Thursday, April 24, 1919
THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD
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NEBRASKA PRESS ASSOCIATION
AN IVrKllHHTlXU
POLITICAL SITUATION
he legislation passed by the re-'
t-f i t soslon Of the Nebraska state
l i-iilaiure has caused much discus
si :i as to Its probable effect on the
p(!tlcl fortunes of tha Republican
pr 'y ft Nebraska. The Civil Code
Bill. Known as "Senate File No. 2",
in froduceri and pushed by the gover
nor, wi.H passed and unless (lie refer
endum Is Invoked, will become a law
Wi.hln ninety days. This bill was the
can.'te of much decseiKlon and dif
fer nc h between members of the Hp
puMlcun party In tbo legislature. If It
becomes a law It will radically revise
the government of the state. It is
freely predicted that the referendum
will be Invoked on this bill, thereby
holding it up until the people of the
'ate have had an opportunity to ex
piess their approval or disapproval
ol the measure at the next election.
The Onieha. World-Herald, lending
Democratic organ of the stscte, has
ft-i lit to severely crltlze (he action
of the governor In this and other
uin' tens finally resulting in the ex
chiinfje of the following letters be
tween Governor McKelvle and Har
vrv Nct hnnieh, editor of the World
1 lei aid:
State of Nebraska, Executive Of
fice. Lincoln. April 12. 1919. Mr
ll; ivy Newbranch, Editor World
Herald, Omaha, Neb. My Dear Edi
tor Newbranch: I rarely find time
wiivhing so lightly upon mys hands
thitt I feel that I can afford to waste
it r ading the effusions from your
facile p-n. Yesterday, however, some
one brought to my attention your
edit trial entitled "Nebraska UoIhIicv
Ihm." and while I must admit I have
not taken the time to red all of it.
the tempt' i of It seems to be very
n u.-lt opposed to recognise tlio lights
in .Nebraska farmers in extending
. ti'ir agencies of distribution, to the
places which are, in effect, public
market. I am not surprised that
you have taken that position, nor do
1 fliiuk the screams of horror which
you emit upon this occasion will non
etrate for Into the ears of thos who
belli ve In u wise solution of (ho
former's economic problems. Iudted
it w:.s not upon this point that I am
lroi ipted to write you, for I ivallzi.
that any arguments which .night belony n part. How, your excellency
oducol In this matter woull be likp
"wMHiinK sweetness upon ?h sesert
all" when expended on you.
My real motive in wilting you was
to prompt you for Just a moment in
the matter of editorial vlliies. and
inasmuch as we are of the samd fra
ternity In a professional senstV I
think I m.iy bo perniited to offer a
suggestion along this line. .
You i.ittke frequent quotations
from th'" editorial page of I he Nebrit
ka ! ni r, and 1 want to tkank you
for it. 1 want to suggest, however
tha. in iv.-UIng such quotations, you
give credit where It belongs, namely,
to the ediior who Blgns the pngv. and
In thl connection I want to call yo.ir
attiii'n i the fact that tho col
umn' of '' Nebraska Farmer reco'i
nU' 'ie ,'inhts of the reoders of t'ie
DUbl". 'Udii by establishing a delintte
ant) i i 'Mil' in
connection wi'ti cnc'.i
ar:ife vblihed therein.
i' Hies IUwponftilit)
The reason 1 call attention to this
fact 'his time, Is that in your
refci'M-.i 'H tne editorial page of
the N bnika Farmer, you persistent
ly j. te:i.p? to convey the Impression
to your readers that I .tin it'll writ
ting editorial page for that pub
lleaii...'. This Is not fair o your
readers nor Is It fair to Mr. '5. W.
I'iimM'. ho writes that ptge signs
lils naioe '.o it and receives a modi
tum of reward for his effort. .ot
as 1 .iut credit for doing he work
In connect ion with the position
whleb I now occupy for the stale, 1
desire t!at the editor of the Nebras
ka Farmer receive credit lor nis
forts.
i nrefaae m references to
this
ubjeel by saying mat ni -.
T J . .J, . .T n thui fitl
ter of ethics, a
nil ,
arain w th the tuther
explanation
that it Is ethical among onea en-;
gaged in the same business, at least
to refuse to take an unfair advantage
ol each other. Furthermore, in the
publishing buslnes., thruthfulness is
recognlied as fudamentally Uhlcal
t.nd when I use tM. word truthful
ness. I do not refer to the camou
flaged article but the plain old-taata-i...,
win whirh neoDle recognlio
on sieht. In fact, the kind tuat Is
ied without evasion or which re-
Kth exnlanatlon as none
,..h. than vour able self miKht
evolve.
l n.-.i on the IVxr
i ,. to add futher that I enj y
. ,...r ,.,iiiciani of myself. You know
Josh Billings say. that "every dog
w..ii,i Ki.ve certain amount of flea.
io keep him from forgetting that he
is doe." and I take it that every
in i.nhiic life need, a eertain
N'braak. for trantitlaton through I
K It Y
T II U H 8 I A V
amount of knockers hanging on Lis
trail to keep him from forgetting
that his path is not entirely one or
rones. Furthermore, I want to thank I
you for your criticism. I think it con-1
tribiited a lot -to my victory last fall,
and I think it has been a very great
aid in obtaining the enactment of
beneficial legislation which you have!
opposed during te present session. I
I am esepclally grateful to you for
your opposition to the Civil Admin-
Istratlve Code Bill. Inasmuch as I
want to give credit where credit Is
due, I want to cnl your attention to
the fact thut I address this letter to
you, even though you do not sign
your editorial page, Instead of ad
dressing It to your publisher, who
represents our state in the national
congress at Washington.
Fraternally yours,
SAMUEL It. M KELVIE,
Governor.
Omaha April 13. Hon. Samuel R.
McKelvle, Lincoln, Neb. Your Ex
cellency and Dear Brother: I am
profoundly gru'cful that you have
spared the time from" your Impor
I ant and multifarious public duties I
to compose so excellent a letter de
voted to the task of making me a bet
ter editor. I have worked unremit
tingly and ever hopefully to make
you a better governor. But since
that Is a part of my profession duty
while your effort la gratuitous and
purely a labor of love. I feel that you
have done me the greater honorand I
fuvor and that the burden of obliga
tion rests heavily on my side. I can
only promise that I will do my ut
most to lighten It by rendering you
all the further assistance within my
power. And It Is my eurneat hope
that the endeavors of each of us to
Improve the other may be crowned
with glorious success. We have both
noted, I take It, how much easier and
more pleasant it is to better and reg
ulate some one else by adomonitlon
and prohibition than to better and
regulate one a self,
It pains me
jtolenrn. however, that
fford to "waste time"
"effusions from my fa-
you cannot a
reading the
rile pen" and that It is only when
one of my editorials chances to be
"culled to your attention" happy
and venerable phrase! that you do
me the honor to peruse It, and then
and Dear brother, can you expect to
devote yourself successfully to cur
Ins my grievous and manifold faults
unless you stuuy nem a on more
closely than that? I wish, neverthe-
."KS, ie.h";
enables you to critlxe so closely and
Keenly so many ot ui, uvu-
orations tnougn you nave na nenur
time nor inclination to scan the
printed word.
Attitude i lVfuliar.
I know Just how you feel about
quotations from the "Nebraska
Farmer," your "personal and official
i . - f"i 1 1 I I DA.Aimnn wnnlil
organ us iuivti i ouinmuu
uuv. but am at a loss to know Just
where you Btand. You allbut drive
, .ii
me to the conclusion that you wish
publcity to discluin all share of re-
stinnslhllitv for what the "Nebraska
j j,-armer" gayg. rjut surely that can
not be so! It is your paper, your
property. The editor, as your friend
Victor llosewater has discovered and
i.. i i i.. n. n u. ia nniv a
J.ui-n.. i. i h ! snwlnz
broadcast false and harmful doctrine
th. mMi ite. instantly In your
hands and bo the responsibility, po -
i..-..! ..t looai rBta snue
against your door. '
pusher o the Vorid-Herald. a.
L- f th. "Nebraska Farmer".
ther. x m hU new.
paper obseVvatlon. written by hi.
htrellna" that appear to Mr. nose-
water and his statellite editor, to be
raulty .uVebTe
lf" V, nn-lw.ter. etal.. oromptly
and gleefully charge them up to the
Senator andVroceed to belabor him
:i.,.tii fAr civine them utterance.
utterance.
tustiiy tor -
.- ih. .natnr heeause he Is a man
i Auii v vv,
of heart and courage who Just eais
uo nunlshment. and also oecause lie
Knows ii ! yw""
flr me if 1 misrepresent
mislead the public, cheerfully
properly accepts the cespor
It Is your privilege however
tn law, to adopt the contrary
and declare you disclaim
Biblllty for what appears
hiaska Farmer to proclaim
are not to be presumed to approve
of It, and that you nave no conn
dence in its editor.
Ib 1 Win ire rou-t Policy.
Let me venture to ay, however.
that If thl. la to be your attitude a.
executive and responsible head of
your own buslne... it would be mo.t
dangerous to adopt the aame rule a.
the chief executive of Nebraska. In
your official capacity, at least, you
InuBt be ready nd willing to hold
1 yourself responsible for the act and
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utterance of your appointees mid
subordinates In -the discharge of their I
official duties. Dut to adhere to one
rule as a newspaper owner and pub
lisher, and to a directly contrary rule
as a public official would be confus
ing and Inconsistent, and would lead
dear brother, to all kinds of trouble.
As your friend and well-wisher 1
would earnestly sun Kent that you
stand by the manly rule In both In
stances. Mr. PuKsley is an able, con
scientious and faithful edrtor. Let
the public know that so long as he Is
In your employ, as editor of your
very popular and flurlshlng paper,
you stand back oi mm. sueii a
course will hearten Mr. PuKsley, It
will heighten your own self-respect,
and It will win the approbation of
the people of Nebraska.
Light for the (J roping.
In conclusion, permit me to say
that whatever I have felt it my duty
to write of your official conduct that
was by way of criticism, was penned
in mingled good natured and sorrow
and hone, and not in anger. It is a
cause of great pride and gratification
to be assured, over pour signature
ns governor, that you have profited
and been helped by it We hold. two
different political faiths, you mid 1,1
and so iuubI necessarily differ on
many Issues. But you in yours ex-
alterd capacity as governor and I as
a humble newspaper man on whom
you have for the moment turned the
spotlight of your attention, are labor
ing ln"our own ways and according to
the light that has been given us for
the same end. We love our country
and our state and we want to help
safeguard the lives, liberties and per-
sonal and property lights of their
people, so that, as a free people un-
der a free and enlightened and demo-
cratic government, they may work i
out their own Balvatlou. May the
Giver of all good things give to both
of us and to you particularly bet
ter light!
Cordially and fraternaly yours,
H. E. NEWBKANCli;
Editor World-Herald
W'ATTEKEI) SHItAl'NEL
He was looking for a chance to
pop the question and the girl was
not averse. "Did you pay my little
brother to remain out of the par
lor?" she asked. "Yes; 1 hope I
was not presuming. ion were
not. But if you paid lum, I wont.
They're engaged now
A man was remarkable for the bad
wines he kept. He was entertaining
some rather important guests one
evening, when he turned to his new
butler and said: "Higgs. Is this the
best claret?" "No, sir," said Higgs.
solemnly, "it Is not, but it's the best
you ve got.
Somebody once telegraphed Hor
ace Greeley, "Are there any news?"
"Not a new," promptly wired back
the great editor, who was a stickler
for good English.
Dixie, the French poodle, was
barking noisily and wagging his tail
at the same time. "Oh, cried little
Lucy, "Dixie is cross at one end and
happy at the other.
A-colored soldier, regretting audi-
h imnorammt rhnmcter of be-
lng shelled from a distance, said to
his officer: "If they Just only used
raxors, only razors, then all you
white folks would have to do would
be to Veep the books, Just keep the
,.,.u..
Just before they arrived In San
Francisco the "Grizzlies" listened to
a little lecture from Colonel Mullal
lv. during which he said, with
twinkle In his eyes: 4 oBys. if you re
iwis i - - -
advice t
,wyharthetre,,trunow
about dough ihow to spend It."
middle-aged man was examln
. nhnnnKrmnu rPcord catalog
in a irtfui more recently. "Why Is
: 1. ..V''..i ..a i rBii,.t the
story. Dalila darn near et Samson."
An mor-manatcef of continental
I . . . a. J1..HB
I experience naa taaen aown to uiim
... ,i .i sirDnimr tn him. an d indeed
i"j. ' .
o ..m.vouii t-irhe who naa recently
returned from France. "And what
.ii.i n,n.i ntnv In France, ma-
dam" he Inquired. "Well. I think
it was the French peasants singing
ine luayonna.ar.
ti.. n.t.,itoi wan fllline in the
I luoriin orttrtrnie "Let me Bee.
v. .....rmured to the bride, as he
Lame to the date, "this la the 7th.
u-t It?" She flushed hotly. The
1 impertinence of the man! She
I ...mmoriMi Then she found tongue.
"No." she answered, sharply: "lfi
This is only my
rourthf"
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Efficiency Is an VVJ
but .cn e; overa one a ror.. w
Represents Ive M. Clyde Kelly . or
Pennsymm .
Kelly explain, "the J tit, eoijor
of my newspaper in Braddock sent
hi. best reporter out to tearn
saloons were open I. idetanet , ol Mjj
i iaw.
i -- . -Thev were.
I and reponea.
I , v
. haTe ylratei Epsom. Eng-
the blK -ale8 n
f EnfUghmen than ever.
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An EiiRllsh schoolmaster promised
I - rnwn o any boy who should pro-
him and which are P-cnea two JJMiTa
. rtwfor the nr.t time. He P- M J!! MtM
WHU"e wh n do they feed these dogsT" J H n:!!
an respon- "Every time they bark." vu tinr
In the "Ne- f'V?;. Somite, and now this par- . U ZMWt!&5 V
that you A7 p,irn is more of an ad- ' L "
pouni a riddle that he could not an-
wer After many had tried, a
Drigh.t youngster said: "Why am I
Uke the prince of Wale.T" The
-hoolmaster puitled his wit. in vain
and nnaiiy wa. compelled to admit
that ne not know. "If. because
I am waiting for the crown." .aid
tne b0y,
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Battle Scarred Tanks in Victory
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This Is one of the formidable tanks
with which the Yanks made such head-
'ay or. the Western Front'ust before
the armistice was signed. This par-
tlcular tank was photographed in
Kansas City Ju't before starting on
one of the twelve special tank trains
"I don't take much stock in spir
itualism," said Representative Sis-1
son of Mississippi. "Most of their j
arguments remind me of Uncle Jas-j
per Holt. 'Uncle Jasper,' asked the
general store keeper, 'do you believe
that people walk after they're dead?' '
'Yes. siree. Didn't you-all ever hear
of the Dead March?' "
A colonel going up In one part of
the Argonne met a negro soldier'
coming back precipitately. "Here,"
shouted the colonel: "you're running j
away!" "No, I ain't, boss," pro
tested the soldier; "'deed I ain't." I
'Yes you are. You're running
away. Deed I ain't, boss," he
8alu earnestly; i am i runnin out
passeu some tmu was.
' 'ArinrnnA. .hln.a tnr n,v
(hat kepp comIng QUt of Germany
Rhine whines, as tbev are called
P'- Nicholas Murray Butler of Co-
uiniDia said recently: tiermany re-
minds me of a woman who. entering
her little boy in new school said
to he teacher: Leedle Frltiy he is
. i -"'
he will be badt sometimes Joost
lick der boy next to him. and dat vlll
iriKiueu nun.
Sir John Porter Frazer was talk
ing about the intense heat the Brit
ish encountered during the Mesopo
tamlan campaign. "One officer told
me it was bo hot there he sweated
t eallona a dav " "Mr dear sir I
Zly SoSS Jell." I nrt'lSij
"Well. I was a horse then." he re-
plied promptly. "Really it was too
beastly hot to perspire like a gentle
man." Uncle Sam Hodge came down
from the Kentucky mountains with
his yearly produce to market
His
he- of oxen -ewhat weary
Sam reached the city limits he was.
I m & . . J ...1,1. , t . nl nn I'Cnaoil .
i cumruuifu im oisu.
limit, fifteen miles an hour." " He
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i nuuea uis wiu.fia a. luumrui m
lent meditation, and then drawled
out to his oxen: "Well, I know darn
well we'll never make It but we'll do
our doggone best
Frances E. Beauchamp. presl
I dent of the Kentucky W. C. T. U. and
r former national onicer or ?nai so-
clety. came to Nebraska Tuesday.
April 15. to fill the
the late Katherdlne Lent Stevenson
i connection with the W C. T. U
I intlllon-dollar drive. Mrs. Mamie M
Claflln. state president, has present
I at the opening luncheon in Iremont
for the Visitors. .Mrs. Beauchamp ha.
visited Nebraska several times on the
chautauqua platform.
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20 PCDMS '
nvrts i30 '3 donV
50 kDMSUTH BATH I
100 ROOMS VlTH BATH
0D RODMS'vifrH RVT1I
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1150 A
S'T-r-L'-K S.'Rs V ?
being sent throughout the Tenth Fed-1
eral Reserve District by the Bureau of I
Publicity in the Interest of the Victory
Liberty Loan. Six of the tanks are
equipped with machine guns and six;
with 37-mllimeter guns. Blank ammu-,
nition U carried on each tank. These 1
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AU Modern Convenience Roome $1.00 Uf
New Management
Loan Drive
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tanks are making big hits wherever
they go and demonstrate one of the
reasons why former Liberty Loans
made the Hun lie down and why the
Victory Liberty Loan should be over-
subscribed and the victory properly
1 elebrated with a finished job.
Will outlast several steel
tanks or several tanks
made from other material,
and cost less money.
These tanks will keep the
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