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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
PERSONAL NOTES.

While the late II. Il. Rogers left only
fS6.OOOOOo, it must be remembered that q
man has to be mighty saving Of his pay
TO accumulate even this sum.
PtttsburS g~rafters may have TO 20 away
from home to be tried, owing To the diff
ficulty OF assembling tweIve citizens IN
whom both sides have confidence.
The greatest oil well in the world Is re-
ported to have recently begun gushing in
California. California never could be salts.
fled with anything that doesn't gush.
Emil Biorn and DR.. Niles T. Quales.
leaders in the Chicago Norwegian colony,
have been decorated by King Haakon VII
with the order Of st. Olaf. Both we're APP
pointed to the grade of knight The
decoration consists OF a gold and ename'
star bearing the coat Of arms OF Norway
and attached to a red, white and blue rib,
bon.
Judge Goodman of Salt Lake City, an
associate and lifelong friend Of the late
Mark Twain, declares that the author died
in his eightieth Instead Of his seventy
fifth year, as commonly believed, Judge
Goodman bases his allegation on the fact
that he is rs himself and that while he
and Mark Twain worked together in Ne
vada as young men, Twain was the older
Of the two. The judge also quotes from an
early biography in which the birth of his
friend has been set down as an event of
1880, and not 1855.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Those Indiana Democrats.

MIR. Bryan and the rest of his party
must feel elated at the peace and har-
mony animating the Indiana demo
Gratis as they go into their state VI
ton. No wonder they are SO arrogant
in their assurance Of success this fall,
II this convention, the first to be held,
may be regarded as a criterion then
we may confidently look for a season
of old-fashioned Bourbon hilarity.
Here is Colonel Bryan telling the
Indianians what he wants them to do,
They listen attentively and then go
and do as they please, most of them
slipping a blue chip bearing a Pluto
sign into their pockets as a lucky
stone, thus showing nee more Mr..
Bryan's complete hold or his party in
the state where Lick Springs are To-
Gated.
Governor Marshall as the state
leader suggests a convention endorse
ment of a senatorial candidate. This
is received with the same enthusiasm
that greeted Mr.. Bryan's proposals and
Mr.. Tom Taggart candidate for the
United States senate forthwith de-
nounces the governors suggestion as
a bit Of impudence and declares
against the convention and for the
primary plan. Thereupon John E.
Lamb, vice chairman Of the democratic
national committee, another senatorial
aspirant, mounts the highest available
eminence and denounces Brother Tag
CART as an undesirable boss and com
mits himself to the Marshall plan.
Just as things are reaching the boiling
point, Senator Shively, chosen as
the peacemaker, m into the fray
with an olive branch in his teeth and q
chip on each shoulder, denouncing
both convention and primary and in
sisting that the choice of senator shall
be left to the legislature.
It is dinicult to view this situation
with a straight face. After all the
noise we have heard about insurgents
In congress, the hurrahing over by.
elections In Massachusetts, and New
York, the loud boasts of a united
democracy" this lrst state convention
reveals the democrats divided into
more factions, really, than It has can
didates, and with no earthly hope Of
anything approaching united action
II is but a f%orerunner Of f~sctiona'
fights brewing in other states. Mr.
Brysn's among them, that shows agar
the obvious fact that the chief reason
why the democratic party has never
been able to govern the nation is thai
1t cannot govern itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
The Paving Campaign

The check that has beer put on the
local paving campaign nay develop
into something of q blessing, not that
the paving asked for Is not needed,
nor that the property owners are not
anxious for the improvement. The
growth of Omaha has been eTemplified
in no direction better than in the at
tention that has been given to its
thOrouEhfares, Citizens have been
more than e%nterprising in providing
for the surfacing of streets, and in
other construction necessary to bring
the city up to a high point, but some
times II is we'll to make haste slowly.
A score OF years & Omaha under
went an experience in Ihe paving line
hat was both costly and unpleasant.
The zeal that led to the putting down
Of many miles Of wooden block pave
ment, that subsequently TOtted. was
c~ommendabls because of the spirit,
but unfortunate because OF the result.
Another unpleasant experience of
Omaha in the matter OF public i'm
proVement came in connection with
the levying OF the tax to pay for the
same. This was hastily done. and. as
events proved. was careiessly done, as
the city was defeated in suit after suit
and large losses to the public we're
sustained as the result of mlsdlrected
enterprise and undue haste. Such an
experience is desired but onee by a
city.
While there is no evidence at hand
to indicate that a similar condition
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Our Birthday Book
ami az. 1910

Palmer Cox, the Brownie man, was born
April O. 1870, in Quebec. His speciality is
original humorous pictures illustrating his
own verse.
General James Grant Wilson, author, Is
n today. He was born in New York, and
served through the war in the union
army with distinction. since which time
he has been devoted to literary pursuits.
Herman Beai, civil engineer, is Is years
old today He was born in Germany, and
came to this country when he was Is
years old. He started out as a Tailway
engineer. working for tho Burlington and
Union Pacific. He became city engineer
OF South Omaha, and then was elected
county surveyor for two terms, retiring
with the beginning OF this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
cnn,errinr Human Life.

Congress Is having a difficult time
deciding whether Senator owens bill
providing for a Department OF Health
is Just what the country needs or not.
but there seems to be no difference OF
opinion that the country has reached
the time in It's national life when II
must look to more organized, syste-
matte means Of conserving public
health as we'll as natural resources.
President Taft has consistently lrged
the necessity Of this, as former Presi-
dent Roosevelt did.
Already the government is doing
much actual work along this line, but
Il has not yet concentrated It's efforts,
or centralized its agencies as 1t must
to secure tho best results. The mortal
ity statistics are enough in themselves
to convince one that this need is i'm
perative. Experts have figured out that
100000 persona are seriously sick
all the time in the United States from
~preventable diseases, and that me
lulTu OF lulS huLuucI arc III tue WI n
ing period of life. and then they bring
this down to a monetary basis and show
that three-quarters OF a million actual
workers. are losing on an average Of
800 per annum. an approximate loss
from illness OF $500, O00. 1000, to say
nothing OF the expense of attending
them, which may be estimated at an
equal sum. Six hundred thousand
deaths occur in one year from prevent
able causes, Senator owen asserts.
II we may regard these figures as
anywhere neal accurate, they are ap-
palling and serve only more clearly to
point out the governments duty In
this direction. We are expanding mil
lions to save our forests, to increase
our wealth-producing powers, and this
is right, but we must look with even
more solicitude to the conservation of
human life, avoiding waste and de-
struction there also.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Buchanan and Homesteads.

In the course Of a recent speech In
the house advocating rigid adherence
to the original principle that home
stead rights belong only to actual set
tiers, Congressman ]. Warren Keller
of Ohio brought to light a point of his
tory as to homestead legislation that
should not be lost sight of in this day
when the country is enjoying to such
unbounded extent the emolumenJs Of
territorial expansion In the vast en-
pire stretching from the Mississippi to
the Pacific. That point of history is
that the republican party not only
shaped and perfected the laws by
which homesteads we're obtained in
the west, but that It originated and
pushed to passage the first law bear
ing on tho subject in spite of the veto
OF q democratic president.
Through the influence of the repub-
licans, In congress chiefly, a home
stead measure was passed by congress
In 1859. Agitation for such a meas.
ure had gone on for several years and
the people had already come to regard
it as not only necessary, but entirely
warranted by organic law. President
Buchanan was a strict constructionist
and assumed to be a great constitu-
tlonal lawyer, and when the bill came
to him for his approval he vetoed it
on the ground that it was "invidious,
sgrarian and preferred the farmer
class to the professional" and was
therefore unconstitutional.
This remarkable position of the
president was sufficient to defeat the
legislation and for a time check the
popular sentiment that was rapidly
gaining ground that the country
needed a homestead law. Not until
1852 were the republicans able to
bring the matter again to the front in
congress. Then the first homestead
law was enacted, Notwithstanding the
fact that the country was In the throes
of the great civil war n mems minds
we're as a rule not absorbed in the pur.
suit of so peaceful a policy as home.
stead legislation. And the point
should be impressed on every mind to.
day hat this original law was based
upon the central idea of actual settle.
ment on the land. 1t is unfortunate
that in the intervening years this
fundamental principle has been toe
often eircumvented by those engaged
in speculation and not home-seeking
but that does not initiate in the re
hottest degree against the enduring
benefits that have accrued under this
legislation.
When this first measure passed con
gress and came up to President Lin
coin he, unlike his predecessor, saw NJ
conflict between 1t and the constitution
and promptly approved the bill will
his signature, making 1t the law tina.
led really to the organized settlement
of the west which today forms so larg,
and important a part Of the United
States producing powers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
SAMUEL LANGHoRNE CLEMENS.


w. D.. Nesbit in Chicago Post.
I see a boy who hugs a well-thumbed book,
This Is his monument; one would not look,
For any greater homage born of Art
So Laughter stands with silent lips today
The while the word goes pulsing round
And tears course down the dimpled cheeks
And signs rise from the heavy heart OF,
Mirth, J
For he is gone who brought them all ia
This master with the. sure and patient
hand,
Who minded not the fretting stress ana
But saw the joy with which the world isI
planned.
SO heavy-lidded Grief must stand apart,
Nor yet may Sorrow come with blooming
Death has not stllled the throbblng of his
1t times the song OF g%ladness in some
place.
And he has found the sunshine that he
To ali of us when clouds bent DER his
head
It seems his hand gives us a farewell wave
From every word Of his we ever read. y
What Eravon bronco or stately shaft os
May ever be sufficiently subllme7
What may men write of him who wrote his
own
Fair tribute that endures throughout all
ttme?
Nay, but the row Of books upon the shelf,
Ali peopled with the human folk he drew,
MEMORABLE for aye his human self
Thu blitheness ever old and ever new.
3 lst os.tt- H'at EGSllypAf sD9rGr
This is his monument; one would not look
For any greater homage born of Art.
/ see a boy who hugs a well-thumbPd book,
Wherein dwell the companions Of his
heart.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Boom in Pardon Industry.
Nauy Vork Tribune

The Nashville "Tennessean publishes a
tabulatlon of the pardons issued by Gov
ernor Patterson since January, 1907, show
ing that he has set free 1852 murderers and
$50 criminals 6fs all classes. That is an
astonishing ~ree6fd-sn average, practically,
Of one murderer and six criminals of all
sorts turned loose on the community every
week. No wonder the Tennessean speaks
of the pardon industry" conducted at the
state capitol. 1t might almost be imag-
ined that the main purpose Of the admin
istration of criminal justice in the state
was to furnish that industry with raw
material in abundance.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

may exist in connection with the
present paving campaign, there is
ample evidence that many Of the peti.
tons have been hurriedly prepared.
that property owners are not entirely
agreed as to the material to be used.
and that in other details a little more
de%liberstion will do good rather than
harm.
The city is able to pay for a con.
siderable amount OF street paving dur.
ing the current year, but that which
is delayed TO another season will be
the better done because of the fact
that It has been approached more con.
seFvatively.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
JOE FOLK IN THE RUNNING.
MissOuFiHn Lines Up with Harmon,
MRRshRlIs and
ChicaRO PoSf

chicago POST.
So, former Governor Joseph w. Folk is
"out for" the democratic nomination for
the presidency. The dispatches carelessly
have 1t that he is out for the presidency"
but this, of course, 10 a far different mat
ter. Still, we are glad that he is 'out."
He made a tremendously fine start for his
political career in the st. Louis district
attorneyship. Do you remember, for in
stance, how the corrupt police chief sent
~insolent word to young Folk that he would
communicate with him only in writing, and
how young Folk calmly sent back word
that he would communicate with the chief
only through indictments And, although
there has been somewhat Of a halt in this
career Of late, although II has not moved
forward from the governorship to the SEN
atorship, yet we feel that there Is good
material there for further progress. We
can see no reason why Folk OF Missouri
should not be we'll in the running with
Marshall Of Indiana and Harmon Of Ohio.
But-once more, and yet again-how about
Bryan OF Nebraska?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

The dedication of the peace palace
erected at Washington as the gift Of
Andrew Carnegie to seal the bond of
amity between the twenty-one Ameri-
can republics is another certain sign
of the universal peace to which all
good nations look, and the world will
applaud this monument, but it would
have more timely force II It were not
that Peru and Ecuador are Just now
sparring for an opening at each other,
with Chile only awaiting the chance to
swat Peru, and Nicaragua still with.
out a government that is recognized
in the United States and a few other
OF those tw~enty-one republics.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Cheap Cuts Made pear.

1t is the last blow to ave the IS per
cent Increase In the price Of the cheaper
cuts Of meat ascribed by Chicago to the
recent campaign for educating the Amerl-
can people to eat tough meat. For 1t was
but the other day that the spokesman for
the packing houses were ascribing the high
price Of beefsteak to the unwillingness OF
Americans to take anything but choice
cuts. Thanks to the Department of Agri.
culture and its cookbook, the cheap cuts
have been made dear, but has any one
noticed any markdown sales OF porter
house steak?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

their good clothes and jcwelry to."-wash~
ington Star.
She-April, beautiful April! l wish ~
would last forever.
He-So do l,
She-You, too, are fond Of nature thenT
He-Not especially, but l have a note
coming due the first day OF May,-Bostou
Transcript.
Gee! Isn't he done with that sSeech
YETI"
Yes, he's been done for twenty minutes.
but heaven only knows when he'll stop
talking ."-Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Lapsling was expressing her regret
that she had been unable, on account of
Illness, to be present at the funeral Of a
neighbor,
II always feel she said, that 1 ought
l just couldn't g~o.'-Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

John o. Nelson OF No, ala Stuart ave-
nue., Brooklyn Hills. has q daughter who
has two wsli-devslopsd heads, he says. She
is 9 years OF age and is unable TO walk or
sit up, but her father says she is as bright
as any child he ever saw. When the child
was born the doctors told the parents that
she could not 1.-Two, but Nelson employed
the best specialists and succeeded In keep
ing his little one not only alive. but in
giving her comparative health. This cost
him all he owned, he says, about k3a,0 O,
and he and his wife now are poor. The
Nelson's do all possible 10 prevent
strangers seeing their child and wrap her
up 70 get her out OF doors without at
tracing attention. The child speaks Eng
lish and German with equal fluency. using
both mouths when Shs speaks. her father
a.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

The census enumerator is a person who
attends strictly to his business, although
as 1t happens this business Is to pry into
the Intimate affairs OF other people Under
the law the census employees are bound to
secrecy, but II the enumerators could tell
the things they hear-if they should re-
veal the romances. tragedies and comedies
that develop under their observation, what
wonderful revelations their would be!
From time to time, however, hints
trlckle out from the offices Of the census
officials that excite interest. For Instance,
It is told by a New York newspaper tina
a man who was once one OF the fore
most diplomats of the United States is
now hidden away In a boWery boarding
house, where his identity has been sue
cessfully concealed for years. But this
diplomat was not the only interesting
find" of a single days enumeration.
Tucked securely away from the world In
these East side boarding houses are scores
OF men who once occupied high places in
official life, In literature, finance and sci
ence. In fact, the lower East side OF New
York seems TO be the sarGossa sea, where
the human derlicts drift 10 find a secure
resting place far from the activities Of a
foTgetful world,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

A Texas paper prays to heaven to
keep the democratic party from making
a Ounce of itself and losing a chance it
claims to have this year. Better ad-
dress that prayer to Lincoln, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

The reunion OF the Spanish War
Veterans serves as a reminder that
there actually was a war with Spain.
II 1t were not for these occasional
gatherings Of the men who made up
the army at that time. people could
easily forget the episode.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Regulating the storage Of combusti-
bles is to be commended, but II only
partly meets the requirements. The
fire limits should be extended, and
more rigid provisions for building
should be enacted. The city council
still has plenty Of work along this line
before II.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

The city council is wrestling with
the question Of the cost Of the auto
mobile to be bought for the boss street
commissioner, II certainly must be
swell" for It wouldn't do TO put
Tom in such a position that he
couldn't present an impressive from
when he grests the gang.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

The fact that the Indiana democrats
are not paying very much attention to
advice from Colonel Bryan doesn't
seem to interest the democratic papers.
A great deal depends on which side
the insurgency is located.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Bwana Tumbo in Africa, Herr Roos-
envelten in Germany, M. Roosevelt in
France, Sir Theodore in England and
plain T. r. al home. he is a man of
the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

The state OF Colorado Is trying to
establish the legal residence Of a dead
millionaire, not so much because 1t
honors HIS name, but for the fS5, 900
inheritance tax that is involved. It
might be wen occasionally to de-
termine these matters by an ante-mor-
tenn statement.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Those hypercritlcal persons who
have charged that Uncle Joe is branded
should note with interest that he
rushed from his private room into the
house without his collar on" to vote,
for there was no time to lose in max.
ing his toilet" Free and untrammelled.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Iowa prohibitionists are not salts
fed with Mr.. Bryan's attitude on the
liquor question. On this point they
are in line with the democrats Of Ne
braska, who are also discouraged by
the dual position OF the peerless
leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Reward the Sacrifice.


Governor Hughes made a personal
sacrifice in accepting a place on the
supreme bench wktoh the president
feared and the people felt he might
not be able TO make. Now. let CON
gress reward the sacrifice by passing
the bill providing for an increase in
the salaries OF members of the supreme
court.
The paltry estate of the late Justice
Brewer should be a rebuke to the
American people and a prod to con
gress. Why should the richest nation
In the world not have the best ma
terial there is for the highest tribunal
in the land? II is not a question Of
paying such sums as big corporations
pay for legal talent. but 1t is a ques-
ton OF paying a man enough money
to enable him and his family to live
with becoming dignity at the seat of
government, where the expense Of liv-
ing is high, and to enjoy to some ok
tent the common right OF laying up
something for the future. Shut off
from the advantage of most invest
ments, a Justice has only his salary on
which to depend. 1t should, therefore,
be more than IL is now.
No member Of congress should dare
oppose the bill on the ground of econ
Omy, for that would be parsimony, II
not cheap politics. Dignity and honor
have always had their market value in
this country and should always have,
but there should be no watsred stock
in the capitalization.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Washington Herald

Washington I1eTdlu.
Paris evidences surprise that Mr.. Roose-
welt reached out Of his car window and
lifted Baron Takahira from the ground.
What did Paris expect7 That the colonel
would jump out OF the window and hand
the baron a couple Of swift punches in
the iaWR
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

If Lincoln doesn't prosper and re-
main beautiful, 1t will not be for lack
of guardian angels. Sometimes too
many cooks spoil the broth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

What II the democratic party should
get control Of the next house2 II would
be a most, interesting spectacle with
Mr.. Bryan and his forces, Champ
Clark and his. the eastern and south
ern conservative and the west radical
pulling and hauling. One thing would
be certain. the insurgents in congress
would be still there.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Mr.. Hearst is Just walking around
the fence to spy a loose plank that
might afford an opening into the big
Qrena OF public attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Content with Less.
Indianapolis News.

But Of course Australian beef which is
sold in this country for 6 cents a pound
less than the domestic product doesn't ex-
rect TO maxi a profit that will yield divi-
dends Of IS per cent and a neat addition to
the surplus every year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

The court might widen the scope of
the Hyde trial a little more so as to
permit an investigation that will force
Doctor" Guessing Hatred Chase Jor-
don to tell where he got that name,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

CleN6lhnu ram behleI'
Talk about a%bridgement Of personal lib
erty! Waterloo, Neb., has just passed an
ordinance forbldding BARRIERS to eat onions!
Might as well try to stop dentists joking
While they're performing their fiendlsh
work.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Hetty Green's son says the reason he
does not marry Is he fears money and
not love attract the girl. Probably he
ia right.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Nebraska farmers are to have a
demonstration of a new hog cholera
remedy. What is most needed In Ne
braska at present is the hogs.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Does not the fact that Mark Twain
died a millionaire argue that it pays
to be cheerful?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Subscribers leaving h city teEa'
~pOFariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed az often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

nouncement OF MT. Bryan's exact in
tention has yet been made, but Mr..
Hitchcock might ss wen prepare to re-
ceive another sting Of ingratitude.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Those persons who have aspired in
vain to get into the blue book will find
the census open to them. r..