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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUXE 24, 1901. The umaha Daily Bee E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. TEIIM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. 6 Dally Beo (without Sunday). One Year..I.0O I Dally Uee and Sunday, One Year 8.W 9 Illustrated Uee. One Year I Sunday bee, Ono Yodr V. haturuay Uee. One Year "vlVJ" i'r.i J Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year., l.w m OFFICES. ", Oraaha: The Uee Building. i1 aouth Omaha.- City uall ilulldlng, Twen ty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffs: IV Pearl Street. Chlcugo. IM Unity liuildlng. Hew lork. Temple Court. Washington: 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to novvi and edi torial matter should be addressed: omana lice, Editorial Department. BUJINESa LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bfe addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Umahu. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Beo Publishing Company, only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or man accounts. Personal checks, except on umaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBUBHI.nU, CO.MPA.NY, 8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: CUorgo B, Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Publlsnlng Company, being duly sworn, tiays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening anu Sunday Bee printed during the month of May, I'M, was as follows: 1 a7,!30 16 a7,oau 2 U7,i!30 17 U7.140 3 U7,'MU 18 U7.000 4 a7,aao v 27.7as 5 -'7,1143 20 a,T4 a?,aiu 21 a7,oao 7 i:i,88 22 a,7ao 8 :m,oso 23 ail.740 9 a7,070 24 ao,40o lo, au.uao 2s ao.sao u yr.ono 26 aT.ow 12 a7,47S 27 atl.BW) 13 ;...a7,03o 28 ao.aiu 14 S7.630 29 aU.lHO is a7,aao ) an.uio 31 an.OTO Total 8411,000 Lets unsold and returned copies.... 10.1ST Nst total sale Maa.Hlh Net dally average ao.HUS GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of May, A. D. 1ML M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Public ag- -. a PAtlTIES LEAVING FOR SUMMER. Parlies leaving the city for the limner may bare The Dee sent to them restnlnrly by notifying The Bee Ilualncaa office, In person or by mall. The addrraa will he changed na often aa desired. No discrimination between property owners In the Imposition of tax burdens. Another explanation from Senator Tlllmun telling Just where ho Is at ought to be lu order shortly. The cyclone season seems Intent on making sure of starting a new record with the new century. This Is the time of the year when a federal appointment to Alaska looks In viting. It might not be so attractive If tendered about midwinter. The Buffalo exposition Is Just getting under full head. But Buffalo ,1a not unique' In a slow- start '"'That has' been the experience with every great exposi tion of recent years. Hastings will have the privilege of entertaining the state reunion of the Xebrasku Grand Army of the Republic this year. Hastings may be depended on to act the host creditably. The constitution of Nebraska requires "every person and corporation to pay n tux in proportion to the value of his, Her or its property and franchises." In other words, no discrimination, no fa voritism lu taxation. A Kansas City grand Jury Is after lury-lixers lu the city on the Kaw. If It makes a successful haul It might lend Its services to some other communities wo kuow of that have been sadly af dieted with the same kind of gentry. If Mayor Moores should actually take It Into his head to resign or die to oblige the World-Herald, that sheet would still refuse to be pacified or comforted so long Us the legal Hucossor of Moores would be a republican Instead of a popo jrut. No question but that Klxteenth street is sadly In need not of repairs to the pavement, but an entire new pavement. No question, either, but that the owners of abutting property, who aro princi pally benctlfl-d, are amply able to stand the expense. Chairman Kdmlslcn Is taking a refer endum of members of the populist state committee on the Question whether ho shall cull the committee together. The next time ho will Institute u referendum on the question whether he should take a referendum. Out of 112 members of the High school graduating class eighty-one are girls. Whut's the matter with the boys? Are they inferior In mental or physical energy or are they compelled to drop out of school to cum a living beforo they cun graduate? The .general promoter of South Omuha bull tights has Just returned from Old Mexico with the trained bull baiters, who nvfr vouched for as expert matadors. A special rehearsal of tho Innocent sport will doubtless be given for the special eutcrtalnmeut of members of the Omaha Humane society. Admission by card. Complaint Is made that too many rail roads aro being built these days solely on paper. That's always tho trouble. If all tho railroads projected on paper had really been constructed nearly every aero of land on tho American continent would be cross-sectioned with rails close enough to do service as a broiler In a grill room. Senator Depow", speaking of his, en dorsement;, of President McKlnley for a third term, declares he was not Joking and Insists Hint he will stand pat and Justify. This Is a game, however, In which do ouo can bo forced to play without ,bls consent and President Mc Klnley's refusal to take up tho hand Depew has been, trying to deal him puts a stop to the play so far as he Is concerned, XU LOXG'TEItM ritAXCHiUli. Tor a clenr, comprehensive statement of the objections to the grant of long term or perpetual franchises Hi the public highways or thoroughfares the recent veto by Governor Crane 6f Massa chusetts of the bill proposing to extend a forty-year right for underground transit to a Boston company for a con sideration of $0,000,000 Is scarcely to bo Improved upon. After disposing of the more local features of the plau, he says: But this bill will It It becomes a law give to a private corporation a valuable monopoly In a great public thoroughfare and will perpetuate that monopoly for forty years. It not only blndc this genera tion; It ties the bauds of the generation to come. The surrender of rlehts which be long to tbe public, even for a brief te.rm of years, should be permitted only after the most careful consideration and for con trolling reasons of public policy; but no exigency hus been shown to exist to justify the taking away of 'such rights fr.ora n. gen eration yet unborn. Governor Crane goes on to assert that no reason affecting the public welfare requires the adoption of this extraor dinary proposition. A review of previous legislation discloses that the people of Boston had rejected, a llfty-year fran chise for an elevated railroad, although later agreeing to It when cut down to twenty-live years, and these precedents, In the opinion of the governor, should not Ix? deviated from. He continues: No one csn foreseo what advance can be made In the methods and cost of trans portation, In the volume of travel or In the facilities that may be required for Its accommodation In the next forty years. The history of passenger transportation during the last forty years and of the wonderful advance that has been made, not only In the amount of travel, but In the facilities afforded to passengers, Is sufficient evidence of our Inability to pre dict the future. This bill, however, while It does not restrict thp company,, ties the hands of the .community, It will prevent the public from taking advantage of any such Improvements In transportation facili ties on the proposed route, excoptlng those that may be deemed by the company advantageous to it. A consideration of the disastrous results which would have fol lowed If exclusive rights had been granted to a street railway company forty years ago to continue until the present time Illustrates the limitations which this bill would Impose upon the public and the un wisdom of Its enactment. What Is true for Massachusetts and Boston Is true In gelieral everywhere, taking' Into account merely the changes In local conditions. WOULD MAKE IT RATIONAL )SSUE. Resolutions were Introduced In the Virginia constitutional convention a few days ago which contemplate mnklng the question of negro disfranchisement n na tional Issue. One of these proposes the repeal of the fifteenth amendment of the federal constitution, which It de clares to be wrong "In that It proceeds on the theory that the two races are equally competent of free government," asserting that this theory is contradicted not only by the experience of the south but by the history of the two races since the dawn of history. Tho resolution urges that the convention ought to In augurate through 'therinervlwoufiU. the proper steps to thcrepeal of. the. fifteenth amendment or its modification so that each state may control its suf frage as Its best Interests demand. Tins other resolution contemplates adopting an address to the people of the country with a view of securing the repeal of the amendment. This Is the natural trend of the agi tation In the south for negro dlsfrnu chisemcut and It is undoubtedly inevit able that sooner or later It will bo made a national issue through an effort to secure the repeal of the constitutional amendment guaranteeing suffrage to. the negro. This will not come about, of course, so long as the republican party is lu control of the executive and legis lative departments of the government, or either of them, or while that party has a majority In cither brunch of con gress, but if uver the clemocraUc party gets control of tho government, with a sufficient majority In both branches of congress to carry a proposition for the repeal of tho fifteenth amendment, the effort will be made' to eliminate, that provision of the constitution. That, time Is doubtless remote, but It must uot be assumed that It will not come. Mean while the southern states will go on nullifying tho amendment by, disfran chising the negro, for there seems to be no probability that any serious effort will bo made to check or. In any wuy interfere w"lth their course in this re spect Tho few voices In the north that have been raised in remon strance against tho lujusticc not only to tbe negroes of the south but also to the people of other sections have re ceived littlo attention or encourage ment. There is nu Indifference to the subject which Indicates that the people generally have little conception of Its Importance. THE 1NDUSTH1AL COMMISSION, The commission nppointed by congress to Inquire into Industrial and economic conditions and which has taken a vast amount of testimony lins adjourned as n body until September. Announcement Is made that there will be no more testi mony taken by means of hearings, but a few statements may be solicited or ac cepted before tho report of tho commis sion is closed, In order to fill certain gaps in tho testimony thus far taken. A subcommittee of the commission will be occupied during the summer in put ting in shape the mass of evidence and Prof. Jenks of Cornell university und Prof. Ripley of the Boston institute of Technology will complete their analy sis and digest of the testimony which has been presented anil lay It before the commission. The life of the body ends nt about the tlmo of the meeting of congress and It Is Intended to prepare a comprehensive and explicit report on nil the subjects which have been considered. These cover a wide range and It is said that some dltflculty is likely to be' experienced In getting agreement among all the "mem bers, or even a baro majority, upon all tl)o points. There Is. no doubt us to this, for the commission Is made up of men of different political and economic views und It Is most Improbable that there will be unaulmlty of opinion regarding any of the matters considered. It whs uot expected, wheu the commission. Was cre ated, that all ls members would agree In the opinions submitted and the recom mendations made to congress., but that will not necessarily militate against whatever value the testimony tnkeu may possess. We are Inclined to think that this is not very great, that out of the voluminous mass of evidence and opin ion elicited by the commission very little will be found to have any real value In enlightening the public mind or In suggesting legislation the two things In view when the Inquiry wns authorized. So fur as the public Is con cerned, little or no Interest has been taken In the work of the commission and It Is not probable that any con siderable Interest will be tnkeu In Its report. The commission now proposes to make a general Inquiry by means of circular letters Into the charge that exporters of American made goods often sell them for lower prices than are obtained for similar goods nt home. This Is not likely to bring out much of the desired In formation, but everybody who knows anything about our foreign trade al ready Is aware of the fact that many goods nre sold ubroad nt less thau the price charged for such goods In the home market. Manufacturers do uot deny this und It wns admitted by so good nn authority as the president of the Steel trust, lu his testimony before the com mission. But manufacturers generally will probably be found Indisposed to go Into any explanation as to why this Is so. It Is therefore pretty safe to predict that this Inquiry of the commis sion will not result lu obtaining much satisfactory und useful Information. THE SIXTEENTH STttRET PAVEMEST, When the proposition to contract for repairs to the asphalt pavement on Six teenth street wns under discussion be fore the council The Bee took the posi tion that the city would be Justified In drawing tbe money needed to put the street in condition out of the general fund. That view was expressed under the Impression that the' street hud been once repaved at the expense of the nbut ting property owners and the excessive wenr.was due to the heavy traffic during the exposition seusou. That Impression seems to have been erroneous. Sixteenth street hus never been repuved. The original pavement laid -seventeen years ago has been main tained nt the expense of the taxpayers of the whole city and the dilapidated condition of the street Is the natural consequence of the wear and tear that destroy the best asphalt pavement un less the surface Is replaced every teu or twelve years. The exhibit of .property valuations and rentals on Sixteenth street complied by The Bee fully Justifies the demand that the cost of repavemcnt be taxed agulnst the abuttlug property. It certainly would be no Imposition upon, the owners of Sixteenth street property to requite them to bear the expense for a second pavement which owners of property on streets less favored by rentals have been obliged-te.I;ar. . - The. truth, of the matter is that North Sixteenth street exhibits less public spirit and gets more rent per square foot than any other part of the city for the amount of money Invested lu im provement. With the most costly pub lic building lu Omaha and the only down town park, North Sixteenth street should by rights be lined with modern store buildings and kept up to the full demands of the largest retail traffic. Instead of embellishing the street with handsome structures, the owners, with a few uotnble exceptions, have been con tent with collecting good rents for tumble-down shacks and tirctrnps that would scarcely have passed muster lu the Omaha of the '00s. A reminder of this unpalatable truth may be disagreeable, but it should spur up u few of the North Sixteenth street property owners to u realization of their obligations to the city at large und their Interest In holding the traffic by at least maintaining the street as a well-paved thoroughfare. The death of Judge Munn makes It Incumbent on Governor Savage to fill a vacancy on the district bench and al ready a number of names aro being pressed upon his ntteutlou. Without the least disposition to disparage the claims of any of the aspirants, The Bee suggests that the proper thing to do is to issue tho commlsslou to one of the republican candidates who made tho un successful contest at the last Judicial election. Tho candidates nominated and endorsed by the republicans of the dis trict were A. M. Bobbins of Old and O. A. Abbott of Gruud Island and If the republlcuns had been In majority oue or both would bo sitting on the bench. Governor Savage would by such an appointment only be giving effect to the party choice last registered. At the usunl. ratio of apportionment of one delegate for each county und one additional delegate for each 100 votes cast for presidential electors the coining state convention of Nebraska repub llcuns will have a membership of nearly 1.U00, being larger than ever before. Douglas county would be entitled to 141 delegates to testify to Its substantial contribution to the republican majority that redeemed the state. This, of course, is due to the fact that the presidential contest drew out every available voter and no such heavy vote Is to be ex pected next November. The Omaha Central Labor uulon Is still wrangling over the official wuge workers' organ. It does not take the seventh' son of n seventh daughter to prophesy that the Jangle will continue so loug as the Centrnl Labor nnlon per sists lu discriminating between news papers that are friendly to the union of wugeworkers for mutual protection! If (hose British traitors who met In Queen's hall only knew In advance of tho double-shotted effusion they were maklug themselves responsible for they would have called the meeting off. ImpenchraentTcharges have been filed In the district court against the South Omaha tax commissioner for neglect of official duty, for willful and unlawful undervaluation of property and will fully consenting to and conniving at evasions of law with reference to valu ing and assessing property required to be listed for taxation. What Is to be done With the Ertst Oraaha assessor who returned the Interstate bridge and ap proaches at less than - per cent of their value? fbe Little Joker Idle. Philadelphia Ledger. China seems to have comprehended the fact that the Interest on her Indemnity will not begin until the final papers have been signed. Works on Iloth Side. Washlnston Post. The republicans point their finger of scorn at New York and the democrats utilize 11 similar digit In calling attention to Philadelphia. The theory of two wrongs constituting a right continues to do business In the political organizations. Itnvimr of n I'InKne. New York World. So fearful have been the ravages of the pfcpullstle plague that the democrats now have no governors and senators of northern states. In the public eye. acquitting them selves In a manner approved of and ap plauded by the people. Opportunity for College Trnlnln. New York Tribune. What a wonderful era of generosity and good will to Institutions of learning Is that of tho present! The ambitious boy or girl who desires a college training In these days In any part of this country ex periences far less difficulty In obtaining It than did the generation of'thlrty years ago. If there aro any Abraham Llncolns at humblo firesides at the dawn of this cent tury they need not confine their studies to borrowed books painfully conned by the flickering and uncertain light of plncknots. May thcro not be some little danger that to some extent here and there the higher education may be made too luxurious and too facile? Mutnnl Adnilrntlnn Anion Lawyers. New York Sun. There Is something almost grewsome In the sight of tho lawyer for the prosecu tion In a murder trial congratulating the lawyer for the defense over bis efforts to get his Kan off. And the Impression Is only strengthened when the lawyer for the defense congratulates the lawyer for tho prosecution over his brilliant efforts to send the accuiod to the electric chair. It Is Improper that these demonstrations should take place In the presence of the Judge, the jury and above all' of the pris oner. Do these men of law Imagine that the most Important thing about a capital trial is the opportunity It affords them to display their talents? Technically lawyers aro educated gentlemen. As such ought they not observe the proprieties and re serve such demonstrations of reciprocal esteem for their private meetings? They are quite out of place in a court room. Let them be decent and if they can't be that, let them be as decent as they can. TARIFF WAn WITH IltSSIA. Philadelphia Ledger: Russia is deter mined' to teach this country that one nation can sacrifice Its nasal protuberance for tho sake of displeasing Its countenance quite aa well an another. New York Herald: Russia's action Is a reminder that thevhlgh tariff advocates of tho country .have no monopoly of tho pro tective policy. Th, exact value of Russian sugars lmported,nlast year was $340,000, whereas the 'illlnMs Manufacturers' associa tion, In Its" appeal for a reversal of tho administration's railing, estimates exports from the United States to Russia at $30, 000.000 and the fact that they wero largely Increasing Is not .questioned. Milwaukee Sentinel: The time has come when some person who has Influence with Mr. Gage should genUy but firmly urge him to take advlco from the Department of Justice with a view to extracting hlmsolf from his present difficulty. If he should continue on tbe course he has adopted ha will Inevitably destroy our Russian com merce, and he will not Increase tho friend ship of that nation" for the United States, a friendship that has stood the test of time and trial, a friendship that Interposed tho grim presence of tbe Imperial navy between the republic and lit enemies In an hour of great national peril. In this particular In stance sentiment and practical common sense are In perfect alignment. Baltimore American: This Is getting to be a very serious matter. If the secretary wants to conduct tests In the higher math ematics concerning Russia's or any other country's sugar he should try his hand ou mathematicians, and not on American com merce. Ruwla Is willing. In splto of what has occurred, to, forget and forgive. She will reduce the duties on all American goods tomorrow If this government will withdraw Its uncalled for decision with regard to Russian sugar. Sho attaches no Importance to the sugar, for very little .of It finds Its way to the United States: but when tho czar says he docs not give a bounty to sugar, and everyono else except the secre tary says so, too. It Is not looked upon as a particularly high compliment for the gov ernment to say that he does. That tho secretary will be forced to recede from his position goes without saying, and he can do so as gracefully now as later. rrcitsoNAi. xotes. t J. M. Johnson, tho now third vice pres ident of the Rock Island road, went Into railroad work In 1870 as a station agent at Franklin, Ind. There Is more money per capita In cir culation In tho United States today than ever before. The figures are $r3.13. a sub stantial increase over the $26.71 of a year ago. Lieutenant Hobson, In tho course of a speech delivered In Doston tho other day, gavo It as his opinion that the faults of sailors as picn wero largely due to tho fact that they were for the most part so much without homes and away from tbe In fluence of women. James J. Hllf, tbe railroad magnate, Is preparing for a cruise with his yacht, Waconta, on the coast of Labrador. Among his guests will be drover Cleveland, Dan iel S Lament, George F. Baker, the New York banker: C, W. Dunn ofnhe North ern Pacific and M. D. Orover of the Or eat Northern railroad. Frederick Volck'B bronze bust of Robert E. Lee has been .presented to Washington and Leo university by Frank T. Howard of New Orleans. The bronze Is of life size and Is said to be the best Impression ex tant of the great general. Mr. Volck was employed by the' confederate government to make ll during the civil war. In connection with Senator Allison's dec laration that he Is too old to run for presi dent, he being now 72, It may be mentioned that so far no man once three score and ten has ever been elected chief magistrate of the nation. Only five over ,60 have been so honored. These were John Adams, 62; An drew Jackson, 62; 'William Henry Harrison, 68; Zachary Taylor,, 65, and James Bu chanan, 66. "Catch 'em comln' and gwlne" Is the motto of a aatoon keeper whose place cf business Is close to the gates of the state penitentiary at Columbus, O. As the pris oner approaches the jail be sees a sign with the words "Last Chance for a Drink," and as be emerges from the gate at the end of his term this sign greets him.; "First Chtncs for a Drink. Similar signs adorn a salmon sear one of Omahai cemeteries. I America's Vastness London Nothing more promising has been seen In this country since external competition became a serious problem than the move ment In favor of taking deputations of trade unionists upon tour through Industrial America. There they will see with their own eyes the recent developments, which have been a liberal education during the last two or three years, to come of the most enterprising among British capitalists and they will realize as nothing but per sonal demonstration on the spot would enable them to know how suicidal to Its own Interests has been the mediaeval policy of British labor In the past. Nothing but a Journey through tbe states can enable the avarage British Imagination to realize, what America Is. President Mc Klnley has Just returned to Washington with his wife for whose complete con valescense tho wishes of the whole British empire are aa warm as our sympathy lo the moment of her apparent danger was profound-after one of the most Impressive Journeys ever undertaken by the head of of a state. From New York southward to New Orleans, from El Paso, on tho Mexi can frontier, to San Francisco, and back across the continent to the White House. Mr. McKlnley, with his chief colleagues In the American government, traveled a round distance of more than 10,000 miles upon the territory of the republic. No other fact, perhaps, has brought out so vividly the sheer vastness of the United States. But while it Is a vague commonplace of our Ideas that the union Is forty times as big as this Island, what we do not yet adequately conceive Is that It has forty times tho natural resources. In the last thirty years alone, no less than fOO.OOO square miles of virgin soli has laughed Into one Ullmltablo SOJIE IIOdl'CTS FOIl THE IIKK. Kearney Democrat: We don't know why, but for some reason, probably because It Is a newspaper, The Omaha Bee gives more rllaliIo stato capital news than tbe Lin coln diillle do. Poncn Journal: The Omaha Bee has Just celebrated the thirtieth year of Its exist ence. The Bee Is a great paper and may well feol proud of the rapid stride of ad vancement If has made during Its career. Dodgi Criterion: The Omaha Bee has Just passed Its thirtieth birthday. For thirty years The Bee has stood up for Ne braska and made money for Its owners. Whatever people may think of Edward Rosewater personally It must be admitted that he has made a success of The Bee. Wood River Interests: Sunday's Il lustrated Bee was given up to a resume of The Bee, Its editor, and a number of those who have helped to make The Bee what It Is foday, one of the best papers In tho country. The Issue wns a most Interesting one and Interests Joins a host of news paper boyc In wishing Mr. Rosewater many more years of success and usefulness. Western Laborer: Last Sunday's Illus trated Bee gave the public more Informa tion about The Bee than ever appeared therein. One of the facts brought out was that The Bee pays the highest average wages of any Institution In Nebraska. An other commendable feature In the policy of The lire's management Is that Its staff Is made up almost entirely of old time print ers. Blair Pilot: The Omaha Dally Bee has recently celebrated Its thirtieth anniversary. The Sunday .Illustrated Bee devoted much of Its space to 'those, who have been prom inent In making The Boe the great power that it U. During that thirty years the paper has beeu under the management of E. l.osewqter and Its wide and powerful In llucnce Is due much to his wIbo manage ment. Butte Gazette: The Illustrated Bee of Sunday last devoted considerable space to a history of The Beo, men who have made It the leading paper west r tho Mississippi and tbe man who hus becu at tho head of the paper nil the time Edward Rosewater! While not always endorsing Mr. Rosewater we admire his pluck, his fighting qualities and the great business enterprise ho has .built up. Hayes County Republican: The Omaha Dally Beo was thirty years old last week and Suuday's Illustrated Beo gave many reminiscences of Its phenomenal career, with Illustrations, tho front page showing a lifelike picture of E. Rosewater, the founder and editor. The Bee Is far and away thu greatest newspaper west of Chi cago aud Its Influence on Nebraska and the west Is wide and potent. Ncllgh Advocate: The Illustrated Bee of last Sunday contained an interesting write up of The Beo during lt existence of thirty years as tho leading dally west of the Mis sissippi. It Is an Intensely- Interesting resume of Rokt-water's career and gives sketches' of many of tho old timers who helped mako The Bee what even the enemies of Its editor must concede the best newspaper of the Missouri valley. Oakland Republican: The Oraaha Bee celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of Us existence June 19. Perhaps no other ono factor haa done as much for the upbuilding of Omaha and Nebraska as Tho Bee. The Illustrated Bee of last Sunday was devoted principally to a brief history of Tho Beo and to those who have been conspicuous from Its Inclplency In making It what It Is. It Is fearless, Independent, and for general and rellablo news has no superior west of the Mississippi river. Wayne Herald: The Omaha Bee cele brated Its thirtieth birthday recently and devoted the Illustrated Bee of Sunday to a review of Its history and success under Its efficient editor, Edward Rosewater. Tho Beo Is now recognized as ono of, If not the leading, dally In the west, ever cham pioning the cause of the people and devot ing Its untiring efforts to tho upbuilding of Nebraska, a fact that no one can deny. The Herald" congratulates Edward Rosewater In his marked success In placing The Bee foremost among tho leading dallies of tho country. Omaha Enterpriser The Illustrated Bee of last Sunday with Its history of the genesis and growth of The Omaha Bee from a small two page paper of thirty years ago to Its present size and position tn tho very front rank of American Journalism fur nished as fascinating a story of pluck and perseverance as It has ever been our good fortune to read. The grinding genesis of this great metropolitan daily from the out set has been Edward Rosewater; but In tho "wrltcup" all who have contributed to Its greatness are not forgotten. We congratu late Tbe Bee upon Its thirtieth anniversary and express the hope that its edltor-ln-chlef may be spared many years more to direct Its course and shape its policy. Kearney Hub: The current Issue of The Illustrated Bee Is devoted largely to a review of the growth of The Beo and a description of the building and In terior facilities, the whole profusely illus trated and making a very Interesting num ber. The history of that newspaper la a record of one of the most notable successes tn American journalism. Unlike some of the great newspapers of the country, Us rise was not meteoric nor sensational, It was a steady growth created by a master Intellect and accomplished by perilstent effort and a steady driving to tbe end In view. The Bee hat been hated by some and feared by many and Its methods have often been questioned, but It It well nlgh universally admitted by tbe most violent j Telegraph. expanse of corn. It Is as If nothing but wheat waved over a region, more than thrde times the entire area of the United King dom, and which has only been under the plow within the memory of the present generation. The mineral deposits are on the same prodigious scale. There Is more coal in America than in all Europe more than there Is anywhere, unless Baron von Rich thofen'a estimate of the Chinese deposits should ultimately bo verified. In spite of the nervous reaction against the so-called and miscalled "trusts," even tho gigantic business consolidations of America arc as natural as the vastness of the Mississippi or Niagara, of the great lakes or the plains of the far west. But whlla all such considerations are overwhelming and terrifying to the con tinental mind, there Is one supreme factor which will continue to make all plans of an Industrial coalition of European nations against America an Idle dream so tar as nny participation In It on our part can be con cerned. Though tho bald statement that American exports last year exceeded our own In volume seems disturbing In Itself, e must remember that the amount of finished manufactures was still but a frac tion of our own outward trade. Half of the total produce shipped by the United States consisted of food and raw materials, of which tho greater part provided the vital nourishment of our own commercial life. We flourish upon tho natural resources of America, In spite of tariffs, almost as much as tho United States themselves, and the two nations must continue for years, even tn tho midst of the Industrial struggle, to be more Indispensable to each other than any olhcr two In the world. jof old-tlmc enemies that Its purpose has In the main been rluht nnrf iv,ot ,h nx. sought to be accomplished have boen de sirable. Occupying as It does an Insular and cosmopolitan position, Its prcstlgo and reputation nro the more remarkable, while as to Mr. Rotcwatcr be ranks readily as ono of the best business men as well as one of the strongest Journalists In tho United States. To have accomplished so much In Omaha and In Nebraska Is not only to his credit, but ought to bo a source of stato pride to every citizen of Nebraska. Beemer Times; Tho Omaha Illuitrated Beo of last Sunday was almost wholly de voted to .a wrltcup of that paper, In honor of Its having rounded out an existence of thirty years. Just half of that time the editor of this paper has been constant reader of The Bee. and for rellahMHv and news In general, it stands far in front of journalism in Omaha. Edward Rosewater has been in control ulnrn Tho TIoa'h InlHnl number In 1S71, and the success of that linger ua ueen rcmarKaoio unuer nis 8KII1 ful manacemnnt. Ho In n flf1f .mariA man and while his methods In many ways have not coincided with our views, yot we count hts tinnpr a nun of Ihn hril that rnmaa tn us. Long Hve Tba Omaha Bee and may its present (Minor live 10 manage it another miriy years. Mead AdvnrAtn- I.-nr Ihlrtv vara V.A ward Rosewater has been at the head of The Bee and last Sunday The Illustrated Bee gave a brief history of The Bee and men whn helned tn.raakA the nannr what It la today. Mr. Rosewajer Is known all over mo unuc.i aiaies loaay as one or tne coun try's met I lurresaful nnvimntr minattn of the day. He Is a pleasant man to meet anu naa aiwaxs Dcn .wining .to lend a noip ing hand to thofiA leaa fortllnntA anri thflm are many who today aro filling posttlona of irusi ana responsibility and making a suc cess in life's .work who owe their advance ment to Mr. Rosewater'a holp and advice. Hti has made many enemies, but we havo never heard one who would not-say that Mr. Rosewater was tho strongest individual In the field. Tho Bee Is by far tho best news paper In the stato and Is a-cnorallv tpUpA n to have the news while It Is news. Pawneo Press: Wednesday The Omaha Beo celebrated it. thirtieth birthday anniver sary b the publication of a very credltablo newspaper commemorative of the occasion, giving a history of its struggles and trlumphb and of the various persons en gagtd on the editorial and rcportorlal staffs. Tho writer of this paragraph received the first numbers of The Bee In this city In 1871, Which were forwarded bv rallrnan nn.t.i route to Phelps, Mo., and thence by stage via Tecumseh to Pawnee. Phelps station, acro's tho Missouri river, east of Brown vlllo, was at that time our nearest railroad station, a distance of forty miles. In all these yeart Tho Omaha Bee has grown and prospered, and Is now one of the best and leading dallies In the great west. That'll may cortlnue to achieve merited success l the hope and expectation of everyone who ncpa'per! 8 ,hrU8h "d nM" Beatrice Democrat: The Omaha Bee was 30 years old on Wednesday, and tn honor of the ovent Tho niuatrai.H n ... last gave a wrlteup of the career of that , h,at " ,8,h0 srcatest newspaper UM hJ ?,CT Wh"C ,he funt"'n was laid by Ldward Rosewater. and while to hit great genius, enterprise and energy Is duo he ulceus of the present Bee. the labors of those who contributed to the work are duly recognized, and among the faces shown In the llditroted edition wo see those of W. fc. Annln. Al Sorenson and others, who were part of the "old guard." so to speak, n tho Omuha field of twenty years ago. I inurestlng to road the history of a paper thai we have seen grow a. Tho Om.ha Bee and Ktmar City Star, from the smallest be ginning. and it Is especially Interesting to read nn article that recalls names and faces tha havo dropped from sight. qi. TlmCS: ThB "trated Bee last Sunday was an anniversary number and was largely devoted to a review of the Thi. uDa PuT,nt f lhat Rroa' Pp" This Is a suitable occasion for cxnresslnil a candid opinion of Mr. Ro.ew" Tl Journalist and of tho paper to which he has devoted the last thirty year, of his life. Whatever Tho Omaha Bee Is and whatever It has achieved Is due to Mr Rosewater alono. Ho divides honors with h m. but that was his judgment and choice; n ,B.tmTh.fVal'1 thCm an'1 hnever they quit The Beo wtnt along jU,t the saraj and very few people notlccd dff ence. Mr Rosewater has not shirked any responsibility, he has never allowed nny one to dictate tho policy of his paper and ho has always stood for It without flinch Ing or whining. He Is forceful and, llks al successful business men, docs what he thinks tho Interest of his buslnen de mands. Ho has mado enemies, many of them, yet he hat many warm friends. He is genial and entertaining, knows all about almost everything and enn tell a story or crack a Joke. The Omaha Bee. tho greatest paper In the west, The Bee building, a newspaper palace, and many of the great enterprises of the metropolis are the result of hit work. Unquestionably Omaha owes more io him than to any other man. Ho Is a great Journalist and a sue cessful business man. Minll rrccetlrut He Ignored r Springfield Republican. The republican party has never nominated a New Yorker for president In Its hlttory, so what Is the use of talking about New Yorkers? The vice presidency Is as high as New York gets. ST. PAt'L AMJ THC IMIILISTI.ns. Another Snnllorr tu Soothe the Thlrnt of Ilnllrtinil Klnun. St. Taul Pioneer Press. There seems to be no doubt that tho Milwaukee &, St. Paul has also been or rather Is about to be, swallowed up In tho stupendous maelstrom of tonsolldati a which Is engulfing all the great rallro.a and other properties of tbe country. There seems to be a general acceptance in rati road circles of the reports that have been current for a week past that the Harrl-man-Vandcrbllt Interests have secured control If It and that another colossal com bination embracing the Union Pacific, tho Southern Pacific, the Northwestern and tho St. Paul systems will form the main mem bers of a mighty group of giants under practically on management, while the Great Northern, the Northern raciflc and tho Burlington will form another group In close affiliation with It and which together will control all the great railways of the west, Including all the great transconti nental lines. Not qulto all, For there still remains outside of the combination and In dependent of all tho Interests which con trol It tho Rock Island system. Tho same Is true of the Chicago Oreat Western and the Wisconsin Central. Before very lonr It Is quite likely that we may hear that these, too, havo fallen Into tbe open maw of the leviathan. At pretest, however, the Chicago Great Western appears to be striking Its roots far and wide throughout Minnesota and Iowa and Into Nebraska In preparation for a vigorous and Independent existence of Its own. It is not probable, however, that the enormous money Inter ests which are back of the vast scheme of railroad consolidation, or of harmonious traffic arrangements through community of Interests, will permit these Independent roads to disturb their arrangements with out an effort to take them into the com bination. Meanwhile It Is Impossible to predict tho consequences of these trafflo rate arrangements upon the business of the country and upon the relative commer cial positions of the cities of the country. And until these consolidation schemes have been perfected and the plans of the men In control aro put tn operation there will bo a good deal of solicitude as to tbe re sults In their bearing on tbe greater and lesser business centers of the country. Meanwhile we can only wait and wonder and see. VOICE OF TUB STATE PRESS. St. Paul Republican; Chairman Lindsay has Issued a call for the republican stato committee to meet In Lincoln on Thurs day, June 27, at which time a date for tho stato convention will be decided upon. The general opinion seems to be that Sep tember Is plenty early enough. Springfield Monitor; They aro getting tho school business down to such a fine point in Omaha that the contracts with tho unmarried women teachers contain a clause which virtually fires them from their positions It they think of marrying. Tho teachers seem to appreciate- what Is being done for them in this line, as but few are throwing up their Jobs of 1100 a month for men with uncertain salaries. Norfolk News: The Omaha Board of Education has put a wet blanket os any matrimonial Inclinations of tbe school ma'ams of that city and has ruled that any of them who marries loses her Job In stantcr. Perhaps this Is Just a bluff ta attract attention to a Job tot of old maids, ss they at once suspended tho rule and elected seven married women who have not been on the permanent list. Ord Times (rep.): The republican party of Nebraska will make a mistake If Hon. II. C. Lindsay Is not continued at the head of tho republican forces in tho state. Ho Is said to be willing to direct the fight again this year and after leading the re publican forces to such a signal victory last year It would bo unwise to put a new man at the head If Mr. Lindsay can be. prevailed upon to take the place again. Hastings Tribune: The republican stato central committee will meet in Lincoln next Thursday for tho purpose of setting a time and place for holding a state con vention for tho nomination of Judge of the supremo court and two regents of the uni versity. As the farmers will have finished their harvest and corn plowing by the lat ter part of July tho Tribune is of tho opinion that the tlmo for holding tha re publican state convention would be about August U. As It generally takes two' weeks or more to get a campaign fairly' started this will give the republican can didates about eight weeks In which to do their campaign work. IN A LIOIITER VEIN. ctAmnn. mil Whan a man Is In debt I think he ought to try and gee out. .... .... Jill Do you mean out 01 aeoi or am 01 town? ntrnit Prw Press: "You ought to think more of others." ., "But I do. wnen tne nrsi 01 inc muu... cornea around I am as blue ns can pe, won. derlng what my creditors will do. Philadelphia Press: Rivers-You will do well to be careful, old fellow. A young man In Indlann whs sentenced Jo the peni tentiary the other day for stealing' an um brella. . . ,t Brooks He deserved to be. He con fessed. t..a. Tiv, T ViAnr vmi havA secured a tip-top engagement for the summer? Alto Yes. that Is. I'm engaged to play la a roof garden company. ruck: Hobbv Pa. when does a man get too old to learn? Father wnen he gets too om 10 marry. my son. n..it..n T.ir. T -nnrnHi-r father cast her off without a penny when she married without nis consent. Claire-How did they manage? "Oh. they publlrhed two volumes of their love letters. .. . ... - 1. Kill. ... 1 a r n a ay. ceedlngly boorish, even If he does Inherit a fortune." o that was In his mouth when he was born. Chicago Tribune: "Did your husband hold iny public oltlce?" asked the reporter. "Yes. sir." mid the Inconsolable widow. tin ..'nn th- itlrhthand Supnortcr of the Vice Patriarch of the Ancient nnd Illus trious Order of Hnllyhoos." Waihinttnn Smr: "It Is mv ouinlon." tald ono sage, "that n man who has a collesa ilcgreo is very imeiy 10 00 ucc"ui life." "Yeo." answered the other, "and It Is a rulo that works both ways. A man who is aiiccejsful In life Is very likely to get a college degree." tlnrnir'a Ilniur! Thi Put her How many detectives do you think will be enough to guard the wedding preents? Chief About how many guests will there be? - t, t n.e. nnlllnrr ia Q m ft 11 can't keep a t.OR around the nouf p more, commnucu wie mm u tin ... .1.. I . . . . u J l,i elsirta fit I" nner reHnuiK me ruirs uim rcnwinwu .1 . .. "Oh, yes. he can-lf ho kcep him around dogs are too often kent on the streets or in tne neignuors yarui. THE TOHXAHO. A copper sun sets sullen In the clouds And tired nature holds her breath: The landscape dons Its blackest shroud, The very stillness speaks of death. The lowing cattle seek the lower land, Dumb Instinct for their guide; In Kroups they clotc together stand. To wult what ere bxtldcs. The humblo tollers In the Held, The patient tillers of the sod, ' '. A hurried silent prayer tipyleld Commending their souls to Ood. - The funnrlH mounter cuts Its path, leveling man and beast Cruel, reslstlens In Its wrath, Making for Death a featt CALVIN C. VALENTINE. Omaha, Neb. t , V