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WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Babseribcrs leaving; thai cits' tern,
porarlly sboald ust The) Be
mailed to them. It la better than
daily letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed oftea as
requested.
If the pressure on Japan becomes too
strong that nation mny have to prove Its
elasticity rather than lose the fruits of
victory.
There are perhaps not so many loose
planks In Omaha sidewalks as there used
to be, but there are still more than there
ought to be.
Grover Cleveland, as au Equitable
trustee, has an excellent opportunity to
exemplify and enlarge upon his ideas of
public offices and public trusts.
'Missouri railroads, are to test the max
imum freight rate law. If those rates
run the gauntlet the Missouri law will
be of special Interest to Nebraska when
our legislature meets.
If Japanese and Russian statesmen
fear it will be too hot In Washington
to talk peace they might retire in favor
of their army generals, who have been
accustomed $o hot places.
There Is no excuse for any able-bodied
mechanic to be Idle In Omnha this sea
son. And steady employment for wage
workers should be reflected In every
branch of local trade and Industry.
Since there were no delegates present
Bt the populist congressional convention
called to meet at Lincoln there Is reason
to believe that the campaign against tho
use of passes Is having some effect.
Secretary Tuffs Idea of the race prob
lem seems to be a square deal for all
men, which Is the ultimate solution of
the question, but unfortunately the sec
retary fulls to tell Just how to get it
ASOTHtn MILltMr COMBIKATIOX.
Au association of receivers and ship
pers at Cincinnati hits petitioned the
lepnrtineiit of Justice to institute pro
ceedings nailer the auti trust law
agniiiMt the Southern Hallway company
and the Atlantic "Coast Line couqmny,
which are alleged to exercise n von
trolling ownership over competing rall
roads In their territory and to 1m; work
ing together titider a classification and
rate agreement. It Is urged by the peti
tioners that this brings tlietn under the
ruling Judicially laid down in the North
ern Securities case. While the cases
nre not identical there Is certainly some
analogy between them. The petition
declares that a combination owning or
controlling railroads leading from nil
the principal gateways, and from all
directions of the compass, Into a com
mon territory of destination, hns the
lower to restrain trade as effectually as
does a combination which consists of
two parallel and competing roads, and
It asks that proceedings be taken for in
junctions against the designated rail
way companies, forbidding tUein to ac
quire further stock in railroads in south
ern territory or to vote that which they
now hold or In any way to exercise con
trol, direction, supervision or Influence
over the subsidiary companies. Other
combinations or agreements are alleged
and it 1st complained that in these there
is discrimination against the northern
and western states and in favor of the
eastern states in their trade relations
with the southern states, to the serious
damage of the commercial interests of
the first named states. ;
The allegations and arguments of the
petitlou appear plausible, but according
to the view of some if the request of
the petitioners should be carried out the
result would be revolutionary, a familiar
objection to every effort to put an end
to railroad combinations and the conse
quent suppression of competition. As
soon as a movement of this character is
started a cry Is' raised that the whole
railway system of the country Is threut
ened with demoralization and disorgan
ization and that the inevitable result
must be disaster to the business inter
ests of the country. This was so when
proceedings were Instituted against the
transmissourl and the Joint traffic as
sociations and again in the Northern
Securities. In nil these cases it 'was
urged that if the decisions were adverse
to the ngreements there w;ould ensue
conditions that would bring hardship
to every industrial and commercial In
terest. Experience has shown the fal
lacy of such predictions.
The combination or agreement of the
southeastern roads, according, to the
facts and statements set forth in the
Cincinnati petition, appears to be
plainly in violation of the anti trust law.
Assuming the allegations made to be
correct, the combination of the rnllroads
referrred to is clearly in restraint of
trade and commerce among the states
and is subject to the same rule that
was applied ngnirJst th.e'tr'amMilssonrt
and Joint traffic agreements. There Is
also involved in it unlawful discrimina
tion. The matter is manifestly Impor
tant and calls for careful investigation
on the part of tho federal authorities,
which it is safe to say will be given it.
As now presented the country has
known no railway combination more
formidable or dangerous than this.
rather Important detail Wing settled,
the other matters preliminary to the
meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries
It is expected will Is? disposed of with
out any serious difficulty. It Is true
there Is the possibility of differences as
to some of the other details, but as Isith
powers are" thus far showing good faith
there appears to be no reason for ap
prehending any serious hitch In the ar
rangements. vThere seems to lie a
shadow of pessimism In some quarters,
but very generally the feeling Is that
all the preliminaries will soon be ar
ranged and the meeting of the peace
conference take place within a reason
able time.
of taxpayers who always pay promptly
every dollar of taxes assessed against
them, whether state, county, school or
municipal. Better ring off on this line.
The records right here at Omaha show
altogether too many fuses of railroad
taxes fought off to the last ditch or
settled on compromises no other tax
payers would have Itecu able to exact. '
Now Booker T. Washington gays:
"There Is no disgrace In being a cook,
but there is eternal disgrace in being a
poor cook." And he might have added
there Is also eternal indigestion in the
output.
In deciding to congratulate the king
of Sweden on the marriage of his grand
ion the Norwegian Btorthlng evidently
wants to show that brothers can dwell
in peace and unity without eating at the
am table.
Railroads in Illinois admit that they
have two standards of value, one for fix
ing rates and the other for purposes of
taxation. While in other states they
may not admit this openly the situation
is the same.
Milwaukee business men have organ
ized a consumers' league whose mem
bers are all bound to patronize home
industry, including, of course. Milwau
kee's uncorked beverage. The Milwau
kee idea is suggestive.
With Japan taking steps to adopt the
Roman alphabet It offers unparalleled
opportunity for the champions of pho
netic spelling. Here Is where tho Eng
lish language can be given rest until
the Idea is tried on the orient.
The labor unions of South Omaha urc
to be reorganized. But the borny landed
grafters who make merchandise out of
the working men's votes do not need re
organisation. They are always on hand,
la season and out of season, ready to do
boslness.
The State Association of Nebraska
Postmcsters has decided to hold Its next
nnuual roundup at Omaha, but not with
out serious opposition. ; In coming to
Omaha tho Nebraska Nashya will have
to forego the pleasure of a free trolley
car rtd to the insane asylum aud the,
UMUteutiarw '
Til FT ON EXCLUSION.
Following close upon the announce
ment that Tresldent RooRevelt had
taken up for consideration the subject
of Chinese exclusion, with particular
reference to the harsh enforcement of
the 'law, and the discussion of the mat
ter by the cabinet, the utterance of Sec
retary Taft regarding the subject is
most significant. Assuming that the
secretary voiced the sentiment of the
administration, which there is everv
reason to believe was the case, the
country may, expect from the president
a decided stand against the harsh course
that has been pursued toward Chinese
merchants, students and travelers who
have come to this country and a de
termined effort to have the offensive
policy changed.
Secretary Taft was very plain and
explicit in his treatment of this subject.
The course In subjecting Chinese -merchants,
students and travelers to the
same sort of examination that Is given
coolies he characterized as humiliating
and Insulting, and he put some very per
tinent questions suggested by the com
mercial point of view. The utterance
of the secretary of war, than whom no
one in the administration Is more In tho
confidence of the presldeut, carries with
It the assurance that the administration
disapproves of the severity with which
the exclusion law has been enforced and
gives to tho subject a more commanding
Imporance than it has . hitherto ' pos
sessed. It makes evident the fact that
the appeal of American manufacturers
and exporters to Mr. Roosevelt has had
the desired effect.
A BELATED EYE OPENER
Taxpaylng citizens of South Omaha,
and especially home owners, are gradu
ally becoming Impressed with the fact
that they have been fleeced aud mis
governed by democratic grafters, repub
lican grafters and grafters who ore not
especially particular to what party they
belong. It is a matter of notoriety that
public office In South Omaha, by what
ever party, is always regarded as
private snap. Municipal franchises, con
cessions, contracts or privileges of all
kinds have been bought and sold almost
in tho open. The late president of the
Union racitie, Mr. Burt, once said that
his road could not get a right-of-way or
switch privilege In South Omahn without
being held up, whatever the politics
complexion of the city government ant
council might be. But the men who
exact this tribute never share their loot
with the taxpayers.
To be sure the financial exhibit made
by the city treasurer shows well on Its
face. We are told there is to be no over
lap this year, but we nre not told that
repeated overlaps have lxen funded and
lionds have been issued bearing 5 and 0
per cent Interest to muk" good the
periodic shortages caused by grafters
and jobbers.
In round numbers. South Omaha pays
$.'00,(XH) a year for Its municipal and
school government. Close to one-half of
this amount Is absolutely wasted. This
does not take into account the expend!
ture for paving and other improvement
for which lionds nre being issued, nor
does it represent the fixed charges that
will have to be added to the ordinary
taxes to meet the Interest on proposed
bond Issues for parks, city hall and
sewerage. The proposed new bond Issues
also represent graft in various forms,
There Is graft imminent in the purchase
of lots and park lands, graft In sewer
contracts, and, last but not least, graft
in the sale of the bonds.
No wonder South Omahn taxpayers are
not pleased with the outlook and many
of them who last winter trooped to the
state capital with a brass band to re
moustrate agninst the enactment of the
law that would have enabled the people
of South Omaha to sny whether they
wanted to continue or terminate their
extravagance and wasteful local govern
ment how wish they hnfl atfly&rat'hdine;
Having corralled three out of five of
the memtiers of the State Board of As
sessment, John N. Baldwin has departed
for the seashore on his annual vacation,
perfectly serene and confident that last
year's Union Pacific assessment will
stand this year, although last year's
Union Pacific net earnings show an In
crease of more than 20 per cent over the
preceding year.
Among the'' LaFollette ' reform bills
that will become part of the Wisconsin
statute in the near future is the act
banishing professional lobbyists. The
measure makes It unlawful for any per
son employed for a pecuniary remunera
tion to act as legislative counsel or agent
to attempt personally to Influence any
member of the legislature to vote for or
against any measure then pending
therein otherwise than by appearing be
fore the regular committee when in ses
sion, or by newspaper articles, public
addresses, or printed and written state
ments, arguments or briefs delivered to
each member of the legislature. The
bill further provides that twenty-five
copies of any such statement must be
filed with the secretary of state before
being distributed among the members of
the legislature. If such a bill were
enacted In Nebraska the corporation pay
rolls would be materially reduced.
WASHINGTON. SKLUCTED-
The selection of Washington city as
the place of meeting of the Russian and
Japanese peace plenipotentiaries will
gratify the American, people, who will
quite naturally regard it as additional
evidence of the high esteem in which
the Uulted States is held abroad. In
agreeing to hold the conference In Wash
ington the hostile powers express con
fidence thot at our national capitol there
will le no outside Influence to Interfere
with or embarrass the deliberations of
their representatlvea and that so far as
the government is concerned they will
be treated with absolute Impartiality.
It Is now pointed out that it may be
a couple of months before the meeting
of the plenipotentiaries, assuming that
the remaining details will be adjusted
In due course, by which time the very
hot season will be about over. It Is
further suggested tliut in the event of
the conference meeting sooner tlan Is
at present expected it might adjourn to
some aumnier resort aud carry on Its de
liberations until the weather at Wash
ington should become comfortable. This
Judging from the protests made to the
County Board of Equalization, there has
been a generul shrinkage In the volume
of merchandise' and bauk deposits and in
the value of real estate and personal
property In this city aud county within
tiie past twelve months. The marked
Increase In the volume of Omaha bank
deposits can therefore be accounted for
only on the theory, that Omaha has be
come a general depository for outsiders,
while the Insiders have transferred their
balances to the wrong side of the ledger,
Whether this extraordinary shrinkage of
assets corresponds with the reports to
the commercial agencies has not yet been
divulged. Possibly the protesting tax
payers of Omaha, like the railroads of
Illinois, are keeping double entry books
one entry for the tax assessor, the other
entry for Dun nnd Bradstreet.
Mandamus proceedings have begun be
fore the supreme court to compel the
outgoing city counx.ll of Lincoln to can
vass the votes and Issue certificates of
election to the incoming members of the
eity council. If an Omaha council had
made such a spectacle of itself what a
roar the organs of the law and order
element of Lincoln would have emitted
about Omnhu's political depravity.
Democrats of the First Nebraska dis
trict profess to have unearthed a ray of
hope that they may capture the con
gressional vacancy created by the pro
motion of Senator Burkett. On what
the ray of hope Is founded, however, they
will refuse to divulge until after the
election returns are In, with tidings of
the usual republican majority.
There is danger that the appropriation
made for the rehabilitation of Fort
Omaha may lapse before the 1st of July
unless the military red tape can be cut
In several places. There Is one cousola
tlon, however the contracts for the new
baud stand and flagstaff will be let,
come what muy.
The railroad tax bureaucrats are again
trying to make capital ont of the asser
tion that the railroads are tha one class
I
It will take more than the retirement
of Mr. Harmon from the case to make
the American people believe that the
present administration desires to strike
violators of the anti-trust laws with a
feather. They will remember that Mr.
Harmon, as attorney general, once had
an opportunity to enforce much the
same laws himself and did nothing.
A Melancholy Reminder.
Baltimore American.
The monument to the dead of the Slorum
disaster Is shortly to be unveiled. But Jus
tice as yet has taken no decisive step to
make another such monument Impossible.
Just for a Change.
Washington Post.
It would be almost worth while, to have
the Japs lose a fight, Just to see how the
commander would handle that "virtue of
the emperor" proposition in his official report.
Ko Nest (or the Wlked.
Brooklyn Kagle.
Trains are now being fitted with wire
less telegraph machines. So nfe ships. 8o
are automobiles. So are pedestrians. Great
Scott! Is there to be no hiding place left
to quiet folks when they go oft on a vacation?
"They IlaTe the Money."
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Those Illinois and Nebraska farmers who
threaten to go after the beef combination
by building a packing house In Chicago and
entering the business shows the extent of
present-day prosperity. The capital of the
concern is to be a million and a half, and
theyjiave the money.
Stepping: Stonea to Success.
Philadelphia Record.
Not many persons have had Mr. Paul
Morton's privilege of choosing between
$100,000 Jobs. It Is a common thing to warn
young men to keep out of the public serv
ice, but Mr. Morton, Mr. Cortelyou and
Colonel Lamont, besides a considerable list
of assistant secretaries of the treasury and
comptrollers of the currency, have lost
nothing by it. .
Chaslnar the Undtrabbrn,
Springfield Republican.
Lawyer Heney of San Francisco, the spe
clal government land fraud lassolst, has
discovered a bunch of land fauds In Cali
fornia that promises to match the Oregon
collection. Becretafy Hitchcock will be
kept busy for sornoj time to come chasing
the rascals. And it; Is likely that he will
chase them 'to Jafl before they chase him
flllt nf th nnhtnoT
Worse titan Bnrarlary.
Philadelphia Record.
Ten years in the penitentiary Is an awful
sentence for a man who has been wealthy,
respected, influential and a financial power
In the community, put it was not a day too
much for the defaulting president of the
First National bank of Milwaukee. As
much or more Is not infrequently Imposed
upon a common criminal, whom nobody
would trust and of whom very little could
be expected. Defalcation and embezzle
ment are more serious offenses, and more
shocking to the moral sense, than burglary.
Sera pin a; Off the Barnacles.
Chicago Chronicle.
Opinions may differ as to the extent of
the regeneration that will be wrought In
the Equitable society by the change In
management, but It la plain that the so
ciety will profit by the retirement of sev
eral well known figures upon whom publlo
attention has been centered for the last
three months. These gentlemen had clearly
lost the confidence of the policy holders
and' their retirement was Indispensable to
the rehabilitation of the company. The
hew management may very well profit by
avoiding the mistakes of the old.
ANOTHER ROOSEVELT TRIl'MPH.
Peace Overtures Increase the Prestlae
of the Nation.
Kansas City Star (Ind.).
President Roosevelt's administration.
which began brilliantly and has been
fraught with achievement, continues to add
distinction and credit to the remarkable,
man who first became an occupant of the
White House by accident, but was returned
to It by an unprecedented majority of the
American voters.
The' president has done greater things
than to bring Russia and Japan Into an
agreement to negotiate peace, but probably
no other act or his life has attracted such
world-wide attention or brought him such
general admiration and good wnT The
war which now seems at an end was an
Inevitable conflict, considering the charac
ter and temper of the nations engaged and
the Issues that provoked hostilities: yet It
was strangely Incongruous with present-day
enlightenment, with, the peace sentiment of
the world and with the progress of Chris
tlanity. But even tha strongest friends of
peace seemed to understand that blood
alone could establish permanent and peace
iui reunions in me lar east. The powers
could do litt.e to prevent hostilities. But
the United States, through President Roose
velt and Secretary Hay, enlisted the efforts
of other nations to limit the sone of war
and this act alone lessened the horrors and
tha demoralization Incident to the conflict
and certainly helped to hasten the end.
The action of the president following the
great naval battle in which Russia's sea
power was destroyed, displayed such an
Intimate knowledge of the true conditions
f both powers, such an understanding of
the attitude of other nations Interested In
restoring peace, and such a fine grasp of
the diplomatic resources available In bring
ing the nations together, that he must be
rated as a diplomatist of the first order.
His course also revealed the fact that In
he midst of other duties and distractions
he had held this subject as on of vast
Importance and personal responsibility, and
was constantly prepared to make the right
move at the right time. The foresight,
capacity and skill ot President Roosevelt
has resulted in another great personal tri
umph and In another credit to the United
States on the side of International tran.
utility.
A great president adds Immeasurably to
the strength Aud prestige of the nation.
The people had a correct Intuition as to
the quality of Theodore Roosevelt even be
fore he became their chief magistrate, and
tbejr were never misled by partisan and
factional reflection on hi politic! "safety"
an4 "sanity,
AS ASTOt DF.C tIA.
Despotic Power Vested In Immlftra
tlon Officials.
Baltimore News.
Astounding Is the only word properly to
characterize the recent decision of the su
preme court of the I'nlted 8tates In a case
excluding a man of Chinese parentage who
Is a natural born American. We do not
wish to express an opinion on the technlral
merits of the esse. The fact that three
Judges of the court Justices Brewer. Perk
ham and Day emphatically dissented Indi
cates that the law was not all upon one
side. This makes still more extraordinary
the view of tho majority of the court. A
native born American citizen made a visit
to China, the fatherland of his parents.
On his return to America he was held up
by the immigration officials at San Fran
cisco and denied admittance tp the United
States. On a writ of habeas corpus the
federal district court In San Francisco de
cided that the man excluded, having been
born In America, was a citizen of the
United States and therefore entitled to ad
mittance. Appealed by the Immigration au
thorities through the circuit court of ap
peals to the supreme court, the latter
august tribunal has decided that since a
statute of congress, passed on August 18,
19o4, provides that the decision of the
proper immigration officer excluding a Chi
nese alien Is final, there can tic no adjudi
cation of the question of citizenship by the
courts and relief canot bo had through the
writ of habeas corpus. In other words, an
officer of the United States government ap
pointed by the president In a ministerial
position has Impliedly conferred upon him
through an act of congress supreme Judi
cial power under which he can himself
charge a citizen of the United States com
ing back to his own country with being an
alien, Brntenco the citizen to everlasting
banishment, and tho citizen has no remedy
whatever but to BUbmlt to the Ignominious
punishment. This supremo Judicial power
overrides article cxl, section 2, of the
constitution, guaranteeing trial by Jury,
and the fifth amendment, as to due process
of Inw, and supersedes the writ of habeas
corpus.
By the rules under which this ministerial
despot with extraordinary Judicial powers
is permitted to act he may deprive the per
son accused of being an alien of communl
cation with any person except an officer
of the United States. He Is examined in
private and only the witnesses chosen by
the immigration officer are heard. Neither
attorney nor friend can be present. If ex
clusion is the sentence, then the appeal to
oiner immigration officers, if made, must
be prepared and on the way to Washing
ton within three days. The burden of proof
Is upon the person excluded, and he has no
right to summon distant witnesses as to his
birth or citizenship. This Is what Justice
Brewer, In his dissenting opinion, says of
the proceeding:
"If this be not a star chamber proceed
ing or the most stringent sort, what more
is needed to make It one? I do not see
how anyone can read these rules and hold
that they constitute due process of law for
tho arrest p.nd deportation of a citizen of
the United States."
OUR LETTER BOX
FRATERNAL IXSl'RAXCE RATES.
Royal Arcanum Raise Provokes Sharp
Criticism.
New York Commercial.
The present revolt among members of the
Royal Arcanum against the supreme coun
cil's recent order advancing the rates of
assessment Insurance was to have been ex
pected. It was only a matter of time when
those in control of this department of the
fraternity would discover that its life In
surance system was established on an erro
neous Idea and therefore has a detective
basis. The Royal Arcanum has probably
conducted Its life Insurance scheme as well
as, if not better than most of the fraternal
orders making a specialty of this sort of
thing; but the very fact that It has been
forced at least twice within the last decade
to materially advance the assessment rates
in order to prevent its Insurance system
from collapsing Is tho best proof In the
world that the prospective beneficiaries are
being bled, and must continue to be bled,
tor the purpose of keeping the business
alive and solvent. In 1898, when the rates
were last Increased and an "emergency
fund" of $2,000,000 was created, it was prom
ised distinctly that the J15.0O0 members
would never have the rates Increased again;
but now men In the 66-year-old class must
pay 116.08 per month for $3,000 of insurance
an advance of $5.08 per month from their
previous rate, or almost 50 per cent and
they are the very ones who have been pay
ing out assessments at the highest rates
and through the longest periods. -"It has
taken us twenty-eight years," says one of
the council, "to find out that we were
doing business on a basis on which no in
surance business can be conducted and sur
vive." That confession Is quite enough to
condemn the management of the system
even If this latest change in it will maintain
its solvency.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
If Henry James could Induce the high
school graduate to cut "elegant" out of
her vocabulary his visit would not have
been In vain.
Joseph R. Coomes, one of eight con
federate soldiers who. organized the famour
Ku-Klux Klan, while prisoners of war at
Rock Island, 111., died at Norfolk, Va., on
Saturday.
A veterinary-surgeon In Garnett, Kan., 14
obedience to the wishes of his patrons
shaved off his whiskers, declaring he would
so anything to accommodate them except to
top chewing tobacco.
Russian liberals, It Is reported, are de
lighted that Pobledonostzeff has sufficiently
recovered his health to go abroad. That
illustrious personage can Interpret the com
pliment any way he pleases.
The Postal department, has discovered
shortage in tho accounts of a Wisconsin
postmistress. Lapses of this kind are so
Infrequent as to call attention to the re
markable honesty of business women.
It Is told of Oliver Wendell Holmes that
after many futile attempts to propose to
the lady of his choice his courage failed.
They were walking one pleasant afternoon
on BoHton common and, coming to where
the path separated, he asked: "Which path
shall we take?" "This one," she replied,
turning toward It. "For life?" he asked.
And she said - Vts."
Senator Lodge frequently visited a certain
lunch room In Washington which members
of both houses of congress were wont to
patronize. On one occasion, finding his
usual seat occupied, ha chose one at an
other table, where, as it happened, a new
man had been Installed as waller. "Bring
me a piece of Washington pie and a glass
of milk.'.' said the senator. In a few min
utes the darky returned bearing a piece of
chocolate pie. whereupon the senator said:
"I want George Washington, not Booker."
John Melln, who owns a little hotel ad
Joining tho country estate of John D.
Rockefeller at Tarrytown, N. Y., has ad
vertised his place for sale. It Is believed
that since Mr. Rockefeller has bought up
the little village where the saloon
Is, Melln's business has been ruined.
Several years ago Mr. Rockefeller
endeavored to buy the hotel, as he
did not want liquor sold In the vi
cinity of his place. Mr. Mlln refused to
part with his hotel. Now Mr. Rockefeller
is going to wipe out the village of Brlggs-
vllle and transform it Into an artificial
lake.
Paal Horloii.
OMAHA. June 18-To the Editor of The
Bee: I should hope that rt will not be dis
agreeable to the people of the state to b
reminded that Paul Morton bears a name
and embodies a memory which has been
held In high esteem and honor In this state
and In the country for a generation. J. Ster
ling Morton, his father, and Carrie French
Morton, his mother, a "very queen among
women, mark : their distinguished son
s a distinctly Nebraska product, although
for the greater safety and comfort of his
mother In our pioneer period, Paul was
born In Detroit. In fact and In truth he is
a native of our state, and In all Its manly
productions no man, living or dead, has
ever reflected ipon It more honor than he
has done. Deeply do I regret the failure of
the press' of this city and state to give voice
to the pride which all men and women who
live here ought to have In the prizes he has
won at middle-age in the unequal struggle
of life which has alreatfy secured to him ft
great career, and which Is full of promise
for still higher Achievements In the paths
of usefulness and honor. I am sorry that
the people of Nebraska and Omaha have
had no opportunity to see know and Justly
measure the splendid character, ability and
sheer goodness of heart and greatness of
head of the second son of J. Sterling and
Carrie French Morton, who stands fore
most In the unbounded confidence and af
fectlon of the greatest president who over
presided over the destinies of this nation.
save two. since the days of the fathers ot
the republic.
Mr. Joe" Pulitzer and other political rep
tiles mny seek to blacken the name nnd
tear down the character of Paul Morton
because of a technical violation of the law
under his general orders by a subordinate
during his service on the Santa -Fe In re
gard to rebates. It was to Paul Morton's
everlasting credit that he frankly confessed
the fact and explained the small matter
about which the 'OBryans and the O'Pu-
lltzers, and other political patriots and
dancing dervlnhes, are howling themselves
hoarse. Not ft centime of money was In
volved In the case to any company or any
body. The Incident occurred from a previ
ous competition between the Santa Fe and
Its rivals for volume of business. These
rivals were violating the law every min
ute, and Mr. Morton's subordinate met the
pressure. And that's all there is about It.
President Roosevelt knows every fact In
the case that has caused such a roar of
hypocritical Indignation In certain high
quarters In which malignant enemies of the
president are hiding.' It Is not Paul Mor
ton so much as It Is Theodore Roosevelt
that these noisy gentlemen are after, al
though I freely admit that the perverse and
the envious have been busy In the same
outrageous attempt to strike down this
masterful and phenomenal man who Is Ne
braska's own . boy. I
Paul Morton Is being tossed about from
eminence to eminence of distinction In na
tional affairs and In the control of vast In
terests In a way to make other men dizzy.
But, my personal word for It, it will not
make Paul Morton dizzy. Honest, keen,
able, six feet two In his low-heeled slippers,
big-headed, big-hearted, finely proportioned,
and In all respects a superb personality,
Paul Morton has a grasp of affairs and a
capacity for labor which are not surpassed
by any other man now living in our coun
try. It is a misfortune perhaps (perhaps
not) that he never saw the schools. A
homey-handed farmer boy, at the tender
age of 10 years, milking cows before day
light In the cold winter months,, and doing
the work about the home that Is usual and
continuous, at. the still tender age of 15 he
was sent out Into tha world as a self-do-
pendent bread-winner. In the service of the
Burlington railroad. Everybody knows the
rest of the story of this remarkable life.
GEORGE L. MILLER.
XAr'
Tho Stw Iconoclaam.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 14. To the Editor
of The Bee:. John L. Webster In his ad
dress before the Phi Beta Kappa society
Tuesday went somewhat out of his way to
deal the ancient past some telling blows.
I'e informed that scholarly society that
Greek civilization in general and Greek
literature in particular were greatly over
estimated by those people "whose mind
had been so long Bhut up In the cloistered
seclusion of libraries." The enthuHlasm of
the phllo-Hellenlst Is utterly misplaced, for
"when the plain and full truth Is told, the
Greeks were almost a semi-barbarous peo
pie." This Is Interesting If true, and Mr,
Webster appears definitely to settle the
matter when he adds lth a Judicial air
"No Impartial and unprejudiced reader of
Greek history can conscientiously say
otherwise.
But Mr. Webster Is too good a lawyer to
rest his case on hie ipse dixit, however
weighty that may be. He brings forward
an argument to prove "the unimportance
and insignificance of the ancient past,
which, he rather strangely says, "stands
out prominently when compared with the
present." This argument is as convincing
as It Is acute. "Herodotus Is said to be tha
father of history, yet how few of the mil
lions of the reading people of the United
States ever find it worth while to read his
writings. In this age no one regards him
a historian of practical value." That is.
no one but those "whose minds have been
long shut up in the cloistered seclusion of
libraries," and the opinion on literary and
historical matters of these few misguided
ones scattered over this country and
Europe, can hardly weigh against the
unanimous testimony, as voiced by Mr,
Webster, of the millions of reading people
In the United States.
Under the same condemnation fall Homer,
Virgil and Dante. These worthies, not hav
Ing had the advantages of twentieth cen
tury civilization, and unable to keep the
pace we set, are very properly sidetracked
jney are inauigenuy anowea a place on
our shelves why do we keep up this fool
lsh pretense of respect!), but "thousands of
people never think it worth their while to
read them." Demosthenes, according to
Mr. Webster, has fared no better. In spite
of the professors and scholars who have
erected "a scaffolding from which they ex
postulate (sic) -on his oratory as the great
est and most nearly perfect model," thou
sands have read and will continue to read
modern authors In preference to Demos
thenes.
It Is hard to grow old and be neglected
but perhaps that Is In ft measure Inevitable
with the lapse of time; but It must be still
more humiliating for the shades of Homer,
Virgil and Dante to know that they have
been read out ot the ranks of genius by a
show of hands under the discriminating
leadership of Mr. John L. Webster if
Omaha. WILLIAM P. DAK'N
Kansas City's Water Works.
OMAHA, June 18. To the Editor of The
Bee: In an article of June 14, 1908, our
penny evening paper states that Kansas
City has owned Its water works for ten
years and that the city has saved by rea
son of Its free public service the total sum
of over $1,500,080. which It would have been
compelled to pay out under private owner
ship of Its wattr plant.
I notloe In the annual report of the rltv
comptroller of Kansas City, dated April 17,
IS, that Kansas City issued the following
water bonds:
July 1. 15. $2. 71000 4u rar .
Interest charge. $U4.n6 -.mua,
July 1. I. a ouo. & ner cent: i.n.,.1 i-
terest. $3,760.
January 1. ISnx $t.lflo.rrt A ir
nuai Interest. $44.0l. , ' '
Consequently interest charges In tha
amount of U.VA.V) wtrt paid from july
IVrfection
In bread making
is found In
SNOW FLAKE BREAD
It Is thoroughly mixed and
kneaded by the most modern im
proved mixing machine. And
then rolled between two large
rollers, which leave It In a per
feet corxlltlon for the pans, it
Is well to remember that Snow
Flake Bread
IS HOT KNEADED
BY HUMAN HANDS
or rolled with a common hand
"rolling pin." But with these
modern machines which makes
It Impossible for the dough to
become contaminated with Im
purities such as presplration, etc.
Our liakery Is conducted on the
most modern plan and serup
Ulous cleanliness Is closely
observed lu each and every
department.
Ask for Snow Flake. OVFH
Font uuxnuEO cikh-kks
SF.1J. IT. Ifa u big white loaf
for 5 cents.
U. P. Steam Baking Go.
1, 1896, to July 1, 1906. This sum more tli.wi
would have paid for the water used fur
public services during the last ten years.
According to the article cited, Khiis.i
City saves annually $150,000 on account of
free hydrant service and free water for all
public uses, parks, etci The annual report
from Kansas City d Incloses the fact that
the levy for 1904 for the water, sinking and
interest fund amounted to 2 mills and pro
duced $185,434, therefore the city pays
000 more In Interest charges than amount
named. "FAIR M.AY."
SMILING POINTERS.
Mrs. I,apsllng was showing her latest
photograph.
"It's got my best expression, I think "
she said. "The artist took it at what thev
call the exact physiological moment."
Chicago Tribune.
"Failed, did he?"
"Yes. Liabilities were half a million."
"Goodness! What are his assets?''
"Not a cent."
"And yet you denied that he poisesi.d
true financial genius!" Cleveland Leader.
"Don't be discouraged. She mar lesrn
to love you, and when she does she won't
have to say so; she'll tell you with her
eyes."
"Yes, but her 'noes' repeatedly tell nie
that she doesn't." Philadelphia Ledger.
said the very young man,
nti:"
'Woman.
oracularly, "is a snare and a delusioj
wnirii may account for the fact."
breathed the girl meaningly, "why men
are so Drone to hug their delusions '
Cleveland Leader. ,
Her (In rrsnd standi Whv does the tnm
that throws the ball make all those queer
motions with his arm before he lets it go?
Him He's got to do something to lus-
tify the salary, they pay hiw. 1 1t keeps
the attention of the crowd centered on
him a little longer. Chicago Tribune.
BILL JOHNSO.V, UMPIRE.
W. J. Lam,pton In New York Sun.
Bill Johnson was the umpire
Imported for the game,
A knocker from Knox City.
Prepared to prove the same;
And still not over sassy,
But when he said: "Plav ball,"
And looked around the dl'mond,
They had to play, that's all.
'Twas Cobville versus Haytown,
And In the match before.
The Corncobs knocked out forty.
While Haytown failed to score.
The Haystacks swore the Corncobs
Had owned the slob umpire.
And Cobvillo intimated
That Haytown was a liar.
That's how coma William Johnson
Was doln' business there,
To see the game was moral
And keep the playin' square.
So William set 'em goln',
And when a player kicked,
There wasn't nothin' doln'
Until the dub was licked
And licked by Mr. Johnson
He slugged 'em left and right,
The grand stand and the bleachers
-Went dotty with delight
And every time he' Ilcjced one
He called a substitute.
And nodded to the bleachers
To root another root
They done it, too, by cracky!
And long before the game
Was done, the substitutes
Was playin' ot tho same.
The two nines that begun it
Recovered by and by
From Mister Johnson's handlln'
And sneaked off on the sly.
But when the game was over
And people left the ground
Hoorayin' for an umpire
That umpired; say, they found,
The Haystacks and the Corncobs
In considerable suspense,
A-pIayln' by their lonesomes
Outside the base hall fence.
i
Browning,
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