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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
Taft,s Southern Policy.

Commencing with the beginning OF
republicanism, with Lincoln, every re-
publican president has made o%vertures
a dissolution Of the solid south.
Each effort has been made with hope
full generosity, but each has ended In
failure. II there is one
which secured greater results than the
others It was McKinley's appointment
Of rebel brigadiers' in the Spanish
war; and IL there is one personality
which might have attracted southern
democrats from their party 1t was
Theodore Roosevelt.
Yet it may be reserved for President
Taft to make a cleavage OF more last
ing and reasonable sort than the coun-
try ever before saw. The time is more
suspicious, chiefly because the econ
omies of the south and the policies OF
the republicans who adhere to the
president are close together.
II has been the existence OF a
black and tan" attachment to the re-
publican party which has interfered
with political fellowship between dem
ocratic and republican whites in the
south. An organization composed OF
sp~oils-seeking, u%nprincipled whites
and blacks, jealous alike of honest men
of both races, has prolonged the ami
mosities of the carpetbag era and
hardened the contempt with which the
regular voters of the two national par
ties have regarded republican organ
izations In the old slave states.
Mr.. Taft's plan is to make a distinc-
ton between states like Kentucky and
Missouri, which are sometimes carried
by the republican party and may there
fore be classed as doubtful and prop
erly treated in patronage as repub-
licans, and solidly democratic states
like South Carolina and Louisiana,
which are yet to be won in open ma
tional battles. Such a plan could not
have melted the solid south thirty
years & any more than Rutherford
B. Hayes efforts ended the control of
the democrats. But Taft comes at a
different time. Ills own personality
is different; ne south has gained
vastly in education and wealth and In
the fellowship of wealth and educa.
ton. The negroes care less about the
minutive of mere politics and more
about higher successes. Where there
is a distinct gain all around in the un
d%erstanding of life's problems 1t is no
impossible that united ideals may sub
merge race fears and p~rejudices. Mr.
Taft's hope does not seem who'll!
reasonable, but it is not impossible
that he will work 1t out.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
PERSONAL NOTES.

The west needs an army Of laborers and
Is calling for volunteers. Resort TO con-
scription may yet be necessary.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, whose aero
plane was wrecked in Canada the other
day. after several successful short flights,
has been an advocate Of the tetrahedral
principle. which has been employed with
such notable success in kite construction.
A shining example of the lawyer out for
the dough is clifford w. Hartrldge Of
New York. He plucked the ThaW family
Tor S1O1, 900, is SUING for S93, 1000 more. and
caps the climax Of professional ethics by
appearing as a witness against his former
client.
Miss Lucy Burns, who was arrested for
taking part in the ~suffragette meeting In
London. June 90. is a Vassar graduate and
a student of modern languages at the
University of Bonn. Miss Alice Paul, who
was among those taken i'm charge by the
London police, Is also an American woman
and holds the degree of master Of arts.
State Senator Ernest r. Alderman OF
New Jersey, who is now abroad, Is one OF
the best known and most enthusiastic col
lectors Of postage stamps in this country,
SO large is his collection that he had set
apart one room in his home in Plainfield
as a stamproom, In which are some of the
rarest stamps so dear to the heart OF the
philatelist.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
Gains in Medicine.

A few years ago a group of gifted
medical men In the east began &c
praise the work of DR.. Charles =
sajous, which was mainly in the direc-
ton OF internal secretions,' the
products of adrenal n thyroid
glands and the action OF the pituitary
body" These secretions had before
been obscure. In Europe and In this
country the work of Sajous was seri-
ously examined and proclaimed to
have earned a place among the really
epochal discoveries. The essential
truth supposed to have been estab-
lished by the study of these internal
secretions' is that they are the auto
protective agents by which the body is
stimulated into producing within itself
the enemies of bacilli and curing
disease.
In the August number of the Med
zeal Times DR.. j. Madison Taylor OF
Philadelphia makes the positive asser-
ton thai by the Sajous results the
practice OF medicine and the admins
tration of drugs have been simplihed
so that the practitioner easily ascertatns
what to do in given cases. In short,
DR.. Taylor's claim Is that the evoca-
ton of s%elf-curing agents is a matter
Of course and entirely sure. This is
what laymen would call a large order.
Most physicians will hesitate to adopt
the sweeping simplicity of treatment
forecast by DR.. Taylor. But he utters
a splendid optimism and arouses a con
gratulatory feeling that disease, If not
ended, may be brought to that ire
ducible minimum which would be next
door to self-petuating perfect health.
Laymen cannot argue with DR.. Sajous
or DR.. Taylor, but they can take com
fort in the thought that the self-cura
tive powers of the internal secretions
have the faith of brilliant and indus.
trious men.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Hastings Tribune: The platform as
adopted is all that any good. progressive
republican can ask for.
Beatrice Express: The platform
adopted by the republican state con-
vention avoided hysteria and pyro-
technics. 1t was Characteristic Of sound.
even-tempered republican policies. It
firmly upheld the republican administra-
ton, pointing out the strength Of the party.
and in temperate terms showing up the
weakness and pretense of the opposition
Plattsmouth News Herald The repub-
lican platform has the right ring. Its en-
dorsement OF Taft and the republican dele
cation in congress in their fight for a
downward revision Of the tariff was timely
and to the point. Prolonged applause
greeted the reading OF the tariff plank.
There is certainly no doubt about Ne
braska being in line with President Taft
in his fight for a redemption Of platform
and prediction promises.
Osceola Record: The recent re-
publican state platform commends Presi-
dent Taft in his recent utterances
on the tariff bill and goes to the ex-
tent OF saying that the republicans of Ne
braska will support the presidential veto
in case the tariff measure does not fully
conform TO the platform promise Of revi-
sion and revision If the stand
patters looked for a message Of nope from
Nebraska they looked in the wrong direc-
ton.
York Republican,: The republican plat
form agreed upon at Lincoln was quite
in the line which good taste and fair deal
ing required. The gathering was held at
a critical time for making platforms be-
cause important legislation. engaging an
extraordinary session of Congress, was in
an uncertain and hal~f-digested state and
not in the ripe state OF completion which
would render 1T possible to applaud and
endorse uneauivooally, or, on the other
hand, to c~ritlcise the work. The conserva-
tive and moderate tone of the resolutions
would therefore seem to be dictated by
good policy as well as good judgment.
York Times: But the convention
was conservative and wise. 1t did
not go out of the way to find
trouble, but made a real republican plat
form. 1t is indeed cheering, after all the
da wdling. yielding to democratic railing and
confession OF faults that. do not exist, by
republicans, to have a clean, ~clearcut dec
~laration that the republican party is right,
as 1t has alNSays been, that the constant
cries of the democrats are as wrong as
they always have been and that we nave
everything to be proud OF and nothing to
be ashamed of. The declaration fully en-
dorsing the president is patriotic and wise.
II not only meets the approval of the
legions Of honest voters in this state. but
il is right in principle and invites conf
dence.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
Strikes and Prosperity.

There is more or less truth in the
paradox that strikes and other labor
troubles do not indicate lower wages
and starvation, but rather high wages
and abundance.
During the period OF the highest
wages ever known there was an almost
unbroken series of great strikes. When
hard times brought actual distress to
industrial centers, labor contests
ceased. AS prosperity r~eappeared,
strikes began to threaten in Pittsburg,
Chicago, New York, New England and
Philadelphia.
The reason for the truth Of the
paradox is evident. If 1t points now
to strikes, there is some compensation
in the thought that without a higher
level OF earnings and a wider ambition
to live well, the workers would not
risk such contests. Employers are re-
~luctant to suspend profits when prof
its are constant and high; and that ia
the time of high wages and liberal pur
chases in the class which works with
its hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
Old AGE Pensions.

Most European governments have
some form OF old age pension for
workingmen in which the employe,
the employer and the government par
ticipate, but experiments along this
line in the United states have been
limited. With the exception of retire.
ment pensions to public servants, mil
itary and civil, the state of Massachu-
sets is the first to give Official recog-
milton to a pension system for work
ingmen. The state has followed
closely the lines OF corporation pro-
cedure in insurance and pension for
superannuated employees. Unlike the
European plan, however, the state
contributes nothing except the ma
chinery OF control. The law requires
voluntary agreement by the corpora
ton, company or individual employer
involved and three-fourths OF the en-
ployes before the pension system be-
comes operative and insurance even
then is not compulsory upon the EN-
ploye. The employer and the insured
employe each contributes to the pen
sion and Insurance fund and each,
with the state. has representation in
the governing body that is to admins
ter IL.
To provide against the objection
that employees change around so much
that the insurance would lack stability
Il is provided that should the employe
leave his place or be discharged his
money, less the benefits already re-
ceiyed, should be returned to him
The payments and the Senents are to
De proportioned TO salATy received,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
BAsELEss ASSUMPTIONS.
Comparative Power of West and East
in

In Con &reAa.
Charles NJ. Harvey, in Leslle's Weekly.
The absurdity Of the assumption that the
east, in its own interest, frames the govern
ment's laws and shapes the governments
policy can readily be pointed out. Every
president who has been elected since
Buchanan entered office, over half a CEN
fury ago. has been a western man, ex-
cept Cleveland and Roosevelt; and Roose-
welt, though in an emphatic degree a ma
tional man, without any sectional bias or
~leanings OF any sort, has done more to ad-
vance the vests interests than any other
president whom the country has had, not
even excepting Lincoln, who signed the
homestead act of 1882. The speaker of the
house is from the sunset side of the AL
l~eKhanies. So are a large majority of the
republican members Of congress. so, nks-
wise, are a large majority of the heads
of the committees of congress. II the west
has any particular interests separated from
those Of the east, its sons in the presi-
dency and in congress for the past few
decades were capable of promoting them.
A new state was created in the west a
year ago-Oklahoms, with five members
in the popular branch OF congress, Two
more western states-Arlzona and New
Mexico-will be created in the next few
years. In the allotment OF members of
congress which will be based upon the
census of 1910, the west will make gains
as compared with the east, and thus
further increase its lead over the east In
house and senate
Take the case Of New York, which some
persons In the west imagine dictates the
selection Of presidents and the framing Of
laws for the country. New York had a
ninth of the MEMBERS OF the electoral col
lege as recently as 1850. when the republi-
can party elected its first president. New
York had less than a twelfth OF the elect
oral college which sent Taft to the white
house. In the vote of 1912. which will re-
elect Taft or choose somebody else, New
York will probably nave only a thirteenth
OF the electoral college. In a general way
this shrinkage Of New York's relative
strength in the choosing Of presidents and
members OF congress shows how the cas-
is losing even that small semblance OF as
tendency In the national balance which /
had within the early recollection OF thu
younger element OF the men who cast theiI
ballots on November ., 1905,
The center OF the country's population
is in Indiana, the center OF the country
manufactures is in Ohio. Each is moving
westward. Chicago, Cincinnati, and 81
Louis are great manufacturing centers
The vests growth In the industries give
II as large an interest In the tariff and II
the maintenance OF a sound currency as th
east has or ever had. The legislation alonl
these lines can no longer be charged witt
seotionslism. Silverism in the shape whicI
il had when the first Bryan convention
met has no longer any standing in IA
west. The old prejudice in the west agains
national banks, a prejudice which goe
back as far as Jackson's assault upon IN
centralized United States bank Of his day
Is near It's end
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
Psychical Metamorphosis.

A lot of newspapers are Just now in
dulging in learned discussions sug-
gested by mysterious disappearances
and Temperatures, accompanied by
inexplicable lapses OF memor and
psychical metamorphosis, metaphysical
duality and similar terms Of un-under-
s~tandable language are called into
reouisition to inspire wondering awe.
We would not undertake to deny that
there may be notable instances OF pc
culiar mental alteration by which per-
sonality is transformed, but the usual
mysterious disappearance requires no
thought-concealing words to describe
1t. We take from an official report
made for the year 1893 by the coun-
selor of a we'll known life insurance
society justifying the policy Of his
company in resisting, death claims
tainted by fraud the following extract:
In a distant western city a man occupying
a high public office was said to have been
drowned. Claim was made by his alleged
widow for the payment Of his recently ls-
sued policy of $40. 1000, and the complete out
lit Of his usual wearing apparel. including
outer and undergarments, as we'll as his
nat and shoes, left In the boat found drift
ing on the little lake on which he was
known TO have rome out on the day Of his
disappearance. seemed to his friends TO
leave no doubt that he had been drowned
while bathing, although. Notwithstanding
the lake was small and comparatively
shallow, the body could not. after the most
diligent search. be found. An investigation
disclosed the fact that before starting for
the lake on that day the man had bought
a cheap suit Of clothes and a pair of bro
gans, which were not found In the boat or
otherwise accounted for. Months OF pa
tient, persistent search followed. during
which we were publicly and privately be-
rated for our temerity in daring to ques.
ton the death OF such a prominent, up
right man. This elamor did not deter us,
however, from the performance OF what we
had conceived to be our duty to the living
members Of the association. and at last we
were rewarded by finding, not a corpse or
ghost. but the man alive and well, con-
cealed in an obscure town OF another state,
working as a common laborer under an as
sumed name, 1t is needless TO say hat the
claim was withdrawn and the man himself
only too glad to escape a criminal prosecu-
ton upon the plea that he had wandered
away while suffering from temporary aber-
ration OF mind, all evidence OF which, how
ever. wholly disappeared as soon as the
danger Of punishment seemed to have
passed,
Psychical metamorphosis Is no doubt
a polite and scientific phrase, but
things are not always what they seem
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
SUCCESSFUL
Health culture.

~
They removed the patients giSEard,
chopped his illum away;
They took out his pink appendix and his
largest vetebra;
Set his breathing through a goose Quill
they inserted in his throttle,
Took his liver from It's moorings and pre-
served Il in a bottle,
In the lining of his oma they discerned
a little flaw
They dispensed with II. replaced 1t with a
throbbing ostrich craw;
Many another inward trinket they hacked
out of him beside
All Successful operations"-but the patient,
strangely died.
A successful operation" in the lingo Of
the craft,
Is the one that let's him excavats your
person, fore and aft;
Lets them make a croEs-wise section OF
the Eourd that holds your brain,
Lets them white out the fixtures they
declare were made In vain.
What a dreadful ignoramus the Creator
vast they sigh;
AN these things had bean omitted were
He wise as you and n"
Then they whet their little s~calpels, law
your epidermis bare.
And with "skillful operations" send you
up the golden stair,
Oh, my brother, when you find me mussing
up a railroad track,
With my legs and lights and sweetbreads
piled up neatly on my back,
Do not notify a surgeon-let me die in
peace or pieces;
| am wesried out with reading OF the
numerous deceases
That result when they successfully have
operated on
Some poor devil who has swallowed all
their snasthetic con,
Gently-ah. but surely!-kill me while i
fight. with fleeing breath.
'Gainst successful operations" that result
In certain death.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
The Grand ArmY,s Future.

Decoration day last spring was a
better test than the summers encamp-
ment OF the declining numbers OF the
Grand Army. Except in the large cit
les, and in a few country sections,
where the veterans are specially nu-
merous, the celebrations of Decoration
day we're scantily attended. In many
places, where the day was rainy, there
was a mournfully light ~outcoming.
The old men are losing in numbers
of weather. Last May. as during this
week, the annual event saw many
camps either %disbanded or financially
unable to maintain the small expenses
of regular meetings.
without changing radically its sub
stance and purpose, the Grand Army
u soon cease to be; and It would be
better to quietly close It's honorable
existence as the chief qualification Of
membership disappears than to trans
form It's personnel and profess to be-
come something other than union SOL
diers OF the greatest American conflict.
Pay all honor to the veterans Of the
Grand Army at their memorial days
and encampments. For the nations
lifetime, let it remember the men who
fought to preserve it. And when the
time naturally comes, let the Grand
Army dissolve quietly until the last
man holds the last celebration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10

The Tenth cavalry, of San Juan
fame. is back in its native land and
posted we'll up north, renewing discus
sion Of the negro problem. The Tenth
cavalry suggests the solution OF the
negro question. and It is that there is
no social question, while the economic
and ethical questions must gradually
settle themselves. for the hnal reason
that there is no other way Of reaching
a conclusion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
NstionaI suffrage in government.

new lOIh sun
So far as the whole west Is concerned, It
dominates a large majority OF the candt-
dates for president of both the parties that
elect presidents, generally has one Of its
WI sons in the White House, and for
time now has been represented in the
speakers chair.
So far as the northwest is concerned, il
makes its influence felt in national affairs
in proportion TO the ability its representa-
tives display, and we could name several
gentlemen from that section who have
been quite as potent as spokesman in con-
gress during recent years.
The unavoidable conclusion is that II the
east has more influence in congress than
1t is entitled to on the basis Of population,
the cause must be found in the preponder-
ant ability and experience OF its representa-
tiVeR.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10

The urgent deficiency Appropriation act
will straiRhten out the irreRularity in the
law relating to TIE payment Of the death
benefit in the case Of officers and enlisted
men Of the army. navy and marine corps.
BY a curious mix-up in the army appro-
p~riation act Of the last session. the death
benefit since July l may only be paid in
those cases where the officer or enlisted
man died in line Of duty This was not
the restriction intended by the author Of
the law. Senator Bacon, or by those who
Joined with him in its enactment. II was
desired to place on the payment Of the
death benefit only a condition that the
death was not caused by the misconduct
OF the deceased. This more liberal provi-
sion. which will save much trouble in the
determination Of the question Of line Of
duty. was incorporated in the urgent def
cheney bill as It was reported to the senate
by Mr.. Hale and will serve a very useful
purpose, as we'll as a Just one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
President Taft as . Leader.

The republicans are to be congratulated
on the fact that the White House is still
open to all the party leaders. All are as
welcome as though no tariff difficulties
had existed. House regulars and house in
surgents. senate regulars and senate in
surgents, will continue their visits to the
president. and by him be well received.
He denounced nobody while the battle was
on, and was denounced by nobody. He con-
ferred with everybody seeking a confer
ence, and expressed himself frankly. BY
nobody was he mlsquot4d or mIsunder-
faith.
The president, then, is still his party's
leader, esteemed by both factions and con
suited by both.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10

but any employe may increase his ben
ehts by additional payments.
The Boston & Maine railroad, with
$1,000 employees, is the first to try the
new plan, and II 1t works out success
fully, this or some modification Of the
Massachusetts, plan may be expected
to secure a foothold in other states
having a large industrial population.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10

The University Of Minnesota boasts
that 1t has more self-supporting stu
dents than any other educational insti-
tuition. Relative numbers may be
open to doubt. but It is a great honor
to the west that all of it's state univer-
stiles exhibit large attendance of self
supporting students. Another honor
is that a remarkable proportion Of
these students rapidly develop into
successful citizens. The west is the
stronger for its pride in self-won
learning.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
Senatorial Lemons.
New York Tribune.

New YORK Tribune.
Now that the lAbors Of the extraordinary
session are over. the house of representa-
tives discovers that 1t did It's work unre-
freshed by official sparkling lemonade"
II the senate's free lemonade supply had
any causal relation to it's tariff legisla-
ton, we hope that the house will continue
to endure thirst 4 and practice household
economy. TE s.,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10

If the state treasurer Of Nebraska
tried to distribute his deposits of state
money approximately according to the
amount contributed in taxes Omaha
and Douglas county repositories would
be entitled to a lot more of the treas
ury funds.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10
An Awful
New YORK Tribune.

A former college athlete and ball player
has just walloped five highwaymen with
his fists, sending one to the hospital In
definitely and holding two more for the
police. Another awful example OF the evil
OF college athletics! II he had confined
himself TO jackstones and backgammon he
would not have been guilty OF handling his
fellow men so rudely.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10

Young Mr.. Willard of New York is
the latest successful aeroplanist. The
experts are not improving, but they are
getting more numerous, Out of num-
bers there will sometime come high
skill and SURF performance. Witness
automobilists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-10

President Taft is meditating upon
what southern states are to be gath
cred into the republican loll by means
of census appointments and good ad-
vice against b~ourbOnism. Anybody
can make that guess and save him the
trouble.