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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
More ,~Snontrare.

We regret to note that one Of our
representative republicans who once
ran for mayor OF Omaha as the popu.
list nominee and more lately bore the
honor OF being president of the
Fontanelle club, has conided to the
democratic World-Herald secretly for
publication his opinion that things
republican in this country have gone to
smash A few extracts from the dis
NAL dope thus emitted by Erastus A.
Benson will suffice;
The people are going to believe in Pin
chot, no matter what Attorney General
Wickersham may say in vindication Of his
fellow attorney. Ballinger.
Why. / have just returned from q months
trip to Florida, and It is enough to make
ones heart ache to see the waste OF our
natural resources that has been permitted
there.
The Withholding of federal patronage
from lnsurgent congressman Is infamous;
II is a part Of the spells system that
should never be tolerated in a civilized
nation.
These things all work back to the re-
Gently enacted tariff law, and I tell you II
is no longer as much of an economic rues-
ton as It is a moral question. 1t is a
question whether or not under a system
protected by law the people OF this coun-
try can be deliberately robbed.
/ am an i%nsurgent through and through,
ana 1 do not care IL we have to split the
republican party or to organize a new
party, I am in favor of taking such action
as will restore to the people their rights.
Hurrayl Murray! Pinchot is ac-
quilted and Ballinger convicted before
the jury is empaneled or the witnesses
sworn.
Nothing can stop that heart-ache at
used to De brain fag) in Florida but the
federal conservation policy, although
the federal government has no juris-
diction whatever over forests in Flor
ida belonging to private individuals,
and If fault is to be found for waste
permitted there 1t must be with the
state authorities Of Florida. i
II Mr.. Benson had been elected
mayor, OF course he would have filled
all the appointive places in the city
hall with his political That
goes without saying.
The doctrine that the protective
tariff is robbery is good democratic
doctrine, and has been promulgated
In several national democratic plat.
forms
Mr.. Benson does not care If he has
to split the republican party. He
didn't care twice before when he led
bolts against the regular republican
nominees and no one will deny him
the privilege Of indulging the habit
again.
1t is really too bad that Mr.. Benson
was not elected mayor the last time
when he ran as a republican candi
date. He might be talking differently
now. But perhaps the voters who
showed him under had had a Fremont
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD.
william wetmOre storey.

William Wetmore Storey.
LIES milestones marking year on year,
Pass ever swifter as we near
The final goal, the silent end
To which our fated footsteps tend,
A year once seemed a century,
Now, like a day II hurries by,
And doubts and fears our hearts Cypress,
And all the way Is WEAKNESS.
All, me! how glad and gay we were,
Youths sap in all our veins astlr,
When long ago with spirits high,
A happy careless company,
We started forth, when everything.
Wore the green glory OF the spring,
And all the fair wide world was ours,
To gather as we would It's flowersl
How all has changed Years have gone by,
And OF that joyous company.
With whom our youth first Journeyed on,
Who-who are left? Alas, not onel
Love earliest loiteItd on the way,
Then turned his Il We and slipped away
And after him with footsteps light
The tickle Graces took their flight,
And all the careless Joys that lent
Their revelry and merriment
Grew sllenter, and, ere we knew,
Had smiled their last and SAID ".Adieu'"
Our shadows that we used to throw
Behind us, now before us grow
For once we walked towards the sum-
But now, Lies full meridian done,
They change, and in their chill we moVer
Further away from Faith and Love
A chill Is in the air-no more
Our thoughts with Joyous Impulse SUIT
But creep along the level way, q.
Waiting the closing of the day.
Trha Future holds no wondrous prize
This side Deaths awful mysteries
Beyond. What waits for us, VINO hho"S'
New life, or infinit reposeY
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
An Eve-Onener.

The demand made on Governor
Shallenberger to institute custer pro-
ceedings under the Sackett law against
the mayor Of Norfolk for alleged
failure to suppress disorderly houses
indicates how busy the governor may
keep himself If he starts in on whole
sale removal of local officials whose
oficial conduct does not suit every
body.
II we remember correctly, Governor
Sheldon was put up against a similar
application for proceedings to remove
the mayor and council of Schuyler, but
he saw where it would lead to and de-
clined to be caught in the trap, just as
did Governor ~Shallenberger when the
recent demand was made Upon him to
start something on the mayor and
police commissioners of Omaha. There
are ninety-one counties in Nebraska
and several hundreds of Incorporated
cities. towns and villages, all Of which
have officers who would be amenable
to complaint under the Sackett law,
and any governor who would begin in
stituting custer suits In response to
petitions, irrespective of the facts in
the case and a showing that no other
remedy is available, would soon find
himself with little time to devote to
other duties Of his position.
The notion that prevails In some
quarters hat the sackett law is on the
statute books simply to keep omaha's
city officials on straight should be
quickly dispelled by the appeal from
Norfolk. The law is general in its
terms and applies to every local public
ofieial in Nebraska charged with law
enforcement, and no governor can in
woke 1t in one case without applying II
to all similar cases that may arise any.
where within the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
AN EXPEDITION WORTH WHILE.
Contribution of the African Hunt to
Science.


P~ittsburs Dispatch.
Those political and corporate enemies OF
Mr.. Roosevelt who have been soothing at
the Smithsonian African scientific expedi-
ton and sneering at the possibility OF
science gaining anything from such a
source m now confess their error. A
new animal has been discovered. or rather
a new variety OF a species. This may or
MAJ not be important. or It's relative I'M
portance may be a matter OF opinion, but
1t lie a fact, and ~justifies the scientific ma
ture of the expedition. whether it iustifies
the expedition or not.
The name of the specimen Is otocyon, not
to be COMPOUNDED with Mr.. Roosevelt's more
familiar quarry, the octopus. Reduced to
popular phraseology it is a kind Of Wild
dog. or fox dog. 1t Is too bad that the
scientists did not stick to the suggestion
Of naming 1t Octocyon Rooseveltus, not
that its discoverer will need any brand of
animals or cigars to be named after him
to perpetuate his fame, but on the better
ground of being particularly appropriate.
The octocyoninae are distinguished from
all other fox dogs by having an extra
molar in each jaw. Thus in the pursuit Of
science even Mr.. Roosevelt continues to
banker for things with teeth in them. To
substitute instead the name of Octocyon
Vergatus or striped otocyon can never com
pensate for the failure to put stripes on an
octopus.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
TronbIed Alfonso.

Uneasy lies the crowned head of
Spain with the r~ecrudescence of the
Nightmares Indicative Of a tottering
throne. Alfonso. suffering from a
malady which requires serious surgical
attention, in his young manhood has
come into a harvest Of political and
social tares sown by his ~forebears.
Since the day when the bomb Of an an
archist was hurled at him and his bride
his reign has been one continuous
struggle to repress the tide of revolu-
ton swelling among the people, not
against his personality, but against the
burdensome and wicked institutions
which by his administration r per-
petaated. Now he is said to have
found a widespread plot in his military
forces, coincident with the activities of
the pretender. who seeks to foment an
uprising.
Crises in Alfonso's short reign have
been frequent, though thus far the
young king and his advisers have been
powerful enough to crush them, but
their "Reminiscences has PROFESSIONALLY
served to infiame still further the spirit
Of unrest. The voice Of Barcelona in
the recent riots was the bitter outcry
OF the p~opulaoe. which has since been
further c~rystAllized by the execution Of
Ferrer. To a people who had asked OF
their youthful monarch the liberalism
which wac their only hope for escape
from the grinding heel Of poverty ant
misery, Alfonso has Deen distinctly 1
disappointment. and all h signs o.
the times point TO a gathering of forces
for such a revolution as In 1858 ended
in the flight Of Isabella.
The last forty years in Spain hav'
been crowded with a~ssassinations. up
risiags, and the most barbaric enforce
ment OF despotism. now eliminating II
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
Illegal Insurance Combination.

At a time when the state Of Illinois
is conducting an inquiry into the mat
ter Of Are insurance rates, and when
the complaining voice is heard In va
rious cities that excessive burdens are
imposed upon policyholders, there
comes from New Jersey a judicial de-
cision that Will encourage the hope Of
regulation of FIRE insurance upon a fair
and equitable basis. One hundred and
twenty-one companies resisted the
action brought by the state Of New
Jersey against their combination for
the raising of rates with a vigor that
even extended to an effort to abolish
the court OF errors and appeals from
which the decision was impending.
That court has now, by unanimous de-
cree, declared the combination to be
an invasion Of private and public
rights.
The chief defense OF the insurance
companies appears to have been that
they were not public interest or service
corporations, and therefore outside the
pale OF the law intended to reach them.
In this connection 1t is Informative to
read the decree Of the court:
To the eye of the law and In the interest
of the public, 1t is one and the same thing
whether a corporation be created to sub
serve a public interest or whether such
corporation achieve success Of such a ma
ture that the duty Of safeguarding the in.
terests Of the public is thrust upon it.
When the interest of the public has beer
woven into a business as a sine qua non OF
it's success, the success thus achieved
thrusts upon such a business a coordinate
duty that clothes It to that extent with a
public interest. We cannot close our eyes
to the fact that by the enormous expansion
Of this business, by it's concentration in the
hands of immense corporations, by state
regulation that amounts to privilege. and
by its practically universal employment as
a collateral security for debts. the bust.
ness is one in which the interest of the
public is directly involved.
While. 1t 10 common to think Of New
Jersey as corporation ridden, this di
rect dissolution Of an attempt to fostel
a combination Of greed will be hailed
in many quarters al the beginning Of
relief from one form Of corporate op
preston.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

domain to the landless settler. No obliga-
ton OF the future Is more inslstent, and
none will result to greater blessings to
posterity."
II viii be observed that this mandate
was not addressed to Mr.. Roosevelt. who
was then about to depart to look after the
conservation Of the animal resources OF
another continent. 1t was not addressed
to Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, who was then a
subordinate official and is now a private
citizen.
The executive person charged with the
direction of the policies Endorsed and de-
fined by the republican platform Of 1908
was the president elected on that platform,
and he Is president raft.
The friends of conservation every where
ought to know by this time how Loyalty
devoted he-is to the performance of the
duty entrusted to him by the vote of No
vember 3. 1908.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
Tnft on C-onnarvntinn.

Congress can no longer evade It's
responsibility IN the matter Of the con-
servatiOn OF the public domain, now
that the president has so exclusively
presented his review OF the whole sub
ject. The one thing that stands out in
his special message is that both the
chief executive and the Department OF
the Interior have consistently sought
L prevent spoilation and fraud, but
have been hampered by lack Of author
ity. Indeed, It is frankly admitted
that in their zeal to protect the public
interests they may have exceeded all
authority.
Not only ~inadequacy. but also o
fusion. Of the laws governing the pub
lie domain IL shown, undoubtedly one
OF the causes leading up to the Pinchot
interference and misunderstanding. 1t
must be apparent. from a reading of
Mr.. Taft's presentation of the case,
that the motives Of no branch of the
public service are to be impugned, but
mat an uuIOTbuudLo hLdte "a cohlublOn
had arisen, which congress alone could
or a set right.
Revision Of the land laws is i'm
perative, II the domain is to be con-
served in accordance with the admins
tration's policy; also, funds must be
provided for the reclamation projects
which are inseparable from the re-
mainder Of the program. The presi-
dent has outlined fully the various
necessities Of the al II the work of
conservation is to be pursued, and it
is manifest that too prolonged a delay
on the part OF the national lawmakers
may be fatal TO the effectiveness of
some OF the measures.
The Ballinger investigation involves
so much of research that 1t is likely to
be extended over a considerable period,
but that is a separate matter, a side
issue, and in the meantime the real
work of conservation and reclamation
may be very properly expedited by on
gr~essional approval and action on the
recommendation in the presidents mes
sage. -"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
Our BIRTHDAY Book
IS. 1910.

Rev. Charles A.. Briggs. who figured in
one OF the greatest heresy trials ever
instituted by the church In this country.
was born January Is. isn In New York
City. DR.. Briggs Is recognized as a popular
Ella w. Peattie, the novelist, although a
woman. admits to being born January Is.
1850. Mrs. PeattIe lived In Omaha for
several years and Is credited with being
the founder OF the Omaha Woman's club.
George r. Mcfarland, the general
managsr OF the Nebraska Telephone COM
pany who came here recently from a
similar position with the Iowa Telephone
company, was born January Is. 1863 at
Union Springs. N. Y. He has been in the
service OF the Bell telephone system ron
tinuousiy since 1873
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
POLITICAL DRIFT.

There are fifty-one lawyers in the Massa-
chusetts Legislature. Fortunately there are
thirteen newspaper men to watch them.
The political fans of P~ittsburg are coach
ing Shortstop Hans Wagner for congress.
Some OF his boosters believe he will stop
a cannon ball when he gets there.
Congressman Pat Murphy Of Missouri
wants a federal law prohibiting the publ
cation Of divorce proceedings as a matter
Of news. Missouri. too. stands Pat.
Tom Watson insinuates that his ohal-
lenge to w. j. Bryan for a talkfest on
missions sent the colonel out Of the ooun-
try. Tom has a challenge in reserve for
1913.
1t costs about one-third as much to run
Chicago as 1t does New York, but Chicago
is going some. The budget for this year
is 0.OOO.O 900, of which 81, 100000 is for per-
manent improvements.
The widow Of the late Congressman
Griggs Of Georgia has announced her per-
sonal choice for the vacant seat and Geor-
gla chivalry is expected to step up to the
ballot box and oblige the lady.
One of the novel features of the new
municipal charter OF Boston is q compli-
Gated recall provision. The term Of the
mayor is fixed at four years. At the state
election in his second year these words
must be printed on the ballot; Shall
there be an election for mayor at the next
city election2' II a majority demand 1t the
election must be held and the name of
the mayor then in office must be placed on
the ballot without nomination unless he
formally withdraws it. This provision
practically requires a vote of confidence"
in the executive in midterm, failing in OBJ
tanning which he must either contest for
the opportunity of serving the remaining
two years or take his departure.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
ola Are pensions.
Nav YORK Sun.

Representative Harry NJ. Coudrey Of Mis-
souri,, who has introduced in the house a
bill providing for old g pensions on the
English plan. is a st. houis business man
ana an officer and director In several
large companies. When he addresses the
house on the subject OF his bill, which in
effect proposes to take millions out OF the
treasury, from which s161, s7S, 7Os.7 was
drawn last year to support veterans OF the
civil war and their widows and children.
he might inform the country whether as
a business man he advocates pensions for
the employees Of the companies in which
he is a s%tockholder, payable out OF the
treasures OF those companies.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

The local democratic organ speaks
about possible projection OF new candi-
dates for the democratic nomination
for congress in this district. providing
IFS congressman editor decides to
leave the way clear by seeking election
to the United States senate" Such
s~elf-sacrihce would indeed deserve re-
ward-to go after another Office simply
to let some more deserving ONCE
seeker get the Job he now holds.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary, the world-H Herald, refers to
our illustrious fellow citizen, the Hon.
John Lee Webster. as the chevalier
sans puer ct sans reproche Of bourbon.
ism in Nebraska" whatever that is.
without waiting for a retainer or get
ting out our French dictionary to find
out what It means, The Bee volunteers
for the defense of Mr., Webster against
this awful charge. We feel sure he Is
not guilty of such a heinous crime, al
though we, ourselves, have more than
once lodged complaint against him for
less grave offenses. In this case, how,
ever. in his behalf we resent the ale.
cation and defy the alligator and call
on the world-H Herald for a bill OF par
~ticulars and the supporting proofs.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
..keeIna in nelleving.,
phLladalnhia Record.

Since Mr.. Bryan has had a n opportunity
to look over the law OF the land and the
progress Of the work or the Panama canal
he ~nnounce himself a convert to the
plan adopted by the government. 1t has
been the fashion OF MIR, Bryan to claim
the paternity OF some OF the most ad-
vanced OF the Roosevelt policies; but in
this matter OF a lock canal he must grant
that he has taken the trail after the
rough rider had blazed the way, and
against the judgm, mt Of the highest en-
cheering authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

The Omaha Commercial club has
taken the question Of discriminating
rates on lumber Affecting Omaha up to
the Interstate Commerce commission at
washington. but the Rse may be ex-
bected to drag along for weeks and
months. II the machinery of the inter
state commerce court, as recommended
by President Taft, were available a
final and authoritative adjudication
would be much nearer at hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

Aliurlng though the announcement
appears that a "philanthropic" theatri-
cal promoter is to establish a poor
mans high grade theater on the East
Side Of New York, close examination
reveals the fact that he expects the
stars to contribute their services free
and the best playwrights to OFFER their
product without royalty, while the pro-
rnoter collects the cash for each seat.
Query: Who Is the philanthropist2
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

disaHectiOn of the army which hrst put
Alfonso's father On the throne. 1t is
not impossible that the long-suffering
people will be able to sway the army
into turning against the tyrsnnic alb
solutlsm, provided a military dictator
is forthcoming to formulate and admin
lister a government based on popular
rights.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
soAE FACTS OVERLOOKED.

The Real commandments of Com
~servation.
New York Sun.
1t seems necessary to remind some of the
friends OF conservation that the person
officially in charge OF that policy and re-
sponsibile for its promotion Is neither Mr..
Roosevelt nor Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, but
the Hon. William H. Taft.
The republican platform OF 1905 said:
I'VE indorse the movement ~inaugurated
by the administration for the conservation
OF natural resources; we approve ali meas
ures to prevent the waste of timber; we
commend the work now going on for the
reclamation Of arid lands, n reaffirm
the republican policy OF the free dlstribu-
ton Of the available acres Of the public
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

A truly enterprising Arctic adyen-
turer might have made convincing eK-
hlbitions Of HIS dashes YER the polar
foes by utilizing some Of the con
Venient ice gOrges grouped along the
water fronts OF our river m~etropolises
az photographic backgrounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

Mr.. Bryan once made a vain pill
grimage to Kentucky to break a dead
locked election for United States sena-
tor, which may explain why he is not
hurrying back from South America to
straighten out the senatorial tangle In
the Mississippi legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

The deputy state labor commissioner
declares there Is much violation in Ne
braska of laws regulating the labor Of
women n children, but pleads that
insufficient money at his command pre-
vents him from stopping these viola
lions. That is a very handy excuse.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

And stiil the wonder grows why we
should be hearing Of coal shortage all over
the northwest when the dealers and the
railroads had all summer In which to ac-
cumulate supplies. II the thrifty ant TO-
lowed SO s~hort-sighted. a Dolisy II would
starve to death every winter until there
would be no more ants
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

II Is to be noted that when Champ
Clark Flags Cannon Mercilessly" he
prefers to do Il on the lecture platform
in Ohio rather than on the aoor of the
house at Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

One of the New England papers
wants to know what has become Of the
old-time shawl that men used to wear.
Probably gOne to hunt the tippet and
pulse warmer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

The cold winter has retarded the
auto fever, as witness the shrinkage in
the number of applications for state
licenses during the month of December.
An extra squirt in the spring, however.
may be relied on to make up this loss,
and then some.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

sistently for ten years for appointive
positions. Apparently they did not
get what they wanted, senator Burk-
EFT ought TO know that insurgency al
ways takes root much more readily in
soil fertilized with disappointment in
ofacs-seeking.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
safety IN flight.
St. Louis Republic.

st. Louis Republic.
Though an aviator occasionally breaks
his neck, it is observed that records in
aviation are broken at a rate indicating
improvements which ultimately will mean
increased safety and a diminishing chance
for accidents.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
EnEagementa Ahead.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The proposition now is that Theodore
Roosevelt shall bring peace between Eng
land and Germany, ending the period Of
mutual distrust and ~extravagant armament,
Few problems are left. He might explore
Msrs or lasso Halley's comet, just for pas
time!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15
Abuses of Frankine Privilege.

An Indiana representative has just sent
home. franked. sixty-one mail sacks full
OF seeds. Two venerable abuses are thus
illustrated. The government should not
be expected to furnish seeds In such pro-
fusion for anybody who will take them
either to plant or to feed to the chickens,
and it should not be expected to deliver
non-pertshable freight matter Of that
character by mail.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

Senator Burkstt declares that in the
list Of insurgents, who ~resoluted
against him at Lincoln the other day,
are the anne OF twelve men who have
been besieging him more or less per-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

i may be true that nothing lasts
IKE leather. but is that any excuse for
the leather combine to try to wear out
the soles OF the pedestrians?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-15

Locking back over the list of United
States marshals in Nebraska. Marshal
Warner may congratulate himself on
getting an u~neontested second term.