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Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
People Talked About

Porflrio Diaz isn't saying a word, but
is enjoying "a long-distance view OF the
eruptiye scenery in Mexico.
John ID. Rockefeller gave 800 TO the
Tarrytown fire department and Joined II.
1t is not bon idea for John d. to be-
come an efficient fire fighter before he
leaves this vale Of tears.
A Cleveland youngster on a salary Of SIS
a week managed to pull off high living
stunt for six months at the rate OF s5ocp
year. Admiration for his talent fails 10
show up on his jail bond.
A correspondent Of the Boston Herald
suggests that the name "Bullycrats" be
adopted for the followers Of Colonel
Roosevelt, arguing that they are not all
plutoerats, would not like to be called
aristocrats, and cannot style themselves
democrats.
The warehouses Of Dufferin. who. as
Flora Davis, was a reigning New YORK
belle OF the early sos, has announced that
she viii 90 on the stage now that her
husbands family's fortunes are at low
ebb. She rather favors the music halls
for the high salaries that they pay.
Managers of the telephone system OF
Paris gave as a reason why the hello
girls are SO much slower than their
American sisters the fact that most Of
the French girls are married and the
latter are single Actual family cares
are supposed to be more bothersome than
keeping tab on beau.
James Elliott. negro. who settled In
Binghamton. n. Y. in 1850, and
amassed a fortune by dealing In real
estate during the reconstruction period.
is dead at his home. aged ioi years. He
was nearly fifty years old when he es-
capped from slavery by means Of the
underground railroad"
Andrew Carnegie has made gifts OF
SAG library buildings, at a cost to him
self of s5;.A7l7& During 1911 he made ~
new gifts in the United States and Can
ada, amounting to sl.71s,75c. These varied
from Sele.Os to Los Angeles down to 400
to Pierce, Neb. He made forty-two in
creases to previous gifts. amounting to
saS.gN
Francis l. Leland, the New YORK.
banker, who has just given 100000 10
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art Is ::
years old. and an. art collector. New
York" he says. will become a great
art center-perhaps the greatest. All the
money is here. and. more than that. the
good will. Our artistic supremacy viii not
come Immediately, however. not In five
years. nor ten. nor twenty.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
His Enthusiastic Enforcement.

The Roosevelt press bureau has
pulled out for renewed circulation
the reeitals Of the last republican
national platform praising the work
and personality Of the then occupant
Of the White House. and pledging a
continuance OF the policies under an
other republican president about to
be nsmed.
Failure Of republican convention
to approve the record Of a repub-
lican executive would. indeed, be
anomalous, and, as matter OF fact,
this tribute 10 President Roosevelt
was. in part, tribute to Mr.. Taft,
who. as secretary Of war, had helped
formulate and carry through the
Roosevelt policies. AS to the execu-
ton OF the pledge to continue the
good work. the best evidence is
found In the platform adopted two
years later by the New York state
republican convention, presided over
and wholly dominated by Theodore
Roosevelt, which reads as follows:
We enthusiastically endorse the pro-
gressive and statesmanlike leadership Of
William Howard Taft. and declare our
pride in the achievements Of his first
eighteen months as president Of the
United States. Each succeeding month
since his inauguration has confirmed the
nation In its high esteem Of his greatness
Of character. intellectual ability. sturdy
common sense. extraordinary patience
and perseverance,. broad and statesman
like comprehension Of public questions
and unfaltering and answering adher-
ence 10 duty. He has strengthened our
prestige with foreign nations and treated
with vigor and wisdom important inter-
national problems. notably our tariff re-
lations with Germany. France and Can
ada. Under his administration the pros
ecution OF those implicated in the sugar
and other customs frauds have been con-
tinued and convictions obtained; there
have been impartial and energetic en-
forcement OF the sherman antitrust act:
substantial reduction Of governmental
expenses. the establishment Of better
business methods. which viii result in
greater efficiency and real economy; re-
markable progress In the construction Of
the Panama canal and the withdrawal
from private entry OF over 7l.oooo0o acres
of the public domain. TO preserve for
public benefit valuable coal and other
mineral deposits. timber land and water
power sites. On his Recommendation
congress has provided for q commission
10 Investigate and report on the reguia-
tion Of the issuance OF stocks and bonds
by public service corporations engaged In
Interstate commerce. lie has advocated
new system OF appropriations for river
and harbor improvements. under which
each item. after investigation by experts.
shall DO approved and carried to COM
pletion as a separate measure. This rec
ommendation we heartily endorse.
This is the platform upon which
Colonel Roosevelt campaigned the
Empire state in 1910 asking cleo
ton Of his preferred choice for gov
ernor, and ~ he could "enthusias-
tically" indorse the leadership OF
President Taft. and take pride in the
achievements Of his first eighteen
months In the White House, surely
nothing has happened since to justify
. reversal ,of this certificate o. ap'
prosal, -
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
canadian Dissension.

The threat OF a resolution in the
Manitoba legislature providing for
secession OF the western provinces
of Canada from the Dominion as an
echo of the recent reciprocity CAM
paign, suggests many interesting pos
sibilities, whether II lacks serious sup
port or not. II tends to show, what
was apparent at the time, that II
the question had been divided and
the two sections allowed to vote on
It separately, western Canada prob
ably would have accepted our reci-
procity treaty. 1t cannot be de-
termined from the action OF this in
diyiduai Manitoba legislature how ex-
tensive this feeling of discomfort is
even in Manitoba. to say nothing OF
the other eight provinces comprising
western Canada. or even IL 1t is pre-
dominant In Manitoba, whether it
is elsewhere. Each province has its
own legislature, but in a matter Of
this kind concerted action would be
necessary.
Conservative judgment doubtless
will tend to discredit any likelihood
OF secession, and yet 1t would not
be impossible II it were determined
upon. England's authority in Can
ada. while official. is largely nom
inal. The lawmaklng power is vested
In the king. or his representative, the
governor-general. and the Dominion
Parliament. which consists OF a SEN
ate and house OF commons. the mem
bers of the former being appointed
by the governor-general for life. and
what powers OF government as be-
tween the provinces and the Parlia-
ment are not explicitly defined, the
central government exercises. But in
all this there is nothing to prevent
any OF the provinces from seeding
II they 80 decided and forming a
central government to themselves.
While Ontario. in its high state of
development, outstrips any, II not all
the provinces combined, In agrieul-
tural production, II may not always
enjoy this distinction. for tremendous
advance is being made in agriculture
In the western states. They are the
theaters Of vast building even in
cities. some Of which, notably winnl.
peg, are growing to very respectable
proportions. II is quite reasonable
to suppose that In the event of Sc
cession. which the United States
would scarcely care to see, neither
half OF the Dominion would suffer
for lack Of contact or sympathy, for
whatever goes wrong In Canada, its
people have the resources of the
United States to draw upon.
Perhaps the chief feature of this
threat is, after all. to show that
those reports OF thoroughly united
Canada we heard last fall were no
quite as accurate as they were loud
and persistent.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
[Iookins Backward
hisDaSy inOmaha.
r COMPILED FROM BEE FILES
MARCH 4.
Thirty Years Ago

Thirty Years Ago
The camp dump strike continues with
out visible change The men marched
through the streets and held meetings in
the Academy Of Music.
The Omaha Engineering company filed
articles OF incorporation. The incor-
porators are Chester b. Davis, W. ii. j.
Stratton and C. NJ. Mead. Capital stock
sle,ooe. and the purpose to design and con-
struct bridges, roof trusses and water
systems.
Governor Nance has commissioned
Arthur C. Baker a notary public.
The Grand Army Of the Republic under
the supervision of Colonel Temple are IN
active preparation for the presentation OF
THE Union Spy"
pest house patient who thought he
did not get enough to eat took French
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Did Je-u. Relieve In Reincarnations


OMAHA. March Ito the Editor OF
Tha Rec. In last Mondays Bee Ella
wheeler wilcox makes a statement so far
AZ variance from the truth that 1t ought
not 10 pass unchallenged. She says that
"Issnu Christ believed In relncarnation,"
and IN support Of this statement refers to
Matthew Kills and Mark ix:i3. where
leans IL reported as saving that John
the Baptlst is Elijah that Is to come"
she adds these words, which seem to
carry a little sting to them: Just why
the orthodox Christian church chooses to
be so silent regarding these unmistakable
assertions of Jesus Christ Is one OF the
many unexplained problems of modern
Christianity"
If may venture 10 eulighten Mrs. VIII
cor as 10 why this is so. / should say
that the evident meaning OF Jesus In the
Messages referred 10 is that John the
Baptis, was a man who wrought in the
same spirit and followed the same ideals
that actuated the great prophet OF Gilead.
The idea Of Incarnation cannot be found
hare except az II In dragged In by a spe-
clal pleader who is hard put to II TO find
basis for an argument.
Christianity and the Hindu philosophy
Of reincarnation are antagonistic in the
most thorough-golng sense. The latter
teaches that redemption is TO be secured
nv a long process OF rebirths at the end
Of which the individual finds his heaven
in being swallowed up in the universal
consciousness OF God, This notion OF
the transmigratIon Of souls originated
among savage peoples on the lowest levels
Of animlstic religion.
Christianity, on the contrary. stands for
pallngenesIs. that is. the spiritual rebirth
~ the individual in the life of the spirit.
II stands for the sharing Of every true
believer in the essential life Of God. As
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Directing the Stream of Immigrants.

Business men all over the south
are united in q movement to induce
European immigrants to settle in the
south. both for agricultural and in
dustrial purposes. Many OF these
business men recently met at Balti-
more and determined upon plans for
advancing their movement. They
propose to exercise care. OF course,
in the kind Of immigrants they In
vite and then place at the disposal
OF the newcomers all the Information
they may require about the south.
fortified with argument why they
should seek their new homes in that
section.
II "a a good move and win bear
fruit for the south II carried out In
broad spirit. Some day We expect
to see western men unite in a similar
enterprise. II may be said that the
west has been largely peopied By the
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
A PURP0sEFUL LENT.

W. d. Nesbit in Chicago Post
She eats no meat:
A bit Of toast,
With nothing sweet.
She'll eat. at most.
No chocolates .... -.
She's seen to MUNICH,
Some cheese she CRATES
To serve for lunch.
No roast, no stew,
No pie, no cake;
No puddiags new
For her to bake.
A crust Of bread
Serves her to dine: a
Then she has fed; -
She VOWS tits fine.
Through all the day
She medltates.
In her calm way
She reads and waits
Save that bettmes
She trudges far
And tolls and climbs
Where rough hills are.
Her form grows thin,
Her cheeks grow pale.
Her once plump chin ~
Points like rail. . s.saa
She seems 10 see
Things far away.
You ask Is she
A deyotee.
All. no. kind friend,
She does not fast
Till Lent shall end.
Her vigils past. &
Her walks. her crust.
Her empty plate
Means she Is Just
Reducing weight.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

The Outlook used to throw occa-
sional bouquets at President Taft,
but OF late does not seem to have
been so often among his admirers.
stu, it cannot well take back all
the complimentary things 1t has said
about him.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

From the result Of the suf-
.fragettes' part In the London coal
iInlners' strike. equal suffrage in la
Dor matters does not seem very In
spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

In addition to being the strong
man Of China. President Yuan Shi
Kzi also appears to have sense of
bnnor. After the massaers by fan
ntical Chinese of a number OF for
etgnerz. Yuan issued q public state
m<nt Of apology, for the conduct Of
his unruiy fellow citizens
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Judicial Joke Passed Along

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The black-robed gentlemen OF the SUI
preme court seem also to enjoy their
joke. The facility with which they turned
over the Initiative and referendum. along
with the recall. TO congress, in the Oregon
case. and all other cases like II. indicates
that they are without desire to set up a
monopoly of a good thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Replying in the senate to Colonel
Roosevelt's Columbus speech. Sena-
tor Rayner OF Maryland said he could
hardly find words to express his feel
ings upon such incendiary utter
ances- He finally discovered a few.
however. and you may rest assured
they were choice ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Twenty Years Ago

w. F. Vail. city ticket agent OF the
B. and NJ, returned from a flying trip
south. He visited Galveston and Houston,
Tex. In Houston he met o. NJ Carter
OF Omaha. who had bought the stree,
railway of that city. and at Galveston he
met w. II. Green OF Omaha, who was in
terested in a suburb called Nottingham.
The Union Pacific begun preparations
for the addition Of q large boiler shop to
Its Omaha plant.
S. B. Jones. for icng time assistant
general passenger agent for the Union
Pacific. and lately city passenger agent
for the Northwestern in Chicago. was ap-
pointed district passenger agent for the
latter road.
Ex-Governor James w. Dawes Of Crete
was at the Willard.
Honorable Henry watterson, editor OF
the Louisville courer-Journal. was q
caller upon Edward Rosewater at The
Bee office. Mr.. Waterson came up here
to speak on Money end Morals" at the
Dohaney opera house at Council Bluffs
In the course OF his address. he said; rs
there anything lying across our pathway
as a nation which Is likely to obstruei
our march OF triumph? answer, yes
Canada and Mexico"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Down at Lincoln they have just
begun TO debate whether the CON-
mission plan Of city government is,
or Is not. a good thing. A short
wait will find\omaha ready to fur
nish an object lesson designed to
answer the question.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

The break between cummins and La
Toilette. by which they no longer speak,
is one OF the humors OF the season. Pro-
gressives are coming TO resemble Tom
Reeds idea of currency reformers, when
he said that II ever he could find two of
them in agreement he would hasten to
adopt their Recommendation.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

The supreme court decision up
holding the commission plan law
also validates the work done by The
Bee in procuring the petition for
submission in Omaha and having the
law adopted here first.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

+. Chicago Reeord-Herald.

Nnicako flecoFu-hefaIu
Some Of the democrats want 20 have
the Baltimore convention postponed TO q
date that will obyiate the danger OF hsv-
ing IT occur before the republicans have
named their candidate. What is the mat
ter with the democrats? Don't they in
tend to nominate their best man in any
event7
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

The socialists are busying them
selves for the commission plan cam
paign from the very start. And aote,
too, that they have Just seven and
no more to divide their strength.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

The latest invention in prospect
looks to the manufacture of paper
out OF cotton plant stalks. The
manufacture OF paper from corn
stalks ought to be more feasible.
and. besides, eornstalks are plentiful
around here.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Governor Aidrich Is willing to de-
fer the third term question as It az.
feefs the office OF state executive un-
I'll after be has been commissioned
for his second term.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Ideals and Realities.


The agreement as to the ideal girl.
reached by the Bible class OF the junior
Mr.. Rockefeller Is interesting. but not es-
pecialiy important 1t is no trouble at all
for any fellow to pick out an ideal girl
The trouble comes when she has ideals
that he doesn't measure up to.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

In his income tax bill, Congress
man Underwood has at last sue
cesded in proposing one thing that
meets Mr.. Bryan's approval. but Il
does not escape his suspicion
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
Ten Years Ago.

Ten Years Ago an
Hugo Trwsckei died at an early hour
at clarkson hospital lie was about 8
years Of age. and had been an empioye
Of the Her distillery.
ID. II. Morris n fireman In the employ
OF the Union Pacific, was seriously In
cured in the companys yards by switch
engine.
John Philip sousa and his band gave
two concerts at the Boyd theater.
An important meeting Of the trustees
Of the Methodist hospital was held a,
The Young Mems Christian association
IN addition to electing new trustees for
the term, plans for the new hospital were
expanded. The estimate expense Of the
building was fixed at s2s.ooO. Rev. j.
W. jennings presiding elder of th'
Omaha district, acted as chairman OF the
meeting, and these trustees were elected
for the year: Rev. Mr.. Jennings. Charles
A. Goss, c. W. Delamatre. Rev. c. NJ
Dawson. Erastus Young, Jay Laverty, B
Il. Ball, r. b. Carter and w. p. Hartford
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
JANUARY CIRCULATION
49,728

State Of Nebraska. County Of Douglas. IS;
Dwight Williams. circulation manager
Of The Bee Publishing company. being
duly sworn, says that the average dAiiy
circulation less spoiled. unused and re-
turned copies. for the month Of January.
ssi.. was t7.S
DWIGHT WILLIAMS.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn TO
before me this TIN day OF February. 1872.
; fSoai.l ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Still quite q few former worship
ping admirers will be missing at that
birthday dinner to the sage Of Fair
view. including our own Mayor Jim
among the absentees.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

II the legislature merely wanted
10 double, the salaries OF the In
cumbent officials, It could have done
No. without changing their names.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
I. IL s,raishtt
philadelphia Record.

Roosevelt says he won't bolt the party's
choice. Now. II he had said under no
circumstances will / bolt we should
know where 10 have him.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

association any more than II exists among
the members CT the American bar.
As to loyalty and devotion 10 the white
people OF the south. the record OF the
negro during the awful days Of the civil
war Is unequslled In the history Of
peoples.
The last set Of men on earth who ought
10 protest against Mr.. Lewis are the
lawyers Of this country. who have
boosted, more or less deservedly. Of being
broad minded. and learned and Jealous of
the rights created under the laws OF the
and. II is to their shame that the ques-
ton OF recalling Mr.. Lewis has ever be-
come mooted.
II the recall OF judges and judicial de-
eisions have to be submitted to . people
whose preJudices Il will not say jesl-
ousiesl will not permit Of dispassionate
and broad judgment fear we will have
to look to some other scheme for a soiu-
ton OF the Ills and imaginary Ills Of the
day. F. s. HOWELL
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Incidentally" observes the WASH
inston Post. this will not hurt the
outlook's circulation" Oh, don't
mix business with pleasure that way
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Colonel watterson's love. for Ken
.t0cky will meet the acid test when
-fhat grand old state embraces prohi-
;bltion.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

4 With all this noticably growing
Cove OF art and things artistic In
Omaha, We may yet hope for the city
,ssantiful.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

OMAHA, Feb. 2s.-To the Editor Of The
Bee: Every true American citizen should
do little thinking, for there is great
fascination about being president OF the
United States.
II isn't so much a question Of any one
great political issue at the present time
as 1t is one OF individualism. President
Taft has not played to the grandstand:
he has not talked of euphonic spelling
for a by-play; he has not dictated how
many children each individual should
propagate; nor has he written a book on
hunts and travels.
Instead he has been q true and cour-
ageous president, as was evidenced
through his western trip. for he suffered
insincere criticism, which was unjust, be-
cause he was successor to a popular man
who happened to be so entirely different.
1t is a blessing that men differ, otherwise
We would have a monarchy.
Every republican should be In favor Of
Mr.. Taft for president Let every one
show Mr.. Taft his best side and he will
be good enough for US all and our gov
ernor. too. II. II. q.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

II the cost OF table dhote living
oyertops the mark, why. order a Ia
carte. y
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

How does waiter get the money!
asks a contemporary. by waiting
for II, evidently.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Father Winter shakes his white
beard angrily when anything Is said
about HIS backbone being weak.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

The more hopeless the La Toilette
Andidacy looks. the more sympa-
hectic becomes Mr.. Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

The Chicago Evening Post says
.l.2o0 rare birds are on their way to
chicago." stage girls?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

Mexico does not believe in the re-
call strongly enough to use It on
Diaz.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

In the meantime President TAFT
has been getting the instructed dele
gates.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04

IL must have been Medicine Hat
the colonel threw Into the ring.