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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-25
That Postal Deficit
The Joint Postal Commission in 1907
reported as follows:

"It appears too Obvious 10 require argument that the
most efficient service never be expected long the
direction Of the business s at present. ntrlsted to
Postmaster General and certain assistants selected with
out special reference 10 experience and qualifications and
subject to frequent change. Before the Postmaster
General and hs asaisants become reasonably familiar
with the operations Of the service they replaced by
Others who In turn called upon TO sgn before they
can in the nature Of things become qualified by know-
edge and experience to perform their allotted tasks
Under such system 2 large railroad, commercial OF
industrial business would Inevitably 60 into bankruptcy
and the Pos Office Department has averted thai fate only
because the United stes Treasury has been available 10
meet deficiencies"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-25

II you have anything 10 sell or exchange
advertise II In The Bee Want Ad col
umns
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-25

BACKACHE
WLLYIELD
To Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Bloomdale, OhiO,-"I suffered from
teErible headaches, pains in my back
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-25

In view of these official statements
by those whom Congress authorized to in
vestigate the Post Office, we submit that
the Postmaster-Generals attempt to wipe
out the defciti in his Department by raising
Ithe postage on your magazines, instead of by
devoting his energies to securing legislation
that will place the service on a sound, eff
cient and economical basis, is iunwiSe and
unbuslnesslike. The nature of his recom-
mendations, and the attempt to exempt
newspapers from any increase, are final
grounds for a divorce of this great business
department. from politics.
The Boise citizen., 1910-07-15
A Popular Speech

d e speeches delivered during the last session of congress-
od deal of human interest back of it. besides being sort Of
M tr showing which way the wind blowing in this country in
[ POLITICAL if that is not mixing the metaphor 1t also shows
@ fame people when they are least expecting says the
Dayton, Ohio News -
and up the present session of congress had never made
eec He not an orator IN any sense OF the word and when
@ friends the senate and back home insisted that he make
@ he sought every possible way avoid but friends
@ nsistent So he finally decided prepare speech upon the
- M the Oregon form of government that the way e
@ the system Of initiative and referendum and recall which pre-
I out there together with the method of eectng United States
senator's by popular vote
certain day expected deliver it. At the appointed tme when
took the floor speak he found that he had forgotten the speech
and with great embarrassment he drew it out Of his pocket and
oo it Bourne also reader and when he had
% stumbled through with his speech there wasn't anybody
hr senate listening him. But the Speech matter of his
tory printed in the Congressional Record well as IN numerous
Immediately there began pour upon the requests
m nee He had twenty thousand copies of printed dey
he ee He had twenty thousand copies of printed and they
printed and they exhausted He has up to this time had
eight hundred thousand copies of printed and the demand for
nabated and believed that it will million and half
n Eeyerybody who reads tells ne1ghbor about
and thew write copy Of it. So that has become by far the
most popular speech delivered during the late congress and
more popular this country writing to Senator Bourne and con-
graduating than writing any other individual in the United
States unless Theodore Roosevelt he doesn't count in such
DISCUSSION as this.
Now there is nothing eloquent about the speech Even the
language of conspicuous for its clevernes There hardly
newspaper writer in country but could compose read
able speech contains thought being only review OF the
Oregon systems employed 1t does contain any especial arg
m favor those systems being IN the nature OF nara
tive Of how they work.
Yet nearly million people have written to the senator Tor the
speech and other will That people than have shown
any speech delivered this year Isn't there some way
Of accounting for this manifestation of interest form of
eminent? Naturally
shows first that the people interested IN reforms and
when people are interested reforms reforms must be necessary
All write for the speech not in favor OF the initiative ana
referendum of those who write do not understand e
workings OF the system and desire speech that they may become
a1kl1C
ideas the popular election of senator's but realize te
something wrong with the present methods OF eecng them ana ue
toe, seeking information.
So say the tremendous demand Tor the speech
Senator Bourne is born of determination upon the part o TIC
people improve government in this country lhey are
govern themselves in other words and they seeking to learn
Of the experiments of other people along that line
The Boise citizen., 1910-07-15
Still Naming Candidates

Colonel Roosevelt Mr. Taft agreed few years ago upon the
candidate for president of their party 1908 and they got away with
the proposition says the Butte Miner
According to reports with equal consistency the two republican
leaders have got okee and selected the man the republicans OF
New York must name for governor this fall
Mr. Loeb Colonel Rooseves private secretary during his term
in m White House. been hit upon by the two leaders as the
proper for the G. o. P OF the empire state TO vote io dl W
next election. A. r,4. 4o11
Having been accustomed for to do as Mr. Roosevelt tod
him to do there be question that Nh Loeb VIII opey every
ive him Lv the colonel both before election and atterWad
New It appears than probable that the republicans OF
Now York had been left select their guberaoral candidate
would have thought of otng Mr. Loeb out winch goes
to Show how fortunate for party to have some one to assume
the responsibility of naming candidates for it
% citizens of the empire state will have the great adVatdge
Ill % elect Mr. Loeb of having Colonel Roosevelt actual gov
or While Mr. Loeb will be the figure head -
# IS to be hoped that the rank and file OF republicans VIII cary
I Poosyelts commands this matter IN better shape nah
@ New York legislature did the gentleman orders relative 10
the passing Of the Cobb bill ia o,iitions presented
- - that the majority of the voters have lost their nde-
ince "Le and are badly need OF political guardian
The Boise citizen., 1910-07-15
| andIords and immoral Tenants

sane spokesmanReview: Chicago owner OF properly 2 Is
d m have been indicted by the Grand jury as having ed
building for mmoal purposes ,d ~ law its effect
Ssh an Indictment unique Il it can stand at Jaw ~ elee
will be revolutionary It holds the e q%les s tenants an
% @ clear whether the action Of the jury was intended 10
- , his one case or to precedent that would lay
deal only N General application In either event the jury
down Plg oitar an advance in the social conscience
One Of the greatest difficulties that the gu guardians D @ offered
the young ~ ' tbe indifference reness Of some Landlords
oI y woman wishes rent property in district & ia m Is M
man OF ;a The landlord acquainted with the TACT Ile
haunt o. obligation to guard against his property being used
or Immoral purposes and to make sure @ so Tar earacr @ and VII not
that the woa9T on the part subeants Too often however
a e landlord in IN notorious e19ee qaff Of his n tenants or for their
use Of his property - onarentv thinks that he has It's
procedure ose sgse can be responsible as @ an higher % ,anees up naa
3 the bosss 9sss p9Hsf 595 az 3 can % laid
and the SUPPRESSION pres ods landlords liable tenants immortality and the
EVIL g ~ against white slavers be carried on WI" s'A'''
The Boise citizen., 1910-07-15
Our Diplomacy in Nicaragua

truth IS which persists there be considerable
Fey IN the report that several Central and South American,
pubic are considering the advisably making Joint protest
against the course of diplomacy Nicaragua Galveston
News At all events this report keeps alive pretty well despite the
earnest efforts OF department smother Whether these
American governments shall finally resolve the pro-
test that they considering of another question
ne mere tact that they considering the advsaby Of making
II IS OF enough Importance 1t sig
n that to these governments Nicaragua suggests
settled purpose the part of the United States be with
peace IN that quarter only that shall be regarded adj
antageou to What did toward facilitating the expulsion Of
Zea aroused opposition have been generally
ognzed that Zeaya political gand expulsion
the benefit of all concerned The thing which has apparently aroused
all the resentment seeming willingness make the acceptance
OF Estrada Madrz the of in Nicaragua II
had not ways encouraged Esrada followers believe
that he had active though suepous sympathy his army would
have dmegated four months ago and there would now be peace
Nicaragua Our responsibility for the proongaon of this nsurrec
clear for successful denial and undoubtedly because
responsible that those Latin American governments
protesting mood 1t suggest them that half dis
posed encourage any ambitious and desperate politician
ebeous enterprise first he shall give satisfactory to
us to his policy in the event he shall succeed
The department tselef has voucsafed information
the motives which prompt persistent support Of Estrada but
there suspicion that Eadas essential to the con-
summation of financial and industrial enterprises that have been
planned New York The desire enlarge the opportunities OF
American nancers has apparently become the largest motive OF MI
diplomacy 1t eXeped notably by his respect
the proposed Chinese Broadly speaking that legitimate
and audabe ambon but is nduged unrgeou degree
when keep people the hope that the outcome will be
advantageous American inanciers.
No imagine gets pleasure from censurng the policies OF
the state department He made reluctant by the fact that many
of the moving considerations necessarily and
sense of patriotism inclined reco from taking the side OF
foreign government dealings with state department but
when our department adopts policy pursues course SO I'M
speak out against rather than acquesce by silence IN the dong OF
things which njure the good fame OF this country
The Boise citizen., 1910-07-15
The Tax on Smokers

Tobacco smokers OF the country who from today will have to
paw prices for their plug and tobacco and their cigar
cites must get consolation they out of the fact that they
will be contributing few millions OF dollars year for the
support of Uncle Sam
The internal tax on smoking and chewing TO-
bacco which ebodes Of pound and which went
into effect last midnight will fall with greatest force the con
sumes The old cents, the cents on each
Dond but y the time tobacco reaches the the increase
will be found to heavier As always the case when
small made taken an excuse Tor greater proh by
the manufacturer by the mddleman and finally the retailer
The smoker pays the piper
Cigars with the exception of the small weighing not more
than three pounds per 1000 subject the increased tax
while the assessment the smaller sizes increased from = to
rs cents per 1000.
consequence packages OF cigarettes which sold formerly
at two packages for p will sell 10 cents straight In
ng pipe tobacco the will pay the price now Tor
one and onehaf packages he did for one and twods
ounce packages .r,n,
While the the tobacco tax was tackled to the tariff bill
on the Ground that smoking luxury there are many men who
consider an absolute necessity There is consolation about
the increases however When higher price IS eacted for TO-
acc and the consumer dsageabe sensation he does not
have to look around soace Having paid the price he has the
oace within his possession All he VIII have to 90 IS 70 ght up n
order to forget this latest addition the high cost OF rvngWah-
ington Post
The Boise citizen., 1910-07-15
An Interesting Situation in Indiana

The attitude of the Republican State Convention OF Indiana We"
such that President Taft Cancelled engagement to WISH e o
and like the priest and the Leve in the parable passed. y
other side passed through with avered coenance Wlc we"
says the Baltimore Sun. That convention winch aP
the President nominated Mr. Beverdge for reelection 10 inc
states Senate. Mr.. Beveridge is an nstgent against W -
the trest of the and was one OF the lew
the Senate voted against the PayneAdr1ch law winch was ~
osed by the President the best the country ever laG ,
Mr. Rooevelts announcement that ne VIII go h - tLa
%hee the President would go, and help MI beetlu
Senate, again perhaps against some more OF ule -
BEST laws of decided political Importance l. | ia tt
construed already alignment with the Insurgents W. The
resident renounced and against the standpatelS "li ~
PRESIDENT is in alliance .,d
Before the fatal year Indiana one OF uie m
Nota states Then became overwhelmingly Kepuoi id +te
unnamed so until the last election, when the Detoc .n
candidate for Governor In the coming campaign llila %
uaed as doubtful with the chances favonng the Deio0 No
because of Republican divisions and dSsasaCuo W Kerr,
uauc State Convention nominated for the Senate MI o
VINO was the candidate for Vice-Presdent in 1905 ne Dig
@ or the Legislature and the United States oeae 10 m ar
~ We Middle West and elsewhere have been coulS ~ :; IN
ualty of the Insurgents But they cannot coull o - With
dha The Insurgents are making the Republican lsi If
M Roosevelt campaigning for them the hight VIII DC NJ Rev
am to be what the Indiana standpaers VIII 10 Tt adj
nge His election would be accepted as a IeDul ~ ~
HHnstraton. VIII Taft's friends helpto rebuff hm'
Just as judicial decision that was ao ~ moot
ue court had been imposed upon by the e large
question seemed to give the state land board authoTy - @ y
acS OF lands corporations why the Brady lana G;cb he
make deal with the Potatch Lumber COMPANY holding
pany purchase "a 900 acres of state lands There
single corporation is contrary the spirit OF e bioht
!, curse that fall upon land with such The land
~ nave large bodies of lands owned by Inv the
Al Al Snould be estopped from proceeding III tniS ~
erous disapproval of the people.
The Boise citizen., 1910-07-15

There should be ringing protests from the press OF the state
- the rosed sale OF $4,000 of lands to the Pot
latch Lumber Company No individual nor corporation should be
ertted to secure large bodies OF such lands Such estates are
- an country and universally considered Better Tar
ia oct only one-tenh the from actual settlers but there are
those who assert that in years these lands will be wor many
tines e nc Of ten dollars acrethe bid the lumber company
make.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-28
FAMOUS ACTOR WILL BE
WITH JEFF IN TRAINING

Walter C. Kelly, the very clever
"Virginia Judge" now at the Orpheum.
will end his vaudeville tour here this
week. After a fortnight or so spent
i'm big fishing off Catalina, Kelly will
join Jim Jeffries in the latter's training
quarters at Rowand man Park, and
stay with the big 'un'' till after the
battle of July 4 in the northern city.
Kelly and Jim are old pals, Kelly is
close follower of the fight game, and
he could not resist the opportunity to
witness the battle of the century when
he was so close to it as two or three
months off. Following the fight, Kelly
will go to Australia for fourteen weeks,
and then to South Africa for eight
weeks, after which he will resume his
Orpheum tour in the Palace, London,
now an Orpheum affiliated house.
Il am personally acquainted with all
the big fighters" said Kelly last night,
"having been pals with Sharkey, Fitz.
Corbett and the rest. Jimmy Flynn
and 1 We're in London together, and
Corbett and | have been on the same
bill there. In fact, have hand
some cane that Corbett gave me as
I was leaving the other side. I have
known and admired Jeffries for long
time. and / could not miss the chance
to see him in the licking he is going to
give the black boy-if the latter stays
out of Jail.
II then sail July Is for Australia I
shall take a moving picture man along
and pick up material for a humorous
lecture. on a tour Of the world; some
thing like a travelogue, only funny
I hope. But my main thoughts now
are on getting some record breaking
fish off Catalina, and seeing the big
scrap, with the month of joy will
have in Jims camp before that event"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-28
RACE SIX DAYS
IN EVERY WEEK
METROPOLITAN SPORT SEEMS
IMPROVING
JOCKEY CLUB OFFICIALS LOOK
FOR BIG SEASON
Bookmaking in All Its Forms, Ex-
cept Oral Wagers Between In-
dividuals, viii Be Strictly
Prohibited

NEW YORK, March 27.-Nineteen
days more and Mars Cassidy will
spring the barrier for the Carter hand
leap at Aqueduct and thereby inaugu-
rate the metropolitan horse racing sea-
son of 1910. Thence onward through
out spring, summer and fall and until
nearly time for the snow to fall turf
enthusiasts will have six days of rae
ing weekly at the local tracks, except
for a portion of August, when the
scene of operations will be transferred
to Saratoga. The season will open
April Is at Aqueduct and close on the
same track November 10.
Jockey club officials are predicting
a splendid season, a sort of rejuvena-
tion from the blight that fell on it over
the passage of the anti-betting laws
two seasons ago. Court decisions have
been rendered that prescribe the man
ner in which wager may be laid, and
it is said this year the various racing
associa tons will so police their tracks
as to render impossible the business of
boOkmaking.
Paraphrasing the words of a well
known follower OF the turf the max
ing of books will not be permitted this
year; an individual may bet orally as
an individual, but no record of the
wager will be made.\ Any person
caught registering a bet will be given
the gate" and the gate from now on
means practically Punishment for life
from all courses under the jurisdiction
of the Jockey club.
Especially interesting this season
VIII be the steeple chasing events. The
association that has in hand this
branch of the sport las decided public
interest in the events over the sticks
can be conserved only by giving the
people high class racing, and to this
end numerous good horses are being
schooled over the jumps
Twenty horses are eligible to
start in the Carter handicap at seven
furlongs for a purse of $2500. The
Futurity, the Brooklyn handicap, the
Suburban, the Brighton handicap, the
Belmont stakes and the Empire City
handicap all have record breaking
nominations.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-28
BILLIARD MATCH
BEGINS TONIGHT
HOPPE AND M0RNINGSTAR GET
HERE TODAY
PLAY TWO NIGHTS AT 1871 BALK
LINE AT MoRLEYs
World Champion and Former Title
Holder Meet In Soo-Point
Series in Blocks of 400
Nightly

The most important event in local
billiard circles will be the exhibition
match series between Willie Hoppe and
Ora Morningstar at 1871 balk line'
which begins at Morley's parlors on
South Spring street and continues TWO
nights. Both players will arrive this
morning from San Francisco, where
they have just finished an exhibition
match at 1900 points, which was won
by Hoppe in the final game.
They win play 400 points tonight ana
+ornorrow night, completing an oUo-
noint exhibition match The style Oh
play will be 1871 balk line, at Wnicn
game Hoppe is the world champion
and Morningstar former chaihploh'
Roth are speedy players and the fore
most exponents of the balk line game,
which makes the match all the more
as the balk line game Is
Just becoming popular here, replacing
the three cushion game to large eX-
tent. There are quite a large NUMBER
of balk line players in Los Angeles;
and since the game was introduced
here the ranks have been growing
steadily.
PLAY will begin at o'clock in the
annex to the Morley parlors, where
specially equipped table has been
placed for the use of the great players.
This will be the first billiard or pool
exhibition in Los Angeles at which
women are permitted to attend. Jim
Morley said before he left for Frisco
last week that owing to the popularity
of billiards among women and repeated
from many women for per-
mission to attend this exhibition he
had decided to try the experiment,
and IL the women show any interest
In the affair future exhibitions will be
open to- them also.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-28

RIAL I'D GOSSIP
By Jay Davidson

| him. Coffroth wants me here with
Kaufman in May. and has made me
a good offer, which / may accept"
Barry is a fine conversationalist and
good fighter any time he starts
against anybody except Langford, who
has had his nanny tied to a post for
four years.
Eddie Maier. president of the Vernon
baseball club. will entertain the play
ers. club officials and the local sporting
press tonight at a steak supper at the
brewery. beginning at 6 o'clock. These
Maier steak suppers are as famous as
dinner at old Delmonico's, and no
body who ever was fortunate enough
to get an invite ever failed to be on
hand at the exact hour During the
progress of the various courses
speeches will be made by Eddie, Col.
]. w. Brooks. Happiness Hogan and
other celebrated vocalists. during which
it is probable that the jublic, through
it's representatives. will find out how
Vernon expects to win the pennant
this season.
Hen Berry, after a consultation with
Cap Dillon. says that the probable
lineup of the Angels in the opening
game of the season next Wednesday
afternoon win be: Daley. center field:
Bernard, right field: Murphy left field;
Howard. second: Delmas. short; Jud
Smith, third: Dillon. first: Hughey
Smith, catcher: and Tozer. Nagle or
Thorsen. pitcher This is as was ex
pected. and 1t is a classy aggregation.
Vernon will find it is playing a different
team than the White Sox Aces when it
bumps into the Angels, but Hogan
and Maier confidently predict they will
take the series in the opening clash
with the Angels. and that thereafter
Berry and Dillon will be shorn of their
arguments regarding their cinch on
the league rag.
Jeffries. Hopperstead, Desmond &
co. are expected back from the Mount
Whitney exploration trip today. Moth
ing has been heard from them since
they left town last Thursday morning.
and while they may not get any more
"ierky" on this trip than when they
went to Tehachapt Jeff will get consid
cradle benefit from the mountain
climbing stunts.
Billy Porter, who will be remembered
by local racing patrons, wired to Bar
ney Schneider at Oakland from Jack
sonville the other day that Nealon came
back to the races and won his first out.
'Nealon came back. Now it Is up to
Jeffries." Nealon had been away from
the races for many months because of
injuries but Moonfaced Johnny Powers
doctored him along patiently and final
" sent him back to the game almost
as sound as ever. Porter is a great
admirer of Jeff. and takes the bunch
furnished by Nealon for making a bet
on the big fellow to whip the coon.