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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
Our Birthd Book
February az, 8 1

w. Bourke Cochran, orator, lawyer and
member Of congress, vas born February
Is. 1854. Mr.. Cochran doesn't have to tell
any one he was born in ireland. He has
spoken in Omaha several times,
Fred w. Lehman, the big st. Louis
lawyer, was born February 2s, 1853, in
Prussia. MT, Lehman was president Of the
American Bar association last year.
Samuel w. Mccall, lawyer and veteran
congressman from Massachusetts,, is 50. He
is a P-ennylvanian by birth, and represents
In congress the Cambridge district which
includes Harvard university in its consti-
tuency.
Rt. Rev. Mons. A. M. ColanerL, chan
ce!or OF the diocese of Omaha, was born
February %, 1853. at Rome, He was
formerly secretary to Bishop Scannell.
Victor L. Berger. prominently known as
a socialist leader, is just so ear old today.
Mr.. Berger was born in Austria, and now
lives In Milwaukee. where he edits a
socialist paper.
e. c. Garvin OF Garvin Bros. real estate
and investments officing in the New York
Life building, was born February Is, 1860,
at BelYidere, III. He went to North
western university at Evanston, and In the
early eighties was cashier OF a bank In
South Dakota. He has been in Omaha
since 1889 and continuously in his present
business.
c. T.. Bsdwell. vice president and secre-
tary OF Z. Z. Bruce & Co, wholesale
druggists, Il 81 He was born in Agency
City. Ia. and educated in Ottumwa. where
he started in the drug business at 20 years
Of age. He has been associated with and
one OF the proprietors OF n. e. Bruce & Co.,
ever since 1St8.
Rev. John Albert williams, rector OF the
church Of 81. Phillip the deacon. was born
February %. 1854. At London, Ontario. and
graduated into the ministry from the Sea-
bury Divinity school Al FairbAult, Min
Mr.. Williams has the only oolored eongre-
cation OF the Episcopal church In this
section Of the country
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

against protective tariff, why did they
not offer a substitute tariff bill en-
bodying their ideas for the one we have
and about which they have so much to
say. II the ultimate good Of the Amer
lean people is at the heart Of the dem
ocratic party they, could at least make
a trial at constructive legislation. But
instead they have been content to sit
back, draw their pay and simply hinder
every piece Of progressive lawmaking
put forward by republicans.
In his speechmaking trip through
the south after the election, President
Taft emphasized the fact that the pol
Icy Of opposition always maintained by
the democratic party has contributed
nothing to the constructive legislation
of the country coming from those dis
tricts having democratic congressman
and senators. 1t takes q broad view to
realize the number and size Of the va
riegated interests of the United States.
For that simple reason democratic
Statement usually devote their time
to opposing republican measures
in order to make political capital for
themselves at home, and the demo-
cratic subsidy bill is a sample of such
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
Bonds for New School Buildings.


The Board of Education is cogi-
tating a proposition to be submitted to
the voters whereby authority would be
granted to issue $750,Ooo in bonds to
provide new buildings for the Omaha
public schools. The steady growth of
school attendance in Omaha makes it
imperative to provide additional build
ings from time to time in which to
house the classes. Such is the pride
of our people in maintaining their
schools at the very highest standard
of excellence that they r always
ready to meet all necessary demands.
When 1t comes to voting authority
to issue S750,O00 of school bonds,
however,, we believe the taxpayers
have a right to know in advance Just
what Is to be done with their money.
We voted a 100000 bond issue not
long ago on an indefinite prospectus,
and after the board got the money at
it's disposal it began playing favorites
with different features of the building
program. II we are to vote more
bonds for new school buildings now
the bond proposition should state in it
Just what buildings are contemplated
and the maximum amounts TO be spent
on each, and then no future school
board will be able to change its mind
and put all the money into two OF
three pockets to the neglect of other
sections of the city equally entitled to
consideration.
Another thing which The Bee has
more than once emphasized, the fiscal
policy OF the school board by which
the taxpayers are required not only to
pay OF through the bond sinking fund
100000 to $4,000 a year on the cost
Of old school buildings erected through
bond proceeds, but also to pay $4,000
a year out OF current for new
construction, to say nothing Of the
large amounts spent for construction
disguised as repairs, is all wrong, The
present generation of taxpayers in
Omaha is perfectly willing to con
tribute its full share for providing the
permanent plant for our schools in adj
dition to the cost OF running them, but
they should not be called upon to bear
a double burden to sink the bonds and
furnish money for new construction at
one and the same time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
An Industrious Congress.

Notwithstanding the efforts OF some
noisy newspaper critics to create the
impression that congress Is simply
marking time, those who are best in
formed, and honest enough to confess
It. admit that the present session has
manifested habits Of industry to a de-
gree greater than usual with our ma
tional lawmakers. Golfers Weekly,
which has been lambasting the admin
istration as hard and as continuously
as any of them, makes this soul-satis-
flying confession in its current issue:
The cry that this Is a do-nothing congress
Is not fair. True. the session began De-
cember 6 and is now In It's eleventh week.
True also, only one OF the Important bills
proposed by President Taft has been seri-
ously discussed. But there is no arbitrary
date when congress must adjourn. The ses-
sion VIM end only when congress itself
makes up it's mind to stop. It Is normal
for congress to sit until late in June; It
may, II Il feels the demand OF the country,
continue in session until August or Sep
tember; some sessions have lasted until
October. There Is yet ample time to debate
adequately, and finally pass upon, the fed
eral Incorporation law, Taft's railroad pro-
gram and the other measures recommended
by the president. Meanwhile, no person
who has followed the proceedings OF both
houses can fairly say tina time has been
wasted, or that dllatory tactics have pre-
vailed. The house has finished it's debate
on the statehood bill: the senate has en-
gagged in an exhaustive discussion Of the
difficult and complicated subject OF postal
savings banks. The house has given day
after day to debate on the many aspects
OF the appropriations bill, and anyone who
has followed that discussion carefully must
believe that the debate has been, with neg
ligible exceptions, sincere and useful.
The founder of The Bee prescribed
this safe rule, Never write a mans
obituary until he is dead" because the
last moment might produce disclos-
ures that would change the whole as
pect of a career. The same rule ap
plies to congress, and any other legis-
latiye body, which in a few hours be-
fore adjournment may spoil its good
reputation or make up for all previous
omissions. So far as the present SEES
sion has gone, however, there is no
real reason for complaint. On the con-
trary, the work Is we'll started and the
subject matter is being given serious
and careful consideration. Divisions
between the parties and within the
parties seem to make necessary more
or less compromise before projected
legislation is enacted. But the needed
majorities are likely to get together in
due time and make the record Of this
congress n of real performance be-
fore the curtain is rung down.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
PERSONAL NOTES.

Bulgaria furnishes another sign II
vernal effervesccnce. "The Balkan states
will rise In the spring"
A proposed coalition etwee Dr, JamsV
son and General Botha in the formation %
a South African government shows what
the whirligig OF time can do.
Butler Ames. OF Massachusetts. a NOM
Dor Of the House. who has Just announced
himself as a candidate to succeed senator
Lodge, does not devote all his time to
politics He is an inventor. Just noT lie
Is perfecting an aeroplane.
Or. Flexner, head OF the Rockefeller In
stitute in New York. says medicine has
been an experimental calling throughout all
history. Or. Flexner has evidently not read
much OF the printed matter that comes
wrapped around every bottle OF patent
medicine.
Mrs. Anna Sturges Duryea has been APP
pointed by the International School OF
Peace as its official representative on the
platform. She will deliver free OF charac
talks or lectures before any woman's CLUB
or other society interested in the object
OF the society, universal peace and arbi-
tratlon.
II is significant that Mr.. syed Ameer
Ali. the eminent Moslem scholar and pub
lioist, who is the first Indian to be chosen
a privy councillor OF the empire. at a din
ner recently given in his honor In London.
attended by many Of the most eminent OF
British statesmen and scholars referred to
Rudyard Kipllng as IAN Imperial asset"
Anne Gould, who married Count Bonl de
Castellane. and then divorced him. and
who afterward married Prince Helie de
Sagan, has now got her moneys worth.
Helie's father is dead, and Helie succeeds
to the dukedome. Anna is therefore a
Serene highness. Countess; duchess; wife
Of two rakes; talk Of two continents-what
more could any mortal woman Ask7
Under the new primary law OF Kansas
~.,.. candidate, from governor to con-
STA. must have a certain number OF
names ON his petition, and he must nos
make the canvass personally, but through
his friends. Among the places to which
the law applies are fourteen state Of
fices. twenty district offices, 1900 county
offices, 1900 township offices and 1900 Local
committee positions. For each Of these
places there are from one to ten candidates.
In the aggregate the nomination papei
might answer for a state directory.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

which it becomes void unless both sides
shall have had an adequate hearing. More
over, when a judge has granted a tenta-
tive injunction of this sort he shall pub
lioly record his reasons for believing that
grave damage would nave resulted II he
had omitted to do so.
Many complaints, some of which have
undoubtedly been without valid founda-
ton, but others of which seem to have
had a certain basis In fact and equity,
have been made regarding the use OF the
injunction power by the national courts.
So far as may be judged from the printed
summary Of It's provisions, the bill pre-
scented by Mr.. Moon appears to be an hon
est effort 10 limit the possible abuse OF
authority in this direction, while
preserving the legitimate exercise of that
authority in cases where it may be plainly
needed in the interests of justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
NEWSPAPER READING IN LENT.
An Argument I'm Favor of Mental
StagnntiOn.

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An Argument I'm Favor of Mental
~StaEnntiOn.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
In a sermon preached to a New York
congregation Bishop Cortland Whitehead
advised his hearers to do without news
papers during the Lenten period and to
replace their scandals and their mass of
ill-assorted information with more edi-
flying works" He argued the point at
some length, insisting that newspaper
reading was one of the bad habits Of the
people that should be given UP during
Lent.
Possibly the bishop was only urging
more discrimination in newspaper reading.
and with that no fault can be found, but
his general criticism, as reported In the
press, is too sweeping and wholly unfair.
II the newspapers are as bad as the bishop
indicates, he should not stop at asking
that they be avoided during Lent. He
should be urging that they be not read
at all. However, there Is no reason to be-
lieve that the world would be better If
men and women should quit reading news
papers for forty days, Bishop Whitehead
to the contrary Notwithstanding. POSSIBLY
the ~wspap contain items that should
not be printed In Letn or at any other
time, but the press is working as hard as
the pulpit4and more days in the week
to improve the conditions, TO spread the
gospel OF right thinking and right living.
1t would be as easy for the men OF today
to take to the wilderness and turn PERMITS
as do without their newspapers.
In the meantime, there viii be no OBJ
lection to Bishop Whitehead reading "Pil-
grim's Progress and the Lives of the
Martyrs" until Easter, but If he does he
will be forty days behind the procession
of progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
The Inquiry.

NEW YORK CITY. Feb. 10. s10-Dr
Victor Rosewater, Editor The Omaha Bee:
Dear Sir-Tn connection with certain pro-
, Sed changes in the form Of ballot in New
Ht X state, / am making an investigation
Into the actual working of the several forms
Of ballot now I'm use In this country, and,
on the suggestion OF Mr.. Clinton Rogers
Woodruff, I am taking the libery Of writing
to you to ask II you can give me some in
formation as to the practical effect Of the
form OF ballot now in use In Nebraska. Is
this form, in your opinion, more, or less,
satisfactory than the three other principal
forma-i. e., % the straight party col
umn'' form, 90 the modified party coll
umn" form, with no party circles for vot-
ing a straight ticket, or, CD the straight
Massachusetts form? What effect do
you think It has on the amount of indie
pendent voting? DO you think thai the
fact that, Of the nine states which, at one
time or another, have tried 1t, only three
Colorado, Nebraska and Pennsylvania
now retain II, Indicates that It is a transit
tional, rather than a permanent form?
Have you noticed any other important ef-
fects, either good or bad, from It's opera
ton in Nebraska?
AS you are probably aware, Governor
hughes mas iOE SOmo WINS TeCoHiiiehueu tne
adoption OF the straight Massachusetts"
ballot in New York state. This year It is
proposed, as a partial compliance with this
accommodation, to adopt the "Massachu-
sets arrangement, but retain the party
circles for voting a straight ticket, very
much as you have done in Nebraska, 1 am
exceedingly anxious to secure all the in
formation possible as to the experience Of
other states with this form Of ballot, and
shall, therefore, be very grateful to you for
any assistance which you can give me.
Hoping that this is not asking too much
of you, l am, very truly yours,
ARTHUR LUDINGTON.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
The Democratic Subsidy Bill.

The subsidy bill introduced by Rep
resentstiye Humphrey of Mississippi,
for the purpose of being offered on be-
half of the democratic minority as a
substitute for a republican measure
now before the house, indicates that
the democrats are not opposed to the
subsidy idea, except that they do not
want any subsidy scheme that is pro-
posed by republicans. This new bill
proposes, among other things, a with
drawal of any benefit or remuneration
paid to foreign ships for carrying our
mails, free admission of materials used
in ship building and to protect, in way
specified, the American ship building
industry.
Have the democrats really been OPP
posed to the ship subsidy and the pro-
lection of American Industries hereto
fore, or have they simply been opposed
to republican activity 60 build up an
American merchant marine. Have they
been sincere In their past attitude or
have they been content to take the part
OF the old lady, and Just be eternally
on the other side?" II they believe In
favOring American shipownors suffi-
siently to frame up a bill to that end
In order to find an entering wedge
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

One Of our professional preacher re-
formers complains about alleged vul-
garity in a certain cheap theater, and
says that because this sort Of an
offense is not within the scope OF the
anti-Saloon league some other civic
association should take it up. What's
the matter with the preacher himself?
If he is afraid to go to the front, why
can't he persuade his church trustees
to do it. Or has he no influence
there? If he will furnish the evidence
The Bee will make the complaint.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
LONGING.

J. N, Hilliard in New York Tribune.
| crave no boundless hoard
OF things / can't afford,
No gold or gear,
No Jewels fine,
No lands or kline,
No treasure heaps of anything.
Let but a room or two be mine,
Where l may breakfast, lunch or dine
Quite regularly,
And feel .care-free,
When 1 60 home at night,
To meet the smiling face of her;
To hear the kettle sing, the kitten purr;
To know that in the ice chest-padlocked
tight
A slrloin steak awaits my appetite. 1
| pray not for
Great riches nor
For vast estates and castle halls,
Nor palaces witt arrassed walls;
| pray not that
Men tremble at
My power of place
And lordly sway;
| wish to say,
With simple grace,
That l don't banker after gold,
Or bronze or silver old, IN
Or pearls or rubles bright,
Or tapestries bedight,
Or things In casks and kegs,
Or wines and cordialg suave;
1 would be satisfied II l could have
A plate Of ham and eggs
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
Tumn jim and His theories.
Baltimore American.

The Department of Agriculture recon-
mends the eating OF certain vegetables to
produce certain characteristics. Thus
beans produce brains, peas stimulate
the tender passion and potatoes develop
the reasoning powers. Boston has already
discovered the first fact, which may ac-
count for It's intellectual supremacy over
its sister cities. That peas allieratively
eorrelate with passion may explain why
1t is instinctively taken as bad form to
eat them with a Knife or other pointed
instrument, which cuts affection. while the
relation Of potatoes to reason may lie in
the fact the potatoes, like wise men, have
their eyes peeled.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
MnterInI for q Thriller.
st. Louis Republic

6I. LOUIS HCpuDAS'
There is material for a dramatic mover
or melo-dramatic play in the story from
Texas Of the man who was stabbed, sup
posed to be dead, but wasn't, recovered
moved away from Texas and now returns
many years to rescue his muir
derer' from a long term in the peni-
Tertiary. 1t reminds one of Mark Twain
or who was it?-who read his own obituary
in a newspaper, but wouldn't believe It.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

Nothing has been heard from Wall
street for several days and it has been
suggested the street" is saving up its
breath and strength for a most glori-
Gus calamity demonstration when
Theodore Roosevelt comes home.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

1t is a pity to have that renowned
French lawyer come TO America to
fight the Wright suits against French
aviators for patent infringement. He
certainly is in for a large crop of ex-
perience.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

1t is reported that only one-fourth
OF the $4,000 appropriated by the
late democratic legislature to pay for
the work of making a physical valua-
tion of the railroads has so far been
expended. The jobless man must be
sven searcer around here than anyone
would imagine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

The first steps" are being taken in
the beef rate cases, There are so many
steps" in an ordinary case and in
vestigation that most Of us would pre-
fer to be notified when the last step"
is taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

II County Commissioner Bruning
wants republicans to Cooperate with
him when he runs for reelection it
would o be out Of order for him to
'cO-opsrate'' with his republican asso-
ciates on the board now.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
LIMITING TNJUNo TTONs.
Changes in Line with President Taft's
Recommendation.
-AY-aL n.p.At-

1hllauelphld bulAetlhs
The measure which Representative Moon
Of Philadelphia has introduced in the
house to modify the issue OF Injunction by
federal judges seems to conform TO the
changes which President Taft has advised
In this regard.
1t Is based on the principle that before
a Judge shall grant a permanent OF pro-
longed Injunction against any person, firm.
cooperation or organization both parties to
the dispute shall have an opportunity to
present their arguments before him, In or
der that the facts on each side a be
fully set forth for the guidance OF the
court
When, however. It shall appear TO the
s~atisfaoton Of the Judge that immediate
and i~rrepArGbls injury" may follow failure
on his part 70 act AZ eAos. he may issue
a temporary Injunction or restraining or
der on the application OF one Of the par
tieSi but this mandate shah continue in
effect 0nty for seven days, 81 the snd Of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

1t is a good thing no other great
men were born during the month of
February. 1t is about all some of our
orators can do now to get ready for
the existing celebrations and get over
the effects Of them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

After reading the accounts of the
Cairo and Philadelphia riots. as we'll
as the proceedings Of the aetress-mil-
lionaire divorce courts. a person Is apt
to feel less asperity toward the court
society of Louis XVI and the subss-
Quent reign Of terror,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

That m~uch-made-of letter from l..
D. Richards, proclaiming himself to be
for statewide prohibition, proves to be
a fake and a forgery. Why should
prohibition zealots start in on this sort
OF work so early in the game?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

Before the winter is over there is
great probability Of Americans taking
the ski ehAmpionship away from the
NorwesiAns. the curling championship
from the Scotch and the skating cham
pionship from the Canadians. Spring
is nearly heFs, % that may be all we
can DO this winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

Henry Clay. If the present peaceful
condition is the best this modern great
p~acificator can do, the venerable Ken
tuckian must be turning somersaults
in his grave.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

How is this for an improvement
An American engineer took hold of the
locomotive on a Mexican road and re-
duced the schedule from seventy-two
hours to seventeen on one run.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
So Near and Vet So Far.

= INVW IVTH ITIUUWUs
The bequest Of a fortune to the prohibit
ton party is disallowed by a court on the
ground that it was not directed toward a
charitable object. 1t is thus ~judicially de-
termined that the prohibition party is not
an object Of charity.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28
1nnuence Of 400 OratOFy.

Washington HetaIu,
Mr.. Hepburn recently advocated a GER
tain idea so vehemently in the United
States senate tbs the only vote 1t got
was his own; a few lays later, Mr.. Davis
duplicated that somewhat remarkable per-
formance. These two should now form a
senatorial mutual admiration and sur
yiyors' association,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

While conserving the Of
Alaska the protection of the seals
would be very much to the point. In
a few years the great herd has been
reduced from 1000, 900 to 10000.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

An $1s.00O,000 warship is the next
thing on the program. 1t ia to be not
only the largest, but also the highest
priced, therefore it ought to be named
the Cost Of Living"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

Earthquakes are being felt out at
Columbus. Now, if the people out
there could hang to those "quakes"
until Mr.. Bryan arrives home they
could use them as part Of the celebra-
ton r. s.re
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

Now it is a 'pay-as-you-enter" home.
Is 1t not time to call a halt somewhere?
The first thing we know someone will
try to make 1T a pay-as-yop-enter'
heaven.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

Omaha has formed an Aero club, or
rather the nucleus of an aero club for
he whole state. Omaha also stands
ready to furnish all the atmosphere
needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

If this winters record is continued
very long the state militia will have
the regular army bested in actual field
experience during all sorts Of weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

The reorganizers Of our Independent
Telephone company and the promoters
of the Platte river power canal might
join forces to advantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

Union labor revivals" will be held
in Iowa this spring, from which one is
led to think that Iowa must be full Of
backsliders.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

1t is said that New York politics has
Inside" Of it something like the col
ored comic section of a Sunday news
paper.