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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
Hearst and Democracy.

Hearst's renewed courtship of Miss
Democracy is not at all surprising since
this withered spinster has no STEADY"
on whose arm she may lean with any
assurance of support and since Mr..
Hearst has failed either to punish all
his political rivals or satisfy his pas
sion for power. 1t will not be safe to
hazard a guess on what the capricious
dame will do with the advances of her
ambitious sutton, for his zeal may
easily be matched by hers and If he
feels the lack of good company any
more than she does then he must in
deed be a lonely soul.
Mr.. Hearst served notice on the
use its name as his banner when he
sent John Temple Graves to that JEFF
ferson day banquet with proffer Of
reunion. Whether he means to run for
governor of New York again or stay
out and try for the presidential nomi-
nation in 1912 is the question. OF
course IL he did re-enter the New York
fight he probably would never go into
the national contest, for New York
city and state-has spoken decisively
on Hearstism, putting him in the three
times class where the country at-large
placed Mr.. Bryan.
Hearst is built on the rule-or-ruin
order and the probabilities are that If
his proffer of peace Is rejected by the
democrats he will then stir up some
new mischief for them. At any rate
the party must reckon with him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
Let In ALI the Light.

Not since the Ballinger- Pinchot in
vestigation began has there been any
sound reason for refusing to admit all
the light that actually bears on the
facts of the case, and now that Secre-
tary Ballinger has gone on the witness
stand and refuted the charges of Mr..
CLAWS in as strong terms as they were
made, there is added reason for the
fullest possible inquiry.
The nature of this case in the first
place and the character of the men in
volved in the second constitute an is
sue in which the government is vitality
interested. That alone is enough to
demand full, clean sweep of the facts
which, no doubt, all parties to the con-
troversy want as much as the public
welfare exacts. 1t would be impossible
to arrive at a satisfactory settlement
by any other course and indeed 1t may
be impossible to attain that end, any
way. 1t will not be necessary to APP
pease certain outside passions that have
seized on .his national controversy as
a means of making personal or private
capital. The only interest which has
any right to be considered is that of
justice. If, therefore, the prolonging
of the investigation means a thorough
probing for and weighing Of facts then
there should be no chatting at delay.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
Dollar Diplomacy.

Secretary Knox has been criticized
in certain sources for what is known
as his dollar diplomacy" and yet he
has done nothing since he became head
of the State department that called for
greater commentator.
This dollar diplomacy" is simply
a method of using the power and
machinery Of the state department to
enable American financial interests to
find investment abroad that will at the
same time develop the governments
commercial and political powers. In
stead of being a system whereby Wall
street uses the diplomatic service, 1t Is
precisely the reverse, the diplomatic
service using Wall street as a tool to
further the interest of the United
States in foreign countries. 1t is
practice long ago established by other
world powers, and which could no
longer be neglected by this country
with impunity either to It's official or
private enterprise abroad.
All AulSl lCdll DlplOuudl III llol
per's Weekly, presents an instructive
study of this question. Taking just
one example, he shows where the
United States would suffer serious
commercial loss by refraining from
the Knox policy. That is in the case
of the Hukuang loan for the financing
and building of the Hankow-Canton
railroad in China. Great Britain,
France and Germany had made a pre-
liminary agreement with China for the
loan. The railroad tapped the rich
Yangtze valley and opened up a great
wealth of commerce. OF course these
countries by making the loan would
reap rich advantages from China. Sec
rotary Knox promptly saw that this
could but mean converse misfortune
for the United States and therefore set
about to secure his country's partici-
patton in the loan.
After a years negotiations Secre-
tary Knox succeeded in gaining Ameri-
can participation in this loan to China
and got the money from Wall street.
1t is simply a case of the government
enlisting the services of vast private
resources, compromising the latter with
the opportunity Of extending the chan
nels of its employment. The policy
is not only wise, but necessary If this
government is to keep upslAn the ad-
vanced methods of both diplomacy
and foreign commerce and that it most
assuredly proposes to do.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
Oklahoma's Jim Crow Law.

The Jim Grow" law which Okla
homa has written upon its statute
books is probably the most radical of
all these laws restricting the rights of
negroes on railway trains, and is evil
IDENTIFY constructed upon a deep-seated
some of the Jim Crow laws OF the
south there seems to be some semb-
lance of reason or fairness, those. for
instance, that reserve entire cars for
the races, but in this Oklahoma law
no such fairness is shown. The negro
may occupy any seat in the first six
rows in the first passenger car of any
train, which happens to be the smoker
The train may have ten cars and
hundreds of negroes may want to ride
on it, but that is not a matter with
which the trainers of this great legis-
lative measure felt themselves con-
cerned.
The progressive negroes Of that
state, such as those who have visited
in Omaha enroute to ST, Paul where
they will plead for the revocation of
this law in the UniteG States circuit
court of appeals, insist that the Has
kell people did not dare place this
measure in the constitution, knowing
1t would not stand, so they enacted the
law within a few days after the first
legislature convened.
There are some 10000 negro voters
in Oklahoma and among them are
some Of the most intellectual members
| of the race. They seem to be striving
with earnest zeal to WORK out the des-
tiny OF their race, but they are meet
ing with stubborn resistance at the
hands of Governor Haskell-who has
been under Indictment OF federal grand
jury for long time-and some other
white men These negro leaders do
clare 1t to be furthest from their OBJ
iect or desire to consider this as q So
oial problem, or TO ask for social equal
ity. THAT" in the words OF two OF
their attorneys, would be as repug-
nant to US as to you white men. All
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
Our Birthday Book
May a, 1910.

Norris Brown, United States senator from
Nebraska, was born May q 1883 at Ma.
quoketa, Ia. Senator Brown attended the
University of Iowa, studied law and was
admitted to practice in 1888. locating shortly
after at Kearney. Neb. He got beat when
he ran for congress. but was elected at
torney general and made that office
stepping stone TO the senate.
General Henry b, Darlington, retired
army officer. Is celebrating his elghty-sxth
birthday. He was born in WalIingford.
Conn, ard has a long military record.
going through the civil war and subsequent
Irdian wars. He is an author as well as
fighter, and well known in Nebra ska,
where he was frequently stationed during
his military service.
Peter F. Peterson. president Of the u. T.
Steam Baking company was born May P
1858 He is a native OF Denmark. but has
been In this country since 1889, starting In
the wholesale bakery business In 1890, in
which he has achieved big success
joseph F. Proctor. Former United States
deputy marshal, is celebrating his thirty
fourth birthday. He was born IN Madison
county Iowa and was one OF the R1ug',
Riders during the Spanish war. Tic rode
into federal appointment through the
favor OF the colonel Of the regiment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

we ask is our rights as guaranteed
under the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the federal constitu-
ton"
And that is what they should have
and the white man who seeks to de-
prive them OF those rights is coming
far short Of the stature Of good citi-
zenship and showing himself unworthy
Of some OF the rights that he enjoys
and insists on enjoying to the exclus-
ion of his colored neighbor.
II the negro problem, so-called, is
worked out, It must be by the cooper
alton and not by the opposition of the
white man.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
HALLEY'S COMET.

w. J. hampton, in Now York Times
Gee whiz,
What fatal termination a comets tail is
A long, long sweep OF gaseous
Formation tackled on to
nub of meteoric
Resplendence in the blue,
Diaphanous, deadly and diabolic,
Intangible in the sky
1t waggleS around
With never a sound,
And gets In its work on the sky.
BY gum,
A comets tail is some
Kind of caudal appendage which sweep.
The vast sidereal space
And hands the solar system
hard one In the face,
Like that of a brindle cow
When Susan, at the pail,
Dreams, dreams of happy milking
\ cow that has no TAIL
But, say,
A comet without tail would be Jay,
Wouldn't it? Wow
Look out for Halley's now,
1t is coming our way
At fort-'leven million miles day,
And when its noxious vapors
Swoop on us en- masse.
What in thunder's
The matter with the gas
BY heck,
What a wreck
There'll be OF corporations.
OF magnates and of mice,
OF meat and vegetables
And cost of living price;
OF politics and churches
OF art and science and
OF everything, but graveyards ..r r-
In this once happy land.
That's not so very gay.
Is It? And still,
II we will
We may pass in safety through II
By struggling to prevail
On the Great American Nation
Not to twist the comets tail.
What?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
JOY FOR EARLY RIsERs.
Skyline Charms Not Limited to the
Comet.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
Get up and look for the comet one of
these mornings. You will find 1t worth
while. Not that you will see this strange
visitor from afar though you may, for a
Cambridge astronomer says that It can be
seen with the naked eye. The same author
ity states that 1t is now less of a sight than
comet A. 1910, which was merely a faint
streak, and by no means terrifying por-
tent But II you don't discover Haley's
namesake you will at least learn that dawn
has very glorious beauty at this time Of
year Poets only do justice TO that mighty
and everlasting battle between darkness and
daylight which is then seen. The faint
ing of Venus ION the bed of daffodn sky"
the pallng of the full moon, the apparent
absolute victory Of Aurora, and the awak-
ening OF the sleeping world loudly pro-
claimed by the robin, are better worth see
Ing than fifty comets, men of science to
the contTary, notwithstanding. It's a shame
to leave this beauty wholly to milkmen.
newsboys and newspaper workers. SO get
up and look for the comet, just before
dawn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
JURORS AND NEWSPAPERS.
Common Sense Action of n Federal
Court Ia Sew York.

Court Ia Sew York.
New York Tribune
Not merely on the ground OF a certain
professional qualification, but on grounds
OF common sense and justice to human
nature, some words of Judge Hough's in
the United States circuit court. in the
course OF the Heinze trial. are worthy OF
notice and of hearty commentator. He
said:
Il have instructed the marshal to allow
you gentlemen Of the Jury to read any
newspapers or periodicals you wish dur
ing the progress of the trial. There is a
fear in the minds OF many that men Of
unimpeachable character, OF unbiased
mind and fair judgment will be influenced
by newspaper accounts and their Judgment
overwhelmed by journalistic clamor in
stead of the sworn testimony they have
been listening to. l don't fear that"
We believe Judge Hough's confidence to
be fully justflable. 1t has always seemed
to us reproach to the court, a reflection
upon the jurors and a grossly perverted
estimate Of newspaper influence to sug
gest that men who a. Q chosen by the court
as worthy to serve on a jury are made I'M
worthy and unfit by pursuing a practice
which has been common to them all their
lives and which is followed by all lntelll-
gent members of the community.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

President Taft paid his highest
tribute to Governor Hughes when he
said he was perfectly willing to have
him participate in the decision of cases
in which he was personally interested
as chief executive OF the state Of New
York. The president declared that the
governor was one of those men to
whom the oath means all its says And
this is the judgment OF the country at
large.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Complaint comes from the Black
Hills that the grouse are so numerous
as to be a dangerous pest. Men are
still living in Omaha who can remem-
Der the day when 1t was unsafe for a
citizen to go abroad after the middle
of July unless he carried shotgun as
protection against the attack Of Zero
cious prairie chickens. Many an un-
protected wayfarer has been severely
bitten by these ravenous birds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

OIICdbO TttNUTU-TItTdIU.
That few men resign public office is an
old saying. That fewer resign because
the pay is too liberal for the work re-
CURED has never needed saying. Such
cases are so rare that they cause one to
sit up and stare.
An assistant states attorney in Kings
county, New York, has given up his IS 5000
place because his conscience would not
permit him to take that amount for work
worth about 1880, and because he could
not tolerate the waste and inefficiency that
characterized the office. Verify, Greater
New York is having strange experiences
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

what Traubel did for whitman. recoi
every passing thought and comment,
putting in shape the great humorists
biography.
one hundred and twenty-five wage
ten sections. filled with hot boosting 81
pictures to charm the eye and enough b
ness announcements to put bay win
on the ill., all under a pictorial cove
golden colors, signalized the twenty-i
birthday anniversary OF the Daily O
homan, housed I'm Oklahoma City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

The plan on foot of several of the
big monied men to buy the Mark
Twain home and convert it into a
museum suggests that even the dollar
is impotent to crowd ali sentiment out
of the human soul. This would be a
fine tribute TO pay to the memory of a
man who gave his life 10 the enjoy
ment of his fellowman,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
Profit In National HumOr.

PdltlnlOTe american.
Although Mark Twain lost one big for
tune in paying the debts Of a publishing
firm in which he was interested he died,
1t is said, worth more than a million. This
is an eloquent proof Of the demand which
the American people make for national
humor and the price they are willing to
pay for the best of the kind. They do not
hasten to fill in such overlooking measure
the Golfers of the writer's on doleful, NOR
bid or questionable subjects.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

The response to Colonel Bryan's
trumpet call in behalf of the initia-
tive and referendum has not been such
as would encourage the thought that
Nebraska is to have an extra session
of its legislature during the planting
season. The clans do not rally as
once they did when Mr.. Bryan sends
out the fiery cross.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

A New York financier tells COM
pany of western college girls that
banking is the simplest thing in the
world, but If we know the western
girl she will refuse to be jollied with
that sort of talk.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

An old circus man was dolefully reading
the report OF frbstbitten crops in the mid
die west.
What do you carer" interrupted a flip
pant New Yorker.
Carer" shouted the circus man. aside
from humanitarian instincts, 1 take tire
mendous interest In those blighted fields.
Just remember that must go on the road
In couple OF weeks. I am slated for a
rural division this season and a country
circus route is shaped entirely by the con-
dition of the crops. The heat and the cold
the rain and the drouth. decide whether
we shall show in central Iowa or southern
Tennessee. The place where the weather
Is permitting the farmer ia make the most
money is the place for us. Owing to the
uncertainty Of weather conditions the small
circus never plans its route more than two
or three weeks in advance. like to play
the middle west. When crops are good the
folks out there simply throw money at
circus"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Response to the invitations from
Omaha republicans to their fellow
workers in the state are coming at
rate that indicates success. The best
promise for the future is the interest
the republicans are taking in state
politics at present.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

II young Mr., Rockefeller really de
votes his working capital to wiping out
the white slave" traffic, we may ex-
pect that abolition TO come in much
shorter time than the one half a cen
fury ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

The bucket shop fraud seems to
have fallen upon hard times in New
York and II the raid reacts with gen
eral effect over the country it will be
a fine thing for legitimate business.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

May the best man win in Chicago's
latest political scandal. OF course
Senator Lorimer, who declares he is
innocent of charges made against his
good name, still has the regular re-
course to legal protection.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Here is a man who sues his wife for
divorce because she loves him too
ardently. 1t really becomes a puzzling
question just where to draw this line
Of love SO as to strike the happy med
ium
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Governor shallenberger is not put
ting himself on record with entire
frankness on the extra session PROPOSE
ton. But this is not the FIRST time
that Governor shalLnberger has left
his fellow citizens in doubt whether
the snake that made that track was
going south or coming back"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

The sporting pages are q pretty fair
indication as to the time OF year No
matter what the weather man may say,
young America is having his fling out
OF doors, and is doing right well.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
Creighton University.

The graduation Of another class
from Creighton Law school serves to
direct attention to the growth Of
Omaha's facilities in educational lines.
Creighton university is easily the first,
aside from the public schools. This
great institution, founded In the gener-
osity of one of the pioneer citizens and
fostered since by his family, has stead
lily increased in Importance, until now
it takes high rank and is growing in
usefulness each year. 1t is not alone
active in sectarian way, for its scien-
tific branches are perhaps better pat
ronized than its academic. Creighton
Law school and Creighton Medical col
lege are furnishing brilliant members
of two of the learned professions who
are spreading the light of knowledge,
and incidentally the fame Of Omaha,
throughout the world. Omaha has
many institutions and manufactures
in which much pride is felt, but none
of these equal in Importance the fac
tories that turn out citizens, and of
these Creighton university stands in
the front rank.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Another pugilist has been killed
while participating in a "scientinc"
contest with soft gloves. And yet its
adherents still refer to the brutal pas
time as the5"manly art"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Members of the Water board admit
that a little action on the part OF the
board would relieve the Omaha water
situation. but yet persist in remaining
inactive The conclusion is obvious.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Baltimore American.

bdIIIIIIUIt AIIIVIIUHII.
The various Investigations into the cause
of the high cost of living do not seem to
be making much Roadway, especially as
far as remedial light on the subject is
concerned. In fact, the more the matter
is discussed. the higher the prices appear
to CO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

The weather man has not really
merited public confidence to any great
degree, yet the people viii trust him
once more and hope he may make good
on this last promise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Sitting the paving contracts is not
an easy task. but the city councils
committee is proceeding in manner
that ought to result in the really
necessary work being done during the
summer season.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Mr.. Bryan can Just flash those re-
elder on the next man who says he
never landed an office, since he left
congress
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Gaynor, Wilson, Marshall, Folk, Har-
mon, Hearst, and last, but not least,
William Jennings Bryan. or course
the race is young as yet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

The Chicago Evening Post offers a
timely little suggestion on how to en-
Joy tour OF Europe, saying do not go
until you have been president of the
United States.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
MistakinE His Speciality.

Plttsburg Dispatch.
Mr.. Roosevelt disappointed some French
men by failing to make an aeroplane ascen-
sion. They forget that his speciality is
making the other fellow get UP in the air.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

Can ! make speed on this typewritf
My dear sir. this machine Is so spe
mat We have equipped II with he
monk morn, instead OF a bell."-Washh
That man who advertises that he
nuke spirits appear, has made a mista
IN MS advertisement, to Judge from !
own appearance"
What mistaken
AL think he means he can make the
uiSoPpear' baltimore American.
Stranger, Gin Gotham)-what is n2
,, Excited tied resident crushing to Join frinzIe
caesars ghost no! It's 4P fashiona bl
wedding" Tribune.
He-Why not give me your reply now
IL is not fair to keep me In uJpense
She-But thlnk Of the time YOU have ker
me In suspense!-M, A.?
A policeman in a reformed city confis
Gated hatpin Of illegal length.
II don't think the point well taken"
protested the wearer OF the millinery, an
noyed at having to hold on her bale o
feathers by hand.-Philadeph Ledger.
your wife looks charming tonight. Mr.
Blnkers,' remarked the hostess at tn,
reception re Ssssr,n; Hsr new costume aply bog
We'll, / don't know as to Mat." re
Joined Blinkers, but It almost bcggare,
me."-Chicago News.
why did you break your engagement
with that school teacher?" asked tn
friend.
III l failed TO show up at her hous
every evening, she expected me to brinl
written excuse signed by my mother. ~
Home Companion.
Said the dog: when that trip to the cup
board
was taken by Old Mother Hupboard.
Her search was a stall
She had eaten II all
Herself-and l know, for l rupboard."-
Puck
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porarily should have Tho Bee
mailed to them. Address will lie
changed as often ns requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

The steel trust has declared another
dividend, which lets US out Of that
anxiety
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

Having been resurrected for the pur-
pose, John w. Kern says he will make
the run. To be sure; he likes the
exercise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

They have made up a regular SEIZED
ule for the colonel while visiting the
kaiser. Does anybody fear he will run
behind time?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

So far as can be learned Colonel
Roosevelt has made no plans for rest
ing after he returns.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-02

New York is to have q domestic re-
lations court, but if It viii be a further
inducemont to domestic infelicity, bet
ter not have it.