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culation, lens apolled, unuB'iol and returned
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Sabarrlbera leaving the city tem
porarily aboold have The lire
mailed to them. Address will be
rtianitrd often reqaeated.
"Not next week, or next month, or
next year, but NOW."
One consolation is that the next
congress cannot leave much more un
done. ' The law-makers who beat the union
'label bill may expect Y( be labeled,
Just the same.
Just to think, because of other en
gagements Boss Ruef will miss the
big show In 1813!. - ..
The mobilizing of 22,000 soldiers
on the Mexican border ought to give
'those soldiers of fortune their cue.
" ills enemies are trying to dub La
fayette Yourig Tht) humorist of eon-
frms. It is taking an unfair advan
tage. ,. But the local yellow that put out
the fake "news" of the death of Diaz
tlldn't have .the decency to . take it
b
ack.
'. This It the time when wireless cora
iiunication between Fort Omaha and
the Mexican border might come in
right handv. ';
A San Francisco man wrote a, check
n the back of a postage stamp and.lt
was cashed at the bank. Well, It
taught to slick.
i -- --
I One question congress' has left un
solved. Who Is the best erngle-lJanded
tfillbusterer," Congressman Mann or
Senator Owen?
. ... .
t In view of Joe Bailey's recent per
formance. It is manifestly Incorrect to
refer to Luke Lea of Tennessee as the
'.'baby of the senate."
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f Mr. Bryan bag come out of his shell
far enough to admit, coyly, that Gov
ernor Harmon is not quite his Ideal
for president.
Senator Carter and his whisker re
tire, but Senator Kern brings bis in
j'nd the new-comer has a mustache
which the-old senator lacked.
And some people were foolish
enough to think that that anti-lobby
law would put an end to legislative
lobbying in Nebraska forever.
' Even though its senator Is below
par, Chicago's Interests ought not suf
(or ao long as it contributes three
members to the president's cabinet. .
t These' mild Marches are all right,
hut one feels Irresistibly a constant
fear that he is about to be jobbed by
the weather man almost any minute
, .On the occasion of his golden wed
ding anniversary Adolphus Busch pre
anted Mrs. Pusch with a diadem said
to have cost $200,000. Oh, you Bud-
welser.
The New York Sun thinks Joe
Bailey would make a great actor for
the heavy in a melodrama. Yes. or
Marks, the lawyer. In 'Tncle Tom's
Cabin.". .
Elinor Olynn. just back from Eu
rope, exclaims that the American men
are Just the finest fellows In the
world.-1 What la it you want to Bell
this time, Elinor?
' Thonly sure way to keep Jokers
nut of the charter bills handed over j
to ft "tender' mercies of our .Douglas
delegation is to keep a guard on
watch all the time.
About a dozen towns and cities In
Illinois have had mass meetings where
Senators Cullom and Lorlmer have
been requested to resign. Let us see
:if these statesmen will heed the voice
of the people.
Mr. Bryan congratulates tbe demo
cratic state committee of Pennsylvania
on having voted to reorganise the
party in that state, exclaiming. "Good.
It needs It, IU sins are so rank they
smell to Heaven." What about the
democratic party In Nebraska?
Uncle Sam'i More.
President Taft and bis associates
admit no more than the logic of events
suggested as to their purpose in has
tening military forces to the border
and Gulf of Mexico. Anyone at all
conversant with what has been going
on In the southern republic could per
ceive, the ultimate necessity for some
I action to protect the American
: boundary, if not also to safeguard
I Amarlcan Int urntt In Udvlpn
Up to date we have gone no further
than to take precautionary measures,
beyond which we may not have to go.
If advanced steps have to be taken we
will be In position to take them. The
Monroe doctrine, -which up to the pres
ent Is not Invoked, would compel It
and would forbid Intervention by a
Kuropean power. Bearing directly on
the issue that would arise in this case,
President Roosevelt, in a speech upon
the results of the Spanish-American
war, said In 1902:
The Monroe doctrine Is simply a state
ment of our very firm belief that the na
tion now existing on this continent must
be left to work out their own destinies
among tliemxclves, and that this continent
In no longer to be regarded as colonising
around for any Kuropean power. The ona
power on the continent that can make the
power effective Is. of course, ourfelves, for
In the world a. It Is, a nation which ad
vances a Riven doctrine, likely to interfere
In any way with other nations, must pos
sess the power to back It up, if It wishes
the doctrine to be respected.
Events have not reached the stage
where It has been necessary to Invoke
the Monroe doctrine, but it would not
be safe for the United States to wait
and trail another nation. The most
Interesting question juat now Is, What
appeal brought this response from
Washington? Was It a secret advice
from Mexico regarding the health of
President Diaz, or a request for aid
to stop filibustering at the border? Or
did It come Indirectly from Mexico by
way of Europe, or was It the simple
lode of events? We may never know
authoritatively, but enough Is ap
parent to make certain the Immediate
necessities of the situation and of our
government pursuing the veiled policy
It did with resppct to the purpose of
its movement.
Another Cleanup in Pittsburg.
If half of what has been charged
against the school boards of Plttatiurg
is true, those bodies are honey-combed
with graft and corruption and the
Voters' league, which procured the
conviction and imprisonment of many
corrupt city councllmen, has begun
none too early to clean up this depart
ment of the city's affairs. These
boards, several In number, comprise a
total of 322 members and include men
from the lowest and most vicious
classes and calling, many, It Is claimed,
utterly' unfit for such duties. Specific
revelations are made that must shock
the Commonest 'sensibility of decency
and right. It Is charged that money
has. been shamefully wasted, educa
tional standards lowered and the mor
als of the children Imperiled.
While the legislature Is about to
give the city a law under which It may
obtain relief by supplanting the large
and unwieldy boards with a smaller
and more responsive body, the Voters'
league proposes to make examples of
some of the wrongdoers. One plan
Is to publish specific Instances of fraud
and corruption without names, an
other to accompany the publications
with the names. The latter would
seem to be fairer to the innocent and
upright members of these boards, of
whom there are, of course, many.
Pittsburg has been deep and long
In the sag of dirty politics and ft
deserves credit for the effort at its
own" rescue and reformation. Duties
the evolution progresses people must
be Impressed with the fact that the
city has been operating under bad sys
tems as well as vicious individuals. So,
while punishing wrongdoers, Pittsburg
should not overlook the' fault that
rests upon itself for ever permitting
such imperfect systems of government
to obtain. Its experience should be a
valuable lesson In the study and ad
ministration of the great problem of
city government.
Four Parties in Next Congress.
Two sets of Insurgents or progres
sives and two sets of regulars or con
servatives will keep things going at a
rather lively clip in the Sixty-second
congress.' Both republican and demo
cratic parties will be divided and a
four-cornered fight kept up, at least
for a time. While those who argue
that both old parties are facing disso
lution find comfort in the situation,
it is not so Ulcely to foreshadow disso
lution so much as reorganization.
For two years we have had substan
tial evidence that the republicans were
split into two determined factions and
tbe events of the closing session of the
Sixty-first congress showed the demo
crats in exactly the same condition.
In the senate Joe Bailey and his
coterie of reactionaries will be locked
in a fierce struggle with a progressive
faction that undoubtedly will be led
by Texas' other senator, Culberson,
Stone and John Sharp Williams, and
the latter will be in the majority.
That Bailey has lost bis hold was
made plain in the repudiation be got
from democratic senators in the clos
ing days of the last congress. Nor is
there any reason to believe that he
can regain what be has lost. Tbe
logic of events would carry him still
further away from a position of domi
nant Influence. Ills party dare not
accept his leadership. It Is preparing
to enter the next national campaign
upon progressive lines. It baa no op
tion but to repudiate the servant of
the special Interests fioiu Texas.'
The democrats In the house are also
divided, though nut so sharply. Champ
Clark, while assuming to stand as a
progressive, Is too vacillating to stand
doggedly against Fitzgerald and his
crowd of conservatives, though, of
course. Congressman Underwood of
Alabama, who will be the real leader
as the chalrmsn of the ways and
means commltttee, may be able to
counterbalance Clark.
In spite of their slight majority In
the senate, the republicans will still
be In the two groups, though the old
guard will not be as formidable as in
the last congress, nor able effectively
to outmatch the re-enforced progres
sives. The prospect does not portend
sny great amount of beneficial legis
lation, for business will move slowly
where there Is so much tugging and
lulling apart.
Do-Nothing or Do-Something.
For the World-Herald, speaking as
the organ of the Water board, which
has for eight years been engaged In
the work of "Immediate and compul
sory" purchase of the water works, to
accuse any one else of advocating a
do-nothing policy presupposes that
the people of Omaha have forgotten
all that has led'up to the present state
of the proceedings.
When the Water board was created
In 1903 we were told that we might
expect to have possesion of the water
works within thirty days, and cer
tainly not later than six months.
When the appraisers were appointed
we were informed every few weeks
for nearly three years that tbe report
would soon be handed down and the
city 'at once take charge of the plant.
When the appraisers finally brought
In their figures, five years ago, there
was an opportunity for the Water
board to do something, but it pre
ferred to hang up the appraisement
in the courts and fight off the tender
of the plant by the water company.
Two years ago the people of Omaha
were asked to vote water bonds In the
sum of $6,500,000, with the solemn
assurance that that would settle
everything, "not next month, nor next
year, but now." But it evidently set
tled nothing excopt to pave the way
for the present demand for a new is
sue of water bonds in the sum of
$8,250,000, After accomplishing
nothing for eight years the Water
board seems to have concluded that
popular patience may be exhausted,
and has, therefore, evolved a new plan
to "do It now." But the real question
still is whether the proposed issue of
$8,250,000 of bonds is any better cal
culated to do It now than was the au
thority to Issue the $6,500,000 of
bonds two years ago. '
In the opinion of The Bee there Is
only one absolutely certain way for
Omaha to get speedy possession of the
water works, and that is to reach a
settlement for a stipulated payment
to be effective on a . definite date
whereby In consideration of the
amount agreed and dismissal of all
pending law suits, the water company
shall give over Its property and rights
to the city forthwith. Having beaten
the water board and its htgh-prlced
lawyers at every point, the water com
pany naturally will be no more dis
posed to make a present to the city
than would the city be te make con
cessions to the water company If the
situation were reversed. The only
open question is how much the city
owes the water company for interest
on Judgments, and how long this ac
cruing Interest shall continue to run.
Those matters can be settled, If both
sides want to settle them, without
further litigation. But any plan
which the Water board may pursue,
leaving these questions open simply
buys another costly law suit and In
vites the water company tp assert
whatever legal rights It may have to
hold on to its property until it gets all
the money that Is coming to It.
We ask, In all candor, which advice
opens up tbe way to do something,
and which proposes to continue to do
nothing except pay lawyers' fees?
Governor Johnson of California Is a
living refutation of the old adage,
"Like father, like son." He is n In
surgent, yet his father, Grove L. John
son, former congressman from that
state, has always been a dyed-in-the-
wool regular on every proposition and
he even now Is not with his boy, po
lltlcally. Both used to be In the em
ploy of the Southern Pacific.
Our old friend, Jasper L. McBrlen,
Is again mixing In the thick of It In
the preliminary municipal campaign
In Lincoln. What the extension
courses of the University of Nebraska
have to do with tbe management of a
local political campaign Is not dls
closed on the surface, but the book
ings may tell later.
With the leaven of discontent work
ing overtime, as it is in Mexico, Por
tugal. Spain, France and a few other
countries, Mr. Carnegie may mark out
a man's job for his peace party with
out taking undue chances.
That resurrected nonpartisan judl
clary bill is a measure which the last
democratic legislature put across for
political purposes, only mlsbranded
with a deceptive title. No republican
should be fooled by It.
Tbe Federation of Nebraska Retail
ers will come back to Omaha with
their annual meeting next year. We
are glad to know that there Is mutual
recognition of a good thing.
Colonel Watterson says no pktur
except that of a rooster may appea
on the front page of the Courier
Journal. And that only appears there
once or twice In a lifetime.
PASSING OF BALLTNOER.
Indianapolis News (Ind ): Nevertheless
we can give Mr. Palllnnor credit for one j
good thins. He did not balleylxe his reslg- ;
nation. I
St. Taul Pioneer Press (Rep ): Satlsfuc-
tlon over nalllngera resignation win De
tinged with regret that the president was
not content to write across the face of si
"Accepted with tbanks."
Cleveland leader (Hep.): Disappointment
In the method and spirit of th Baillnger
exit will be general. But tha country's ap
proval of the president a selection of his
new roblnet officer will be none the less
hearty and universal.
St. Louts Globc-Kemfti rat (Kep ): The
president Is right In baying that the attack
on Halllntfer has been an attack on him.
and hla administration. Accordingly, the
withdrawal of Baillnger la a gain for the
Taft administration and for the republican
party.
Philadelphia Record (Dem.) : Mr. Hal
linger retires with the .warmest letter of
commendation from hla chief that waa ever
given to a man resigning from the cabinet,
and yet Mr. Taft a administration la
stronger without Mr. Baillnger than with
him.
New York 8un (Ind): The American
people have not lost their love of fair
play or parted with their Bense of decency,
AVe are, sure that they will agree with the
president that Richard A. Baillnger has
been "the object of one of the most un
scrupulous consplraclea for the defamation
of character that history can show."
Pt. Louis Times (Ind.): President Taft
may bave been mistaken In hla estimate
and Judgment of Baillnger. But believing
In him, he must hava stood by him; and his
letter la a splendid example of loyalty,
in the face of tha widest kind of public
belief that Balllnger'a quitting has become
him better than any other step In hla
public career.
New York Tribune (Rep.): The new secre
tary will carry out the same policies that
Mr. Baillnger carried out. for the adminis
tration's conservation program Is Juat what
it has always been. If Mr. Fisher receives
tha commendation of Mr. Balllnger's crit
ics for doing in office exactly what Mr.
Baillnger did. the whole Baillnger con
spiracy will ba completly exposed as ona
of personal persecution.
A TRAGEDY I "COLOR."
Striking Instance of Man's Inhuman
ity In I, aw.
New York World.
It was discovered throueh the accidental
killing of ona of Its members that a
prominent family of New Orleans had a
remote strain of African blood and that
therefore under the law they were "col
ored," with all the pains and penalties the
Louisiana code Inflicts. A daughter had
been happily married, but her husband waa
compelled to repudiate her, because under
the law she was merely hla concubine, not
Is wife. A son waa forced tp leave a
hlte school, and ha cannot enter any
other In the state except one of those for
negroes. Neither they nor their friends
had ever known until the accidental dis
closure that there was any negro blood In
their veins.
Thus the lives of many people are prac-
tloally wrecked by tha presence of a single
rop of black blood, which la merely a
matter of r'cord and has no physical ef
fect Physicians hava Jong since exploded
the theory of a racial throw-back, or that
the presence of .black blood, however
minute or remote, Is Indicated by a cer
tain blue tint at tha head of the finger-
alls. It would seem that a person who
la really white should be considered white.
and ona can hardly conceive of a tragedy
In the social system mora pitiful' and bitter
than that at New Orleans.
Corraptlon Vtllatee Election.
Philadelphia Record.
In some things our congress might profit
bly adopt the practice of the British Par
liament. Proof ofycorruptlon at any par
liamentary election, no matter wnetner the
member elected was or was not cognizant
of the crime, or whether tha corrupted
votes were needed to give Mm a majority,
makes void tha result. There la no Induce
ment to bribery when there can be no
consequent advantage If the corrupt act
becomes known.
Where Reform ta Needed.
Naw York World.
Ona member of the senate for soma per
sonal or trivial reason will hold up all
bualneas for hours and days and then in a
frantic hurry at tha last moment the senate
will rush through hundreds of millions of
pproprlationa without any real considera
tion of tha bills. Tha system Is absurd
and common sense demands that It be
changed.
Civilities of Colonels.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Colonel Bryan atill Insists that Colonel
Roosevelt borrowed his political Ideas. The
general Impresalon Is that he haa paid for
them. '
Political Drift.
gpe&ker-dealgnat Clark Is four days
over 81.
Congressman McKlnley of California
ahould ba listed among tha "lama ducks'
who landed. Ha la collector of tha port of
San Francisco.
During tha short session Just closed con
gress appropriated ll.03S.W3.X8, and would
have stretched the figures another hundred
millions If General Filibuster hadn't but
ted In. ?
In tha opinion of tha Chicago Inter Ocean
and tha Houston Post tha withdrawal of
the resignation of Senator Bailey saved
this "ever glorious" republic from plunging
headlong to destruction.
Dr. Anna Shaw haa not been able to
break the deadlock In New York, although
all parties In tha combination admit sha
would make a charming successor to Sena
tor Depew and revive tha beat traditions of
tha chamber.
According to a decision of tha Ohio su
preme court the disfranchisement or tha
Adams county vote aellera la valla, vt hen
elections come around In that county dur
ing the next five years a majority of the
males won't hava enough Interest in the
campaign to listen to speeches.
Among the uplifting lawa passed by tha
Indiana legislature Is ona pressing down tbe
bottom of strawberry boxes. Tha tendencies
of these bottoms to climb up to tha top
while the consumer wasn't looking baa
been a aourca of perplexity to statesmen,
but the Hooaler solons believe they have
"trapped the varmint." '
Pete Bartsen la tha political boss of
Cook county. Illinois. Jack McGoorty ta
the drum major of tha Cook County Pemo
crailc Marching club. Both have been
nourtahed at tha county pie counter. But
McOoorty. In a thoughtless moment, as
sumed to tell Pete some thlnga about civil
service, Intimating at tha same time that
he was not the whole county cheese.
Thereupon there waa something doing
M.UoorU shot out of tbe county building
and Pete slammed the lid on the meal tub
As tha army baa moved away to Texas the
lnkurracloa will finish the scrap la the
cuuris.
In Other Lands
Bids Lights ea What la Traaa
plrinf Among tha Hear and
rar nations of the Carta
The constitutional crisis In Oreat Britain
doca not come up to the advance notices
So far It has developed no thrills or sensa
tional scenes. The fact Is the battle la a
one-sided affair, the attacking forces
united, aggressive, confident are riddling
the outposts of the disorganised defenders
of the House of Lords. The veto bill Is
progressing through the House of Com
mons as rapidly as the rules permit and
will be sent to the House of ixirds this
month. Then comes the crucial test. Will
the lords reject the hill divesting them of
veto power and challenge the ministry to
overwhelm the tory peers with new mem
bers? At present auch action appears un
likely. No one seriously doubts that the
king will respect the advice of his minis
ters should they request the creation of
new peers. Hence no advantage Is to be
gained by letting Into the ranks of the
exclusive set a multitude of liberals. Fur
thermore. the torles are unable to agree on
an alternative reform policy. Tha elder
peers "inslHt on maintaining the hereditary
principle as a controlling power In any
plun of reform, while the younger sat In
sist on the elective system. Discord ex
tends to party organs. The Lmilon Morn
ing Post denounces the Landeowne and
Rosebery reform resolutions, and theTlmea
and tory whip give each other the lie
direct apropos the secret harmony meet
ing of the tory leaders last week. The
veto bill therefore advances against a dis
organised, leaderless foe, unahle to devise
an alternative working remedy for con
ceded evils. It Is very probable that the
lords will surrender after firing a few
voaal guns.
.
Uy a vote of 309 to 114 the French cham
ber approved the policies announced by
the new ministry of Premier Monls. On
thejwo principal Issues, labor and religion,
the eoncll'atory attitude of the Brtsnd
trrrhlstry la substantially affirmed, slightly
modified so as to permit the reinstate
ment of such of the October, railway
strikers as have not been found "guilty of
Insubordination and destruction of prop
erty. Equally Imposing majorities sup
ported the Clemenceau and Brland minis
tries on former occasions, but proved In
secure under the fierce assault of the ex
tremists. Strange to eay. the two fac
tions dissatisfied with the ministerial de
clarations were tha socialists and clericals,
fierce opponents on most questions, com
rades In this. As ministries go in France,
the new one has better chances of a longer
lease of power than its predecessor. The
resolute action of Premier Brland In the
October strike antagonised the leaders of
organized labor as well as the socialists,
both having common alms. The trans
formation of M. Brland from a radical to
a conservative socialist Intensified the feel
ing of his party associates and made his
tenure of office a succession of fierce at
tacks, finally driving him from power. It
remains to ba seen how well tha Monla
ministry holds a working majority of the
party factions. The greatest danger lies
In Its dealings with Industrial organiza
tions, said to number g.nnnflnn m.mi,.,.
Socialism and revolution permeates the
leadership and filters through the rank
and file. The temper of tM bodv was
shown recently when M. Nell, reformist
secretary, was forced to make way for a
revolutionist. To hold this mass of dis
content within peaceful bounds Is a task
tnat will test the skill and atavlnr n...
of, the ministry.
"All tha snan baa been taken out of the
opposition to Irish home rule In the House
1,1 i-ommpna, writes Francis McOullagh
London correspondent of tbe Naw York
evening i'ost. "During tha fierce rf.h.t..
of 1886. ona could see that the unionists
were inspired by an Intense convlotion that
home rule meant th break-up of the em
pire. So fanatical did some of them be
come that they closed their houses to all
liberals and refused to hold any Intercourse
with. them. Borne of them would hava r.-
Jolced to sea Gladstone Impeached as a
traitor. And now what a change! Not a
hard word from opposition benches. Not a
syllable about Ulster or dollar-dictation
or aynamlte. Everything correct and eaay,
and deadly dull. Tha great success of tha
conciliation policy In South Africa haa
changed the outlook of tha unioni.i.
Nearly all their own papers lectured them
for months last year on tha necessity of
federating the United Kingdom. There
are many reasons In favor of such a meas
ure hundreds of reasons. Tha present sys
tem had reduced tha House of Commons to
a machine. Praotlcally every member In It
belongs to some party or other, and he
must vote as the whips tell him to vote.
The power of tha cabinet and of the whips
has Increased enormously. That of tha
private member has decreased to the van
ishing point." Mareton Fremen, who repre
sents a division of Cork by tha grace of
William O'Brien, Is the latest tory cham
pion of federation, occupying a page of
the New York Sunday TImea In advocating
a system for the British empire similar
to tha United States. Home rule for Ire
land may be tha means of recasting the
uawrltten British constitution.
In tha debate on the naval estimates In
tha German Reichstag, the socialist, Hen-
Hue, who represents an Euaen consUtu
ency, attacked tha firm of Krupp. He
admitted that the firm's expenditure on
""social" Institutions was large, but said
that tbe profits were enormous. He cal
culated that the Krupp family alone had
cleared 111,600,000 In the last three years
and declared that the Industry had
vjuniN me wnoie district out Ilka a
lemon. According to the report of the
Easen house inspection, 40 per cent of the
dwellings consisted of two rooms. In many
oases with one bed for four or five per
sons. The German workman ousht to get
at any rale, some small benefit from the
enormous sums that were spent on Ger
man armaments.
Tha little town of Saint-Die, In the
Vosgea department of Franca, la preparing
to celebrate the fact that In a book printed
there tha name American as first given
t the western world. M. Plchon. minister
of foreign affairs. Is to preside at tha
celebration and to represent tha govern
ment.
In the fifteenth century there existed
Baint-Dle a college of learned canons who
formed the Gyrrmase Vo'n. which be
came famous and attracted maiy scholars
to the town. About lfiOT, or about thirty-
five years after tha death of Gutenberg
this society determined to set up a print
ing machine, tha first or poaslbly the sec
ond Installed In tha province of Lorraine.
The duke of Lorraine. Rene II. looked with
favor on tha undertaking and having re
calved from Italy a deacrlpUon in French
entitled "Quatre Navigations d'Arnerte
Veapuce," had It printed In thla shop.
Oaly Us Available.
New York World.
After much communion with his aoul, Mr
Bryan decide that ha "does not eonalder
Governor Harmon aa an available man
for the democratic nomination" for preal
dent. We thought he would not. In tbe
last fifteen years Mr. Hryan haa known
only ona fully available man for the demo
cratic nomination for president, the same
being the Hon. William Jennings Bry
of Nebraska.
Absolutory Puro
The Only Daklng Powder Made from Royal
Grape Cream ol Tartar.
!aegua?cts the food
against alum
Chemists tests hv shown that a part of the atom from
fcfscsJt made with so alam baking powder pass Into
the stomaclx. and that digestion Is retarded thereby.
Road thm Imhml mnd mmko sure? that youi baking
ftowdsu Im not mado from alum.
The Bee's Letter Box
Contrtbuttone on Timely Subjects
Hot Saeeedlag Two Hundred Words
Are Inrtted from Our Beaders.
Dalrr Inspection.
OMAHA, March . lsll. To the Kdltor of
The Bee: The need for proper Inspection
of dairies (In tha country) and creameries
(located In the city) haa never been ques
tioned. That an Inspector should know his
duties is imperative. Consumers should
Insist that dairy Inspection be above sus
picion and that an Inspector who la a prac
tical dairyman be chosen by tha Omaha
milk commission and not selected because
of his activity In politics. The writer can
assure the reading public that some of the
scores published in our dally papers are ni la-
leading and hence unreliable. Eeither have
proper dairy Inspection or none at all. To
illustrate the farce of our present dairy
inspection: The "inspector" arrives, notes
the celling, walla and floor of the milk
house don't examine a single milk utensil
then fills out his score card and goes to
the cow stable, which was practically clean.
Here he continues his superficial scoring;
then looks out among the cows In the yard
and sees a few cows that have dirt on them
due to their long weeks out of doors, be
cause they are not giving milk; these ha
Imagines are put In the stable during the
night along with those that are milked and
he at once "docks" the score for "cleanli
ness of oows," whan really if ha were
here during milking the cows milked would
be found cloan. .
Cooling and bottling of milk should re
ceive close attention. It may shock some
to learn how milk is bottled about Omaha.
The "dairyman." holding several bottles
In his hands Immerse his arm and all In
a can of milk. In order to fill tha bottles.
The inspection of such methods is far
more. Important to you than tha rnloro
scoplo dlacovery of a few bacteria.
The remedy Is simple: Make the Inspect
orship a civil service position and not a
political "Job," then we will reoelva proper
dairy Inspection and tha scores will be
trustworthy. At present they are mislead
ing. A READER.
Harassing the Bakers.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 10. Te the
Editor of The Bee: Will you please give
apace te the following from the Bakers'
Weekly, publlahed in New York, which re
flecta the aenttmenta of Nebraska bakers,
who are being harassed by the legislature:
Juat now the master bakers of Nebnaaka
are waging the ngnt oi tneir lire aumni
some proposed lawa, which. If they ahould
pass, would Jpell q master tor many a ma"
ter baker, who, owing to existing condi
tions has already a hard time to make
money enougn to pay nia rem or iu iumb
i.i. .iiv nuvrAll. Soma legislators In
Nebraska hava decided that It would be
a good thing It ureaa were awia m iuiu,;
by weight, and they have therefore dratted
a III coniueuina wi tuww " - -
weigh each loaf In the presence of the
biainM time Immemorial bread haa bean
sold by tha loaf, and there aeenia no rea-
- . r-i h frj-tm inv atandoolnt what-
.. w , v. i trA custom should
be chanfea. ine puuuo never m. ..... w.
asking tor so and ao many pouuda of
bread, and even If aome lawmakers ahould
aucceed In harassing the baaer ey new
lawa, it la a aafe bet that the bread oon
aumer will abaolutely Ignore any weight
measure and continue to simply call for a
loaf of bread. Thla haa been proven be-
y9.n0 fJ "taiVn th.
1 na Drwu-euiiiiui'i'iit . ' , " " ;
happy faculty of protecting Ita own rtghia.
and II ouaionier miu "
at aome other baiter's than the
one ha haa been trading with he pawls no
7 ha liaa been trading with na iieeos no
lalative advlee, but be will aimply trana
r lila custom to the other baW. even
tha risk of sacrificing quantity for
lgl
rer
at m n -11 t...
uuallty. This Is tha tounaauon '""-
eet competition In every iiua
Th.nu nil vau in uviubi. ......
SeclaJian th Ckarcn.
OMAHA. March 10.-TO the Kdltor of The
Bee: I sometimes wonder wnemer our
cturch people frotestanta ana v-uioiic
alike and their good ministers, ever atop
to think that tha ehurchs' ways are not
always God's way! How vary many errors
many of our Christian brothers and aialers
seem to fall Into when dealing with so
called "sinners." Haw many "sinners"
have received positive harm through their
endeavors from time to time, it would be
hard to determine, but methlnks tha harm
must be enormous, conscious virtue ana
superiority (Impelled lry government) are
ao often destructive of those healing "vi
brations 'v that a true physician of ao.ils
la aver west to send out. Tha church will
some day find that the real Christian 1
to be found also a socialist; because ha It
la who la by nature made unconscious both
of "virtue" and superiority; he Is eaaen-
OMAHA'S NBWBST NOtSL
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tlally a brother among men. and he is
thereby an apparently more fitting Instru
ment for bringing about God's "healing of
the nations."
Rlchea and hlnh social position "elevate"
in spite of the beat efforts of the Indi
vidual, and denies to such equality of mem
bership in our human brotherhood. Thounh
not evil their environment Is Impelling. S
And how difficult for the devoted churirh
member to any more than conceive 'hej
close bonds of family relationship that
unite all men! His surroundings, like mv
surroundings, and like your surroundings,
carry with them too much Influence over
the groove of his mentality.
The socialist, however. Is In the world to
do aome hard thinking to benefit thoHu who
are born wrong and brought up wrong.
and liberate the spirit of those of Hod's "
children who find themselves hopelessly
caught in the whirlpool of cruel and relent
less economic forces. WM. WEETMAN.
TAPS ON THE FUNNYB0NE.
Passenger with the Skull flan-lx you
take any stock In these woman nutfrag
1st sT
Tassenger with the Red Necktie Yes.
sir preferred stock; I'm married to nn of
them. Any objections? Chlcngo Tribune.
"There Is one very queer thlnir about a
candidate for office."
"What Is that?"
"That hla parly won't let him run until
they know how lie stands." Baltimore
American.
"Can you tell me something about the
game lawa around here?" aKed the
atranger in Crimson Gulch.
"Well." replies Three-finger Sinn. "I
could, but my advioe to you would be. If
you don't know the rules of a game, don't
try to play It." Washington Star.
"Gee, what a fall pride sometimes gets.
You knew about the d'Hillyuns 0.H' turn
ing car."
"Yea."
"Well, on their very first trip footman,
maid and all they wrecked a garbage tart
and had to come home by the way of the
police atatlon." Cleveland Plain lealer.
Frost (gasing at new dwellings) So thla
is your last house?
Builder (sadly) Yes, last, but not leased.
Smart Set.
Mrs. Neighbor They tell mc your son Is
in the college foot ball eleven.
Mrs. Malaprop Yes, Indeed.
Mrs. Neighbors to you know what posi
tion he plays?
Mrs. Malaprop I ain't sure, but I think
he a one of the drawbacks. Chicago News.
Clerk Lo
you want a narrow man's
comb?
Cuatomer (gravely) No: I want a comb
for a stout man with rubber teeth. Balti
more American.
"And what is thla rubber stamp for?" te
ask of the Kentucky mountaineer at whowe
humble home we are staying- over night.
"That?" he smiles. "Well, friend, that's
eomepln' I used whenever I shoot one '
th' Tolllvers. Hev to conform to th' stat
oota." Ha atamps upon a piece of paper with It
and we read:
"Guaranteed "Under the Poor Feud
Laws.' 'Life.
AN EARNEST ECONOMIST.
Washington Star.
I'm trying to economise,
When xprlng la In the air,
I look around with watchful eyes
And unremitting care.
And It doth surely fret my soul
And shock my prudent taste
To see the last year a flatting pole
That's going clean to waste.
'Tis leaning up against a shed
With mute yet strong appeal.
Ita hooka and llnea have somehow Ted
And tarnished la tha reel.
And as tha Waking buds unroll
They call me to make haate.
And keep that last years fishing pole
From going clean to waste.
'Tie true the tottering fence has dropped
In placee to the ground,
some ahlnglea from the roof were lopped
liy fierce wlnda prowling round.
These faulta In time I shall control.
But first let nerves be braced
To keep that last year's fishing pole
From going clean to waste.
Diamond
Do It Now
Mr Method of Helling
..Ditmands nd Watches..
is one that must surely appeal
to you because it is tbe only
proper way for you to make an
investment on such merchan
dise you can alwsys realise 011
and bave the pleasure of wear
ing It at tbe same time. My
plan Is to help you save. I
solicit t'HAIUJE ACt)l NTS.
Mindelberf's Gilt Shop
1523 remain M.
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