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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
Alaskan Coal Lands

Two things are evident from the
many-sided controversy that has
arisen concerning the Alaskan coal
fields, first, that they ought to be de-
veloped as rapidly as possible in order
to meet the demand of the northwest
for fuel, and, secondly, that there is
need of great care lest they get into
monopolistic control of operators with
out sufficient government regulation.
The United States holds a vast area
of Alaskan territory known to contain
coal, and under existing laws It is said
to be possible for private ownership to
gobble these up at a ridiculously low
price. 1t would seem to be a judicious
proceeding for congress to undertake
better protection for this district with
out delay, in order that the rights Of
the public in so vital a matter may be
maintained. This Is one branch of
natural to which the con-
.servation policy cannot too thoroughly
be applied.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
THE ARTISTIC TOUCH"

S. F.. Kiser in Record-Herald
He came in with a cheerful smile, and with
a hand extended;
"HCw do you do. old MANI" he said: "gee,
but you're looking splendid!
You're growing younger every year; l
wonder how you do it?'
e then espied an empty chair and took a
fancy to It.
The world has used you well, I hear lie
said with glad conviction;
always claimed you'd get ahead; you've
made good my prediction;
only proves that talent wins when props
erly directed;
ou've been successful, but no more than
might have been expected.
I hear men talking everywhere about the
things you're doing;
| wish I'd had the sense to a the COURSE
you've been pursuing;
you always had the gift to see the proper
time for action;
The victories you've won must be q source
of satisfaction"
It seemed Ms II at last the world was
Rranting justice to me.
And while he spoke 1 felt n thrill of glad-
ness coursing through me;
But presently he spoke again and changed \
my pride 10 sorrow;
His purpose merely was to get ten dollars
till tomorrow"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
Easy to Ask Questions.

If the republican state convention of Ne
braska had declared for the bank guaranty
would republican judges nave felt sure OF
its unconstitutionality? Or did the repub-
lican national convention settle that ques-
tion?-Mr. Bryan's Commoner.
Because the democratic state con-
vention of Nebraska declared for the
bank guaranty, would democratic
judges have felt sure of it's constitu-
tionality?
Because the democrats of Oklahoma
put deposit guaranty in their platform,
and enacted it into the statute books,
is hat the reason the democratic SUI
preme court Of Oklahoma decided in
its favor?
Are democratic platforms binding
OF democratic judges as we'll as on
democratic lawmakers?
Would a democrat elected to the
bench as a nonpartisan be expected to
recognize the binding quality of the
democratic platform irrespective of
constitutionality?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
The Eight O'clock Law Stands.

BY decision OF the supreme court,
unanimously concurred in, Nebraska's
s o'clock closing law stands as a valid
enactment. The drastic character Of
the penalty imposed by this law and
the extraordinary methods by which It
was forced through the Legislature in
the closing hours do not, in the opin-
ion of the court, constitute constitu-
tional defects that require it to be pro-
nounced void. It may be taken as set
tied, therefore, that the s o'clock law
will remain operative until repealed or
amended by the law-making body,
which will be at least two years, IL not
indefinitely. II any liquor dealers
have been placing hope in a court de-
cision finding the law unconstitutional
they should adjust themselves perma-
nently to It's requirements.
The Bees opinion of the unwisdom
of the law is not changed by the fact
that It is ~adjudged constitutional.
Every community that wanted early
SlOolhb COuiu nave hAtu INC utblItu
closing hour under the law as it pre-
viously existed-in fact, Lincoln had
made Z o'clock the closing time. Here
in Omaha the Anti-saloon league had
made a demand only last March upon
candidates for city council that they
promise an ordinance for IL O'Clock
closing and had no expectation of get
ting an 8 O'Clock closing order. The
Bee has always believed hat the regu-
lation of the liquor traffic should be
left to the various localities, within
general limitations, and that
the hours should be a matter of local
option as much as the issue or refusal
to issue licenses to sell. The 8 o'clock
is bound to increase the difficulties
besetting communities that are not in
sympathy with it, but that must not
prevent a reasonable effort being made
by the law officers for it's enforcement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
sHALLENBERGER's BREAK.

Papillion Republican: Governor Shallen-
berger has forsaken Nebraska's son Bryan
and come out in favor of David r. Francis
Of Missouri for the next democratic candi-
date for president. He no doubt got a good
lecture on his return to Lincoln.
Plattsmouth Journal: Governor shallen-
berger has started a boom for David II.
Francis of Missouri for president. Well,
we admire our governors judgment. With
Mr.. Bryan out of the question, he couldn't
boom a better or. stronger candidate.
Tekomah Journal: Governor shallenber-
ger while a member of the presidential
Junketing party that has just been having a
glorious time on that Mississippi river out
ing discarded William j. Bryan as a presl-
dental candidate in 1912 by proposing that
the western democrats should rally around
Ex-Governor Francis of Missouri as their
choice in 1912, While Governor Shallenber-
ger and his friends may design to shelve
the quadrennial candidate yet there are
many noted Nebraskans who differ with
him. To a good republican it looks though
M. Bryan had about as fierce an inter
necnie political scrap in sight as republic
ans could wish for. To see his powerful
friends dropping from his support one by
one must make him feel that there is moth
Ing for him to lean upon except the lecture
platform and a fat bank account.
Fremont Tribune: Governor Shallenber-
ger is reported to have said an a banquet
speech at New Orleans that the one best
candidate for president in 1912 is d. Il.
Francis, of Missouri, famous, chiefly as
pl esident of the st. Louis fair. News of
the governors utterance caused some gasp
ing in Nebraska. 1t at once raised several
questions. Was 1t said under a banquet
Inspiration when the governors w. c. T.
U. wife was not at his sideo Was there
an understanding with the sage Of Fair
view" that such announcement would be
agreeable? Was il an independent sortle
on the part of the governor, VINO remem-
bers that last year he outran Mr.. Bryan
in Nebraska and therefore reels no re-
straint in speaking his mind? Is it an effort
to score against Mr.. Bryan for position in
the senatorial fight next year? The gov
eror has opened up wide Possibilities 70
speculation. Most folks would assume Ia
would have waited for Mr.. Bryan TO spea.
On so important a matter. Why this Or,
giousness?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
The Kaiser's Promise.

1t was a wise woman who exacted
from the kaiser his pledge not to at
tempt any airship voyage. The WE'LL
known adventurous spirit OF the Ger
man emperor must have rebelled and
suffered in sacrificing this ambition,
for the father was just as zestful for
the sport Of aviation as was the son
who had actually enjoyed such flight.
But even at the risk of loss of spectac-
ular triumph in restraining his ambi-
ton to be the most modern of Eu-
ropean monarchs in the t~horoughness
of his personal accomplishments, the
kaiser did well to submit.
Not readily does such a proud and
imperious man abandon his desire to
be a king of the air as we'll as of the
earth and water. Yet there is some
thing truly regal in his surrender. Not
only has he given assurance of peace
of mind to a faithful wife, but also
he has gratihed a nation. To have
tempted his fate in an airship in the
present hazardous stage of aviation
would have been to achieve a vain
glorious exploit; but to yield to the
solicitude of consort and subjects dem
onstrates a manhood that must make
the empress all the more proud of her
king. aaHv
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
RACE TEST OF CITIZENSHIP.
Naturalization OF Immigrants from
the Ottoman Empire.
NJ. Val TvgA.--

80" @NN "a
The declaration OF the State depart
ment on the subject of naturalization of
immigrants from the Ottoman empire
clears up some misapprehenslons which
former statesmen from other sources have
caused, though 1t repeats our suggestion
of the complications and difficulties which
beset the wav of any attempt to base
accebtability for naturalization on technical
chronological line, instead Of on personal
qualities and conditions.
Apparently the crux OF the matter. so
far as the courts Interpretation of the
naturalization statutes is concerned, Is the
phrase white persons" which occurs in
the old naturalization law OF 1902 and again
in the revised statute OF 1875. In 1902, no
doubt, II was meant chiefly, If not entirely,
to exclude negroes. In 1875 It was con-
fessedly meant to exclude the Chinese, and
perhaps also the Japanese, The question
is, What Is meant at the present time by
white persons2'
In the dispute over Turkish subjects IL
is, OF course, borne in mind that the Otto
man empire is peculiarly composite. The
Arabs and Syrians are undoubtedly Semitic
Caucaslans, and the Armenians are as
surely Aryan Caucasians. AS for the true
Turks, they were unquestonably of Mon
golian origin, belonging to the Mongolia
Tartar division Of Cuvier's Monaghan race.
But for centuries they have made a spec
ialty Of interbreedlng with the purest eau
casions, so that at the present time the
average Turk is probaly far more eau
casian than Monaghan.
Unquestionably there should be some
tests Of fitness for citizenship. But II they
are established on photographic lines we
shall have the anomaly OF accepting Afg-
hans and Abyssinians as Caucasian white
men and Of rejecting Firms and Magyars
as Monaghan yellow men. II they are to
be established on geographical lines, we
shall see enlightened Armenlans rejected
as Asiatics and POlacks and SlavOnians
accepted as Europeans. The subject Is one
to which the State department, the immi-
grafton bureau, and the courts Will doubt
less give the careful and deliberate con-
sideration which Il deserves.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
LAUGHING GAS.

Sympathetic Old Lady-Ah! my poor fel.
low, life is full of trials.
T~ramp-You're right, ma'am. What were
you tried fer kansas city Journal
Were YOU successful the first time you
ran for officer"
mo" answered Senator Sorghum. ny
experience was not an unusual one.
had TO keep on trying until the oppositlonl.
put up a candidate who was even more :
unpopular than / was. "-Washington Star.
Mrs. Chugwater-what is animal mag
MIR. Chugwater-welI you know what an
animal is, and you know what magnetism
is. Just combine the two and you get ant
NAL magnetism. Isn't that plain enough?-
Chicago Tribune.
Shem-You'd better get ready for the
Japhet-Did father say this was the day
for the beginning of the rain2
in so many words; but he
went out minus his umbrella--Puck.
Binks-Wel. well! Here's an item which
shows that a business man walks at least
three miles every day in simply moving
around his office.
walk around a billiard table every night
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I hear" said the English visitor to his
American friend, that you are to receive
the nomination. Of your party. Are you
| goingito stand for it?"
Sure l am" said the surprised Ameri
can, who did not know that the English
candidate stood" for office. sure, How
can I run II ! don't stand for it?'-Balti-
more American.
What makes you say your husband has
no consideration for your wishes?' sad
1.-THE emotional actress s-l.rg sHBmy.It
He utterly lost his temper" replied the
opera singer. when | told him / thought
II would be mice to have a divorce
Washington Star.
The young married man had been on the
road about a year. He had Just told his
Wife that the firm had given him a posi-
ton In the store and he would not have to
travel any more.
ooh. won't that he fine. George" she ex-
claimed. "Now Wen he married again and
settle doWn!'-Chicapo Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
Aldrich and the Rubber Trust.


Considering the conspicuvusly influen-
tial position which Senator Aldrich holds
with respect to all financial and economic
legislation, his appearance as an incorpor-
ator, in a large combination or trust is
little short of scandalous. Mr.. Aldrich is
no longer merely a Rhode Island man Of
business; he has become a national figure
OF great importance. He was almost a
supreme dictator of the tariff policy, and
he. has been formally intr--red with the
leadership in the efforts for the reform of
the banking and currency system. He has
shown a parliamentary ability that had
gained him increasing respect and influ-
ence as a senator. AS director of a New
Jersey corporation aiming at the control
OF the entire rubber trade-ootn corpora
lions and rubber being subject to con-
gressional action-how can he continue to
hold this commanding position in the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
NATURES LAXATIVE THE BEST
Many Are so-Called Natural"

Many Laxatives on the market are often
STYLED Natural" because OF the well known
fact that the kat which Nature gives
us is the best. Such ones, constantly coming
up, soon disappear, because they are man
ufactured, and can never possess the in
Irritable merits OF the product OF Nature.
HUNYADI JANOS Water, the genuine
Natural Laxative, has stood at the head
for nearly half a century as the ONLY
Laxative whose established reputation is
its best recommendation. II remains always
the standard because It Is NATURES
remedy in It's original form, pure and
simple, In no way dependent, as others are,
on artificial composition. At all Druggists.
Try 1t.
Look out for INSCRIPTIONS druggists. who
will substitute unless you ask for
.HUNYADI JANOS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
The Housekeener,s Problem.

Those club ONE who have entered
upon a propaganda that the housewife
shall make all her daily store pur-
chases, particularly her food supplies,
in person, spending time enough to
scrutinize her selections, overlook a
few points in the housekeeper's prob
lem. 1t is not the well-to-do woman
who telephones her orders for supplies
that is in danger of suffering from vio-
lation of the pure food laws. Her abil-
ity to patronize the higher-priced
stores guarantees her the best that the
market affords. The dealer who tries
sharp practices on her loses her trade.
The real sufferers from impure foods
and substitutions are the myriad
homes which have no telephone, be-
cause 1t is a luxury they cannot at
ford, and whose mistresses are so
harassed by the countless cares of
homework, which in many cases must
be done by one pair of hands, that they
must perforce order their supplies of
the man who comes to the door, or else
send one of the children out with a
basket.
There is no %gainsaying the merit Of
personal marketing, but in forcing it
upon all women the fortunate club
members are forgetting entirely the
host of the sisterhood bound down to
the daily drudgery Of broom, dishpan
and Washtub.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11

Our old friend, Edgar Howard, does
not think Grand Old Platte did 80
well by his nonpartisan democrats as
it should have done. He says that
with no opposition whatever put up
locally by the republicans the demo-
Gratis of Grand Old Platte" should
have rolled up 1900 majority. Re-
spectfully referred to Chairman Byrnes
of the democratic state committee and
the big three, all of whom live in
Grand Old Platte"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11

Mr.. Hitchcock's World-Herald dom
mates as "a wise selection of location"
the disposition of the Woodmen Of the
World to erect their proposed new
building at Fourteenth and Farnam.
without undertaking to disagree, we
wonder what he would have said If the
Woodmen had gone to Eighteenth and
Farnam, the very mention of which
was enough once to set him frothing
at the mouth.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
The Magic of Hidden Lure.

The fact that another salvage com
pany has come to the end of It's re-
sources and the end of it's hopes in
digging for Captain Kids pirate gold
on Oak island, revives memories of the
long list Of expeditions made to that
mysterious spot in Chester bay, and
will serve as an Incentive to others to
test the truth Of the tradition that un-
told wealth awaits the successful
searcher in those isolated sands.
The quest for buried secrets,
whether golden metal or the intimate
pages Of an old romance, is never fall
ing In it's hold on the popular magma
ton. The very name treasure island
builds up a castle Of dreams, and hui
man faith in such dreams fades
utterly. The hope that perhaps the
miner abandoned his claim Just on the
eve OF rich discovery is an incentive
10 the next comer There is a magic
in the mystery Of the lure hidden un-
der the Surface which brushes aside
every appeal t reason. The popular
Iity OF the o~ld-fashioned house party
games, such as hunt the thimble."
was based on this fascination. Human
oreduIity attaches itself loyalty to the
prize that is out of sight. AS years
pass, traditional treasure and relies
possess all the more glamour. impeI
mans search and inspire his faith.
Dr. Cook, returning from the noun
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

A man whose wife goes up in the al
on the slightest provocation will be likely
to regard the purchase of an aeroplane b
a Florida woman as a su%perfluous extrav
agance.
A sentence Of three years in Sing SIN.
has been imposed upon a New York MAJ
for repeating at the polls. Some pol.
tical progress is being made in spite Of
certain signs.
Mary Garden protests vehement,
against putting up $1,1OO customs duty or
her imported clothes. But the ungallant in
spectors will not unbend. Duty befor,
CALAMITY is the revised tariff rule.
A steady diet of ham and eggs developed
incompatibility Of temper in a prominent
New York family, and both are exhibiting
considerable temper in a divorce court. Al
the same time a Chicago wife pleads for
liberty because her husband persists In
chasing angels of the spirit world" ONT
sobs for less substance, the other signs for
less shadow.
The Kansas City woman who accumu-
lated six husbands in rotation and Shook
EN- without bothersome legal formalities,
has been turned loose by the courts. She
had to be shown and appears satisfied. Il
want no more husbands" she remarked
on leaving jail. Il am through with this
marrying business"-at least until the next
jay happens along.
The commissioners Of Wyandotte county,
Kansas, wherein the various packeries
are located, have succeeded in getting
figures from the packers on the value Of
personal property subject to taxation. I'm
der this head comes equipment, stock on
hand, finished and unfinished. The as
for each Of the six packers are:
Armour, 1917, 24O; Fowler, 1886, 900; Cudahy,
81 .215. 900; Swift. S1,655, 900; swartzschlld, ST.
ll4,OOO; Morris, 81, 2 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
WINNING OF THE WEST
Senator AIdrich's Mission Of EducR-
tiOn and Observation.
Washington Post.

" III OhsI 0NAOhe
Washington Post.
Senator Aldrich has gone west on a re-
connoissance and to deliver a speech upon
the reform OF the currency system of the
United States. HE is thoroughly wide
awake to the fact that at this time the
sentiment of that portion of the country is
averse, even hostile. to those recommend
atoms which have been generally accepted
as being the ones which will finally receive
the sanction Of the majority of the none
tary commission. No one can doubt that
Mr.. Aldrich Is alive to the need for cur
rency reform and that he has the laudable
ambition to round out his notable services
as a legislator by securing an efficacious
substitute for present complex and bust
ness disturbing monetary laws. He Is
Justified in thinking that his name linked
to that of a model currency system will
be a lasting honor. and he may be de-
pended on TO exert all his energies and
talents to that end.
Whether Mr.. Aldrich win find thatNt the
hostility in the west is so pronounced as
to max it impossible to hope for a change
Of sentiment is one OF the most interesting
and important features Of the campaign
for an Improvement of the monetary sys-
'eHh VI ue CHiteu o'"tes' MI AIurich 10
entitled to a respectful and unpreiudiced
hearing upon currency plans, and his ad-
vice should be, considered for what It is
worth, without regard to sectional preju-
dices on other public questions. It is also
desirable that the west shall frankly make
known to Mr.. Aldrich its own opinions,
in order that he may not pursue a policy
which he cannot hope TO carry to success.
A fun and free conference" between Mr..
Aldrich and the people in the west will
be most interesting, and it may be most
Important.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
HIS WAY.
Senate Aldrich Sounding the Deeps
i'm the Middle West.
BOSTON Herald.

oeAaNoE AAUElCh Summing hne bteDH
I'm the Middle West,
Boston Herald.
Senator Aldrich is feeling his way in the
west. His initial declaration in favor of
maintaining the integrity of existing banks
and opposing a system of branch banks,
Of preventing political influence in the
control Of any central institution that may
be established, and also of so organizing
the system as to prevent sectional control,
is perfectly safe ground. None will dispute
him on these points. The difficulty will
be in convincing the people hat a central
bank can be organized without one or
more Of these defects. And yet a bank of
banks, doing business with the national
banks throughout the country. owned and
controlled by them through proportionate
ownership of the stock. might be made
proof against any of these defects and
serve the needs Of currency reorganization.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11

The expense account filed by Judge
Sullivan as late democratic-nonpar-
tisan-populist candidate for supreme
judge discloses the payment of 500 to
the democratic state committee and
$25 to the populist state committee.
The sacred ratio has been changed. 1t
is now 4 to 1.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
wherS American Dealers Fan Down.


The American counsel at Valparaiso re-
ports hat Chillians purchase European
preference to American goods. Why?
Chiefly for three reasons hitherto set forth
in these columns. One Is that European
manufacturers make and send thither the
kind OF goods that South Americans want,
while ours try TO get South Americans 10
buy the kind of goods they want The
second Is that European shippers pack
their goods so that they will reach their
destination In good condition, while ours
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11

The thoroughness with which Lon
don has become ~inoculated with the
American spirit of enterprise is shown
in the fact that the oldest conservative
paper of thai city sen It's dramatic
critic to New York solely to report the
opening of a new playhouse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
In a Class Above.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Among the various ways of beating the
government tho sugar weigher seems to
have a way peculiar to himself. When the
weigher can save the importers the duty
on 2lS,sS0 pound in a single cargo, as is
alleged, the petty Irregularities of the
coal scales seem p~itifully small and cheap.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11

It Is something Of a paradox that a land
state like North Dakota, some 1900
miles from salt water, should give its
name to the swiftest battleship afloat and
one OF the two or three most powerful.
But there are no differences between the
interior and the seaboard IN the matter OF
maintaining an efficient navy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11
Curious Business Talent.
s.. Louis GIobe-p emocrat.

Uncle Sam has increased the cost Of
registering a letter from s cents to 10,
an advance of 20 per cent. Why not
cheaper the absurdly high parcels post as
an offset? 1t should not cost more to mail
a parcel to a domestic postoffice than to
LOndon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11

Take note that Mr.. Fowler and Mr..
Aldrich agree that u present banking
currency laws are "barbarous," but
they refuse to travel together any
further.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-11

The case Of the courageous chief OF
police who dispersed a mob at Cairo
by ~unmasking the leader affords fresh
proof of the fact that the ordinary
tioter is a coward.