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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
States Rights.

Under this heading Edgar Howard
discusses Mr.. Bryan's latest proposal
that the federal government shall re-
fuse to levy internal revenue taxes on
the sale Of liquor in dry territory.
IF the people of one state or county
vote against the liquor traffic" says
Judge Howard, then It follows that
the national government should re-
spect the wishes of that people,"
Mr.. Bryan's suggestion is equally
loosely put. AS embodied in the let
ter which he recently wrote to the
Florida legislature, 1t is as follows:
There is a reform which ought to receive
the support OF all, no matter whether they
believe in prohibition or in the regulation
of the liquor traffic through the license
system. The reform that / speak of is
this, that the federal government should
discontinue the Issue Of licenses for the
sale of liquor in territory where the local
authorities have prohibited the sale.
In referring to the governments in
ternal revenue tax as 1.-The issue of
licenses" Mr.. Bryan is inaccurate be-
cause the federal government does not,
and cannot, license" the sale of liquor
within state territory. What the fed
eral government does is to levy purely
for wen purposes a graduated oc-
cupation tax on persons engaged in the
sale of certain commodities and to en-
force its payment under severe penal
ties.
But would the refusal of the federal
government to levy this tax in terri
tory that is voted dry be a r~ecogni-
ton of states rights? Would it not,
on the contrary, be a most far-reach-
ing expansion of the functions of the
federal government and, as a matter of
fact, make the federal government the
law-enforcing power for state legisla-
ton?
Making the violation Of state law or
local ordinance an infraction of the
federal evenue laws would In practice
devolve upon the federal government
the work of f~erreting out and prose-
cutting the law-breakers, thus relieving
the local and state officers Of hat duty.
The states or localities would decide
what is to be dry territory and fed
eral officers would enforce the law and
punish the offenders.
Without discussing the adequacy of
such a measure. il is plain hat 1t
would be completely subversive of the
old idea of states rights and wholly at
variance with all the doctrines and
p%reachings of Jeffersonian democracy.
If the federal government should un-
dertake in this way to enforce state
laws prohibiting the sale of liquor il
could and should enforce state laws
against the sale Of cigarettes, against
the sale of cocaine. against the carry
ing of revolvers and laws regulating
a thousand and n other things. AL
that would be necessary would be fol
the federal government Il levy a tax
on the Objectionable article or trans.
action and make its imposition de-
pendent upon the action of the state
or locality affected. When we shall
have reached that stage. IL we ever
reach it, our whole system of fedora,
government as established by the
founders of the republic will have beer
revolutionized.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
CONFINEMENT.
oliver Wendell Holmes.

oliver Wendell Holmes.
Man wants but little here below"
Little 1 ask; my wants are few;
/ only wish a hut of stone
"a very plain brown stone will dol,
That l may call my own; -
And close at hand is such a one.
In yonder street that fronts the sun.
Plain food is quite enough for me;
Three courses are as good as ten;
II nature can subsist on three,
Thank heaven for three. Amen!
l always thought cold v~ictuals nice;
My choice would be vanilla ice,
l care not much for gold or land;
Give me a mortgage here and there,
Some good bank stock, some note OF hand
Or trifling railroad share
l only ask that fortune send
A little more than l shall spend.
Honors are silly toys, l know.
And titles are but empty names;
l R S8ui 0oIT Pe rasT be 1d PIsnipo'
I'm very sure | should not care
To fill our G~ubernator's chair.
Jewels are baubles; it is a sin
To care for such unfruitful things;
One good sized diamond in a pin,
Some, not so large in rings
A ruby and a pearl or so
viii do for me. l laugh at show.
My dame should dress in cheap attire
Good heavy silks are never dear);
/ own perhaps i might desire
Some shawls of true cashmere,
Some narrowy grapes or China silk,
Like wrinkled skins or scalded milk.
/ would not nave the horse / drive
So fast that folks must stop and stare
An easy gait-two forty-five-
Suit me; / do not care
Perhaps for just a single squirt
Some seconds less would do no hurt.
OF pictures | should like TO own
Titians and Raphaels three or four
/ love so much their style and tone-
One Turner and no more
"a landscape, foreground golden dirt,
The sunshine painted with a squirt.
OF books but few-some fifty score
For daily use and bound for wear,
The rest upon an upper floor
Some little luxury there
or red morocco's gilded CLEAN
And velum rich as country cream
Busts, canoes, gems-such things as these
Which others often show for pride
I value for their power to please
And selfish churls deride;
One S~tradivarius, ] confess.
Two merschaums / would fain possess.
Wealth's wasteful tricks ] Will not learn.
Nor ape the glitteTing upstart fool;
Shall not carved tables serve my turn,
But all must be of buhl?
Give grasping pomp its double share
/ ask but one chair.
Thus humble let me live and die,
Nor long for Midas golden touch;
II heaven more generous gifts deny,
| shall not miss them much
Too grateful for the blessings lent
OF simple tastes and mind content!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT

Cleveland Leader: New Jersey minister
marries an clipping couple for IA cents.
Rival preachers should incorporate under
the beneficent laws Of their state,
Pittsburg Dispatch: Pittsburg churches
have taken up the matter Of abolishing pew
rent and have made considerable progress
along that line. Those that have tried the
experiment claim their receipts are larger
and their opportunity for doing good corre-
spondingly expanded.
New York World: Considering the num-
Der of self-respecting. intelligent American
families which have not and do not expect
to have incomes of 81 Geo a year, the Chi
cago clergyman who names that sum as
the marriage minimum seems to be talking
mainly for publication.
Boston Herald; A preacher in Texa has
an idea that girls should be taught the use
of the rolling pin. Somebody ought to tell
him that there is no rolling pin nowadays,
except In some newspaper joke columns,
and that any extension of its use should
be sternly discouraged.
Boston Transcript: Some idea Of the
sacrifices made by the rural clergy is af-
forded by the presentation TO the West
Maine Methodist Episcopal conference at
it's current session ct Berlin. N. H.. OF two
projects for the support of pastors. One
contemplates the establishment OF a sus-
tentation fund TO aid those clergymen
whose salaries are less than 800 a year.
Another proposes an annuity fund for the
DenenI OF superaHnuateG ministers, visIsy-
men receiving 500 a year salary to con-
! tribute / per cent and those whose stipends
fall below that amount one-half Of 1 per
cent. Consciousness OF duty done must be
the chief reward of many OF the clergy
OF the Maine conferences
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

The New York Central road has
paid $4,000 in fines for rebating.
The big corporations are gradually
learning that the antitrust laws are
loaded.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Careful perusal of Mr.. Roosevelt's
signed editorials in the outlook raises
a suspicion that they we're written be-
fore he started for Africa, because the
composition discloses no signs of ex-
element begotten by jungle animal
surroundings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

period of exclusiveness is passed" The
growing strength of all these interna-
tional ligaments of science, art and
commerce will in due course Of time
build up bonds of union that win with
stand all but the most violent shocks
that make for war.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Canal improvement bonds issued by
the state of New York, bearing 8 per
cent interest, are commanding ready
sale at a premium. There is nothing
in the condition of the money market
to prevent business expansion on a
sound basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
Power of Public Opinion.

1t is no longer THE public be
damned" as one of the elder Wander
bilts once said. Up to recent times
no one except public officials ever
thought it worth their while to con
slider what the public thought of their
doings and undertakings and even this
class needed it in a perfunctory way.
Next the men occupying semi-public
positions felt the force of its pressure
and railroad and public service cor
porations discovered the necessity, if
not of yielding, of at least discounting
it. Corporations which have to deal
with the public everywhere are adopt
ing the plan of giving publicity to
their business formerly concealed.
They have discovered that the people
desire only what is fair and that re-
strictions which have been unjust have
gone on the statute books through en-
forced popular ignorance which they
could have cured. The millennium has
not arrived nor have these men told
it all, but only so much as the logic
of conditions has impressed them as
being necessary. yet the recognition of
public opinion is growing and every
day sees more light let in on the
hitherto dark places.
What is still more astonishing is
the fact hat men in private life, doing
business on a large scale particularly
have found It desirable to reckon with
this newborn force in civic life. A
notable illustration is disclosed by
Broker Patten. For awhile newspa-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Omaha clearings ran over the $15,-
900, 900 mark during the last week
greater than such cities as Los An
geles, Louisville. st. Paul, Denver,
Seattle and many others of similar
pretensions. The Gate City is surely
forging to the front.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

took occasion to remind the doctor
that he was 73 years old. II the doc
tor had any lingering suspicious that
Uncle Joseph had reached the period
Of s%enility he was doubtless disabused
of the idea.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
Would the Senate Measure Upf
Raltimnrn American.

Opposition is made by a senator to the
erection of a statue of Alexander Hamil-
ton in a public square in Washington,
which opposition is based on the ground
that Hamilton was not a model young man.
There is felt some alarm lest the same
standard might be applied to the august
senate itself, in which event. results might
be too startling for the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
II TechnicaIities Were Abolished.

A bill has been introduced in the Mis-
souri, legislature to make impossible the
decision of cases on technica points. II
this should become a law there would be
nothing left for many people to do but
plead guilty and throw themselves on the
mercy of the courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Ex-President Roosevelt's ex-private
secretary is doing a little cunning him
self. Three crooked New York Gus
toms oficials came down for him at
one shot and he is reported to be beat
ing the bushes for more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

And now w. j. Bryan
that he is going to make another
world tour. Hoping that absence will
make the American heart grow
fonder?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Admiral evans mas sci a definite
date for international disarmament.
II. Will come. he says, when hades
freezes over and his satanic majesty
goes skating. A vote of thanks is due
the admiral for leaving plenty of time
to settle the armor belt controversy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

The democratic governor of Indiana
threatens to close down the demo-
cratic gambling house of Tom Taggart.
Here is a chance for Mr-Bryan to
mediate between his friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.

Authors Wife Qnterrupting his after
dinner siesta for the third time)-What
title did you decide on for your new book,
joint?
Author (sleepily)-'How to Be Mappy
Though Haired. PUCK.
George is so obstinate about his lunch
cons. He invariably has a slice of roast
beef and a potato. If he would eat some
thing light and simple. as l do, he would
never talk about indigestion"
And what is your menu?'
Just salad and ice cream cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"The money which old Grimes relatives
are collecting to break his will in their
own interest. is very much on the order of
a notable charity"
~ don't exactly understand"
isn't 1t a regular fresh heir fund?'-
Baltimore American.
at tried to touch my wife for a dollar
this morning, but she was doing her hair
and wouldn't be disturbed"
why, l should think that would be just
the time that she would Golf up."-Houston
Post.
"Yes," said the returned hunter, 81 had a
narTow escape from a rhinoceros'"
1.-THE fact that the rhinoceros could not
climb a tree had something to do with II"
responded the hunter, modestly.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Come away. children" said their mother.
Run out in the yard and play"
But we're watching papa lay the stair
carpet, mamma" they answered.
II know II, but he's going to lay II around
the bend in the stairway pretty soon. and
I don't want you to hear the language he
will use. "-Chicago Tribune.
what did your friends at the club say
when you told them we were engaged?'
"Oh, they're a lot of joshers!"
"But what did they say?"
"They voted me a hero medal"
Post.
Poor GLADYS is almost heart-broken
over the breaking of her engagement"
Then why did she dismiss her fiance?'
Because Gladys is so harmonious and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

A Baltimore man has erected a mon
ument to Adam, the first man. Adam
should be satisfied now hat Mark
Twain has weDt at his tomb and the
greatest country on earth has honored
him with a monument.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

NIINVIWIIW IuIH DNWEWI'
Jvmpin' mollycoddles! Here's Roosevelt
saving more lives by killing an embattled
rhinoceros at the first bang. How many
Carnegie medals will the mighty slayer
receive from his friend and associate In the
cause of annihilating photography?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

The Commoner suggests hat the
Philippine tariff has the approval of
everybody save the Filipinos. 1t should
also have noted an exception for Mr..
Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

No more kidnapping exploits in
Pennsylvania since the conviction and
sentence of the kidnapers of young
Whitla. 1t takes a big ransom to on
set a life sentence at Imprisonment.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

With corn bringing top price Ne
braska farmers who still have their
bins full are manifesting no great
esgerness to dispose of it. The farmer
with real corn to sell has the profitable
end o. the market.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
SALT SULPHUR WATER

also the Crystal Lithium" water from
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, in 5-gallo1
sealed jugs.
5-gallon jug Crystal Lithia Water. so
5-gallon jug Sa~lt-Sulphur water 1925
Buy at either store. We sell over 100
kinds mineral water.
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Co,
Sixteenth and Dodge SITS.
Owl Drug Co.
Sixteenth and Harvey SITS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Elenor Glyn says American men
are too slow for her. It's a horse and
Elenor is entirely too swift for Ameri-
an men.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has planted 100000 trees this
spring. That is something practical
in the way of reforestation work.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Places on the conference committee
that is to adjust the tariff differences
between the house and senate will be
at a premium. Who wants themH
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Six secret service men will accom-
pany President Taft to Beverly when
he goes to his summer home. That
number should be enough to go
around.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

1t is strike two for Premier Glenn
enceau, but in the language of the
oleachers, he has the big one left.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

artistic, and as blue is her color, she found
that his red hair would not go with the
most becoming gown she had."-Baltimore
Ameriran.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

on. Washington has landed in last
place.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

Political lights are not so easily
turned on and off by the wireless
method. .
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

That famous trial marriage resulted
as might be expected-in a divorce
trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

GEORGE B. TzsCHUCK.
Treasu :er.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day Of May. 1909.
n. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city tenn
p~oraFily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
state of Nebraska, Douglas County, IS:
George b. Tzschuck, treasurer Of The
Bee Publishing company, being. duly
sworn, says that the actual number OF
full. n complete copies of The Daily,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month OF April. 1903. was as
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

When Speaker Cannon and DR..
Osler met at a banduet. the speaker
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

This is the way Mr.. Bryan's Com
moner chronicles the result of the city
election in Omaha:
James :. CSs!z.=a zee elected -nsyor
of Omaha by a largely increased majority.
Doesn't wen claim credit for him as
a democrat! What's the matter?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

poor GLADYS is almost heart-broken
over the breaking of her engagement"
Then why did she dismiss her fiance?"
Because Gladys is so harmonious and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
or s~IrRscR1PT1oN.

Entered at Omaha pOstofffice as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

FOUNDED BY EDWARD RosEwATEF
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

what did your friends at the club say
when you told them we were engaged?'
"Oh, they're a lot of joshers!'
"But what did they say?"
"They voted me a hero medal."-Houston
Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16

"I tried to touch my wife for a dollar
this morning. but she was doing her haiI
and wouldn't be disturbed"
why, / should think that would be just
the time that she would Golf up."-Houstor
Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-15
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
For the week ending Sept. -, 100,

For the week ending Sept. 10, 1909.
Des Moines, Iowa.
The >fore part of the week was
cool and cloudy with light showers,
but the last four days gave an ex-
cess of temperature and more sum
shine with light showers on Satua'.
day in western and north central
districts. The cool, cloudy and damp
weather during the fore part of the
week checked the rapid maturing and
drying up of the corn; but the need
ed moisture will be of some benefit
to the late corn if frost holds off
for another month. Some of the
early corn is now reported as being
safe from frost, butm ost of it will
need ten days to two weeks of warm,
ripening weather to be entirely out
of danger. There are some reports
of cutting corn in the early planted
fields, and this work will likely Big
general in portions of the state with
in the next two weeks. Pastures
are improving under the effects OF
the late rains and considerable pillow
ing and seeding of winter grains has
been done, but in the larger part OF
the state the ground is still toe
dry for satisfactory work. Reports
continue to be discouraging in regard
to the late potato crop.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-15
DEATH OF E. H. HARTMAN.

Last Thursday E. H. Hartman, the
greatest constructive genius in this
country, died at his home near New
York City, aged 81 years, 6 mbnths
and IL days.
Hartman was the penniless sor
of a poorly paid Episcopal minister
He commenced his business career
at the age of 16, as an office boy in
a brokerage house in Wall Street
He ended that career as the pos
SCISSOR of a vast fortune, estimated
at 500, 100000, and as manager Of
tens of thousands of miles of rail
way, including line from the At.
lantic to the Pacific.
Mr.. Harriman's reckless stockton
bling operations, his daring mutations
of capital and his part in Equitable
corruption, IN the looting of the Al
ton, in the manipulation of Union
Pacific, in the oalsting of stuyvesast
Fish from the Illinois Central, made
his name synonymous with every
thing that is popularity detested III
Wall street methods and practices
And his defiance of nearly all Lawful
restraint led President Roosevelt
to class him among the country's I'M
desirable citizens.
But to his credit it can be said
that he was a builder He convert
ed streaks Of rust into first clas'
railways. and bettered every piec
of property that came within TIL
sphere of his influence.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-15

to give to every citizen greater di.
rect influence in making candidates
for office. and surrounding the pri
maries with such safe guards as Will
insure their honesty, and providing
the necessary time and legal machin
cry to insure the choice of major.
| ty of the voters being respected and
enforced, in conventions and com.
mittees.
mo interference with the personal
liberty of any citizen except such as
is essential to secure the equal
rights of all the citizens.
Taxation of corporations by the
State alone.
"a constitutional amendment au
thorizing the levy of Federal in.
come tax.
Enlargement of Federal and State
laws against criminal trusts and
combinations in restraint of trade
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-15
INDIANA EAGLE
TO Read ORDER.
Frank Herring Of South Benz.
to Become President, !.

Syracuse, Saratoga, New Haven, st.
Louis, Cleveland and ST. Paul Want
the Homer of Providing BOOSTS Fer
the Birds Next Year and One City
Seems to Have Chance Just as
Good as That Of Any Other City.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. l4.-More than
500 delegates to the Eagles national
convention. which opens here today.
had registered before noon.
The national officers attended the
meeting of the Nebraska State aerie at
Benson. suburb.
Three candidates are in the field For
the ofitceIof vice president and at least
six cities are avowed bidders for enter.
tanning next years convention.
The Office Of president is conceded
to the present vice president, Frank q.
Herring of South Bend, Ind, who, By
precedent, succeeds to the chief Office
In the order, by virtue of Ills present
position.
Syracuse, Saratoga, New Haven, st.
Louis. Cleveland and st. Paul have
delegations on hand who are ready to
show the advantages OF their re-
spectiye cities for the next meeting.
The days work consisted entirely OF
receiving and assigning arriving dele,
cations to temporary homes. The dele,
gates. with their families and friends,
will swell the attendance to more than
10000. according to the estimates of
the local executive committee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-15
BRAKEMAN FATALLY INJURED
AT JEsuP.


3. f. Sweeney, a brakeman on the
Illinois Central working with crew
on the east bound local freight, was
crushed to death at Jesup Wednes-
day morning. He had just finished
unloading freight at the depot plat
form and went to couple two cars.
The engineer backed down to couple
on but the coupler did not work the
first time and Sweeney stepped in
directly between the two cars and as
the engineer backed down the second
time Sweeney was caught between tn
cars and crushed to death.
Mr.. Sweeney was about thirty
years of age, and has been raiiroadin:
for about twelve years and this was
his second trip on the local freight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-15
LIQUOR CASES SETTLED.

The liquor cases brought against
the Illinois Central railroad for the
Illegal shipment of liquor was !. dis
posed of in this city on last Wednes-
day OF two hundred and eight counts
entered against the company they
plead guilty to twenty of them pay
Ing $4,000 into the county treasury
and paying all costs and attorneys
fees. These cases have been before
the court for some time and it was
expected by many that it would be
carried to the higher courts before
it was settled.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-15
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CON
TiNUEs SERVICES.

The First Congregational church
of this city resumed Its regular ser
vices Sunday. The church has been
jim the hands of the decorators for
some time being made beautiful and
modern. c. A. Brainerd of Glad.
brook, assisted by e. H. Chapel &
Son of this city, had charge of ths
frescoing work.