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The Morning Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th* Associated Press, of which The Bee Is a member, Is exclusively entitled to tbs use for rrpublicatiou of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republications of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department Untie or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: i non Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. _ OFFICES Main Office—17tn and Farnam Co. Bluffa - - . 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Sieger Bldg. '■■■■■ ' -- — — - -- -------s i WHEN MAN AND NATURE MEET. Early in the morning of the long expected day, the old team was hitched to the wagon, and pa and ma, and the children got in, and soon the way was taken down a lane along which the dog fennel and the smartweed drooped under a heavy coating of gray dust. It was August, and dog days, and there was no rain and little dew; and the sun shone fierce ly, while the dust stirred up by the horses’ hoofs and the narrow tires of the old spring wagon hung heavy in the air for hours. All roads were marked the same, for from all directions the marchers were converging at a common center. It was the opening day of the county fair. In the wagon box might have been found a pumpkin, or a batch of jelly, or a loaf of bread, or a quilt, or some other specimen of handicraft or home cooking or the produce of the field. It w'as to be exhibited along side others .of the variety or kind, and soon blue and red ribbons would testify the judgment of a commit tee of awards as to which was the best plate of Winesaps or “Seeknofurthers,” the choicest loaf of bread, the handsomest quilt, the tastiest pound of butter, or any one of a number of articles that were presented in competition. Outside, in the pens, boars and brood sows, sheep, cattle, chickens, all w-ere decorated in like manner, and the winners went home proud because of the distinction, but generous in that they had given in detail to all in quirers the secret of their success. Now, the farmer mounts his car, steps on the gas, and away he goes down a well paved road to attend the same old county fair. Pumpkins and apples, crazy quilts and jelly and all the other triumphs of skill are shown in the never ending competition. But these are improved by modern methods of production and display. The livestock is cared for under better conditions than once the owners were housed. The pumpkin show and hoss trot features remain, but glorified as compared with the start. Practically all that once was objectionable has been eliminated, and the entertainment now offered at the county fairs as a rule is as clean as the object of the fair is worthy. It is a place where farmers compare results and discuss methods, exchange ideas, and get the benefit of neighbors’ experience. Relaxation is a necessary part of the affair, but not its sole end. Education is a progressive process, going ahead steadily, and the annual shows of the products of the fields, dairies, breeding pens, orchards and kitchens are but advertising to the world the advance of thought and result. So, when the county fair comes on thi* week or next, and the state fair soon after, take a day off and go. It will do you all good. FOLKS WILL TALK. Some folks arc not willing to take another’s t-ord for anything, but must test by their own ex perience all they come into contact with. Such folks are frequently in trouble. One of them is a Baptist preacher of the name of Tabor, down in Baltimore. He is, according to his own statement, an advocate of prohibition and a teetotaler, but just now he is accused of tippling, and admits that it is true. His defense is that he sought for experience. Some skeptical people scoff at this, and suggest he might well have been guided by observation in his on slaught against the forces of evil. Thus it ever has been. Motives of the purest may be professed, but a world that moves from fact to fact is apt to judge by what it sees and not take the time to go deeply into the subject. That is why we find in St. John the admonition, “Judge ac * cording to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” This means to examine carefully be fore concluding as to the conduct of others; but (•gainst it, so far as the minister is concerned, is the further admonition to avoid even the appear ance of having done wrong. “Evil communications corrupt good manners,” said Taul, and he knew what he was talking about. One who would avoid censure should also avoid giving cause for any censure. If a minister docs openly those things he condemns others for doing, he need not be surprised if people talk about it, and if gossips put the worst construction upon his < deeds. Anyhow, this particular preacher says he already knew the taste of whisky, and therefore he did not have the excuse of innocence to support him. Whatever else he has done, he has gained for him self notoriety he might not have attained had he U«ck to his pulpit for years. _ keep moving on the quicksands. A little story from Columbus, telling of how two farmers and their wives met a mishap when fording the Platte will recall many a tragedy of pioneer days. In this case the motor car’s engine went “dead” in the middle of the stream, and the driver and his companions were forced to move fast to get it out. The joke seems to have been that th women took off their dresses, while the "ater was but three feet deep. Whether to swim or to keep from getting wet is not decided. We want to approve the course the women took. Either to swim or to escape a ducking, they were wise in removing their skirts. No dress of any kind, not even a bathing suit, is likely to be proved by submersing it in the sandy waters of the Platte' the men ought to know now that they were facing the danger that struck terror into the hearts of pio neer teamsters. Fording the Platte was a serious business, and is today, because of the so-called “quicksands.” This is a natural result of the sw.rt current of the stream. A swimmers foot, the t.ic of a wagon or an automobile, checks the current from above, and the little eddy just below washes out the loose san<r, that seems to be so firm at first, but really is so treacherous, and presently the trap '* "“Keep moving!” was the order of the day, after incautious drivers had unhooked the checkrein that their horses might drink in midstream and then found their wagons hopelessly held in the clutch of lhe sand. It is true of all the swift flowing streams that, cross the great plains of the west. A lesson mav be found in this. When crossing anywhe.e in life from one firm foothold to another, keep mov ing. It is the only way to avoid the 1u‘'k*a"d* the bogs. High ground or rockbottom will hold, bu the uncertainties of life are avoided only by going Steadily forward until the danger is passed. • "THE RARITY OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY." "But sail as angola for the good man's sin. Weep to record and blush to give It In." While all may pray, ‘‘Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us,” how many really feel that way about it? Is it not true that men more generally place a literal interpreta tion on the law as laid down in Leviticus, and require an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, forgetting the greater admonition, “Vengeance is Mine, saith the Lord, and I will repay?” This does not mean that there will be no pun ishment for the evildoer. The more reasonable in terpretation of the precepts of Moses was that resti tution and reparation should follow discovered and definitely located crime. In fact, he expressly cou pled with the eye for an eye law the further pro vision that anything wrongfully taken, used or de stroyed shall be restored and its owner be compen sated for its use or his loss from not having it. It is no part of the divine plan that crime or sin shall go unpunished. The foundation of earthly law is found in the law of the Almighty, as the same has come down to us for ages. It is the private judgment that is harshest, and from which the most severe penalties proceed, to be applied with unrelenting 7,eal in their execution. Men often assume to decide on motives, when even actions are not clear, and, however unjust in con clusions, they do not spare to put in force judgments so reached. That is why the course taken by a re ligious group in Minnesota last week shines out so clearly. A preacher from an interior town was found dead in a room in a Minneapolis hotel, under circumstances that pointed clearly to his misconduct. If he had been living when discovered, he would have suffered dire disgrace. Shocked and humiliated, his congregation re called his eighteen years of service as pastor, and forgave him his sin. Ministers of his faith joined with the flock, and the dead man was buried with Christian ceremony as if his life had been beyond reproach. This will be sneered at by some, laughed at by others, ridiculed or scorned by the cynical, and held up by the ungodly as another proof of the sham of piety. Does it not truly exhibit a high apprecia tion of the spirit of Jesus? He was one who forgave; the Magdalen, the dying thief, those who doubted or decried Him, all were forgiven, “for the/ know not what they do.” Should one act of wrongdoing offset the blame less record of a whole life, spent in good works? A single act of repentance is said to be sufficient to gain an eternity of bliss, compensating for all the wickedness of years of misconduct. Did not that congregation in Wisconsin show its faith in its pro fession when it received the body of the minister ▼ ho died in shame, and, remembering only his long career of usefulness, give decent interment with the service o: the church to the corpse, leaving his soul with God? LOWER RATES ON EXPORT WHEAT. A conference to be held over at Chicago today will have some influence on the gram situation. Representatives of the Omaha Chamber of Com merce and the Omaha Grain exchange will meet President Gorman of the Rock Island and others of the magnates of the western lines, to discuss the proposed temporary reduction in rates to the sea board on grain and flour destined for export. Right here it might not be out of place to explain that the request was not made to the railroads in the first place in ignorance of the law, as has been insinuated. The course taken was the proper one. When the Interstate Commerce commission is ap proached, it may give relief, but not instanter; the railroads can agree to a lower rate, ask permission to put it into effect, and usually get that permission .without the delay that ensues when direct approach is made to the commission, for hearings and protests are avoided, and a lot of red tape is dispensed with. The conference between the committee and the railroad men will develope definitely what must be done to secure any relief that may be obtained in the way of rate concessions. Chairman Kennedy, Senator Capper and others have pointed out plainly to the railroad men what their duty in the situation demands. It is not to deprive the »>lro«ls o* revenue they deserve, but to secure relief for the farmers. Thirty-three years ago in August, 1890, in a similar emergency, this phase of the situation was summed up in The Omaha Bee in this fashion. The only new point In the petition worthy of • consideration and which may hereafter be taken Into account by the commission, is the fact that th r duced crops of this year will lessen .he revenue of the roads, but the cror* will proK-ibly not be leas than m other year, when .he rates were below whit they are at present, and beside, the rctati reduction in revenue from thi. cause will imdoutt edly be offset by a reduction of expen.es. and this would take place if the existing rate* were main tained to the extent which the demand on the transportation facilities of the roads, should bo re duced in consequence of short crops. ' The farmers who are affected by the price of wheat arc simply asking a chance to stop loss. I hoy are holding up shipments, not to hamper the rail roads, hut to prevent glutting an overstocked mar ket The concession proposed is not on the Rreat bulk of the crop of 1923, which in the end will go to market, hut on the proportionately small part of the crop that is to be sent abroad. This does not seem unreasonable, but has been denied so far by the railroads. What will happen at Chicago today can only be guessed at, but one safe guess is that the farmers will be watching the outcome, and will re member what occurs. ^ Nebraskans have their ryes on the bedside oi Edgar Howard, hoping he will soon be about, his same old genial self. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie FOLK OF THE CITY. Ei,1k of I ho city, God bless you! Loving your gay content; .Scarcely flora grief distress you, Never Is newness spent, Scarcely the weary feeling, Never the lonely cry. Ever Is lifts revealing .Iny ns the days go by. Nothing Is ever denied you: Want Is a ntrange request, All Is present beside you— Pleasure, knowledge and rest. You are excessively merry, Ever your needs at. hand— Build you a homo on the prairie, Then you Will understand. Then you will fathom your gladness, Then you will treasure your hearth; • Pity will mingle with sHdness, And waken your senses to earth; Soul will instinctively show you That even the city of kings I- son to the prairie, and so yon , Will stand when the robin slug* ■ 2 Tn 1575 R convention had been cRllerl to form a new constitution for the stRte of Nebraska Its work was subsequently completed, and it stood the test for many years, only a. few amendments b.elnj? adopted ‘ prior to the general revision that waa ratified by tin* people In 19-1. Una of the t rlnclpal features of the docu ment woe Jis provisions for the judi ciary. The necessity for this *»is ttills du'-ussed by Mr. Rosawsttr »n Wednesday May 19. 1875. "JUDICIARY REFORM." "The absolute necessity of Judicial reform was doubtless the prime cause that impelled the people of Nebraska to call a constitutional convention. The defects of our present judiciary system are universally conceded and it is therefore unnecessary for us to dwell upon them in detail. The ques tion that now presents Itself before the constitutional convention is how shall Judiciary reform be accomplished with out imposing too great a burden upon the taxpayers? This question resolves Itself into two distinct propositions: First, shall our reorganized Judiciary system comprise an independent supreme court? and second, wliat shall be the number of districts into which the state is to be divided? Upon the first proposition will, in a great mea sure, hinge the solution of the second. If we are to have an independent supremo court, the number of district judges can be reduced to a minimum, if the district judges are to serve on the supreme bench, the time lost by them at these periodical sessions must be made up by an increase in their number. "In other .words, the creation of a supreme bench will enable the dis trict judges to devote their whole time to their own districts, and hence the districts can be larger than if these district judges had to spend a portion of their time in the supreme court. "For our own part, we most em phatically favor the creation of an in dependent supreme court. Without seeking to reflect upon the individual niembers of our present supremecourt, we repeat what we have asserted on a former oerasion. that this tribunal is an unmitigated farce. It Is utterly 1m possible for judges who hav e to drudge away their time in the district court to concentrate their attention upon the important causes that come be fore them for review on the supreme bench. Such a condition naturally must result in 111 matured decisions, and an instance has even come to our knowledge, where an important decision had been rendered, which the judge failed to put on record during his official term, and has never done so since The highest judicial tribun al in the state should be afforded ample time for thoroughly digesting every rase that comes to- them for final adjudication. "Our supreme court demands the very highest legal attainments, and men possessing these qualifications can seldom be induced to accept such positions if coupled with the drudgery of the district court. "if our present aystem Is perpetu ated every session of the supreme court forces the closing of the district courts, and consequently Justice Is Impeded in many instances. If the present system of converting district judges Into Justices of the supreme court is adhered to. a larger number of districts must necessarily be created: and therefore nothing will be gained in point of economy. There are many other reasons why an Inde pendent supreme Judiciary is impera tively demanded, which we have not seen fit to enumerate 'J'lie constitu tion of 1S71 provided for three ludges of tile supreme court and five district judges, granting the legislature dls < retionary power to increase the num ber of districts. Such an arrange tnent, it appears to us, would fully cover the requirements of the present day. At any rate. It could do no harm to give it a trial for the next two vents, and' let the subsequent legislature create one or mor» add! tinnal districts If the exigencies of the situation should require It." A Book of Today \ Harriett Graham T.evvis travels out 1 of the beaten path In Iter new novel. "Beyond the Menace,” published by the Stratford company. Judge Arret Kaltree. of wealth and moving In exclusive circles, wins ills case with Ovvin Vauce, a voting woman of fan tastic notions of love. The Judge's previous years cast « shadow over his married life, resulting in separa tion and divorce. Questions of the eternal sex problems tun through the plot. The treatment of these prob lems, however. Is on a higher plane than was used In several recent books flint might be mentioned. The story Itself Is interesting and tbs author run* the gamut from gay tn grave Daily Prayer And they rnntlnued ateedfaatlr . . . tn piayer. — Arta r.4.V Gracious Lord, we bring The* anew this day the perils# of our lips and the worship of our hearts. We bless Tires for the rare of our bodies, for the guarding of our minds, and for Ihe delight of our awakened spirits In Thyself. We eonfes# we have not merited even the least of Thy tnei lies, and yel our lives are crowned ear h day with unnumbered tokens of Thine Infinite ln\c. Wilt Thou la gel within us a now humility, a deepened sense pf our dependence, nmi a fuller surrender to Thy will. (live ns the peace which springs from a constant sense of Christ's in finite sacrifice: give tis the sanction of n life which Is tho fruit of Ills Indwelling: give us tho power through Thy Holy Spirit to serve ami honor Thee. Help u* to walk In a spirit of con stnnt prayer, to Increasingly delight In Thy Holy Word, to lovo one an other, and to have some part ill bring' Ing Ihe light of the Gospel to those In darkness. In the midst, of Ihe con fusion and stress of earth, may our souls rest lu Thine ow n perfect calm, and may we lie able to 4’omforl those In trouble with I He comfort where with we are comforted of (toil Wo ask all 111 Jesus' name Amen lttri.«il It ilosino. New Turk City, N T. “The People’s Editorials from roidcrt si Tl* Mdralaa *•? Reader* of Tho Morulof Rso srs Idvlttd to uio thla column frooljr for oxpro*»lo» on matter* of public Istoreot. _ * Using the Boy Scouls. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I think the time of .the boy scouts could be profitably put in collecting birds nests and properly labelling them for the kindergarten classes at school. A bent ttvig and some glue would enable them to get spiders webs and a little aquarium could be put In where they couhl watch the growth of tadpoles, and many other things will suggest them selves. It would be good for the scouts to know they were working for the youngsters and all would grow up to know there was something In life beside a jazz band and they would retain a lively interest in it to the end. D. E. YULE. Significance of Keccnt Events. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Within the past few weeks four moat significant gvents in American history have been recorded in tho memory of our people. A presidentof the republic made an extended tour of the aountry, not for any partisan purpose, but to bring to the citizenry a report of his steward ship. Before the tour was completed, hut. after the details for which it was made had been carried out nearly to completion, death took the chief executive in Ban Francisco, the ex treme western city of the union. The funeral train carrying the re mains to their final resting place mov ed arf-oss the entire country and a million people whose recognized leader had been stricken, stood silently by the side of the railroad tracks with bowed and bared heads to show their affection and respect for the deceased head of their government. Within 3 hours after the knell of death fell upon the ears of the nation, tlie vice president had taken the oath as his successor in a lowly cottage in the state of Vermont and the govern ment continued to function without a moment of alarm or an Instant of doubt. In no other land could all of these events have transpired. In no other country would a ruler feel It a privilege to acquaint the citizens with details of government, or make a report in person as to the performance of trust obligations, im posed upon him by the office to which he had been called by inheritance or by the voice of a constituency. Only in America could the head of the government venture a Journey without military escort by land and sea Involving travel for weeks and for distances aggregating approxi mately a,000 miles. No potentate of ancient or modern times would have dared to move among his own people, unattended by military forces suffi cient to suppress disturbances, for so long a period of time or over so widely extended an area. Princes and kings have made long Journeys in other periods of the world s his tory and in the late years, but not without heavy bodyguards and strong forces available for emergencies, save when they were escorted by govern merit officials other than those of their own lands. No like extent of civilized territory is found on any other continent. The Journey under taken by the late president is only practicable in North America Where is there another land whose people, extending through a settled region exceeding 3,000 miles, would, as one man. afand, as it were, at the bier of a departed chief, to demon strate their grief over his untimely death? There is no other. Pathos can not picture nor sentiment describe the deep significance of this remark able exhibition of common patriotism and supreme reverence, not alone for the deceased person of Warren Gamal iel Harding, loved as he was as an individual citizen and leader, but for the departed president of our beloved country. Nothing in history can com pare with this, for no otherwhere do people so widely separated and so in dividually independent in thought and action, unite so completely and un hesitatingly in their loyalty to their own free land and its cherished in stitutions. symbolized for them in their ehief executive. And coming now- to the fourth of these marvelous episodes of present history, what shall be said for a sys tern of popular sovereignty which automatically adjusts itself to the calamity of death without a moment of hesitation, inquiry or a suggestion of possible friction"’ Warifn Gamaliel Harding son of a country physician, horn on a farm, far from any city or consequence, thrown upon his resources with a common school education picked up In the haphazard method of half a cen tury ago. makes his way without rank, inherited wealth or the patron age of others more fortunately situ aied than himself, to the highest place the world offers a human being Calvin C'oolldge. son of a Vermont farmer, horn in an out of the wav spot in tlie Green mountains, working his wav through school and college to a position Ht the bar, l>ecomes tire president of tho t'nlted States and presides with dignity over the great est parliamentary bodv In the world Incidentally, through the rourtesy of the president, he sat with the cabinet ns an "unofficial observer.” Botli men aie Illustrious examples of what opportunity offers the dili gent. tlie honest and (he capable youth of America, who have no other capital than character, intelligence and Industry. I wo American country I>oy* are ele vated to these two high flares earrfrd l*.v merit and tilled by each with ability. They labor together and are friends Heath takes the elder, and the young er steps Into his place and without a flurry of a stock market, a mishap or any Intimation of uncertainty or a possible crisis, the greatest and rich est government of all historv func tlona and performs all Its dutle* Any American who thinks on these four happenings of but Utile more than a month, who does not swell with Justified pride In Ills rotintrv. de serves to he deported. Ood has bless rd this noble land and guides Its des tinv. The store of America and the biography of her great tpen should he to the youth of the land more than romance They should be of the warp and woof of the character of each lad and lass horn on this soil or Atiieriran hv adoption. Occurrences like these should silence all fear for America's future, hut should strength en every American in the determlna tloti that no foreign cult or native klan shall undermine the foundations of our government or desecrate the glorious flag now floating at hnlf mast over a sorrowing hut local America _THOMAS XV. Pl-AOKBrnV. Assaying the New President Newspapers East and ff est, North and South Express Confidence in Coolidge. I The general newspaper verdict Is that President Calvin Coolldge is big enough for the Job. Faith in his ability to handle the problems that face America is voiced by editors, both democratic and republican. Those who know him best. In his home stale of Massachusetts, measuring him by his past career, give assurance to the rest of the nation. "The qualities and the charac teristics which Calvin Coolldge brings to the great office which is now his arc known to us of Massachusetts,” observes the Springfield Republican, especial ly is this so hero in the western end of the state where, following his college days at Amherst. Ins friends and neighbors have watched the progress in the path of public service which began with his election to Northamp ton s city council less than years ago. M c have seen him as mayor, as a member and presi dent of our Massachusetts senate, as lieutenant governor and as governor in the anxious days of Boston's police strike. V> e know that the country will find him dignified in his simplicity, thoughtful and cautious in word and act, firm when his decisions are made and moved throughout by a profound sense of public duty.” . The Boston Transcript nans mm as ‘‘the man of the hour.” and says: "There does seem to be gome thing peculiar or at least dis tinctive in ttie measure of ready faith and quiet confidence now flowing out front the people to hearten President Coolidge in this tragic hour as he enters upon the duties of the most trying and tre mendous ]^>titical office on earth. It is more than sympathy. J' is more than reliance on Mr. Cool idge’s experience rind political training, including the especially prophetic training Presiden t I lard ing made possible by having the vice president sit with the cab inet.” Senator Cappers paper, the Kan sas City Kansan, is noncommittal, observing that "so much depends on liis tact and methods that the future of the country, politically, is very un certain. It may 1* timt he , an al lay the feeling of unrest which per vades many sections. On the other hand, it will Ire very easy to intensify this feeling.” • Capper’s Weekly, however, men tioning the hope that the Harding cabinet will be retained, expresses the opinion that “with these advisers the country may expect that Calvin Coolidge will steer the ship of state with steady vision and a strong hand through waters that promise to be troubled, even stormy.” In Nebraska, the Norfolk News re views the story of Coolidge'* nom ination to the vice presidency and declares that it shows he lias qual ities of leadership that will make him a formidable candidate in the on coming national election. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a dem ocratic organ, is more outspoken in its admiration and thus reasons out the qualifications of Mr. Coolidge to deal with the agricultural crisis: ' The farmers and their bio, ' cannot complain that he knows nothing about the farm. He was brought up on the rock farms of Vermont, where the cost of living was paid for with unceasing tod. sweat and thrift. It had to he dug out of the ground. But if he views the demands of the farmers' bloc and some of their \ isionary measures of relief .n the light of the fundamental prin ciples <f Ameriran institutions Rnd constitutional government, i they will know that. It doe* not come from lack of sympathy with the farm problems but from an understanding of the limitations, the spirit and the purpose of free constitutional government. In the long run they and the re mainder of the American people may have good cause for thank fulness that a man of decision, thoroughly trained in American principles is at the helm of state." Southern opinion is voiced by the Sew Orleans Times Picayune, which remarks; "There will not lie in Cool idge- the exuberant persuasiveness of a Roosevelt to add luster to his deeds or words. There will not bo the ex pansive geniality of a Taft to win him friends though he lost advocates. There will not be the cordial kindli ness that masked the iron in Harding. There will not be, we venture, the intellifctual arrogance and Intolerance of ditrirence that wrecked the high purposes of Wilson. If there is a touch of arrogance, it will be of con science. not of intellect. Another democratic paper, the Brooklyn Eagle, discusses the pos sibilities of President Coolidgc depart ing from some of the Harding pol Icies. but affirtns Us lielief that noth ing of this sort will be done without mature consideration. To this the Cincinnati Times Star adds that "Coolldge will have a mind open to new’ ideas: but that any political project which runs counter to the lessons of human experience will get short shrift from him. Two times one will never make three while he is in the White House." It is apparent to the Kansas City Star that "(he president is a disciple of those founders of tlie republic who held that the functions of govern ment were limited, that they coula properly operate only upon the peo ple as a whole and not upon classes or individuals, and that government Itself is the agent and not the master of the people." The Star, however, warns tnat more thought hereafter should be given to the choice of a \ice presi dent. It say* on this: "The six times that vice presi dents have succeeded to the pres idency through the death of the . . f magistrate ought to give Americans a jusrter view of this office. It ought not to be that an unexpected president should be a source of uneasy speculation, of uncertainty or doubt to the na tion. This speculation is no dis paragement to President Cooi idge. It proceeds from inevitable circumstances, from the working of our somewhat haphazard polit ical system. The nation is reas sured by what it knows of the new president, but it doesn't know much. His former office did not and could not reveal him. "The president's antecedents give high hope of the man. Of the system the nation must still have its doubts." A similar view is advanced by the i Abe Martin Th’ worst menace is th’ driver e th’ pop’lar little car who butt* in an’ out o’ traffic like a gold fish We don’t know so much about wfieat, but it's common knowledge that ther’s gamblin’ in cantaloupes. f op? right, irn. Christian Science Monitor, which as serts: "The circumstances surround ing the selection of a vice presidential nominee are seldom of a sort to sug gest that the convention is giving the task the grave attention which the importance of the post should demand." The Kooky Mountain News of Den ver sums up the prospect of the new administration thus: "There is noth ing to fear from him: there is evert thing to hope from him. He has been preparing for what comes to him so unexpectedly." And the New York Tribune: "To day with grief still first in our hearts, there is neither dismay -<*v doubt." Money to Loan on Omaha Real Estate 9&e Conservative SAVIMCSSLOAN association., / & / ff <3 r* n o y Builders of Omaha rthe Woodmen of the World ■Urn./*—■x The 700,000 members of this great fraternal life insurance association held policies aggre gating over $646,000,000 De cember 31, 1922. The total gross assets of the society exceeded $110,000,000, of which $55,000,000 was in vested in bonds, mortgages and real estate. The Woodmen of the World in 1922 paid $7,255,000 to bene ficiaries of its policies; its pay ments since organization total over $140,000,000. In 1922 this organization paid $583,244 as salaries to em ployes. $100,000 for printing in Omaha. $60,931 for postage. The Woodmen of the World i» * customer of The Omaha National Bank. Capital and Surplus The Omaha National Bank ^arnam at 17th St.