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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.


Cleveland Leader; Somebody shoulE
crawl over the transom and find out SShat
Is the matter with Mr. Bryan. Nothing has
been heard from him for few days.
Minneapolis Journal: II is understood
that Tom Taggart. Joe Bailey, Haskell Of
Oklahoma and Murphy OF New York will
oppose Governor Wilson for the presiden-
tial nomination. What did you suppose
they would do?
St Louis Republic: Mr.. Bryan. II APP
pears, approves Of the things Mr.. Under<
wood does. but not OF the order in whicN
he does them. In the interest OF peaceA
Mr. Underwood might telegraph his sched-
ule Of acts and uttcrances to Lincoln week
by week and have II revised beforehand
Boston Transcript: Victor Berger, the
sole socialist member OF congress, Is cpl
grammatc II partisan. Here is his descrip-
ton OF an insurgent; AN insurgent Is 50
per cent Of old disgrunted politician, 20
per cent clear hypocrisy, per cent nothing
and l per cent socialism Put in bottle
and shake we'll before using and YOU will
have a so-called progressive" But what
would YOU expect from party leader who
has only himself to lead and realizes that
Il is insurgents who keep some men from
being socialists?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
COMBINATION VS.. COOPERATION
Importance of Delicate shadinE-~asSs
Meaning of words.
r.Nt-.-.

Chicago Tribune.
Coordination" is a word Of sinister
meaning, while Cooperation" brcathes
pure beneficence Sinners combine and
saints cooperate.
when the manufacturers OF steel wire
or bath tubs have a meeting and agree on
a uniform price for the present and
higher price for the near future, that Is
combination; that Is violation Of the anti
trust law That II has been violated Is
clear as day. That the public may be
protected there should be indictments and
convictions.
When southern cotton planters meet and
agree not to sell their cotton for less than
Il cents a pound during September and
october, and then to raise the price to IS
cents, that is cooperation, and, therefore.
laudable and not In violation OF the antls
trust laws
Great is the saving grace of that swee1
word "co-operation." Southern senator's
and representatives unwearied thunderers
against trusts. and who would fall tooth
and nail on cotton manufacturers II they
were to combine to regulate prices, urge
the cotton growers to cooperate for the
regulation of prices.
And vet while combination" is wicked
and cooperation" virtuous, they spell the
same thing for the ultimate consumer. IL
by cooperation the price of raw cotton Is
advanced artifically the manufacturer has
to charge more for his goods, and up goeS
the cost of the consumers cotton shirt.
Nevertheless, he must bow to the majesty
and compelling force Of words. He may
denounce combination" but "co-opera-
ton" Is sacred
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
In Old Virginia


The easy victory scored by Senator
Martin of Virginia in his campaign for
reelection, in which he had formed
an alliance with his colleague, Senator
Swanson, over the opposition demo
cratic candidates, who had waged a
rafting personal warfare, using
among other ammunition, the on
slaughts of Mr.. Bryan on Senator Mar
tin, is of more than local significance
Senator Martin, as is we'll known
was chosen to be leader of the senate
democrats over Mr.. Bryan's vigorous
protest, and he represents, IL anything
the extreme reactionary element of the
democracy. In addition to this some
damaging correspondence has been
dug up and disclosed, showing Senator
Martin in the light of a retained rail
road lobbyist before the Virginia legis.
lature previous to his election to the
senate, and this correspondence has
been gleefully reprinted at length by
Mr.. Bryan in his paper. The decisive
majorities, being in excess of 10000
polled by Senators Martin and Swan
son are at any rate not particularly
creditable to the strength of Mr.
Bryan's followers in Virginia.
What Mr.. Bryan may have to say OF
the Virginia outcome should be inter
esting when he says 1t.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
LAST OF NOTED GROUP.
Men who Ruled the Democracy I'm
CIeVeIand's Day.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.

Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The death Of Roger Quarles MinsNt
Texas takes over to the Great Majority(
the last of a group which, during the first
term of President Cleveland, ruled with
absolute sway the democratic majority OF
the national house of representatives.
Mills was chairman of the committee on
ways and means which drafted the tariff
bill which has always borne his name
The others were Carlisle of Kentucky,
who defeated Randall of Pennsylvania for
the speakership, and who was atterward
in the senate and secretary Of the treasury;
Crisp OF Georgia, later speaker of the
house; Morrison and Springer of Illinois,
and Holman of Indiana, all men OF long
service and distinguishing qualities. RAN
dali was of the group, but radically at
odds with it in tariff matters.
Doubtless never again will either party
in the house have another such array OF
notable leaders of a length of service
that gave them experience in all theH
makes for familiarity with the intrica0Ses
of LEGISLATION. Others there were Of Tine
abilities, but only those mentioned could
claim the country for an audience when
they spoke, though Holman and Springer
had less of popularity than the Others.
Morrison and Carlisle died few months
ago. The death of Mills removes the last
OF them. Mills and Carlisle were the only
ones who reached the senate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
CUMMINs AND TAFT.

New York world. Senator Cummins
way Of assuring Mr.. Taft that he will
have warm welcome In the west Is as
explicit as Il Is pointed. VIII Senator
Cummins find II necessary to absent him
self when Mr.. Taft reaches Iowa?
New York Tribune: II would be wiser
and safer for the Iowa senator to say
simply that he is against the president be-
cause unfortunate factional associations
have tied him up with Mr.. la Toilette 5
candidacy. When he tries 20 give larger
reasons OF a public nature his 0rgumenta-
tive machinery breaks down.
Detroit Free Press: In a word the whole
arraignment Of the president lies in this:
That he has not followed Cummins and
the insurgents. but has acted with the
majority OF his own party in an honest
endeavor to carry out the promises OF the
republican platform which is the usual
course that honest presidents take.
Denver Republican: OF course the Iowa
senator had a night to express his views.
No one will dispute that. But when a
man grants an interview like the one
given by Senator Cummins It implies more
OF less distinctly that he thinks his
opinions are a matter OF some Importance
to the public. But with all due respect to
Senator Cummins It is OF little con-
sequence one way or the other what he
thinks.
Washington Post: Is this assault Of
Cummins on Taft's record as a republican
meant to be a reply to the president $
criticism OF La Follettes record for party
disloyalty? 1t has that aspect, at any
rate, and furthermore, IT deserves all
praise as another token of insurgent
proficiency in the use OF blacksmith
tools" II Taft must qualify as near
democrat in order to be eligible to nomi-
nation, La Toilette has a walk-over.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

The later years have seen some increases
in the proportion of gross revenue going
to expenses The average dividend rate
Is now s.64 per cent. which is about what
it has been for some years, as compared
with less than 2 per cent paid from 1887
to 1900. Curiously enough the average
interest rate still remains below per
cent as against more than 4 per cent for
the whole period back Of 1905, and yet this
has been a time OF advancing wages for
capital. Notwithstanding the great spread
OF electric railways the steam roads have
increased the number Of passengers car
ried every year without exception back to
1898. The number was 800 100000 in 1910,
against 5l5,O000OO in 1885, Freight tonnage
in the same time has doubled.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Showing the Crowd.

Usually when a shop window is being
dressed the blinds are drawn; not so In one
big Harlem shop. On Saturday evening
when the crowd in the street was thickest
a man in overalls set up six lay figures of
women, almost nude in their skeleton
framework. Then six girls, each with an
armful OF lingerie, appeared and dressed
the figures, taking time as each gar
ment was put In place to let the street
throng note its beauty and effect. Then
six other girls, each bringing a gown.
with great care and deliberation and much
turning to the crowd In front, draped the
figures Girls with neckwear, furs, mil
linery and gloves completed the Job,
which had taken an hour and had held a
crowd that blocked the street all the
while. THE best part OF our window show
is letting people see how we do II, ana how
the effects grew" said the boss window
dresser.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

may defeat any such project. There
was a clause in the proposed treaty
which seemed to make it possible to
put something past" the senate, but
1t has been struck out and has left
to the senate its cherished prerogative
intact In view of this fact, one might
get the idea that opposition to the Taft
treaties in the senate rested on some
other ground. 1t is a pity, though,
to block so great a movement in the
direction of world peace for any but
really essential reasons.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Mr. Bryan advises Arizona to elm
mate the recall of judges from its con-
stitution and come into the union, and
then restore the provision at the FIRST
opportunity. II 1t Is that important
to put the recall OF judges into the
Arizona constitution. why not also into
the constitution OF every other state
We have had two successive demo
cratic legislatures in Nebraska, more
or less under Mr.. Bryan's influence
but neither of them proposed any such
constitutional amendment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Commission Vote in Omaha,
New York Evening Post.

Adoption Of a new form OF municipal
government by 5000 voters out of q, 900 does
not look like majority rule. But that Is
what has occurred in Omaha With 1000
voters casting their ballots against it. and
1900 not voting at ALL the largest city in
Nebraska has decided to try commission
government. The striking feature of this
election is the degree OF indifference which
It reveals. Apathy itself In varying
amounts is a familiar phenomenon OF our
experiment with self-government. BY il
we have proved that we propose 10 exert
no more Of the vigilance that is the price
OF our political happiness than is abso-
lutely necessary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Ministerial Check Wrinkle.

Ministers are supposed to be poor bust
ness men, but one wearer of the cloth in
New York has a wrinkle for checks that
beats the various precautionary devices. A
recent check was numbered S29.1o,11, rather
large number for a check but one that
DID not attract much attention. At first
glance it seemed to be carelessly pointed
Off, but the clergyman explained that the
check showed that 1t was made out August
20, was made for SO and was the eleventh
check issued during the month. Few
check raisers would regard the number
In their operations, but here was a safe
guard against an increase in the value of
the paper.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Business Routing Homes,

Business Routing Homes,
Business ruthlessly marches uptown, In
different to the privacy Of homes or the
sanctty supposed to hedge the memory OF
bygone captains OF industry. Aristocratic
Fifth avenue is rapidly becoming a busL
ness highway. Shops are multiplying as
far up as st. Patricks cathedral An en-
tire block facing the Vanderbilt homes,
between Fifty-second and Flfty-third
streets, is being transmitted into stores
marking the end OF the long fight of the
millionaire residents against the invasion
Of shoppers. Henry c. Frlck is to erect a
big residence a mile above the Vanderbilt
houses, on the Lenox library site at Seven.
tieth street. and II will not be many years
before trade will have caught up with him
there. The big city is being forever re-
built and there can be nowhere any assur.
ance of permanency. The changes of the
last twenty-five years have been amazing
and there is no reason for doubling thai
the reconstruction of the next quarter
century win be even more striking and
pervasive.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Reunion of blue and Gray.
Baltimore American.

There will be a national blue and gray
reunion at Memphis this month. and at
the suggestion of members of the Grand
Army of the Republic the flags once OPP
posed in deadly conflict will wave together
in fraternal unity. Bitterness may not en-
tirely die out until the generation which
saw that terrible strife Of brother against
brother has passed, but it Is practically
over, and none are more ready to forgive
and forget than the ones who took active
part in the battles.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Twenty Years Ago


Mayor Gushing, Superintendent of Build
ings Whitlock and Fire Chief Galligan
made a tour of inspection of the city to
view the buildings recently declared I'M
safe and fit for demolition.
1t was decided to force the water COM
pany into court because 1t refused to lay
mains on North Twentieth street
John Groves writes to The Bee to state
that the person who accused him of going
into the democratic caucus with a demo-
cratic combine and pledging himself to
depose two assistants to secure himself
the. place as city clerk was wilful liar.
Tom Hector left for a trip to the east.
A. C. Wakeley went to Chicago to meet
Mrs. Wakeley, who had been visiting In
Baltimore.
W. H. Holcomb Of the Union Pacific left
for Chicago with his family, where they
will make their home.
w. J. Finch took out a permit for a $4,000
frame dwelling at S91S Charles street.
A body of women met in the Jacobs
building on Fifteenth street to organize the
Omaha Working Women's union. These
were elected officers: Mrs. r. e. Downs
president; Mrs H. W. Carroll, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. A. E. Hough, secretary and
treasurer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Senator La Toilette will wait until
December to decide whether he will
run for the presidency OF not. That is
a long time to keep Frank Harrison in
suspense.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Troubles Enough at Home.
Kansas City Times

The official Prussian crop report de-
seribes conditions in most gloomy terms,
The drouth has burned up the crops,
scorched the fodder and baked the earth
so that blowing for winter sowing is al
most impossible. Apparently Germany is
going TO have enough trouble at home
without looking for more next door.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Catering 10 the Crowd.

Prize fighting is now legal on the stage
but beginning today september ID, II ID
illegal TO portray on the stage any charac-
ter representing Christ The new law Ii
Section 2.7O4 OF the penal statutes The
tide has turned. People do not visit New
York as they used to for preaching; they
do not seek the vague and spiritual Good
substantial knockouts are in demand, and
II Is good business TO give the people what
they want
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
INOOkin$B Backward
IhisDSSy in0maha
COMPILED FROM zee FILES (

Thirty Years Ago
The Omaha Musical union gave another
concert in Brandts garden in the after
noon and again in the evening. Herr
Lindeman in the role Of 'Ksrchen,"
created a great deal Of merriment by his
grotesque imitation OF school boys first
attempt at lovemaking. Fraulein Cross
mann. as Louise acted very charmingly.
Everything is ready for the state fair
opening tomorrow The grand feature OF
the fair as regards novelty, convenience and
attractlveness will be the electric lights.
Since the first suggestion by Secretary
Mcbride that Nebraska should be the first,
not only among the western states, but
the whole United States, to illuminate
her annual state fair by electric
rays there has been doubts expressed as
to the feasibility Of the plan But so
confident was the secretary that the Brush
company could do what Il advertised that
he assumed personal responsibility OF all
risks, and made a contract for the COM
pany to light up the grounds Tonight
everything was in order and the engine
set in motion, The experiment was very
satisfactory BY reason of a slight irregu-
larity in the transmission of power from
the shaft OF the engine, the lights did
not illuminate as brilliantly as could be
| desired, but the defect is easily remedied,
and there will be no doubt about the light
during the week. 1t will be the biggest
kind OF an advertisement for Nebraska
enterprise
Campbell Hardy, we'll known young
man Of this city, has resigned his POSI-
ton in the Union Pacific office and ac-
cepted the position of telegraph editor on
| the World.
r. c. Jordon, woh for some time past
has acted as bookkeeper for the water
company, has accepted a position with
Irwin & Ellis. His former position is
filled by ]. NJ Flynn.
! The Revere house in Council Bluffs is
advertising itself as the best second
class hotel in the west"
H. M. Brown. corner Twelfth and Chi
cago, is ready to bore and deepen wells
with satisfaction guaranteed"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
TRAGEDY OF THE TEN.
Ben Kings Verse.

II I should die tonight
And you should come to my cold corpse
and say, -
Weeping and hesrtsick DER my life,Sls
clay ~
II should die tonight.
And you should come In deepest grief and
woe
And say: Here's that ten dollars that
owe"
might arise In my large white cravat
And say, Whats thAt?"
II should die tonight
And you should come TO my cold corpse
and kneel,
Clasping my bier TO show the grief YOU
feel,
I say IL should die tonight
And you should come TO me. and there
and then
Just even hint bout paying me that ten,
! might arise the while,
But I'd drop dead again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Immensity of the Capital, Tonnage,
Receipts and Earnings.

Springfield Republican.

Poor's manual of railroads for 1911 Is
more complete than ever IL incomplete
ness can be affirmed Of any previous issue,
and the field IL covers has become fairly
staggering in immensely. At the end OF
1910 there were 242,l07 miles of railroad
in the country and for the 2S9,99l miles
of road figuring in the earnings and
financial tables we have a fixed capital in
vestment of $3.50, Sl9.190 In stock, $500.
ga sO6 in bonds and over $1,000, 900 in
other capital obligations. Their assets now
reach the great figure of almost S22,0CO,000,-
0O0 Especially TO be noted In the matter
Of capitalization is the great excess of
bond over stock issues. This is not fav-
orable fact for continuing solvency. For
many years down to about 1888 stock per
mile of road exceeded the bonds Then
bonds began to exceed the stock capitaliza-
ton until the panic OF 1893 threw many
roads into bankruptcy, and under the
closer financing resulting and the reorgan-
lzations from recevershlps stock capital
ization again exceeded the bond capital.
But in recent years the debt tendency has
been more pronounced than ever, and we
now have according to the Manuel, a
bonded debt of $4,000 per mile against stock
of only about $4,000. Our railroad owner
ship is thus shown to be enormously in
debt Other interesting facts brought out
in the preliminary pages and statistical
comparisons OF the Manual are that the
average rate per ton per mile has fallen
from 1924 cents in 1888 to OTIS in 1899, the
low of the period. and is now o.75S; and
that the average rate per passenger per
mile has fallen in the same time from 2.422
cents to 1878. The following gives the
gross and net earnings per miles of road,
and expense ratio for 1888. 1899 and the
last few years;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
Ten Years Ago


Charles Booth and bride OF Beemer were
spending their honeymoon in Omaha.
The gates of the Ak-sar-Ben carnival
were thrown open to 5000 visitors.
A geologist for wears in the, employ OF
the Standard OIL company reported the
discovery of rich oil sources on Clinton
II. Briggs farm. q.
Pat Ford, Jr., returned to Omaha after
nearly four years service in the navy to
explain his disappearance.
Joseph Huss, employed by the street rail-
way company. fell down the elevator shaft
at the Harvey street barn. sustaining pain
full injuries.
Miss Florence Jordan entertained a few
friends at cards, prizes being won by Miss
Shell and Miss Dumont
Mrs. Luther Kountze returned from Chi
cago, where she had spent a part of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Mcintosh reached
home, having been abroad for two months.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

A European modiste says the reason
hobble skirts are not pretty on Ameri-
can women is that the women are too
fat. We cannot imagine a woman
slender enough to give beauty to a
hobble skirt
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
IL They Only Knew.
Denyer RepubIlcan,

Those Canadians who are pretending 10
look upon reciprocity as nothing less than
a step toward annexation evidently do not
know how willing Uncle Sam would be TO
have somebody help him let go OF some
of what his annexing has brought him
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Lincoln gets in ahead of Omaha
with its postal savings bank. But
then, Lineoln's postmaster has not dis
tinguished himself as a collector OF
campaign contributions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Three successive mayors Of Omaha
preceding the present one have each
found that the office qualified them for
a second throw at matrimony. Who
else wants to be mayor?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Colonel Watterson is ready to shout
der a musket and march to hell' for
the democracy Of his state. Remember
what happened to the Six Hundred.
colonel.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Champ Clark seems utterly unable
10 conceive OF the possibility Of Horatio
Seymour, or any other man, declining
A presidential nomination.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Sioux City Journa

All that remains down in Omaha now Is
TO select seven supermen for members OF
the commission. The choice is expected to
be somewhat complicated by the prevalence
OF superpoliticians.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

And will II come to this, that Mr.
Bryan will have to stick feather IN
his hat and shout, II am democrat?'
For Colonel Harvey wants to know
lis Mr.. Bryan still a democrat?"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

The example OF Boston man eat
Ing fifty-eight ears of corn In two
hours shows that those Bostonlans will
eat something besides beans when they
get the chance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Virginia considered the Beattie crime
q blemish on the state. but it did the
best 1t could to efface the stain in
speedily convicting the murderer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11
AUGUST CIRCULATION.
47,543

State Of Nebraska, County of Douglas, S.,
Dwight williams, circulation manager OF
The Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says that the average daily circu-
lRtion, less spoiled, unused and returned
copies, for the month of August, 1911 was
H,543 DWIGHT WILLIAM,
Circulation Manager
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 4th day of September, 1911
(Seal) ROBERT HUNTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

Champ Clark says he can see capital
and labor forever at peace. All we
have to say is that Champs eyesight
Is something wonderful.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

A Frenchman says Americans do not
know the A B C's in aviation. Perhaps
not. but their money looks mighty
good to our foreign friends.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

DR.. Wiley does not seem to care so
much about the thing itself as the
name the label gives it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-11

1t seems like hiding ones lamp
ander a bushel for Abe Ruef to be
working for reform behind prison
doors.