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TTIE BEE: OMAIIA, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1911.
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Did the poet laureate's poem get lost
In the paradeT
Think of Vardaman and Jeff Davis
in the same senate.
It has been a pretty race between
the June graduate and the June bride.
Now the government is foaming up
-over the beer industry, the next to be
Investigated.
Twenty-five women and three men
have been divorced In Toledo. Mor
mons, the men?
"Eternal youth Is for all," exclaims
a New Thoughter. Old Ponce De Leon
had that dream 400 years ago.
But even If the "Jack-pot" has been
an established institution In Illinois
politics, that dos not Justify it.
Bet HInky Dink and Bath House
John are not surprised at Mayor Har
rison's failure to clean up Chicago.
They must have capped one of these
new patent silencers over our esteemed
Mister Johnson at the coronation.
The only cool place these days is out
on the bleachers at the ball park
where the sun comes straight down.
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Anyway, Ak-Sar-Ben has the advan
tage over Oeorge of being crowned
every year, and thus keeping in prac
tice. Now, your traveling friend will hud
dle up to you and observe, "As I was
saying, when I was over at the coro
nation "
Anyhow, we have passed the crux of
the summer season. The longest day
has gone and we are now on the
downgrade toward winter.
If it really is a trust, here is hop
ing that Uncle Sam makes that lum
ber combine crack 1 . pine knots in
an old-fashioned fireplace. '
Seeing the lid has been lifted at the
state capital, our democratic friends
will presumably move their conven
tion back from Grand Island to Lin
coln. One danger of this feting and feast
ing to our departing superintendent
of schools Is that it may have a ten
dency to make for much faster rota
tion In that office.
.What's thlsT A movement of dem
ocratic insurgents to depose the dem
ocratic state chairman T That does
not look as if democratic harmony in
Nebraska were spelled with a very
big H.
Greater interest was never mani
fested over the breaking of Father
Winter's backbone than would be
evinced if J. Pluvlua would drop a big
something down on the middle of old
Sol's back.
Where Governor Woodrow Wilson's
enemies made their mistake was to re
gard him as a new man in politics
when he had been writing politics for
thirty years and teaching it a good
part, of that time.
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Forty cents will buy the same hun
dred pounds of Ice delivered in Kan
sas City, or St. Joseph, or Des Moines,
or Denver for which 60 cents is
charged In Omaha. But, of course,
there is no ice trust here.
A local boniface announces the
opening of a dining room where be
will serve meals to ''gentlemen with-,
out coats." Well, we are glad to
know that It is possible in Omaha for
a man to shed his coat and still be a
gentleman.
James J. Hill is fishing off the
coast of Labrador, Andrew Carnegie is
playing golf at Skibo, John W. Gates
Is dabbling his feet in some cool wa
ters over In Switzerlsnd. so that alto
Cether our common people axe doing
talrly well this hot weather. '
Tinkering with the Primary Law.
Po many csndida'.e filing for supreme
court position means that nominations will
probably be made by rsther small minori
ties of the total vote In the prinianrs. This
may bring It to pass that soon, perns pe
yeer after nejtt, there will be a aerlou
movement to amend the primary law to
permit first and second choice voting
Lincoln Journal.
If this Is an Intimation that still
further tinkering with Ue primary law
Is on the program, we want to enter an
early dissent, While we would wel
come an amendment tending to sim
plify the machinery of nomination, we
are decidedly opposed to anything cal
culated to make It more complicated
and more confusing.
Our origins! direct . primary law,
enacted by the reform legislature of
1907, should have been left unchanged
except the provision for a platform
convention, and perhaps its applica
tion to national convention delegates.
But outside of that the change from
closed primary to open primary and
back again to closed primary has
served only to bewilder the voters,
who have not had enough time with
one form to get used to it. Let us give
the present primary scheme a , fair
trial in Nebraska before playing with
the first and second choice game of
dice.
The Water Board's Humiliation.
It must be humiliating for members
of the Water board, generally reputed
to be shrewd business men, yet who
have permitted themselves to be led
around like sheep by a bellwether, to
find themselves asking the taxpayers
to vote another water bond issue in
the sum of 18,250,000, and using
arguments which give the lie to the
arguments they used two years ago,
when asking them to vote a $6,600,
000 bond issue.
Two years ago these same Water
boarders, over their subscribed signa
tures, issued a public statement as
suring the people that if given author
ity to issue the then pending $6,500,
000 of water bonds, they would get
"IMMEDIATE" possession of the
water plant, speedy relief of all short
comings In service and an end to high
priced lawyers and litigation. ' The
official statement of 1909 went by
numbered paragraphs, of which the
following are a few:
No. 4 It Is Important that the bonds be
voted now that the Water board may be
In pisltlon to make Immediate compiomlse
of the litigation, If this is possible.
No. 5 If Immediate compromise cannot
be made It Is equally Important that the
bonds be voted that the Wlater board may
be in position to pay the amount found
due by the United States supreme court.
No. II No more of said bonds will In
any case be Issued than are actually neces
sary for the acquisition of the plant
The purport of these so-called
reasons was that the $6,500,000 would
be more than sufficient to do the bus
iness, and that no further delay, would
be countenanced. To give the seal of
their own confidence In the proposi
tion the statement concluded:
We have given the matter our best con
sideration and believe good business Judg
ment dictates the approval of the W.500,000
bonds.
And here we are in 1911 with an
other official statement, subscribed
with the same signatures but one,
asking the taxpayers to vote $8,250,-
000 of water bonds "to secure IM
MEDIATE possession of the water
plant," etc. "If these proposed bonds
are voted at this time," solemnly de
clare our Water boarders, "the Water
board Is confident of the substantia)
accomplishment of these results."
All The Bee can say is that we sin
cerely hope so, although in view of the
promises repeatedly made and broken
we have our serious doubts.
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Rash Prophecy in Retrospect.
King Edward VII was known as a
very democratic man to be a king. He
was democratic when prince of Wales,
and when he was crowned the en
thusiasm of many people led them ex
ultantly to exclaim that Great Britain
would never crown another king. Of
course, it was not a well-thought out
or well-grounded statement to make.
Nothing In King Edward's character,
career or the acts preliminary to or
during his ascension suggested the
crumbling or disintegrating of British
monarchy. The logic of events did not
Indicate It, though, of course, the
leaven of democracy was working in
England and is still, just as it was
and is all over the world.
Yet Oeorge V is formally inducted
to the throne with much more tradi
tional pomp and ceremony than at
tended the coronation of his illustri
ous and democratic father or any
other ruler of England, accord
ing to accepted belief. England
outdid itself at this coronation.
Crowds were largest, display most
gorgeous, formality most solemn,
pomp most splendid of any in
the history of the kingdom. Per
hapa this was England's way of reas
suring Itself and demonstrating to the
world the vitality of this form of gov
ernment which tealous prophets had
said would pass away with Edward
and be succeeded by a republic.
All such predictions must be wild,
and yet. no atudent of events would
say that England is not nearer the
goal of representative government to
day than when either the beloved Vic
toria or the popular Edward came to
the throne or left it. It would require
more effrontery, though, than the man
of ordinary sense has to forecast the
future of thia ancient empire, or aay
whether in this generation or the next
the growing demand for larger popu
lar power will burst Into the full
bloom of a really republican form of
government. For the present, at
least, Americans and their Anglo
Saxon cousins are getting on very well
as it Is and we may well Test secure
in the strong mutuality of feelings
which has come to us out of the cruci
ble of time for any dispensation which
Providence may see fit to mske.
Are They Keeping- the Faith f
In his big gun speech at Harris
burg, Champ Clark boasted that "tri
umphant democracy" was the "theme
of every tongue within the broad con
fines of the republic," because "we
(the democrats) are keeping the
faith." But are they keeping the
faith?
No less a distinguished democrat
than Mr. Bryan says they are not. He
says they "cannot hope to fool the
people" by their system of trickery
now being employed In congress. Who
better than Mr. Bryan, the arch-apostle
of democracy, has a right to say
whether his party is keeping the
faith? Certainly he Is supposed to
know what the faith Is. Yet he says
that Champ Clark and the party under
him in congress are betraying the
household of democracy and denying
the faith. He says It with such cut
ting vehemence as to move the "orig
inal Bryan organ" to exclaim that
"Mr. Bryan Is tempestuous, headlong
and intolerant."
At all events Speaker Clark is not
one to say whether he and his col
leagues are keeping the faith. That Is
for others to determine. The faith In
cludes the popular election of senators,
and yet the democrats have done
their best to deny the faith to the ex
tent of loading down the proposed con
stitutional amendment for this propo
sition with another amendment, that
of state control, which they know Is
not acceptable to the people and
threatens ultimate defeat of the whole
question. And this Is but one in
stance of the political Jugglery which
Speaker Clark calls "keeping the
faith," but which Mr. Bryan frankly
denounces as "trying; to fool the peo
ple." ! V
Carnegie's Compliments to Gates.
Mr. Carnegie's admirers are in
debted to John W. Gates for a new
phase of the peace apostle's character.
In this new reflection they see that
the Laird of Skibo can do more than
lisp the sweet phrases of international
arbitration. His aversion for war,
expressed in terms of the millions,
does not quite extend to the limit of
turning the other cheek in a personal
set-to with an adversary of Colonel
Gates' stamp.
"I don't want to put dirty words in
my mouth," observes Mr. Carnegie
between strokes on his Scotland High
land golf links, "but this man Gates
Is a broken-down gambler. I have
nothing to do with him. When I re
turn I will take the stand and when
I have finished the public may then
Jndge for itself whether I or this man
Gates has told the truth."
y Then . Mr. Carnegie ..proceeded to
deny in somewhat categorical order
various statements Mr. Gates had
given the senate investigation commit
tee relating to Mr. Carnegie. It is
well enough that the reporter trudged
out to Skibo on this mission, for he
brought back Mr. Carnegie's accept
ance of Mr. Gates' challenge and the
assurance of an interesting exchange
of compliments when the weather
cools. Meanwhile, it is consoling to
know that Mr. Carnegie has not lost
all the grimnees of the man of affairs
who managed to hold his own so suc
cessfully in industrial warfare during
a considerable portion of his career.
What has the Commercial club,
through its municipal affairs commit
tee, or whatever committee has the
right to speak, to say about the grand
larceny that is being perpetrated on
our people by the Ice magnates in
Omaha when they force us to pay $5
per cent more for ice than is exacted
in Denver, St Joseph, Kansas City
and Des Moines? It must be because
the water in the ice is frozen that the
Commercial club doea not feel called
upon to protest.
The Commercial club, through its
municipal affairs committee, has reso
luted an appeal to vote an $8,750,000
mortgage in the shape of more water
bonds. On the court bouse bonds it is
densely silent. We are called on to vote
bonds from time to time for all sorts
of worthy aHd unworthy purposes, but
it seems that this wide-awake com
mittee never peeps about them except
when the Water board bellwether pulls
the string.
Nebraska lumber dealers are in
cluded through the officers of their
association in the batch of indict
ments found against the Lumber trust.
We were led to believe that the Lum
ber trust was put out of business in
Nebraska by proceedings under the
state anti-trust law several years ago.
El then that cat came back or it was
never really scotched.
"A step in the right direction" is
the false face democracy puts on ev
ery time its house majority fails to
perform what the platform orators
have been preaching.
Joys of Mldsaiasner.
St Louis Republic.
As we grow in sge the buckwheat cake
ceases to allure, but the cherry pie of the
fathers or more properly the mothers
has all the spicy sweetness of days of
yore.
Safety tbo Seas. 1
Baltimore American.
Every ocean steamship will net have to
carry wireless apparatus. This measure
means the saving of many Uvea In the
future, and an immense tribute wrested
by human Ingenuity and foresight from
the sea.
There Are Other Sear Bearer.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Bryan has been complaining of the
political scars ho wears, due to the ac
tivities of treacherous democrats. But
there are ether scar bearers. . Altos) B.
I'arker accumulated a sufficiency of such
mementos when he tried to show lo liM
that he was a better vute getti-r than Mr.
Bryan.
raa't twee T.m.
Philadelphia Record.
Even to the refining of sugar there Is
"a woman In It." In fact, thera were two.
Young Havemeyer rays that bis father
consulted no one. and allowed no one
to know what he was doing, except Ms
wife and her sister; he told them every
thing. Change of Tise Probable.
rtttsburg Dispatch.
Mexico threatens to revoke American
concessions that are not strictly legaL En
terprising persons who took advantage of
Diss' friendliness for Americans to get
neat title monopolies will doubtless deplore
the revolutionary -tendencies of the revo
lution. THE ICEMAN'S HOLDUP.
Nebraska City News: Omaha Ice dealers
have only tilted the price of Ice 25 per cent,
but promise to be good the remainder of
the year. But the hot spell has not yet
begun.
Beatrice Sun: The ice trust of Omaha
has boosted the price of Ice to SO cents a
hundred. In view of the fact that ice eells
for a lower price In Beatrice, It would
seem that the trust In Omaha is demanding
more than It la entitled to.
Sorenson's Examiner: It has taken an In
vetlgatlon of the price of Ice to disclose
that the section surrounding Omaha for
distance of 100 miles enjoyed such excep
tional winter resort weather that the rest
dent therein ought not to grumble at pay'
Ing a 25 per cent boost for his refrigeration.
Lincoln Journal: Omaha, as reflected by
The Bee, Is- on the verge of revolt against
the local ice company.. The price delivered
to the family Ice box has lately been lifted
from 40 cents a hundred to 60, an Increase
of 25 per cent. Omaha la served by several
Ice companies and the assumption Is that
the Increase Is purely arbitrary. '
Beatrice Express: Omaha people are
forced to pay over 40 per cent more for
their Ice than Beatrice people do, and they
get no better quality either. The Ice com
panies there have gone Into a combination
and recently boosted tha price from 40
cents per hundred to 60 cents. In no other
large town in the state, and In .few In thia
section of the country. Is the price over
40 cents, and In Beatrice and many other
towns tha price is Only 88 cents. The
burden comes heaviest, of course, on the
people who can least afford it the poorer
classes. In a town of Omaha's else ice
Is a necessity, a fact which the toe com
panies realise.
ROYAL SHOW AND SIDESHOWS.
Washington Post: Ws expect to hear by
the next announcement df royal favors
that Jack Hammond has been created the
duke of Gloucester.
Kansas City Star: From the array of
coronation guest it is apparent that King
Oeorge will have to meet a great many
persons whose names he could not pro
nounce If he tried. ' ,
Chicago Inter-Ocean: The coronation. In
fact, Is simply a big show which the Brit
Ish taxpayers give to amuse themselves
and their visitors. It is an interesting Il
lustration of the survival of a ceremonial
now significant oly as a world-wide social
event.
Baltimore American: It is a question If
King' Oeorge- withr his four pound, crown
safely cemented e "bis royal brow will be
as happy as President Taft In the memory
of'hls sliver Jubilee of married life, marked
by bo many, cordial expressions of love and
esteem from the admiring millions of the
greatest nation on earth.
New York World: It would hardly be
true to say that the most important mat
ter in which a British monarch figures is
his Coronation, but It is a fact that never
In his reign, whether long or short, la he
again the object of such homage. Onoe
crowned, once paraded with all the. trap
pings of royalty, once acclaimed by mil
lions of subjects, representing nearly every
race and clime, he takes an unimportant
place In the system which he governs not
at all and Influences only a little,
fit Louis Globe-Democrat: Oeorge Wet
tin is a very decent sort, but hs can make
no claim to being a self-made man. He
has never won a battle, founded a state
or a society, put down an evil, organised a
movement, "f formed an administration,
made a speech or earned a shilling. Yet,
at the midnight turning from Wednesday
Into Thursday, a million people, packed
Into tha streets around Buckingham palace.
hailed the beginning of his coronation day
by singing "God Save the King." Had this
happened at 8t. Petersburg we should not
have wondered.' The Russian has not yet
tucked in his shirt. Ana Romanoff Is a
much prettier name than Wettln, at that.
People Talked About
Once an aetor, now a manager, Mr.
Brady scorns the top hat which fashion
ordains. Even the oldest New Yorker can
not remember having seen him wearing
such a piece of headgear.
James B. Hammond, millionaire in
ventor, hopes to escape business cares for
the remainder of his life by sailng from
New York July 1 on a erulaa that is
planned to last twsnty-elght years, or un
til he is 10Q years old.
Four elect rlo fans were used In ejecting
a scrubwoman who had taken possession of
a room in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. New
York City, and refused to vaoate when or
dered. As a blowout, the event was one
of the successes of the season.
Peter Raglan, a cart driver of Harris
burg, Pa., earning tl a day. Is tha first
person to be committed to prison under the
new state law allowing a witness $1M a
day whea he is unable to furnish ball for
his appearanoe at a hearing and has to
be Imprisoned.
After haying been a maker of hang
man's ropes for nearly 60 years and defy
ing the superstition rife among cordage
workers that a "necktie maker" enjoys
only a abort life. Godfrey Boger of Phila
delphia, Pa., died at the age of 75 years.
Mr. Boger made ail the ropes used tor ex
ecutions both In Pennsylvania eue la verr-
ous parts of the country
- BRADY
Washington Life
Bma Interesting rhasee
and OoadlUons Observed
at the Station's . Capital
Former John Swinburne of Iowa took In
the sights of the national capital a few
days ago, and having absorbed all the
scenery his system would hold he eased
the pressure by "talking shop" to- a
Washington Post reporter. "I am Just a
little weary." he complained, "weary of
this constant talk about the wonderful re
sults of scientific apple reiving In West
Virginia, Oregon and other apple-growing
states. I have no objection to the results,
but I do not like to see the apple get alt
the glory. Bless you, out my way, and In
many other states I have recently visited,
there 'are farmera who are getting rich
every year raising potatoes. The poor old
potato Is much more a staff of life than
the apple and the farmer who raises
potatoes in a scientific way Is much surer
of a crop than the neighbor who depends
on the fickle and luxurious apple."
If you happen to have a new treasury
note In your pocket and will examine It,
you will find upon it the name of W. T.
Vernon, register of the treasury- Mr.
Vernon, who recently relinquished that
office. Is Just now a political storm renter,
and during the last two weeks he has
caused President Taft much worry. He
Is a full-blood negro, with a skin as black
as night. He came here about four years
ago to become register of the treasury,
a place which for years has been accorded
to a negro. Previous to entering the pub
lic service he was president of a negro
university in Kansas, and he himself Is
recognised as a well educated person.
When he came to Washington the di
rectors of the university gave him leave
of absence so that he could return to the
Institution after he had served his term
as register, thus providing an anchor to
windward, which all politicians do not
have.
But while Vernon was serving his coun
try. factional lines were drawn among the
republicans of Kansas, and as the sup
porter of Senator Curtis, Vernon found
himself oppoeed by Senator Brtstow, Gov
ernor Stubbs and other radicals. Bo that
when Vernon left the treasury and started
back to take up his work as educator he
discovered that another president had
been secured and his leave of absence can
celed.
Senator Curtis asked President Taft to
give Vernon a place in the Indian serv
ice and the president appointed him as
sistant supervisor of Indian schools, as
signed to Oklahoma. This Job pays $1,600
a year and traveling expenses, but no
sooner had the appointment been an
nounced than a storm of protest came up
from Oklahoma. The people there ob
jected to a negro official in their midst,
and the whole question was fought out
at the White House. Finally It was agreed
to leavs Vernon on the rolls, but keep
him In Washington for the present. In
stead of sending him Into the field.. Thus
the storm has subsided temporarily, but it
may break out again at any time.
Representative Nicholas Longworth de
voted part of his speech on the wool bill
In the house to ridiculing the democrats.
He said that so far as he had noticed
the country and the newspapers were not
wrought up over the speeches In favor
of the bill.
"The public is taking no Interest in
this measure," said Mr. Longworth. "I
get this impression from the press of the
country, which is ignoring the bill."
"Will the gentleman yield?" interposed
Mr. Longworth 's neighbor. Representative
Alfred Allen of Cincinnati.
"Certainly."
"Well, the gentleman from Ohio should
not complain. I understand that the speech
he is delivering now was printed In the
afternoon papers of Cincinnati recently,"
said Mr. Allen.
Mr. Longworth blushed and finished his
speech. When he got through the last
page he went ever to Mr. AJlen and got
him to agree that the Congressional Record
be credited ' with a "scoop."
"Obiter dicta" Is the latest thing in the
nomenclature of opprobrium barred by the
United States sonata, reports the New York
Herald correspondent. Senator Knute Nel
son of Minnesota tried to "put it over" on
the supreme court of the United States,
but the senate would not have It.
Mr. Nelson offered a pamphlet by Albert
H. Walker, a New York lawyer, on the
recent rulings of the supreme court on the
Sherman law and asked that It be printed
as a senate document
It referred to the decision of the chief
Justice as "an obiter dicta." This was ob
jected to by Senator Borah of Idaho.
"Is this the pamphlet which has been
ciroulated here in the last few days? If
It Is, I suggest that some one should read
It before we have It printed," said Sen
ator Borah.
"It's all right." said Senator Nelson.
"I understand that It speaks of the su
preme court's ruling as an obiter dicta,"
said Mr. Borah.
"You don't mean to say that It speaks
of the supreme court's ruling as an obiter
dicta?" aald Senator Lodge. An affirma
tive nod from Mr. Borah put Mr. Lodge in
his seat, gasping with horror.
What Is It anyhow?" murmured one
senator, glancing back at Senator Jeff
Davis' seat.
An exodus to the cloak room and a hasty
search of the dictionary showed It up.
Webster says:
"Obiter dictum A thing said by the way,
or in passing."
There are a lot of wrecked hopes strewn
about the capitol these days, and many a
democratic patriot is nursing his disap
pointment and vowing revenge. With the
advent of -the democratic house, a great
many men came here with the certainty of
landing fat jebs at the capitol. They have
found how frail are human promises. One
fellow arrived in Washington, equipped
with a frock coat and sIlkNhat, with as
surances of getting a place as reading
clerk of the houae at (4.000. Today he Is
sadly conducting aa elevator at a stipend
of $100 a month. Perhaps this 1100 a month
would have looked very good to him a
short time ago, but tl.no Is awfully small
compared with 14,000. And especially In
view of the probability that tha democrats
will have only a brief turn at the public
crib.
Those who have landed Jobs show more
Interest In the date of pay day than In the
duties of their positions. One Tammany
man was sworn In and took charge of his
place His superior later notified him that
the republican Incumbent would be re
tained and draw the pay for a week er
two until the new man learned the ropes.
"Not for me," declared the Tammaaylte.
"When I goes on the pay roll I'll stick on
the Job, but not until then." and he took
the next train for New York.
A SarprUlac He)ldas.
Indianapolis News.
Still, even the railroads, having learned
a thing or two within the last year, may
not be wholly surprised to find that the
Interstate Oxnmerce commission won't let
thera make a 60 per eaat 1 no re ass in rates
on small package fretgbt without
aflJt ftUosUorMS
The Beo's Letter Box
Contributions oa Timely Bnblscte
Wot Exoeedlng Two Hundred Words
Are Invited from Our Xeadere.
tlnrhla the Aatolat A Protest.
TEKAMAH, Neb., June S4 -To the Editor
of The Bee: During the f.re part of elite
week a gentlemen from Lyons, Neh., was
srrested In Miller park. In Omaha, charsed
with exceeding the speed limit. The "cul
prit." and he Is a very honest fellow, as
serted that his speedometer reglMe.ed ex
actly twelve miles per hour. Tut two
mounted police willed otherwise probably
because they had to make a showli g for
the flay. He gave s cash bond for itt to
appear the next morning. He forfeited his
bond to save the oourt oosta, feeling tret
no Justice would be handed down from tlie
h'gher off e e's.
This gentleman. ,as he has truly ex
pressed It, feels as though the city of
Oinata has r bbed him of $35. Considering
that he would not wilfully Me about his
eret-d, together with his attempt to obey
i he Inw. makes It look as though there Is
some m ghty small mm exert ng authority.
This is. perhaps, a fair example of what
has befallen other out-of-town motorists,
the writer Included. We feel as though
Omaha should respect our word, or at j
lat have men atiend to these affairs who
ere cspable of Judging a man and his
word for what they are worth not simply
arrest, fine ' and say. "On on. now, we
know how fast you were going."
If the efforts of the pross can assist In
any way. many transient motorists will be
slad to go near Omaha, Instead of shying,
as they are now commencing to do.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Bayard Taylor Beat Proctor Kaott.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., June .-To
the Editor of The Bee: Referring to your
editorial on Proctor Knott, would say the
Phrase, "The Zenith City of the Unsalted
Seas," was first applied to Duluth. bv
Bayard Taylor, in a travel letter about
1870. and published In either the New York
Tribune or New York Independent a. 8.
deselect of South Omikt'i Parks.
SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. June a To the
Editor of The Bee: In referring to the re
quests of the park board to the city coun
cil for funds, you stated that the demands
were reasonable and I would add season
able. However, I am unaware that the coundJ
has as yet taken action. To me the atti
tude of the council seems absurd, un
reasonable and unwise. The park board
Is appointed, but it Is given no support
nor visible appreciation of Its services. It
has requested funds, but the council has
ignored the request.
I had occasion of late to visit one of the
city parks and I was surprised to see that
it was a herding place for cattle. Thus
Mandan park, one of the most beautiful
and natural parks of the city, is given over
to weeds.
At one point in this park, commanding
a view of five miles up and down the "Old
Muddy," weeds were three or four feet
high. Without a doubt this Is our best
natural park. And It seems the city coun
cil would have It remain always auoh.
All In all this park has cost the tax
payers of South Omaha $5,000 or less. It
Is the only park available for the many
laboring men south of O street. Another
park In the north section of the city hss
to date cost the taxpayers In the neigh
borhood of 160,000. It Is used by the people
Who own automobiles, snd thus cannot afr
ford to travel to better parks.
This action seems to me an Insult to
every taxpayer In the southeast section
To men whom the taxes mean many days
of labor, the park a means of a com
fortable rest, the first is granted; the seo-
ond denied.
In all fairness to the many tax paying
laborers on the south side, I think the city
council should grant the request of the
board as soon as possible.
, SOUTH OMAHA TAXPAYER.
Women Teachers.
OMAHA, June 4. To the Editor of The
Bee: Through The Bee 8. J. Woodruff says
"he was amused at my letter In re high
school." His letter doesn't show a very
amused spirit. After reading It I thought
of the efforts of some cheap ward politicians
during election time to catch the popular
fancy of the unthinking. I don't happen to
know who 8. J. W. is or where he came
from, but Judged by his use of language
he was never taught common courtesy by
a good woman. Any Intelligent person,
reading my former letter would see that I
was not referring to women teachers as
sue, only in an Incidental way. I referred
to and object to women teachers for grown
boys and gave a few reasons. It sounds
nice to refer to our "splendid schools and
unselfish crops of teachers." I can't fancy
what his "essentials of manhood" may be.
but I expect he will be willing to admit
that the father who turns over ills boys to
their mother to train- and manage would
be lacking in the essentials of manhood,
and yet that Is what we do In putting
crown boys in the charge of women teach
ers. It is not fair to the teacher and not
fair to the boys.
The boys to whom I refer ss leaving the
F
ISURE
Cool comfort in summer
Electric Flat Iron.
It Baves the time spent
I ) stove and changing irons.
Because it saves'fire and is so clean it is used the
year round.
ASK QUESTIONS
of any woman who has used a First-Class Flat Iron any
length of time.
She will tell you that you should telephone Douglas
1062, Ind. A-1278, and ask us to have an
ELECTRIC IRON
sent to you for 30 days
FREE TRIAL
COSTS VERY LITTLE PER HOUR TO OPERATE
Omaha Electric Light
& Power Company
high school are not of the hoodlum r
but the sons of well-to do parents
know how to conduct themelvr orl
(if these noys I nsppen o uu.. ni mhi i
no good In our high school, but when j
they went to a school for boys their xaml I
nation per showed from M to K per 1
crnt This fulsome flattery of ours is p'sye.1
out. In fact has become disgusting Thee,
are s great many things wrong at Hi
Omaha High school, some of whirh 3av
not be mentioned. Why not begin at the
beginning, separate the sexes, have i -,
touchers for the boys and women tes-h. i .
for the girls. The U-achlng In both n I
be equal, but results tn the boy,- will i
wsy ahead. J. J. Another rarent I
importing "offici
Omaha Incident Becomes Test for n
Protest.
Washington Herald.
When a superintendent of sihnolf If Im
ported from Omaha, Neb.; when a surer
Intendent of the street cleaning fl. partner-
Is brought from Norfolk, Vs.. and wher. t
a director of playgrounds cannot be found
nearer than Columbua. O.. we wonder w iia j
fs the matter with Washington. j
We pride ourselves upon the Msh vr '
axe of Intelligence In this community We
claim that our public schools are the be' ;
In the country. W ktiow 'hat our g.'-v- j
ernment la excellent and that our offi-iai ,
are honest and efficient." . .
And vet our splendid public ,sch.v-i v.
tern does not seem to have developed ai.y-
one ot sufficient callorr to be worthv .if
t.,.. - Hm head. Our oirr.K of
officials Is apparently satisfactory in
subordinate positions. but we mske a
draft upon other eltles for heads of di-part
ments. """C"
Omaha does differently. When It urr
Intendent of schools was transferred to
Washington because we. apparently, ltd
not have anyone here sufficiently equipped
for the position, Omaha selected an Omsha
msn to fill the vacancy. We can Imagine
that any ether action would have oo-a-sloned
a popular protest Here In Wash
ington, however, we aoeept without a mur
mur the tendency to Ignore eur own peo
ple. We cannot believe that Washington
lacking In men who could fill with suocess
any and all of the places which have occa
sioned Importations from ether cities.
MERRY JINGLES.
Revised.
Jack Spratt could eat no fats.
His wife could eat no leans.
And so to satisfy their needs
They cooked a mess of greens !
Judge.
At the l.aoch Conater. ,
Paid a bald-heeded man to a wattreee h-A
'See here, young woman, my cocoa's olV"
She scornfully answered. "I can't help that.
If the blamed thing's ohllly put on y-iur
hat!"
Success , Msffaxlne.
Strife and a Medal.
This thins called a dollar with power far
delighting
Its owner, Is restless, th-y say.
You must fight to acquire It. and then
keep on fighting
To keep it from getting away.
Waahlngton Star.
A Traveler's Tale.
We were rising In the sleeping car
And many a yawn was hesrd
Behind the screens when suddenly
This funny thing occurred.
A baby's hungry wall arose
Just then the porter cried:
"First call for breakfast" Po It WJa.
Laugh! Say, we almost dli.l.
B-ston Transcript
A Summer Prayer.
Good Lord, look dnwn vclth sp"lsl i"r
Upon these summer' days,
When many thousand voun and oi l.
Find sport In outdoor wavs
Look down on all, by land and bps.
And when there'e dander, prav,
, Extend Thy klndlv hand to thos
Who happen In Its wsy; .
Protect the helpless and the weak.
I. specially aroat.
And In Thy goodneea onlv drown ,
The fool who rocka the boat.
W. J. Impton in New York Tribune
GNOMES OF TWILIGHT.
W. D. Nesblt In Chics ro Post. v
The gnomes of twilight built the'.r cattle
men.
They heaped the clouds in mesxlv IU
on Pile i
With domes and toweri tupplnir nil the
sky;
They flung up walls and pillars ail the
while:
Farto the south Its utmost limit ran,
rar to me north its battlements were
flung
A caatle like none ever made by man,
Ana nign aoove a crimson tanner swung.
Out of ths sunset base the c-sstle rose, "
as tnougn evened ey some weird necrw- 1
There were no Sounds of, mighty har
mat I sat
mance; . i ,
er' J I
blows .1
From any cart of all the vent .tnniu'
Yet sUll It grew, and silver bars were In'ld
Across tne walls, ana tints In fold .n
fold
In mystic colors came to glow and fade
ceneam tne uesning cornices or gold.
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Then came the hush, and out from ns-
wnere came
The clamorous artlllerv of storm- I
Battalions took the charge, and sheets 4
name i
Showed where their lines raced Up fi
erriea orm :
tne towers isiu tne battlements Were
Dunea
Into dim IDACi as bv th Klnit Af Ma
The oastle vanished, leaving to the world 1
The still, still night, and over all
the
stars.
is not the only virtue of the
in walking to and from the
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