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Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

George r. Payne. contractor for the build
Ing itself James T. Jeffcrs, warrent clerk
In the auditor generals office and John
u. stott. secretary Of the Board Of Public
Grounds and Buildings. letters and Stott
both witnesses. were found dead In theirI
rooms. Another witness. j. Herbert Steven
son. bookkeeper for sanderson drowned
himself In the Delaware river.
In round fiaures. II has been estimated
that Of sis.ist 7os.ee expended upon the
capitol and It's contents. s5.0o0oo0 was In
excess OF a fair price. An investigating
committee found that the construction
work under the Capitol Building commits
sion was well done, and the commission
was censured only for permitting the
Board OF Public Grounds and Buildings TO
expend about ts.OOo.O0O In completing the
building. with floors marble walls. etc
when the commission was already supposed
to have completed II with the original APP
preparation OF N.0ooOOO. The board was
composed of Governor Pennypacker and
Snyder and Mathues.
With regard to the work done under the
Board OF Public Grounds and Buildings. It
was charged that the specifications were so
juggled as to prevent intelligent compeu-
tive bidding; that the per foot" and per
pound" methods Of computation, and the
absence OF qualities In the specifications,
opened the way for fraudulent charges:
that the lighting fixtures we're not bronse,
but brass, and we're loaded with hundreds
OF pounds Of unnecessary weight. in order
that the contractor might charge $3.50
pound for useless metal. worth not more
than 30 cents; that furniture was meas
ured by cubic feet and charged for under
the high rate fixed for specially designed"
articles. when II was only ordinary stock
stuff, and the contractor who presented
the bills. the architect who certified TO
their correctness, and the superintendent
of public grounds and buildings. the aud
itor general. and the state treasurer, whe
approved, audited and paid the bills, must
have known they were frsudulent.-New
York Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
Earthquaks ghook, on ths COAT.

AS near as Il IL possible TO make a
comparison from press dispatches, the
earthquake shocks felt in San Fran
cisco and other California cities Sat-
urday are nearly identical with a
series OF shocks experienced there on
January 1, 1906, especially as to time.
There we're four distinct shocks, how
ever. in 1905, the year before the
awful calamity that came SO near
wiping out the city.
nature may have in store for San
Francisco, of course; whether the city
may be visited by another terrible
earthquake or not; but one thing is
certain, the city is better prepared
today than IL was five years ago to
withstand such a shock. II is today a
modern-made city. II has been recon-
structed on a steel and fireproof basis.
IL must be remembered that fire
wrought the chief end of the 1905
devastation. Moreover, the modern
San Francisco is not only a fireproof
city, but a city equipped with fire
fighting facilities 1t did not have in
1905. With a vast ocean before it, 1t
lay a helpless prey In the lap of the
ravishing flames five years ago, be-
cause it's water system was antiquated
and inadequate.
The dangers from an earthquake
in San Francisco today, therefore, are
very much less than they were before.
And 1t is only fair to San Francisco
that this fact be duly emphasized in
any discussion of the phenomena Of
nature that periodically visit the city.
Much criticism was spent at the ex-
pense of San Franciscans' loyalty in
maintaining that their city was de-
stroyed by fire and not earthquake In
1905, and yet that is largely the
truth. 1t was frame-huilt city then.
Some of the largest and most famous
of its many famous buildings were
composed of frame, both in the BUSH
ness and residential districts, and
when the earth quaked beneath them
they fell, and, catching fire, they
burned like finder and to add to the
city's misfortune 1t had that made
quate water system, whose pipes burst
and became utterly useless.
All these things were kept in mind
in the rebuilding of the new San Fran
cisco! 80 that today 1t is probably in
no greater danger from the wrath of
natures elements than any other city
in the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
The Presidsnt,s Trust Crusade.

The country probably is not sur
prised to learn of the presidents de-
termination to enter upon a trust
busting" crusade. 1t is quite fitting
that this herculeaR task should be
begun, too. upon the most formidable
Of all trusts, the steel combine. If the
proof of the pudding is in the eating,
the president may well be taken at
his word, for the Department of JUS
tice, under his direction, has already
done quite deal of effective probing
of the big combinations.
The president causes it to be known
that he proposes to see that the GRIM
inal clause of the Sherman law shall
not stand as dead letter on the stat
ute books of the nation. The people
may entrust to so sane and careful a
man as Mr.. Taft the administration of
any law, so that there need be no
excited fears of persecution instead of
prosecution of the trusts in this cru
sade. What must have struck most
thinking people as foolishly remark
able on the part of the trusts is that
they have not sought to evade prose-
eution by trying to bring their bust
ness within the limitations of the anti
trust law. Certainly they have had
warning enough of the governments
impatience Of their conduct. They can
not complain of snap judgment. Ever
since Theodore Roosevelt came into
the presidency they have known of the
governments intention to prosecute
industrial institutions violating the
sherman law and President Taft has
emphasized this notice to them. Yet
they have not needed until compelled
by court order to do SO. The gigantic
combines convicted and sentenced to
dissolution by the court of last resort
declare their determination to comply
with the decree to the letter, but they
never yielded an inch until they had
exhausted their last recourse at law.
nor has any other trust pursued a
different course, before or since.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
MISSION OF AMERICA.
"hSt Freedom Meant to This Country
and to the World.

"O 10 Nhe world
From grafton of John Quincy Adama on
July 4. 1891.
AND now, friends and countrymen. IL the
wise and learned philosophers OF the older
world should find their hearts disposed to
inquire What has America done for man.
klndT let our answer be this: America.
with the same voice which spoke herself
INTO existence as q nation. proclaimed to
mankind the inextinguishable rights of HUI
man nature and the only lawful founda-
uohs OF government. America. in the as
semoly OF nations, since her admission
among them, has invariably. though often
iruitiessly, held forth to them the hand
OF honest friendship. Of equal freedom. OF
generous reciprocity.
She has uniformly spoken among them
though often to needless and often To dis
dainful ears, the language of equal liberty.
equal Justice and equal rights. She has
IN the lapse OF nearly half a century.
Without single exception, respected the
independence OF other nations, while assert.
ing and maintaining her own. She has
aostained from Interference In the concerns
OF others, even when the conflict has bean
Tor principles to which she clings as to the
last vital drop that visits the heart. She
has seen that probably for centuries 10
come all the contests OF that Aceldama. the
european world, will be contests between
inveterate power and emerging right
wherever the standard OF freedom and
independence has been or shall be I'M
furied there will her heart, her benedic-
tons and her prayers be. But she goes
not abroad in search Of monsters to de-
stroy. She is the well-wisher to the free
dom and independence Of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only
OF her own. She win recommend the gem
eral cause by the countenance of her
voice, and the benisnant sympathy of her
example. She well knows that by once
enlisting under other banners than her
own, were they even the banners Of for
eign Independence. she would involve her.
self beyond the power OF extrication. IN
all the wara OF interest and intrigue. OF
individual avartce. envy and ambition.
which assume the colors and usurp tho
standard of freedom. The Fundamental
maNims of her policy would insensibly
change from liberty to force
The frontlet upon her brows would M
longer beam with the ineffable splendor of
freedom and independence. but In its stead
would soon be substituted an imperial dia-
dem. flashing in false and furnished luster
the murky radiance OF dominion ana
power. She might become the dictatress
OF the world; she would no longer be the
ruler OF her own spirit.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

William Loeb. jr.. collector OF the port
Of New York, would rather catch a noun
tain trout than a smuggler any day.
The prince Of Wales is II. and II is high
time he thought OF getting married. The
business OF selecting his wife is the next
big thing the royal family will have to at
tend 20.
Senator Joe Bailey was believed to be a
confirmed automobile hater. but he has
suecumbed. Astonished Washington now
Oeholds him in an electric Funabout.
Mrs. M. A Cotton OF Tarpon, Tex, Is said
to have the only room in the world papersd
with the scales OF tarpon. Mrs. Cotton Is
called the queen OF fishsrwomen in Texas
and holds the record OF having caught four
game fish in less than an hour.
Frank o. Lowden. who declined to run
for re-eleetion to congress from the Thir-
teenth Illinois district last fall on account
Of Ill health. Is said now TO be giving
serious consideration to the requests OF his
friends that he become q candidate for the
republican nomination for governor OF
Illinois.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.


Auburn GranEsri The recent state press
meeting was peculiar In one respeoti The
members hurled many bouquets at them
selves because OF their having outgrown
party.
Wakefield Republican, A war against
Sunday base ball has been started at Cedar
Bluffs. This is a novel way OF letting the
world know that there IL such town
somewhere.
Sidney Telegraph IL Mrs. Napolftano
goes free there may be a great wave Of
husband killing in America. for there are
plenty who need the axe as badly az Mr..
Napolitano did.
Plattsmouth Journal: Bird Critehfeid
seems to be greatly surprised because he is
among the indicted lumbermen. We Know
some cattle men who were indicted a few
years ago that felt the same way. But
they had to walk the chalk line Just the
same
Wayne Herald: The state commission is
10 be commended for it's firm course in
dealing with the railroad company whose
SURPRISING nerve led Il to virtually ignore
the order for a new depot In Wayne. II
should not be necessary to force an i'm
provement 30 manifestly needed ana war-
ranted. The railroad company ought Ia
meet the demands Of a territory which
II serves and from which IL gains large
revenue, without being prodded on by a
stats commission.
Alma Record: The guarantee Of bank
deposits law will go into effect by July 1,
ana the first assessment will raise a fund
OF ti66,6S2S2 to guarantee q total deposit
OF sSS'25S6Ss.72 The fact that the guar
antee fund remains in the custody OF the
banks assured gives rise to q demand for
something to guarantees the guarantee.
since January this year over q dozen
banks have nationallzed to avoid the guar
antee FUND and many did likewise in 1910
York News. Whether or not the blocking
OF the opening OF saloons in Lincoln by
an appeal to the technicalities of the law
was Fair" from the standpoint Of letting
the people rule on wise from the consId-
GRAFTON OF future contingencies. the contro-
versy was certainly interesting to outsiders.
The law is full OF quirks with which the
legal mind alone Is supposed to be able
to cope and the interesting situations which
may arise from the effort to enforce a
law or even from laudable desire 10 com
ply with 1t, are without number. There Is
room for doubt at times whether some
laws were ever intended TO be either fol-
lowed or enforced.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
LAUGHING CRACKERS.

Hell understand the speakers at the
banquet used great deal OF hyperbole.
she-Well, to Judge from the way their
home that night, they used a good deal
more than was good for em.-Baltmore
American.
why has your son decided not to 10
into the ministry2''
Well, we've Thought Il all over and come
to the conclusion that he amt fitted for IL
Herald.
New Reporter tbustlIng iu>-r got the
City Editor-I don't care how many, 30
you omit these when the locomotive
struck him he hurtled through the afr a.
though shot from q catapult. "-ChicaEo
Tribune.
did you hear about the awful way h
which Mrs. Newport Sett was stungr'
Mercy, no. Tell me-"
why, she married an Immensely wealthy
contractor cont without making any inyestiga-
ton OF his finances and didn't find out
ne was hopelessly involved until she asked
Mercy How careIessi"-cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Didn't 1t give you thrill to realize that
y s were exeEcsng the glorious privileges
Yes. wasn't it Just lovely? You know
Tom is on the ticket, and Just had 10 gig
gle when I put that kiss after hts name"
Judge.
That fellow is evidently a poet"
I've seen him at good many teas,
but never heard him reclte any poetry"
Maybe not; but look at him eat
Louisville Courier-Journal
THE horrid thing" exciaims the lady
who has Just olembered over and through
the barbed wire fence, leaving her red par
aeol in the pasture with the angry bull
You horrid thingi shall resign at once
as president OF the Anti vivisection society
and secretary OF the Society for Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals, and shall with
draw my application for charter member
ship In the Vegetarian league"-Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
FOURTH OF july GIRL.
John xendrick Bznss in resll.,..

John Eendrick B@ngs in Lesiie's
TIVE RED.
The red OF her hpe-'tis q rich, rosy rel:
The poppy before IL is hanging it's head
The suns II itself when It's glowing at cen
Hath never a redness so lovely. I ween;
BY troubadours old, middIe~aged, and
Its rsrs haes are paier than that which
On Phyllis's lips To the ioverly eye
THE WHITE.
The White of her brow-ah. ye lilies 30
How saffron We seem to that purity therel
The white of the light men have Wanted
The white Of the pearl hath been ukened
The white Of the robes of the cherubIc
throng
That fill all tho heavens with anthem and
Less PURE, one and all. are these emblems
Than Phylliss brow to the ioveriy sight.
THE BLUE
The E,ue or her eyes-weli, the heavens are
And seas are intense with that marvellous
And blue is the violet there in the close;
And deep with its wonders the rare
And blue is my heart when the gardens
With weeds of regret and the flowers of
But never a mint OF such azure find
AZ deep as those eyes to my ioverly mind
ENVOI.
All, Phyllis, the Red, and the Blue and the
White,
Rare emblems OF purity, Joy and delight
Who would not rejoice In the Red, White
and Blue,
And cheer for II daily embodied In your
banner all glorious. flung to loves sky,
And speaking OF bliss as IL Hpples en- high.
Come hlther. pray you-coms hither and
wave
Ger the Land Of the Free and the Home of
the Bravei
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
Eugene F. Ware


Eugene +. Ware belonged to that
class of transplanted New Englanders
who gave to Kansas its spirit of fierce
patriotism, fearless idealism and bold
independence. They were-are still
"a sturdy, yet often erratic folk, ezra.
tic on the side of anxious solicitude for
their views OF the right. IT is as
natural for political and social reforms
to grow in such a soil as it is for corn
to fructify on the fertile plains of that
state. And Captain Ware belonged to
that school of versatile men who pos
sess a certain peculiar aversion for
things just as they are. 1t is more a
form Of intellectual honesty than
iconoclasm. and yet there have been
a good many iconoclasts among them.
But theirs is chiefly an airy freedom
of thought and action that attracts
rather than repels. They love personal
honor. They delight In their indie
pendence, though now and then some
imitator has arisen in their midst, who,
TOO hgntheaded 10 stand In the clari-
fled air OF their ideals, has toppled
over and dragged down with him all
in temporary contumely.
But Captain Ware was not one OF
these. In the profession OF law, In
letters. in his civic life and politics,
he held to his ideals without bringing
them into reproach. That he had a
touch OF the eccentric about him could
not be successfully denied in the light
of his career. When he reluctantly
agreed to accept from President
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Roosevelt the office OF pension COM
missioner. he laid his resignation In
the presidents hand the next day, to
be effective two years hence. though
he served out three years.
Most Of these old New Englandsrs,
who have infused 30 much of this i'm
petuous virility into the life Of Kan
sas, Joined the army of the union
when their country needed men of red
blood, and Captain Ware. then living
in Iowa, was one of them, and after
he had completed his four years Of
war service, he settled in Kansas.
then, as now, a hotbed of unionism in
the fullest acceptation of that term.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
"WId and WoOIIy. East.
Kansas City Times.

The news OF train robbery near Erie,
Pa, recalls the fact that the east has
furnished number OF wild and woolly''
stories Of that character during the last
year.
Far be 1t from the west TO attempt rs-
taliauon for past grievances by pointing
the finger Of scorn in that direction during
the time OF trouble and humiliation. But
diligence should be maintained by the
people OF the east TO curtRil 30 far as
possible the dangers OF travel through
that part OF the country.
II really ought 10 be as safe TO ride
through Pennsylvania or Massachusetts
on a railroad train as II Is through Kan
sas or Missouri.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
Sioux City Journal.

On Tuesday Omaha voted on the question
of issuing $S25O,OOO in bonds for the pur-
chase Of the water plant. and the propo-
sition failed by narrow margin to secure
the necessary two-thirds majority. A propo-
scition to issue 10000 in fire engine house
bonds was likewise defeated. Douglas
county, including Omaha, at the same time
voted on a proposition to issue $4,000 In
bonds for the complexion OF the courthouse.
and that met a similar fate. The combIna-
ton represented too much OF a good thing
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Omaha merchants are evidently
doing business when their imports in
the month of May alone amount to
$135,7Sa and for the eleven months
ending with May $s10,247. Kansas
City's May imports came to s1SS,345,
and its eleven months total to ST.
6S6,s5e, which by comparison shows
Omaha off to advantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
Does shotwsII shoot strui~ht,

sioux CITY journal.
Franklin Shotwell is stirring man of
Nebraska. He is the secretary of an or
ganization known, to some extent. as the
Nebraska Progressive Republican league.
He says Nebraska will be for Taft in the
next national convention OF the republican
party. The information pleases Senator
Hitchcock little bit. The indications are
that there will be no serious opposition
in the midwest to the denomination of
President Taft
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

The Nebraska Progressive Repub-
can league announces officially that
It proposes to continue TO advocate it's
loyalty TO principles rather than to
personalities. That is all right SO far
as IL goes. but eventually It takes
persons to put principles into practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

The Denver Republican calls Mr..
John Arthur Johnson Americas un-
crowned king. Just as we were about
to protest We CHANGED to remember
that the Honorable Jeffries was an ex-
king.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

At any rate, despite all the ominous
portents, this glorious republic has not
yet vanished from the earth, and ours
is more a government of the people,
by the people and for the people than
Il ever was.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Probably Senator Paynter OF Ken
lucky. who has Just been defeated for
denomination by Ollie James. wishes
now he had let Bailey vindicate Lori
mer by himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

AS IL 1t were not enough to charge
rs per cent more for ice in Omaha
than is exacted in neighboring cities,
the ice man is being accused also of
giving short weight. How would you
like to be the ice man?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Hugh Nichol is lieutenant governor
of Ohio, but he may never hope to
become as famous as Hugh Nicol, the
little Nick" in the yesterdays of base
ball.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

1t would be interesting to know
whether the Hon. Timothy Woodruff
has discarded his fancy vests this
weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
Insinuation of Preiudice.

Chicago Record Herald.
Out at Omaha a debating society has
decided that the horse is more deirable
than the automobile The society must
be made up of people who get wages in
stead of salaries.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
AN Impressive Leason.
Baltimore American.

The experience OF Charles w. Morse
shows that while it may be hard 10 get
rich malefactors into prison, II is even
harder TO get them out The lesson
ought to carry it's own moral 80 that he
who runs may read.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

The fact that Mr.. Roosevelt had
started this fight on the Sugar trust
of course, will not stop the mouths
of his detraetors from saying that he
recoiled from the big game.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

1t is possible, however, that so far
as putting in the time goes. some
members of the present congress may
earn their salaries.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

The president tells congress he can
stand It in Washington as long as con-
gress can. Yet it would be anomalous
to refer to the contest as a game OF
freeze-out.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

II 216 cent passenger fare is not
unreasonable for South Dakota. the
demand OF the railroads to be allowed
10 go back to the Scent fare In Ne
braska is surely unreasonable.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
Head Winds in Washington.

Opponents of reciprocity have the voices
and the supporters Of reciprocity have the
votes But 1t seems to be necessary that
the voices should be exercised until they
give out before the votes can be taken,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

1t would be the irony of fate II
any Of the Steel trust barons landed
behind steel bars.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarily should have The Bee
mailed 90 them. Address will be
changed as often a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Your Uncle Samuel is this day
celebrating the hundred and thirty
fifth anniversary OF his birth. Get
the number straight.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

A senator who reached the chamber
three minutes late the other day
missed the session entirely. Oh, how
hard, those lawmakers are working.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
JUNE CIRCULATION,
48,466

State Of Nebraska, County of Douglas, s.;
Dwight Williams, circulation manager Of
The Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says that the average daily ciroula:
ton, less spoiled, unused and returned
copies, for the month of June, 1911, waa
tS,466. DWIGHT WILLIAMS
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn TO
before me this first day of July, 1911.
(Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04
Was 1t worth whiIes
Kansas city Star

The fate of the Cunningham claims
must cause Senator Guggenheim to won
der II it's really worth while to be a states
man.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

When Jim Corbett wore his hair
like Senator La Follette's they called
him "Pompadour jim"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Note that the unchloroformed DR..
Osler becomes a baronet at 60.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Nellie bly, says she has been robbed
of s1,600.00O. Nellie was considered
something of a dreamer when she
wrote for the public prints.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Remember how just year ago you
were standing around the bulletin
boards.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

There is one advantage In this
jump-off from winter to summer-it
cuts out the spring poet.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Many an effervescent vow is made
over the soda water counter.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

In case of fire. turn in a fire alarm
without delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Men who cannot swim we'll should
be careful about attempting to drown
sorrows by the old method
Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-04

Be sure to keep the lotion bottle
handy.