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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
FREIGHT RATE EXPEDITION.
Cah for Union of Missouri River
states and Cities,
Sioux City Tribune

Sioux City Tribune.
Ahe aggressive action OF the Omaha COM
meroial club looking toward the prosecu-
ton OF the railroad officials as vlolators of
the sherman antitrust law in the raising
OF the dressed meat rate suggests a new
and important phase to the railroad oues-
ton.
When powerful business organizations
like these large commercial clubs enlist
their energies in the battle against railroad
rate extortion 1t means Greek nesting
Greek.
A commercial club is, of course, a selfish
organization. 1t wants advantages, or at
least equal privileges for It's own locality.
so long as each commercial club gets what
1t wants in the way OF rates for its own
city 1t will leave the rest Of the country to
struggle with the freight rate question as
best 1t can.
Up to this time the commercial clubs
have dove-tailed in with the railroad plans.
leaving the farmers and the small town
without sympathy and without
assistance. But when great food
shipping centers like Omaha, Sioux City,
st. Joe and Kansas City are hard hit, as
they are in this advanced meat rate and
In the advanced grain rate, they can we'll
@AAOAN anu " Hluluhl ubIGIlS6s
II the commercial clubs Of these Mis-
souri, river cities will now invoke the power
of their several state governments, state
railroad commissions, and move for lower
state rates on live stock and grains, they
can make the transportation companies
feel the power. The governors Of these
states could call the attention of their state
railroad commissions TO the over-hlgh
rates that live stock and grain must pay to
reach these markets They could do this
in such a way as to arouse the sleepy COM
missions into action. By united action
could wake up the Interstate Com
meree commission, that ought to interfere
and prevent the proposed advance in
the dressed meat rate.
There is a great opening for the gov
ernors and state commissioners in Ne
braska, Kansas. Missouri and low to
move, not only against the advano in in
rates, but for a general lowering
Of state rates hat ought to rave been low
cred years ago.
What are these state governments for If
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

protection Of the courts, It goes with
out saying that wen II the corporation
tax should be declared unconstitu-
tional, the enactment Of the pending
income tax amendment would open the
way for its revival, and, on the other
hand, II the corporation tax is held to
be good It will increase the incentive
to adopt the income tax amendment in
order to make possible an equal tax on
returns OF unincorporated business so
as to remove the inequality. The
cases brought in the supreme court,
therefore, are likely only to give tenn
porary relief to those who are resisting
the corporation income tax.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
sheer INTERPRETATIONS
Philadelnhia bulletin.

President Taft's explicit denial that he
ordered Wade II. Ellis to proceed to Ohio
and take the Craftsmanship Of the repub-
lican executive committee, with his equally
emphatic declaration that he does not pro-
pose and has not proposed TO direct the
republican campaign In the state, should
put an end to the sensational reports which
have been printed on the subject. Mr..
Taft shows clearly that the assertions pic
turing him as a meddlesome party dictator
In the Buckeye commonwealth ara sheer
misrepresentations-to use the politest term
that can be applied 10 them,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Alas. Poor Jeffl
~sprtnEfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
After two years Of blistering excoriation
OF the Rockefeliers and MorganB by the
senator from Arkansas, It is most Distress
ing to find him writing in the coils Of an
u~nguarded admission that IL a certain bill
can be passed through congress concerning
some swamp lands in his state, there is a
good fee in it' for the honorable excoria-
tor OF the peoples oppressors, Senator jeff
Davis himself ought to see the drollery Of
his situation, yet be only busters the more
when compelled TO explain A Corpora
ton lawyer" is he, after all. The fees
the thing. Alacki Poor Jeff
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Reducing Evils of RoOsism.
Brooklyn Eagle,

Politics, the most interesting Of sciences;
parties, the most interesting of forces; gov
eminent, the most important Of duties, af-
fected by a relation TO human beings, can
not be said to have been better, because
Plat lived. To a degree they were worse
because he lived and he was worse because
they were a All Of them are improving.
The race Of Americans are learning the inn
port of bossism and the art of reducing its
evils. They are learning how to make con-
v%entions representative, how to make bal
lots less in sheer bulk, how to base appoint
ments on trained fitness and how to make
them a reasonable assurance of character
and competency. The bosses are going. The
good time is coming. The better time is
nearing. Duty as we'll as opportunity is
at the door.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11


The Lincoln Journal speaks of mon
citizen voters" referring to such of
our foreign-born population as are per-
mitted to vote in Nebraska after TAX
ing out their first naturalization pa
pers. The Journal falls to recognize
the accepted fact of citizenship of the
state as distinguished from citizenship
of the United States. To be a citizen
Of the United States a foreign-born
person must complete the require
ments of naturalization, while to be a
citizen of Nebraska, with voting privil-
eyes, all that is needed is to take out
the ~so-called first papers" Under
the constitution of Nebraska everyone
entitled to vote has the same rights
and privileges Of every other voter,
and Equality Before the Law" is the
states motto.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Wait Cor the BIG show.

PhIIadeIphIa Ftecofu.
Ex-Vlee President Fairbanks is an
aging one way and another to make his
homeward tour through Europe a bolster
Gus buttermilk progress. mildly exciting in
spots. But wait. h real thing is moy-
ing northward along the smooth reaches
Of the Upper Nile. The Bully Boy will
presently strike the Mediterranean levels
and stalk across Europe like a saharan
tornado. Wait.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

The A%nti-Saloon league is very mod
est in it's demands. It wants all the
party platforms promulgated in Ne.
braska this year to declare for county
prohibition, and IL the democrats and
republicans will only respond to this
request, the a~nti-saloonists will con
tinue to vote the prohibition ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Mr.. Hearst is calling in capital let
tiers for the construction of new battle
ships and the enactment of some kind
of a subsidy bill to revive our mer-
chant marine. Mr.. Hearst was once
vouched for by Mr.. Bryan as a presi-
Dental candidate who would be salts
factory to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

State Auditor Barton is trying to
nnd out why Nebraska FIRE insurance
companies do not all charge the same
rate on the same risk. Most owners
of insurable property wonder why the
rates quoted by fire insurance com
panies should be exactly alike unless
there is a combine or a "gentleman's"
agreement,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Coming Of Better Methods.

bdILIfnOfe AnlefIcan.
Political leaders like Plat are one after
another passing away, n are not likely
to have immediate successors. The voters
no longer stand ready to do the bidding Of
such leaders, loyal though they may be to
their party. This is IN era when the peo-
pie demand to know the why and the
wherefore, and though the success and the
sturdy republicanism of such men as Plat
cannot be gainsayed, yet their methods
were sometimes open to question. and with
the coming of better methods will come
party leaders who will win and hold the
confidence Of the people In a better way.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

The appropriation to provide en-
bassy houses for American d%iplomatists
in foreign capitals has failed in the
house and will have to try again. 1t
is to be hoped that the amiable pro-
motors who have helped work up pub
lie sentiment for this bill throughout
the country by inviting Us and other
leading citizens to dine with them at
their expense will not be discouraged.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Actions belle ProfesSIons
Sioux City journal.

The democratic national platform de-
clared for postal savings banks in the
event of failure to adopt a national bank
deposit guaranty law. Only one democrat
voted for the postal bank bill hat passed
the senate the other day. And yet the
democrats will have a good deal to say
about republican disregard Of party pledges.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Public Too Tolerant.

Without severity toward the dead and
with regard chiefly for public men who are
to come. It must be remarked tina bosses
in any stage Of their careers are not to be
envied. They would not be bosses at all II
Americans were not for a season too toler-
ant Of their pretensions. They could not
last an hour II legislators and executives
and people we're not indulgent. They are
encouraged to their own destruction. When
their inevitable fall takes place there is
none so poor as to do them reverence,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Higher Standards Demanded.
WASHINGTON Times,

Senator Plat was q machine politician
OF the old order. He was a graduate Of
the Thurlow Weed school of politics. He
was a boss, not a statesman. He did moth
ing to elevate politics, save as he perceived
that 1t was necessary to get votes and
retain power. Fortunately, the public to-
day Is demanding higher standards Of its
party leaders, and the party boss is grow
ing less and less In evidence as a higher in
telligence spreads among the voters. But
for all this there was much 20 admire in
the strong will, the inclsiYe mind, the cool
nerve, and the capacity for mastery Of men
which belonged to Thomas Collier Plat.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Our Birthday Book
March II. 1910.

William L. Yetter. president OF the Yet
ter-Davidson Wall Paper company, was
born March II. 1867, at 81. Joseph, Mo. He
had a retail wall paper and paint business
in Hastings up 10 1900, when he removed TO
Omaha and has since branched out to
Kansas City and Denver as well, Mr..
Ben.
John Steel, until very recently general
surance company. from which he has Just
retired, was born In Sweden. March Il,
1913. He has been in the life Insurance
business since 1883, Mr.. Steel was a mem
Der OF the city council for one term In 1902
an is9S
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Is not the time to vote improvement
bonds in the fall rather than In the
spring2 1t takes at best several
months after bonds are voted TO dis
pose of them and effect the prelimina-
ries for the work, and work thus
started late in the season is too often
caught unfinished by the advent OF
cold weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Of the money voted for expenses of
the immigration commission was con-
sumed in exploring the cstacombs, and
10Y he intimates that Commander
Peary is not entitled to even thanks
for exploring the pole. Some bold ad-
venturer should organize an expedition
to explore the wilds Of Arkansas
which constitute Mr.. Mheon's district.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

The total of deposits in Nebraska
state banks is larger than ever before.
The aggregate wealth of the people Of
Nebraska was so large as 1t is
today, and the bank deposits are only
one OF the straws that testify to the
fact.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Hitting the Pace.
N" NO WNEa
New York World

NEW Iork WORLD.
The Boston bank clerk who, on a S12 SAL
airy, gave champagne suppers, carried a
roll" Of 1900 and displayed other symp-
toms OF budding financial genius. has had
his career blighted by the failure of the
bank to stand the strain, Something has
been lost to society by the untimely extino-
ton OF this promising youth,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

IHIIUUUIUHIW LoUkVI'
There is really little in his career that
even his own state need recall with any
particular gratitude. Tha he has been
succeeded in the senate by Ellhu Root is
the most striking Illustration we need ask
Of the wide advance in all our political
conditions since Plat came into public
life half a century ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Well, Edgar, who is the prominent
democratic lawyers and who is the
well known republican o~nlceholder"
hired by the corporations to do the
"hxing'' for them2
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

These March winds are also doing
their best to help, the city street clean
ing department dispense the dust and
dirt accumulated in the thorough.
fares
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Present Day Leadership.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There has been a revolution in public SEN
timent upon political matters since the
day when Mr.. Plat could dictate legisla-
tion and candidates to the assembly OF his
state, could make and unmake governors
and change political history by the inflec-
ton Of a tone. Now we look to a new type
OF leader, who wins by methods less crude.
who compels results by means less sugges-
tive Of slave driving.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

1t may ali be that Colonel Roosevelt
bearded the lions in their lens so often
that he carried the beard away with
him. r9ks - .
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Who says modern education is not
progressive and up-to-date? The
latest object lesson to teach our High
school pupils the value of punctuality
consists in making the teachers ring
up on a time clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
A Vanishing Type.
WASHINGTON Herald.

The rise and fall Of Plat illustrates
strikingly the wholesome change in po-
ilticai conditions In this country. The last
great figure Of his type, bossism, as he
exercised It, is Of the past. 1t had its day,
and an evil day it was, May its like
never come againl
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Senator Burkett is sending out
copies of his speech on postal savings.
If he would send Senator Rayner's
answer along with it he would make
more certain OF having them both
read.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

When they offered to give him the
freedom Ghthe city. could those Lon
aoners have been figuring on making
Mr.. Roosevelt a gift which he could
not take home with himf,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

THE British treasury has a huge
deficit to face and the British ministry
Is living from hand to mouth" But
there are still a number Of American
heiressesr left. 80 We
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

II costs Uncle Sam less to feed the
jack kara In the navyyWhsn they are
anchored on the coast Of China than
anywhere else on the globe. II we
bad only knOWR that before. we might
have captured the Philippines earlier.
lust 50 get an excuse 10 keep the
squadron in that n~eighboFhoOd.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

President Madriz OF Nicaragua says
r'my fonly ambition is to serve my
county" which leads to the thought
that ne must have iSpsnt some time in
this country durtng a political cam
psign. a.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

After perusing the Congressional
Record for several days, one signs for
Old Colonel Jim Gordon of Mississippi.
That speech OF his renewed public
faith An the United States senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

An ~egg-laying contest is being
planned in MissOurL Here's hoping
that 1t is an endurance run.
A German polar party has been or.
gained to find the South Pole. No.
gum drops on this expedition.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Raises Suspicion.

Statistics showing hat there IL S3L37 Of
money for each man, woman and child in
the country inpEesses a portion Of them.
particularly the women and children, with
a suspicion thasstheEe has not been o
square distribution.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary laments its inability to guess
what Mr.. Roosevelt will do" That's
what is making the democrats worry.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Mr.. Fairbanks has not killed a thing
since he went abroad, but still he has
succeeded in ngurtng. in the dispatches
a few times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

The pride ofsliyea hogs is almost
back at the TOP notch reached during
the civil war. Those good old times
are evidently returning.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

"f a herring and a half cost a cent
and a half" sings the Washington
Post. What is our esteemed friend,
the Post, thinking about? Gent and
a half?" 1t must mean dollar and a
half.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Now that the meat eating habit costs
so much hat the average man cannot
afford it. 1t is up toisome enterprising
gent to start a meataeating cure.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
DorariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address viii be
changed as often ~ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Wonder If there is now enough har-
mony in the democratic party to last
clear through a J~effersonisn harmony
banquet.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Congressman Macon OF Arkansas
has the most suspicious mind to be
found in the halls OF congress, A lit
tie while ago he intimated that some
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

1t had to come. Some enterprising
reporter has dubbed him Theodorus
Roosevelt Afrigander Hunterus.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Worth Remembering.
Chicago News.

While figuring how much higher hogs are
now than they were during the civil war
1t Is worth remembering that then they
were quoted In paper money.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Puta it ID to Conrrens.
paltImore American.

A western crank threatens TO blow con-
gress up unless the high cost OF living is
brought down. This IL certainly the most
drastic way yet OF Yoieing the explosive
wrath OF the country
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

1t is more proper to Judge ar off,
cials salary by the clothes his wife
wears than by thoseghe wears.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

AS we have several time remarked,
the way to clean up is to clean up.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
Passing of a Boss

diverse reflections on the 20
litioal Career aud Characters
tics Of Former Senator PlAtt.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Automobiles have run into a great
many people" said the cautious citizen.
Yes replied Mr.. Chuggins; but II all
works around. A lot of the money you
spshd for gasoline goes TO found hospitals"
Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Having decided that a hen is a bird,
the government ishEoinG to- decide
what ice cream rs. /, Now is the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Briggs-I have just purchased a Cham
bers' encyclopedia, a Century dictionary,
and q British museum catalogue.
Griggs-Do you really need them2
Briggs-Not precisely; but ] thought |
should like to check off my Information
Lippincott's Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Interviewer-well, Diogenes, have you
found an honest man in these tlmes2
Diogeneg-Sure ] have
Interviewer Observation-Disclosures
D~iogenes-In the poorhouse.-Baltimora
American,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Johnny, do you know why I am going
20 whip your"
"Why2"
Because you struck a boy smaller than
yourself"
II thought maybe II was because I am
smaller than you are."-Houston Post,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

'Ill have TO get another typewriter"
said the busting man., This one Is con-A
stantly stopping my dictation to ask how
some word Is spelled"
That's a great loss of time"
Il don't mind the time, but It inter
feres with discipline for me to have to
keep saying / don't know."-Chicago Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

"Blll, what share did you get Of your
grandfather estate ?"
II got what was left after every other
fellow had been provided for"
Then you are the residuary legatee."
Il amt nothln' Of the sort, blame vel
I'm an honest, hard workin' coppersmith2 p
Chicago Tribune,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

~-VNFNL %. 4NDNIIUNht
Treasurer.
subscribed In my presence and sworn to
BEFORE me this 28th day of February, 1910.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

why do you insist on having the bass
drum and oymbals away out in front Of
the orchestral"
The arrangement is an idea of my own
replied the opera manager IT helps to keep
the audience awake. washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
POINTED ~PLEAsANTRIEs

The English sparrow was building q nesl
at the top Of a clock tower.
This thing OF working over time"
the abandoned bird, sis no fun, let
me tell you."-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11
STATEMENT OF EJACULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
George b, Tzschuck, treasurer NJ The
Bee Publishing Company. being duly
sworn. says that the actual number OF
full and complete copies of The Daily,
MOrninE, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of February. 1910, was
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Does she seem TO take kindly to society
ways now that her husband has made such
a pile2'
"Oh, yes, indeed. She was the loudest
talker In the house at grand opera the
other ht."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

Surely" began the private secretary,
at won't pay to give to both partiesf'
MY dear fellow" replied the astute
president, you are forgetting that I'm a
year or two one OF them will be offering
me a rebate not to support the other
Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-11

N. B. Quotation is from Mr.. lib
bles' article contributed to Tom Wat
sons magazine shortly after the event,
when the details were still fresh in his
memory.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-12


 crossed the Mississippi about ten miles north of St. Louis at 7.23 o'clock.
 After this night of apparently pur- poseless movement we struck an east southeasterly wind and went in a straight line until we landed. The elevations varied from 1000 feet to 10000. When at the elevation of '15,- 900 feet at 11:40 o'clock Tuesday morn ing we went through our first snow storm. An hour later we passed through the second furry when at a height of 16,400 feet. We made a record at 2 o'clock in the afternoon when we reached the extreme altitude of 20,60O feet, higher by 2,O00 feet than any authorized record ever made in America.
 In descending from the great eleva- tion we had very little sand left and as the gas contracted the balloon bag became extremely flabby. Everything however, went we'll until we were a few hundred feet above the ground, when the appendix line broke loose from the ring supporting the basket. There was so little gas in the bag at the time that the rigging collaps-. ed and with the basket attached na- turally dropped. This caused the rip cord which is attached to the ring to rip open the balloon at the height of 300 feet from the ground.
 I cannot describe the sensation of that 300 feet to the ground. It came so suddenly. have a faint recollec- tion of seeing men below me in a ploughed field and subconsciously trying, it seemed to tilt up the basket that Mir. Yates and might spring free from the rigging when close to the ground. Because the basket did not tilt as it would have done under ordinary circumstances was the cause of our injury. |
 I believe the only thing that pre- vented the breaking of our backs when the basket fell bottom squarely down under the weight of the bag was the rubber air mattress which we had placed in the bottom of the bas- ket that we might be comfortable when we wanted to lie down.9g
 For a moment I was stunned by the impact. When l recovered saw two or three men coming to our aid. They extricated us and on improvised filters we were carried to this house.
 I tell you we were so badly shaken up we could not move. Dr. Pace of Monroe, little settlement over the way a few miles, came in, and after
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-12

pounding us in a manner that would make our New York specialists blush, told us we were not seriously injured and that no bones were broken. He also told us to keep still and not talk more than necessary.
 Starting from Quincy we were unable to carry more than thirty-three forty pound bags of sand, which to- gether with the tremendous height to which we ascended shortened the trip We should not have started the flight with less than fifty bags of ballast. Originally we wanted to get into northeasterly wind and be waited over Canada near the St. Lawrence River region. That is why you see all that light artillery there in the corner. We expected to do some game shooting.