TITE BEE: OMAnA, WEDNESDAY, FKBRltAIlV 23, 1010.
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AD BILLS IN CONGRESS
ItrjP Wickersham Explains Latest
Administration Measure Changes.
CLEMENTS BEFORE COMMITTEE
(Inflation of Lower Mate on Foreign
hlp,-ata la RnUfd Commlvaloa
.ng(n( ( hangfi Concerning;
Conrt of Cnmeree.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 Attorney Oen
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Attorney Gen
eral Wlckersham appeared before the sen
ate committee on Interstate commerce late
yesterday and explained In detail the latent
administration chances desired in the bill
to create a court of commerce and amend
the Interstate commerce laws.
It d been expected that an effort would
be made today to bring the subject to a
vote and . ttyU the bill might be ordered
favorably reported, but Mr. Wlckersham'
rlntement and the questions put to him con
uined so much time that It was decided to
hold another meeting tomorrow.
Senator Cummins, author of the rival
railroad bill, examined the attorney gen
eral with great care concerning many
features of the "-l.-ninisirotlon bill which
conflict with V.:- own bill. At the same
time he did no! (,. Jcmn the administration
bill and the Ir.O'c.itions are that no great
difficulty will be encountered In reaching
an agreement for a report.
Bills In the llonw.
Discussion of the constitution and the
tariff crept into the proceedings of the
i oune committee oh interstate commerce
wsVn Commissioner Judson C. Clements
. was giving his views on provisions of the
Townsend and Mann bills for the amend
ment of the commerce law.
Mr. Clements suggested that tt was get
tlnaV Into the question of protective tariff
anirrrree trade when the committee brought
up the long and short haul problem with
particular reference tq lower railroad rates
for goods shipped to' and from abroad.
The railroads reply to criticism of that
TdIerlmlnatlon, he snld, was that If they
did not allow the lower rates the Canadian
railroads or some other routing arrange
ment would.
1 He suggested that the committee might
Include In the proposed legislation a pro.
Vision permitting a maximum per cent of
difference between these foreign rates and
the domestic rates on the raljjaoads or the
commltttee might vest In the Interstate
Commerce commission discretionary power
to deal with each particular case on the
facta.
Tendency Tontrila Consolidation.
"The tendency of the express compan
ies," . it was suggested to Mr. Clements,
"is to merge Into two or three companies
to cover the country."
'Vna " t.ArllA.l Hm itnmmlatilnntf "T think
that ijfl the general tendency, and of the
railroads as well."
He added that there Is very little compe
tition between the various express com'
panles operating over the different rail
roads and that the Mann and Townsend
'bills would give the commission much
wider scope for regulation of the express
companies. .
Ha, conceded' that it was possible that
the railroad might handle the express
business themselves . Just as they - now
handle excess baggage of commercial trav
elers. Thelpwer the express tariff was
made the greater would become shipment
cf amall freight as express, according to
Mr. piements. "
. In a formal statement submitted to Pres
ident' Taft and to .the house and senate
committees the Interstate Commerce com
mission has suggested certain changes In
She measure. .
The lll as a whole Is approved by the
commission and in Its statement the com
mission expresses its gratification "that
this measure embodies most, if not all, of
the principal recommendations heretofore
made to congress, except the valuation of
railroad properties, and also contains pro
visions of great importance, which In their
general scope are 'unanimously endorsed."
However, the commission recommends
"that the bill be so amended as to contain
the explicit statement that the commerce
court shall have no Jurisdiction or power
ever orders of the commission not now pos
4 sensed by clroult courts of ' tho United
States.
"We are of the opinion that a single
Judge of the commerce court should not be
empowered to stay an order of the oom-
mission," and the suggestion Is made that
' such a stay may be granted only by the
court, "or a majority of the judges
thereof."
Suspension of Rate.
In the suspension of a proposed rate, the
commission desires 120 days Instead of
sixty days as proposed 'in the bill.
It Is maintained that the commission
slfould have, power to compel rates and
Jint rates whenever In Its opinion they are
required cy puduo necHj.
'If It Is the Intent ef congress to (rive
shippers the right to choose between two
or more routes. In the routing of traffic,
kthe commission believes that Intention
7 should be expressed plainly in the pro
I posed law."
Concerning, the purchase of one road by
t- another road.'tha commission says:
"W seaj ho' reason why the prohibition
tliaOone ikwid -shall .not acquire any inter
est in a competing roadr should not be ex
tended soas to prohibit! the acquiring of
any Interest in competing' water line,", and
an amendment -la suggested to include
later lineal- ' .
Common Sense
Lead the most intelligent people to wt only medi-.
cinet ol known composition. Therefore it is that
Dr. Pierce's medicines, the makers of which print
every ingredient entering into tbem upon the bottle
wrappers and attest its correctness under oath, are
daily jrowinf in favor. No Sbcibtj. No DscBrTiON.
Th t "composition of Dr7 Pierce's medi
cines Is open to everybody. Dr. Pierce
being desirous of having the search
light of layestlgatioo tuned fully upon
bit formula), being confident that the better the composition ot
these medicines Is known the more will their great curative
siertts be recognised. , '
Beintf wholly made ol the active medicinal principle extracted from native
forest roots, by exact processes original with Dr. Pierce, and without the Use
ol a drop of aloohol, triple-refined and chemically pure glycerine being used in
stead la . extracting and preserving the curative virtues residing in the roots
employed, these medicines are entirely free from the objection of doing harm
by creatine an appetite for either alcoholic beverages or habit-forming drug.
Examine the formula on their bottle-wrappers the same as sworn to by
Dr. Pierce, and you wiU find that his "Golden Medical Discovery" the great
blood-purifier, stomach tonie and bowel regulator the medicine which, while
not recommended to eure consumption in its advanced stages (no medicine will
do that) yet Jam ere all those catarrhal conditions of head and throat, weak
stomach, torpid liver and brondhial troubles, weak lungs and bang-on-eoughs,
which, if neglected or badly treated lead up to and finally terminate in eon
. tumption. .
Take the "Golden, Medical Discovery" in Hmt and it is not likely to dis
appoint you if only you give it a tktnmtk and fair trial. Don't ejrpect miracles.
It won't do supernatural things. You must exercise your patienoe and per
severe in its use for reasonable length of time to get its full benefits. The
fngredieuts of which Dr. Pierce Na medicines are oomposed have the unqualified
endorsement of scores of medical leaders better then any amount of lay, or
aon-profetsional, testimonials although the latter are received by thousands.
Don't accept score! nostrum as substitute for this time-proven remedy "
or KNOit coMroarriON. Ask you NiiicHSoas. They must know of many eure
made by it during past 40 years, right in your own neighborhood.
World' Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pre , buffalo, N.Y.
Hard Coal Trust
Case is Argued
in Philadelphia
Counsel for Government Unfolds Al
leged iniquities of the Anthra
cite Combine.
PHI LA DELPHI A. Feb. 22.-Standlng In
the United States circuit for five hours
yesterday Jaims C. Mclteynolds, special as
sistant to tho United State attorney-general
unfolded the alleged Iniquities of the
so-called anthracite coal trust and charged
that sev?n of the nine ooa'.-carrylng rail
roads entering tho hard coal fields of Penn
sylvania are in a conspiracy to stifle trade.
On behalf of the government he asked the
court to issue an injunction to break ui
the alleged monopolistic control of tho do
mestic fuel and also pleaded that the ac-
(liitalllons by some of the railroads of stuck
in competing railroads and coal companies
be declared a violation of the provision of
the Sherman anti-trust law.
Mr. McReynolils laid grea( stress on the
part the Temple Iron company has played
In the coal fields,, declaring that its organl
ration clearly showed a conspiracy among
the coal roads to control the anthracite
trade to tidewater at New Tork. When
Independent mining companies, tiring of
high freight rates, proposed building an
Independent railroad to New Tork, govern
ment counsel said, the Temple Iron com
pany, a amall concern, with a limitless
charter In Pennsylvania, was purchased
by the anthracite coal carrying roads, they
taking stock in proportion to the quantity
of coal handled by them. The Temple
company In turn acquired tho largest oi
the independent mines and the proposed
railroad to tidewater never was built.
This act, Mr. McKeynolds said, vras one
step In the alleged scheme to stifle Inter
state commerce in the coal trade.
He also told of the acquisition by tho
Reading company, a holding concern, of
the Reading railway and the Reading
Coal and Iron company, and of the ac
quisition by tho Reading company of the
Jersey Central railroad, a competing line to
New York harbor, which in turn owned the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company.
This Readlng-JerBey Central combination,
he said, owned sixty-three of the unmtned
coal mines in the anthracite regions and
was another step in the conspiracy, Mr.
McReynolds will conclude his argument
tomorrow.
Typhoid Angle
Of Swope Case
Grand Jury Will Begin Investigation
of this Phase of Kansas City Mys
tery Today.
KANSAS CITT, Feb. 22. To determine,
if possible, the cause of the typhoid fever
epldemlo that attacked the Swope home
stead, the grand Jury now investigating
the deaths of Thomas -H. and Chrisman
Swope will begin the examination of wit
nesses soon.
The first step toward delving into the
fever angle of the case was taken today
when Miss Belle Dickson, a governess, and
Mlsa Georgia Compton, a seamstress, were
subpoenaed to appear before the Inqulsl
torlal body tomorrow. Both women were
employed In the Swope home and were
stricken with typhoid.
It was thought at least one of these wit
nesses would be examined today, but as
the testimony of Miss Margaret Swope and
of Mrs. Logan O. Swope was longer than
had been expected, neither Miss Dickson
nor Miss Compton was called.
The grand Jury is said practically to hav
completed lta Inquiry Into the deaths of
Thomas H. and of Chrisman Swope. The
reports of the three Chicago scientists who
examined the vlueeraa of the two men was
the most important testimony heard regard-
lng this phase of the case.
If a further investigation of the vital or
gans of the dead men reveals highly im
portant evidence the grand Jury will be
notified by the scientists. But it is gen
erally accepted that the inquiry Insofar as
poison is concerned Is at an end.
An agreement whereby Mrs. Logan Swope
la to appear before an attorney Wednesday
morning and give her deposition in the
slander suit brought by Dr. B. C. Hyd
was reached today after a stormy session
between attorneys representing Mr. Hydi
and the legal representatives of the Swope
estate. Dr. Hyde's attorneys objected
delaying the taking of the deposition. Miss
Margaret Swope and Miss Lucy Lee Swope
will give their depositions on succeeding
days following Mrs. Swope'.
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FRATERNAL SOCIETY
LAW ASSOCIATION
Organisation la Formed to Sec a re
Legislation Favorable to In
surance Orders.
CHICAGO. Feb. 21 The Fraternal So
clety Law association, whose purpose Is to
secure legislation favorable to fraternal
insurance and those Insured therein Was
orgahixed here today with the following of
ficers:
Oliver Bryan, Philadelphia, president; A.
W. Burnett, Omaha, Neb., vice president;
Carlos S. Hardy, Chicago, secretary,' and
Benjamin D. Smith, Mankato, Minn.,
treasurer. The next meeting will be held
In St. Louis. . v
NO HELP MOM NATIONALISTS
a
British Government Without Allies to
Carry Legislation.
ASQUITH PUTS BUDGET FIRST
Richmond Sara This Will Leave Lords
Still In Position to Dictate
Laborltes Are Expected tn
Follow Irish,
LONDON, Feb. 23 The palyers In the
game of politics threw their cards upon
be table In House of Commons yesterday
The government Is without the allies nec
essary to carry legislation, and the pres
ent prospect Is that the country will be
stirred up by another general , election
within a few months.
Premier Asqulth announced that the fi
nancial legislation will be put ahead ot
he proposals to curb the power of the
House of Lords. John E. Redmond, the
rlsti leader, declared flatly that the na
tionalists would not support that program.
The laborltes are holding a meeting to de
cide their course. They probably will fol
low In tho footsteps of the Irish members.
Tho government may be able to adopt
the budget by the grace of the conserva- -tlves
who possibly will vote for it In or
der to avert financial chaos and keep the
wheels of the empire turning., But the
enactment of the budget will, as Mr. Red
mond pointed out, leave the winning cards
In the hands of the lords, who then will
be free to reject the bill for the reforming
of their house and force another election.
The meeting of Parliament today was an
mportant one for the policy of the cabinet
was not revealed to the country until the
moment Premier Asqulth took the floor.
Seldom In the history of the House of
Commons has Its proceedings been
watched with more intense Interest by the
small but distinguished assembly of spec
tators who were' able to gain admission, or
the millions who depend upon the news
papers for their information.
Irish Control Events.
Mr. Redmond and his Irish colleagues
controlled the course of events. His pro
nouncement that the Irish members would
not support, the prime minister was tho
sensation of the day and It appeals to have
settled the administration's fate. It is re
ported that 200 radicals have declared their
intention of supporllrg Mr. Redmond against
the government's course and that great
pressure is being brought to bear from the
radicals to induce Mr. Asqulth to resign
foi thwlth.
Austen Chamberlain will propose an
amendment to 'the king's speech In favor
of tariff reform and Imperial preference, at
the same time deploring the failure of the
ministers to recognise in the speech the
nature and gravity of the state of trade
and employment.
iThe king's speeches usually are prosaic,
but one clause in his speech today is re
garded as most significant. Referring to
the proposed reform of the House of Lords,
the speech contained the qualifying clause
"In the opinion of my advisers."
This Is interpreted as meaning that the
king wants to disassociate himself from
such proposals. -
Balfour for Opposition.
Arthur Balfour spoke for the opposition,
He criticised the king's speech for its. am
biguity, particularly on the navy question.
He had. hoped, he said, for a declaration
that (.he government was prepared to face
the situation and provide anything neces
sary for the defense of the empire. The
general election had been primarily on the
budget, he said, and he was not quite sure
what the country had pronounced.: -
"When the budget," said Mr. Balfour,
"has received cold -and chilly but numer
ically adequate support In this house It
will doubtless become a law. We believe
that the majority of the constituencies In
Great Britain .are prepared to support the
budget, but can it be pretended that Ire
land favors it? If Ireland abstains from
opposing the budget it will be because the
Irish members think that the interests of
home rule override these of finance, and I
hold that if the budget were isolated from
all other questions It would be rejected.
"If the prime minister's home rule dec
laration, made Just before the election, had
been taken seriously in England, as it was
in Ireland, the other questions would all
have been dwarfed."
Continuing Mr. Balfour said that he had
149 speeches of cabinet members exam
ined and only one of them contained i
voluntary reference to home rule.
Looking under the surface, how, could
the government say that they knew what
was the opinion of the country on any one
of the great Issues before themT
Mr. Balfour closed by questioning whether
tt was possible to entrust solely to a rep
resentative assembly the power of manip
ulating from top to bottom the whole con
stitution of the country. They would be
mad Indeed if they 'drove to this illogical
excess the Idea that for all purposes and
for all time the House of Commons could
be taken to represent the settled convic
tions' of the people.
Asqulth Answers Balfour.
Mr. Asqulth, in rlnlng to reply, was loudly
cheered. He supposed that the king's
speech was the Bhortest oil record. Apart
from the financial provision the only ques
tion on which the government announced
legislation was the relations .between the
two houses. Nothing more would be In
troduced this session. J
"The House of Lords," said the premier,
"last year rejected the budget a glaring
breach of the unwritten conventions of the
leglalatlon that was the climax of a series
of acts by which the lords claimed an over
riding authority of the decisions of the
popular chamber, . and the government's
appeal to the country was primarily an ap
peal to give them authority to put an end
to this state of affairs.
"I have said that we must have legisla
tlve safeguards, but some of my friends
say that I talked about guarantees of the
exercise of the royal prerogative. If I had
said such a thing I would not now be
standing at this box. I received no such
guarantees. I asked for no such guaran
tees. It Is the duty of a responsible mln
Ister, as far as possible, to keep the name
of the sovereign and the prerogative of
tho crowd outside the domain of party pol
Hies."
To ask In advance for Indefinite authority
to use the royal prerogative tn a measure
not yet submitted to the house was a re
quest, Mr. Asqulth declared, a minister
could not properly make.
"If the prime minister gives us reason
able assurance that he will be able to carry
the veto bill into law this year." said Mr,
Redmond, "we will vote for the budget
but we are not willing to pay the price for
nothing."
JEWELS ARE IDENTIFIED
Chlraco Doctor Bay Gems Faand
A atone Effects of Mrs. Knlaht
Were Stolen front His Home.
hut Bt'Kiisus, .Ars;., reo. c following
the identification of Jewels found among
the effects of Mrs. H. L. Knight, a trained
nurse under arrest here, by Dr. Von 8-hfll
of Chicago, a a portion of those he alleged
were stolen from his residence last October,
announcement Is made that officers have
baen started from Chicago, armed wkm the
neret-sary requisition papers, to return Mrs.
KnlKht to that city for trial. Official ad
vjcxa from Chicago placed the value of the
Jewels al f,0uu.
Street Car Runs
Down Steep Hill
at Full Speed
One Man Killed, Seventeen Persons
Hurt and Two Carriages De
molished in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 22.-lts brake out
of commission, a Park Avenue1 strwrt car
dashed a quarter of a mile down a steep
Incline on Park avenue at full speed last
night, spreading death and destruction In
Its wake before it was halted by colliding
with the curb.
One man was killed outright, seventeen
persons were' Injurd, severt of them seri
ously and two carriages were demolished,
while the car was completely wrecked.
John Voyce, 64 years oid.' was thrown
beneath the wheels ot lr.e car when It
struck his carriage at Park and Urand ave
nues, and crushed to death,' while his com
panion was badly hurt.
Pursuing Its wild career, with the motor-
man helplessly trying to apply the brakes,
the car crashed Into another carriage at
Vandeventer avenue, demolishing the ve
hicle and Injuring lta two occupants.
A block farther down the street, the car
Jumped the tracks and tipped over on Its
side, when it collided with the curb.
Seven of the passengers on the car were
women and three of them had fainted dur-
ng the hair-raising ride. .All of them were
more or less seriously hurt. .
One man Jumped out of a window while
the car was running at high speed, -and is
in tha hospital with a fractured skull.
Senator Aldriqh
Would Save Money
Government Business Methods Are
Obsolete and Hundred Million
is Wasted Yearly.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. -Senator Ald-
rlch 'said last night that If permitted
to do so he would undertake to run the
government of the United States for S3O0,-
000,000 a year less than it now costs. He
was not presenting a formal proposition.
but was, making a speech to the senate on
bis bill providing for the creation of a
commission to reform the business meth
ods of .he government
He pleaded earnestly for the authority,
saying that present methods were obsolete
and Involved the annual loss of at least
1100,000,000 a year. At his instance the bill
was so amended aa to provide that the
commission should be composed entirely of
members of congress five senators and
five members of the house.
Mr. Aldrlch spoke in response to Sen
ator Dolllver, who opposed the bill on the
ground that It would create! suspicion in
the minds of the publlo as to 'the methods
of conducting the government's business.
Mr. Dolllver said he feared the commis
sion would accomplish no good but much
evil. He regarded the bill as a proposition
to enter upon "a blanket disparagement of
the government" ' He declared that the
commission would .'cost not 'less than $300,
000 and said he thought there were too
many commissions in the ' field already.
Mr. tolllver aald he did not know wtjat
was the motive for the legisiailbn.
'I know that the "executive departments
are taking much interest ln!us hese days,"
he said. "We have fallen' on, times when
much Interest Is taken by the departments
In the details of legislation, but I don't
know whether the object pf ' thol pending
bill is that of the relation or i reciprocity."
In his speech Mr. Aldrlch said he did
not desire to serve on the proposed com
mission. He spoke at length .'of th dupli
cation of the work of the various depart
ments. He did not doubt that ten per cent
of the present expenditures could be saved
by a commission. " v , ',
. Mr. Money regarded as most serious Mr.
Aldrlch'a admission that SlOO.000,000 a year
waa being waeted by , maladministration.
He agreed that there should be a commis
sion, but he did not believ that it should
be composed of membeis of congress, for
he had little faith in mixed commissions.
Mr. Carter, traced the present evils
largely to the amoltlon or departmental
officials. As going to show the Inadequate
methods of the departments he said that
the postal .commission was unable to as
certain , from the . books of the postof flee
department the cost of carrying the sec
ond class mails when It endeavored to do
so a few years ago.
Mr. Newlands advocated a commission
to be appointed by the president. Mr.
Bristow expressed the opinion that the
committee on publlo expenditure should
do the work which it is proposed to Im
pose upon a commission. He said that it
looked aa though the committee Is anxious
to avoid the duty to perform which It had
been created. He did not believe that any
practical results would follow the work of
the in veati Ration. .
The senate did not conclude consideration
of the bill. '.!'..
"Died of Pneumonia"
is never written of those whd1 cure coughs
and colds with Dr. King's New Discovery.
Guaranteed. 50c and ,00. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co. m
Railroads Ask
for "Square Deal''
Pamphlet Issued by 139 Lines Says
Pay for Carrying the Kails is
Inadequate.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-"A square deal". Is
asked for in a pamphlet issued by 139 rail
roads and made public here yesterday In
connection with the discussion over rates
for handling the United States mail. The
statement is made that during 1K06 and
1907 the pay to the railroads for transport
ing the mall was reduced $8,500,000 annually
and that this reduction brings the pay be
low the mark where it Is remunerative.
It Is asserted that on first class mail the
government receives a. revenue of 84 cents
per pound; that the total expense of band
ling this was 49.92 cents and of this only
5.50 cents was given to the railroads. ' Ths
pamphlet quotes figures to Bhow that In
both first and second class mall the
government pays for transportation an
amount which allows the railroads no
profit
The pamphlet was prepared by a com
mittee composed of J. Kruttschnltt for the
llarrlman lines, Lucius Tuttte of the Boa
ton It Maine, Ralph Peters of the Long
Island, C. A. WlckersVam of the Atlanta
&-West Point and W. W. Baldwin of the
Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy.
Rev. J. W . Wllllaaua Trattrtea.
Rev. I. W. Williams, Huntington. W. Va..
write us s follows: "This Is to cer 'r
that I used Foley' Kidney -Remedy for
neivou exhaustltn and kidney trouble and
am free to aay that Foley' Kidney Remedy
will ao all that you claim for It." Sold by
all drugglht. i
Mothers need have no ri-r-ancy In giving
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to the 11U1
on. It la perfectly safe.
Boys' Knickerbocker Pants Sale
Perhaps you can remember some par
ticular time when the boy didn't need any
moie pants. The average boy needs pants
all the time and tomorrow, Wednesday,
we offer you Knickerbocker pants of
strong fabrics, -put together to stay, re
inforced in all the, weak points.
Fancy patterns and blue serge at two
special prices for one day
Pants that sold up to $1.00, 45c ,
Pants that sold tip to $1.75, 75c
Call and jet your share. Bays' 50c Fancy Shirts 25c
' Our Letter Box
Contributions on Timely Subjects,
Not Xxoeedlnf Two Hundred 'Words,
Are invito from oar Beaders.
) The Two Georges.
OMAHA, Feb, 21. To the Kditor of The
Bee: It may be of Interest at the annivers
ary of the birth of Washington to print for
your readers the following extract which
Wilfred Powell, British consul In Philadel
phia, states is taken from an English school
book;
GEORGE III.
In the eighteenth century there were born
two boys, both of whom were christened
George, In the lands ruled bv KnirlUh
kings. One was born of German parents; he
married a German wife, and all his life he
waa German In his ideas. He waa George,
the grandson of George II, who came to
the lirltlsh throne In 1760. The other boy
was born In the British colonies In Amer
ica. He was- of good English family, he
had a good English education, he became a
gallant officer in the British army, and he
was ail his life full of the English ideas of
liberty, independence and self-government.
The name of this George was Washington.
He was the greatest Englishman born In
the eighteenth century, and he was not
the leBS an Englishman because he was
born In the British oolonies ot America. .
The two boys grew up to be men. The
German George was king of Britain;" the
English George waa one of his loyal Amer
ican subjects.
The king, who was obstinate and proud,
and who had ministers who were false to
English ideas of liberty, said they would
compel the American colonists to paf taxes
without asking ' their consent. ' Now, ' to
make a man pay taxes without his leave Is
tyranny. The German George snld he
would make the Americans pay. Britain
was strong. The American colonists were
only a handful of wretched farmer. He
would send his army and make them pay.
But the English George, whom we know as
Washington, and" most of the other British
subjects In the American colonies, said that
they were too true to English liberty to
pay taxes to which they had not consented.
So when the king sent them taxed tea they
threw the tea Into Boston harbor, and
when he sent his soldiers they stood up
against them and fought them. At first
they wore beaten. But they were true Eng
lish,' these American English; they did not
know when they were beaten. They went
on fighting against all the king's armies,
and often defeated them.
Then the German Kin George sent over
to Germany and brought German troops to
rignt against tne Americans, who had only
asked to live free aa their Bnellsh . an
cestors had done; to make their own laws
ana levy their own taxes.
The English In England obeyed their stub
born King George, although all their ablest
and wisest statesmen Chatham, Pitt, Fox
and Burke, ,were opposed to the war. At
last the German George was beaten, and
the English principles triumphed when
George Washington became first president
The reception tendered us on
night of the
Omaha
was a tribute duly appreciated, and demonstrated to
us in a substantial way the esteem in which our
cars are held fcy the buying public. r
IN OUR SPACE WE EXHIBIT THE POPULAR
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of the American republic But England
lost America and America lost Britain.
This quotation was a part of Mr. Pow
ell's address at the Washington Memorial
chapel, Valley Forge, delivered on Wash
ington's birthday, February 22. 1909.
JOHN R. WEBSTER.
Cash and Homesteaders.
OMAHA. Feb. 21. To the Editor of The
Bee: That there Is a mistaken understand
ing of the Intent of the original homestead
law, is evident when we note the explana
tions of the proposed grub stake amend
ment. That a certain amount of cash ad
vanced will insure a homestesder being
able to stay by his undertaking, has not
been proven by examples. The history of
our homestead settlements rather point to
the reverse. It has been a Joke, among
the real homesteaders thst, "HI money
will soon be gone, then he'll be able to
start right"
If thtre Is any reason why It has sud
denly become necessary for the settler to
have outside financial help which In this
case ties up one half our publlo land in
titles held by nonresidents we would like
to know what it it - other than his own
lack of self-reliance. While we do not ad
vocate going back to primitive ways, yet
a few tales from some of the old-timers
might be listened to to advantage. They
can tell you, from forced experience, how
to turn a horse-collar upside down to make
it fit the old cow, etc. And our cities of
today are a standing , proof of their suc
cess. It I a fact to be deplored that the
date ot' flnaltpreo ot ltle'. I the' goal
looked forward to by the would-be home
steader of today.
No farmer with anything like a thorough
knowledge of his vocation is taking any
more chances by going upon a homestead
bare-handed than la any tradesman by
going into a city with the Ilka conditions
staring him in the face. True, we have
climbed to a recklesa height In tha over
population of our cities, but a hasty descent
is apt to prove disastrous. Let us help
"Uncle" in his effort to guard what titles
there are left by upholding the letter and
intent of laws which . have proven excel
lent . A." 8. PADDOCK.
Trade Mark for Oinsha.
To the Editor of The Bee: I like the sug
gestion made by Commissioner Gul'd of
the Commercial club, regarding an Omaha
seal or an Omaha trade mark. The Com
mercial club could .well offer a prise for
the most suitable or unique design for a
trade mark.
The trade mark, truly representative of
Omaha, could then - be placed' upon all
aaa' iiiiMaaira a
Automobile Show
Hudson Chalmers
Pierce-Arrow and
Thomas Cars
early and go directly to our, booth.
Otherwise you may have to look over ,
another fellow' s head.
Farnam Street. Omaha, Nebraska. '
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goods and manufactured article of even
kind made In Omaha. It could be., placed
upon all printing or printed matter donf
In Omaha. On all bnnka ami
printed In Omaha thta seal could be placed,
awm inereoy go into every quarter of th
globe, in the form of literature or com
mercial stationery, on business correspond
ence and the like. It would In . this form
be a cheap and unique form of advertlsini
Omaha and Omaha products everywhere.
I am sure that if such a . design wer
artistic and unique, no manufacturer oi
business or professional man -In Omaha
would object to placing it upon the goods
he sold or upon his business stationery.
This suggestion Is worth while.
LAURIE J. QUINBV.
"JEAN VAUEAN" PASTOR'S " '
THEME BEFORE Y. M. C. A.
Rev. n. Hcott Hyde Call Vlctoi
Hutro's Book Greatest of Last
Crntirr,
"an Valjean," the hero of Victor Hugo's
"Les Mlsertbles," the sjreatest' book tha.
appeared in the last century, 'a the lec
turer described It, was .he, subject. -of an
Intensely Interesting talft. In the auditorium
of the Young Woman's Christian associa
tion last night by Rev. R, Scott Hyde, pas
tor of ths Hanscom Vpark1 Methodist
Episcopal church. ' V
Jean Valjean. said -Mr. . Hvrt. ' ... .u-
most beautiful character ever created by
the human mind and thosa'
his graphic depiction AfVWfeadinieolJide.
in the renowned Frenoh novelist' master
piece real Iced that , hi eulogyi of the hovel
was Justified. It waa a .,
-OV HHUIQIIUrj
that heard the lecture, which In Its delivery '
no me Deauty ot lta language waa a fit
ting presentation of its theme.;
ORGANIZATION TO 1 - '
. STANDARDIZE. PAVING
City Engineer CralK .of Omaha la
Elected Vice Prealdeat qf the w
Association. J
CHICAGO. Feb. 22,-The organization of
city officials for standardising of paving
specifications came Into forma existence
last night at a meeting 'of street paving
experts from all perts of tjhe country. Offi
cers were eleoted as' follows: President,
Frank T. Fowler, Chicago; vice presidents,
George W. Tlllson, New York, W. J.'
Hardee. New Orleans, L. W. Rundlett, St
Paul, Minn., and George W. Craig, Qmaha,
Neb.; secretary. John b. Ulttell. Chicago.
the opening
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