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Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
FOrtifying Consular Appointm.nt..

HVEtl1ylnS consular Appointments.
demand has arisen for making
the consular examination system less
dependent upon arbitrary executive
order as means of promoting the
merit system in the selection of our
representatives in foreign lands. Our
country is committed to such a plan.
too, by its action in the Pan-Ameriean
congress.
1t may occasion some surprise to
know that under the present system
q president has the power to ignore
an examination or the result of one
and make an appointment arbitrarily.
The recent exercise of this power in
the case of two applicants who had
failed to pass the regular examination
and for whom a special test was ar
ranged has led to a feeling favoring
a more rigid discipline. AS a matter
OF fact, inasmuoh as greater impor-
lance is being attached to the position
of consul, the executive should not be
deprived of the protection which re-
stricted power in this direction would
afford him.
Consulships have come to be posi-
lions of influence and prestige in
building up American trade abroad.
Under a system fostered by Secretary
Knox, the men who hold these posi-
lions have been used to great advan-
tage as Intermediates between the
American manufacturer and merchant
and the foreign customer. In the
united effort to apply the science en-
ployed by other nations in rehabiu-
tating commerce in world eenters.
they are proving immeasurably yalu-
able. Therefore Il is OF the utmost
importance that the right men be Sc
leeted for the places. Political or per-
sonal preferment should cut no figure
whatever in their appointment. Il
should rest entirely on the merit OF a
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
No More Donhle Taxation

The enactment by the present leg
islature of a law to do away with the
double taxation of mortgaged prop
erty in Nebraska is a great step for
ward which The Bee has advocated
and agitated for years The evil
which this measure is expected to
remedy is notorious. The REQUIRE
ment that the owner of real estate
pay taxes upon its full assessed value,
and that the owner of any interest in
1t secured by mortgage pay an addi-
tional tax on the part 1t represents,
has meant either double taxation or
tax evasion. 1t has meant double
taxation where mortgages held in
trust within the state are Of record
accessible to the assessors, and it has
meant tax evasion where the mort
cages have been transferred to be
held nominally outside of the state to
escape the assessor.
When the present revenue law was
under consideration by the legislature
of 1903, which enacted ii, the editor
of The Bee presented and urged the
adoption of the following provision to
meet this very point:
Where any property within this state is
mortgaged, conveyed or pledged for the Sc
curity OF a loan or debt then owing. the
said property and the notes, bonds, mort
cages deed OF trust, trust deed, contract
or other conveyance shall be assessed as
unit, and as one and the same. and as of
one value, and as the value Of said prop
erty so mortgaged. pledged or otherwise
conveyed only and any such notes, bonds,
mortgages, deeds OF trust, trust deeds,
contracts or conveyances shall not be 9TH
erwise returned OF assessed; provided, that,
In no case shall any property so mortgaged,
conveyed or pledged be assessed for less
than the market value of the loan or debt
then owing for which it is security.
Members OF the joint committee
which framed the revenue law all ad-
mitted that the unit system of assess
ment for real estate and the mort
cages thereon was the only fair
method, but out of fear of its unpopu-
larity they failed to incorporate it into
their bill. We have now in the
present amendment substantially this
provision so far as it refers to real
estate, and Nebraska is abreast OF the
progressive states in the matter of
mortgage taxation.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
Germany and Disarmament.


So long as Germany holds out
against universal disarmament that
dream as a final step to world peace
cannot be realized. Germany's posi-
ton is quite incisively stated by Chan
cellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg in his
Reichstag speech. 1t reflects the view
that disarmament is not only visionary
for the time being, but absolutely
impracticable.' This goes little
further, perhaps, than even some
statesmen not yet agreed to the prop
osition would care to go, but it shows
one thing, that it is impracticable and
impossible so long as this view OBJ
tains in the German empire.
"If any nation feels that it is una
BILE longer to spend certain sums for
defensive purposes inevitably it will
drop to the second rank" says the
premier. I'VE Germans in our ex-
posed situation cannot shut our eyes
to this reality" There is the whole
thing in a nutshell. 1t should be
borne in mind that the chancellor is
not preaching war, that he is not seek
ing to obstruct the movement for
world peace, but that he is simply
stating what a great many people in
other lands as well as his own believe
to be true, that under conditions as
they are now no strong nation dare
suffer military deterioration. It is
the same doctrine that Roosevelt
breaches in advocating a large and
well-kept navy and army for defenses
purposes.
This should be remembered, as the
chancellor calls to mind: That while
the nations have, since the first Hague
tribunal, been preaching disarmament,
none has yet submitted definite plan
of action. Great Britain processes to
favor limited armament, but not so
strongly as to outline any way by
which It shall be brought about. The
nations, as a matter of fact, have not
reached the point in their propaganda
other sufficiently to think of disarm-
ing themselves. This is a system of
education and the time of graduation
is not at hand, 1t is desirable, of
course, that all alike press toward the
goal, but it would be just as bad to
think of acting before the goal is
reached, as to delay action too long
after it had been reached.
The German statesman believes that
general disarmament is an insoluble
problem as long as men are men" and
that the weak will always remain the
prey of the strong" One thing is GER
tain-that Germany's physical or
geographical position is not subject to
change and so long as the empire
holds to the belief that disarmament
would destroy its place among the
nations, it is out of the question for
the rest of the world to indulge any
false hopes on the subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
A HEAVY SEA.

w. ]. hampton in New York Times
Down by the wild tempestuous sea
sat and wondered why
The wind that blew
Across the blue,
Should raise the waves so high
| asked the seagulls II they could
some proper reason find;
"Um-er, you see"
They said, the sea
Amt solid with the wind"
thought their answer should be right
Because they knew the sea,
And yet / knew.
Although twas new
That they were quilting me-
Then spake the wind: II make the Hes
As heavy as l dare
Because II weighs,
BY natural ways
A great deal more than air."
You're blowing now" l said, and left
The place wherein / sat;
l do not like
To hear what's like
A notion such as that
! sought my books. 1.-THE wind =" tbs,, said
Is TO the waves thus kind
The busted seas
TOO poor to raise the wind"
See?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
SEARCHING FOR A GOAT"

Cleveland Plain Dealer: According TO
Fire Chief Croker the building where the
latest fire horror occurred was partly fire
proof. but not death proof" That's a good
phrase to bear In mind
washington Post: II the New York Of
flcials who are trying to dodge RESPONSE
bility for the latest tragedy had shown
half as much activity before the fire. II
might have been prevented.
Chicago Tribune: Following that fire in
New York City came the usual double
lsaded burst Of Indignation. There will be
thorough probing a grand jury may
90 80 far as 10 condemn the earelessness
that makes such accidents possible, and
things will settle down into the old Tut
again,
Wall Street Journal: AS usual, after a
horrifying disaster, we are looking for
some one to punish, and doubtless we could
find a scapegoat for the murderous waste
OF life In the Greene street fire on Satur-
day. II will not occur TO anybody to blame
his individual self. The last place we shall
search for moral responsibility is at home
We sent the captain OF the General Slocum
to Sing Sing and let the directors OF the
company 60 free
Brooklyn Eagle: II the 40 human beings
gho persisted Saturday are not to have
died In vain the city and state authorities
must together devise some method insur-
ing not only a thorough inspection Of all
factory buildings. but also the equipment
OF a single department OF the city gov
eminent with fun power 10 insist upon the
installation in buildings OF this class OF
proper escapes and proper appliances for
the extinguishment Of fires.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
Anticipating the Trusts.

The governments efforts to curb
and dissolve trusts have brought some
good results. about which, however,
there has been a great deal Of vain
boasting Il has been a race in which
the government has usually been in
pursuit, instead Of the lead. The
trouble has been that our laws were
not up to the systems of the trusts.
They did not Fit them and so we have
had to set about to make laws that
would fit and in the meantime the
trusts have gone ahead, so that when
the government got the power to at
tack them it found a foe more formid-
able than It had counted on meeting.
Attorney General Wickersham' s pro-
posal to evolve, out of all the expert
ence in fighting combines, weapon
of law that will anticipate them is
good one. II is to be hoped it can be
worked out successfully. His plans
contemplate action against the So
called money trust" of New York,
which is to control, if it does not al
ready, the finances of the country. In
one of Hollands letters this signifi-
cant statement is made:
Banking community Of interest co-opera-
ton upon a large scale and ability to
mobilize for financial purposes approx
mately Si5OOOO,OOO OF capital and surplus and
almost 600 Of deposits are reflected
by the contemplated control Of the National
Bank Of Commerce by the First National
and the National City bank Of New York.
But as the federal laws now stand
such a combination could be kept en-
tirely within legal bounds. Should
congress delay, as it may, to enact into
law the recommendation of the at
torney general, there is nothing to
prevent the money kings from acquir-
ing new prowess and strength, so as
to make the task of the government all
the harder when 1t finally obtains the
power to check them This coalition
in the big banking circles has been
going on steadily. A year ago, it Is
pointed out, there were three such dis
tinct groups in New York, whereas
today there is but one and that one is
to solidify and intrench IT.
self. What the banks are doing is
perfectly legal, though possibly as
subversive of competition as though
in violation of a state or federal
statute. If the government could be
fore-armed for trust prevention it
would doubtless be more successful
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary, the World-Herald, has again
uncovered a stupendous mare's-nest,
this time in the form of another deep
laid plot to steal the water works and
foil our precious (Ss,95O,OOO) Water
board in it's conscientious effort to Sc
cure municipal ownership. This time
John p Breen is going to relieve the
city by taking over its rights and pay
ing the water company the full pur-
chase price and interest by drawing
check against his savings bank ac-
count. It's all as easy as rolling off
log, the only thing lacking being the
money.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
Cummins and HIS ideas,


II Senator Cummins Of Iowa isn't care
full, his sincerity as a tariff reformer will
fall into general doubt. 1t may be there
already. He has lately been urging against
the Canadian reciprocity agreement the
point that under the most favored nation
clauses OF our treaties we may be COM
PEELED to extend to other countries the re-
duced duties given In Canada But as an
exponent OF the Iowa idea" this should
rather bring him to a support of the presi-
dents agreement than turn him against It,
1t would mean still more tariff reduction
and that is supposed to be what he wants
He is doing all be can to discredit himself
as a tariff reformer.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

The Washington Times has discov-
cred that It would be desirable to have
Congressman Lobeck on the District
Of Columbia committee because he
knows a great deal about municipal
government, and his services are
needed by the people of Washington. &"
The people of Omaha must have
strangely failed to appreciate Mr.. Lo-
beck's invaluable knowledge of mu-
nicipal government. otherwise they
would have insisted on Keeping him
here in the city hall instead of con-
tributing such an indispensable public
servant to help manage the affairs of
the city of Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
LAUGHING GAS.


Bring up the reserves shrieked the
insurrecto commander.
impossible, general" cried the frantic
aid; he has Just stubbed his toe on a
actus!-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sunday School Teaoher-1f you are good
boy, Willie, you will go to heaven and
have gold crown on your head.
Willie-Not for mine, then. | had one
OF them things put on tooth once
Puck.
Are you a friend of the grooms fam
ily?' asked the usher at the church we'd
ding
II think not" replied the lady addressed;
I'm the mother Of the bride "-Yonker 5
Statesman
Rivers was looking over the obituary col
umn in the morning paper.
well" he said, II see my old friend
Flutterby has Joined the great majority"
why, has he been getting mixed up in
some OF these bribery casesY' inquired
Mrs. Rivers, who never had heard OF
Flutterby.-Chicago Tribune.
THAT South sea Islander is consider
How is that?'
"she hasn't much on her in her own
ountry"-Lippincott's Magazine.
81 hear that Jaggsby is in exceptional
health and is full OF spirits"
Full of spirits? That's odd l heard
he was on the water wagon. Baltimore
American.
II suppose a man is considered impor-
tant when everybody wants him TO make
speeches"
yes" replied Senator Sorghum; but
not as important as when his silence
makes people wonder what he Is thinking
about "-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

The elevation Of Mr.. Haldane. secretary
Of war. and Of Mr.. Tenant, brother-in-law
Of Prime Minister Asquith. TO the British
peerage, provokes sarcastic comment on
the sincerity Of liberal party attacks on
the House Of Lords In the case Of the
brother-in-law the honor is largely a fam,
lily affair, but the promotion OF Mr. Hat
dane is prompted by the necessity Of
Strengthening the debating force OF liberal
peers for the ensuing contest on the veto
bill The earl Of Crews, ministerial leader
In the upper chamber, has suffered great
physical breakdown and Lord Morley Is
inoapactated by reason OF age to uphold
the liberal cause In a prolonged debate
Hence the necessity for strong, vigorous
leader. The fact remains, however, that
the prime minister and several Of his as
sooiates are opposed to the radical program
which contemplates the abolition Of the
House OF Lords. They seek only the re-
striction of its power so that party meas
ures may have a chance Of enactment
despite the opposition of the Overwhelming
majority Of tory peers The preamble OF
the veto bill substantially confirms this
view, The desire for admission to the
ranks Of the nobility so-called ia almost as
deep-rooted in the liberal as In the tory
ranks. Fully two-thlrds Of the peers of
today take little interest in legislative af-
fairs, and attend a sitting only when some
measure directly affecting their interests
comes to a vote. To the vast majority the
social distinction Of a peerage is the mag
net which draws the crowd. Political
power is such minor consideration in a
country where most people dearly love
lord"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
Deploring the shocking crimes con

Deploring the shocking crimes COM
mitted by youths, it is we'll to .remem-
Der that maudlin sympathy has
shielded a good many such youths
from the penalty of law they were
Justly entitled to. For instance, the
four Lausten murderers, where are
they? How much must they think of
the law for turning them loose again
upon the society they outraged? And
there are others. On whom does the
responsibility rest, the boys or those
in authority?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
A RECORD OF DISGRACE.
sample Instance OF Wasting Public
Money.

Money.
Boston Herald
When Representative William G. Brown
low Of Tennessee died a few years ago
congress set apart the usual solemn hour
for tributes TO his exalted character. Il
now appears, from an article by Arthur
Wallace Dunn in the current number OF
the Worlds Work, that this man had
been-under forms Of law. 10 be sure-sys-
tematicallY rObbing the United States gov
eminent for years and so the people who
pay the taxes in the purchase Of the
articles OF everyday life. He boosted that
he had more than 5000 900 spent in his
districts, two-fifths OF which was wasted on
a comparatively useless soldiers home,
constructed with lavish extravagance. He
had a bill passed, under speoious excuses.
TO have a term OF the federal court held at
Greenville, a town OF !, 500 Inhabitants, and
then used that as a leverage for getting
a courthouse authorized, which cost the
government $1,000 He succeeded In per
suading congress 70 make a national Gene
terry OF the place where Andrew Johnson
lies buried, and then 70 erect a oommodious
brick house for It's earetaker, who on a
government salary now watches the prena-
ises. This lie enough OF the story 10 show
what the rest is like. In the guise OF Sc
curing things for his constituents, this
man sehemed out ways OF having money
wasted, His record Is unhappily not
unique, II Is worse than that OF most
men, but until public sentiment reaches
the level where II viii resent the blottinE
out OF public money. even II done in ones
own district or home city. we shall CON
tnue 10 be the most extrAvagantly gov
erned country on earth and our people
will still wonder why IL costs % much 10
i've
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

general examination This is a regu-
lation for the future, not merely the
present, and as executives come and
go its wisdom will be established. The
examination system is not an expert
ment. It is a proved proposition after
several years of trial Only it needs
to be fortified so that no one can set
aside its results by a stroke OF the
pen and substitute his own selection.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

It is bad enough to have an inoffen-
sive business man shot down by muir
derOus bandits, but Omaha is not the
only place where such things occur.
Right in New York the attempted as
sassihation OF Mayor GaynOr almost
proved successful a few months ago.
and current dispatches tell OF passen-
gers on a New York Central train
pulling into the station witnessing
from the car windows a eold-blooded
murder on a public thoroughfare.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

amount was transferred to Holstlaws bank
in Inka, Ill. Yet in face Of all this, a Chi
cago jury finds Broderick an angel of In
nocence and all the witnesses against him.
including the silent testimony Of the banks
liars and perjurers. When confronted with
these Frederick refused TO testify concern
ing them lest he should "criminate him
self"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
Rich and Poer Paunsr..
Minneapolis Journal.

BENJAMIN ID, Greene OF the notorious
Gaynor and Greene. took the pauper's
oath In Atlanta the other night 10 escape
liability for fine OF $4,000 imposed on
him at the time he was sent 10 the federal
prison. He spent the night In a hotel, and
in the morning said he was about 10 leave
for New York, whence he would sail Tor
Europe. Evidently there are rich paupers
as well as poor paupers.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
MARCH CIRCULATION
48,0l7

State Of Nebraska. County OF Douglas, IS :
dwight Williams. circulation manager OF
The Bee Publishing Company. being duly
latiOn. less spoiled, unused ana returned
copies, for the month Of March, 1911, was
&SUl7. DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager
Subscribed Ia my presence and sworn to
before me this 3lst day Of March, 1911.
tSeal.) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Doane college falls heir to another
$4,000 in the final distribution of
benefactions of DIR. d. X. Pearsons.
Recognition by DR.. Pearsons is
pretty strong testimonial that Doane
is doing efficient and substantial work.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

The mandate in the Nebraska guar
anty case has at last arrived making
the law operative, but there is no rush
to incorporate new state banks. How
many state banks will prefer to take
out national charters is also yet to de-
velop before the effect can be gagged.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
Eccsntricities of jury Verdiets.

The eccentricities Of juries are Droverb-
ial state Senator Holstlaw confessed with
sorrow and contritiOn that he was paid
q 800 20 vote for LOrimer by State Senator
Broderick IN BrodeTicks saloon on a GER
tain day On the same day Holstlaw de-
posted the same amount In a Chicago bank
as testified by the clerk and proved by
his deposit slip. subsequently the same
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Chicago woman proposes that
bachelors be called master" and only
married men mister" She must
know Of one married man who could,
by no stretch OF construction, be re-
Earded g master.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Boss Murphy becomes indignant at
q certain New York lawyer for de
laying" the election OF a senator from
New York. Consistency, thou art
dazzling diadem.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Governor Aldrich by this time
doubtless feels different about it than
he did when he felicitated the people
of Nebraska on the election Of a dem
ocratic legislature and a republican
governor. A republican governor
with a republican legislature would
be much more harmoniously work
ing machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Senator Norris brown has reached
Washington along with the report OF
the Investigation OF Postmaster
Thomas. Dispatches fail 60 state
whether or not the senator had his
whitewash brush with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

The prospect of the Carnegie PEN
sion money for superannuated univer-
sity professors is not causing the
Wurld-Herald to throw such violent
fits as it did two years ago. Certain
disclosures during the interval have
evidently affected it's idea Of what
constitutes tainted" money.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Adam Bede's assertion that Senator
Lorimer is the most honest man in the
senate only shows the depth to which
some mems feelings may go.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Subscribers leaving the city tem-
pOFartly should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

II the Iowa legislature is not very
careful It may elect a senator before
It knows 1t. We deprecate anything
like preeipitate action in a matter of
thls kind.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

An Illinois rooster has Matched out
a setting OF eggs. Seems those anti
sudrasists have stopped at nothing in
their EFFORT to defeat that bill in the
legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01
Criminal CnreIesnnesn
Philadelphla Record.

Philadelphia Record.
The match is catching fits and the cigar
cite is catching thunder, but neither is so
blameable as the empty-heAded or don't
care wretch who circulates around tossing
unquenched sticks, stubs and stumps wher-
ever he pleases.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

% IdUA lIopHIVII'
What do you know about Illinois when 1t
steadily refuses to convict it's legislative
bribers and one of its lawyers pronounces
Senator Lorimer the greatest man since
the time of Christi"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Chicago police this very week were
apprised Of horrible murder only by
arrest and confession Of the criminals
In Kansas City. It Is not for other
glass-built cities to throw stones at
Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

NebFaska's lawmakers adjourned
to attend a base ball game. 1t might
be q paying investment to the taxpay-
srs TO have a base ball game pulled
on for them every day the legislature
aits
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-01

Every one of those nonpartlsan
democrats in the legislature is igur-
ing on running for office again as a
strict partisan.