Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: SEPTEMBER 1G, lfW.
SHAW IN REPLY TO BRYAN
Secretary. f tit Trenury Explode Eom.
Fallacies f Doctrine,
KEYNOTE OF PEEFLESJ LEADER ANALYZE!
Hew York Speech Taken Vn ImiIoi
by Section 4 Its Argument
Aiawrf4 Losrlrnlly und
Conclusively. .'
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. lS.-Thls even
ing BTlrT Shaw spok befora a (area
audlenca here. Ha said:
For noma time It has been well-nigh unl-
ntanderd-boarer (or 1 ta good aa
named. For month his ererjr movement
has been promptly chronicled, and the date
or nia return was widely advertiser). No
private cltlsen aver was given so cordial
a welcome or ever received such, an ova
tion as was accorded William Jennings
Bryan, editor, farmer, and poiniclnn. at tha
city of New Tork on August X when the
applause following his Introduction at
Madison Square Garden Is reported to have
continued for eight minutes by the watch.
Tha speech which followed had been her
alded and is now accepted aa the- key note,
not only of the present congressional cam
paign, but of that larger campaign two
years hence.
I, did not have tha pleasure of listening
to tha speech, but I have read it. 1 have
read It twice. Tes, I hAve rend It three
times. I personally Hit Mr. Bryan. I ad
mire Ms oratorical ability, and I enjoy
. altttng and watching.' the effect of his elo
quence upon others. In hi Madison Square
vra ipicB i eaniy recognises our
friend of 1898 wit limit a single subtraction
and with several additions.
Still Silver Issae.
Ha still favors bimetallism, which. In his
WAee.tinlj&rv mMIII (ha f ... . ..,,.
' -- iiro anu UMMIIlll U
coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to
1 mrl.K mA TW . I . i. . .
, ...v.. a"" & um vi win goia ana
silver In quantity sufficient to supply every
publlo need every demand the parity
and exchangeability of the latter amply
l safeguarded by wise and efficient leglsl.
' tlon, does not satisfy the twice defeated
candidate upon a paramount Issue selected,
yes. dictated, by himself.
After referring to tha 'unlocked for and
(unprecedented Increase In the production
of gold." to which he Impliedly attributes
, our present prosperity, ha uses this phrase.
In which the present tense Is notices ble:
We who favor bimetallism ara satisfied
with our victory." Thus ha gives notice
that should the production of gold sud
denly decrease he will renew his efforts for
I the debasement of our currency, and again
.1 advocate the abandonment of every effort
to maintain parity between the several
Tonus ol money .coined or Issued by the
! government. He will advocate again the
coinage of both gold and silver unllralUdly
and let them circulate according to their
respective metallic values.
I It Is axiomatic that a coin which the gov
ernment coins In unlimited quantity and
1 Without HIKflia n h. . VI .
I f which It Is made will be worth exactly
I. ..;.. ST" material consumed. This
If-Ji . i"oId ems, -nd free and Unlim
ited coinage of any other metal would have
oil.?"?0 effect " coins made therefrom.
B,n?ria,1,8m' by Mr. Bryan,
would ruin every business between the
baneful " stll" " labor would b more
Wants to Change Government.
, Mr. Dryan was reported to have said on
his return from a previous trip abroad that
lie had obtained one new Idea during his
Journeying. His recent search evidently
has bean more fruitful of results. He even
boasts of having searched Japnn and every
other country visited by him for something
to bring back for Incorporation either into
organic law or legislative enactment, or
for Introduction into the habits and customs
of. our people.
no minks our constitution should be so
mended as to convene mninM snnn miter
election In Imitation of England.
He thinks the founders of tha
made a mistake In placing the election of
Lnited States senators in a resionslble
oath-bound body, and that it should be
transferred to an unfettered and unpunish
able political convention. To accomplish
this ha would again amend tha oonstltu-
I tlon.
He thinks still another provision of the
'organic law was lil-edvleedly Inserted by
the fathers, and recommends a fourth
amendment to the constitution removing
Its Inhibition of direct taxation so as ,lo
grant .congress greater latitude. In tha col
lection of revenues. In Imitation of several
countries he has visited.
The fourth suggested amendment to the
constitution relates to the abolition of the
provision giving each state exclusive juris
diction over Its domestic corporations ex
cept such aa engage in Interstate commeroe,
i while the modified form proposed by Mr.
Bryan would permit the federal govern
ment to have concurrent Jurisdiction when
ever tha slate failed to properly supervise
the creature of its own statutes.
. The fathers founded a republic a repre
' aentatlve government, but - the returned
orator speaks In praise of the modern trend
towards democracy, a term slightly lens
forceful than community. I submit that
there ara more points of similitude between
a monarchy like England and a representa
tive government like the I'nlted States than
there are between a representative govern
ment like this and a pure democracy.
He then proceeds to advocate a different
law for the wage earner and for tha tenant.
f my tenant threatens to cut down my
shade trees or to Injur me in any way
wherein a suit for damages will not be an
adequate remedy I can enjoin him. If my
employe threatens to do the same thing.
Mr. Bryan thinks he should be permitted
to proceed and thereafter be given a trial
by Jury regardless of whether such a rem
edy would prove a remedy at all or not.
That the Injunction ha been many times
Improperly Invoked I have no doubt. Ar
rests have also been made. many times Im
properly, and criminal prosecutions have
been begun In Innumerable Instance for
the sole purpose of collecting debt. The
fact remains, however, that . Anglican
Jurisprudence Is the best safeguard not
only to property but also to personal and
Individual rlghta which the race has thus
far evolved.
Railroad, Trust and Tariff.
From the Turk, the Bulgarian, the Serv
ian the Hungarian and the Austrian he
would bring back and Incorporate Into the
settled policy of this country government
ownership of trunk lines of railway Borne
of us who will see elements of good in what
the Fathers conceived and somewhat to
preserve In our civilisation as exemplified
la the habits and customs of our peopl.
and who are therefor styled conservatives,
are disposed to congrstulate ourselve that
the great promulgator of Innovations per
mits the Institution of marriage to remain
unassaJled. Still Colonel Bryan give notice
that ther are several other subjects to
which he expects to address himself at an
early date. . . . , .
Of his speech four columns out of a total
seven ar devoted to trusts. In which term.
In Its comprehensive sense, he Includes rail,
road abuse and even the protective tariff,
dismissing three and one-half columns or
sympathy expressed for a corporation be
ridden people and of anathemas hurled
against predatory capital, and confining
myself to the scant one-half column
wherein he mentions rather than fllsciisso
measures of relief. I find this sentence:
"We must not quarrel over remedies. H
I . V. . nthnv mv be ex
plicit iuf i,ia iiicti w... .... -
6'7 1"
Humphreys' Seventy
Beven Cures Grip and
Dr.. Humphrey. Sevnty
tevan" differ from other Cold
curs-bcause It cur by qonq
direct to tha ick spot, without
disturbing th rest of the system
No poison, no drugging, no dan
ger to the heart, the kidney or
the lunge a eomplete cure no
hanging on of neety Catarrh or
haolting Cough.
"Seventy-seven t put up In
a Small Vial of plsaant pellet
that fits the vest pocket. -
At Druggists, tt ceats or mailed.
loctor's Book mailed free.
Humphreys' Horoeo. Medtcin Co, Cor.
WUllaxo and John b tree la. New York.
pected tmm the enforcement of the crlml- i
ll provisions of the Sherman anti-trust
V While the effect of a criminal eon
vwkn. followed by imprisonment. Is al
ways wholesome. It Is Well for us who an.
alys the practicability of proposed renie
dies tn remember thst the rlvll provisions
Li antl-tnist lsw ean be established
and enforced by a mere prepohdersnc of
svidejiee, while no punishment for crime
can b Imposed until th eseemlnl facts
-in!iiuTina: the crime are proven beyond a
reasonable donbt as found end returned In
the verdict of a lury. Th difficulty In en
Torclng the "herman art does not He so
mucn in applying Its pro-visions after a
case has been proven ss In obtaining evi
dence sufficient to prove a esse.
men noiniv states that tne enforce
of existing laws Is not sanVient, and
sdda, "The riemocrstlc party must be pre
pared to propose new and efficient lexila.
Jion,' and proceed to suggest what has
been often sus-gested before:
Resralatlosi of Directors.
"It la worth while." he rays, "to con
aider whether a blow msy not be struck st
trusts by a Inw making It Illegal for tha
same person to act as director and officer
of two corporations which deal with each
other or aie enKuged In the same general
business."
I suppose he mesns to ssy thst If I should
buy a portion of the wonderful Iron ore bds
of Alabama, or of the matchless marhle
deposits of Colorado, ot of the coal mas.
ures of Wyoming, or of oil lands In Texas,
and fof their development should build a
railroad, having promoted both enterprises,
and having Invested money In each, l
should not be permitted to be a director
In more than one. It is one thing to limit
a common carrier to the particular line of
business for which It wss primarily organ
Ised, a Is done In the rate bill enacted st
the last session of congress, and quite an
other thing to restrict what some under
stand to be the natural right of the In
dividual to Invest his money wherever he
pleases, provided only he does not Interfere
with or restrict the rights and privileges
of others, and then, having made the In
vestment, to stand guard over It. Andrew
Carnegie Is quoted ss advising one to put
all his eggs In on basket, and then watch
that basket. Colonel Bryan Is the first,
so far as 1 know, to advocata a law for
bidding one to put eggs in two baskets
and then wstch both.
Thomas Jefferson, on whose teachings
democrats once claimed their nartv to have
been founded. Incorporated Into the declara
tion or independence tne proposition that
"th pursuit of hanniness" Is an Inalienable
right. Not until happiness Is pursued in a
way which Interferes with the rights and
happiness of another should such pursuit
oe restrained. Notwithstanding Mr.
Bryan's statement, made In the same con
nection, that most corporations are conduct
ing their affairs In a legitimate manner he
would legislate againrt the many In the
hope of preventing Improper conduct on the
Fsri or a tew. ir ne nan one mcKing coit
suppose he would hamstring his whole
drove.
Psrdon the suggestion that the eloquent
traveler, having been for some years largely
occupied in the discharge of other than
executive, administrative. Judicial, or even
legislative functions, may have omltt'd
carefully to study and analyse existing
laws. If a person becomes a director In
even one concern, ssy nothing of two, with
Intent to monopolls a product and control
the price thereof to the prejudice of others
engaged In the same line of business, h
violate both th civil and the criminal
provisions of the existing Sherman anti
trust law. Prohibiting a man from doing an
Innocent thing in an innocent way appears
to me to be sn unnecessarily drastic method
of preventing an objectionable thing already
prohibited by existing statutes and easily
enforced when the essential facts can be
proved, i
License for Corporations.
Mr. Bryan then revert to the democrstlc
platform of 1S"0, and announces "as a still
more far-reaching remedy" a lsw requiring
corporations to take out a federal license
before engaging In Interstate commerce,
and adds that "this remedy Is simple and
easily applied." He further says:
"It Is far easlrr to prevent a monopoly
than to watch It and punish It. and this
prevention can be accomplished In a prac
tical way by refusing a license to any
corporation which control more than a
certain proportion of -the total product ,
this proportion to be arbitrarily fixed at
a point which will give free operation to
competition."
Thus he has found a remedy which he
asserts Is "simple and easily applied." and
one that will "ccom,nllsh the prevention
of monopoly." He spurns the thought of
controlling, curbing or restraining the evil,
but proposes by a single enactment abso
lutely to exterminate the last sucgnstlon
of ravage on the part of predatory capital.
Will hi panacea stand analysis? Let us
see. '
Some years ago my attention was called
to what was then at lesst supposed to he
the Salt trust. Whether I was rightly In
formed or not affects In no degree the
value of the alleged conditions aa an Il
lustration. I was told thst a corporation
of larre capitalisation had contracted for
the entire output of all th sslt works of
Michigan, and of all th salt works of
New Tork. sod of all the salt works of
every other state.
I assume tht If a corporation thus own
ing or controlling an entire product should
make application for a federal license
under. Mr. Bryan's ure-cure lsw It would
be promptlv denied. If refused a license,
of course. It could not engage In Interstate
commerce, and could not thereafter ship
sslt to Tennessee. But the people of Ten
nessee would still need salt. What would
you doT What could you' do? Let me
suggest that oosslblv Jones or some one
else could be Induced to buv a carload or
so deliverable at on of the warehouses
of the trust s'tusted st some one of the
salt works. Jones, of course, could ship
salt to Tennessee, for no Individual can
b discriminated against simply because he
buy salt of a trust. The result would be
that the people of Tennessee would get
th same sslt with this difference, slight
though It mlsht be. of an additional profit
to Jones. Tine danger would be that
Jones, being the only man with a carload
of sslt In the state, might turn predatory
capitalist himself and demand an un
usually larse profit. This danger would be
Increased If he should secure an exclusive
contract from the trust. Let us bopo for
the beet. '
Possibility ( Monopoly,.
Two or three years ago I started at I
o'clock one morning from Deadwood, 8. D.,
went thirty miles by train and walked
right to see a tin mine. It was said to be
tha only workable deposit of tin ever dis
covered In th United Hta tes. If this Is
true, then one corporation controls th en
tire output of tin In the I'nlted States, and
would of course be denied a federal license
and could not, under Mr. Bryan' sure-cure-law.
engage In Interstate commerce.
Equally embarrassed would be every other
new Industry, whether It be the production
of newly discovered metal like tin or nlakel
or the growth of some new fruit or cerenl.
or the manufacture of some newly patented
device. "A license should be refused,"
says Mr. Bryan, "to anv corporation which
controls more than a certain proportion of
the total product." Some corporation I
quite certain to control for a time the en
tire product of every new Industry.
Colonel Bryan's panacea may sound well
In a democratic platform, but at first blush
It does not appear quite so Inviting a a
part of the statute law of the land.
Befor the remedv afforded by a federal
license can be applied either by refusal to
grant or by cancellation after It has been
granted. It manifestly will be found neces
sary to establish th fact by competent
evidence that th concern actually controls
or Is seeking to control such portion of a
commodity, whatever it may be. as will
permit It at least to Influence If not dictate
in nm. I nu-r uut juiwiiinurnrn nu lai
can be Dasscd thst does not require th e
tabllshment of certain feets as a prerequis
ite to Its enforcement. The amrmnn anti
trust law has seiaom. ir ever, neen insqe.
ousts when there has been evidence suf
ficient to prove the monooolistlo character
of the methods employed by corporations
neaged In Interstate commerce. Finding It
difficult to ontsin tne necesaarv proof to
miki th existing anti-trust law In all
esses effective, the republican party created
the Bureau or Corooratlona, for which. I
regret to observe. Mr. Bryan has no word
of prals. but which hs been found very
efficient In securing evidence with which
to estebllsh the fscts on which to apply
the law.
Colonel Bryan comparison between th
nresent effective nrohlbltlnn of the trans
mission of lottery tleketa throush the malls,
or bv express or freight, with proposed leg
islation prohinmng tne transportation or
trust -produced merchandise, appears to m
to hsve been IM-consldered. It oiieht not o
be necessary to cite to an Intelligent audi
ence th fact 'hat a lottery ticket shows on
It fsce what it Is. while H remil'es evi
dence to show thst a ean of meat or a ho
of cigars or a barrel of nil was produced
by a monopoly.
Management of Railroads.
The returned champion of a new civili
sation then revert to railroad abuses, and
recommends that all trunk lines he ac
quired and managed by public officials, and
local lines by the several states. "In those
states where the peopl are rip for th
chang." he snys. "the local lines can b
purchased or new line built at one." He
frankly admit that th American people
mav not be ready for government owner
ship of trunk lines nd state ownership of
cxl lines, but ne tninx coin necessary
and inevitable. He is not sure that a ma
jority of his own party yet favors such a
revolutionary messur. and he thus holds
out to his political associates th hope that
be may coneont that th platform on which
he I so soon to make his third campaign
gtejl La. '"V",,i f J24 4t
not Intimate, however, that he will con
sent to be himself silent on the snhiect
after the convention adjourns and certsinly
not curing his term or omce, ir ne snouia
be elected. Having received popular, en
dorsement at the polls, evea though his
known views were suppressed as much
as possible, he sees the possibility of so
teacning tne people from nu tnus en
Isrged forum during his first term thst he
csn win a second term on the main Issue.
several prominent political associates of
Mr. Bryan have expressed regret st whst
they call the premature announcement of
th Issue. Instead of courageously attack
ing what many of them admit Is a most
vicious heresy, un-American snd utterly
Incompatible with constitutional represen
tative government, they content them,
selves with mild regrets that the on man
who for ten years has been able to dictate
the paramount Issue of his party and Its
platform should anticipate the party trend
by this early pronouncement. They say the
party Is not yet resdy. Not yet? When
will It be? Mr. Bryan does not seem to me
to be far in sdvance of his party. The
platform adopted at the democratic state
convention In New York In 1W4 declared
In favor of government ownership snd
operation ot anthracite coal mines. The
whole question may as well be fought out
now as at a later date when perchance
financial depression snd widespread suf
fering may distract the public mind and
prevent the expression of deliberate Judg
ment on the subject. "To be forewarned is
to be forearmed." That the Issue must
soon be met everyone who hss studied the
evolution of political sentiment within the
democratic party ha for several years
recognited. For one 1 accept the challenge.
Dancer' Very Remote.
In his seal to criticise recent legislation
Colonel Bryan point out a possible danger
applicable, honever, to the new order of
tilings which he recommends quite as much
as to the rate bill against wnlch he di
rects It.
"If an appointive board has the power,"
he says, "to nx rates snd can by the exer
cise of that power Increase or Decrease by
hundreds of millions of dollars the annual
revenues of the railroads, will not the rsll
rosds feel that they have a large pecuniary
Interest In the election of a president
friendly to the railroads?" If ha were
wholly frank, ha might hsve said, and with
great force, "If an appointive board, re
movable by the executive, can fix rstes.
and by the exercise of that power Increase
or decrease by hundreds of million of dol
lars the revenues of t:ie railroads, and csn
slso Increase or decrease, to the limit of
Judicial forbearance, the rstes to be paid
by each and every community between the
seas msy not the executive who Is both
ambitious and unscrupulous, by the ex
ercise of that Imperialistic power, per
petuate himself In office to the day of his
death, and then In effect bequeatn to whom
he will?'' Possibly It wss In part to pre
vent a contingency like this, when, per
t ha nee. some man of the type I have
described, shall be elected president, a
somewhst liberal court review was provided
for In the rat bill.
Unless Colonel Bryan' fears that some
chief executive may abuse the discretion
lodged with him under the rate hill are
groundless, then whst might we not fear
should the nearly ten thousand officials
and nearly a million operatives of trunk
lines of road be made subject to executive
appointment or placed umier civil service,
subject to executive removal for captious
cause, or retention regardless cf Inef
ficiency? Nor is this the sole objection. Not long
sgo the directors of a trunk line of rail
road held their annual meeting. It finished
Its business at a single session, but before
it adjourned. It had appropriated I10.000.0ofl
for extending Its lines. Increasing its
rolling stork, and bettering Its tracks and
terminal facilities. How long would it take
congress to appropriate HO.on0.nno for a
single road touching only six state when
every state from Mslne to Oreon and from
Montana to the Qulf was asking equal ap
propriations for the Improvement of their
facilities.
Inflnene of Local Interests.
Say alt wa please against the Influence
of local Interests, hut the fact remains
that no appropriation for the Improvement
of rivers and harbors, however Imperative,
can be passed that does not widely scat
ter Its bounty so ss to Include a few non-
navigable streams and some other unneces
sary Improvements. No public building bill
can be parsed for the erection of a custom
house, public store or postoffice, though
Its construction will save the government
In rent an amount In excess of the Interest
on the cost, thst doe not also provide for
a few postofflces In democratic and re
publican districts alike, where the cost of
maintenance after erection exceeds 'ie
rental now paid for adequate quarters.
and where th erection of a public building
is an aDsoiute waste or money. River and
harbor bills snd public building bills ar
nonpartisan measure. The opposition says
much In platform snd more from .the stump
in favor oi pmnomv, qui wnen it comes
to appropriation there 1 remarkable non
partisan unanimity of opinion from every
district likely to b rewarded. Knowing
I do that publlo revenues come very
largely from the wealthy and well-to-do.
and that expenditures for rivers and har
bors and -public vbulldlngs go almost en
tirely to labor, I do not wish this to be
understood as the registration of an ob
jection to the policy of internal Improve
ments, i admit tnem to be against the
teachings of Jefferson, and In the fsce of
the early teachings of the democratic party.
But on the policy of centralisation aa
well as on most other Question the nartv
of Jefferson ha wandered far.
Tf th trunk lines of railroad were once
placed under the direct supervision and
control of congress, does any one suppose
mai one line couia ne ami Me tracked and
rock ballasted until facilities on everv
other line were made equally good? Would
one road like the New Tork Central be
given four tracks snd cement and steel
construction bridges while the Rock Inland,
with more mlleacs and touching territory
having more votes In the house and sev
eral times a many votes In the senate.
nas out a single track and crosses streams
on bridges with wooden piers? Would It
ne posnoi to nave an nouny train eervlc
between New Tork and Philadelphia, and
between Chicago and Milwaukee. with
parlor cars and diner service, and have
only two trains a day between the homes
of several times ss many senators scat
tered netween Seattle and St.- Paul? Would
It be possible to have a through fast train
pass any town without stopping, and espe
cially the home town of a congressman or
senator?
Civil lervlce and Politics.
There are over .OC0 bubllc servants, ex
clusive of presidential appointees, under
me airect supervision or tn denartment
at the head of which I have th honor .to
temporarily preside. They are a good, con
scientious pulnsiaking body of men and
wuiueii, aqa yet u wie i reasury aepartment
were a prlvats enterprise every wblt as
much work could be accomplished with' a
reuuctlon of one-third in number and one
fourth In the salary of those remaining.
Tlii condition I not to be charged to
civil service rules and regulations, ot which
1 most heartily approve, but to th inherent
nuture of public service.
Soma years sgo, whll walking through
Lincoln bark, Chicago, I noticed a group of
twenty-five or more mn pushing Iswn
mowers. Stopping to msk some Inquiry
of a policeman, I Innocently asked why th
city did not use mowers drawn by horses.
I shall long remember hi reply: "I guess
you don't live In Chicago, do you? How
long do you think the city administration
would llv If it mowed th park with
horses?"
Th cornerstone of th city hall In Phila
delphia wa laid July 4. 1874. but the build
ing waa not completed until durlna the
first year of th present century. The capltol
at Aio&ny was uegun in tne si it lea, it was
fsr enough advanced to be the scene of an
Inaugural ball during the sevenths, and
wss completed. all' save the tower, for
which the foundation wss found Insufficient,
in 18. In the meantime, the two great
political parties alternated In control, and
I am told In one or more Instances four
generations performed work on th build
Ing.
The appropriation for the public building
In Chicago was signed by Orover Cleveland,
and about sixty days ago I made final
settlement and signed th draft for th
last payment, and wa then able to answer
public criticism because the work hsd
firngressed so slowly with record proof that
t had been about as expeditiously built
a most structures of Its character erected
by the government.
Harlem river, extending from the Hudson
to th East river, eight miles In length.
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50c
.Tiger Urnssels Rnn 9x13 size,, of an excep
tional 'good quality and every one a choice
design. We have made a very
low price during this great
September Furniture Sale.
Price.
Terms, fl.SO Cash and 50c Per Week.
W2
Carpets and Draperies
Ingrain Carpets, extra good values and
attractive designs. Septem- OO
ber sale price, per yard . alC
Brussels Carpet, of the very latest
and stylish patterns, regular r7Zt
$ 1 values, Sept Sale price. ... luC
Art Reversible Rugs, size 9x7-6. large
assortments in beautiful new O AO
patterns. Sept. Sale price. ... mi. iJO
Nottingham Lace Curtains, 2.50 val
ves,' September Sale 4 Off
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8TOVKS AX1 RANGES
Pole agent for th famous Oar
land line. Also agents for Istat
Oak Katr. Modal Oak Katrs,
Star Batata Steel Bangna and many
other standard line. Largest 8tov
Department In the city. We csn vo
you money, time and worry on your
stove purchase.
price
Rope Portieres, for double doors, $2.25
values, September Bale
OUR. EASY
CREDIT TERMS
$25 worth, $2.50 Cash, $2 per month
$50 worth, $5.00 cash, $4 per month
$75 worth, $7.50 cash, $6 per month
$100 worth, $10 cash, $8 per month
Larger Bills in Proportion.
ifiiu a; fa
25
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RNAM
THE PEOPLE'S FURNITURE
STREETS. OMAHA.
AND CARPET CO. Est. 1887.
Our Special steal Bangs s, mad of
cold rolled steel, asbestos lined, du
plex grates, nickel trimmed. During
tnis Beptemoer ai we otrer a six-
hole Special Steel
Range, Including
high warming closet.
with large ic-incn -even,
at the extremely low price
oi
Vantts, 99.80 Cash, 60o rr Wk.
loni Ooral Bas Bnrnsrs (Exactly like cut).
Mad of the very best of selected cast gray Iron,
heavy nickeled trimmings, airtight magazine and
guaranteed nre pot or good size, mi
we consider It the best low priced fj tf b
base burner on the market to- II M Is S V
day and It will give perfect satis- tl Tjl
faction. Ppeclal price during Sep- JUn I
tember sale...-
enns, 91.76 Cash, SOo Par Week.
B. 8 ' Stove, guaranteed bakers,
regul: values, September Sale
price
Terms, BOo Fsr Week.
Blval Oak Ytrs, good size, 19.00
value, September Sal
price
9.50 B
5.90 g
wa dredged by the government to a depth
of fifteen feet In seventeen year.
Now note a few Instances of private en
terprise. In 1904-the Pennsylvania railroad
began the construction of twin tunnels
ikrn.irh the mud beneath Hudson river.
and four tunnels extending thence under
mandment. I do not know that w ar
In danger of making statute law the object
of our Idolatry or of substituting penal
codes for the plain teachings of morality,
but I do know that In spite of legislation
and In the face of penal codes abuse
arise and crime are committed. They ar
tha city of New York and beneath East discovered sometimes even in xne mw
river to Jjong Island City. hT1 now nt the ! ervlce and sometimes In the management
nil nf tarn veara feels confident that It
fifteen miles of nineteen-foot waterproof
tunnel will be completed and In use within
th contract period of four years.
John B. McDonald began work on the
subway of New York In Mareb. 1900, and
had nine mile with double track and
stations In operation In four years and
seven months.
1 - Government In Business.
These Instances Illustrate the natural, the
necessary and Inevitable differences be
tween prlvste enterprise and government
work, and might be multiplied definitely.
I do not know that I can explain the
reasons why these differences must and
always exist better then to recite a very
commonplace experience. I received a tele
gram some days ago from the cashier of
s little bank In which I am Interested. It
resd: "I am offered forty-two nny an acre
for your East Boyer land. What shall I
do?" I -answered. "You know better than
I. Do as you think beat." to mis ne re
plied: "I think the land Is well sold."
These telegrams were not even preserved.
But If I hod been acting ior tne govern
ment' I would have had the land advertised
for sale: I would have sent a commission
to examine and appraise It: I would have
had not less than two subordinate officers
of the department go through all the
raper and ubmlt their recommendations;
would then have rendered final decision,
but I would have been careful to preserve
a complete record of everything lee on
rome unnappy any arier my rmrrninii,
ot banks. Postmasters occasionally default.
mall carriers now and then commit lar
ceny, and some bank officials prove In
efficient and others dishonest. This will
always be so. Bo long as private business
and publlo affair remain In the hands of
men possessed of human propensities and
weaknesses and subject to human frailties,
aln and wickedness will manifest them
selves. Meanwhile let us maintain a rep
resentative form of government, encour
age Individualism, keep the way open for
men to embark In any and every legiti
mate business, sanely and conservatively
Improve the law we have, strengthening
them wherever practicable and simplifying
the machinery by which they are operated.
It Is the appropriate function of the gov
ernment to safeguard the Individual, and
to see that the game of business Is fairly
played, that the cards are held above the
table, and that everybody is given a
square deal. It Is not the appropriate func.
tlon of the government to sit In th gam.
POLICE RAID TOUGH JOINT
Clean Ont Hovel Hun by Itulluns and
Pnnlsh Operators, Men
nd Women.
The notice s-ot nusv FYidav and cleaned
and perhaps sfter my demls, an inyestl- out on(J o( the moat notorious Joints In
Bv an adverse congress, would mske in- town and Judge Cockrell assisted greatly
qulry. and fslllng to find positive proot in police court Saturday morning.
CURES COLDS .QUICKLY.
Prevent LnGrlnp.
This changeable weather 1 dangerous
make It so easy to catch colds lead to
La Orlpp and Pneumonia.
Don't neglect a cold, nor matter how
light It may b. When you feel on
confrng on go to your druggist and get a
bos of Bromo Lax and tak It according
to direction. It will break up th cold
ujckly, leaving no bad effect Ilk the
qnlntu cold cures, because ther 1 no
quinine or any of It Injurious compound
In Bromo Lax.
Your druggist, positively guarantees to
return your money If Bromo Lax falls.
Be su re you get th genuine Bromo Lax
8e that th word "Contain no Quinine,"
ar on each box, and alio see that the box
I erang colored. Your druggist Mil
Brorn Lag 4 tto tb bog,
of honestv would make a report filled with
suggestions of doubt and that would b
quite enough to brand my name with
shame. My subordinates take the same
precaution and safeguard their reputation
with an equal amount of red tapewhen
ver thev sell an old horse or wornout
piece of furniture..
For the last len years the railroads of
the United States have paid on an average
a fraction over I per cent In Interest and
dividends on their capitalization. Igclud
Ing their bonded Indebtedness. This would
be about per cent on what It Is ett
meted It would eort to rebuild th road.
Oovernment bonds sufficient to cover the
firesent purchasable value of the trunk
Ines of road or to construct new ones
could not be floated, tree of the burden of
taxation even, for less than 4H per cent,
and under government management Vhe
roads could not pay 1 ner cent on the cost
at present frela-ht and passemrer rates.
i.e-t year the railroads of th country
paid S54,oro 000 In state, county, township and
municipal taxea. Since government property
Is not subject to taxation of anv kind. I
fsncy Colonel Bryan's scheme will develop
some local opposition before the states
surrender revenue averaging over 11,200,000
for each.
Mall a an Illustration.
' It Is sometimes said in support of this
proposed new civilization that the govern
ment does transport Its mail and operate
Its postofflces and its subtreasuries. I re
ply that the government does not transport
its mail. The mall Is carried under con
tract, and wherever practicable contract
' are let after advertising for sealed pro
posals. Astonishment is sometimes ex
pressed at the cheapness with' which tho
government carries and delivers Us mall,
and yet I am credibly advised that any ex
press company would gladly contract to
render tne same service at a very sud
stantlal reduction from what It now cost
provided the government would continue to
build posiofflces In all the Urge cities and
in many of the small town and charge the
cost thereof and the expanse of main
tenance to other and independent appro
priations a It doe at present.
But It Is on thing to have government
servants handle the money at subtreaaurie
and pay It out as public administration re
aulres. and auit a different thing for th
government to operate bank, receive de
posit, buy and sell exchange and loan
money on Interest. Th government doe
Inspect and exercise Jurisdiction over such
banks as elect to one rate under federal
charters. I would be glad to hnve th
right and privilege extended for savlnss
banks, trust companies. Insursnce com
panies and trunk lines of railroad, and per
haps other enterprises, to incorporate un
der a national charter, thereby Inviting
and submitting to federal supervision. Th
government likewise supervises tha busi
ness of all common carriers thst elect to
cross state lines and thus engage In inter
state commerce. It not only proposes to
fix snd determine all freight rates when 1b
road and the public cannot agree, hut 'also
to so supervise the operation of these roads
ss to prevent relates of every chsractcr
whether they affect Individual or cooit.
munltles.
Legrlalatlon and Morality.
Not every avenue of evil In this life ran
b closed by legislation. Israel suffered
seriously or baring worshiped a golden
calf whll Moms waa rscelvlug divln coat-
Mike and Q. Antokal have been running
what they claim Is a legitimate lodging
house at Twelfth and Dodge street but
recently the pollcg hAve made from one
to two arrests there every day. Mike
Antokal Is an Italian and married an octo
roon, and these two,"wlth O. Antokal, hav
been operating the hotel.
Mrs. Antokal and three Inmate of her
house were arrested Friday afternoon on
the charge of vagrancy and Mike and O.
Antokal were arrested on the charge of
keeping a disorderly house. They weer all
convicted In court Saturday. Judge Cock
rell sent Mrs. Antokal and her two friends
to Jail for twenty days, while Mike and O.
Antokal each drew a fin of $2S and cost.
COMPLAINT FOR SELLING COKE
i
Dru scsrist Charge with Furnishing;
Dlpsomnnlna with Por .'
bidden Drag,
- '
As the beginning of a cruaad agalnsf
druggist who sell cocaine to drug fiend
a complaint wa filed Saturday morning In
county court against Martin Donusxo, a
druggist at Twentieth and Pierce street,
charging him with selling Arthur E. Mat
toy 2S cents' worth of th drug. Manta
Mattoy, mother of the young man, was
the complaining witness.
Bh Is said to hav followed her son to
the drug store and watched (he sale. Mat
toy Is a confirmed user of cocaine and an
attempt I being mad to hav Mm ad
Judged a dipsomaniac and sent to the
asylum at Lincoln for treatment. The pen
alty for the offense Is a fin of from $20
to $100. Other complaint ar threatened
unleas drug dispenser conform to th law
prohibiting tho sal of coealn except upon
a prescription.
WOMAN FOUND 'DEAD IN ROOM
Victim of Drag? Hnblt, One Pros
perous. Die Alan In
Dingy Quarters.
Mrs. Nettle Morty. Aged 49. wa found
dead In her room at (IS Davenport streot,
Saturday ' morning at 5:80, by William
Hicks, a lodger In th house, who Im
mediately notified the police.
The room waa barely furnished, con
taining only a cot and a piece of matting.
Mrs. Morty waa found with her head rent
ing on th matting, evidently having
fallen from the cot. She had been sub
ject to epilepsy for many year and was
also addicted to th use of drug.
It was the drug habit that caused her
downfall, a sh wa one In better cir
cumstances, her husband being at one
time th owner of considerable property
In this dry. When she acquired her fond
ness for the drug her husband left her
and moved to Sioux City, and ah has
gradually drifted from bad to wors
There I no uplclon of foul play sur
rounding tha circumstances of her death.
OMAHA. MAY YET GET EAGLES
Ryder In Receipt of Letter from
. Grand OCleer Objecting;
Norfolk.
-John J. Ryder, one of th bootef who
went to Milwaukee In an endeavor to se
cure the next grand aerie meeting ot
Eaglo for Omaha, 1 In receipt of loiter
from Orand Worthy President Krauso and
Grand Worthy Trustca Bracken. Both cf
these grand officers of the Eagle sjr they
have learned ot strong objections o going
to Norfolk next summer at the time of th
Jamestown exposition. They inform' Mr.
Ryder that th matter will be brought tip
tor consideration at a meeting of th grand
officer snd trustee In Louisville, Ky
Monday.
"I propose to see the officers cf th
Commercial club Monday morning.' said
Mr. Ryder, "and urge them lo lelgrph
th grand officer that Omaha still stands
ready to extend proper enltrtalnment to
the grand aerie if It conclude t) dodg
tha crowd at Jamestown and tak the con
vention to a big city In a good location
for fin weather."
NAME THAT JARS THE COURT
Prisoner's Cognomen Exhansts Amer
ican nnd Italian Alphabet
. and Tom Lee.
A prisoner whose nam contain practi
cally, all the letters of th American and
Italian alphabet caused considerable hilar
Ity in police court Saturday morning. When
Tom Lea, city prosecutor by the grace of
politics and Mayor Dahlmsn, attempted to
call for the prisoner he coughed, stuttered,
turned blu In the face and . mumbled
omeining ton sounaea lux " Cisco." Of
ficer Shield caught his cue from Mr. Les
and called loudly for Mr. "San Francisco"
to come befor th people' bar.
This was too much . for Judge Cockrell,
iwho continued th cam until Monday
morning. Th prisoner gav hi nam as
Mik Qtanlracuso snd 1 being held on
th charge of disturbing th peace, pos
sibly by having such a weird cognomen.
GOLD
MEDAL
CHOCOLATES
art made of the fintst
material; they are fla
vored with pure fruit
juices, and are perfeO"
Hon in the art of Choco
late making. They'll
actually melt in your
mouth, and carry you
away with their good
ness. Parted in differ
ent eitee-d i f f e rent
prices. Ask your deal
er for them.
Buy "Baldvfs Xut
, Korn Krisp" for the
children. Pure and
wholesome. Healthful
and delicious. Put
up in boxes that
sell for Sc..
Balduff
1520 Farnam
' - V- Tl y Jt,ry , ij -
Ok of the many beau- fix TV
im- tiful boxes in wtych i - fX
Ipfi Baldutf Geld JK yOTHIKOTOOOOD
Medal Chocolates Ml?" to hold Vaiduff Gold
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