall kill the law, it will
be about time for the people to begin to
elect members Of congress who will pledge
themselves to kill all the federal courts,
except the supreme court Of the United
States. The other federal courts have but
one excuse for existence. The record reads
that they devote more energy to Kill good
laws which great corporations want killed.
Such courts are a menace to the public
welfare. They should be abolished.
This ought to produce immediate
results. What federal judge will dare
to kill a law knowing that by so doing
he will be killing the federal court
over which he, himself, presides?
Here is the alternative-either up
hold the deposit guaranty law, which
Mr.. Bryan forced through his late
democratic legislature, or prepare to
have the federal courts go out of bust
ness. The only place in which Judge
Howard fails to make himself clear is
whether a decision UNFOLDING the de-
post guaranty law will induce him to
withdraw his demand for the abolition
of the federal courts, n enlist him
for their defense and protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Cranes Interrupted Mission.

Secretary Knox's extraordinary ac-
ton in hating Minister Crane just as
he was about to embark on his mis-
sion to China is undoubtedly due to
the discovery by the secretary of state,
on his resumption of duties at Wash
ington, that Japan had been up to
more of it's tricks in Manchuria. 1t is
known that the Japanese have stead
fastly sought to obtain from China
immense exclusive concessions, and
that since the Russian war Japan has
been extending its grasp on Man
churian affairs, all in direct violation
of what the United States considers it's
rights and the rights of other nations
in the open door policy to which this
country stands committed.
Mr.. Crane was chosen for the Chi
nese post because of his business ex-
~perience, it being considered that the
chief questions in the Chinese empire
would be commercial, but in meeting
these very problems among the orien-
tails he has need of all the diplomacy
with which the instructions of the State
department al equip him. If, as is
surmised, Japan is suspected of acting
in bad faith in Chinese affairs, Mr..
Knox has done we'll to recall Mr.. Crane
for the purpose of i%nstructing him
definitely and thoroughly as to the at
titude of the United States in the far
east. This is a case in which it is
essential that the American minister
should be fully forewarned and fore
armed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Political Explanations,

William Jennings Bryan Is the Peary OF
the democratic party. He seems TO think
tina no one else in the party has any
license 10 aspire to the honor he has sought
for over thirteen years. The way he is
again projecting himself into the political
lime-light indicates that he c~ontemplates
another dash for the pole OF his ambition
the presidency-and other explorers
should keep out OF his territory. Three
times has he attempted to reach this
goal, always to be tuTned back by biting.
killing frOsts
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

The water-logged statesman who
staked his reputation as an engineer
on the assertion hat the water works
plant was not worth to exceed $1,000
coo, now declares the value of the
street railway system to be $4,000
600. The report of the appraisers re-
turned the water works at $6,256,O0O,
and it is sdEs to say that the guess
on the street railway cannot be pro-
~portionately any worse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary, the World-Herald, thinks that
the trouble with the democratic party
is not with the rank and file, but
rather with the official servants of
democracy" and Its leaders, self
chosen or otherwise" Well, the edi-
tor Of the World-Herald is the demo
cratic congressman from this district.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

Humbugs set up as models are
soon exposed. Loyal New Workers
erected a heroic white statue of a
woman to symbolic the virtue Of the
city, but the elements Immediately be-
gan to disintegrate the cheap plaster
cast and the statue is already a sorry
looking thing. Sterling civic worth
needs no pompous efigy; it is its own
enduring monument.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
RenchinE for Harriman,s Roll.

Oregon is trying to claim an inheritance
tax Of $4,000 from the E. IL. Hartman
estate. Illinois is expecting to reap at least
a million from the same source. New York,
however, is certain to get the bulk of the
probate revenue in this case. Mr., Harri-
mans property must be mostly of a per.
sonaI character and therefore taxable in
the state of his domicile.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Chase Him Out.
Tribune.

Hon. Joe Bailey impudently suggests that
If Mr.. Bryan is working for the election of
a democratic congress he will do we'll to
let such states as Texas alone and confine
his energies to his own state. Hon. Joe
Bailey is not a good democrat Read him
out of the party, Mr.. Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

Another railroad from Des Moines
to Council Bluffs is being projected,
and any railroad which has a terminal
in Council Bluffs is almost as good as
one entering Omaha. We will take all
the new railroads that come our way,
but it would seem that the field should
be more inviting to the northwest and
southwest than to the east.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

The projection of another new thea
ter for Omaha would indicate that the
amusement managers are figuring that
people u have some place to go
after 8 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08
Juicy pividend for the Poor.

,POskop LTanScrlpI,
A number Of fire insurance companies
have been making poor mouths, with some
reason Of late, but a certain Hartford COM
pany is not in that class, 1t has just an
nounced a 2h per cent extra dividend in
addition to the regular quarterly dividend
of per Gent. No wonder it's stock jumped
to almost 5000 a share.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

If Mr.. Jerome really thinks of with
drawing from the race for reelection
as district attorney OF New York 1t
will be the first time he was aver sus-
pected of a retiring nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

Judging by the new rules just put
in force by the University Of Chicago
for the student walters at the mems
commons, the service in the past must
have been a good deal in the nature
- q practice foot ball scrimmage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

Hearst followers insist on standing
up to be counted But perhaps those
who have nominated him for mayor Of
New York have an eye more to his
purse than to his person.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

Ak-Sar-Ben's carnival attendance
may not overtop previous attendance
records, but even at that it will beat
the high mark of the state fair at Lin
coln several laps.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

John DIS advice TO the boys that to
succeed in life they must acquire and
keep good regulations makes particu-
larly appropriate the proverb. "a good
name is rather to be chosen than great
riches"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

The death Of Dudley Buck comes
with a sense of personal loss TO all
musie-loving Americans. for his COM
positions had a national popularity and
we're sung in every church and every
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

One way TO detect speed-law viola
tors would be to make each automobile
carry a dachshund If to the bystander
it looks like a bulldog. the auto is
going too fast.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

Learn one thing WE'LL" advises
Harvard's new president; and, he
might have added, stick to that one
thing" The times are full of oppor-
tunities for specialists who never devil
ate from their individualism.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08


All the meat offered to consumers
on the market should be properly In
spected at some stage of transit from
the farm. or range, to the butcher
shop. the only question being by what
authority, Meat packers doing bust
ness across state lines are inspected
under authority of the federal gov
eminent, and meat packers doing bust
ness wholly within the state should be
inspected under authority Of the state
government. If the state authorities
do not discharge their responsibility il
may be up to the city authorities tc
furnish the medium Of protection, but
the duty of providing the machinery
Of inspection really belongs to the
state.