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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
President and Public Domain.

The presidents consistent fight for
a public land bill that will meet the
requirements Of the country and at the
same time best promote the interests
of the general conservation movement,
is evidently bearing fruit. His stra-
tegic move in bringing together the
various elements in congress represent
ing the different angles OF this meas
ure has had the desired effect Of sub
stsntially uniting all on a bill which it
is believed will prove entirely salts.
factory and successful.
The main feature Of this bill, on
which it has been so difficult to Sc
cure unanimity of sentiment, is that
regulating the right of the president
to withdraw public land in the United
States and Alaska for public uses.
This is a right which some have in
sisted belonged to the president al
J ready, but Mr., Taft disagreed with
them, believing that the president had
no power TO make such Withdrawals
until specifically authorized by con
gress. The best way to determine the
question is the way it is to be deter
mined-passing a bill making the spe-
cific grant of authority.
The measure not only defines the
power of the president in this pro
cedure, but increases the scope Of his
initiative in dealing with the public
domain. Correspondingly it subtracts
from the similar authority of congress.
1t has been demonstrated that con.
gress, with its public land views vary
! ing as widely as the makeup of its
membership, can not be depended on
for prompt action in land matters.
So far as the check and balance
feature of the law is concerned, the
bill takes care of that. 1t is not going
to confer on the chief executive any
dangerous amount of power. In the
form as agreed to It simply gives to the
president the power he needs to pur.
sue the present policy under color Of
law and put a stop to all hue and cry
of irregularlty in connection with land
matters,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
MY SON AND I.
Success Magazine.

Success Magazine.
MY naughty little son, :" quuth | as he
Lay flat across my stiff paternSi knee
Face downward, and for some small bit OF
sin
Was tasting discipline.
Pray bear in mind that every single Whack
/ herewith lay athwart your aching back
Hurts me ton times as much as il does YOU.
Each singing slap of all the twenty-five
Is like a HIndTed lashes unto me,
ana pains me greviously.'
His roars no stayed. and 10 the dsmpened
The tears ulst he'd been shedding ran no
more.
rs that true. father DEAR he cried with
glee,
His squirmIng ceasing quite perceptlbly.
Il grleve to say It Is, my lads' l cried
As Justify the hair-brush l applied.
Each whack OF this small hair-brush
gives me pain
The like Of which ] hope that ne'er again
IN have to suffer Whereupon the child
Right sweetly smiled,
And then he thus apOstrophized me: Pop
II that's the case, / beg you viii not stop,
But lay IL on as hard as yOp know how,
81 rather like 1t now
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
ROOSEVELT AMONG ARABS.
Some Warrant for Pro-BrI.jsh Senti-
ments.

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Chicago News.
Sheik Ali Yussief. self-described as an
Egyptian nationalist, the other day asked
Colonel Roosevelt not to give comfort and
countenance TO English rule in Egypt. The
colonel has replied with his resounding
address in the University Of Cairo, which
has made everybody on the banks of the
Nile, except possibly the mummy OF
Ramesos H., sit up and take notice. When
the English, and especially the different
varieties Of Egyptians is that ancient
land, rave succeeded in catching their
respective breaths we shall perhaps dis
cover whether that address has made
things better or worse. Since things al
ready have gone as far as to assassination
and public approval of that bloody protest
against English rule, one must think that
courage and outspokenness are Tlch to
be desired in Egypt today.
Colonel Roosevelt. by exercising stern
self-denial in refusing to utter the smallest
syllable on American politics, evidently is
going to find time to descant upon various
other kinds of politics, taking them as
they come. Egyptian today, II may be
Italian tomorrow and French and German
later on. Then he can pass easily to fur
nishing instruction in statecraft to his
blood kin in Holland, later spreading wis
dom and CONSERVATION throughout Great
Britain by telling the British what should
be done with the house of lords. However.
the colonel has good reason for praising
English rule in Egypt.
This Ali Yusseif, who asked him not to
approve of the existing government, and
the various other so-called nationalist
who are raging at him, are outside con
querors as much as is an Englishman.
They are Arabs. The descendants of the
ancient Egyptians are the fellaheen, the
peasantry. who before the English came
we're treated by the Arab ruling class with
monstrous cruelty. The Arabs want the
English expelled that the Arabs may again
rule. Egypt for Egyptians means Egypt
for the Arabs.
Egypt was the sinkhole Of wiCkedness of
the world when the English took it, a very
experiment station in vice, corruption, ex-
tortion and cruelty. From Egypt, Arab
slave hunters penetrated the whole CONT
nent, perpetrating terrible atrocities. The
history of the Arab in Egypt from the day
the Alexandrian library was burned to
English occupation is very black. The
English should stay and teach kindness
for men and animals, enforce justice, raise
up the oppressed and tighten the load of
the poor. They nave lone and are doing
all these things.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
PERSONAL NOTES.

Automobile riding is recommended for
people with weak hearts. but the pedestrian
with a weak heart needs to be away while
the cure is being applied.
Prince Helie de sagan has debts Of SO, $50.
900 and an annual income Of $50. with a
string tied to it, still, creditors try to
figure out when they are to get their
money.
The Cleveland experiment Of carrying
passengers on the street railways for 3-cent
fares for the month Of March shows sur-
ficient revenue TO cover payment Of ex-
penses and to yield 6 per cent profit to the
shareholders.
Harlow n. Higinbotham, Y years Of age,
a millionaire, who was president Of the
Worlds Columbian exposition. and for long
associated with Marshall Field & Co, is
tramping from Hot Springs, Va, to Clarks-
burg, w. Va, nearly 200 miles,
Miss Amanda Ford, deaconess at the
Immigrants Home in East Boston, met
eighty vessels on their arrival in port dur
ing the last twelve monhs and aided nearly
100 persons, Of whom 3I4 were women, 3O5
men and seventy-siN children. She secured
work for nearly fifty girls. sent eighty-five
to their friends, gave lodgings and meals to
some and distributed garments to others, 4
When they discovered that the man by
whom they were employed was George
Markle, the Hazleton (Pa) millionaire, a
gang Of laborcrs employed on the Markle
chicken farm at Espy, Columbia county,
went on strike. Markle visited the farm
the other day. The laborers were i'm
pressed with his visit to such an extent
that they thought that owner of such
a fine touring car could afford to pay
higher wages than SL50 a day.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
HOW FAR THEY TRAVEL.
American Party EmbIems Familiar 70
Egyptian Writer'S.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.

Boston Transcript.
Press reports from Egypt give but an
inadequate idea OF what the native editor
meant in his newspaper when, in abiding
10 the eulogists OF Roosevelt's speech, he
wrote that they were able to make a
dOnkey's tail look like an elephants trunk"
quoting, it Is said, an old and familiar
Arabian proverb. That this native editor
understood that he was trading with the
great emblems of the political parties which
divide America with their contentious must
be assumed. The elephant has long person.
flied that G. o. p, the animal on whose
back our ex-president has ridden with
such distinguished success across Africa's
jungles and through classic halls. The
donkey's tail likewise represents the activ-
ity of an aroused democracy, with a capital
ID, because that appendage exhibits a sus-
tanned vigor of action rarely influenced
by any high degree of Intelligence. The
elephants trunk, on the other hand. is
craftily reaching out for things, and this
has Ypified the republican characteristic
of constructiveness, while that of the de.
moo"Ncy has been opposition and resist
ance. 1t is TO be hoped that nothing in the
ex-president's utterances suggests to the
Arab any merging of these two features
of the geological park. The elephant Will
still grab democratic issues that may be
lying around loose, as OF yore, but that the
sturdy animal will debase his trunk TO fly.
frightening seems unthinkable.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
WHERE PUBLIC MONEY GOES.
Wars Past and 10 Come Take Most
OFT.

Wars Past and TO Come Take Most
OFT.
New York World.
1t is the opinion Of Congressman GIlIett
Of Massachusetts that nobody cares for
economy. The member who gets a large
appropriation for something in his own
district" he says, achieves popularity,
no matter what his conduct may be in re-
lation TO general legislation"
Intended evidently as a defense Of con-
gress, this is in fact a severe srraignment
not only OF that body, but of the people as
well. Is il true?
More than n percent of the expenditures
OF the United States are for wars past and
wars to come. From the other 20 per cent
the ordinary civil expenses OF the govern
ment are paid. II the American people are
as reckless and selfish as Mr.. Gnlett as
serts, why do they not lay their greedy
hands on a considerable portion OF the
$500, 10000 which every year is devoted to
war?
The people in most Of the districts see
none OF this except the pension money.
Actuated as Mr.. Gillett says they are they
might as well have nearly all OF it. They
are either very cheaply bought or they are
ignorant of the possibilities OF plumber.
We believe that the gentleman il mis-
taken. Americans take little interest in
measures OF economy because as a rule
this reform is undertaken inslncerely and
in a small way. II is the rule at Washing
ton to save a lew thousands here and there
and to scatter millions broadcast.
It Is not the appropriations for local en-
terpries that bankrupt the treasury. All OF
them put together amount to little. II is
Tho gtaaduv iurraaaIp9 drain pf hundreds
OF millions annually for war that Is vast
ing the nations wealth and exhaustlng It's
energies.
The people do care. !. IS their represen-
tatiyes under the influence Of the army
ring. the navy ring, the big-battleship ring
the pension ring and the lingo ring who
are needless and helpless
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
sEEDTIME AND HARVEST.
Preparations in the North, Gathering
the Substance in the south.
wall Street journal.

Preparations in the North. Gathering
the Substance in the south.
Wall Street Journal.
Seeding throughout the northern hemis-
phere is just beginning. A fair idea of the
areas OF land now being plowed for early
seeding and planting may be gathered from
q few figures Of representatives countries.
Our own country will put 5000, 900 acres
into spring wheat; probably "a, 1000, 900 acres
into oats and 40, OOO.O 900 acres more into corn.
making 1874, 900, 900 acres in these crops
Canadian spring crops will call for 1000 900
acres more, while the area of minor groups
OF barley and flax at home will easily
furnish enough TO run it up to 200. 600 900
acres as the spring planting OF North Amer.
lea, excluding Mexico.
Next to the North American countries
the widest acreage Of spring planting is
found in Russia, whose spring wheat
acreage Is about three times that of its
winter wheat, or approximately A, 1000 OP
acres. The oats and barley acreage com.
bined is large enough to yield 1900 900. 600
bushels. Central and western Europe are
now also busy preparing their fields for the
small grains. and will later put In their
spring wheat and rye, using every acre
available under their system Of mixed
farming Tor FOODS which nave cost them sc
heavily in the recent years of high prices
Harvest time is practically concluded ir
! New Zealand, India, Egypt and hill. Ar
gentina's harvest and a part Of Australia
are December work. South Africa Is a No.
vember harvest area, BY the end of the
current month nearly all of the Medlter.
rauean countries, our own West Indies and
Mexico will be on the verge of harvesting
wheat. Although these countries are not
large producers, nevertheless they are in
the surplus list Of contributors to the needs
OF the importing world.
Just at this time the importing world
which consists mainly OF western Europe.
is gradually curtailing its demand for
wheat and corn. On an average, the worlds
wheat shipments In the month Of March
decline from between 10000, 900 to 1000, OOf
bushels to between 5000. 900 and 100000 de
pendent somewhat upon the size Of the
h~arvests Of the surplus countries In the
southern hemisphere. There are afloat at
this stage OF the season in vessels on the
way to Europe, approximately 5000 COO bush
els Of corn, and from 49, 900 TO 5O.OOOOOO
bushels OF wheat. These cargoes represent
in the two cereals not far from o ,OOO,O 900
IN value.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
The Milk in the COoOanut.

Remarks OF the father OF Cardinal
Merry Del Val, and Of an eminent &c
clesiastic OF Rome, tend to give a much
clearer vision OF the circumstances
that prevented the audiences between
Mr.. Roosevelt and MIR. Fairbanks and
the pope.
Ii seems providential that my son should
be the man to hum bic a Yankee president.
This is the statement credited to the
elder Del Val, who, when Spanish am
bassador. is said to have complained
of the naughty and boastful attitude
Of the United States in the days of
Spanish defeat.
It lie not the church. but the private act
Of the Spanish secretary OF state against
the colonel Of the Rough Riders in Cuba.
This is the explanation offered by a
nigh church d%ignitary.
Methodist PROSECUTING, after all, may
not have had as much to do with the
case as deep down Spanish hatred of
the nation that freed oppressed Cuba.
In the light of the candor OF these re-
marks It will require a vast amount of
argument to dissuade people from this
notion. There can be ho doubt that
the Spanish spirit of revenge for
Cuba's loss has never died. 1t is a
most unfortunate and deplorable cir.
cumstance though hat this vindictive-
ness should be carried to the extent of
embroiling the great Catholic church
with a friendly people.
Evidently the milk in the %cocoanut
has been soured by Spanish sauce,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
VULGAR
Race Misrepresentation ON the stage
and in Comics.
Chicago Record-HeraId,

Chicago Record-Herald
A New York rabbi has protested against
cheap and vulgar misrepresentation of Jews
on the stage and in the comic press, and
advises a campaign against 1t, pointing to
the good results of a similar movement
among Irish leaders against the stale and
witless caricatures OF alleged Irish types.
1t is high time racial caricature on
the stage or in the press should he re.
formed altogether" Everything about such
caricatures is so ancient, so pointless, so
devoid of reason, art, legitimate fun, that
their complete retirement would please all,
including the manufacturer Of the
ghostly jokes.
Recently one of our cleverest comic week.
lies published an extraordinary list Of
tabooed subjects, II included the mother
in-law, the summer girls engagement, the
small boy and the sutton and other an
tiques too numerous to mention, The clean
sweep will be grateful, but it should ex-
tend to every variety of malicious and
mean racial caricature.
Let our humorists try fresh fields and
new pastures. Let them exercise their in
%genuity, their imagination, their power of
observation, Life is full and interesting.
and while there may be nothing new under
the sun there are numberless things that
seem new and give us a sense of freshness
and uneXpectedness.
Professional l entertainers and comic
writers must move with their age. as the
rest Of us 100 Stagnation annot be toler-
ated even in the art of merry feeling.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
HARTMAN inheritance Tnr.

New YOrk COmmerClaI.
From the state comptroller's office at
Albany comes the information hat about
81, 200, 600 Of the Hartman estate has al
ready been listed for the assessment of the
state inheritance tax, and the tax,
amounting to s675,O has been paid; the
transfer tax bureau estimates that the final
settlement will be on an estate aggregating
fully SAC, 900, 600 i'm value. in which the state
of New York will gather in nearly 81, 400, OOC
altogether as the price to be paid by the
Hartman heirs and other beneficiaries OF
the will for the right or privilege Of TAX
ing title to their own.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Numbers of people entertain the notion
that the right to pass the portals of the
residence OF the chief magistrate and GRASP
his hand is one of the privileges of Ameri-
can citizenship. Yet brief reflection should
convince them that the rapid expansion OF
the population and the corresponding
growth OF the army who visit Washington
from mixed motives of patriotism and
curiosity must make this imprscticable.
1t is a good thing to nave democratic
simplicity prevail in the government. But
II every president saw and greeted every
Individual who wished TO meet him, he
would have very little time for anything
else.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Several eastern papers have pub
lished a report that the Omaha naval
recruiting station has rejected Ne
braska men because they are too fat
footed for government service. That
libel could have originated nowhere
except in Chicago, which has vainly
tried for years to divert attention from
its own feet.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Mr.. Bryan may nave said that he
hoped it would not be necessary for
him to be a candidate for senator this
year, but it begins to look as il he
would have to say Yes or mo"
without any IFS or and's about it.
Nothing else goes.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

As if the Methodist church had not
enough already to keep it busy, the
three aged Wardlsw sisters of New
Jersey, accused of the Snead murder.
have thrown themselves upon the
church for assistance.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

One thing must be said for young
Mr.. Knox-throughout his matri-
monial exploit he has discreetly held
his tongue. and that Is the first ele-
ment of a good diplomat.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
An Inaurrent Prophecy.
Emporia QKan) Gazette.

FHIpUIIH NNaHJ NaN'IIe,
Joe Cannon discussed the hereafter In
a funeral address the other dsv, and
practically confessed that he doesn't know
what II will be. one thing is reasonably
certain, however, and that is that he viii
have no trouble in getting a light for his
cigar.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Springfield republican.

No less than seven important eastern rail-
roads granted wage increases last week.
The advances average from 6 10 7 per cent,
and involve an extra expenditure amount
ing TO some 81. 600 900 a year. This Is OBJ
viously TO mean an advance in railroad
rates. which will take probably much more
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

1t is to be noted that a livery man
and wagon dealer won at the unoficial
election instituted by Congressman
Hamilton Fish TO determine the post
Office contest. Evidently no automobile
man was entered.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
An EStrsordinsry Achievement.

New oFk AlUltas
When Prussia can converse by wireless
telegraph with Cameroons in West Africa,
over the Alps and the sea and the high
lands Of the North African coast, II seems
that wireless messages all the way around
the globe must soon be possible, The sta
tion at Nauen. Prussia, reports communica-
lions sent to the Cameroons, 1900 miles
away, and replies received.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Mayor "Jim" thinks the police force
should be recognized as an assistant
street cleaning department. A good
idea. But even that would not relieve
his street commissioners and assistants
from primary responsibility.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

James j. Hill can figure closer on a
small proposition than anybody. Now
he estimates 9hat it will take Just
$s.6OO,OOO,OO to make the railway
improvements the country needs.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Bishop Mcintyre and Archbishop
Ireland are not showing the same
amount of self-restraint as Mr.. Roose-
welt has shown. These eminent
churchmen might take a lesson in the
use Of soft words from our ferocious
lion hunter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Mr.. Hobson says the United States
can establish an equilibrium on the
waters for only $4,000, 600 a year for
ten years. II that is all, let us have
the equilibrium at once.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

1t may be the inalienable right Of a
woman to wear a hat as wide as she
likes, but how about holding out her
age from the census taker?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

The World-Herald comedies there
is merit" in the suggestion Of the ed
itor OF The Bee that the court house
square be made the beauty center of
Omaha and specially adapted for use
on festive occasions as a court of
honor. Thanks, awfully. Push it
along.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
matters,

Every member Of Omaha's Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners is un-
der oath not to be controlled by polit.
ical considerations in making appoint.
ments or promotions in the police and
FIRE departments. Violation Of this
oath is ground for impeachment and
removal. If n member of the board
is sure he is the only one who is con.
scientiously performing his duty, it is
up to him to start proceedings to vim.
dictate himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

The latest recommendation for Hal
ley's comet is that Mr.. HALEY was the
most intimate friend and counsellor
of Sir Isaac Newton. That ought to
insure a cordial reception for the
rnmRt - {.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Another ordinance has been intro.
duced TO regulate the street cSrner
pushcart man. AS II these poor fell
lows were not harassed enough
already.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
'~.IRnorance Ia Bliss
Chicago Tribune

Unless you wish to know hat when drink
ing that ostensibly innocent and exhilarat-
ing beverage, ginger ale, you are taking
merely "air and red pepper into your
system, don't read the official reports OF
the government investigators.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Having enacted a law to disfran-
chise the negro, the Maryland legisla-
ture has now passed a bill prohibiting
cock fighting. Adding insult to injury.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

The local democratic organ is
~squealing about the defeat of the head
OF the democratic ticket in South
Omaha by talking about the vast
amount Of money" at the demand" OF
the republicans, when everybody IN
South Omaha knows that all the
money was on the democratic side.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
who Ttrped n offf

st. Pau Pioneer Press.
William Jennings Bryan says he wants
no ovation when he returns from South
America. Now. who do you suppose ii was
tipped 1t off to him that a popular uprising
is imminent?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

one answer to the How big is
omsha?" question puts the figure at
something over $4,000. Well, at
any rate, it looks that big to a stranger
at first glance,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

With Havelock closed up. it is al
most a case of must for Lincoln to go
open or organize a social club on every
street corner.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

How big is Omaha? Or, perhaps
the question should have been, How
much bigger is Omaha now than it
was ten years ago?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

than t17,OO0.OOO out OF the public. Is that
to mean an increase in the general cost OF
living sufficient to warrant another demand
for more wages, and so on round and round
the spiral circle?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Subscribers leaving the city ten.
pOrAFiIy ShOuld have The Bee
mailed TO them, Address will be
changed a. Oftsa a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

Senator Hepburn objects to his col
leagues smiling when he talks. Strange
why anyone would feel like laughing
under such circumstances.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07
On the Main Line.

Baltimore American.
1t is not likely that the administration
railroad bill will be either slde-tracked or
run into a switch. 1t may find some short
corners on its journey, but will pull
through all right In the end.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

belief that there are a few oriental
isms when the Young Turks did not
find so obnoxious.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-07

So long as Milwaukee remains in
business the socialists will have one
fertile field of political operation.