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    TTIE BEE: OMAIIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1912.
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ejaeetew.
i Just to the dark bona Is not
trick horse).
The "oldest pensioner" will outlive
II tbe other. I
No, Jane, th, Money trust Is not
exactly a trust for money.
Rumor baa It that tha market la
Everglade Is a littles sluggish.
Tha courts mar dissolve tha Oil
trust, but tha price atlcketb fast.
president Madero seems to be aa
good at ona end of a revolution aa at
the other.
There are mora vara than ona of
Colonel Bryan retting Into the Con
gresslonal Record.
That talkative gentleman from
Teiaa la In (air war to get himself
disliked down about Falrvlew.
The ben la the only captain of Industry
who takes n vacation In tha winter. St
Paul Ploneer-Prssa.
No, there Is Cartoonist MeCutch-con.
Statistics tell via each man, woman
and rbild In thla country averages
34. (1. Feel In roar pocket and see
if It Is there.
Senator "Bob" Taylor of Ten
nessee la a candidate for re-election
and be la playing nothing but bar
monr tunaa on bis fiddle.
. There is an old saying that water
will not run up bill, but recent price
movements abow it doea not refer to
the cost of living current. .
. Mayor Harrison Is said to be an
authority on cooking eg is. Very
well, but can ba do anything towr.rd
bringing them within aaay reach t
Governor Btubbi of Kanaaa aaya he
la "hot for Roosevelt" If be la for
blm at all. be la hot, of course. That
Ja the Kansas governor's normal tern-perature.
This whole subject of world peace
la paradox, anyway. Germany Is
building a sew engine of war so for
midable as to make the modern
, dreednaught obsolete.
The city clerk'a compilation of
the law establishing the commission
'form of city government la very
.bandy volume, but it should bare
been provided with an Index.
WUk La Folletts and Folk both
taking themselves out of the presi
dential battle, tbe process of elimina
tion seems to bsve begun on both
, sides of the political firing line.
Another of that legion of distin
guished old lowaos baa gons Is Gen
eral James B. Weaver. Does Iowa
feel that its later harvests have re
, plealahed its supply of celebrities?
President Comlskey of the Chicago
"White Sox has been asked by demo
cratic fries da to run for governor of
Illinois. Tbe Old Roman would make
them know be waa on the base lines
it he did.
At any rate, the Cltliena' anion
will have to go fsr and hunt bard to
secure a new publicity committee to
keep the pace already set. It may be
possible, but "It can t be done with
out s makeup."
The Democratic Harmony Program.
Through the medium of the
staunchly reliable democratic organ
conducted by our old friend, Edgar
Howard, the public is apprised that
a harmony program for Nebraska
democrata ia about to be sprung
whereby a machine made slate fcr
delegates-at-large to the Baltimore
convention is to be put through with
out even the semblance of a contest.
But let Edgsr Howard tell the story
in his own words:
And now it appears that the democrats
of Nebraska hare drrlried to disappoint
the republlcane by bavins; perfect har
mony In the selection of delegates-at-
larsa to tha national democratic convention.
At ene time there were many indica
tions for a flnlrh fight for control of the
delegation, but now It seems assured that
all will be barmonv, and that four candl-date-V.
1. Bryan, G. M. Hitchcock..
I. J. Dunn and George I Looinls will
be elected without opposition.
While the Telegram waa ready to see
a finish fight, still we are also ready to
accept tha olive branch extended by
those who do sot agree with oar party
views. We shall ba perfectly satisfied
to see these four men chosen as national
del teste.
This brew Is supposed to have
come out of the recent meeting of
the democratic stats committee. It
la to enable the bosses to circumvent
and forestall the direct primary In
everything except the presidential
preference, whose outcome is to be
recogirlzed sa binding Instructions
upon all concerned. It goea without
saying that the sticking point for the
Bryanltee ia the! acceptance of Sena
tor Hitchcock for equal honors with
the patron saint, but when Edgar
Howard immolates himself to tbe
extent of saying be will stand for
It if he cms sugsr the dose with the
other three, democratic - harmony
must be In the air.
Why Ifidihlpmen Tsil.
Some time ago a near-scandal arose
st the Annapolis Naval academy over
what purported. to be a species of
social snobbery among the cadets and
loud protests were voiced against a
system In government school that
conduced more toward frivolity than
education. The announcement that
fifteen midshipmen have failed in
their examinations and have had to
give up their places tenda to confirm
previous reports. Many other cadets.
It Is ssld, have tendered their resig
nations for similar reasons and they
have not been accepted. Here lurka
a suspicion that some of the good
midshipmen who sre falling have
method in their madness. Perhaps
they are not failing because they
have to. Perhaps their seal for the
sea bo longer lives. They may not
find the life of the aallor as alluring
at close rsngs as It appesred further
off. ,
la any event It seems that Uncle
Sam will have to set np few new
rules at Annapolis and stiffen the
course just little It ho expects to
keep his ships properly manned. No
matter whether failure comes from
Intention or accident as the result
of too. mach gay life, it dsnotes the
same lack of fitness for the life of
tbe sea-fighter, although of course
there nlsy be and doubtless are In
dividual Inatances of failure that can
bo explained by natural causes such
as sickness and so forth.
Not only at Annapolis, but also at
West Point, the substitution of hard
work for play has gone to great
lengths. Only a few years ago it was
a struggls and regulred a good deal
of pull for a youth to get Into either
school. Todsy there sre usually
vacancies ia both, which the govern
ment would like to have tilled. When
protest wss uttered against our ad
mitting Chinese young men to 'West
Point, It wss pointed out thst It they
were pot admitted the places would
remain, unoccupied. The greater at
tractions In commercial and In
dustrial life deter many young men
from seeking careers In the army or
nsvy, but to this must bo added the
severe discipline thst makes academy
life a real test of possession of the
sterner virtues.
lawyers in the sense of rendering
public service in tbe honest effort st
making good laws and administering
them fearlessly and honestly? .
Croly answers this question In the
negative. ' He sari: "It csn be
fsirly asserted that tbe qualifications
of tbe American lawyer for his tra
ditional task as the official Inter
preter snd guide of. the American
constitutional democracy have been
considerably Impaired." And anyone
who takes s careful survey of tbe
situation is prepared to agree with
blm. How many lawyers today
know snd profess to know snything
about constitutions! law? They are
i numerous that even in the halls
-ingress what are known as "good
institutional lawyers" are so scarce
as to be conspicuous among their col
leagues, from whom they sre pointed
out with particular distinction. There
may be Daniel Webstera today, but
not many of them are giving their
powers and aervlces to the govern
ment. A few like Senator Root, Jus
tice Hughes and President Tsft are,
but the vest majority of great law
yers will be found moat profitably
identified with large corporate Inter
ests, whose affairs so often run coun
ter with those of the government
Yet this is neither to condemn cor
porations ss sucb, nor the ambitious
lawyers who prefer private fortunes
to public service. It does, however,
tend to prove the point thst the
twentieth century lawyer Is a busi
ness man, and aa a rule a specialist.
Still Too Mach Gnu Toting.
There sre still too many records of
crime and accident aa the result of
carrying concealed weapons. Spo
radic efforts have been made over
tha country to prevent what Is railed
gun toting, but no such earnest, con
sistent effort as must be made baa
yet been exerted, and until that Is
dons tragedies are sure to stalk In
the wake of men and boys with hair-
trigger tempers and pistols In their
pockets. Many a murder would never
have been committed, had not some
body had a deadly weapon concealed
upon his person where, when his pas
sion reached the boiling point, he
could lay bis hand upon the gun.
But It la hard to stop this habit en
tirely. It is hard, but not Impossible.
New York hsa not entirely stopped
It, perhaps, but It hss taken a atep In
that direction by enacting a law
which makes the carrying of con
cealed weapons a felony, taking It
out of the misdemeanor class. The
provision In the Isw covering this
point reads:
Any person over tha sse of M years who
stall have or carry concealed upon his
parson la sny city, villus or town In
this stats any pistol, revolver er other
firearm without a written license there
for snail be guilty of a felony,
Tbla may not prove completely ef
fectual at once, but It certainly will
work better thaa a nominal fine, aay
of 15 or tit. This same law also
prohibits the Indiscriminate display
In show Windows of all kinds of fire
arms, ss Is done In so many cities.
Not only tbe carrying of deadly weap
ons, but their display, has to be prop
erly restricted to put the right sort
of barrier upon their Indiscriminate
use. Every time certain youths or
men see a pile of pistols In a cheap
show csss they are selied with an
Impulse to buy one, and a ptatol In
such hands Is always a menses.
The Lincoln Journal notes tbe
preparations being made to relocate
Johns Hopkins university on "a typ
ical university campus which hss just
been undertaken on a comprehensive
scale to accommodate all the activi
ties of tbe university except the med
ical school and hospital." Tbo day
wilt come sooner even than ex
pected, when the Journal win have
aa opportunity to use almost the
identical language to describe the de
velopment of our own University of
Nebraska.
If there Is to be a test of the
validity of our commissioa plan law
it should by all means bo made at
once. The chaos that would bo pro
duced ia our municipal government
if the law should bo declared uncon
stitutional after it had supposedly
geao into practical operation ia al
most, unimaginable. If serious doubt
exists as to the constitutionality it
wit warrant a test ia tbe courts.
Tu Lawyer aid the Law.
The assertion Is often made In a
tone of complaint that Americsn
laws are made and sd ministered by
ths lawyers. That is substantially
true. How could it bo otherwise In
a country like ours? Ours Is a gov
ernment by law and the lawyer, who
occupies a subordinate piece In an
absolute or liberal monarchy, holda
a position of paramount Importance
in a constitutional government, es
pecially where, as Herbert Croly has
pointed out, the federal constitution,
by establishing the supreme court as
the Interpreter of the fundamental
law, and aa a separate and Independ
ent department of tbe government,
"really made the lawyer responsible
for tbe future of tbe country."
This, then. Is to be accepted aa aa
established fact. What then? "The
adequacy of the lawyers' training,
the disinterestedness of their polit
ical motives, the fairness of their
mental outlook and tho closeness of
their contact with national public
opinion all become matters of grave
pablie roarers." says Croly. Are
these quallf lest Ions denoting Im
provement today? Is th Americas
lawyer of todsy better equipped tor
this grave responsibility than the
Americsn lawyer of Daniel Webster's
dsy, when tbe prime lights la the
legal firmament shone brightest la
the balls of state and national leg
islature; when they were actually
professions! men. noUxsmmsrclal
Senator Reed of Missouri Is
sponsor of a constitutions! amsnd-
ment to bsr aay man from holding
the office of president of the United
States more than two terms of four
years each, the filling of an unexpired
term to be regarded aa a full term.
It Is worth noting thst Senstor
Reed's amendment places no limit on
the service of members of the United
Ststes senate.
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11i.sl)w in Omaha
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A FEB 13. 1
Thirty Years Ago
CrtlCi freen house Is now open to tha
public, with a full supply of cut flowers
and plants, st the southwest corner of
Seventeenth and Webster streets. James
X". Craig, florist and landscape gardener.
Clarksoa A Hunt are advertising aa
successors to Richards Hunt, attor-neys-at-law,
offtclng on Fourteenth
street.
Anna Dickinson and the "Double Uncle
Tom's Cabin" are both scheduled aa
theatrical attractions thla week.
B. A. Fowler, the architect of thla city,
has completed plans for sn opera house
te be erected In Blair of brick snd atone.
Tbe telephone Una te tbe smallpox hos
pital, two sad one-naif miles from the
main office, has been completed. Dr.
Leieenrtng dot net the construction work
on tbe last MS yards.
A beautiful altht waa witnessed on the
Iowa bluffs by some of our clUsens this
evening, caused, apparently, by tbe burn
ing of dry graaa or poeelbly of a fence.
It left a trail of fire tn the shape of a
large square resembling the windows of a
large palace, afterwards becoming more
Ilka a big torchlight procession.
A. Conn started for a visit to New
Tork City and other eaatrm points.
Tbe Misses Boyd, daughters of Mayor
Boyd. left. for Ban Francisco, where airs.
Boyd and son are visiting.
Miaa LI iiie Isaacs ia back from a pro
tracted visit with friends in New York.
Mlsa Cora Doene has returned from a
two months' visit In West Virginia.
Twenty Years Ago
Mlsa Tost gave a very dainty cotillion
la honor of love's patron, St. Valentine,
tha decorations being In res. These
couples were present: Misses English.
Hargla. Grace Wallace, MeCormlck.
Hoagland. Laura Hoagland. McKenna.
Nash. Doene, Emily Wakaley, Wallace,
May Wallace, Hamilton, Chandler; Messrs.
Henry Wyman. Robert Patrick, John
Patrick. Frank Hamilton, Caldwell
Hamilton, Sherwood, Pierre Garneau,
Wilson. Jordan, Earl, Gannett. Doane.
Augustus Kountse. I'tt, Hall, Smith
Drake snd Aba Reed.
Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Cavanaugh enter
tained a few friends at Cards st their
home In Dundee Place.
8. A. Searle of Nelson, Neb, waa st tbe
Paxtoa.
The Board .of Public Works barred
wooden blocks from being used In paving
Omaha streets at lraat for one yaar.
Tha dispatch from Washington an
nouncing tha filing of articles In Wash
ington for the Western National bank of
Omaha occasioned ntuclf comment. Tbe
Incorporators were: H. It Meday, former
manager for tha Hammond Packing com.
pany of South, Omaha; Robert W. Patrick,
Thomas KUpatrk of tha Kllpatiick-
Koeh Dnr Goods company, C. P Waller
er the Rlcnardsoa Drug company and
Simeon W. Cray.
Colonel W. F, Cody wired to Nat Brown.
la reaponae to sn Inquiry from Chicago,
saying ha certainly would coma to Omaha
te aw to Lincoln snd Join In the Jollification
ever the Inauguration of James hVBoyd
as governor.
Tea Yean Ago
Tha birthday anniversary of Lincoln
waa celebrated in nearly all tha public
schools of the elty. At Trinity Methodist
ohurch It was also Informally celebrated.
Rev. D. K. TyadalL L. A. Harmon and
Frank Woodland made brief addresses
upon tha Ufa of Lincoln.
The first day's receipts en the second
assessment made on Omaha Auditorium
company atook amounted to 7,oU.m,
. Governor Cummins of Iowa stopped off
In Omaha a few hours an route to Lin
coln, where he addressed the Young
Man's Itepubllcsn club In this evening.
He waa met at tha Omaha station by s
delegation, moat of whom ware Lincoln
men. Congressman Charlaa N. Fowler of
New Jersey happened to be In the com
pany and the others were CoagTesatnan
Elmer J. Burkett. P. R. Waters. J. p.
CcagTove. Dr. C. R. Tefft, John C. Fre
mont MrKsjawn and Victor Seymour.
Mrs. a R. Crick mora waa hostess to the
South Bide Whist club. The prises of tha
afternoon were won by Mrs. J. T. Tag
gart and Mrs. T. K. Hall and the guests'
prises by Mlsa Pearl Shelly and- Mlsa
Daisy Rogers.
The Metropolitan club save an enjoy
able function, in the evening. Tbe early
part of the evening was devoted to bowl
ing and Miss Dreyfuaa snd Mr. Dave
Degsn made the big scores.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Clarke, Jr.. gave
a chafing dish party In honor of guests
of Mlsa Elisabeth Allen.
An interesting sequel to tbe double
marriage of John and Frank Vltoch,
brothers, developed when two birth cer
tificates were filed at the office of the
health commissioners showing that tha
stork had played so favorite, but ar
rived en the earns day at both homes.
Frank Vltoch, an engineer, resided at
U"t William street, and John, a laborer,
at MM South Fourteenth street. Both
were girls.
8peaking ot reformers Herbert
Croly observes thst "Roosevelt,
Bryan and Hearst (whom be does not
approve) are not lawyer by pro
fession." It hss been so long since
Mr. Bryan practiced that, evidently,
peopfe have forgotten that he was a
lawyer by profession. ,
It goes without saying that tbe ex
perience and avowed purpose of the
lew creating the water board, and
likewise ths law for the commission
plan of government, to keep all of
ficers In charge of our municipal af
fairs oat of politics. Is to be strictly
observed.
A Chicago judge hss fined 'two
street railway companies for insuffi
cient heating of their cars. Wonder
If something cannot bo done here
with reference to overheating and
under ventilating our street cars.
Tho late meeting ot tha democratic
state committee at Columbus is de
scribed as a great harmony feast.
That o'clock nd law mast have
worked wonders ia these smaller
towns as well as la Omaha,
People Talked About
Lincoln's Humor
Savins Grace, at Cheeur Eaaael
the Mighty Bardesi of War
and Strife.
n- d i ii D'
neDeesLcrax
Xubellk has rut one of his ten dirts
that are Insured for CSS,. There Is
one man In tbe country who haa the
aeiance of advertising at his fingers' ends
Nathan Straus, former minister to Tur
key, baa Just sailed for Jerusalem, ac
companied by Mrs. Straus, After a visit
te Palestine he will attend the Wortd'a
Ajitt-Tuberculosis congress tn Roma, to
which he was appointed a delegate by
President Tsft.
The duke of Fife's successor to the
earldom of Fife will be Jekyl Chalmers
Duff, who haa been fsr several years a
policeman la Australia, and who will not
only inherit the title of earl ot Fife, but
also tha titles Viscount Earl MacDuft
and Baron Bracem. Ne property goea
with tbe title.
Edward Musroe. who Is St yaar old
and who claims to be the oldest veteran
of tbe American civil war. la living In
Londoa en the pension be receives. He
waa bora la Nova Scotia, but spent bis
early says ta Philadelphia, and waa a
sailor for saany yean, serving aader far
rags. Ha enjoys excelteat health and
la writing his sneanoir.
Robert Meyarhoft a hotel proprietor at
Atlantic CHy. invited fourteen guests to
a dinner la eehtbratloa of his ec.or.tr-
algbth birthday anniversary and at the
and of the steal presented eaveh of them
with a new Stes but Meyerhoff an
nounced that he will eontise to practice
at each of ale Mnhday anniversaries, bat
gave no hint as te wheat ha win lavtte
te the next dinner.
Wayne Whipple In Hampton' Magazine,
Tbe ignoring of Abraham Lincoln as a
humorist is doubtless due to tbe fact that
he has been taken at his word, for he
used to aay emphatically, "I am not a
manufacturer, but a retailer of stories."
Yet aa a retailer and Jobber of Jokes he
anconsdously became a merchant prince
tn literature, after the order of Shake
speare, who took the cold, dead works of
those who had gone before and gave them
warmth and life unending. In his keen
admiration of the would-be humorous
writing that were then tha fad. Lincoln
never dreamed that the stories he was
telling to ease the friction and amuse the
people ha met dally would be told ever
snd over long after the skits of the scrib
blers of the hour were forgotten.
Colonel Bliss W. Burt and several mili
tary friends called on President Lincoln
on business for Governor Seymour of New
Tork. lata ona evening In the summer of
'& As they were about to leave, one of
the men, a certain major under the in
fluence of liquor, leered at Mr. Lincoln
and, slapping him on the leg, said:
"Mr. President, tell us ona of your good
stories" with significant emphasis on the
"good." Colonel Burt thua refers to his
mortification:
"If the floor had opened and dropped
me out of eight I ahould have been
happy. The president drew himself up.
and turning his back as far as possible
upon tha major, with great dignity ad
dressed the rest of us, saying:
" 'I believe 1 have the popular reputa
tion of being a atory teller, but I do not
deserve the name In Its general sense,
for it I not the story Itself, but Ita pur
pose or effect that interests me. I eften
avoid s long and useless discussion by
ethers, or a laborious explanation on my
own part, by a short story that Illustrate
my point of view. So, too. the sharpness
of a refusal or the edge of a rebuke may
be blunted by an appropriate story so a
to save wounded feelings and yet aerv
the purpose. No, I am not simply a
story teller, but story telling as an emol
lient save me much friction and dis
tress." "
Laughter, by preserving the life of the
president, saved the nation In Ita "mortal
need." An old friend of Mr. Lincoln's,
waiting outside the door of the executive
office,- heard hia high, ringing laugh
within, and remarked to others standing
near, "That laugh la the president' llfe
Preeerver." Lincoln's laugh became con
tarlous, infectious, epidemic. The gar
eminent, the army, the whole north
learned from him to look on the bright
side of everything.
In this way Abraham Lincoln came to
be tha savior of his country. A memor
able day on which he tried to give his
nearest advisers a laughing lesson was
In September. Unit. He had called the
cabinet together for a special purpose.
After they were assembled the story waa
told years afterward by Secretary Stan
ton: 'Tha president turned to us snd said:
' 'Gentlemen, did you ever read any
thing from Artemua Ward?"
"Not a member ot ths oabinet smiled:
aa for myself, I was angry and looked
to see what tha president meant, It
seemed to ftje like buffoonery.' He, how
ever, decided to read to us a chapter
from Artemus Ward,' which ha did with
great deliberation. Having finished, he
laughed heartily without a member ot
the cabinet Joining tn tha laughter.
" "Well," he said, "lefa have another
ohapter," and ba read another chapter,
to our great astonishment'. I was con
sidering whether I should rise and leave
the meeting abruptly, when he threw the
book down, heaved s long sigh, snd said:
'" "Gentlemen, why don't you laugh t
With the fearful strain that is upon me
night and day. If I did not laugh I should
die, and you need this medicine s much
aa I do."
"He then put his hand In his tall hat
that sat on the table and pulled out a
little paper."
The "little paper" waa the emancipation
proclamation.
Once, lit, recommending a colonel for a
colored regiment, he anticipated captious
opposition by writing:
"I wish Jacob Free of New Jersey, ap
pointed colonel regardless of whether he
can tell the exact color of Julius Caesar 'e
hair."
When a minister, at a reception, ex
pressed tha pious bop that "tha Lord
may be on our stde," Mr, Lincoln re
plied that he wis not concerned about
that, but ho hoped ha snd the nation
mlgh. b "on the Lord's side.1'
A delegation of aboiltlenists waited on
the president to beseech him to proclaim
freedom to the slaves, lit told them 'that
such sn announcement, while the north
ern armies were being defeated in battle
after battle, would be like the pop' bull
against the comet. After they had left
the room, one, a Chicago clergyman, came
back to whisper to Mr. Lincoln that a
message had coma from hia Dlvln Mas
ter commanding the president to free the
slaves at once.
"Well, now, that' queer," replied Mr.
Lincoln. "I've been waiting a long while.
looking for that mess re. Don't you think
It rather strange that the Divine Master
should have sent It around by way of th
wicked city ot Chicago?"
Ha had tha emancipation proclamation
la hia pocket then, and waa holding It till
the proper time to promulgate It.
Carl Schurs tells of a German count.
proud of 'his lineage, who applied, with
manifest condescension, for a place In thJ
army. He mentioned, with great compla
cency, his highborn ancestry, saying they
had been counts for centuries.
Mr. Lincoln Interrupted blm: "Well.
that need not trouble you. It will cot
be In your way- If you behave yourself
a a soldier."
Congressman, afterwarda Vice President.
Coifaa used to enjoy telling ot the per
plexity of aa Englishman who ona day
found Mr. Lincoln bending over his big
boots la tha act of polishing them.
"Why. Mr. President," exclaimed the
Briton In surprise, "do you black your
own boots 7"
"Yea." raid Mr. Lincoln. "Why aot?
Don't you?" '
."No. Indeed. English gentlemen never
black their own boots."
"Wen," Inquired the president, "whose
boots do ycu biackr
When a congressional eommtttea
brought him sn exhaustive report on a
new gun. he exclaimed:
"I should want a new lease of life to
read this through. Why can't an Investi
gating committee show a grata of com
mon sense? If I send a man to boy a
bora I expect him ta tell me that hone's
points, not hew many hairs he has tn
his talir
Uot Operation for Fire Agents.
OMAHA, Feb. Je-To the Editor ot The
Bee: I would like to know what this
city ia coming to. Here we have a paid
fire department, with a doubt shift of
men, better protection than moat cities,
and still we taxpayers have to take money
from our fire fund to purr has canrvsa
covers to use at fires, tn order to pro
tect the Interest of tbe fire Insurance
companies. Why sot make the com
panies take car of their own salvage
at fires, have them keep a salvage corps
here as ia other cities, make them spend
some ot their .mwie to tuae.OCO they are
taking out of tha city every year tn clear
profits, and not one cent in return to the
city tor protecting their Interests. We
are paying a too big premium to be dealt
with In the manner these companies deal
with us. They raise the rates tier to
tak care of their eastern cities. If not a
salvage corpa, make them pay to tha
city pension fund for the firemen, who
by their dangerous, work are Injured at
Urea. TAXPAYER.
Haw Is Seed Corn teBe Hadt
SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. N.-To the Editor
of Tbe Bee: I have read with interest
concerning tha Omaha Commercial club's
campaign on seed com testing. Having
extensive farming Interest in Buffalo
county and believing that the farmer are
fully awake to the necessity of testing.
andXhat they are past the kindergarten
stag in sclentlfle farmltuj. I think the
euunnous expense 01 an inea seed corn
special trains" could be better spent In
the following ways:
(1.) Let th railroads as their share ot
thia expense grant half-rates on seed
corn from sny point In Nebraska to an
other on tha certificate plan.
C) Let the Omaha Commercial club
through the agency ot the Grain exchange
send competent Inspectors to those locali
ties tn Nebraska holding tha beat seed
corn and conduct extensive tests. Having
located and tested quantities offered as
seed corn, let the club give wide publicity
aa to where the seed may be obtained,
priors, eta Let each shipment sold on
tha recommendation of tha exchange be
certified aa tested seed corn, a certificate
signed by the Inspectors accompanying
each ahipment.
This will lend confidence, as a farmer
naturally wants to know he 1 getting
something better than his own crop pro
vides. Tbe whole situation appeals to me
as merely a question of where to get
good seed corn, acclimated to Nebraska.
Wa farmers already know our corn won't
teat In aome localities, while In other
localities It will test satisfactorily. Now
show ua where and how to get it
O. M'CONNAL-GHEN.
Taft'a tueplrlag l-eaderahlsv.
OMAHA. Feb. 10-To th Bdltor of Th
Bea: Shakespeare rays, "What foola
these mortals b," and a w read the
various erttlatem of Tsft we still repeat.
"What fools thaa mortal be." Not
foola because they sre discontent and dis
satisfied, but because they do not see the
true reaaona of tbelr discontent, and the
unjust baala of their complaint. What is
th war-cry of th progressiva republican?
Democracy ta and always has been dis
content. Th vast Industrial and com
mercial problems of th country are In
a turmoil and unrest, and Taft la carry
ing out with fidelity and care th declared
policy ef the people towards these great
trust problem watching with anxious care
th results being accomplished.
The countless thousand of Illegal trust,
agreements and combines, both big and
little, prosecuted end. too, many to be
prosecuted thst hare existed for years,
have so Interwoven with the trade and
commerce and labor of the country that
th puis that throb In them send a
throb throughout th entire commercial
and labor interests Like a restless
ocean, the great financial and commercial
country heave under th Influence st
work by President Taft snd yet the cry
goes tip: come backward, some forward,
some stop the prosecution, some demand
the repeal ot the taw, some cry this snd
some that President Taft says, "Hands
off the law. big business must become
legal or quit."
Shall we listen to th Roosevelt people
who cry, "prosecution does no good," and
with them turn to "regulation." which
will tak ten years meanwhile the trusts
would "regulate us" nicely and com
pletely. Shall we adopt the La Follette
cry that all Is rotten, "none sre to be
trusted, nothing haa been done," I think
not I am not so built that I feel that
none are honest. On tbe bast ot th
countless millions w must rest our insti
tutions, and if all Is corruption, wa must
go down. If all In Omaha war hopelessly
corrupt what us to try for good gov
eminent?
Personally Roosevelt promise nothing;
he know tha countless Influence for
bad have worked into our conditions, and
perfection i unexpected and unatalnable;
ha knows Taft ha don nobly, but that
th best wUi be disappointing to many.
I thoughtless of condition. But the sub
colonels who follow the great man him-
selt really do not know enough to really
know a great deal, therefore they promise
. all things. But what right a La Foiletta
; with utter lack of confidence ia any one.
utter denial of integrity anywhere, has
to promise sny thing, I cannot under
stand. I have had no political idol since Blaine,
but I admire Taft'a honesty, hia fidelity
to duty aa he era it. his comprehenslv
knowledge ot Itgal conditions, hi
confidence in the business man under
standing business, and hi determination
to do right, so I believe that it the great
republican massea will stand by him, wa
shall see happy time and peace and suc
cess to our people, and the highest honor
to our common country.
JAMES It MACOMBER.
GRC'S ASD G&0A5S.
Friend So you think your play has a
scene that will eatch th women.
Playwright Positive of it It shows a
new family moving In, and all the women
In the audience wnl be pop-eyed watching
the furniture arrive. Boston Transcript.
in rescuing that boy; you deserve a Car-
aB'e imuu. v nai prompted you to
do It?
The Hero He had my ska. tea on.-.
Puck.
"You're a college man. doctor?" asked
the halfback.
"Oh, yes." replied th physician.
"Did you ever lake an Interest In foot
ball?"
"Indeed. I always did."
"And did you ever suffer from any acci
dents?" "Oh. yea: lot of the fellows neglected
to pay me!" Younker Statesman.
The young man had taken her horn
from toe theater.
"Mr. SlcGlnnia," alio said, "won't you
come In a minute and er get warm?
The Janitor probably haa turned off th
steam, but-'
"Good night!!!" Chicago Tribune.
"No," said the young woman. "I will
not recite that part ot the wedding cere
mony In which I promise to obey.'
"What's the difference V ld her. fa
ther. "If you find that the terms of th
contract don't suit you you can always
call la a lawyer to have them Inter
preted." Washington Post
"Ye, tir, I am proud to say that I'm
a elfinad man."
"'Then It's a great pity yon didn't notleo
that your legs were not mates.'" Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"Fifth grade this yesr. Tommy?"
"Yes. sir."
"You'r in decimals or fractions now, no
doubt 7" , . ,
"No. sir. I'm In crochet work snd clsjr
modeling now." Pittsburgh Post.
She-What has happened to lllsa Mar
dock? .. .. . v
He Thst arrable young teiow toiu nw
she had a musical laugh. d she went
Into hysteri over one of hia atonea.-t
Woman's Horn Companion.
TJDE HAND OF LENCOLK,
xMmiiml Clarence Stedman. "
Look on this cast, and know th hand
That bora a nation in its noia,
From this muta witness understand
What Lincoln was, how large ol mould.
The man who sped th woodman' team.
And aeepeet suns me i-i-jwn.n.. - -
And pushed th laden raft aatream,
Of fate befor him , una wars.
Thla waa the hand that knew to swing
Th ax nine thus wouin rreenom train,
Her son snd mad th forest ring,
And drov th wedge and tolled amain.
Firm hand, that loftier office took,
A conscious leader's will obeyed. .
And, when men sought his word and look.
With ateailtaat mlgut tfc gathering
swayed.
No eourtler", toying with a sword.
Nor minstrel's laid serosa a lute;
A chief's, uplifted to the Lord
When ail th king of earth were mute I
The hand of Anak. sinewed strong,
The fingers that on greatness dutch;
Yet, lo! the marks their lines along
Qf one who strove and suffered much.
For here In knotted cord and vein
I trees th varying chart or years:
I know the troubled heart, the strain.
The weight of Atlas-and the tear.
Again I see the patient brow
That palm erewhile was wont to press;
And now 't is fu rowed deep, and now
Made smooth with hup and tenderness.
For somehtlng ot a formless grace
This moulded outline playa about;
A Pitying flume, beyond our trace.
Breathe Ilk a spirit, In and out
The lov that cast an sureol
Kound one who. longer to endur
Called mirth to ease hia ceaseless dol.
Yet kept hia nobler purpose sure.
Lo, aa I gsxe, the sutured man.
Built up from yon large hand, appears;
A type that nature will to plan
But once in all a people year.
What better than tills voiceless cast
To tell of such a ona as he.
Sine through lla living semblance passed,
Th thought that bade a race be free.
Very Low Fares
to
Ca!
norma
March 1st to April 15th
Tickets good in Rock Island clean, sanitary,
comfortable
Through Tourist Sleeping Cars
A Reduction Made in Upper Berth Rates
Choice of Three Routes
Daily service via Denver, Salt Lake City, Ogden
and Truckee, or, via Denver, Salt Lake City and the
Golden Feather River Canyon. "Weekly service via El
Paso and along the borders of Old Mexico. Each
route replete with picturesque and historic scenes.
Write for illustrated folder, "Across tbs
Coatinent la Tourist Sleepiiul Car."
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1322 Famam Street,
Omaha, Neb.
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