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The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UI'DIKE, President BALLARD DUNN, JOV M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for 1 epuhliration of nil news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and nine the local news published herein. All riuhts of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee U a member of the Audit Bureau oi Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audita, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. , Entered an second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1871. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT lantic 1000 the Department or Person Wanted. OFFICES ' , Main Office—17th and Karnam ** Co. Bluff*- 17- Scott St. So. Side - N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York -World Bldg. Detroit—-Ford Bidv'. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. .San Fran.— Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta- Atlanta Trust Bldg. ___—---' OraahdVho&|he^?st is at its Best "SOME” DEMOCRAT IS RIGHT. The New York Times, democratic to the core, laments the fact that President Coolidge did not rule congress with a rod of iron. Accustomed to the schoolmaster policy that marked the Wilson admin istration, the democrats appear to forget that con gress is a body independent of the president, and not to be coerced on any occasion. Sometimes execu tives have been able to drive a complacent legislative group hither and yon in response to whatever policy may seem good at the White House. But in 1918 the cry was "Restore congress to its constitutional power,” and on that the majority was vested in the republicans. Mr. Wilson's greatest failure was his inability to drive a congress that did not want to be driven. So Mr. Coolidge found in congress leaders who were not in harmony with his views, and who in »is;ed upon having their own way. Some of the men who professed to belong to the president’s party took great pleasure in openly opposing him on the principal points of his program, and some others tacitly consented to what was going on by passively submitting to the dictation of the opposition. The president is not to blame for this. He did not crack the whip at any time, never assumed to be a boss, but patiently allowed the legislative branch of the government to take its own course as the Constitu tion contemplates. * * * The Times is right, though, when it says that "any democrat” will not do. It will require "some” demo crat to successfully head a ticket against Calvin Coolidge, for it would be x gross blunder to underesti mate the elements of Mr. Coolidge s political strength. He will take a lot of beating. He can not be beaten by a man who does not measure up to something like his own political stature. . . . The democrats ought not to lose a day In easting about to And such a man if they are to have any hope at all of defeating President Coolidge next November.” As days go on the real strength of the cool, ca pable man at the White House will loom bigger be fore the voters who realize the need of moral strength and courage in the office of president. And while this sentiment is growing, the other element of Cool idge’s popularity will also be better understood. He is, as Dr. Burton said at Cleveland, just a human being. No one pretends that he is a superman. His sympathies and attributes are all human, and the people are coming to know this. * * + Nor is it wise to think that the sole qualification of Charles G. Dawes is that he has given the country a neat form of expletive. If that were all his title, then he would merit the contempt the democrats ex press but do not feel. Andrew Jackson’s “By the Eternal!” was an index to the aggressive courage of the man who met his foemen head on, and gallantly won his battles. General Dawes, like any other doer of big things, explodes once in a while, but his acts are really what count. He has won his way in the world by sheer ability. He has a long string of actual achievements to his rredit. On his record he stands before the public, to he tested by what he has done. At that, "Hell Maria” is really a hillion-dollar "cuss word,” for it was Dawes who made the budget work, and that budget has saved the taxpayers $1,250,000,000 in the expenses of the federal gov ernment. And the dignity of the United States sen ate will he quite as safe under the gavel of Charles 'G. Dawes as it is when entrusted to Heflin, Harrison, and a few others of the kind, who love to turn its solemn precincts into semblance of a hear pit. Cnol idge and Dawes arp giving the democrats something to think about. The party leaders know the New York Times is right when it says "some” democrat is needed. WHEN THE RED MAN GOES TO VOTE. A new factor has been introduced into Ameri can politics. The president has signed a bill cloth ing the American Indian with citizenship. The red man remains, however, a ward of the nation, and his voting will not interfere with any of his tribal lights. Whether it will do much more for him than it has for the rest of us is yet to be determined. Indian voters are not a novelty in Nebraska. The Santee and Ponca Sioux were clothed with the I franchise many years ago, and the Omahas have boon voters for at least a generation. In Oklahoma and Kansas others have gained citizenship, ami an Oklahoma Indian has sat in congress, while Senator Curtis of Kansas is not very far removed from the enjoyment of tribal rights. So the body politic will suffer nothing from the intrusion of the rod man. It is curious, though, that we have taken 148 years to get around to the Indian who was here before the white man came, and at the same time have clothed with citizenship the man who came from Europe only five years ace. At to the fitnes.H of the Indian for the duties and obligations he will be called upon to assume, he can hardly he much worse than some of his white broth ers. The Sioux Indians established themselves as farmers, stock raisers, business men, almost over night when the government made the order to change from blankets to breeches. A people with 1he ca pacity that has been exhibited in so many directions may he trusted with the vote. For the benefit of easterners, who cling to the belief that western peo ple thrive by cheating and deluding the red man, we would suggest they come out long enough to get a i los.oup of what is going on. The benighted Indian I.as little if any trouble in holding his own, and lie long ayo found the trail to the courthouse, where he does not hesitate to go if he has any suspicion that lie is getting the short end of a trade. •WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?" Cordell Hull, being chairman of the democratic party’s national committee, is not expected to note any good in whatever republicans do. He is set to go off automatically when the opposition leaders make a move of any sort. So his outburst concern ing the candidates chosen at Cleveland is not unex pected. Something of the same may be said as to Carter Glass, who is hovering around the outskirts, ready to dash for the arena and accept a nomination as president on the democratic ticket. Ditto other democrats who join in the grand salvo fired from the heavy suns in salute to the Cleveland convention. None of them express the pleasure they ought to feel. One would imagine these doughty democrats would be bubbling over with glee to think the repub licans had so completely cleared the way for them. But. they show no joy, nor give any sign of the ex ultation they might feel if they really were honest with themselves. On the contrary, they know the donkey is up against a fight they do not hope to win, except by a fluke of some sort. To win the candidate for president must have 266 votes in the electoral college. The democratic candidate, no matter who he is, sets out with 186 votes absolutely assured. These come from the solid south, where no republican can possibly hope to break through so long as the oligarchy represented by Hull, Glass, and the others holds its firm grip on 17 states. This means the democratic candidate has only to hustle for 80 votes, while the republican nominee must get 266. With such a handicap, the sachems and sagamores of the party that always look backward should be happier than they seem. "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?",Is it not be cause they can see the shadow of the Cleveland con vention stretching across the days between now and November? If the ticket and the platform are so week, would it not become the democratic convention at New York to pass a vote of thanks to the republicans for helping them out? Surely it would, hut will they do it? Not in a million years. The democratic leaders know what they are facing, and the prospect is not encouraging to them. LORRAINE NEEDS SOMETHING. Lorraine Nathan of Chicago, who claims to be the sweetheart of Richard Loeb, says she will be wait ing for Richard when he gets out. That sounds very sweet and pretty, and doubt less Lorraine imagines that she is being acclaimed as wonderfully sacrificing and quite the heroine. But Lorraine is mistaken, of course. She will not be waiting for Richard when he gets out, and she is not being acclaimed as a heroine whose devotion is mar velous. Quite the contrary. She is being acclaimed as a very foolish girl who should long ago have been taken into a quiet bedroom and turned across the maternal knee for the purpose of making it con venient to apply the maternal slipper. Perhaps a bedslat might have been more effective. It is possible that Lorraine will pine for a time and languish like the imprisoned maiden who looked out across the moated grange. Rut shr will get over it. It is possible that in time she will have sense enough to laugh at her foolishness, while at the same time being just a bit ashamed of it. Some girls who are quite as foolish as Lorraine will clasp their hands and roil their eyes upward, envying Lorraine her op portunity to pose and languish and cherish an ach ing but faithful heart. They are in need of the same firm but gentle treatment that should be accorded Lorraine. Time was when Lorrain’s frame of mind would have fitted well into the pages of a Mary Jane Holmes novel, or a story by Bertha M. Clay. It is a pity, too, that she lived too late to be utilized by Laura Jean Lihbey. But this is a material age, Lorraine dear, and inateadof recommending that you be made the heroine of a wonderful love story, it is suggested that you should be taken into an upper chamber and remon strated with, and quite severely, too. Incidentally, if you really mean it, and stick to it, you are in for a long wait and an indefinite spin sterhood. Seven hundred young men and women have just hepn graduated from the city high schools, most of whom are ready to take'up the serious business of earning a living. These young people need not worry about the chaffing they will encounter, for those who poke most fun at thef themselves had to make a start. It may take a little time to net shaken down into the proper groove, hut each may be assured the world has a place and a need for them. No democrat has yet arisen to say that neither Coolidge nor Dawes knows anything about agricul ture. The one comes originally from Vermont, the other lived long in Nebraska, so they must know something dirt farming. The women now have 50-50 on the republican national committee, so it is up to them to make as good a showing at thp polls. We are still watching hopefully, waiting for some anti-administration man to commend Key Pitt man’s performance. As usual, after the convention got under head way, a lot of knowit-alls had to revise their estimates. Taking the tax off luxuries does not mean that American people are no longer to indulge in them. Talk about emancipation, the schools of Omaha have just turned loose 39,000 youngsters. Homespun Verse —By OmAha'i Own Poel— Robert W orthington Davie i - - - ■ ■ - -- ■■ GOD BE WITH HIM TILL THEY MEET AGAIN. The postal clerk, poor fellow!— (My eyes are filled with tears)— Thrums softly on his cello, And sing" nway the years; He dreama of legislation.— He dreams of veto Brim, And smiles as animation Comes stealing over him. Shut In by duty's fetters lieneath the splrnled dome, He tllng* away the letter*. And hums a sonB of home; Ills sonB Is rich and mellow, And from his heart It comes— The postal clerk, poor fellow, Is thlnkitiK «* he hum*. His thoughts are strangely mystic, Hitch a* (he prophets read; Ills roiiriiBe Is puristic As to Its Innate need: - With grief and filibuster, With veto and no raise, lie hears ihe cruel olnds bluster, And look* iff calmer day*. ____■- —----- " i We May Have to Remodel the Quarters for the New Tenant Letters From Our Readers All letter* nm-l be aigned. but name will be withheld span requeat. Commuol* « aflora of 200 word* and Ira* will be given preference. ^ Distorted Philosophy of l.ifs. Omaha.—To the Editor of The! Omaha Bee: "Buy in the cheapest and aell In the dearest market." is a; maxim of trails as old as trade itself, one much venerated, but aa wrong as can be. An illustration: On a street . ar a man seated behind me asked a man sitting alongside me: "Do you know an amateur paljiter who wants a job? I know a irian who will give him one. lie doesn't want to pay regular painter's wages, for he is a workingman himself A eonsiderably colloquy followed. In which much was wild about the wages that are paid painters, the quality of paints, the difficulty of getting gqod linseed oil, and finally that one prop erty owner was having houses painted by high school boys, who cpuld daub paint as well and probably better than some painters, and who did not ex pect to get rich at the job. They proliably will not. hut what about the man who is a painter by trade, and has to meet such competi tlon? In the < ase of the workman w ho wants a job cf [tainting done, but does not want to [M»y full wages for It. what would he sav if the painter took the same advantage of him? Dive and let live still Is a good rule, the only one on which our social structure can safely stand. If the butcher, the (taker and the candlestick maker set about to cut one another s throats hy invad ing each other's domain and redur 1ng price* below what Is fair, where will we he In a very ahort time’ Jn common with other* who work for * living, I have a very distinct no. tlon of what my time and ability are worth, and 1 want to get that always. In return. I am willing to pay another man what he considers a fair wage or the price for his work. From South Dakota the other day wr* had news that one man shot and killed another md himself over 25 rents dif ference on a painting job. What applies to painter* also applies to everybody. Fair prices, honest work, and give and take will make the world a g*>od place to live in. When a man goes looking for something cheap, he will find it. And it will be cheap, too. WORKER. Classical Music. Paid the man who was trying his test to appreciate good music*. When a piece threatens every minute to be a tune and always disappoint* you. it s classical." t'hristian Register. Center Shots pat Harrison sounds the keynote. The G. O. P. is preparing to denounce is as an ear splitting shriek.— Dallas News. Democratic women are said to he "ompiling a democratic isnvention cook book. To such extremes are men forced by an amended constitution.— Philadelphia Bulletin. It must seem like old limes to the Germans, who have received a sharp note, this time from Russia.—In dianapolis News Perhaps we are rash and strong headed. I'ntle Andy but we are in clined to try out this tax reduction hill and see what happens. Who knows but it may he'p to educate congress in economy?—Chicago Evening Post. The Volstead act made chemists of the American people; the bonus Is making mathematicians.—Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette Radio development* have led to con fident sclent ill' - prediction of Inler planetary communication. Better c!ear up these various little scandals, before we get ourselves talked about all through starry space.—Washing- j ton Star. If you knock * man people will say you're Jealous of him. If you praise him they'll say you're his hired press agent.—Birmingham News. Ever notice that most of these guys who can tell you just how the govern ment should be run have trouble es tablishing < .-edit with the grocer"— Winnebago Enterprise. Strange that when »n ambassador wants to milt his job there Is always sickness in the family.— I>ea Moines Register. [SUNNY SIDE DP! Vake Comfort, not forqet cjkial sunrise nei/er failed us yet y Celt a. yha ttef j ^ - -—.—— — i -.— ••APROPOS.” I was trampin' out In Oregon An’ lost my way around. | Jly feet was sore an’ yellin' From scuffin’ on the ground, I hadn’t had a thing to eat For hours stood on end— When turnin' sharp along the eri>.«. , A town showed in the bend. T was mighty riad to see it, I sent up a feeble yell; When, cornin' closer to the plan I said, "This looks like h—I ’ Five battered shacks an’ nary store Made up this dismal burg, The gurgling crick flowed silent by With not a single gurg. A hairy townsman then appeared. Said I: 'Odd Bods and Whew For Crimmins' sake, what is the name Map-makers gave to you? He viewed me with a fishv eye, i His words began to spill— “This town Is ’Maupln' on the map— We named it after Bill.” —Anonymous --• Our self appointed mentor and guide. John Q. Tellem. dropped in on ua this morning and, after shoving the exchange* off on the floor, remarked: "Since you asked me to define the difference between private and public ownership I’ll—” ■ "But nobody asked you to explain—" But our mentor and guide silenced u* with a wave of his hand and went right on. "Since you asked me to explain the difference I'll lav that you'll get It by noticing the kind of pen and Ink put out for public use in the poatoffices, and then noticin’ the kind offered in banks. You can always write with the bank pens and ink. "Hast week I had to move, necessitatin' genin' hooked up with privately owned light and publicly owned gas. In just 40 mtnutes I had the privately owned fight, but It took 40 hour* and a 15 deposit to get the publicly owned gas. The private light company treated me like it believed I wa* half-wav hon est, and the public gas company trea'ed me like I out on parole and under suspicion. — "Tat ain't all, either. Since you asked me to explain this difference to you—” "But nobody asked you to explain the— ' "That's all right; no trouble a tall." said our mentor and guide. "I had to ship a carload of stuff during government operation of the railroads, and was asked to pay an additions! $48 three months after paying the original freight bill, the agent claiming that the weigh’* had been wrong. And when I refused he threatened to *end a government man after me. 1 paid. Hast week I shipped a car of household goods to Omaha from my former home, paying the freight in advance. When I went to get my stuff I was informed that a mistake had been made and I got a refund of $28.71. Since you asked me to explain my opposition to public ownership I'll—” Fortunately the telephone rang at this juncture and. after answering it, we pretended that it was an imperative call to another department, thereby making our escape. Vehemently denying that we have any de*lre to pose as an expert on economics, wa are inclined to the belief that if on v those who actually need to purchase gasoline would do *o dur ing the next few weeks the price thereof would slump with a dull, agreeable thud, it is the uselessly rms :;ned gasoline that keeps the price up. Major Martin sa\s hie wreck on the around the world flight was caused by a mirage. The major is not the only man who bas met with that kind of an acclden’ We ran recall several mirages that resulted in our piling up in s state of sad disorder WILL M MAFPIX. r Abe Martin 1! If most bijar strappin’ feller* jest thouitht thpy knowed half as much as th’ average little man nothin' could atop ’em. Th' best speech we ever listened to wuz delivered by ex-President Taft an’ he never once took his hands out o’ his peckers. 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