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Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
The Extra Session.

President Taft convened the extra
session of the Sixty-second congress
April for the specific purpose of
passing the Canadian reciprocity bill.
Congress passed the bill. The president,
therefore achieved what he undertook.
OF course, congress did other things
besides pass this administration meas
ure. Dominated by large democratic
majority in the house and a demo-
cratic-insurgent coalition in the senate,
1t spent most of the needlessly pro-
longed session trying Ito put the pres
ident in a hole" Whether these forces
succeeded is for the people to say
later. We think they came very far
from succeeding, but that in their I'M
wise attempt they hurt themselves
much more than they did his admins
tration.
The executive message recommend
ing the passage of the reciprocity bill
accompanied by the agreement with
Canada, contained these words:
| I am constrained in difference TO popular
sentiment and with a realizing sense of
my duty to the great mass of our people,
whose welfare is involved, to urge on your
consideration early action on this agree
ment.
1t was chiefly the democratic house
that prevented early action and we
have not a doubt that in so doing the
democrats, in their eagerness to manu-
facture campaign thunder, did not sat
isfy the popular sentiment to which
the president deferred. They failed to
bring to successful fruition the many
measures about which they talked long
and loud and were 1t not for their en-
forced approval of the presidents own
measure, they would be in even worse
straits than they are in asking popular
endorsement of their record.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
Judges and Dog Catchers.

Discussing the recall of judges with
special reference to President Taft's
veto of the recall provision of the
Arizona constitution. the Lincoln Star
declares:
There is nothing that can be urged
against the popular recall OF judges that
cannot be as logically urged against the
recall of mayors, counclmen, custodians
of public funds, constables or dog catch
ers
1t is perhaps useless to argue with
any one who expresses such dogmatic
views, but the president has plainly
shown that the fatal defect of the re-
call applied to judges is that it tends
to destroy every vestige of indie
pendence in the judiciary. A mayor
or councilman might properly be held
to account for not representing the
constituency that elected him, but the
judge on the bench is supposed to de
eide cases on the law and the evidence
rather than on what the popular YER
dict would be IL submitted for a ballot
box decree. We may some day get tC
hiring and firing our judges just as
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
England's Labor Object Lesion.


Nearly a quarter million wage-earn-
ers we're idle and riotously demonstra-
tive as a result Of the railroad strikes
in England. English press dispatches,
notably conservative, described the sit
uation as the most serious conflict be-
there. The possible consequences were
contemplated with a shudder. Then,
much more suddenly than II broke,
this menacing storm passed and peace
dwelt where fear and terror had
reigned.
The strike was over. Had the strikers
won; had they gained what they de-
manded? No, but they agreed with
their employers to leave everything to
boards of Cancellation, whose decisions
are to be binding and in the meantime
the strikers should return to work
under the conditions against which
they revolted and continue until the
verdict 1t affords a striking contrast
with the way we redress similar griev-
ances in the United States and ought
to teach us a valuable object lesson.
To show the two-sidedness OF the terms
of agreement pending a settlement,
we here give them in full:
1. The strike to be terminated forthwith
with the mems leaders to use their best
endeavors to induce the men to return TO
work at once.
2 All the men involved in the present
dispute, either by strike or lockout, includ-
| ing casuals, who present themselves for
work within a reasonable time, to be re-
instated by the companies at the earliest
possible moment and no one to be sub
jected to proceedings for breach of con-
tract or otherwise penalized.
3. Cancellation boards to be convened for
the purpose of settling forthwith all ques-
lions at present in dispute as far as they
are within the scope Of such boards, pro-
vided notice Of such questions be given not
later than fourteen days from the date Of
this agreement. II the sectional boards
fail to arrive at settlement the central
board is to meet at once. Any decisions
arrived at are to be retroactive as from the
date of this agreement. II is agreed for
the purpose Of this and the following clause
that rates of wages include remuneration
| whether by time or piecework.
! 4. Steps are to be taken forthwith to
effect settlement of questions now in
dispute between the companies and classes
of their employees not included within the
Cancellation scheme Of 1907 by means of
conferences between representatives of the
employees who themselves are employed by
the same companies, and failing of an
agreement by arbitration they are to be ar
ranged mutually or by the Board of Trade.
The above Is to be a temporary arrange
ment pending a report OF the commission
as to the best means for settling disputes.
g. Both parties are to give every as St
ance to the special commission of inquiry,
the immediate appointment of which the
government has announced.
s. Any questions which may arise as to
+, the Interpretation of this agreement are 10
be referred to che Board of Trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
A Great Game This.

A year ago the democrats of Doug
las county realized that the only hope
of salvation for their local ticket lay
in being packed along by Mayor Jim,
then running for governor. 1t was
life or death to them to keep the vot-
ing machines in business so they might
reap full benefit of the party lever
and they made all sorts of deals and
bargains to accomplish this purpose.
This year, II we mistake not, the party
lever advantage is reversed. The
democrats will be the ones who will
want OF get rid of the voting machines
and to forget all their former fake
lamentations about sending $4,000
worth of property to the junk heap.
The democratic bunch will soon be try
ing to figure out way to ditch the
machines II they only dare. It's a
great game, this game of politics,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
The Two New Stars.

The presidents approval of the
statehood bill admitting Arizona and
New Mexico into the union will add
two rather bright stars to the national
armament, making forty-eight in all.
long time is likely to elapse before
another new state 10 admitted. Alaska
lie our only contiguous territory re-
naming, but there is little prospect
Of a state being carved out OF Alaska
for years to come. In time we may have
division of Texas, Washington and
California, where agitation for new
states has occasionally been heard, but
that is remote at best.
Arizona comes into the union with a
population under the 1910 census of
2O4,354, and New Mexico with 327,-
3O1. Three states have less population
than Arizona and four less than New
Mexico. They are Delaware, Nevada,
Wyoming and Idaho. Idaho has 1885,
594, which puts II just below New
Mexico and considerably above Ari-
IONA. In point of area New Mexico
is the fourth and Arizona the fifth,
largest state in the union.
The nation should have a whole
hearted welcome for both of the new
states. They come with the pulses OF
industry beating. For the decade from
1900 to 1910 New Mexico's rate OF
growth In population was 67.5 pei
cent, exceeded by only five other states
and Arizona's rate of increase was 66.2
per cent, exceeded by only six Other
states, of which New Mexico was one
Great enterprises are at work develop
ing resources In both states and with
maiden soil of remarkable fertility
salubrious climate and railroad ad
states their development will be much
faster than 1t could have been as ter
ritories Capital will go in there much
more readily now.
Under the late census, the annua
manufacturing products of ArizonS
had q market valuation of $20,0S3, 10:
and there was a capital investment il
manufacturing of $14,395,654, will
4,793 wage-earners. New Mexico, will
a larger Indian and Mexican popula
ton, showed up very much below this
It's capital employed in manufacture
amounted to $4,63S,24S, while it
production of manufactures sold TO
$5,7O5, $50 and it employed 3,47S wage
earners. But in a very short tim
when the mineral and agricultural re
sources are opened up, as they will
be, these figures will be lost in com
parison. These new states are boun
to get their share Of the great schem
of western upbuilding now so energet
ically in operation.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
Homemade and Bought Bread.

According to Kansas City papers,
the National Association of Master
Bakers, in convention there, will try
to devise ways and means for checking
or overcoming the increasing consump-
ton of homemade bread. The question
is asked, What can be done to counter
act the baleful tendency?
There have been times and places
where the answer to such a question
might be: Satisfy the housewife that
she is getting better value in the baker
made or bought loaf" But, of course
every baker would resent the imputa-
ton contained in such a reply. Never
theless, instances have been recorded
where complaints respecting fail
weights and measures and purity OF
ingredients and sanitary surrounding
were, at least, believed to have beer
we'll founded. In such cases as these
the bakers should have no difficulty
finding the answer to their question
nor meeting the condition.
II housewives are really baking
their own bread in preference to buy
ing it already baked, they must thinl
they have a reason, as baking bread IL
not exactly pleasant means Of diver
sion, and if they are mistaken the way
to show them is by advising them o
the facts and driving the truth in b!
a proper publicity campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
People Talked About

Officials Of the Chicago aviation meet
placed these figures on the score board:
Deficit, s52,14S; dead, two; injured, twenty
three.
Ninety-nine- year old Mrs II B. Hilman
the Oldest resident OF wnkesbarre, Pa, is
recovering from an operation for appen-
dicitis.
Enid, Okl., follows the example of Seattle
in destroying the hammer, emblem Of the
knocker. What's the good? The knooker
looked on and smiled merrily
f. A. Sothern is 90 years old, Miss Mar
lowe, Is years old. Both have been mar
ried before and both divorced Their re
cent marriage in London lacks the novelty
Of a new play.
O'Rozco has been raiding gamblers in
Juarez. Mexico. How he managed TO get
the big o over the boundary line and keep
It TO the fore mystfles the cops on the
American sides
Thirty-five governors are booked to meet
in conference at Spring Lake. N. j., Sep
TENDER L. Thirty-five lieutenant governors
will then have a chance to hold down ex-
ecutive chairs and look wise.
Beiva Lockwood, former presidential
candidate declined TO take a ride on a
flying machine. Ever since her experience
On the stump, Mrs. lockwood refrains from
going up in the air for pleasure or busi-
ness.
Glove Tore, a mail clerk in the San
Francisco postoffice, claims that he has
broken the worlds Notwithstanding rec
ord. He sorted. without making q single
error. 2S4s cards in thirty-seven minutes.
which is an average OF $50 cards a minute.
This mass OF mail was distributed into
| seventeen boxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23


SILVER CREEK, Neb Aug. H.--To the
Editor of The Bee: l used to think the
farmers were level-headed folk and at least
as well informed as any other class of cti-
zens. But have changed my mind; now
believe them to be a pack of consummate
idiots. For years those great philanthro-
pists, Col. Pope, of bicycle fame, peace to
his ashes, and his successors, the automo-
bile men, have been telling the fool farm
ers that IL they would sell all they had
and build good roads they could make
themselves everastingly rich. But the
thick-skulled farmers didn't believe 1t, got
to feeling very sore by being continually
pestered In this way, and continued to haul
their wheat and corn and hogs through
the mud to the nearest market as they
had been doing from time immemorial.
Now we are beginning to get our eyes open
! and coming to see that we are lot of
chumps just as the automobile people have
been telling we were.
And why? Don't you know? During
this last spring and summer, your esteemed
contemporary, the World Herald ably Sec
onded by Dan Stephens Of Fremont and
the automobile men, despairing of ever
| beating any sense into our heads, have
| been building a road for us along the
main line of the Union Pacific from Omaha
! to North Platte, just as an object lesson
1t must be nearly done now, although
have not seen anything of 1t, notwith-
standing 1t crosses my farm and I have
often looked for it from the car windows.
But 1t is surely there, just the same. be-
cause a lot of Omaha automobile men with
their machines are going to take a spin
over 1t early in September to see that 1t
| 4 all. f.,I,t xavfM la Nttr1
| to the farmers.
| That will be the dawn of a new era.
Then we shall cut out the little towns
along the road and haul our wheat and
corn and hogs directly into Omaha, bring
back in our wagons from your big stores
| groceries, dry goods and supplies of all
kinds.
But we are not going to be small about
this thing. We are going to let the auto
| mobile people use the road to a limited
| extent only so they don't get thick we
| shall have to keep off ourselves. Dan says
| they will come in swarms-the Rockefel-
| lers, the Morgans, the Vanderbilts, and all
| other such Indicators OF wealth, and
scatter gold all along the sides of this
| new road. We shall gather 1t up In sack
| fuls, and thus be able to contribute lib
| orally to Dams campaign fund when he
| runs for congress next year. We shall
not forget the automobile people; we like
| to see them on their Joy rides, and when
| the next legislature convenes we shall
work as hard to get the outfit to do some
| thing for them as they so disinterestedly
| worked last winter to get the legislature
| to do something for us. | don't think we
could do anything to help Providence out
II we should try, and as to the VIII, even
the attempt to reeompense 1t in any way
would be in very bad taste, to say the
least since it always acts from purely
altruistic motives. without any thought OF
personal gain. CHARLES WOOSTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
Notable Change of Tune.

The funniest thing in the comments on
the wool tariff veto is the undiluted eulo-
giles paid by stand-pat statesmen and man
ufacturers to the tariff board. Originators
or the tariff board scheme with fond recol-
lection OF the abuse and ridicule poured
upon that scheme by these same eulogists
two years ago must require an enlargement
OF their sleeves TO hold their laughter. Now
this despised tariff board is the standpat-
ters rope Of salvation.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
Ten Years Ago


DIR. ]. r, Nilsson left for the west to be
gone until October.
Douglas county republican delegation
unanimously endorses Judge w. w. Keysor
in his candidacy for the supreme bench.
John c. Wharton was elected chairman Of
the Douglas county delegation to the state
convention.
City Treasurer Hennings sold the 800, 900
issue of sewer renewal bonds to Mason
Lewis & Co. of Chicago.
Miss 10y Ripley, Twenty-fourth and
Charles streets, was dangerously injured
near the Sixteenth street vladuct by falling
off her bicycle.
Miles d. Houck of Omaha resigned a
special agent in the revenue service of the
Treasury department.
The body OF E. f. Freeman, who died of
smallpox was lowered into the grave at
Forest Lawn cemetery at midnight
G. E. Merryman was arrested on the
charge of maintaining a nuisance. The
nuisance was hive OF honey bees lodged
on the, roof Of the Auditorium hotel. Thir-
teenth and Jackson streets. Mr.. Merryman
said he got the bees to cure his rheuma-
tism, letting each little bee take his turn
at singing him on the leg
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
|NOOkin$ Backward
HlisDSSy in0maha
P COMPILED FRoM BEE FILES
AUGUST "a.

Thirty Years Ago
Watson b. Smith on the part Of the tenn
perance people today threw down the
gauntlet by swearing out warrants for the
arrest of John c. Brandt and Henry Siert
for keeping open their saloons all day
on Sunday. Proceedings are begun under
the slocumb law, and trial set for Thurs
day.
At the city council meeting the contro-
versy on the Slooumb law was not mem
toned
The water company is having its pipes
laid on Farnam street. This probably set
ties the question of grading that thorough
fare at present.
Two packages of fancy crockery were re-
ceived today by John Campbell, collector
Of customs for the port Of Omaha. They
were shipped in bond direct from Liverpool
to this city.
Sidney Dillon, president OF the Union
Pacific railway, and family arrived in
Omaha and will remain several days. Aft
erwards he will take a trip all over the
road.
Herbert 7. Leavitt, assistant county
clerk, has received a letter from City
Marshal Angel, who is Mt present at New
port Beach. The marshal thinks baked
clans take the cake. He and Mrs. Angel
will probably return September l.
! Tom MoShane and family leave this af.
ternoon for a visit with friends and rela,
tives in Ohio.
Considerable excitement was created In
the neighborhood Of sixteenth and webster
streets today by the sudden appearance
Of cowboy maddened by drink, who wa
riding broncho and insisted on prancinl
on the sidewalk thereby keeping the
storekeepers in great anxiety wondering
what would be the next performance. The
appearance of the police soon ended hil
exploits, and he at once galoped away a.
| fast as he could
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
THeBetsLcHcrBorx.
4 Few words From DIR. wiley.

A Few words From DIR. wiley.
KEARNEY, Neb., Aug 22.-To the Editor
of The Bee: A. L. Harris, writing from
from New York to The Bee, seems OF the
opinion that the dismissal of Or. Wiley
from the bureau Of chemistry would not
be a misfortune; quite the reverse from
the tenor OF his letter.
That no one man Is absolutely indspen-
sible to any position, is self evident, yet
the summary dismissal OF any public ser
want for doing his plain duty to the peo-
pie, whose servant DIR. Wiley evidently re-
CARDS himself (rather than the servant OF
certain manufacturing interests, or even
Of the Agricultural department would
be a public misfortune. 1t is for this rea-
son that the people are overwhelmingly
on the side OF DR.. Wiley.
1T is a well known fact" writes Mr..
Harris, that DIR. wiley's views on whiskey,
glucose benzoio acid, etc, have been re
versed by his superiors," Since DR..
Wiley is head chemist and since his SUI
| superiors, therefore, must mean the head
or heads of the Agricultural department un-
der which the bureau OF chemistry is
placed, / fear that the people will regard
these superiors utterly incompetent to
pass Judgment on questions of chem
istry, even though some of them may
question OF whisky. l believe that DR.
Wiley did state that he was sustained in
his contention that rye whiskey ought &c
be made from rye.
There is really no danger to health and
life In the partaking of adulterated con.
| diments," is also a delicious bon mot ir
| Mr.. Harris letter. One would NATURALLY
suppose that depened on what adulterant il
/ used. II Il is in the nature of a preserv.
alive, such as formaldehyde or benzoate OF
soda, many intelligent people regard II as
Injurious to life and health and side with
DR.. Wiley on this question.
Now listen to this: such food as .
potatoes, fresh apples. fresh vegetables
| fresh fruits, nuts, etc, never have beer
adultered." Thank heaven When they
begin to shoot bensoic acid into our fresh
potatoes and apples or inject formaldehydC
into our fresh eggs and nuts, then will
one be tempted to quietly lie down in some
silent corner and give up the struggle.
That many manufacturers of food pro
ducts are not over burdened with delicacy
of conscience is well known. They have
systematically fought every step of gov
eminent supervision. This fight agains
DR.. Wiley seems in the nature Of a las
stand. They may get his goat'-but 4
they do the administration will bear tn,
onus and pay the penalty.
| N H Johnson
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23

final act In the Bryan. L Underwood drama is
an apology from Mr.. Bryan or the World
Herald VIII the act be pulled off, Cute
and cunning Mr.. Bryan puts It up to ~
World Herald and the world-Herald IL not
being moved by any spirit. Az all events
Mr. Bryan should not be too hasty to con
denim a man high in the ranks OF his party
without first knowing where he is at. And
furthermore Mr.. Bryan should. sooner or
later. realize that there are other great
and good men in the democratic party be
sides himself
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
Twenty Years Ago

Rev. F. w. Foster. pastor of Emmanuel
Baptist church, preached on the text THE
Saving Leaven."
Thomas Murtey of Weeping Water was
at the Willard.
p M. Howells, G. A. Adams and j. c.
Boyle prepared plans to start on a boating
trip down the river to New Orleans They
had built a flatboat Sx22 feet for the voy-
age.
The publication of a neat and attractive
volume by Mrs. M b. Newton entitled,
Anecdotes Of Omaha" was announced.
The Nonpareils beat the Orchards in a
ball game, to 4. Pitchers McAuiffe and
Dolan held their respective opponents to
four hits.
AS an indication of what police codes
governed an item in The Bee stated that a
policeman caught young man and woman
where they should not have been, tele-
phoned to the station for instructions and
was told to bring the girl to the station
and let the fellow CO." which he did.
The 4-year-old son Of Gus Berg, engineer
at the B. letter brewery, South Omaha,
fell into boiler OF hot water and was badly
| scalded.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
LINES TO A PROUD FATHER

Denver Republican.
Your son is brave and handsome,
A clever, truthful lad;
You're proud of him. and ever
At thought Of him you're glad;
He's versed in all the classics,
But here, o friend. 8 the rub:
Will he ever fetch ten thousand
From a big
league
club2
Your son is bright and witty.
You love to see the light
Clean in his eyes of hazel
Before some sally bright;
Beside him you're contented
To feel that you're a bud
But will he fetch ten thousand
From a big
league
club?
Your son is wise and gentle,
He reasons like q man;
But how are such things fitting
The ultra modern plan?
Two fields there are before him,
The major and the scrub
And will he fetch ten thousand
From a big
league
club?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23
WHITFIELD TO A POINT.

There is some lettering TO be done on
this map OF Alaska, is there not?' SAID the
craftsman. ,-
Just mark il hands off and let II so at
that. Star.
The Rev. DR. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Loosely (
YOU took your wife and went 20 see a bel "
game last Sunday, did you? Do you think
Brother Loosely-Doctor. that was a com
promise. She wanted me TO take her 10
sacred concert.-Chicago Tribune,
Motormaniac-what DO you think is the
most difficult thing for a beginner to learn
Frankenstein-To keep from talkins
about It all the time.-Toledo Blade
DOCS your automobile so faster than
your neighbor's?'
No" replied Mr.. Chuggins. But my
danger signal makes much more dis-
Star.
You can't smoke that cigar here.
sternly spoke the officer in the waiting
room at the railway station.
II guess puff. pufO you're (pufD right
pard" said the youth who was struggling
doing my durndestY'-Chicago Tribune.
THE paperhanger Is one man who is
not worried about his business
Because he rather likes the prospect OF
its going to the wall. "-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
First Hen-Stopped laying?
Second Hen-Yes, they expect us to lift
the mortgage for the auto that runs over
us.-Harper's Bazaar
do those city boarders Of yours make
themselves at homer" asked the neighbor
Nope" replied Farmer Corntossel
Some o. them would never think OF ect-
in the way they do IL they was in their
own homes. Washington Star
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-23

An objection is lodged against
adopting the proposed commission plan
of city government because the law
was not drafted by the city attorney.
Does any one expect the city attorney
to draw a bill to put himself out of Of
flee? The present city attorney never
had any previous experience drawing
legislative bills anyway.