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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

ONeln Frontier: Several Nebraska towns
that thought they were expanding 20 CITY
proportions are dissatisfied with the show
ing they make in the census returns and
propose conducting a nose counting them
selves II Is natural for q town, like a
smart young man TO feel several sizes
larger than IL really It,
Albion News: The Nebraska Telephone
company has purchased the Fullerton local
exchange Nearly every week the alb
sorption Of some local company by this
big state concern is announced II Is not
unreasonable to predict that eventually
the telephone business OF the whole state
will be under one control. with proper
supervision on the part Of the public this
would be q desirable condition Of affairs.
SCOTS Bluff star: Opposition TO a par
cells post law, which means a law per
hitting packages Of merchandise to he sent
through the mails at a reasonable rate OF
postage is a hopeless opposition because
It is a fight against progress. The other
civilized nations OF the world have come
to IL and this country will do likewise be-
fore very long because It is something that
benefits the whole people, while the op-
position to It comes from special inter
ests.
Beatrice Sun: Beatrice made a pretty fair
little gain Of population in the last ten
years. though the gain is not sufficient to
Justify our sitting down and letting the
other towns leave us in the race. Hastings
is close at our heels, and Grand Island Is
able to show figures which beat ours. BY
making the most Of our advantages we
should be able to keep ahead Of Hastings,
and to close some Of the gap between
Beatrice and Grand Island. Industrially
Beatrice is away ahead of these cities We
have more factories and produce more
goods We also have the means to develop
industries. The Blue river is capable Of
producing cheap power for more factories,
and every encouragement should be given
for such enterprises to locate in this city.
We won't get ahead by falling asleep
Beatrice Express A number of Beatrice
business men are trying to figure out the
value of a lawyers time, but so far have
failed to arrive at any satisfactory solu-
ton Of the problem. Yesterday case was
called I'm county court at which twenty
three witncsses-most Of them business
men-were summoned The twenty-three
gathered at the court house at the time
set and after waiting an hour we're mott
fled that one of the attorneys in the case
could not be present and they might go to
their places OF business and come later in
the day. There was nothing else TO do, so
the order was obeyed, albeit with consider
able angry feelings toward the law which
has the power to keep twenty-three busy
men idle for an hour while awaiting its
convenience and to call them forth again
when the legal machinery is finally ready
TO be set in motion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

DO any perquisites come in your way
at the Office.
Not much they don't We have a
husky 1anitor who throws them kind OF
folks out baltimore American
John Morgan, the confederate general,
was rampaglng through southern Ohio.
Those Adams county Tascals he said
ain getting hair what's coming to 'emi
IL nobody else Will punish their political
corruption good and proper, begad, viii!
Ana he ala succeed an giving them an
awful scare before ihe prison guards got
the me-alongs on hIm.-ChicagO Tribune,
Thompson Whit, the dramatist sir Is
at the door with a new play"
IAN right. Light the rumigating candle
ana tell MN to come IN. Cleveland Pian-
dealer.
Would you marry an aviator"
Certainly 1t is better 10 be married
for only a little while than never TO be
married at all? Chicago Record "A eralu
IN never marry unless marry a
clever woman.
Then you won't" replied his friend
Doctor. I've tried everything and
cant get to sleep" complained the voice
at the other END of the telephone can
you 90 something for me-?
Yes said the doctor, kindly. Just
hold the wire and IN SINS you a luna
by. Success Magazine,
~ am sorry Mrs. Mahaffy, to hear OF
the loss OF your husband
Don ye be sorry Tor me, ma am. sure,
us no loss TO get thousand dollars IN
surance Tor Jnlrty-cent husband bal
umOre American.
y believe firmly there is a time for all
Things.
Yes I've noticed that you have Vigor-
ousiy opposed the treating habit when Il
comes your turn TO treat, chicago Post.
But he's an awful faterer."
~ suppose he told you you were pretty"
mo, he said you we're. New York sun.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
Oregon Plan Obligations.

The question to what extent the
so-called Oregon plan OF electing
United States senators imposes an OBJ
legation on members Of the legisla-
ture to cast their ballots for the can
didate for senator who received the
highest popular vote in the election
is now up at Lincoln. The so-called
Oregon plan was tried first in Ore
gon, so this question is not presented
as an entirely new one, and the fact
that The Bee has not favored that
device will perhaps lend force to the
views here expressed
In politics, as in business, there is
only one safe rule to follow and that
is to keep faith in all agreements en-
tered into without force or fraud.
Every member of the legislature who
subscribed to Statement No. H.
pledging himself TO vote for the can
didate for senator receiving the high
est popular vote, irrespective of party
affiliations, is in honor bound to carry
out that pledge Violation OF that
agreement with the voters. unless the
agreement we're vitiated by fraud,
would be no different in principle
from the reputation Of a note or re-
fusal to execute a trust.
So far as members of the leglsla-
ture are concerned who did not sign
Statement No. l." a very different
situation confronts them The demo-
Gratis who failed to assume this obli-
cation are. II seems to us, in honor
bound to vote for the nominee Of their
party, who happens in this case to be
the candidate who polled the highest
popular vote. The republicans, who
are free from Statement No, l." it
seems to us, are also in honor bound
to vote for the nominee Of their party,
even though he did not receive the
highest popular vote. The only eX-
ception would be in such cases where
successful republican legislative can
didates, without signing Statement
No. L. publicly and openly declared
before election their intention to act
upon the expression of popular pref
erence
There certainly is no good reason
why a republican member of the legis-
lature elected by his constituents with
full knowledge that he was not to be
bound by the popular vote in the whole
state and especially if it were not the
same as the popular vote in his dis
trict should vote for democrat for
United States senator Had his con-
stituents wanted that vote so cast they
would have elected a democrat to the
legislature instead OF a republican.
Suppose the present condition re-
versed, would any one expect a demo-
crat in the legislature to volunteer
his vote for senator to a republican?
This is the view of these obliga-
tions, which The Bee took four years
ago on the eve of the election which
resulted in making Norris Brown
United States senator. At that time,
| when strangely enough Congressman
Hitchcock's paper was adjuring re-
publicans in the legislature to ignore
their party's nomination and the popu-
lar vote as we'll, The Bee insisted that
to act in good faith all the republi-
cans would have to record themselves
on the senatorial ballot for the repub-
lican nominee and all the democrats
for the democratic nominee, notwith-
standing the fact that the democratic
nominee had fallen way behind in the
expression of popular preference.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Hostile Criticism Turned Aside by
Constructive Work.


Constructive Work,
Harpers Weekly.
II is not surprising that the first declars-
ton for Taft in 1912 should come from a
southern state, or that It should be Joined
with praise of him as "a national and not
sectional president" lie has amply
earned that particular COMMUNICATION The
North Carolina state committee which thus
started the movement for his renomina-
ton claims to speak for nine -tCnths of the
republicans of the state. Congressman
Dalzell announces that Pennsylvania Will
also be for Taft when the time comes. and
while it is doubtful II 80 large proportion
Of Pennsylvania republicans would accept
Dalzell as their spokesman, II is quite prob
able that his prediction viii come true
Good observers declare that the president
Is gaining rather than losing strength in
the west also, particularly in comparison
with his predecessor. The great mistakes
of his administration came early and he
has already had time to make the begin
ming of a recovery. He has had time to
accomplish some really constructive work.
and the general integrity OF his motives
is daily becoming palmer even 20 those
who have criticised him most severely.
More than two years OF his term are still
left to him. We shall be greatly surprised
II, before they have passed, his party does
not come TO the conclusion that TO throw
him over would be a blunder OF the first
magnitude.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
People Talked About

Mary Coonie. the richest woman north of
the Arctic circle is a fun blooded Eskimo.
She can neither read nor write, but en-
ploys an Englishman who was graduated
from oxford as her secretary. Miss
Coonies wealth comes from mining lands.
She has the biggest herd Of reindeer In the
world. 1000 bearing her brand. She has
little opportunity for spending her money,
and her one extravaganza Is dress.
The engineer of train in Massach usetts
drove his crowded passenger cars safely
into the station while the cab about him
was on fire. lie was badly burned, but
stood the fire TO save the lives i'm his care
Charles r. Johnson lawyer and student
scrupulously conscientious IN professional
practice, genial and fun Of anecdote in
companionship. and vino loves a good
horse, viii be the junior senator from
Maine after March T.
some OF the achievements Of science show
us what an enormous benefit Il Is to the
world. \ Harvard scientist has succeeded
in growing four toes on the hind foot Of
a guinea pig. where only three ought 10 be-
According 10 a decision rendered by
Recorder Carroll IN q case just tried at
Paterson, n. j., Il Is no crime TO steal an
umbrella on a rainy day Robert Nc
CauIey OF Philadelphia was tried for TAX
inp an umbrella from a hotel during a
recent ralnstorm and was discharged
A. q. spaldiug OF California the old-time
base ball man has been left on the bases
In his senatorial contest AR Spalding and
Judge Works were the leading candidates
a. the senatorial primaries. Mr.. spalding
carried a plurality of the districts IN the
state and cOntendcd strongly that N he
were not chosen by the legislature the
peoples viii would be dIsregarded When
the votes were counted il was found. how
ever that Judge Works had received a
plurality Of the votes, and the lex - ture
accepts the plurality a. the voice Of the
people.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Mr.. Bryan's Commoner enters upon
it's eleventh year with an urgent ap-
peal to the rank and file of democrats
for further cooperation to help it fill
it's mission. Now, more than at any
other time" it declares, there is need
for earnest work in the advancement
of democratic principles and in pro-
test against plutocratic policies" We
congratulate the ICommoner on it's
birthday. But is it not a sad com
mentary for it to have to say that, in
spite of its ten years of strenuous en-
deavor, there is need now more than
at any other time" for rescue work
among the democrats?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Francis J. Heney, the San Fran
cisco graft prosecutor, might never
have been heard of in that role there
but for one of San Francisco's news
papers that unearthed the seed Of
of corruption, ably assisted by other
papers in its work of exposure. But
one or two papers did not fall in line
with Heney and now he is out with
the usual philippe, the newspapers
have come to such a pass, ETC." Why
do men of his high caliber refuse to
discriminate between newspapers?
One displeases them, all get the
blame. For the purposes of denunci-
alton they are the press" or the
newspapers. But without the news
paper support, where and what
would the Heneys be?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

New York Tribune.

II is not at all certain that patent medi-
cine manufacturers are wise in seeking 20
prevent price cutting by retailers. There
are millions Of people who would demur
at paying a round dollar for a bottle Of
stuff which cost perhaps II cents to pro-
duce who would eagerly take it al a cut
rate Of 90 cents.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
who WIN Pull the Claws:
nEFUaI.1nI4Nn DaaaEI

Out Of its nl-gotten gains by hook and
by crook the sugar trust is again com
PEELED 10 deliver up several hundred thou
sand dollars 10 square its accounts with
the government Next congress WIN be
apt 10 pull the claws of the monopoly and
put An end Of the transactions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
nov ktnrd rs DrinLInr I've.

SIOUX FALLS. $. D., Jan. l5.-(Spec.all
The 2-year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs
August Nelson WHO rysido on farm In
Kingsbury county. is dead as the result
OF swallowing quantity Of liquid Iye The
child in some way secured "a can OF Jue
liquid and before being discovered had
swallowed some Of H.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
How the Unexpected Happensd.

Although the mutineers in the Brazilian
navy were granted amnesty by the gov
eminent, the leader of the mutiny and
fortyfour Of his associates have met "un-
expected deaths from "sunstroke" ac-
cording TO the droll censor, It was sus-
pected, at the time, that the government
would make Il pretty hot for EN-.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

A bill has appeared in Lincoln, faith
cred by q state senator from this city.
making it malfeasance for any mem
Der of the Park board to let the board
fail to spend at least $4,000 each year
for music in the parks This is mu-
nicipal home rule with a vengeance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
An Accommodations Congressman.
Boston Herald

The size Of Mr.. sideways pension bud
get recalls the time when, freshly ap-
pointed TO the committee on invalid pen
sions, he asked al It's first meeting the
number Of private pension bills awaiting
action. On being Informed that there We're
about 400 ne announced with great sol
emnity: And ! am prepared nov To- vote
for every one Of them,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
An Example worth while.

Governor Harmon on being inaugurated
for the second time broke all precedents In
Ohio by making no inaugural address. His
example OF self-restraint Is one which
many other governors could follow with
out danger Of arousing any great amount
of popular dissatisfaction and protest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

A standard Oil director recently sailed
for Europe ON a liner, taking with him
two banjo players 10 teach his sons the
use Of the instrument enroute. Looks ike
a uoh man can pepeuate almost any
atrocity he pleases these days aud get
aW ay with il.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

That noble patriot, Chris Gruenther,
wants it distinctly understood that
when Congressman Hitchcock asked
what he could do for him in return
for his services in the senatorial cam
paign he replied that he did not want
any Office What Office is It that Mr..
Hitchcock as senator will have to
confer?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

For a keen sense of the eternal fit
ness OF things, commend us to the
south Dakota legislature. which has
referred the anti-hat pin bill to the
committee on military affairs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Just to keep In practice, San Fran
cisco and New Orleans will run a trial
heat in their race for the Panama
Canal exposition before the Nebraska
legislature
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

one Of the papers that howled the
loudest for Banlnger's investigation
now declares 1T cost $4,000 and
we could have got along without IT,"
Consistency, thou are a-Oh, what's
the use?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Senator LaFollette thinks that Wall
street has already selected the presidential
candidates for lsl2-Chiosgo News
Since Wall street selections have
had so little success OF late years il
would seem 70 matter little what Il
has done
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Various explanations are given by New
York papers for the use Of Andrew
Canegie's name by the trust company.
whose embarrassment caused something OF
furry in financial circles. Mr. Carnegie
has not been factor in its operations.
When the company was organized some
four years ago Mr.. Carnegie was solicited
by several interested old-time associates
to allow the use Of his name. and con
scented. Among these old-time friends
whose names appear as directors are
Charles Schwab Mr.. Carnegles right hand
man in the steel world before the trust was
born. Another is David II. Bates and the
third Albert b. Chandler, members OF the
telegraph corps Of the union army in the
civil war. Carnegie, Bates and Chandler
are three Of the five immortals So
called by historians OF the war telegraph
service on two former occasions Mr..
Carnegie came TO the rescue of the trust
company. first with 100000 and again
with s15OOOOO showing on both occasions
the same lavish generosity toward old
friends which prompted him to establish
a pension system for disabled survivors of
the civil war telegraph corps, OF whom
about 100 receive monthly his personal
check for an amount equal TO a soldiers
pension. Kindness to his old friends and
associates less fortunate than himself is
characteristic of the man, and doubtless
explains why he assented to the use OF
his name and propped a concern that
splashed the Carnegie escutcheon with
financial mire.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

And now Dundee, copying South
Omaha, is talking about building a
water works plant of its own separate
and distinct from the Omaha plant
What is our Water board going to do
about II?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Mr.. Edison evidently thinks he has
conquered the electrical world and
should now seek new Kingdoms for
conquest. but his start as Prophet
is not as brilliant as his record In
achievement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
Nebraska's two senators have with

Nebrasks's two senators have with
drawn a recommendation for postmas-
ter because the candidate recon-
mended turns out 10 be under indict-
ment for Indian land frauds. That Is
the right thing TO do, But still Il
would be much better not TO recon-
mend any crooks for appointment 10
once ia the FIRST place.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Just imagine to yourself what
might happen II Adams county. Ohio,
ever went into the oensus-padding
business.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

This weather Is bad on microbes and
coal piles.-st. Louis Republic.
Yes, but you cannot get ali the
good things with one stroke.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

At any rate, occupants of the city
hall ought not to suffer from the cold
80 long as City Clerk Butler is over
heated under the collar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
Notice to Corporations

Publish your notices Of indeb tedness
ina The Benson Times, a legal medium
which answer legal purposes without
undue publicity. Cost only 81. Stock.
holders For your own protection insis,
that these notices be published annually.
uhone Douglas 3t66, or cali at the Omaha
office OF the Benson Times. 32o South
18Th 81
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

1t is a reasonable presumption that
the pay-as-you-enter cars pay the
street railway company or they would
not be putting more of them on the
other lines
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
nOraFiIy should have The Bee
mailed TO them. Address Will be
changed As often ~ reQuested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Terrapin has been selected as the
main dish at the Baltimore demo-
cratic love feast No Holsters, then2
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
state OF Nebraska, Douglas County, 80.
Dwight WilHama circulation manager OF
The Bee Publishing Company being duly
sworn, says that the actual number OF full
and complete copies CT The Daily. Morning,
Evening and sunday Bees priated during
the month OF December 1910, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

We are ready to quit while, If you
are, Mr. Weatherman.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Nearly half of January gone. Are
you taking advantage of those clear
ance sales?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Professional knockers: Ty. Cobb,
Hans Wagner, Napoleon Lajoie and
Jack johnson.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Another reason for boosting the
tariff commission bill is that Senator
Bailey is against it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Equilibrators may be fatal to shaky
alrships, but not to shaky banks, as
MIR. Morgan has aptly and deftly
shown us.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

What's the matter with our Omaha
lawyers that a big railroad system
should have to send up to Blair for a
man to take second place in it's law
department? No reflection on Blair.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Customs Frauds in San Francisco. d"
All aboard for California, Mr.. Loeb,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

See here, is Nat Goodwin paying
allmony to all these divorced wivesP
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
aa Seen In the Great American
Metropolis from nay 90 Day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 3lst day Of December, 1910
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

A Kansas City evangelist has UNI
dertaken TO arouse San Francisco by
three months revival. Here's hop
ing, brother.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

THE chief in our office has his own
way Of getting out Of the office force the
very best that there is in them" said a
brokers clerk, quoted by the Sun. "One
Of the first things I was requested TO do
after I got a job there was to be photo
graphed with a seven by nine grin on my
face and put one OF the pictures in a con-
spicuous place on my desk, All the other
fellows had also been photographed wear
ing their broadcast grin. The boss insisted
on it. He maintains that every time a
man gets out Of sorts and is likely to in
suit his best friend because of a general
mental and moral slump, one look at that
smiling phiz Of his acts like tonic It
shows him what first-rate fellow he can
be, anyhow, when the spirit possesses him
and he tries his level best to live up to his
picture"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-16

Postmaster Morgan has dominion over
the money order business in Manhattan
and the Bronx. and his report shows that
during 1910 there were i'm all 1865 55l
transactions representing the sum Of
500 OS9 go which is an increase over 1903
OF O462O.JI6 II rs not easy 10 grasp the
magnitude Of these figures, but they help
to give the country some idea Of the big
ness Of New York city. with Brooklyn left
out