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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
SENATOR" BUFFALO BILL.

Philadelphia Record: Buffalo Bill" is
a resident OF Arizona and is credited with
an ambition to be the first senator from
the new state. That would more than
make up for the national loss in the de-
feat Of Baseball spalding, who under
took to get into the senate by way Of
California.
New York Post: The effect Of Colonel
Cody's presence upon the senate itself
could not help being Of the very best
The insurgents have done something to
agitate the rather torpid atmosphere of that
solemn chamber, but Buffalo Bills arrival
would be like a veritable seabreeze in the
top-floor bedroom Of a boardwalk hotel
on a night in August.
Washington Post: with a senator on
the floor able to snuff a candle at forty
PAGES, decorum could be preserved on the
floor as well as in the galleries, without
the services Of presiding officer. with
his trusty A on the table lid in
front of him, who would be-but whats
the use? There isn't a man, woman, or
child in the United States who did not at
the first mention of the Cody ambition.
comprehend at one thought the full posi-
bilities Of its attainment
Cleveland Leader 1t is even probable
that the Cody election would be popular.
The bristling goatee and spangled belt and
spurred heels of the. famous old scout
might add a refreshing new tint to the
all too somber and all too dull gold color
scheme of the senate chamber. There isn't
any doubt at all that the country would
welcome a change In the general complex
ion of the national senate, and the some
what hectic flush which Buffalo Bill would
add might meet the entire approval OF
long suffering and impatient people.
At any rate worse things than Colonel
Cody have happened to the upper house
of congress.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
An ohio street outcr,.

OMAHA. March 1S-To the Editor Of The
Bee: A movement is on foot TO grade
Lake street. the city to pay half Is II not
a fact that the smith Brick company have
an agreement with the city TO do the
grading from Thirtieth TO Thirty-thtrd
street The consideration for doing the
grading lie the use Of the dirt and 81.
The scheme Is to have the city pay half
to benefit the Smith Brick company and
the property owners Of the vacant ground
west OF Thrty-third street so they can
throw it on the market and profit finan,
cially.
There is but one small house on Lake
street from Thrtieth to west OF Thirty
third street; whereas. we, the home own
ers, In ohio street, have made efforts for
the last six years to get Ohio street graded
so we can put down permanent walks
Why is Il we can not get Ohio street
graded? VIII the city council answer that
question? Is It because the water COM
pany has TO lower the water mains or
why?
Many homes are occupied by their
respective owners in Ohio street there
fore, why can't Ohio street be graded and
put in passable shape so we can build our
sidewalks and improve our homes and
thereby improve their value and appear
ance, instead OF aiding the brick yard
nuisance and the wealthy real estate own,
ers who have held this ground for years
| for speculation? J. j. BONNER
32ll Ohio Street
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
BRYAN AND BANK GUARANTY.
Enthusiasm Frosted by OIgIahOma's
Experience.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript
Colonel William Jennings Bryan ex-
pressed his warm approval Tuesday night
OF the decision OF the supreme court vail
dating the law guaranteeing bank deposits,
which he had made one Of his many issues
It is doubtful whether that tribunal had
Colonel Bryan in mind when II made that
decision, and It expressed no opinion OF the
merits OF the law. but only performed what
It regarded as its duty with respect to its
Interpretation. There seem to be rocks
ahead for the successful operation of the
statute. In Oklahoma the situation IL said
70 be in a very ticklish condition as the
result OF. the action of the State Banking
board in levying an assessment OF / per
cent on the deposits OF state banks to re-
plenish the state guaranty fund. An audit
ing company Is preparing a report on the
administration OF this fund under the Has
kell regime. and II is stated that matters
are found IN a very unsatisfactory condi-
ton. The failure OF the Columbia bank
seriously complicated the situation and a
partisan banking board fearing to arouse
protest, guaranteed the paper OF weak
banks, which should have been closed in
stead.
since Governor Cruce took office a new
banking board has been appointed, and this
assessment is one OF It's first acts. The
per cent will just about square &C
counts. but any further trouble will necessi-
tate additional demands. The first result
OF this action has been the souttling Of .
number OF state banks to cover with APP
plieatlons for national charters and with
drawal from participation IN the fund.
Even should they receive them II is too
/ late TO escape the present assessment.
Governor Haskell is being blamed for this
/ condition Of things. Il Is said that he
used the law as party measure and a
campaign asset. when II should have been
employed solely for business purposes.
Very likely the charge is true, but a law
that invites such manipulation Is a weak
law There Is q good prospect Of its col
lapse In Oklahoma. where Il has received
the most crucial test yet applied.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
Whinninp.Post Ethics.

Revival of the whipping-post as
punishment for wife-beaters in Mary
land has brought some new-idea
women to the front with loud pro-
tests in the name of humanitarianism
They want the whipping-pOst done
away with, even though admittedly
It serves as a most efficacious rem
edy of the III for which it is applied.
Recently a Baltimore man, convicted
of beating his wife, was sentenced to
pay a fine, serve q term in prison and
take a specified number OF welts of
the cat-tails on his bare back. He lis
tened to the reading of the forepart
of his sentence without wincing; he
compIaoently faced the fine and the
prison, but wept as he pleaded with
the court to spare him from the whip
ping-post.
Evidently it is a telling remedy.
Why not keep It on the statute books
merely as a warning, sort of absent
treatment specific? 1t might serve
every neeu anu gOt never nave ~ bo
applied. True, it does not seem to
comport with the finest notions on hui
manitarianism, but then neither does
beating. And wife-beating Is
so fatal to domestic felicity. II dread
OF the whipping post will prevent men
from beating their wives, society
might afford to risk the damage II
might do to the sublime cause OF hui
manitarianism.
In the meantime, 1t is TO be hoped
for the sake of the consistency OF
these good women who have rushed tC
the front in behalf OF the wife-beater
that their husbands never acquire the
habit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
Cnttinr lin the EARNS


Not in the immediate future will
the United States have to go abroad
for it's supplies of farm products, for
It has too much fertile soil of it's
own that has never been scratched
by cultivation. 1t has room for mil
lions and millions of population out
in It's vast western states, which have
only begun the work of colonization.
Census figures, as they are gradually
working out, show encouraging prog
ress in this direction. They show a
larger number of farms in most Of
the states, although in Iowa there are
fewer farms than there were ten years
ago, indicating that the. Iowa farms
are larger.
Montana presents an interesting sit
uation, however, and II is probably
typical of most other western states,
with which, of course, Iowa is not to
be classed. Ten years ago Montana
had 1890 farms, while now 1t has
I25,946. That is not great many
farms for a state of Montana's dimen-
slons. 1t is $50 miles in width and
1915 miles deep, giving 1t an area of
l146,OSO square miles. 1t is the third
state in the union in point Of size,
Texas and California surprising 1t. We
find, therefore, that this great state
has scarcely begun to develop. What
kingdom of wealth and population
it, like Nebraska, Texas and other
huge western states, will become when
somewhere near fully developed may
be only Appropriated from what
they now are.
In 1900 the average size of Mon
tana's farms was 624 acres. In 1910
1t was $50 acres. There is the process
of colonization that is going on more
or less all over the west and will &c
on steadily for years to come. II
means the opening up Of the most fer
tile soil, the establishment of new
homes, new sources of food suppl!
and the production of new wealth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
PASSING PLEAsANTRIES.

Polite Neighbor-Everybody says your
husband is such Wide-awake man. Mrs.
Jobbles.
baby takes after him-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The great road builder had his mind on
his work that morning, as the following
dialogue between him and his wife VIII
show:
Fairly well, but ] should say that your
face needed resurfacing." - Lippincotts
Magazine.
1T haven't seen Gimiey for a long time.
He used 70 be dickens Of a fellow among
tn girls"
what cured hlm?"
Marriage. "-Cleveland Plain-Deaier,
what has become Of that slmplitisd
at was held up by the fact that dialect
writer's couldn't get into the habit OF leay-
ing out the apostrophes Tor omitted let
ters "-Washington Star.
do they teach domestic science at your
college?" Inquired the visitor OF the FRESH
''onIy sewing" replied the freshman.
Good idea" said the visitor And what
%yy ma oats" replied the freshman.-Harp
ers Weekly.
Perhaps" dolefully suggested the re-
jected sutton, your refusal OF me was
prompted merely by the fact that / am a
your inference is quite erroneous" re-
piled the Boston girl AS a matter OF
fact / invariably prefer herbivorous to
carnvorous animals catholic Standard
and Times
Il hear that your daughters huband, the
for his meals ssys the friend.
That Is perfectly true" acknowledges
the proud mOther-in-law or the title, but
he leaves all his uniforms and decorations
and coronets and swords and the like in
the house all the time. My daughter Is
perfectly happy. Chicago Post.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
Now, Let's suppose.
sprInRfIeld RennhlIcan


The corporation income tax, decides the
supreme court, is not tax on the income
but an excise tax on the corporate doing OF
business as measured by income. Suppose.
now, congress should enact a general in
come tax like unto that Of 1894, but should
entitle 1t an excise tax on the living OF
citizens Of the United States as measured
by their income. No more evidently could
the court call that a tax on income and
therefore on property and therefore to be
apportioned according TO population. And
such a tax would not be open to the one
great objection to the corporation income
tax, that It discriminates against and bur-
'dens an agency or fundamentally OF the
state governments. The present decision
would seem to make the pending income
tax amendment to the constitution quite
unnecessary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
People Talked About

After a worldwide hunt, which has been
under way since 1891, Burdett Wolf, who
shot and killed his sweetheart, Bertha Nor
ton, has been located in Calcutta, India,
and will be brought TO Portland, Ore. for
trial for murder.
Mrs. Irene c. Buell. is the thirty sixth
woman admitted 10 practice In the supreme
court of the United States. Mrs. Buelrs
home is in st. Paul, MINI. She Is a grad
uate OF the 81. Paul College OF Law and
was employed for a while in the office Of
the attorney general Of that state.
Proctor Knott, the noted Kentucky
orator, is reported sinking into the valley
OF the shadows at his home in Lebanon.
He lie now In his slst year. While mem
Der Of congress away back In the Cleve-
land days he achieved fame by speech
which put Duluth on the map with smile
around IT,
Orrln wentworth. a well-to-do farmer OF
Baldwin, Ne, who IL 90 years old, took
his first ride on a railroad train last week
when he visited Portland. incidentally II
WAS his first visit 20 Portland in forty
years. Mr. wentworth ships hundreds OF
dollars worth OF produce over the railroad
every year.
Nina TuratavIloff. a peasant woman at
lTelev. In the Caucasus, is probably the
oldest person in the world Last week,
according 10 q Russian correspondent, she
celebrated her l65th birthday. Though she
a now quite incapable OF using her limbs,
she Is still In possession Of her mental
faculties
Frank Clemens OF Standpoint, Idaho, is
the owner OF what IL said TO be the only
team OF trained deer In the United States.
The deer were captured In the northern
part OF the county when small and are
now s months old. They are well broken
10 drive and when hitched 70 a sleigh Will
travel as fast as horses. Il r. said.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
WHAT TO DO.

Chicago News.
/ knew an able, brawny wight
Who won success with ease,
He did not strive from morn Till night
He had rare qualities.
But when he won the goOdiy prize,
This luckest OF men,
He rested meath admirlng eyes
And lost Il all again.
Another strOve from day TO day
To conquer adverse luck.
He was not brawny able-nay,
He only had his pluck.
But when he'd gain IN warfare rough
A prize for which he'd tried
He knew its value well enough
To keep Il by his side.
SO goes the world 10 working folk
Some strive TIL life Is done
Some seem 20 think that life's a Joke
And lose the prize they've won,
But n you wish success TO win
That profits much a man
II pays 10 do through thick and thin.
The very best yop can
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
BRYAN AND WILSON.
Meeting of the Peerless Defeated ana
New Jerseys Governor.
Wnehlnpin, I1nat

Washington Post
II is a political proverb that presidents
are not made at the national conventions.
A year, sometimes two three or four years,
before the delegates meet to name their
candidate political events have shaped the
result. Even now the history Of the two big
conventions TO be held in 1912 is being
manufactured
II is from little acorns that big oaks
grow. William Jennings Bryan, thrice de-
feated for the presidency, but still reckoned
as a political factor, met Governor VIII
son at Princeton last night Wilson has
not been one of the most loyal supporters
of Bryan, and while the latter Is not the
originator Of the beautiful quality Of ma -
nanlmity. he has been free Of late in cV-
pressing the approval OF certain Views Il
the New Jersey men, Perhaps it IL NOT
that he loves Wilson more, but that no
loves Harmon less.
Few can gainsay the fact that while
Bryan cannot, II he would, obtain the nomi-
nation for himself his influence thrown
one way or another, win have a considers
able effect There Is sim a good kick In
the peerless leader. He has not been very
successful in his fights in Nebraska but
he has his adherents, And they may be
expected at the convention with their lungs
full of noise,
The question now Is whether Bryan ~
seeking woodrow Wilson or Woodrow VIII
son Is seeking Bryan. They are both radi-
Gals among the radicals. They both want
the initiative referendum. recall and all
the other modern stars in the sky Pers
haps Bryan wanted TO talk over the situ-
alton with Wilson; perhaps Wilson wanted
20 talk over the situation with Bryan.
Eeither way, II can be imagined that at
least a few brief notes were made on the
present page of political history.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
Postal puns shut Out.
New York World.

New YORK WOrld.
The order OF the postmaster general pro-
hibiting the transmission through the
mails of postal cards containing duns or
threats is one which others besides i'm
pecunious debtors have reason to approve
A postal card before reaching its destina-
ton is certain to be seen by other eyes
than those for which II is intended, and to
use this means to advertise a mans in
debtedness is to give unwarrantable pub
licity to his affairs. 1t is an invasion OF
personal privacy, and surprise may be felt
that the postoffice authorities have toll
Grated 1t.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
The Limit of Nerve.
Pittsurg Dispatch

IlllSAIb lJlSpdACu.
The plea on behalf Of the Sugar trust
that It has paid the United States treasury
$685., 100000 in the last fourteen years, and
stolen one 1 per cent or so Of that sum
seems to be the twentieth century repro
duction Of Warren hastings amazement at
his own moderation. 1t may be pertinent
to recall that in the same time the rest
OF the country has paid into the same re-
ceptacle something like $1,000 1000. Yet
that does not justify the others in stealing
even 1 per cent OF II back.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
Large Opening for doctors.
Boston Transcript.

One of the women doctors at the mis-
sionary meeting in fremont Temple, made
the cruel assertion that IL three-fourths of
the Boston doctors should suddenly van
ish the city would get along just as well!
And then in order to make the pill easier
to swallow, she called upon Boston doctors
to go back with her to India, where at
the present time every doctor is sure Of a
million patents That ought to keep a
saw-bones busy several hours of the day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
MOdesty Strikes a Note.

When the Hon. Champ Clark was asked
IL he was a candidate for the democratic
nomination for president he answered:
''Well, the democratic party might go
further and fare worse-and I think 1t
will"
On the last previous appearance that we
recall Of this venerable and always useful
Jest It was credited to the Hon. Joseph G.
Cannon OF Illinois. When he utilized It for
the expression Of his sentiments It had
the merit Of conveying 10 his listeners a
certain amount of truth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

Down in Lincoln a great hue and
cry has been raised against the intru-
sion OF advice from outsiders as 10
how the city government should be
run at the state capital. Why kick
against the pricks7 Omaha Is gotten
30 accustomed 20 having folks from
Lincoln. south Omaha, Plattsmouth,
Fremont and Dss Moines tell us how
10 reform ourselves that We would
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
PntroIIing the RIo Grande.

PhiIadeIphia Record.
The difficulty Of patrplling the 1900 miles
Of the Mexican border with United States
cavalry to prevent the violation Of our
laws by insurgents demonstrates how futile
are the means of the custom house to
restrain the smugglers' trade across the
Rio Grande. Reciprocity with Mexico sup
pIementing reciprocity with Canada, would
go far toward putting an end to the
smuggling traffic on the southern as well
as the northern border.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

After Judge Walter l. Smith is ban
quoted a few more times in honor Of
his elevation to the bench of the
United States circuit court of appeals
he will have acquired the judicial tenn
permanent beyond the possibility of a
doubt
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

1t is quite possible that the Water
board is not in such hurry to build
that second Florence main as it
thought IT was-not so anxious to do
something as it is to continue to do
nothing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
An appalling CharEe.
kensas CITY star.

Mr. Weaver, the commissioner OF street
cleaning has been sued for $4,000 for say
ing that many citizens we're being "gouged"
by the plumbers. II was an appalling
charge to make, and the fair name and
fame OF the plumbing profession seems 70
be a. stake.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

The Iowa legislature is still
wrestling with the question of permit
ting cities to tax terminals for mu-
nicipal purposes. Iowa boasts being
progressive state, but this is where
Nebraska got ahead of its neighbor
four years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
Fake OoIIesians at the Front.
Springfield Republican.

The name OF oscar @. Creighton, Ameri-
can, said TO be leading band Of Mexican
revolutionists and called a Harvard grad
uate, does not appear in the catalogues Of
the university at Cambridge. This person
may be a Harvard graduate figuring under
an alias but is more likely TO be a fake
coIlegian. Newspaper writers dealing with
northern Mexico are charged to produce
readable stories. and the consequences
thereof are various.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

srCulo make the government all the
more eager to address itself TO the
task. II cannot AFFORD to retard the
progress one day longer Than ia posi-
lively necessary
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

STILL Governor Woodrow Wilson's
presidential boom might have been
launched more wisely II Il had been
set on al the Bryan birthday banquet
instead Of az a ST. Patrick's day feast,
especially in view Of the fact that II
would only have had 10 have been
kept IN cold storage two days longer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
A Mere overnight.
Indianapolis News.

Relating exists no longer. OF course, but
the unpleasant after effects OF It are still
adding 70 the railroads expenses, as Is
evident from the fine Of $500 imposed
on the New York Central and $4,000 on
the Pennsylvania az Buffalo.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

Rural Nebraska towns are prepar-
ing for the annual tug-of-war between
the vets and the drys. The profes-
sional Anti-saloon leaguers should be-
gin to make a noise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

It might be mentioned in passing
that the Honorable Hinky Dink, who
Joined in celebrating the Lorimer ''tri-
umph, is also supporting Carter Har-
risOn for mayor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
A sign of something.
Wall Street Journal.

AS President Taft and John d. Rookie
Teller merely said good morning to each
other on the Augusta, Ca, golf links,
tipsters will now hasten to return an adj
verse Standard Oil decision.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

AS was TO have been expected, the
world-Herald has concluded now that
the measure has run the gauntlet of
the legislature that the criminal
Joker" is not so Objectionable. after
All
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

But would the democrats have been
so severe on superintendent Manuel
Of the Kearney Reform school il he
had gone out OF ONCE with Governor
shallenberger and had not been re-
appointed by Governor Aldrich? We
pause for reply.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

Abe Reuf says they may imprison
his body, but not his soul In the
search of the last four and one
fourths years no one aopoars to have
run across his soul
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

Governor Dix said he was anxious
that the senatorial contest be settled
and with that end in view he visited
MI Murphy Does the governor as
pire TO humoT?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

why all this hub-bub over John
Hays Hammond as our representative
at the coronation? He has the price
and can look the part. What else is
there to it?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
RooseveIt,s "Promise Of sunshIne.,
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

L,
Many men dread the day Of being called
grandpa" but who, in the light of Mr.
Roosevelt's outcry against race suicide,
can doubt that the approaching shadow
Of the name is to him q promise Of sun
shine?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
TEnRuARY cIRcuLATIoN.
47,62l

State Of Nebraska, County OF Douglas, S.
Dwight Williams, circulation manager OF
The Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says that the average daily cir
culatiOn, less spoiled, unusued and returned
copies, for the month OF February, 1911, wa
G,e2l DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn K
before me this LIST day OF March, 1911.
(SealD ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20
Consider How We Move.
Plttsburg Dispatch

Twelve millions year for the travelling
expenses Of officers of the government
sounds big by itself. But compared with
some six or seven hundred millions for
wars past or prospective it shrinks into
moderation
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-20

Here's hoping the troops will be
back from the Mexican border in time
to furnish the usual military escort
for King Ak-Sar-Ben.