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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

It is a common thing to hear OF
changes Of ~fsr-reaching importance
taking place in the "far east" Some
thing has to be looked after in China,
a railroad matter is being settled in
Manchuria, Russia and japan are desir-
GUS OF knowing the limitation Of the
privileges accorded each ia the
Treaty Of Portsmouth" and all the
nations of Europe are looking for a
larger hold on Asiatic aFairs. Condi-
tions in the orient re'still unsettled
and II will require many years of
diplomatic effort to bring about a con
dition what may be considered in any
way permanent.
The advent Of japan among the
world powers has injected a new
factor into the eastern situation.
Heretofore the Asiatic nations were all
second-rate and their international re-
lations were dominated by foreign
powers. The acquisition of the Philip
pines by the United States at the close
of the Spanish war, together with the
enormous commercial interests which
our people had built UP there, tended
to produce a new aspect. Then came
Japan springing with one mighty bound
into the vortex of world politics, The
changes which have thus taken place
with kaleidoscope rapidity are forcing
much adjustment and alteration Of
conditions, which, although disquiet-
ing at times, are only incident to al
international revision Of Asiatic at
fairs.
Every nation on the face of the
globe is in reality Jealous of every
other and the "far east Is at present
the scene to be watched. Every power
Of Importance has possessions there
and is unwilling to let any rival gain
ascendancy. The United States has
been the greatest commercial rival of
all and for years has been aggressive
in eastern matters. But Japan has
now become the international bugaboo
as a world power of no mean proper
tions. If Japan takes over Chinese
interests, France, Germany, Great
Britain and Russia, as we'll as the
United States, stand a chance Of losing
some of the prestige now possessed in
the orient. There the situation rests
and each power is holding the others
in check by moves and countermoves
upon the international c~hessboard,
while the United States stands firm
upon the open door policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
Illinois, New Tax Commission.


Illinois is about to grapple again
with the problem of revenue reform
through a tax commission appointed
by the governor about ten days ago.
The personnel of the commission,
seven in number, which embraces rep
resentatives of the various interests
and professions from railroad presi-
dent to farmer, including two mem
bers of the faculties Of the University
of Chicago and the University of Illi-
nois who have made special studies
Of the subject, is pronounced n of
the best, individually and collectively,
ever assigned to such a task. We are
told that not only will the commission
try to establish a scientific basis on
which to build up a simple and eff
fective system Of taxation for Illinois,
but that It is believed its work may
be accepted as a model for use In
other states and thus serve as n step
toward a more uniform system of tax
alton throughout the country. The
law provides that the commission
shall make its report by next January,
leaving an intervening period which,
however, is regarded as too short and
which will doubtless be heightened
later by the legislature.
The work of the Illinois tax COM
mission cannot fail to be of great in
terest and also prove useful to the
states in the middle west which have
similar problems to meet and are sub
ject to like limitations such as beset
the law-making bodies Of Illinois, and
to none more than Nebraska, whose
constitution, particularly with refer
enee to the question Of revenue, was
originally copied largely from that of
Illinois. Since those constitutional re-
quirements were formulated, more
than a third of a century ago, the en-
tire configuratiion of the country has
changed by the rapid settlement of all
the land, the building of railroads, the
erectionyof cities and the development
of an entirely new industrial organ-
i%zation.
In Nebraska, as doubtless in I'LL
nois, the worst feature of our exist
ing revenue law consists in its attempt
to tax so-called intangible property in
such a way as in fact to constitute
double taxation If enforced, and as a
consequence leading to fragrant eva
sions and gross abuses. Nor is this
condition confined to the Weather
classes. A recent investigation in Lin
coin into the appraIsement of estates
passing through probate in compari-
son with the last preceding tax return
of the deceased showed that the law
for the taxation of notes, bonds,
moneys and credits was being disre-
garded, not only by those whose es.
tates figured into the thousands, but
also by those whose estates appraised
only a few hundred dollars.
Nebraska has made tremendous
strides in the direction Of revenue re-
form, but the problem of an equitable
distribution of tax burdens is by no
means solved. ANY help the Illinois
tax commission may give us will be
thankfully received.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
PERSONAL NOTES.


Mr.. Carnegie calls his money useless
dross, but continues to use 1t.
The fact that Booth Tarkington's father,
at the age of 20, has written a novel shows
what filial training will do for a parent.
Carter H. Harrison's Chicago friends
have begun a campaign to secure for him
the democratic nomination for mayor, Har-
rison has not been heard from directly,
but he will be.
Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Parloa and the other
standard cookbook authors better watch
out" Secretary Wilson is on the market
with an official guide to kitchen admins
tration and economical purchase Of and
dealing with foods.
Frau Dutkiewiez, residing at Posen, Ger
many, recently celebrated her 1875 birthday,
So far as official records go, she is the
Oldest woman In the world, She is tall
and thin, but bent and very feeble, al
though not absolutely %bedridden.
Kipling once wrote a tale Of interest,
9TH Man Who Would BE King" 1t should
be of particularly vivid interest to the
duke of Orleans, who expresses a desire
to ascend the French throne, The head
Of the man in the story was brought back
in q bag.
Carl Reinecke. one Of the most distin-
guished Of German conductors, composers,
teachers and pianists. is dead in Lelpsig,
at the age of So. He was born at Altoona,
June "a, 1924, three years before Beetho-
vents death and when Wagner was IL years
Of age. Before he was 20 years old he
was giving plano ~recitals throughout the
German and scandinavian countries.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
Exposition at New Orleans

With the completion of the Panama
canal only a few years away, cities of
the south and of the west are already
talking about an exposition to COM
memorate the event. 1t is urged that
this exposition should take place, as
nearly rs possible, at the time of the
canals completion. Two great cities
are entering for the exposition, San
Francisco and New Orleans, and the
committees of the two houses of con
gress apparently favor New Orleans.
In fact, the matter has gone so far
that the Crescent City recently sent a
committee of twenty-five prominent
citizens to Washington to confer with
congress regarding plans. Louisiana
now holds out an offer to bond the
state to raise an amount of money
equal to that which congress may ap-
propriate,
There are two natural harbors
which will be wonderfully benefited
by the opening Of the Panama canal
New Orleans n San Francisco.
There is one great terminal city which
will be UNNECESSARILY benefited by the
development of the deep waterways
project-New Orleans. This latter
named city is the natural southern
gateway city of the great internal
waterways system of the country. The
people of New Orleans realize the pos
sibilities Of the future and are show
ing themselves equal to the occasion
and to the opportunities thus pre-
sented to profit by the exceptional ad-
vantages as a commercial harbor
which by location and nature it pos
sesses.
Although not quite so pretentious
as some previously held, the proposed
exposition, if it e~ventuates, will be
unique in that instead of commemo-
rating past events it will celebrate the
beginning Of events.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
I woULDNF-wOULD YoU4

The bossy that moos
And eare-free and conscience-free quietly
Her cud in green meadows all fragrant
Needn't hasten from the club
To cook a square meal for an office-worn
Buy or plan for the house a rotation Of
grub
But would you be a COW?
Tho cat in repose,
WIZ, her paw esrledf eYeTu bhTo little Apink
Has no foolish worries about Easter
clothes:
Her skin is a fit
To rival the set of the SWEETEST spring
They are selling down town.
But would you be a cat?
The bunny that's carryin'
Some sweet, spicy roots to his wife vege-
tartan,
Is an oPFEt or, app DR Sed b sg0 ks Wife If MARVIN
He cuts clover pie with a grass-bladed
And from a leaf saucer drinks tea without
But would you be a bunnyP
The squirrel SO frisky,
Who loops leafy loops that we mortais
And wears his back hair a 10 Pader-wisky.
Has no use for rolls,
Or braids to upholster ike poor human
souls;
And is right at the top when 1t comes to
the poles
But would you be a squirrel?
The birds that come back
In spring robes of russell, blue, crimson or
black,
Don't have to entreat to be, hooked up the
back:
They don't have to worry
Lest capricious March winds passing by in
a hurry
Should snatch them hald-headed or almost,
no street.
But would you be a bird?
-BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
AFTER BRAYAN, WHO'S WHOE
Chairman MacIx's Contribution to PO-
IiticRI Discussion.

Washington Post.
Chairman Mack's word hat Bryan's
name does not enter discussion at Hot
Springs as a factor in presidential poll
tics In the most pregnant contribution to
public interest from an authoritative
source since Theodore Roosevelt announced
that he would not succeed himself. Mr..
Bryan's close friends were apprised before
his departure on an extended trip abroad
that he would not again be a candidate,
but 1t remained for Mr.. Mack to reduce
the indefinite understanding to accepted
fact. Together with the quiet tip of his
retirement from the sphere of presidential
ambition, 1t was given out that Mr.. Bryan
left the field unreservedly open to all
other aspirants, and that he would lend
his support to whomsoever the party put
forward in 1912. This assurance doubtless
is wha heartens Mr.. Mack to say that the
party would be found a unit in support
Of the mar it was looking for-''the strong
est man for leadership"
Chairman Mack, in announcing Mr.,
Bryan's ATTACHMENT, names no other names,
but he make lit plain enough that the
Hot Springs conference has had all the
availables on the carpet, and inferentially
1t will be allowed to leak out, after the
conference, that democratic leadership
leans toward this or that strongest man"
Their choice, however, can only be tenta-
tive. as it will require the verdict of the
polls next fall to more fully establish the
identity of the most likely aspirant, and
even the fall elections may not be con-
elusive In the minds OF the respective
followers Of Harmon, Marshall, Champ
Clark, Gaynor, ct al.
Significant silence marks Chairman
Maek's failure to give mention to the next
democratic national platform, While Mr..
Bryan may be able to so far restrain his
activities as to shut his eyes to the per-
sonnet OF the ticket, It is scarcely on
ceivable that he will leave the platform
to be fashioned by other hands than his
own. He could not be persuaded to give
Parker a free hand in 1904. and 1t does
not appear that4h he will be in a different
mood In 1912. The principles of jefferson
and jackson as interpreted by Bryan are
as certain, as things now look, to tin can
the ticket Of 1912 as that they did SO in
1896, 1900. 1904 and 1908
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

A marked difference is to be noted now
and then In the actions OF eastern and
western women returning from abroad in
their dealings with custom house inspec-
tors in New York. A little while ago a
Long Island woman who brought in a fine
collection Of loaded trunks saw the in
spectors miss the contents in a shameful
manner. She resented the search with all
the frigid dignity Jamaica ~flatters affect
and left the premises and her trunks with
out fashioning her Indignation into words,
The silence wasn't broken for a week, and
then word came in the form Of a check
for double the regular duty on goods unde-
clared. Last Monday a Mrs. Woolson of
Helena, Mont, landed with a collection
OF goods valued by her at 500 and there
fore duty free. Inquisitive inspectors In
sisted on being shown and took the bag
gage into a quiet corner for a peep or two
under the lids. Did Mrs. Woolson submit
to the indignity with the calmness Of con-
scious rectitude? Not for a minute. She
started what the rude inquisitors call a
"holler" so loud and Indignant that It
was heard by Senator Carter in Washington
Then the wires were warmed up and the
difficulty Strengthened out at the regular
customs rate.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
Pittsburg Grafters.

Pittsburg has long had the reputa-
ton of being a wealthy and wicked
city, although the imputation has
more usually been made in Jest than
in seriousness. Successive graft ex-
posures there, however, are confirming
this reputation and the climax has
beer reached by the wholesale con-
fession of bribery in official circles.
That there is an awakening Of public
conscience IN Pittsburg today is a
source Of, felicitation among the Amer
ican people and may be taken as indi-
cative of a general desire among its
citizens to clean up in the city hall.
With the wonderful resources of the
country tributary to Pittsburg it is
natural that 1t became rich. But there
is no necessary relation between
wealth and graft. The surprising part
revealed by these disclosures is that
the standard was really so low. 1t is
conceivable how a man in needy cir
cumstances may be sorely tempted by
an offer Of an independently. 1t, is also
recognized that some degraded per-
SONS will sell body and souls for al
most anything offered. But it is as
founding that men of position and
prominence should be on the market
so cheap, much less bought for $s1.10.
Honor has no purchase value when
taken in the abstract and civic virtue
has no cash price. When It is said
that a man has bartered away his
honor it is really to be doubted
whether he ever had any to sell.
Pittsburg's shame must be all the
greater for being merely a bargain
counter article.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
Moral Power of the Press.

DR.. s, S. Wise in Pacific Monthly.
The press is not to be a mere echo, nor
even formulator Of public opinion. The
press ought to inform, and thus form, the
public mind and the public conscience. The
press is the daily teacher OF the whole ma
ton. men and women. young and old. The
press is a peoples university that never
shuts its doors and never takes a vacation.
stoutly ought the press to resist the
Spreading notion that the newspaper is to
be a mere purveyor Of news rather than a
bringer Of intelligence that It is it's sole
usine TO be collector and dissemination
OF news. Such as would limit the press to
news gathering and restrict the pulpit
to the preaching OF the simple gospel"
would reduce the press to futility and Inn
potence, ever as they would inhibit the
pulpit from dealing with any parsonage
more recent than Hezeklah or any event
less remote han the fail Of Jerusalem
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

There is a butcher near the subway
has taken an oath that he will never try
another livestock exhibit as an adver-
Using dodge, at least as long as the
Chantecler style hat is in vogue. He
rugged up his window with a wire netting
and installed therein a ''sorappy" little
same breed. Outside the Meeting he had
two baskets Of eggs arranged-but they
have nothing to do with the trouble. Along
toward noon, after the rush hour crowds
OF the morning had paused TO admire his
little exhibit, the butcher noticed his
bantam rooster flying and jumping batlike
against the window pane Tapping its wings
and stabbipg and scratching at everything
within his reach. A glance outside dis
closed ths reason; there was a woman
talking to q friend and wearing a Chan
tecler hat, decorated In perfect imitation
of a small. black rooster crouched down,
apparently ready to spring and sink his
spurs into an enemy. The Chantecler on
the hat was complete down to the last
detail Of eyes, beak and red comb, and the
real one in the window got all ready to
fight. The butchers efforts at quietlnE
the bantam attracted the attention of the
wearer of abe latest thing in hats and she
hurried into the subway station with the
remark: Il think it's perfectly disgusting
to rave those live chickens on display that
way"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Chairman Byrne Of the democratic
state committee declares in substance
that Mr.. Bryan will not be allowed to
write the next platform for Nebraska
democrats. But then, Chairman
Byrne will come around all right later
and the democratic platform draft will
have Mr.. Bryan's o. X. before the con
vention delegates get a chance to vote
on Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
Made by THE N. X. FAIRBANK COMPANY
Makers of FAIRY SOAP. the oval cake. !
responded, forcibiy. II might catch Al
hookworm. Chicago, News.

responded, forcibly, II might catch the
hookworm Chicago News.
Some of the critics say that your book
was not original
We'll" replied the complacent author,
"as they all said the same thing l don't
see how most of them can claim to be
original, either. Washington Star.
Mrs. Starvem-How did you like the
chicken soup, Mr.. Newbord?
Mr.. NeWbord-O-er-is this chicken soup2
Mrs, Starvem-Certainly. How do you
like 1t?
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures certainly
very tender.-The Catholic Standard and
Times.
Kind Hearted Matron (giving him a plate
of beans)-You were the youngest in q
family of ten? No wonder you didn't turn
out well. Your mother had no time to
look after you,
Goodman Gonrong-No ma'am. 1 wus
what they call the submerged tenth.-Chi-
cago Tribune,
Doesn't it worry you to get so many
letters from people whom you don't know"
mot the least answered the senator.
II rather encourage such correspondence.
1t helps to offset that postal deficit.'-
Louisville Courier journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

1t develops that the big book pub
fishers pay the money for the expense
accounts Of the members of the state
reading circle who make up the pre-
scribed list of books for teachers to
read. No need of sympathy for the
book companies. They get their
money back, all right, from the ulti-
mate consumer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Democrats are trying to make be-
lieve that Champ Clark was the leader
Of the fight on the Cannon rules com
mittee. 1t should be definitely under
stood that Champ Clark was only a
ringer. The man who started the fuss
some time ago is the red-headed re-
publican insurgent from Kansas by
the name of Victor Murdoch, and the
man who finished up the job is named
George w. Norris from Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

The editor Of a western Nebraska
democratic weekly responds to Mr..
Hitchcock's invitation to boost his
candidacy for the senate by sling
him he ought to let somebody else
have a chance who has not yet been
rewarded for party service. That dem
ocratic editor ices lot know MI.
Hitchcock.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

And now Governor shallenberger is
asked to begin custer proceedings un-
der the saekett law against the mayor
of wymore and the county attorney of
Gage county. If the governor wants
to start operations under the Sackett
law he can evidently keep busy with
out coming nea Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Was not an ordinance enacted not
many months ago restricting the use
Of abutting streets by contractors dur
ing construction Of new buildingsH If
so. what has become of it? Or wal it
merely intended TO be a dead letter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

The Missouri river is said to be eat
ing up an acre Of land a day, which,
by the way, puts 1t in the class with
the consumer Of pork chops, insofar
as extravaganza is concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

The crowd attending the Marathon
dancing contest in San Francisco
nearly mobbed the physicians who
stopped the contest after it had been
going for fifteen hours. Those an
clients evidently never enjoyed the real
refnements of athletic rivalry.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

The Indiana hens are laying a SUI
perior quality of eggs for only 1S
cents aTdozen. 1t is hardly right to ad-
vertise this for fear the price will go
up for the HOLSTERS, but, then, misery
loves company. you, know.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

II Jack Johnson Aas al much
trouble beating Jeffries as he is hav-
ing beating the New York criminal
court there is sure to be very much
doing on July 4.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Missouri district gave an increased
democratic majority. The Massachu-
sets district is the third to fill a
vacancy by special election, but the
first one to elect a democrat in the
place Of a republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

state republican AFFAIRS they are sim
ply digging the very ground from un-
der their own feet and will, therefore,
be party to the defeat Of the purposes
Of the b~road-minded republicans and
of the real leader Of the state
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
Our Birthday Book
nrnrnh %. 1910.

Isham Randolph, the great civil and hy-
draulic engineer, was born March Is. lsIs,
at Newmarket, Va Mr., Randolph is the
engineer for the Illinois drainage canal,
and has been on the engineering board for
the Panama canal.
Gutzon Borgium. the sculptor, was born
March Is, 1867. The Borglum family has
made Omaha It's home, but Gutzon was
born in Idaho. He holds a place among
the first raRk Of American s~culptors.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Our district court declines to as
sumo responsibility for supervising
the construction Of the new court
house as being public business that
devolves on someone else. AS a rule
the courts have had no such hesita-
ton to Jump in to run someone's pri-
vate business.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

The new Oklahoma election law re-
quires voters to be able to read the
state constitution. Not demanding i'm
possibilities, it does not insist that
they have to understand 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
al stnREerinE Price.
Philadelphia Record,

The statisticians have been using their
pencils to ascertain the money cost to the
American people involved in the proven
ton and punishment Of crime, The sum
total is estimated at no less than 100000
per day. What would the staggering ag-
gregate be If crime were really abolished?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

No, the Massachusetts, district is
not the first to choose a congress
man since the tariff bill was enacted.
An election to fill a vacancy in HI
nois returned a republican by a sub
stantial majority. while another cleo
tion to Till a vacancy in a democratic
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

II the Mabray gang does not W
the whole works at Leavenworth by
the time their terms have ended, it
will only be because the other people
there have been Warned.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Altogether too many FIRST steps"
have been taken toward peace in the
Philadelphia mixup. What the public
prefers to know Is when the last step
Is to be taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Aunt Carrie Nation has moved to
Arkansas for keeps. Now. II" Carrie
really wants to do the nation a service
she will take her little Ratchet and
camp out on the political trails Of Con-
gresham Macon and Senator zen"
Davis.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25
SUNNY GEMS.

1--WE just got a big dictionary said
Uncle Henry.
you don't need one, in your business,
do your" asked the owner of the general
store.
Yep" said uncle. TITS pretty near
time for the summer boarders, and \
amt goin' to have EN- askin' me how to
spell words when they're writin' letters"
Buffalo EXPRESS.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Edgar Howard says he will ask his
friends to accord Congressman Latta
a denomination. Some people are
mighty generous In giving away what
they have not got.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

What made you send that new cub
reporter to write up the st. Patrick's
Day celebration"
because / thought his assignment par
.ioularl appropriate to the job
'In what way, pray?"
Because he was a green hand.' Bal
timore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-25

Hetty Green has at last caught the
germ of giving money away. Wonder
how long II will take her to start some
sort of a foundation?