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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Eugene Debs energies from obscurity for
moment to declare for Theodore Roose-
welt for president in 1912
Philadelphia is terribly shocked and hu-
inflated by the graft scandal at Plttsburg.
Getting caught ts an unforgivable offense
Fashion is quite pert in siding up TO
events. An "insurgent" cravat is out in
Washington. 1t is made Of liberty silk and
bears an embroidered cannon spiked.
Minnesota republican editors canvassed
are largely favorable 10 the return of Sem
ator Clapp who is one Of the stoutest Of
the senatorial insurgents at Washington.
The net debt Of New York City is now
almost as large as the bonded debt of the
United States-the approximate figures be-
ing $500 100000 for the city and $913OO0,OOO for
the national government.
A unique and amusing situation will be
presented in the house of representatives
when the Foss brothers divide on party
line. Eugene Foss, the new congressman
from Massachusetts, is democrat George
Edmund Foss, congressman from Chicago,
is a republican. 1t is said to be the first
instance on record where two brothers were
arrayed on opposite sides in the house.
Public contempt for the CRATER rises in
proportion to the cheapness OF the CRATER
The infamous BLACK Horse Cavalry" Of
New York's capital command occasional
words of admiration for the thoroughness
of it's operations, rarely less than four fig
ures. The cheapness of the Plttsburg bunch,
one of whom squealed for the change of
dollaro, exctes a degree of wrath words
cannot express.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
To Do Their Own Reforming.

With the sentiment of the British
people expressed strongly in favor of
"mending or ending" the House of
Lords, the members of that body. to
the number of 1872, have decided by a
vote of 175 to II that they would do
their own reforming. For some time
the House of Commons has been clam
oring for a radical change in the COM
position of the House of Lords and to
0urtail its power, particularly its alb
solute veto power Premier Asquith
recently fathered proposal for reor-
ganization OF the Lords and his resolu-
tion to that end is now before the
Commons for consideration. Even King
Edward is said to favor readjustment
along this line and the majority of the
British people registered for a change
in the late parliamentary elections.
Lord Rosebery has come to the res
cue and secured the adoption Of reso
luton by the Lords themselves
whereby the proposed action of the
ministry and the commons will prob
ably be forestalled. Under HIS plaI
mere possession OF a peerage will nC
longer carry legislative rights. Hence
process of selection and election o.
those lords who are to sit in Parlia
ment will obtain, the length Of the tern
of office to be determined at late
date. .1t, /
1t goes without saying that this pro
posal comes as shock to the ancien
nobility Of England. whose familie
have held membership in the uppe
branch of Parliament for centuries
But then these particular lords hay,
always voted one way in a bunch" re
gardless OF the advisabllity Of thu
measure and have not sanctioned ol
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
Our Birthday Book
March &c, 1910

A. b. Kittredge, former senator from
South Dakota, was born March &C. 1891
Mr. Kittredge is a native of New Hamp-
shire and lawyer by profession. His
home is In Sioux Falls.
Francis Curtis, journalist and author, is
g. He was born In Derby, Conn.,, and his
principal work is a two-volume history of
the republican party
Louis Klopsch, the editor of the Chris
tian Herald, who died recently, was born
March 26, 1862, in Germany. Mr.. I(lopsch
through his paper probably raised more
funds for charity and relief Of victims of
scourge and calamity than any other one
man.
Lee McClung, Yale's famous quarter
back, now treasurer of the United States
and former treasurer of Yale university.
is just 4O He was born at Knoxville, Tenn,
and in his day was top-notcher on the
gridiron.
David NJ Parry manufactures and un-
compromising foe OF organized labor, was
born March 20, 1862, at Plttsburg In lead
ing the fight on trades unions Mr.. Parry $
name has attached to his followers, who
are often referred to as "Parryitos,"
w. A. Gordon head Of the Expressmans s
Delivery company is celebrating his for
tieth birthday today He was born IN Win
terset Ia, and has been in the express
and transfer business since he was 1e
years old.
W. f. label, claim agent for the Union
Pacific, was born March 20, 1867. in Ger
many, and came 20 this country when Il
years old, finishing his education In the
public schools here For ten years he was
I'm the mercantile and real estate business
in Iowa towns, and has been with the
Union Pacific since 1907.
A. l.. Meyer, manager OF Her Co,
was born just fifty-two years ago In Hano-
yer. Germany Mr.. Meyer came to this
country when only II years old and has
been with the Her establishment since 1884
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
A Continent in the Antarctic.

The French explorer, NJ. Charcot, re-
Gently returned from the Antarctic
zone, reports that he has discovered a
great southern continent. He backs his
statements with records Of a seemingly
reliable nature as we'll as various speci-
mems OF ore, fauna, vegetable life and
minerals. He insists that he has gone
at this exploring business seriously and
has with him all the necessary scien-
tific material which goes to prove the
existence of stores of undeveloped nat
ural resources beyond the Antarctic cir
Gle. To add to the value Of his disoov-
cries M. Charcot reports that this con-
tihent is not surmounted by great cap
like glaciers, but in many places is
comparatively free from such forma-
tions, thus making it Of possible ma
terial value to humanity.
Mankind has, with much difficulty,
conquered the temperate zones and is
fast establishing mastery over the trop-
les. 1t has been long, hard fight, but
the victory is now pretty nearly COM
plete. Within recent years the con-
quest of the Arctic zone has been going
on. Alaska and northern Canada have
been made accessible. Greenland has
been occupied for centuries and bids
fair, even yet, to develop a wealth
hitherto unexpected, The Arctic fish
cries of Russia and the great northern
mines OF the Scandinavian peninsula
are also among the northern surprises.
Has it come the turn of the southern
polar district to uncover possibilities
of which no one had dreamed?
The discovery of the North pole and
the exploration Of vast Ice fields and
ocean depths in that section are of only
scientific value, but the discoveries re-
ported in the south carry larger possi.
bilities
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

We almost overlooked the fact that
the resolution unanimously adopted at
the recent Bryan birthday feast begins
by acclaiming Mr. Bryan "the greatest
citizen Of the world" and concludes as
follows:
And we hereby endorse all OF his public
utterances on all OF the public questions
before this country.
Every one who voted for that reso-
luton apparently endorses the plea for
16 to / free coinage. the arraignment
of Emperor" Mckinley, the declara-
tion for government ownership of rail
roads, to say nothing OF lot of others
which even Mr., Bryan, himself, no
longer endorses.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
The Rewarding Of Fitzrerald.

While the democrats of the house
have been trying to make out that
they we're lighting for principle as
much as were the insurgent repub-
licans when they all Joined together
10 change the house rules and make
the committee controlling the order Of
business elective instead of appointive,
their selection OF Congressman Fitz-
gerald of New York as one of the
minority members of the new commit
tee stamps their whole action with in
sincerity The house democrats are
evidently proceeding on the theory
that the memory OF the public is short
and that their denunciation of Mr.
Fitzgerald less than a year ago for
leading the democratic bolt that saved
the Cannon rules for the time has
been completely forgotten. When
Speaker Cannon appointed Mr.. Fitz-
gerald to the old rules committee this
is what Mr.. Bryan wrote in his Com
moner;
The action Of Speaker Cannon In select
ing Congressman Fitzgerald as the minor
ity member Of the committee on rules was
a gross violation Of the rules and usages
Of the house Of representatives. II any
one iH appointed TO committee as a
democrat he ought to be representative
Of his party, and Speaker Cannon knew
that Mr.. Fitzgerald was not only not a
representative Of his party, but that he
openly and notoriously betrayed his party
into the hands Of the republicans. II Mr..
Fitzgerald's services to the republican
party entitled him to a place on the COM
mittee on rules, he ought to have been put
on in the place of a republican, and not as
a democrat. 1t is adding insult to injury
to put him on the committee over the pro-
test OF the democrats and then use his
appointment to deny to the democrats any
representation. II Mr. Fitzgerald had any
respect for his party he would refuse to
act as a representative of an organization
which repudiates his conduct, but his as
sociation with Mr.. Cannon seems to have
demeralzed his sense of propriety as eff
fectually as It has his democracy.
Instead of disciplining Mr.. Fitzger-
aid now for originally making his
trade with Speaker Cannon for a place
on the old rules committee and put
ting him on the back seat on proba-
ton, the democrats Of the house have
rewarded him with an endorsement
Of his bargain by confirming him in
possession of what he acquired in that
questionable way. Yet the democrats
Of the house want the people to be-
lieve that they are inspired by honest
motives and that If the republican In
surgents had only gone the whole
| length with them, a more complete
reformation would have been ac-
complished. Mr.. Fitzgerald was re-
warded the first time by Speaker Can
non for breaking away from his
democratic associates, and now he
gets a second reward from the very
democrats who then pretended to be
,enraged at his treachery.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
Mr.. ROOsevelFs Khsrtum Utterances.

AAAs ANVeSNNAbu 0AaAtlm 1ttSAnAsS9t
Dispatches from Egypt indicate an
undercurrent OF protest on the part Of
the members Of the nationalist party
of young Egyptians against the senti-
ment expressed by Mr.. Roosevelt in
his Khartum address. The apprehen-
sion OF the British officials at Cairo
for the safety OF the American ex-
president was at first keen, but with
characteristic frankness Colonel Roose-
welt declined ell police guard and drove
freely through the streets of the city.
There was no demonstration other
than that Of enthusiasm at any time,
and the young Egyptians Joined
heartily in this with the American and
English tourists.
The utterances which caused the un-
rest were simply those Of praise for
the British government in It's work Of
developing the resources and civiliza-
tion Of Egypt and especially Of the
Sudan. The members Of the nation
alist party are and have been for years
fighting British rule and in all pos
sible ways striving to throw it off.
For some time the protest was but
feeble, but recently, on account of the
overthrow of the sultan of Turkey and
the shah Of Persia the nationalists have
become more open In their activity.
The attitude Of Mr.. Roosevelt was con-
sidered by the young Egyptians detri-
mental to their cause and hence their
remonstrance mildly expressed.
The Egyptian people are Of a peculiar
oriental nature, inclined somewhat to
fanaticism, and are easily aroused by
anything said or done, which appar-
emily opposes them or their interests
This is the case, even though the Of
Tending utterance is the truth. The
recent success of their racial kindred
in Turkey and Persia has apparently
emboldened them and their activity
has caused some disquietude on the
part of the British. 1t is unfortunate
that such should be the case at this
time.
What Colonel Roosevelt said In
praise of the school system, the devel-
opment Of the country and of the gen
eral advancement in the Sudan under
British rule was so plainly true that
to neglect to notice 1t, especially dur
ing such q hearty reception, would
have been unappreciative If not dis
courteous on his part. Yet clearly Mr..
Roosevelt must be as careful of speech
as a private citizen as he was as chief
executive.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
NOW FOR BUSINESS.
Congregational Decks Cleared for
Progressive Legislation.
Hbira oo rsA1,,,,


Chicago Tribune
Il am tired Of consulting particular in
terests to see whether or not a thing ought
to go through. am in favor of consulting
every Interest to see what It's argument
may be and want to give justice to every
interest. 1 want to know If a thing is
right If 1t is right, we can convince the
people that 1t is right and they will he
with u.s."
While the house Of representatives WAS
reaching the climax Of it's internecine war
over the revision of the rules, the chief
executive of the nation and head OF the
republican party was making this slgniti-
can't declaration.
In this utterance he spoke his own mind.
But 1t expresses as we'll the overwhelming
sentiment Of the rank and file of the party
and or the whole people of the nation. The
battle In the house was only another ex-
preston OF the same feeling The president
is tired, and we are all tired of wrangling,
evasion and delay.
And now the issue of Cannonism is over
board. The decks are cleared for action
Let us have action. The presidents legls-
lation in fuifillment Of the pledges of the
party knocks at the doors of congress
1t is up to all members of the party there
to see that these pledges are fully kept.
Conservation, interstate commerce law
amendment, Injunction restriction, postal
savings banks, are all on the program to
which the party is bound. A republican
congress cannot longer evade RESPONSE
bility for legislation upon these major
subjects in full compliance with the man.
date Of the people at the polls.
The republican floor leader in the house,
as the smoke of battle clears, declares:
''The house is left with a coherent repub-
lican majority, which will enable us to
pass the legislation that President Taft has
been urging upon congress-
The leader of the insurgents" Repre-
sentative Norris, summing up the situation
for the victors, says: II am making nc
warfare on the republican party. 1 am a
republican working for party success. ]
believe what we republicans have done
today will make for party success There
may be other changes In the rules, but dc
not anticipate they will come at this ses-
sion. 1 am through with my fight for
the present"
The order of the day is: Forward to-
gether." Regulars, so-called, and so-called
insurgents" face now the party duty OF
harmonious action In the fulfillment OF
the party promises.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
Farm Demonstration in the South.

In our exploitation of the west and
southwest the south" has been largely
neglected, but 1t has not been for
gotten and recuperation has now
started new development. The south
is coming into its own again and is
attracting both wealth and energy from
other quarters, while its home produc-
ton has assumed in value enormous
proportions. The latest feature in this
development is the establishment of
experimental farms in many southern
states for educational purposes along
scientific lines. The south is ambitious
and is omitting no effort to secure the
best and most up-to-date methods and
equipment for the full utilizing of it's
resources.
The climate and the soil of the south
are suited to a marked degree to the
development of agricultural pursuits.
Richer soil is to be found in but few
places. Thousands of acres have been
idle since the war. Timber abounds,
the summer season is long, the rainfall
is plentiful and everything that nature
can put at the disposal OF country to
make it agriculturally productive is
there. That the west should have
taken precedence of the south in de-
velopment is not unnatural, since the
south could not recover at once from
the terrible devastation it had to out
grow during the latter half of the last
century.
But the progressiVeness of the
younger generation of southerners is
really inspiring and is now about to
tell. The southerners are not going
across the Canadian borders or to the
jungles in the islands of the sea, but
are finding opportunities for expansion
right at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
EASTER THOUGHTS.
Wnber d. Nesbit.

WILDER ID. Nesbit.
The day Of the Easter liliesi
The day of the Easter song;
The day OF the chant triumphant
Clear-caroled, fun and strong;
The day of the faith as holy
As that it is builded on
When the heart beats with the gladness
OF the lilies and the dawn.
The lilies and the dawning-
The flowers and the sod
And over all the blessings
OF deep blue sky and Godi
The day Of the banished sorrow;
The day Of the heart-break gone
When the world reflects the glory
or the lilies and the dawn
The day of the Easter lilies;
The day of the Easter song;
The daV when the world is better
And stays from the path Of wrong;
When the deep-toned organ thrills us,
AS the song goes throbbing on,
And the soul glows In the grandeur
OF the lilies and the dawn
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Hats of to the South Omaha demo-
cratic platform makers who have skill
fully evolved the following:
We promise to enforce all the laws on
the statute books governing the liquor
traffic and other municipal affairs, yet we
are In favor Of as great degree Of per-
sonal liberty as is consistent with the law.
Davy Crockett's coon trap, built to
catch 'em a-comin' and a-goin', will
now be thrown in the rummage heap
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
New York World.

In the Rock Island train wreck, in
which more than forty lives were lost, the
were almost entirely confined to
the day coach passengers Only two Pull
man passengers are reported killed and in
the sleeper at the rear the shock was so
slight that the seriousness of the accident
was not realized. On many roads 1t is no
longer necessary to pay the extra charge
for Pullman seat as a premium for
safety. 1t should be so on all roads,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
DEsERTIONs FROM THE ARMY.
Are Complaints Against the Public
Well FOundedF

Well FOundedf
Minneapolis Journal.
In his annual report the adjutant gen
eral OF the army bewails desertions as the
greatest peril to the army. Nearly 5000
American soldiers deserted last year. In
Europe deserations are rare. He attri-
butes the wholesale desertions to a defect
of public opinion, which practically con-
sents to them and affects to see nothing
more in them than the breach Of a civil
contract for service. Citizens look upon
the deserter with complacency and manage
to aid him to escape punishment "in the
comparatively rare event of his falling
into the hands Of the military authorities"
The quotation probably comes nearer
giving the key TO the situation than do the
complaints against the public. Deser-
tions will multiply in proportion to the
immunity obtainable through the failure
OF the military authorities to exert them
selves. Burglary would flourish also If the
cltizenry did not tax itself roundly for tine
machinery TO make burglary a hazardous
business.
When the military authorities realize
that they have something to do in the
matter and do it, they will have less to
complain of regarding the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
Money Value of a Cinch.

The American Sugar Refining company
was mulcted last year by a 50, 100000 judg-
ment in favor Of the Pennsylvania COM
pany's receiver, and for more than s. 100000
in settlement of customs frauds. But its
operating profits were $4,S2O,OOO in excess
OF last years. The economies of combina-
tion are truly apparent.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

That German scientist still insists
that Theodore Roosevelt has the germ
OF the sleeping sickness in his system.
He wouldn't dare talk that way about
Emperor Wilhelm.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

We are waiting for someone to In
quire whether the large amount of hot
air turned loose In congress started
the upward current in the vicinity
which resulted IN the late tornado.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

The idea Of a really destructive fire
which will go down in history as such
is the burning Of 100000 eggs in
Chicago recently.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Boston now has school Of matri-
monial war maneuvering and it has
plenty of material to work on-Boston
has nearly twice as many women as
men. .r,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
- in the AIr.
Washington Herald.

washington tteralu.
Having helped the republicans dispose
Of the finest old choppingblock ever in
vented for political purposes, the demo-
Gratis are now in fine strategical posi-
tion for tanning the air-their most
familiar occupation and pastime.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

supported a single piece Of construc-
tion legislation for years The crisis
has arrived where the Lords must re-
form OF be reformed, and it is not sur
prisinE that they prefer to follow the
path OF discretion.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

And then It may all be that DR.. Cook
has been writing his memoirs and Eek
ploratory autobiography" while off on
HIS trip. You never can tell what he
is up to, anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Talk about luckl Here is our dem.
ocratic congressman catching himself
on the ny while passing through
Omaha and, not only succeeding in in
terviewing himself. but also in per
suading his own paper to publish the
interview.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

II is a triae early to talk about vot-
ing more bonds to complete the new
court house. in course Of erection. No
need of crossing bridges until we get
to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Il used to sing2 Is Mr Berge. ans-.
pected of harboring an ambition OF his
own to occupy the seat in the senate
which Mr.. Hitchcock covets2
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

The Baltimore American says that
women who wear Chantecier hats
should learn to crow. They need no
training practice along that line.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Speaking of being slow, an Indiana
man went out one morning to milk the
cows and did not come back for forty
three years. That must have hap
pened in "Hooppole township, Posey
county. u >B-y
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Why should Congressman Hitch
cocks paper be pohing left-handers in
the direction Of that able statesman,
George Washington Borge, whose vir
tues it used to extol and whose praises
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Omaha expects square deal from
tho railroad rate-makers, and, what is
more, will rest satisfied with nothing
less.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Incidentally. are Jeffries and John
son to fight for the pugilistic cham
pionship Of the world, or are they to
fight for the little purse Of S101, 900?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
An OpenInr OverIooked.
Philadelphia Bulletin.


1t is strange that trust lawyers have
failed to utilize in behalf of accused cli-
ents the excuse given by St Louis big
amist who pleads that 1t was his sub
conscious SELF that committed the crime
OF forming a combine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Subscribers leaving the city tenn.
DOrariIy should have The BeO
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often 90 requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

A Texas man who had voted the
democratic ticket for seventy-nine
years passed quietly away the other
day-"jes all wore out"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26
Chicago News.

Chicago News,
1t is Colonel Roosevelts privilege to con-
fer additional glory upon the pyramids by
merely looking at them in the presence Of
the awestruck correspondents. 1t is great
to be great
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Edgar Howard says he knows no
more about conservation than Senator
Burkett knows about statesmanship.
Bouquet or cabbage?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

The duke Of Orleans is all ready to
be made the king OF France. But
how about the rest of them?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

The man who owns Omaha real es-
tate Is not losing sleep over his invest
ment these days.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

Yes, and Pittsburg still remains the
steel center of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

If Uncle Joe wants to keep in touch
with insurgents he might run for the
Office of dictator in Nicaragua.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

According to the calendar, there is
still time for lamb-like March to go out
like a lion. ~,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-26

There is still work for the fool
killer among those who start prairie
fires in the face of high wind.