THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1906.
'Tire Omaha Daily Dee
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VICTOn RWEWATKR, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF, CIRCULATION,
Statsl f Nebraska, Dougla County. se I
i.eorge n. Tischuek. treasurer i i"'!""'"'
Bee. Publishing1 compunv.v being duly
wofvt. that- the actual number or
Nil and complete copies ot Thn Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
luring the month of August, 10, wu a
follows:
1 31,450 It. 11.300
t.... Sl.SOO II 9140
I. ..-.,... 31.680 11 soeo
4v..wr... xa.oao ' ; jo.. ..i.... svi40
e. ai-i it i.
ti,aeo sa,4
T S1.440 II S1.S50
I...., 31,300 14 ao,830
........... 81,140 It 3B.S50
ld...,V l,7t0 , 2 0,M
11... !.... Sl.frM 27 30,800
II ...(...,. . 30,000 il . 30,010
It..., 31300 IS.... 0r
14......1... 31,830 10 80,070
II 81,80 II 33,440
II 8W80
Total
Leas unsold
...78,ao0
copies i ...... ad
Net total sales
Dally averaae .........
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WHEN OtT OF TOWN,
crlbcra leavlas the city teas.
o rarity saaald have The 1 Bee
mailed thea. Addreaa will he
The United States is. ready for
"eventualities" in Cuba, but is Cuba
ready for them ? ' ' ' ' '
A colony of Russians la being estab
lished In. Mexico, President Dlax may
yet be able to. sympathize with the
csar. : '
In abolishing constitutional guaran
tees President Pal ma was no doubt
careful to atop short ot the Piatt
amendment. ' " " ,
Our city authorities should not wait
until "responsibility" is fixed before
' making a repetition ! ih Thirteenth
Tvtttet cclaettftrrr8itl.r',' i:
'When a British army officer approves
methods of American packing hotises
Voiuplajnt pn the pirt of other foreign
nat(ona must be hypercritical.
. Missouri ., can.(wdly; . onjoy that
Irony of fate which sends a Kansas
Judge to. that state to try men accused
of holding negroes in peonage.
The resolutions of the Ohio repub
llcan state convention are ot the sort
which' make) "standpatters" when it
comes to the present administration.
Now that the Humberts and
Madame bis Debar are at liberty, the
younger ' generation ' of confidence
sharps will have to look to their lau
rels. '' '.
According to H. Clay Pierce the re
lations, between hla. concern and the
Standard Oil company have more of
the feature of conquest than of com
bination. With railroad agents called- upon to
look for government labels before ac
cepting; meat for shipment, a new ex
cuse for advancing freight rates may
bo expected.
In declaring for "a free vote apd an
honest count" the Independence league
must have resigned hope ot making
democratic converts south of Mason
and Dixon's line.
It the exchange of eolstles between
Dr. George L.' Miller and M. F. Har
rington continues we may have to aet
a time limit on the discharge of artil
lery on both aides.
In their request for permission to
to make "midnight" freight rates rail
road managers show that the old sys
tem, was not a much disliked as they
havo' recently made believe.
Secretary Shaw'a trip through the
south shows that, the people ot that
section Mke'a mau who has the cour
age of hi cou'victions, even If they do
not always approve his Ideas.
When the United States gets at the
bottom of. the Cuban affair It will
probably find two forces struggling for
government, favors the ' cause ot
every tropical political upheaval. -
The democratic candidate for con
gress from the Second Nebraska dis
trict to trying very hard to get some
comfort out ot the news from Maine.
Ho should take hla consolation now in
advance of the election'."
An told rfver man declares : that a
new type ot boat must be placed on the
Missouri to make traffic on that river
remunerative. It there were oppor
ntty to float as, much stock ai boats
the proble. jtiight be solved ', without
calling Upon Hne inventor.'
" ' tarn uaixk r.LtcTtox.
The Maine election, although the re
publican majorities are considerably
reduced, do not materially modify the
popular verdict of emphatic approval
of the republican national record and
poller under the Roosevelt leadership
signified In the Oregon and Vermont
. .. ..
elections. In
" Maine
. ,,
der the peculiar condl-
the returns, when care
fully scrutinised, rather suggest tho
strength of the general republican po
sitlpn because It was universally antici
pated that causes entirely apart from
national policies would cut far more
deeply Into the republican vote.
The Maine democrats were naturally
encouraged by growing dlssatlsfactlou
with the prohibition liquor laws, espe
cially under the drastic methods of en
forcement thst have been employed
the last two years, with the result that
they were able to perfect the most ef
fective campaign organization they
have had for many years and poll their
full party strength, while a multitude
of republicans sympathised and not a
few voted with them. The effect, of
rnuran. la moot anruirent In the vote on
th. Mnnl1r.; -.ndMata
winning by a greatly reaucea major-
Ity, and on the legislative ticket, but
such influences could not fall to oper
ate as a grave handicap on the con
gressional ticket.
Outside Interest centered largely in
the Second district on account of Con
gressman Llttlefield'a long and con
spicuous service at Washington, and
because of the bitter fight against him
led by President Gompers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, there helng
a heavy labor vote in the district. In
addition. It wss apparent that Little
field had lost personal popularity
through the dispensation of patronage
and a feeling that his protracted resi
dence at Washington had taken him
somewhat out of touch with his con
stituents and tended to make him ar
bitrary In his manner of dealing with
them, circumstances which often be
come serious in an off year contest.
It is therefore highly significant
that the republicans retain a firm hold
In Maine, though with clipped majori
ties, 'electing the whole state ticket
and strongly controlling the legisla
ture and returning every congress
man. The result, however, Instead of
causing overconfldence, should stim
ulate republicans in other states to ef
fort to sustain the president by a
large majority in congress. Obviously
there are mar)y close congressional
districts where similar Influences to
those In Maine will naturally cause the
republican vote to fall below the, high
water mark of two years ago when
Roosevelt waa formally at the head of
the ticket. It is clear, too, that his
extraordinary hold on public confi
dence and. the determination to. sup
port him through the latter half of bis
term has been the fact that prevented
a greater reduction of the- republican
vote in Maine-... 'v ; : ;j
r-
A BIB AT t 1KDWA TIO!t. '
r Highly significant Is he official- ex
planation by the Pennsylvania nt its
recently ' announced" sale of 400,000
shares, of the stock of the Baltimore &
Ohio and 16d,0ft0 ' of the Norfolk , &
Western, thus surrendering direct con
trol of those extensive ' and sharply
competitive systems, with the inten
tion of disposing of its remaining 20
per cent of their voting capitalization.
For the reason of the sale is set forth
to be that the original purpose of ac
quiring a controlling Interest, waa to
mitigate the rebate evil which it now
believes the new national rate law will
effectually destroy.
It Is now well known that the Penn
sylvania road some years ago lnaug
urated a struggle at least with some of
the big rebaters who, following the
tactics of powerful shippers, used the
Baltimore ft Ohio and other roads in
the same territory to bring the Penn
sylvania to terms. Nor is there any
question that the case is typidal of
many others In which, purely as
business matter and not specially out
of regard for public policy, great rail
road companies were forced to rebel
against the extortions ot rebate seek
ers, going to the length of acquiring
control of competing lines which big
shippers used as a lever to compel com
pllance with their demands. , At auy
rata the Pennsylvania did not Join
with the roads In their Indiscriminate
campaign against amendatory legisla
tion by congress, but on the contrary
its responsible officials explicitly fav
ored rigorous repression of rebates
all of which gives plausibility to the
explanation now made.
. The act of the Pennsylvania, if the
, motive he credited, is a most signal
confirmation of the wisdom of the pro
visions of the law for abolishing the
rebate evil. It is proof that the man
agement of one of the greatest Ameri
can railroad companies at least Is con
vlnced that the new law will be effec
tlte 'or this purpose, and is actually
adjusting Its most important policies
to this basis. .
BCASSVRISQ TACTS fOR BVSIXKBS.
On Monday, the first day the treas
ury's arrangements for facilitating
gold Imports becamo effective, engage'
ments for over $14,000,000 were an
nounced, showing the energetic and
successful effort of the New York
banks to replenish their reserves
which have been reduced by extraordl
nary demands below the legal limit.
Apparently many times that amount
can be drawn from the foreign gold
hoards, as a considerable part of Mod
day'a engagements were bought on ad
vantageous terms In the open market
The advantage of the treasury device,
which was Inaugurated last spring, is
that the money become available I
our market tne moment or engage
ment abroad, without lob ot interest
during the time required forjinporla
tlon, by the simple process ot deposit
Ing with the government approved se
curities which need not? be national
bonds. The process amounts to a
quick expansion of our currency, lim
ited, of course, by the treasury surplus
nd the amount of available foreign
gold holdings, which happen now to
be large.
But If gold resources abroad should
be Insufficient for the exigency, there
remain at least two other remedies
Ithin easy and expeditious reach. In
the first place, not less than $40,000,
000 of the surplus funds still in the
treasury could be safely, deposited with
national banks and no portion would
ave to be called back probably for
x months. In the second place there
Is It 16. 000, 000 of the 4 per cent
bonds maturing in 1907, any or all ot
htch could be bought by the treas-
ry on fair terms.
The secretary of the treasury, how
ever, will almost certainly be slow to
mploy either of these remedies, be
cause It Is common knowledge that
the speculative demands of the stock
nd real estate markets are a powerful
factor in the currency situation,' and
-there is fortunately a growing Indis
position on the part of the government
to act even where Interference will
have an Indirect effect to ease rampant
speculation. But the stroag position
of the treasury Is a reassuring fact
for the legitimate business interests of
the country In case by any chance gold
Imports should fall to meet their re
quirements the next few months.
' FOOLHARDY TACTICS.
If anything could be more fool-
ardy than the refusal ot the rail
roads to pay their taxes It Is the new
folly perpetrated by the railroad law
yers in objecting to the prompt hear-
ng of their appeal to the supreme
court ot, the United States.- which has
been set for the ninth day of next
month.
From the very beginning the rail
road people have proceeded in these
cases with the apparent purpose of
working the greatest possible hardship
upon the people of Nebraska, and, by
exhausting their patience, forcing
them to compromise their Just dues.
If this Is the object of these new dila
tory tactics, the conductors of the law
departments -are likely to realize that
they have waked up the wrong passen
ger and that whether they win or lose
tn their sparring for , wind in court,
they will simply stir more deeply the
niversal resentment which is already
manifest wherever the railroad taxes
have been hung up.
Under ordinary, conditions the rail
roads ought to be more eager than the
state to get their tax suits finally, ad-
udicated, because heavy penalties are
accruing on the unpaid obligations,
which are said to amount now to more
than $600,000, of which more than
60,000 are penalties for delayed pay
ment.' Another tax levy, however, is
rapidly becoming delinquent, and
should the present case remain unde
cided their Injunction will, in' all prob
ability, be extended to" the new levy,
and with three years back dues with
heldfrom state, county and school dis
trict treasuries, the people will be de
prived of nearly a million dollars that
should have been promptly paid in.
Another possible object of the at
tempt not to have the appeal passed
until a full bench can sit upon It will
be a desire to put it over until after
the .expiration of the official term of
the present attorney general, - who baa
defended the suits on behalf of the
state up to this time and who will go
out of office with the beginning ot the
new year. Even this object achieved,
however, would not end the litigation,
because the next attorney general will
have to carry on the tax tight, and
the legislature will provide any assist
ance that may be necessary.
The railroads have been in the habit
of wearing out prosecutions for per
sonal damages, but they . will find
that the people ot Nebraska are not to
be discouraged after that fashion from
asserting their rights.
Certificates have now been filed by
the officers of all the state conventions
which put tickets In the field attesting
their formal endorsement of the con
stitutional amendment creating a state
railway commission. These certifl
cates will make every straight! party
vote cast In Nebraska count "yes" on
the amendment. It Is safe to assume
that the amendment, under these con
ditions, will carry a' large majority ot
the votes polled and will have no other
pitfalls to escape except the Inevitable
attacks In the courts for alleged tech
nical defects.
The big promises on which the deni
ocratic1 city council was elected have
had their redemption repeatedly de
ferred, so that the latest postpone
ment of action on ths telephone fran
chise proposition ' is not unexpected.
There are several ways of whipping
the devil around the stump, and in
this case the chosen way is to hold the
ordinances off until too late to be sub
mitted at the coming election.
Two railroads have served . formal
notice upon the mayor and city council
protesting against alterations in the
boulevard viaduct, with a view to
shifting responsibility for damages
should any accidents result from its
unsafe condition at any time. Count
on the railroads to get out from under
if there is any way to-do it.
One man In Douglas counter reads
his oflU-iaf title clear even before he is
nominated. It ,U County' Superin
tendent Voder, who has no competitor,
either In hla own party or in the op
posing party.
Without palliating the extortions of
the ke man or the exaction of the
coal roan in Omaha, it may still not
bo out of order to recall that we had
democratic occupants of the county
attorney's office for six years preced
ing the present term without any
record of convictions under the anti
trust laws. '
It Is highly desirable that the re
publicans of Douglas county" get to
gether In the Interest of success at
the November election, but It would
be no use to get together except be
hind a ticket made up ot clean, rep
resentative candidates.. No rotten
mackerel will go ibis year.
King Ak-Sar-Ben is almost ready to
close the lists for enrollments of sub
jects of his court for the current year.
Those still -outside the mystic walls
should get In at once before the gates
are shut.
The Finish ef Specalnt li.
.St. tiouts Olobe-Democrat.
All of the Napoleons of banking who have
tried to break the stock market or wheat
pit with money belonglnf to depositors
have Invariably ended their careers on the
Island ot grief.
American Methods t.apa Ahead.'
New York Fun.
A party of Husslan , revolutionists has
irtolen 1107.000 from the Vladivostok bank.
Theirs la a small business In comparison
with the transaction of certain "eminently
respectable" financier In this country.
Feeble Imitators.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Over In Russia the revolutionists regard
It a a great triumph for their l.1e when
they succeed In looting a bank of 150,000 or
llon.POO. What a wild hurrah they would'
set up if they had a Stensland or a Hippie
to operate for them.
' Reciprocity In Rates.
Boston Transcript.
The railroads have reduced the rates on
California apples it cents a hundred weight.
so that thst state can compete with the
middle west. Now they should reduce It
the other way, so that the middle west may
compete with California.
Why the Kaocker Kaocks.
Brooklyn' .Eagle.
Jay Gould said, "Every man has seven
chances to make a fortune, and I took all
seven." Mr. Bryan believes that some of
our rich men buy out the other fellow's
chances, and so net fourteen. Then the
other fellow rets nasty about It, and wants
to play all over again.
Natloa'a Prophet of Sunshine.
Philadelphia Record.
Secretary Wilson , doe not altogether
share In the views of Mr. J. J. Hill a to
the inability ot future feneration to rope
with the exhaustion, of the coal and Iron
ore, and the decreased productivity of the
oil. He thinks the farmer will "make
good the fuel supply. Alcohol will sup
plant coal. . There will be decreased use
for iron for building purposes because of
the substitution of slag, stone and concrete.
Secretary Wllsort Is nothing If not op
timistic.
Who Are Reaponalblcf
New York Sun.
The pistol shot of the wretched Hippie
sounded an interrogation that will have
to be answered. Were any men in the
directorate responsible by complicity.
uence or ignorance ror the looting of a
trust company (In Philadelphia), in which
the savings pf tb;f; thrifty had been de
posited in good faith? There must hve
been some mallgn. an powerful, Influence
which kept the oCScers silent if they . were
nor beneficiaries. J 'Th -'mystery of Segal'
hold on Hippie I at thi time unexplained,
Hippie' 'ante-mortem statement throw
no ray of light -upon It.
Car to the Railroads.
Chicago New.
It I well to remember In connection with
abuses now cotriplatned of that the "rail
roads themselves, its 'well aa the public,
are often victims of the wrongs perpe
trated through them. The power of certain
trust 1 so great . that they compel the
railroad to violate .or evade the law for
their benefit. The only aafety for the rail
road la to make common cause with the
government, againat the truts, which cer
tainly will dominate the transportation
agencies to the injury of all other Interest
concerned, unless governmental regulation
can actually' be made effective.
OOVEB1HKJT FINAXCE.
atlsfaetary Shovrlnar , of the Aagast
. Treaanvy Report.
New York Tribune.
The Treasury's August statement put
the croaker ana aencit nuntera to rout.
The democrat! congressional committee
has been circulating an array of figure
to ahow that the Fifty-ninth congress at
Its last aeaslon waa guilty of gross ex
travagance and bad . made appropriation
greatly In excess of the government' pros
pective Income. Mr, Bryan must have re
ceived some of this campaign literature
and been misled by' It: fqr In his Madison
Square Garden speech he alao accused the
republican majority In congress of ' over
drawing It . predlt : In the treasury and
plunging the country into unwarranted and
reckless expenditure. As we pointed out
when congress adjourned, the Increase In
appropriation complained, of waa apparent
rather than rea.L and Involved no actual
disbursement which could not easily be
met out of the' government' current In
come. I st year. In spite of similar pessl
mtstlo prophecies, backed by almllarly nils
taken calculatlona. (he treasury more than
paid Its way. earning a surplus of about
I3S.0OO.0OO. The August statement Indicate
that not only will all thla year'a demands
be met with ease, but a surplus ha !n rice
nearer !&.O0O.0OO than 2S,OOO.ono will .be ac
cumulated. The government. In Met, In'
tesd of overrunning Its Income Is no
laying tip annually a - handsome savings
fund out of which to meet Its maturing In
debtedness. August's record was favorable beyond
expectation. A surplus of 8S.161.59S Is re
ported, against a deficit In August. 1905, of
t4.77l.00O- net gain of nearly tl3.O0O,O0O.
As we explained a month ago. part of this
excels was due to the accidents of book
keeping; for the Central Pacific railroad'
annual aettlement note of 760.000, due Aug
ust 1. wa -pajd.last year a day-earlier and
credited to Jury receipts Taking treaaury
operations In July and August, 1905, how
ever, and comparing them with the opera
tions of the last two months, a net gain ap
pears of tt2,fi00,onn. On August II, 1905, there
was a deficit of lt.5."iS.o. On August 11,
lM, there wss a deficit of only lo.lol OCO.
T.ast year It waa not until March or April
that reclpta began to outfoot expenditure.
Thla year by September 10 the treaaury
will be beginning tn accumulate a surplus.
Ths main.eauae of the betterment so con
spicuous this year Is the steady expansion
of customs receipts. Custom collections In
July and Auguat were tf, Itt.ono, against
I47.T71.0UO In July and Auguat, 19. in
ternal revenue receipts have alao increaaed,
the net gain being H.t00,Ou0. Altogether
the 14 rerelpta have exceeded thoae of ling
by tll.IOS.000. In the meantime. In plain
contradiclon of the democratic campaign
arithmetic, the government' expenditure
have actually decreased by U. 100.000. Pru
dent and economical legislation has, there
fore, been aa Importaat factor la bettering
treasury eoodiUoas,
11 MRMORIAM.
Weald fine flla First.
. Crete Vhtette-Herald.
Laat winter the editor of the Vldette-
Herald read a paper to the Nebraska Press
association, entitled, "Twenty-Five Year
Ago," from which w clip the following
extract:
I alncerely believe if the true historian
of Nebraska were called upon to name the
five men who towered above their fellows
In standing up for Nebraska' during ita
formative period, and even down to the
past and present decadea, he would in
stinctively give the following: J. Sterling
Morton, Robert W. Furnas, Charles H.
Uere, Dr. Ueorge. I,. Miller and Edward
Rose w.i ter. Three of theae men have de
voted their whole live to newspaper work.
nd two of them, while partly engaged In
tilting the soil, were also able writers for
newspapera and magaitnea, and at various
times were the editor and owner of
newsppers."
Mr. Rosewater was present on the above
occasion and delivered a splendid talk on
'Newspaper Libel Ians." Modesty re
quired us to place his nsme Isst In the
list, but now. that he ha been gathered
to his father. If called upon to make ny
change, we would reverse the order and
place the name of Rdward Rosewater at
the head.
nave Life ta Pahlle tlety.
Btromsburg News.
Mr. Rosewater was probably the most
prominent person In the state of Nebraska,
having for over thirty year been foremost
as a politician and journalist In the atate.
He was a person who gave his entire life
to publlo duty, and personal discomfort
and financial sacrifice were disregarded
when once hi judgment told him be was
In a righteous cause. He, on several occa
sion, bolted his party ticket for reason
that. In his judgment, were for the interest
and welfare of the publlrj. Tt Is Raid by
those who knew him best that the briber
never approached him the second time, and
that he would have been Worth million
had he listened to compromise, but Instead
"a fight to a finish" waa his makeup.
Above all, Edward Rosewater hated hypoc
risy, shams and frauds, and ldnllscd hon
esty and Integrity. He revolted against
treachery and every fiber In him was ag
gressiveness, and to win was to conquer.
A an Employer.
Papilllon Republican.
No other man aa a private cititen wielded
the influence In the administrative circles
of our country that Edward Rosewater did.
Although holding no political position, the
patronage of the state was divided accord
ing to hla advice. As an employer of labor
he waa a man who had the esteem and
respect of hi army of employe. He was
the first editor to advocate the eight-hour
day for the printer and The. Omnha Bee
waa one of the first newspapers In the
country to grant the shorter workday.
la the Zenith of Career.
St. Paul Republican.
Mr. Rosewater stood for good citizenship
and decent politics. He was a pio
neer in' tha movement for emanci
pating public affairs from corporate
domination and, like Moees of old,
he seem to have died within sight of ths
promised land. Like the Illustrious
McKlnley, Kdward Rosewater passed away
while In the senith of hia career. What
ever unkind passion he may have aroussd
during hi more combative day, they will
be forgotten long before the memory of hi
greatness begin to fade.
Not a Oraadstaad Player.
Verdlgra Citizen. .
Mr. Rosewater was not a grandstand
performer; he did .not go out . Into
the wopld with Ma. good deed In one
hand and a trumpet In the other, but want
about hi way doing material good to un
fortunate whenever their distress waa
brought to hla attention. The writer ha
known Mr. Rosewater ever since he eatab
liahed The Bee and in all of these years
we never knew or heard of him being any
thing but a true and loyal friend ot tha
laboring man. Edward Rosewater will be
missed by the people of Nebraska, and the
city of Omaha In particular, fully a much
a he will be missed by hi own family.
Rrcogalsed aa a Leader.
Aurora Bun.
The death of Editor Rosewater Is a
distinct loss to the ' city of Omaha,
to Nebraska and to the nation
His fame waa not confined to hi home city
and home atate alone, but the nation and
the world at large, and especially wa he
recognised a a leader in the council of
the republican party.
Hanor to Nebraska.
Columbus Journal.
The life of Edward Rosewater la an in
spiration to every young man. Starting
out In Omaha in the early day as an ob
scure telegraph operator, he entered the
field of journalism without money and with
out friends. Struggling for yeara under a
burden of debt and bravely faring 'hreat
ened financial disaster, he finally emerged
from the fight with the most Influential
newspsper In the west and the.largeat
newspaper plant west of the Mississippi
river. Edward Rosewater was a bom
fighter and by entering the field of per
sonal politics made many bitter enemies
But in all of hla personal contests he never
forgot to push for Omaha and tn larht for
the principles that he believed to be right.
Edward Rosewater wa an honor to Ne
braska. Had Faaahf Gaod Flaht.
Burt County (Tekamah) HerAld.
Mr. Roaewater had fought a good fight,
his labors are ended, but hi example and
the prlnclplea for which he ever contended
will live on nd continue as a monument
to his memory. The history of this atate
will accord hltn a most prominent place a
the roost potent factor In defense of tha
right of the people and the moulder of
aentlment In favor of the average voter to
so act as to control the government of the
state that It law may be administered
with equal right to all.
Whole West Will Ulsa Hint.
Papilllon Time.
With the passing away of Edward Rose-
water. Omaha loeea one of Its foremost
citizens. Not only Omaha and Nebraska
but the entire central section of the west
ern country will miss him. ' He waa recog
nized a one of th leading editors of the
country and hi paper. The Omaha Bee,
wa well known In the eaat, where It waa
takefl a authority for happenjnga polit
ical In this aectlon of the country. Roae
water wa always Interested in building up
Omaha, and no matter came up that was
of Interest to th city that he did not lend
hi Influence to toiler.
Loup City Times-Independent.
Editor Rosewater waa indeed a great man;
a man of wonderful fore and persistence.
In politics, although he wa Identified with
the republican party, he wa not a
prejudiced partiaan, but an Independent
member of , th party. . He was . a try
Nebraska,' loyal always, to his slat and
city. Ta eharitlea he waa a liberal con
tributor and to hlmaelf he waa a hard
task master. Never Idle, bo time to rt,
hence death overtook hlna while ha waa
yst la th harness. Ia hla death th tat
haa Ut a valuable citlaeq. x
PFF.ni.F.a i.KnciHiP.
tatereatlaar Stady at the riatfnrwt
Tagarlee aft Nebraska Dem arrets.
The New York World la a child of de.
moeracr, reared In democratic environ
ment, and In menhnod'a prime exhales the
fragrance of old-time democracy. So firmly
la, It anchored to sane and sober principle
that frequently It grieves out loud over the
vagaries- of modern exponents of party
creed. tdd, the World confesses Its In
ability Id keep pace with the party pro
cession. The difficulty of the lob Is ex
plained by the World In a review of th
vagarle of Nebraska democratic platforms,
as follow:
The general , character of Mr. Bryan's
political leadership can be studied nowhere
to better advantage than In the plntfofVns
adopted by the Nebraska democrats during
the ten yenrs he has bnen In undisputed
control of the party In that state, and In
the platforms of the Nebraska populists
during the year that he was th'r guld,
counselor and friend.
To begin at the beginning, the Chicago
platform of 19 wa specifically reaffirmed
by the Nebraska democratic convention of
1W7. of 19PS. of 1899 and of IIViO. Then the
Kanaas City platform of 19on. which In
turn reaffirmed the Chicago platform, was
reaffirmed by the stae convention of !1.
ot 19ni. of 190? and of 1904. But the St.
louls convention, which nominated J-.idge
Parker for president, evidently left the Ne
braska democrat no platform which they
could reaffirm, so the state convention of
19 reaffirmed "our faith In democratic
principles as enunciated by Thomas Jeffer
son and defended by William Jennings
Bryan." while the 19n convention merely
renewed Its allegiance to "the party of
Jefferson. Jackson and Bryan.'
The Nebraska democrats demanded an In
come tax In 1997, In 199. in 1SP9 and In 1900.
To mollify the eastern democrat Mr.
Bryan consented to have the Income tax
plank dropped from the national platform
of 1900; consequently the Nebraska demo
crats did not assert their yearnlnga for an
Income tax again until 1904, the year Judge
Parker was nominated.
Only twice In ten year have the Ne
braska democrat declared, for a tariff for
revenue. In 1891 and In 1904. In 1900, when
Mr. Bryan waa a candidate, they were sat
isfied merely to denounce Dlngleylxm. On
the question of the election of send tors fy
direct vote, however, they have been
uniformly consistent, having demanded It
In 1891, in 1899, in IftOO, In 190!. In J904. in
1905 and In Iftox. They have been almost
as consistent In declaring for the Initiative
and referendum, having endorsed It In 1S,
In 1899, In 1900, in 1904 and In 1906.
They favored railroad rate regulation In
1904. and in 1906 insisted that the rate should
remain in effect until overturned by the
court. "Government by Injunction" thev
Renounced In 1897, In 19, In 1900 nnd In -1901.
in mi iney specmcally attacked federal
judge for Issuing Injunction In a strike
case, and in 1904 they demanded an eight-
nour law.
In March, 1900, they asked for a federal
law requiring every corporation engaged
in interstate commerce to show that Its
tock wa not watered, and that It had not
attempted and wa not attempting to
monopolise any branch of trade or anv
product. Mr. Bryan transferred their plank
to the national platform. That same year
they declared for municipal ownership, and
In 1102 they demanded a law making an
arbitrary reduction of 16 per cent In the
freight rates on certain specified articles.
In 1898 they described Mr. Bryan as "the
people's champion." In 1901 he had be
come "the first citizen of the world,"- with
obviously all the right and privilege that
gr inherent to the office of flrt citlsen.
The platform of the Nebraska democrats
account for fully two-third of the Madison
Square Garden speech, but Where did the
government railroad acheme come from?
We must seek that In popullstlc sources.
The platform adopted by the populist na
tional convention Of ISM, which endorsed
Mr. Bryan for president, demanded that
"the government should own and operate
th railroad In the interest of the people."
The 1898 platform of the Nebraska 'popu
list, when Mr. Bryan waa cheek by jowl
with their leader, declared for government
ownership of "railroads, telegraphs and
telephone.". It alao put forth the Inter
esting suggestion .of atate-owned railroad
line from the Canadian boundary to the
Gulf of Mexico. It may hive been from
thla platform that Mr. Bryan derived his
Idea of confining national ownership to
trunk line, with state ownership of the
remaining line.
It Is due to the Nebraska populists to
say that they have been hardly less loyal
to most of Mr. Bryan'a ideaa than have
the Nebraska democrats. They have been
with him on free sliver, on the Initiative
nd referendum, on Philippine independ
ence, against militarism, in denouncing
judges, against government by Injunction,
against currency reform, In favor 'of pos.
tal savings banka, of electing sons tore by
direct vote, of municipal ownership, of an
Income tax, of a horizontal ' reduction of
freight ratea by legislative enactment, of
abolishing duties on trust made goods, of
an eight-hour dsy and of government own
ership and operation of railroads.
Mr. Bryan'a democratic and popullstlc
principles have long ben Intimate and In
terchangeable. Is It strange that the rela
tionship haa finally become too complicated
even for a' peerless leader, and that he
hould get hla popullstlc paternalism inex
tricably tangled up with hi democratic In
dividualism? An Kzamnle Needed.
Baltimore American.
Three prominent men have been rre!ed
In connection with the failure of the Phila
delphia Trust compsny. They have been
held for trial and will have to face a Jury.
Trust funds wrecking will receive a salu
tary check If theae men are convicted, sent
to prison and no misdirected official sym
pathy In the shape of pardon Interferes
with a punishment whose example Is very
badly needed thes time.
Coaatrrla aa Shan.
New York World.
The Bank of England counter Secretary
Shaw gold Imports order by raiding the
money rate, ao aa to make the American
nurchase f British gold unprofitable. But
It omit the superfluous sermon on loans
for speculation. It i doing a plain banking
business.
It May Not Be Generally Known
hut our late fire wiped out everything fivie acres of the.
finest eheds, and the largest stock we ever had, and of .
course not nearly enough insurance. But, Phoenix like,;,;
sheds have 'risen from the ashes and we are ready again
with a big stock. ' '
ALL NEW CLEAN LUMBER. : .:
Always lowest prices. Your orders will te appreciated
thoroughly. ; ' 1 - '
C N. DIETZ LUMBER CO.;
1214 FARNAM. Telephone DouffUi 35- - - ; ; '
pNA , noirr f virw.
Seats Oaeervatlaaa aa the Adminis
trating At fiaveranr Vlaaaaa
Psnsma Star and Herald. .
Here we have in a ntitahell the secret of
his popularity and siu-ceas. He Is courte
ous, even genial: and beneath these grat-e
one imagines he perceive a resl kindliness
of disposition. There la no Intention f tin-dr-rratlng
his abilities, hut It may truth
fully be dei-lared that no small share of
tha governor's success Is due to his quali
ties of heart. With regard to his Intellec
tual attalnnents little need be sld. as th
fruits of these are dally In evidence. One
has only to refer to the legsl code of ihe
Canal Zone and the smoothness of Itie
running of the government machinery , for
proof of Governor Mngnon's ability aa a
Jurist, organizer and administrator.
For the time that Governor Msgoon has 9
been on the Isthmus he has done invaluably'
work. He has devised a coda of laws for
the Canal Zone adapted to local needs,
established n stable system of government
and, as head of the administration, has
been largely Instruments! In bringing about
the rhatige for the better In sanitary con
ditions which Is soi noticeable a feature of
the Isthmus today. At some fliturs data
we may give the result of his labors mora
In detail, but the above brief generaltraton
alone shows a good record, and the gov
ernor may well be proud of his work. Ha
has achieved that for which be wss snt
here and will be removed in a wider fiejd.
In the Philippine he will find enough tf
engross his energies, but there la no fear
as to his ability to cope with The situation
there.. The same ability and urbanity
which have enabled him to work such good
results here will stand him well In' his new
sphere and after he ha departed from ur
midst we shall watch hi career with Inter,
est. Tn the meantime we tender' him onr
congratulations on his promotion, coupled
as It Is with regret at hi early departnr.
and we believe that In saying this we voles
the feelings of the great majority Jn this
community. . :i
I II I HI ' -.
PERSON l. NOTES.
Colonel Henry Mapleson. the iperstfe
and dramatic manager, has Just received
the Cross of the I.rgton of Honor from
the French government '''
On October 18, at Washington, the mili
tary monument In memory of General
George B. McClellan. former commander
of the army of the Potomac, will be un
veiled. '
Mr. Sullivan of Illinois deports himself
much after the fashion of the more dis
tinguished Sullivan of Boston, In the old
day wheji encounters were with bara
knuckles.
When Renan died he left nine Volume
In manuscript, containing the note of hi
young manhood on religion, phlloaophy,
history and life. He never meant to pub
lish them, but hi daughter has decided
to do so. ' ' ' '
Elthu Root, secretary of state, used to ba
a golf player. He waa one of the found
ers of the Nassau club. He gave up play
ing golf when he went to Washington and
began riding horseback. The president
say golf is a "grandmother' game."
General Lula Terrazas, whose wealth 1
conaervatlvely estimated at 1200,000,000,
celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary
of his birth at hi home in Chihuahua,
Mexico, a few day ago. Terrazaa J said
to be the largest individual land ewnei
In the world, hi estate in western. Mex
ico covering more than 16,000,000 acres.
The "absence habit; Is a menace to th
United State army. ' Thla I, the state
ment made by Brigadier General Buob,
commanding the Department of Dakota, in
hi annual report. He call attention t
the great number of officer now absent
from their regiment and says that ths
number I steadily Increasing from, yot
to year and 1 greatly impairing -h
efficiency and discipline of the various
organization of the army. .
FLEETING FIN.
"Well, Brewser I dead. He waa a, tough
character."
"Yea; he waa killed out west by a prema
ture explosion of dynamite, wasn't he?"
"Well, it wa an explosion of dynamite,
but I wouldn t call it 'prematura.' Phila
delphia Press.
"I don't believe that man has a alngl re
deeming virtue."
"Then by all mean put him In charge of
the bank." Baltimore American.
"Enthusiasm." said I'nole Eben, 'Is mis
leadln', owln' to de fact dat ao many people
will give three cheer dat wouldn' give l
to de campaign fund." Washington Star.
a
Reporter Senator, If It Isn't a secret, I
Should like to know something about th
speech you are going to make tomorrow.
How will you stand on government owner,
ship?
Statesman Briefly, but with emphasis,
young man. 1 shall jump on It with both
feet. Chicago Tribune.
"Perhapa." said the clerk; "you'd'llke to
look at good a little more expensive than
these." - h '
"Not necessarily." replied the' .shopper,
"but I would like to look at some of better
quality." Philadelphia Press..
"Pa. was Solomon really thd wisest man
that ever lived?" t
"He has that reputation, but of course
we can never secure sny proof that h
could have fathomed the meaning of a
railroad time table. Chicago Record
Herald. "Beveri I old subscribers passed in their
checks while you were away, said th
country edltor'a assistant .
"What?" gasped the editor, who heV
been off on a vacation. Then, grasolns
the other's meaning, he added: "See herel
You'll have to atop uaing those ambiguous
expressions, or some dsy you'll give m
heart disease." Philadelphia Ledger. ,
"I se tht a colored man came out victor
In that great prise fight." ' '
"Yes." answered Colonel St 111 well. "And
perhaps It Is .lust ss well. It prevents an
other story from being started to the ef
fect that a colored man has been terrorised
and coerceij' Washington Star., . ,
OOI.DKNKOO.
Boston Tranacrlpt, ' "..
What' army blvoua-on yonder 'plain.
It golden helmet nodding In. th aun
While yet ita morning ray 'hay scarce
begun
To flash their brilliance e'er - th : carta
again?
Ppon the hillsides and along tha tap - -A
fairy, labyrinthine web ia apun ,' r:
Where summer's early blossoming' wa
done.
Where Flora erst held undisputed reign.
Th willing earth reepond to Mldss-wsnd,
And glitters with tb golden rod a , bright
bars.; , ,
Now, wliile encamped are her battalion
grand,
I'plirting in soft breese their myriad stars,
Their armored sentinels at outposts stand
To guard the legiona with drawn clinetera.
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