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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
UncOuplinE the Pullman Gouee.

springfield Republican.
1t is rumored in railroad circles that the
Hartman lines contemplate the operation
OF a Sleeping and parlor car service Of their
own, after the example Of the New Haven,
the st. Paul and Great Northern roads.
This is the right policy to pursue, and it's
adoption by the extensive Hartman sys-
tenn would have great effect in bringing
the other roads into line. The Pullman
company would then become simply a
builder Of railroad equipment Instead Of as
now an operator as wei as a builder of
cars. The country will in time compel an
end Of these divisions in the railroad serv-
ice between different companies such as
the Pullman in passenger traffic and the
express companies in freight traffic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
Courage of His Convictions.

In adhering to his resolve to rams
NIT to congress a special message ad-
vising additional antitrust and inter
state commerce regulation, President
Taft gives prompt and emphatic answer
to those special pleaders who urged
him to defer such action for political
reasons. Mr.. Taft is not a politician,
and in his sticking to his convictions
and having the courage to declare
them ne is establishing more firmly
that general confidence to which as the
president of the whole people he is
entitled.
In his inaugural address last March,
Mr.. Taft announced his policy concern
ing corporations in these words: Il
hope to be able to submit, at the first
regular session of the incoming con-
gress, in December next, definite sug-
gestions in respect to the needed
amendments to the antitrust and the
interstate commerce laws, and the
changes required in the executive de-
partments concerned in their enforce
ment.
1T is believed that with the changes
recommended, American business can
be assured of that measure of stability
and certainty in respect to those things
that may be done and those that are
prohibited, which is essential to the
life and growth of all business. Such
a plan must include the right of the
people to avail themselves OF those
methods of combining capital and eff
fort deemed necessary to reach the
highest degree Of economic efficiency,
at the same time differentiating be-
tween combinations based upon legiti-
mate economic reasons and those
formed with the intent of creating
monopolies and artificially controlling
prices.
1.-THE work of formulating into prac-
teal shape such changes is creative
work of the highest order and requires
all the deliberation possible in the in
terval. l believe that the amend
ments to be proposed are just as nee
essary in the protection of legitimate
business as in the clinching of the re-
forms which properly bear the name
Of my predecessor"
1t is timely to recall this pronounce
ment now, for un~questionably the
forthcoming special message will be
found to be based on elaboration
along the lines herein indicated. And
the presidents firmness in developing
his own ideas in accordance with his
original stand will be accepted by
thoughtful citizens as a reaffirmation
of his consistent policy, judicially pur-
sued regardless of the voice of parti-
sanship. His present attitude in de-
clining to be swerved by some Of his
advisers on the plea of politics is in
harmony with one of the first of his
announcements after he took the oath
of office, that he declined. to be drawn
into any political controversies within
the states.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Consider the ladybug; she flies not
to her home when the children inform
her that her little ones are burning.
yet she does moro useful work for the
elders. A paternal government has
collected millions of the gay-winged
insects and transported them to the
California valleys to save the crops.
The aphis pest has attacked the vines
and the ladybug is expected to extermi-
nate the aphis, her ancient enemy. 1t
appears hat the only obnoxious bug
that man has not yet been able to find
another bug to prey upon is the hum
bug.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

purpose without apparent routine. and yet.
through the visible disorder OF their lives.
there usually can be seen a very definite
method of working. Routine is as good a
harness for the genius as It is for the
average citizen, and for the latter, who
wishes to bring his productive powers to
their highest point Of efficiency, routine
is Indispensable.
Once won, routine is invariably a stanch,
true friend. 1t isn't gained I'm a day. but,
on the other hand, it isn't lost in a day.
II it extend to diet and vacations as well
as to work it tends toward longevity. II
generally practiced It would make for
soundness in the social and financial fabxlc.
And as a fine, unadulterated gentle, and
oity-broken New Years resolution 1t can
be ccnscientiously recommended.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Another university president bewails
the lack of civilization in the people OF
the United States, and particularly
specifies that unsteady we are bar
barians. Yet the census bureau has
just shown that we spend more for ed
ucation n less for recreation than
for anything else. Incidentally it
may be pointed u that music is not
the only thing concerning which the
average university graduate has de-
f~iciencies.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Americans have not yet fully awak-
ened to the fact that Canada is doing
things. Among other enterprises to
be rushed is a $3.50, 900 Georgian
bay ship canal which will cut Detroit
and Buffalo out of vast tonnage and
give the Canadian exports from the up
per lakes a direct outlet through
Toronto to the sea. The Dominion is
building fast on the experiences of the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
OIL LANDS WITHDRAWN.
Conservation of an Important Ma
tiOnRl

The Outlook.
Last week, by the authority of the presi-
dent, there were withdrawn from entry and
sale more than 100000 acres of public
petroleum land in California. Wyoming.
Utah and Oregon. The government is the
largest owner of oil lands. 1t is likely TO
be the greatest consumer. 1t may surprise
some to learn that the six largest battle
ships in commission or under construction
in the American navy are equipped for
either oil OF coal consumption, and that the
fourteen largest destroyers use oil exclu-
siyely. In his recently published annual
report Mr.. Ballinger, secretary of the in
terror, had called attention to the impor-
lance Of asking congress to authorize the
executive to reserve certain areas of these
lands for the purpose of affoTding a supply
OF fuel oil for the future use OF the navy.
and to make necessary regulations for the
preservation and extraction Of such de-
posits. No legislation, he added, exists for
the entry of oil and gas lands, other than
the general mining laws Of the United
states, which are not adaptable to the
disposition Of lands containing mineral oils
and gas. At present public oil lands have
to be entered under a law framed primarily
TO provide for placer mining entries. Hence
a radical revision OF the American mining
law is necessary. Anticipating that con
gress will meet this evident need, the secre-
tary Of the interior has withdrawn from all
forms Of entry all vacant public lands
designated by the geological survey as
probably containing oil and gas. 1t is in
teresting to note that a leasing system for
the disposal OF oil on government land Is
advocated. the government 10 dispose OF
the oil as a commodity, and not in terms
OF acres, like coal or other minerals occu-
plying fixed Places
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
Tell the Truth.

The editor of The Bee has had to
stand as DOGGY man for the fake re-
formers for so many years that it prob
ably will not hurt him to be paraded a
little longer in a false position. But
it is unfair to the earnest, sincere tenn
perance people Of Nebraska that they
have to be bamboozled by the latest
silly yarn that is being circulated
through the medium of the Anti-Saloon
league press. The editor Of The Bee
has not as yet made any estimate Of
the probable cost of a campaign either
for or against county option in Ne
braska, and he certainly is not under
taking to raise a fund to support or de-
feat such a measure. The Bee has
been, and is, frankly and openly OPP
posed to county option, but it's oppo-
sition is based on reason and is open
and above board. The advocates of
prohibition in Nebraska realize this
and ought to be fair enough to tell
their adherents the truth about The
Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

the good intentions of the most com
petent management, n the individual
unit rs bound on occasion to upset the
precautions Of the best mechanical
equipment. Until the element Of per-
sonal responsibility can be eliminated,
wrecks are bound to continue, and in
the meantime eternal vigilance on the
part Of every employe is the price Of
safety.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
At the Omaha Agency.

The Omaha Indians seem to be I'M
duly apprehensive as to the intention
of the Indian Office in consolidating the
superintendency of the affairs of the
Omaha and Winnebago reservations.
No disposition is apparent IN the part
of the authorities to hamper the
Omahas in any way in their advance in
civilization. On the other hand, the
government at Washington is giving
these Indians all encouragement and
assistance to place them on the high
plane Of full and responsible citizens
of the United States. They may be
assured that the commissioner of In
dian affairs, his deputy, and those who
are dealing with the problem, have
only warmest sympathy for the Indian
and are doing all they reasonably can
do to relieve him from the embarrass-
ment Of red tape that has restricted
him in his social and business dealings.
Regulations necessary in the past are
no longer required and will be removed
entirely as soon as the competency of
the members Of the tribe may be
passed upon. In the meantime a little
patience on the part Of the Indian and
his advisers will help greatly to
achieve the result that all so earnestly
desire.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

The Otto river will now take the
center afstke stage n do some stunts
with ice gprges and high water, provid.
ing another most eloquent argument
in favoro ID the general plan Of improv-
ing inland waterways. This stream is
the only great river Of America that
carries any enormous amount of trafnC
and it's onruly behavior from time to
time has niadeat decidedly spectacular
as well Ag usefn.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

The Merry Widow" dog evidently
had it's company name on and re-
sented the familiarity Of it's fair mis-
tress at the dog show. Happily, the
bite was in the air and not in anything
more substantial.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Nebraska lawyers have gonc on rec
ord as being willing to struggle along
for a little while longer under the pres
ent form of practice, in spite of the
general demand for reform in methods.
This is not surprising, even If 1t did
follow a most eloquent and learned ad-
dress by the president Of the associa-
ton on the topic of Rational Law
Making"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

from a report made to him lately by a
genealogist: Mail Of Nine Hostages, great
grandson of owen More. king OF Nun
ster during the reign Of Conn OF the
Hundred Battles, was an ancestor Of Rory
Cannonan, from whom are descended the
clan Of ~O'Cannonan, later abbreviated to
O'Cannon, and still later to Cannon" Now
we know where the speaker got his fight
ing blood.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

With Dixie'a as a national song
and a famous Tennessee confederate
given an ovation on his access to the
United States senate, we may all settle
down with the comfortable feeling that
1t is pleasant for brethren to dwell to-
gether In unity,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Justice Howard OF New York state
takes a pessimistic view OF things when
he charges that 40 per cent OF all the
money appropriated for public pur-
poses is spent for graft. II his state
ment were true he could render no bet
ter service to the people than to point
our particular cases and suggest a rem
edy. But It may be that matters are
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

not so desperate a. he says. Surely
If he can convince the taxpayers that
honest government will cut their APP
preparations nearly in half he will have
started a reform that will make the
fame of other reformers pale. But
the people know themselves too we'll TO
pay much heed to an orator who pro-
claims the dollar mark above the stars
and stripes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Governor shsllenberger will join
with Governor Haskell and Governor
Koch in a conference on the guaranty
deposit law cadaver. They probably
will not accept 1t, but the best advice
they could follow at present is to let
the dead. and beautiful rest"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Walter Wellman, who didn't dis
cover the North pole, is now exploring
Washington in search of signs of a var
between Mexico and the United States,
AS in the Arctic, he seems to be trying
the gasbag route.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
~Purchasing Peace.

CHICdBO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Andrew Carnegie is credited with having
expressed a Willingness to give $40, OOO,0 go
for the purpose of establishing permanent
peace in Central America. 1t ought to be
possible with a'fdhd of that size to furnish
a pretty fair police force for Central
America.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Those who lament that they never
saw a purple COW may console them
selves by taking a look at Gelett Bur
CESS latest newspaper picture. portray
ing the author growing purple in the
face over, a cigarette.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Mr.. Bryan had an opportunity to
visit Cuba In 1898 in company with a
very distinguished ~assemblage of Ne
braskans, but he preferred then the at
mosphere of Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
ROOSEVELT Policy Ditched.'

Everybody remembers the bustling, breezy
way In. which the presidents predecessor
used to come into the anteroom for a hand
shake and a hearty word with each visitor.
The president now has people ushered be-
fore him, even though they be foreign am
b~assadors. Which is your preference?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Who will decide when the mayor,
the city council and the city engineer
all wantsto use the auto at the same
time? 'e!9 90 t'nHt
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porRriIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often AZ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

OhICdBO POSI-.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's report
will be a disturbing element for those who
have supposed all along hat the Postal
department is maintained simply to give
jobs to ~henchmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Before he was fired Zelaya should
have had a Maxim silencer affixed to
his muzzle. $40 .
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30


1t would seem as though New York
were big enough and rich enough to
maintain some such institution as Mad
ison Square Garden, which is about to
be RACED because 1t is not profitable
commercially. The events that have
been housed in the garden have drawn
many thousands of people to the
metropolis, who spent money lavishly,
each year, but whereas lesser cities
take pride in maintaining at municipal
expense convention halls which serve
much the same purpose locally as has
the garden to New York, the old money
greed of Manhattan rules stronger
than civic pride in institutions that are
worldwide landmarks. New York,
whose debt has just been found to be
seven times as great as that of any
other American city, left 1t for the ma
tion's school children to pay for the
foundation OF the monument of Liberty
in the harbor which greets the incom-
ing voyagers. New York is prodigal
in some selfish directions, but occa-
sionally in niggardly moments over
looks its larger opportunities.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

The .s%creenless saloon has reached
South Omaha, but as yet none of the
doors have been locked on this ac-
count. ~ -<'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

The city, council made short work of
the unexpended balance in the general
fund. But perhaps some of the things
ordered are really needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

According to the news reports Eliza
would have no trouble crossing the
Ohio these days.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

The death OF the year cannot be at
tributed to high fever.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

A gain of forty millions is noted in
the customs receipts at the port of New
York, Blame II on Loeb. '
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
CHEEKY CHAFF.

Did you ever hear OF anything so alb
surd as an auto suggestion to another per-
Certainly, when It is a hint for the glft
OF a motor car.'-Baltimore American.
P~hysiclan-Have you any aches or pains
Patient-Yes, doctor; 1t hurts me to
breathe; In fact, the only trouble now
seems TO be with my breath.
Ph~ysician-All right. III give you some
thing hat will soon stop t~hat.-Boston
Globe.
Kitty Flies-The lobster! He gave me
an engagement ring and now he demands
It's return.
Belle Wings7Cel him a .terrapin, dear.
Kitty Flies-Don't be rldtculous! Why
should ! call him a terrapin?
Belle Wings1Because. he wants his dia-
mond back.-Chicago News.
We'll, here we are in Pompeii. How in
teresting IT is! Yon chariot was evidently
interview the ancient charioteer who drove
1T wouldn't"
He might want to put in a bill for his
ime,"-Louisville Courier-Journal
why is it that little kittens are ALWAYS
so interesting"
They've got to make up their average
before they get to be old cats. cleveland
Leader.
Cop-What's the trouble here?
Pugnacious Northumberland man gave
me the lie.
cop-Well. you can't block up the side
walk with IL. Take IL home and use II the
next time you go flshin' Boston Tran
when / leave here / shall have to de-
pend on my brains for a living"
Don't take such a pesslmistic view Of
things, cornell Widow.
us quinine the proper thing to take
after an eXposure?"
After one kind OF an exposure, but II
VIII take a European trip to do the other
kind any good."-Houston Post.
You're as hard as nails" said his
trainer.
We'll" i~rritably answered the actor
pugilist, wouldn't you naturally expect
me to be? l wear my c~lawhammer coat
,lwo or three hours every night."-Chlcago
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

II Copenhagen knew what a lot of
babies had to be rechristened she might
have let the name Cook stay unfair
nished. sd 't
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

We may look for a great o%utpouring
of Indiana's favorite Beverage when
Lew Wallace breaks into the hall Of
fame.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Now to make the next twelve months
a ten-strike.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30
Washington Life

The Inaugural crowd, what II
win Cost, Years Of retired Fresi-
dents, n = Budding Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
state OF Nebraska. Douglas County, So.
George b. Tzschuek, treasurer Of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn. says that the actual number Of full
and complete copies OF The Daily, Morn
ing, Evening and Sunday Bee printed dur
ing the month of November, 1909, was as
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

"When l leave here / shall have to de-
c on my brains for a living"
Don't take such a pesslmistlc view of
things, cornell Widow.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

A close watch is to be kept on congress
by several organized bodies favorable TO
the enactment Of a law creating postal
savings banks. The latest organization
openly and boldly supporting the PROPOSE
ton is the Farmers union, which has
Joined hands with the Postal Savings Bank
league, and will post a legislative COM
mittee at the national capitol for purposes
Of observation. The Farmers union has
hundreds OF thousands Of members in the
Atlantic coast states. and its activity in
behalf Of government security for savings
upsets the complaisancy Of the opposition.
The element" says the Wash
ington Herald, "in the contest between the
friends and foes of this measure which
now forms one Of the biggest issues before
congress- is the tremendous ~financia,
strength OF the foes, the banking interests,
against which Is pitted only one organiza-
ton, the Postal Savings Bank league, with
headquarters in Chicago, which for months
has been making every effort possible to
stir the public to do those things which
would be felt in the halls Of congress. The
public demand for literature and peakers
has far. exceeded the funds from member
ship fees and subscriptions"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Us quinine the proper thing to take
after ar eXposure?"
After one kind OF an exposure, but IL
will take a European trip to do the other
kind any good. "-Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

General Lew Wallace, soldier. patriot,
diplomatist, author, is to receive high
honor from his native state and his coun-
try on January II, when his image In
marble will be unveiled In Statuary hall
In the capitol at Washington.
The statue which will be unveiled is the
work Of Andrew O'Connor Of Paris, one Of
the best known sculptors in Europe. 1t is
Of Carrara marble and is of heroic size,
being seven feet high. The figure is clad
in the uniform Of a major general Of the
United States army. The committee which
selected the artist to make the statue and
to decide on the details of the work was
appointed by Governor Hanly, acting under
an act Of the Indiana legislature, and was
composed OF william A. Fox, director Of
the Heron Art institute Of Indianapolis
Captain ], p. Megrew of Washington and
William Allen Wood Of Indianapolis.
One of the most interesting features Of
the unwilling will be the presence of the
~grandsons Of General Wallace-Lew, jr,
ana Noble, sons OF Henry L. Wallace.
Lew Wallace, jr., will pull the cord which
will disclose the finished work.
Midday has been selected as the hour for
the William Allen Wood will
make the presentation, and Governor
Tom" Marshall, on behalf Of the state OF
Indiana, will respond. senator Albert j..
Beveridge will deliver an address, and the
Rev. DR.. Dudley will offer the prayer. A
poem written for the occasion will be read
by its author, James Whitcomb Riley, a
lifelong friend Of General Lew Wallace.
Both congress and the senate will be rep
resented officially by delegations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-30

Red Cloud" the late Sioux chief, was
the only Indian in America that could
have held up the building of a government
road and the construction Of United States
forts,' said Colonel j. A. George of Dead
wood, S, D., quoted by the Washington
Post. He did this in 1866 and two years
later the government abandoned its efforts
to lay out the road and build forts along It.
Red Cloud was the last of the chiefs to
sign the treaty, and from that time on
the government had no trouble with him.
He had accomplished the purpose for which
he had fought, and 1t was his boast that
he never broke the treaty he made at that
time. Soon afterward cd Red Cloud built
himself a home near the Pine Ridge
agency, where he lived at the time of his
death. The old man was not a progressive
and never took kindly to schools or other
ways Of the white man, and while he did
not after 1868 take part In any uprlsings
his counsel TO his people was never for
progress, and It is said that at times 1t was
for war. Red Cloud had been blind and
deaf for six years prior TO his death, and
he patiently waited In silence and dark
ness for the time when he would join his
fathers in the hoppy hunting grounds, to
which belief he chung regardless OF all ef-
forts to induce him to accept the ways OF
Christianity.
RED Clouds last fight was one OF the
bloodiest Indian battles ever fought IN
the west, II was the first time the In
dams had faced repeating rifles, and the
new firearms Disconnected them for a
time, but they made six charges on the
soldiers before they, were forced 70 retreat,
after a loss which was paced all the way
from 800 TO 100 killed"