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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

among the states along several lines,
and because Of the widely divergent
necessities Of some sections II is not
certain that the states are DESTROYS of
an organization whose decision would
be binding. With the difficulties of
Identical state legislation so apparent,
It is manifest that each state would
prefer to go 1t alone. as now, rather
than surrender its individual rights to
eay House Of Governors" but the in
formal conference has it's good uses,
and no doubt will be renewed from
time to time as circumstances war
rant. 1t will be seen in reflex in the
messages which all these governors
will transmit to their respective legisr
latures at the next turn of the wheels
Of the law-making machinery.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
THOSE RoosEvELT MESSAGES.
Congress DispOsing of UncircuIated
@ Copies.
New York Mail.

New York Mail.
II there is any joke In connection with
the 1900 unclrculated copies of the mes
sages of President Roosevelt which con-
gress has found 1T desirable to destroy,
the joke is not on the man who is now
hunting the white rhinoceros in Africa.
There certainly never was a president
who was as widely read as Mr.. Roosevelt
has been. The fact is that the congressional
malls have always been too slow for his
public utterances. BY the time a congress-
man could get a Roosevelt message to his
constituent-if he wanted to send it-they
would "a read every word of it, days
before, in the newspapers.
AS for the fireside perusal of public
documents, the average congressman some
time since made up his mind that if he
wanted to get a word OF his own deliver
ances read by his constituents, ne must
gracefully keep Mr.. Roosevelt's utterances
out Of their hands. Roosevelt comes before
the local paper and the Rural Hoosier''
and the Changers Palladium" Congress-
man B%lowhard, on the other hand, has
no show for his great speech on THE
Rights OF the Peoples Representatives
Against Executive Usurpation" until after
the last mail order house catalogue has
been committed to memory.
Hence the congressional tendency to
allow the Roosevelt messages to slumber
in the document room. But the words that
the message contained have not slumbered.
Even at second hand, they have an awak-
ing effect which Is superior to anything
tina has been pumped out Of the congress
sional brain for some years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
PERSONAL NOTES.

II Paulhan can fly over the Sierras, why
isn't he the boy to investigate the top
OF Mt. Mckinley?
A New York woman lost her pearls and
paid a poor girl who returned them S2,0OO.
II any suspicion ever existed that those
pearls were paste, 1t has vanished.
j. A. Buchanan, a wealthy ranch owner
and politician Of North Dakota, announces
that he will be a candidate for the repub-
lican nomination for governor this year.
Lloyd Georges fame as the greatest OF
Welshmen is the reason for his Invitation
to visit America and be entertained by the
st. David's Society OF the Lackawahna dis
trict in Pennsylvania There are numer-
GUS Welshmen in and about Scranton.
Miss Charlotte Augusta Van Deu Heuvel,
said to have been the last lineal descendant
OF Robert Morris. a signer of the declara-
tion of independence, is dead at the old Van
Deu Heuval residence In New York. She
was So years old and is said 70 have been
related 10 the late III. John Jacob Astor.
The Lew Wallace statue for statuary
hall in the national capitol building was
preferred by the Indiana Legislature over
one of Vice President Hendricks on the
ground that Wallace was a literary man
of fame. But literature was forgotten by
the sculptor, who put the author OF Ben
Hur" into a generals uniform.
Misses Gertrude and Margaret Davis of
Sharon, Pa, have made application for
recognition by the Carnegie hero fund COM
mission because they saved the life of
Charles Bodamer, a wealthy real estate
owner. He slipped on the ice in front of a
fast approaching train, and they pulled
him off the tracks, ..
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
A Fisherman Distraught.

The spectacle of secretary of war
apologizing to the head of another gov
eminent can be tolerated only when it
is known that the pardon was asked for
the spelling of a fishing trip. Fishing
is the sacred right of the male animal,
and when Mr.. Dickinson found that he
had invaded that prerogatiye of the
president of Cuba he did just what
loyal Americans would expect him to
do.
When Grover Cleveland used to go
duck hunting there were those who
criticised him, but when he and Joe
Jefferson went off among the waters
and dropped their lines overheard
every man had a fellow feeling for the
absentee president. When a public man
went to Horace Greeley with a tale of
disaster and asked what he should do,
Mr.. Greeley replied, do? Why, go
a-fishing-I have wanted to all my
life"
Most,men have had a similar yearn-
ing, even those who have never known
the gentle and seductive art, but only
dreamed of it. Even if one catch no
fish, the patience and reflection at
tanned are a Joy to contemplate by any
one whose career is crowded with cares.
President Gomez was doubtless weary
of the turmoil through which he has
passed. and to have to turn back from
his line and reel to hearken to the
voice OF statecraft must have called for
more fortitude than is given to the
average man.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Governors in Conference.

Much good, and at any rate no harm,
may be achieFed by the conference of
governors now on in Washington, for a
free interchange OF views concerning
current matters OF public interest to
the several states is likely to result in
a clear and definite demand for some
unity of legislation. The fact that only
a genuemen's agreement is possible,
and that no binding action can be
taken. need not lessen the practical re
suits, for such a gathering, attended
in a spirit of harmony, should produce
full and free discussion, and serve as
a clearinghouse of interstate ideas.
These v%olutary conferences may be
utilized to serve The purpose, in a way,
OF the House of Governors. - for winch
a propaganda has been so active. Radi-
cal differences are sure TO continue
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
The Roosevelt Trnnhies

Accounts of the Roosevelt exploits
in South Africa both stimulate and sat
isfy the thirst for real adventure to
such an extent that many Of the boys
of today are likely to remember the
colonel more as a mighty hunter than
as an ex-president, so lasting are the
most vivid of the Impressions Of youth.
And among the natives of the Dark
Continent not only the name Roosevelt,
but also the name American, is apt to
stand as a synonym for yalor. Son,
like father, has made a record, and the
entire expedition inspires patriotic en-
thusiasm, for in addition to the person
ality Of the leaders is to be borne in
mind that these are representative
Americans, not only in courage to face
the perils of the jungle, but also in
scientific achievement.
The Smithsonian Institution, custo-
dian of t~heNtrophies Of the hunts, is as
sured one Of the richest and most rep
r~esentative collections in the world,
which will be viewed with wonder by
visitors from other lands as well as by
our own people. Much mas been added
to the store of knowledge concerning
the creatures of the wilds, their habits
and their h%aunts, and the discoveries
of new species are a distinct addition
to the field of natural history. The
Roosevelt trophies at Washington are
bound to acquire added significance
as the years go by, serving as a monu-
ment to American intrepidityi long
after the wilderness from which they
were wrested shall have become a
~peaceable habitation with its native
fauna extinct.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Loss Of a Good Name.

New England statiSticians are a lit
tie slow in discovering that Maine is no
longer entitled to be known as the Pine
Tree state. Twenty years ago the head
Of the Maine Central railroad, when
asked where a consumptive could take
refuge to get the full breath of the
pines, answered that no pines had been
left in Maine for a long time previous.
Spruce there still is in some abundance,
but it is fast falling before the x Of
the lumberman, Just as fell the state
lier evergreens.
Now that the pines have gone, the
cry is raised that they might have been
saved in a large measure If in the early
days of the onslaught upon u re-
sources any intelligent effort toward
conservation had been attempted.
Scientific forestry is steadfast to pro-
tect, but slow to rebuild, and the ma
jestic forests that a " Maine her fame
can be known no more. With the full
knowledge hat a good name is rather
to be chosen than great riches, Maine
deliberately Suffered the sacrifice of the
one for the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Our Anti-Saloon league friends will
doubtless emit another howl against
The Bee because, when they offered us
an announcement the other day, they
were advised that it came within the
classification of political advertisement
for which payment is regularly exacted
in advance, and that we would await
their order on these terms. The fact
that the advertisement appeared in
other papers, while The Bee is still
waiting for the order accompanied by
a check, would indicate that the Anti
Saloon league will not deal with us ex-
cept on tick.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
COUNT.
Credit fer Favorable showing
Awarded the President.

~
Detroit Free Press.
During the final stages of the tariff bill
In congress, President Taft took an active
hand in ~reshaping certain schedules which
were not to his liking. One Of these for
which he made q fight and won out was
the hides schedule. He demanded free
hides and got them. His demand aroused
much angry controversy, and it was de-
clared that a free hides schedule would
work great injury to the cattle interests
Of the west Many of the cattle men
themselves Joined In the clamor Of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law. What have been
the result7
Statistics now at hand appear conclusively
to prove the correctness of the presidents
position. During October and November OF
1903, the value OF imported hides amounted
to 49, 600, as against SO, 100, 900 for the cor
responding months Of 1908. OF the total
imports of hides there was an increase of
$1,000. 900 from South America alone. The
exports of leather during the same. two
months were increased by 50, 295, 900, and the
general trade exports to South America
went up by $500, 900.
The large increase in the Imports Of
hides from South America, taken with the
like increase Of exports to that country.
seems to indicate a reciprocal relation, and
that trade begets trade, Nor have there
been any claims or indications that the
business of our western cattlemen has
suffered in any way by the admission of
hides free, The demand for hides has
taken the entire stock. And the increase
in the manufacture of leather as shown by
the exports, as well as the increase in
general trade exports, has furnished en-
ployment for additional labor. To President
Taft belongs the credit for this showing.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Some of the cities are taking practi.

Some of the cities are taking practi-
cal steps toward a safe and sane
Fourth. In Springfield, Mass, the
local legislators have enacted an ordi-
nance restricting the gunpowder noises
to a brief early morning and briefer
early evening period, and cannon
crackers and blank cartridges are
barred. This appears to be the era for
a short play day as well as work day.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is not fashionable now In New York
City to be seen with horses and carriages
or on a stroll on foot. To rank at all well
a person mush have a machine, and speed
up Fifth avenue, Broadway, Riverside
drive and the park, or run over to Long
Island resorts for the afternoon or Sunday.
The wives and daughters Of the New
Workers prefer a new machine, that they
can run wherever fancy dictates, TO
diamonds and jewelry, that they must for
ever keep under ghard and can exhibit
them to comparatively few OF their friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Where Regulation is needed.
Brooklyn Eagle.

BIOOkIyn EHBIt,
The widespread automobile extravaganza
which President Taft deplores would not
affect the peoples purse as 1t does II
garage repair charges could be drought
within the Jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce commission. Many automobile
owners Of the Hamiltonian school would
be willing to carry the United States malls
free of charge to secure such national
protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
First Duty OF ConEreas.
Minneapolis Journal.

The governmental regulation OF railroads,
the curbing OF the great trade and indus
trial combinations, the conservation OF our
natural resources, the reform OF our court
procedure-these are som OF the things
that congress ought to dispose OF before
Il gives any time or thought to the subsidy
question. II regulars and insurgents can
give over %squabbling long enough to do
these things, 1t viii be time enough to
figure out how the government may Justly
hold out a helping hand TO the steamship
eonpAniea
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Governor Shallenberger has been in
vited, along with thirty other gov.
errors, to be a guest at a White House
dinner. That ought to take the edge
of his failure to sit atthe table with
the president at Omaha when the lat
ter was the guest of Ak-Sar-Ben.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Work Enough for Overtime.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

II congress vigorously pursues all the In
vestigations ordered or asked for. passes
all the messages recommended, makes all
the appropriations desired and cuts down
expenditure to the requisite limit OF re-
trenchment 1t has a job laid out which
would justify a continuous session until
March 4, 1911. Judging by the example of
it's promptitude presented in the matter of
the tariff bill. the inference is quite strong
that even with a perpetual sitting some
parts of the program win be omitted.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
VISION OF HARVEST.
Kansas City Times.

Kansas City Times.
Out In the fields so barren,
Underneath the snow and sleet,
In the bosom of the plowland,
Sleeps the promise OF the wheatl
With it's fifty thousand binders
And its hundred thousand men,
And horses painting through the grain
And whips that snap again,
And screaming monsters. breathing steam,
Dividing grain and chaff,
And dust yelled men whose pitchforks
CLEAN
Thu while they Jest and laugh,
And rafting trains that carry bread,
A hungry world to fill
All sleeping just beneath the snow
Out yonder on the HILL
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

The vote to relegate the word "col-
lision" to oblivion would be unanimous
were 1t not for the activities Of the
railroads In maintaining its vitality.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Omaha's new pay-as-you-enter cars
are a great improvement, but for some
reason or other they have not stopped
the demand for an elastic rear plat
form that may be stretched to make
room for one more.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

A contributor to one of u local
publications offers a very convincing
under the caption, Poverty
a Blessing" That is to say. the argu-
ment must be convincing to everyone
but those who happen to be blessed
with poverty.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Rest ON

Philadelphia Record.
For exceeding gall mmen us to the
Sugar Trust. 1t has rivals, but no equals,
In consummate audacity, While pleading
the statute of limitations as a bar to pun
ishment for proven frauds, and while In
the act Of paying back stolen money, 1t has
the hardihood to make a public disclaimer
of willful wrongdoing on the part of its
responsible managers!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

The New York sculptor who represents
localized woman as Atlas bearing the
weight of the world on her shoulders
catches the germ of q great truth. But he
misses the subtler truth of human nature
in overlooking the fact that woman cheer
fully totes the worlds burdens only when
she has man to help her. The experience
OF the world teaches that It takes two to
make a strong am.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

AS far as we can discover, those
Arkansas bottom lands intended for
the unemployed have been likewise idle
a long time. Looks like a case of
working both ends.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Remarkable how unanimous the
democratic country press throughout
Nebraska Is In offering words of en-
enlargement. to the so-oalled repub-
lican insurgents.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

The chief valentine factory OF the
country burned. but not till after the
seasons supplies had been shipped,
which may be interpreted as good or
had luck, as viewed by optimist or
crouch.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Have the Victims as Much 2

BUIIHIO ENpIt55
The sympathy already expressed for
Morse, the convicted banker, will probably
be increased by the statement that his
support costs the government only 10 cents
a day. But he has assured food and shell
ter, and many Of the victims of frensied
finance would be thankful for as much.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Springfield Republican.

IIHbIIVIW IOPuUIN"H'
1t is understood that the coming confer
ence Of governors will be asked to protest
against any federal inheritance tax on the
ground that it is a source Of state reve-
nue.. They might better keep quiet on the
subject until it appears what the fate of
the federal income tax amendment is to
be. The states may easily protest too much
in these matters.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

II there is any bigger game hiding
IN the ~honoycomb of the sugar frauds,
smoke him out. 1t would afford the
people great happiness to flout that
directorate resolution Of confidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

When the new reform is established
substituting figures for points of the
compass, any n who can count can
box it and a mathematician might con-
slider himself a sailor. Thus Toe the
salt Of the sea lose its savor.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Another condition has entered into the
senatorial field in Nebraska. Gilbert M.
Hitchcock has stated that he would prob
ably enter the senatorial race as the dem
ocratic candidate for United States senator.
-Kearney Democrat.
Good. Now we know what we are
up against. 1t is a condition and not
a theory that c%onfronts us.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
uncIe sam O-utpnced.
St. Louis Globe-pemocrat.

ST. LOUIS GIobe-DemocTaL
Canada's premier announces that the
canal to Hudson bay may be begun this
year and that the canal to connect Lake
Huron directly With Montreal has the
official approval. With such a running
mate as Canada, how can Uncle Sam stick
to a do-nothing policy On waterways?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Win the democrats OF the Fifth Ne
braska district demonstrate their sin
certify by putting anyone in the field to
contest Congressman Norris re-elec-
ton? win a duck swimH
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

The frightening program Of the sue
cessive annual meetings Of the State
Historical society will afford welcome
evidence that Nebraska is gradually
growing old enough to have a history.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Mr.. Fletcher continues to advocate
forty chews to each mouthful Of food,
but most are doing their
chewing over the cost
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

While, II nay be true hat kind
words can never die" still Boss"
Murphy evidently wishes Mayor Gay
nor to understand that neither can
Tammany. .
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
There Are Others.
philadelphia Record.

The tobacco trust is not the only one
Of those combinations that, according to
the description of Attorney General Wick
ersham, "sneaked into a competitors house,
hung Its hat on a nail and before long
had the whole trust family around the
table" ..s
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

The danger is that that lean Tam
many tiger will have developed an APP
palling appetite by the next time he
gets near the public crib.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
plug Up the Leak.
Chicago Tribune.

Uncle sam might save a lot OF money In
his postal department by intimating to the
congressman that their constituents can
get along with about half the usual GUAM
titY OF garden seeds this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
By way cd Contrast.

san FRANCISCO chronicle.
On his way back from "Barbarous Mex
ico' the author Of the magazine Expose
should drop off in the south and learn
how they burn a negro at the stake for
ealing a white mans ham
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
WHO'RE Genfus FalIs Down
New York Tribune

All the progress OF the nineteenth CEN
fury, all our marvellous achievements in
science and all the advancement which has
been made in the art of municipal and
other government fail to solve the problem
OF keeping sidewalks free from ice.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
LIZ to ponton,s SOD.
Boston Transcript.

Boston IranscI1pI.
Boston has elected a mayor without the
support of a single newspaper. Tammany
in it's worst days once did this. The elder
Carter Harrison regime in Chicago scored
it, too. 1t is an unenviable distinction.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
Thrill. wI1noa1 AdmIssIon Fee.

The situation In congress- just now IL
what is exaeted by theatrical managers
Of playwrights. There is plenty Of action
and very much heart interest-especially
Of the heart-burning order.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

1t is the British warship scylla that
is assuming the dictatorial tone at
Greytowp. The Tacoma will now range
in line as the Charybdis. with the Mic
araguans between the two.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

club members to come out and listen
to them? Weekly meetings Of this
kind would surely help make the club
more popular.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Pictures of those Ohio legislators,
who are investigating the prices of
food, show them to be a well-fed lot.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Now that Kermit Roosevelt has
killed a bongo. he may come home
whenever he is ready and all will be
forgiven.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

The life-giving Gunnison tunnel has
taken its toll Of death.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18
NOW Get busy.
pittahnrr niHnatnh.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
Fame and fortune beyond the dreams OF
avarice await the genius who can devise a
steam radiator that viii always produce
the right amount Of heat.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

That Kansas heiress who eloped
picked a farmer for hers, thereby as
surfing herself of a firm foundation for
future fortune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Subscribers leaving h city tenn
p~Orarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address Will he
changed AZ often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

That university professor who rec
ommends pigs as playmates for the
children cannot have heard Of the pre-
vailing price for porkers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

The easiest way for a politician to
break into print In an opposition news
paper is to say something knocking on
his own party, 1t works both ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

1t looks as though the resolution to
change the Inauguration date may not
again march forth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Standard oil hearing set for March
IA. Beware the ides of March.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

A New London man has demon
strated that dynamite, like diamonds,
when worn in the shirtfront, may set
a pace that kills.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

A Daniel come to judgment. Chicago
justice fined a Apiritualistic medium
because her spook dropped false teeth
in it's flight.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

England seems to be treating the
liberals literally.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Paw, do you believe there is any luck
in carrying the left hind foot of a rabbit"
Yes Tommy; It's extremely unlucky,
anyhow, for a rabbit that is carrying one
to lose it."-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Architects raising prices? Well, It'll
their business to put things up.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

What makes you doubt whether that
was the spirit OF your ANCESTOR"
my ancestors were all too economical
to encourage the expenditure Of real money
for such communication as the medium
afforded."-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Pleasant Of the vane man to fore
cast unpleasant weather for a whole
week. &
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

do you find it hard to keep the wolf
from the door?"
Gee! II there was a wolf at the door,
ia kill him and make s~oup."-Kansas City
Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-18

Another blow to the Taft policies!
The price of golf balls has gone up.