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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Tennessee Democrats split.

The breach in the democratic party
of Tennessee on the verge of a con-
gressional election lends little weight
to the claims OF a reunited democ-
racy. Democrats outside of the state
are finding 1t difficult to conceal their
perturbation, for while the split comes
about in a state campaign it is sure
to have its effect in the later congress
sional election.
The strong effort to restore peace
among Tennessee's warning democrats
that is being made by national leaders
betrays the partys dismay Some
of the party organs admit the
probability of republican success un-
less factional differences are allayed,
and that does not seem promising
now. II the republicans should elect
their state ticket carrying with It a
republican legislature It would mean,
not only aid 10 the fall selection Of ma
tional representatives, but the election
Of a republican to succeed Senator
n AeeANAg HhNoS AoNS AccNc III Nnlh uu-
certain balance.
The present trouble in Tennessee
comes from a fight against Governor
Patterson on the charge of manipulate
in tie state organization as a personal
machine, involving a general primary
in June which the antiPatterson
forces denOunce as undemOeratie The
scheme is boldly condemned as trick
cry and guile 20 which "the party
should not submit"
Waving for the time all consider.
alton OF local strife. the fact is Ten
nessee's democracy has been webbing
for a long time and instead OF the
present situation being entirely due to
PattersOnism Il is but the logical out
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Lousr slssninr Car Rates.


The order of the Interstate Com.
merce commission differentiating be
tween the rates Of upper and lower
sleeping car berths will strike a pop
ular chord The only wonder is that
the Pullman company has been able
to enforce its arbitrary schedule so
long. But after all It's system of berth
prices is consistent with its policy of,
permitting the travelling public to pay
the greater part Of It's porters' and
walters wages. If the commission
could find some way Of correcting this
abuse IL would confer another useful
service upon the pubic
Exacting the same amount for an
upper berth, in and out of which II
requires an athlete to climb as for
a lower, seems about as reasonable
as II would be for a hotel to ask the
same price for all its rooms without
regard to their location, convenience
or comfort. But the commission has
gone further than the upper berth and
cut the rate also Of the lower, which
reduction It finds to be, justified by
the earnings of the company. This
action comes only after a most tho
rough Investigation, disclosing an ar
ray Of income figures that leaves no
room for doubling the fairness of the
commissions order, to say nothing of
its assured popularity. II finds that
from 1899 to 1908 the company's an
nual dividends came to $60,000,0OO
and that the amount carried to surplus
yearly did not go below the annual
dividend Of s per cent In eleven
years special cash and stock dividends
of $51, 900, 900 in addition to the an
nual ones we're paid. The capital
stock was increased eleven years ago
from sac, 200, 900 to $1O0, 100000.
These are few of the statistics
that have led the commission to be-
lieve the time has come for meeting
the clamor of the public against the
sleeping cars rates. The action does
not comport with the general cry of
railroads that they must devise new
ways of increasing their earnings and
is likely to have a deleterious effect
for the common carriers, though, of
course, their case is not to be judged
by the exact conditions of the Pullman
company.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Passing of the Boycott.

The boycott, unamerican in prin-
ciple and unfair in application, seems
to have about run it's course in this
country. Whether in labor disputes or
economic and social reforms, II can
not be used with permanent good.
Even trades unions are coming to this
view which is a healthy sign for their
future stability. The nature Of the
boycott runs counter of the first prin-
eiple Of civil liberty and that is the
chief reason why it has never gained
respectable position with men who
believe in the broadcast possible scope
of individual rights.
President Taft struck severe blow
to the boycott in his statement to the
Bethlehem steel magnates who went
to him when they heard the govern
ment had threatened to levy an en-
barge against their plant because it
was involved in a dispute with organ
feed labor. The president quickly dis
abused their minds on the subject and
told them that while he was not in
formed as to the merits of their CON
troversy, he could assure them that so
long as he was chief executive the
government would never employ the
boycott against them or any industry
He denounced the boycott from every
consideration of justice and right, ad-
ding that when and only when the
government was unable to get good
steel at fair prices would it cease to
trade with the Bethlehem companies.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Auction Prices No Criterion.

Those art students who bought Mr..
Yerkes extravagant display of "oIj
masters" served to emphasize the fact
that auction sales prices and art val
ues are two distinct things, just as
are collectors and connoisseurs. Or
have all the critics Of the past been
deceived as to the superiority of Ra-
phael and Memling, whom they have
ranked up with Titan and Da Vinci2
Here is painting Of Frans Halls SELL
ing for twenty times what Raphael
brings and ninety times as much as
Memling. 1t cannot be argued, either,
that these relative values obtained be-
cause of the greater scarcity OF Frans
Halls or course, for the inartistic man
Of affairs, there is little comfort in this
opportunity to criticise the hypercrit-
ical, but he may be pardoned If he
pauses to smile at the gross assump-
ton that the ability to buy carries
with 1t the instinct of critical genius.
Europeans themselves have poked fun
at american lOuTlbI5 TOT Ln6lT lADlJ
Of paying large sums Of money for
everything that a shrewd shop keeper
tells them Is genuine, and out of this
gigantic auction sale in New York crops
the subtle suspicion that the great
Italian of the Renaissance, the Flem-
ish painter and elder Halls might never
have seen some of the work ascribed
to them in this twentieth century Of
fast finance. OF course, that could
not be true with references to any of
the Yerkes collection.
These masterpieces broke the rec
ord for prices and undoubtedly many, if
not most of them, were bought merely
to be resold at larger figures, the
whole thing being a business spec
ulation. When people come to realize
that most, not all, of the really famous
works of old masters are still con-
fined to exclusive palaces and rich
museums never to be removed for sale,
they will realize that the whole fad
is badly overdone
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
BILLIONS FOR INSURANCE.
Imposing Dimensions of Last Years
Business.
Louisville Courier-Journel.


Louisville Courer-JourngI.
Everybody knows that ubiquitous indi-
vidual the life insurance agent. lie may
be imported or indigenous, but he is
everywhere, and the sun never sets on his
activities. He was particularly busy in
the United States during the year 1909.
Representing $50 companies he wrote
81, ,6SS, O20, 4s9 in policies, some 100000 in
excess Of the record for 1908.
The policyholders were somewhat busy
ut the same thing. 1t takes some hustling
for the generality Of them to meet their
premiums, but they worked nobly. paying
in 1864 7S5, 696, a gain OF S19 600 900 over what
they paid in 1908. Interest and other pay
ments swelled the income of the COM
panies to s747, ,2949 9s5. During the year the
companies disbursed to policyholders $500, =
6e30S3 and laid by for the future pro-
lection of policyholders" S942. .SlS,S74 Sta
tistIcs as to how much went to yellow
dog" funds are lacking, but probably will
come out in the course of future legisla-
tive Investigations.
The assets OF the $50 companies at the
close OF 1909 amounted to IS, 1854. 05b42, and
increase Of $264, 100000 during the year
The surplus on policyholders' accounts in
creased nearly S6O,OOO,OOO to 1854, 40 42S. The
figures, which are taken from tabula-
ton by one Of the leading insurance pa
pers Of the United States, give some idea
of the enormous growth OF the life insur-
ance business. Taking the ordinary and
the industrial business together, the In
surance In force in the companies operat-
ing under the legal reserve laws amounts
to SO, 4IS, 900, 4e6.
The notable gains made all along the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
PERSONAL NOTES.

wearers of present-day millinery should
not be classed as llghtheaded. Consider
the load
Chicago ice men promise to scale prices
for the summer. Their cakes will shun the
scales as heretofore.
Lloyd w. Bowers, United states solicitor,
who resigned a $4,000 job for one of $1,000 is
diligently making up the deficit in his in
come by lunchlng on sandwich
Woodbury.. tho beauty doctor, left $3.50. 900
worth of real estate at Sea Gate. Success
does not depend on new wrinkles there
are enough old ones to meet the need OF
the man with the tools.
Miss Anne Morgan has added to her other
activities by Joining a new organization
known as the North American Civic League
for Immigrants It was established to
protect aliens from fraudulent agents who
prey upon steerage passengers after their
release from Ellis Island.
The Nestor OF county Journalists in Illl-
nois is N. E. Stevens, editor OF the Paxton
Record. who has conducted that paper for
forty-seven years without interruption. aad
who has worn the editorial harness for
hftV-seven years. 1t is said Editor stevens,
who is n is the oldest editor in the west
working actively at his desk.
There is probably no other hunter or
trapper in all the bear woods OF Pennsyl-
vania who has the record for capturing
and killing bear during the last year that
c. f. Logue of the First Fork has. He
has fifteen to his credi,, 4 record that east
is in the lead OF all in Cameron county,
and challeneg to any other Pehnsylvanla
trapper.
Jacob Zimmerman, the Baltimore jeweler
who caught Hewlett. the man who con
fesses that he robbed Mrs Bugher Of
$4,000 Of jewels. deserves an appointment
to the New York detective force Hewlett
says the New York police did not recognize
him, although he wore a red wig which
would have made country sheriff sus-
plcious.
M. j. Scholey, mayor of Kenosha, Wis
introduced new feature into Kenosha
politics when he distributed 5000 bars Of
soap as a means OF calling attention to his
candidacy for reelection The soap Is or
dinary toilet size, and on one side of the
white barhn raised letter is Purity Soap"
while on the reverse is a picture Of the
mayor and the inscription. "A Clean Ad.
ministration.'
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
THE GOLDEN HOG.

Minna Irving In in Leslles Weekly.
The western farmer wears today
The smile that won't come off.
And millionaires and merchants, too,
Their hats to him must doff.
The price Of pork Is soaring so
The world is all a-gog,
1t takes a golden eagle now
To buy single hog.
Fair Commerce waves her magic wand
Above the humble sty,
And charges all the roofing pigs
To things for which we sigh;
Pianos, pictures, costly rugs,
And mirrors framed in gold,
And curtains Of the finest lace
In many filmy fold.
SILK dresses for the farmers wife
The grunting porker yields,
And motor cars and up-to-date
Machinery for his fields.
He does not have to seek for wealth
In lands beyond his ken,
Nor mine II from the stubborn rock,
He coins II from the pen.
His crops have failed I'm other years
And left his pockets flat,
But now on hams and bacon, lol
His fortune wakes fat
The autocratc hand Of trade
Has given 1t a Jog.
The golden calf must abdicate,
It's now the golden hog.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Foresight without Extravagance.

The founders of Omaha had fore
sight and laid out the city on broad,
liberal lines, giving it ample room to
grow. They builded wisely and we'll
sufficient unto the day and the i'm
mediate future, but they did not in
dulge in any wild extravaganza. In
public buildings and civic improve
ments, Omaha has always been little
ahead OF its pretentions and maintained
a reputation as a wide-awake, enter
prising, go-ahead city, while at the
same time keeping reasonably within
its resources in the expenditure Of pub
lie money, and avoiding mountain Of
debt under which many other cities
burden themselves
In every forward, pushing city there
are always people with dream-like
schemes to promote and fanciful plans
to propose, and likewise also back
number mossbacks and narrow
minded obstructionists who object to
every forward step. Actual progress
is made in real practice along a middle
course, neither going to the extremes
of extravagant folly nor stopping still
at dead line.
Omaha is growing and expanding
right along, and must keep up with
the procession by travelling a pace
commensurate with it's growth of
wealth and population, but not exceed
ing it too far. Omaha needs foresight
without extravaganza right now as
much as it ever needed it in the fifty
years OF its career.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

growth OF unrest and discomfort which
manifested itself so vitally IN that and
other southern states, Alabama and
Georgia particularly. IN 1908. il is n
question just how solid the south is
today. This is a day of the New South
as It's father. Henry W. Grady, chris
tened IL in his memorable New York
speech and the New South recognizes
that before hoary tradition comes the
real interests Of the country. It is
democratic by heredlty. anyway, but
the south is distinctly a protection
county. with a democratic family jar,
a state like Tennessee might on local
Issues give the country a surprise
party.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
BREAKING THE DROUTH.
Last Weeks Contest in "Wet" and
"Dry" Districts.

New York World.
On the whole it has not been a good
week for prohibition I'm the west. There
has been voting under local option by
towns in Illinois, Nebraska and Colorado
and by counties in Michigan, with obvious
advantages to the thirsty. In Topeka,
Kan, there was no direct liquor issue but
mayor was elected who Is understood to
favor license.
In Illinois thirty-nine dry" towns turned
to wet" while only nineteen reversed that
process. Seventy-two wet" towns and
11O dry towns remained as they were
Decatur, which went "dry" by l.OsO two
years ago. is now wet by 5Oo The cities
generally remain with the license party.
In Colorado the dry voters made gain
of two towns in twenty-five voting, but the
"wets" still have thirteen of the number.
Twenty counties out OF thirty-six voting
In Michigan returned dry victories, but
these viii close only 2s2 saloons out Of 1,1s1
in the voting territory. OF twenty-six
counties already wet" fourteen voted to
stay so, while of ten dry" counties In the
voting lot two reversed themselves. Kent
county, including Grand Rapids, repulsed
the prohibitionists by 1900 majority after
hot campaign. Wexford and Oakland
counties returned to the license column
after two years of drought. An interesting
dry" victory was won in Ingham county,
which holds Lansing. the state capital
In Nebraska 1856 cities and villages voted.
Seventy-six of these were carried for
license. In the state now the wet" forces
hold eighty-nine towns, with a total popu-
lation OF III. 1856; the dry" sign Is on sixty
seven towns, poulation Se,nS Eleven
wet" towns and fifteen dry" ones fiopped
on Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
}, bosh!
New York World.

The senates inquiry into he high cost
of living has a practical issue in the bill
reported by the committee having II in
charge limiting to one year the period dur
ing which articles Of food may be kept in
cold storage The object of the measure
is to secure an equalization and in some
cases a reduction Of prices. To what ex-
tent it will effect this result remains to
be determined, the exact relation of cold
storage to dear food not having been es-
tablished. But that the storage for long
periods Of food purchased at low prices
does artiflcially raise prices is undisputed
and the proposed limitation of the time
by law will be welcomed as a serious at
tempt to abolish one form Of the gambling
in food by which the cost of living is in
creased.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Our Birthday Book
April II, 1910.

General Grenvlle NJ. Dodge, Council
Bluffs most distinguished citizen was born
April IL. 1881. at Danvers. Mass. General
Dodge served conspleueusly in the civil war
aud Afterwards as chief engineer. and had
a leading part In the building Of the Union
Pacific railroad. He had been head OF the
Society OF the Army OF Tennessee. and also
OF the military order OF the Loyal Legion
and prominent in a great many other public
movements.
William II. Indoe, general agent OF the
State Mutual Life Insurance company OF
Worchester Mass, for Nebraska. with
offices In the Bee building is 50 years old
He was born in Granger. o., and has been
with his present company since 1859 and in
his present position since 1895.
Charles E. Wager. assistant general
freight agent OF the Missouri Pacific. was
born April r. 1865 at Springfield. H. He
Is an old-time railroad man and has been
In the business for nearly Is years. although
in Omaha only q little more than . year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
KnOw-NOthInEism UP to pate.

As one crying in the wilderness, listen
to the voice. of Charles Gates Dawes lifted
in protest against the boasted melting pot
Of American society, which he tells us rs
pulling down the standard of our race. 1t
will take hundreds of years to build It
up again. The closer We get to the people
with our primary and other election laws,
the worse class Of men we get for public
office. The good old puritan stock was
the clean foundation from which came the
splendid men and women Of the American
race"
o. bosh!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Our old friend, Edgar Howard,
thinks the editor Of The Bee has "a
duty to perform" in chasing all the
rainbows he paints in the heavens
Having had experience with Edgar's
pipe dreams" before, it is up to him
to come down to earth first and deliver
the goods supported by some corrobo-
rative testimony.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

line reflect the improvement in financial
affairs since the mur<y condition OF 1907.
The insurance akent made a good record
for himself last year and is entering upon
the work Of 1910 with improved prospects.
He is rolling up so much business that
the figures already are so big as to stag
ger the ordinary mans comprehension,
Small wonder that Financial magnates
are struggling for control OF thef great in
surance companies while the busy agent
is hustling and the policyholder is paying
the freight
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

The South Omaha hre insurance
agent who proposed to underwrite our
Omaha city hall at cut rates shows
signs Of backing out even at the risk
Of forfeiting his guaranty money. Won.
der II someone has offered to reim-
burse him for possible loss.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

And now our amiable democratic
contemporary has more fault to and
with the new tariff because It is actu-
ally proving to be revenue producer.
Wonder what 1t would be saying about
the tariff II the treasury deheit we're
steadily increasing because OF shortage
OF collections at the port OF entry?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

A good place TO start the good roads
movement Is right here In Omaha. An
object lesson OF paved city streets kept
in perfect condition would do a whole
lot toward having the country roads
improved and maintained In repair.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

over in Chicago a specially ap-
pointed vice commission is laboriously
devoting time and study TO the prob
lem of the social evil, which has per-
picked the people of all countries for
hundreds of years. But here in
Omaha a handful Of preachers solve it
off-hand by merely passing a resolu-
Alnn
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

An Omaha preacher lets forth a
Jeremiad about the degeneraey of the
times and the prevalence Of graft, the
immortality OF the people and the licen-
tiousness OF theater and press. Incl
dentally he explains his real trouble by
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Recession Of water wave.
PhlladeIphla Record.

The crest OF the prohibition wave seems
10 have been reached IN Illinois and Ne
braska. The local option votir,g on Tues
day last Indicated a decided drift IN the
opposite direction. There does not seem
20 be any fIxity OF opinion as 70 the mat
ter Of liquor selling az illustrated by Dopu-
lar vote
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Mayor Jim" is a great advertiser.
II he can't head an expedition Of
Bryan Home Folks to lasso the Peer
less on disembarking, he will ride a
broncho up Broadway to celebrate the
Homecoming Of Roosevelt. Wake up,
Governor shailenberger, or you will
be outclassed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

The census takers will begin their
rounds before the week is ended. and
win be expected to finish the Job be
fore May l. How big is omahag Get
in the guessing game before Il Is too
late.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
ProposInR Q Large JOb.
Chicago News.

The proposition is made to relegate Mr..
Roosevelt to the ordinary obscurity OF
private citizenship. The only question to
be asked the proposers OF this scheme is
what they are going TO do about II.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Improving Her Opportunities.

LOuIsViIIe IOurIer-JOurnaL
The dashlng Mississippi widow who says
her vocation is keeping boots and selling
real estate and Mississippi senators is an
up-to-date and up-to-deviment person
whose activities illustrate the well-worn
adage that little widow is a dangerous
thing
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Reaching for 1Himher Ups.''
Springfield Republican.

Some one higher UP" Is undoubtedly
Mr.. Hoffstot, president Of the Pressed Steel
Car company and head Of one of-Pitts-
burg's leading banks, whom tho grand jury
recommends as a suitable person for indict-
ment and prosecution In San Francisco
the Patrick Calhoun prosecution failed In
the end. but Pittsburg may prove able to
bring down this kind Of big game.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Let no one insinuate that Mr..
Roosevelt's plan to spend only ive
hours in Copenhagen reflects any lack
OF confidence in the suficiency OF his
records.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Aggravated FOFm of Combination.

UFI IIoIIVIN NtVFNIUI.NHIIs
The new window glass trust, which has
just been indicted by a federal grand jury.
is a particularly aggravated form Of COM
bination which might suffer verdict OF
ilegality without shedding much light on
the status OF the ordinary trust. II Is a
highly complicated situation which il de-
veloplng uHder the anti-turst law and the
sooner II is cleared up the better for busl-
ness
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Ex-Governor Folk says a tidal wave
of democracy is rising in the hearts of
the peope. Oh, little damning up
on the sides will prevent an overflow.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

What more congruous outcome
could be imagined than Count Boni as
Paris gossip correspondent of an
American yellow?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Nebraska journalism has lost pic
turesque and forceful character by the
retirement from the newspaper field of
John c. Sprecher, who has let his
Schuyler Free Lance pass into innocu-
GUS desuetude. Editor Sprecher was
a political party all alone, but had
himself convinced that he was abso-
lutely nonpartisan every minute and
then insisted that everyone who failed
to join him was a purblind partisan
acting without rhyme or reason. He
should, however, be given credit for
the courage of his convictions, which
accumulated for him a swarm of un-
compromising enemies, and doubtless
some ardent friends, and kept him in
hot water most of the time. Editor
sprecher's pugnacious and opinionated
comment on current politics in Ne
braska will be missed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

So much talk about the noiseless
Fourth may become harder to bear
than the limit of old-fashioned cele-
brations.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
In which class, Horatio, ,

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Some wait for a car and swear. Others
sprint for q car. and swear. True virtue
knows when the car is coming, and keeps
sweet
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Indianapolis NeWb
Don't think that the coal men have any
combination IN restraint OF trade. Nothing
like that. 1t is merely a combination TO
get the ultimate consumers money.