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The Omaha Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G -S UNDA Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , Publl.her N. B. UPDIKE, President BAI.T.ARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKI.ER. Editor in Chief BbiImh M*nR(rrr I MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED" PRESS Th# Associated Press, of which The B ee is member, I la exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recoxniied authority on circulation uudith, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organir.ations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for A T • .. , a the Department or Person Wanted A I l&ntlC 1UUU OFFICES Main Office 17 th and Fa main Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side N. W. Cor. 24th N. 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After he had impressively summed up all the shortcomings and failures of the republican party, as viewed by a good democrat, he added, apparently as an afterthought: ‘'Thu distressing conditions that confront agri culture when other Industries specially favored are prosperous should at least appeal to the stony hearts of this administration. But the republican nominee and his reactionary followers in the congress have not permitted any governmental relief being ex tended to them, for the reason, ns very impressively stated by the republican nominee on December 6, in his first message to the congress. 'Those farmers who raise their living on their own lands are not greatly In distress,' he said. Those sentiments come from the heart throbs of the republican nominee, and the present deplorable plight of the American farmer is due to callous indifference, and their cow ardly, isolated foreign policy.” Senator Harrison prodently omitted to quote from the president’s message that sentence which says: “With his products not selling on a parity with the products of industry, every sound remedy that can be devised should be applied for the relief of the farmer.” Also, Senator Harrison neglected to tell the world that it was he who introduced on the floor of the senate the amendment to the Nor beck-Burtness bill he knew would kill the measure. And that he cast one of the two democratic votes in the senate committee on agriculture against the McNary-Haugen bill. Or that the democrats in the senate invoked their great doctrine of state sov ereignty against every measure designed to relieve the farmer. * * * At the Cleveland convention, Representative Burton, dealing with the same question, presented ihe most specific answer possible to the Harrison misrepresentation: "That areat democratic leader, Mr. Bryan, though denying credit to any political party, has stated that the Sixty-seventh congress accomplished more for the farmer than any i uncross for fit) years. "There was an act passed for the continuance of the War Finance corporation, and nearly $300, 000,000 was advanced to farming communities; an emergency tariff act on leading grain and other products was adopted; legislation was enacted in a so-called packers' trill to protect the rights of the stock raiser; also one limiting the dealings in grain futures to prevent the farmer from being the vic tim of manipulation: $25,000,000 additional was ad vanced for the Federal Farm Loan board; an agri cultural credit act was passed at the end of the ♦Uxty-seventh congress, providing for both public and private agencies to aid the farmer in securing credit. ... A co-operative marketing art was passed. ... a beginning .... in narrow ing the gap between producer tnd consumer. A private eot'porntion with $10,000,000 capital was organised at the instance of the administration, and has rendered substantial aid to the farmers of the northwest." • * * It is quite interesting, too, to note the reaction of the convention to the keynote speech in respect to the foreign policy. The League of Nations is being treated as a closed incident. Mr. Wilson’s name is loudly chpcred; Mr. Wilson’s monumental work is silently passed. RABBLE-ROUSING AS AN ART. A student of manners and customs of men will find quite a little to interest him at New York. .Some thing suggestive of the intimate connection between man in his most enlightened state and in his lowest stage of savagery. When the Australian bushman, who is about at the bottom of the scale, wants to start something, no matter what, he engages in a eorroboree. In darkest Africa, the tribes gather for a savage dance before undertaking any enterprise of general importance. The Sioux Indian, before he took the warpath, aroused himself to a frenzy by the war dance. Not until stirred up, passion aroused, prejudice fired to its highest pitch, was the savage ready to undertake the job he set for his ambition, hut from whirh his fears held him back. In the excitement of the ceremony he receives the stimulant that cor responds to “Dutch courage.’ Even that is provided in generaus portions among some, hut finally the effect is the same. Hysteria that ensues continues until the foray or whatever is planned is carried out. This is "making medicine.’’ So the democrats have been making medicine at New York. Gathered for the hitth purpose of out lining the principles of the party anti naming candi dates for high office, they indulged in the eorroboree, One after another of the chieftains sprang to hi* feet, and, 1’ke the savage warrior, beat his breast and * • told of the triumphs and valor of his party. Then the lesser warriors marched and remarehed around the convention hall, shouting their warwhoops and arousing their lust for battle. Demonstrations of spontaneous enthusiasm are expected at political conventions. When, ns in the ease of the McAdoo or the Smith uproars, the whole thing is so patently staged, planned in advance, keyed and diagramed, the effect must be something far from what was intended. No such a spectacle can appeal to the reason. Even the passion soon is glutted by the constant repetition of the perform ance. As a show it lark* the element, of sineerity, and as an argument it is far from being convincing. It is rabble-rousing reduced to an nrt, and nothin* more. / HOOVER BRIGHTENS THE CORNER. Secretary Herbert Hoover of the Department of Commerce did not make a very long stay in Omaha, but it was time enough to drop some words of good cheer. He sees fairer skies and greater prosperity ahead. The crape hanger gets little consolation from Mr. Hoover at any time. On this occasion there is nothing whatever to sustain old John Q. Gloom in any of his lugubrious prophecies. Mr. Hoover, who is in a position to know, says there is a shortage in the normal wheat production of the world. Whatever the cause, this is an item in favor of the wheat growers of Nebraska. He also says that Europe has about reached the normal con sumption of food products, and this is also an en couraging factor in the local problem. Our own country is not deceasing in its require ments. Latest estimates as to the population place the number of people in the United States at 112, 82C,000 as of January 1, 1924. This means that there are 7,100,000 more mouths to feed in this country than on January 1, 1920. That is more than the entire population of some foreign countries about which we have been hearing so much. The constantly increasing demand for the prod ucts of our country by our own people is enough to insure steady employment for practically all who work. We have a surplus of foodstuffs for exporta tion, but it is getting less and less each year as the population increases. So long as the American farmer is protected in his home market, and he will be as long as the republican policy is enforced, he will be certain of return for his labor. His greatest danger lies in the free trade policy advocated by the democrats, which will expose him again to the com petition of cheaper production costs, which he can not meet. Not to speak of a home market restricted because of the unemployment that always follows a democratic tariff law. CHARLIE SALTER RETIRES. Fifty-one years a “smoke eater”; 47 years a member of Omaha’s paid fire department; 23 years chief of the department. Simple figures that sum up a lifetime of service in what is admittedly a hazardous occupation. Peace time employment knows little that is attended with more of risk than the occupation of the fireman. Vet there is the record of Charles A. Salter, who asks that he be retired from active service on July 1, and be put on a pension. Charlie Salter has fairly earned any pension the city may give him. That he has lasted so long is due to the fact that he was made of durable material. In all his long years of service he has never sMrked a duty, never quailed before a danger. No man ever set his foot where Charlie Salter would not go. It was said of “Jack” Galligan that he never sent a man where he would not go himself. Salter came up to be battalion chief under Galligan. No higher tribute could be paid him. Twenty-three years ago he was made chief of the fire department of the City of Omaha. In that time he has seen the city’s population more than doubled and the fire risk increased many times. Tie has seen the skyscraper take the place of the one and two-story brick blocks. While he has been in service he has seen all kinds of experiments and im provements in fire-fighting apparatus. What he has not seen is any change in the quality of manhood that marks the fireman. Never was one better than Charlie Salter. That is why the city firemen respect him, and why citizens trust him. His judgment and ability has saved many millions of property put in jeopardy by fire. ( ountlpss lives, too, have been spared because of Salter’s knowledge and the discipline he instilled and maintained among his men. Broken in health, anti bowed under a- weight of years, he asks to be allowed to rest. Into honorable retirement he will be followed by the good wishes of the community he has served so well. AN ECHO FROM THE PAST. Forty years ago the name of Terrance V. Pow derly was as familiar to the American people as is today the name of Coolidge or Bryan or Dawes, but for a vastly different reason. For 15 years, from 187‘J to 1893, Powderly was the head of the Knights of Labor, an organization thut in its time was the most powerful influence in American labor circles. Around the person of Terrance V. Powderly swirled conflicting currents that developed into oc casional maelstroms. To thousands he was the per sonification of all that is evil and dangerous to America. To hundreds of thousands he was a hero. That he was given much credit to which he was not entitled is as true a« the fact that he was held re sponsible without warrant for many costly mistakes made by both organized capitnl and organised labor.. Those who knew him personally knew him to he a man of tender sympathies, a lover of his fellows and with a determination to earry out what he deemed to he his mission—the uplift of the toiling masses. Changing conditions relegated Terrance V. Pow derly to the rear, and the old Kniahts of I.ahor or ganization is now little more than a fading memory. Powderly was given a minor public office and per formed its duties faithfully. A few days ago there came the announcement of his death. The announce ment was a surprise to thousands formerly associat ed with him in his cause. Once the storm center of American industry, he passed into practical oblivion, only to have his name recalled when the angel of death summoned. Now that tha women have invaded the barber shops nnd the smoking ears, we wonder if the old swimming hole is still exempt. By the way, what is Mr. Bryan’s compromise on the klan issue? ' . Homespun Verse —By Omaha'. Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davin. v THE IIIEEEKHM E. The follow who pay* tvw* lx single. HI* hair allow* an Inkling of gray; Hex never boon foolish, nnd. thorofnro, Has oodlox of money today. Ho’* vory i» • rt iciilar, also, And aaka that wo dri x* in our >»ext. And vlait tho tailor whenever Our clothe* really ought to be preaaed One dnv- a.a lx often hi* diatom— He pax.mm I roe a. critical gaze, And brazenly xnld my appearance Wax ever unworthy of pralxe, My carelex*ncxa muxf be forsaken — Hlf me*.x»ge wax forceful though t'-rxc Affording to him and hlx login, I couldn't by trying look worse. I thought of my humble position, And be had the boat of It then, Kor he wax the haughty dictator. And ! wax but one of hlx men. I nodded and offered oheiaance. And thought to qiyaelf »urh a sap! He iiaxn't got kids that forever f —-\ Letters From Our Readers All letter* mini bp *lgne«I. but mime will be withheld iiim.ii request, tommnnl eatiop* of tIMi word* Mini |r*» will be given pre ft-rr u<e. V-______ Primary laiw People's Hope. Plattsmoutli, Neb.—To tbs Editor of The Omaha Hee: I followed with much Interest the letter of Arthur Evans "Wilcox, In which he attacks the primary law, hoping to discover in it some new argument against what is the one way so far presented through which people can honestly register a choice for candidates. From start to finish Mr. Wilcox offers nothing new or novel. His arguments are the old, well worn sophistries of the professional wirepulling politl eian who lias been put out of busi ness by the primary. He did nut even furbish these up to make them look like new, but shoved them out. dusty and rusty and shelfvvnrn. Such ef forts will deceive nobody. Mr. Wilcox lays great stress on the fact that the candidates nowadays conceal the true amount of money expended on their behalf. Admit the truth of this, and where are we? D< he undertake by this method to con vey the thought that money never was spent under the old system? If he does, lie ought to come again. Hefore the days of the primary no body ever could get any idea of how much money was being paid out by candidates for office. All that is known is that each spent such sums ns lie thought would insole Ills sue cess, and tradition hss it that fre quently these sums were princely. It Is within the memory of men still living in Nebraska when great scan dnl was caused by the presence at the — stute conventions of boosters for par ticular candidates, who entertained lavishly all delegates who came, and who spared no expense in the wav of promoting the interest of the man they championed. Today, with the primary iavv. It may he necessary ip spend as much money, but we have a better notion of how and why it is paid out, and even where some of it H >es. Suppose the primary law does bring out a great number of candidates for office, is not that really a hopeful “ign? It shows that men have a desire to serve the country by hold ing office. Even if the emoluments of the utflce be the chief aim of the aspirant, still the people have the opportunity of making their own selection. As to acquaintance, how many of the voters knew the candi dates any hotter after they had been handpicked by a group of convention manipulators than they do after the people have picked them? The primary law inay not operate just as its promoters thought It 1 should. No law ever does. What It has done is to put the responsibility for selecting candidates on the voters themselves. That is where It ought j to he. The fact that everylsKly! does not vole at a primary election is no argument against the law. I'-wi Vbody did not uttend the precinct or ward caucus to select delegates to the convention, either, but that s not an argument against the cun v*ntlon system. Everybody had a chance to go, and If any' voter was negligent or slothful, It was his fault ai d not that of tha system The primary offers tha onlv really convenient way of popular expression as to candidates ami pollrlea. If the iw Is defective, It may be remedied, hut it should l*e allowed to stand, for It Is the people who govern In this country, and their will is expressed to- the ballot letter than In snv other way, JOHN I,. HENRY. Man's Four-Fold Nature. Talmape, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: So much Is being sold of our young people wearing the pathetic mark of failure If nil the children for one genera Hon would have the real gospel of Jesus <'hr!st taught seven days a week at home and In school ns well mild ■we not remedy the present tin hippy situation? I am deeply interested In the development of the spiritual nature :>nd recently read two enlightening books on this subject. The authors were Inspired I am sure. In everv soul Is planted the seed of the spirit, the ' Divine Spark " The - ulllvatlon of this seed is (he purpose "f life and through Its cultivation the soul In time will corns to know Dod for that Is ths goal of every smil nnd sometime snd somewhere will be reached. A humsn being Is four-fold In his nature, he Is physical, mental, moral and spiritual, snd he must be dot e|oped slnng sll four lines If he Is lo be all around develop ed. I” tod the case of those two poor "rich ' hot s of CNirgfa a marvelous proof of what results from onesided development? The intellect (and the body) should serve the moral and spiritual. When it is made master instead of servant it is not equal to the demand and we see the result. When will educators see this and plan school and univer sity courses in accordance with this truth? I'mil this is dohe such cases of tin bridled intellects as the Chicago stu dents will continue to shock the world. I firmly believe this "seed of the spirit ’ Is the Christ in us. Paul said. "Christ in us. the hope, the glory.' I.et that spirit he in you which was in Christ Jesus our I-ord." Children must he taught this. <t i« the irue incentive to right think ing and right doing. E. H. ( 1 NTER SHOTS Some dirigibles are filled with helium and others of a political sort owe their girth, rise and collapse to a heated gas which might be called hell-lum.—Lafayette Journal and Courier. The old-fashioned politician who used to mend his fences has been re placed hy the present-day model who covers his tracks.— Little Rock (Ark l Curette. Business is re|xirted to have turned the corner. Let It l>e hoped that it has turned in the right direction.— Boston Transcript. Japan has found a way. If her ia borers can't go to America she can conscript them for her army—Chris tian Statesman. This Is tha time of the year the college seniors w orry over howr much nionev bricklayers are making.— Harrisburg Patriot. rsuNNY Side up] | lake Comfort, nor forr/et ■ 1 hat sunrise ne^er failed as yet . [_ J Cah « 7A.«t//cr £§g| \\> have attended divers and sundry national conven- .' tinns, and having had some political experience we never per- ^B| spired and paraded around a convention hall. Those apon- ^B taneoua demonstrations are all carefully worked out days be* B fore, and experienced rabble rousers stationed in Just the right positions fool the foolish Into keeping up their foolishness. B Having witnessed several church league games of hall we B ate wondering what a player thinks when lie makes an inex cusahle error. Regardless of political affiliations or bias, we are prepared to take off our coat and work strenuously from now until elec. tion day for the success of ativ candidate who has the abdominal adequacy to stand up and tell a lot of pestiferous profe«sional n reformers where to head in. Tn the old da\s the n(flee sought the man In these mod- B ern da v s It Is a mighty poor office that doesn't suffer a con- B tinual bombardment by pot hunters. » B A Suggested Republican Slogan. (Submitted by Frank I. McCoy.) ‘fl Th* Perns fondlv hoped, and not without cause, I That the Reps , being burdened by grams hums and haws, Would finish a tirket with ominous flans. So the Perns, filled their throats with rasping guffaws j To be blown all around and Infect, like old saws, I, So expectant were they 'twould win public applause. fl Rut np er will they witness the splendid eclats fl c They thought, would attend their vehement hurrahs, fl , " Since th» Reps, were so guided by wisdom s sage laws j That forth from that wisdom came Coolidge and Dawes, [ Hence the Perns, needs must own that now lost to their cause, For "Coolidge and Panes has locked their jaw s " ' We gladly make announcement that we are now receiving B ' subscriptions to pay the expenses of promoting a Society for ■ Jfl the Suppression of Tedious and Inconsequential Political Plat- fl forms. We expect, once the society is organized and function- tj ing. to he president and treasurer. If the expressions we have M heard from tnen and women of ail parties is an in dex of the general Attitude towards insufferably long ! platforms. the membership in our society should be tremendously big, with a consequent working fund that will give us great joy to handle. '■ The old bromide that "language w-as given us to conceal ] our thoughts" does not refer to political platforms. It is very fl evident that the framers of the plaforms never had any fl thoughts worth going to any trouble to conceal. fl We leave it tn the columnists of Chicago and New York to manufacture a wheeze nut of this promising material: A man M named Rainwater was drowned in a gravel pit near Kearney, S the said gravel pit having been flooded by heavy rains. fl Hazing hack over a long and not altogether uneventful l!f». I we rather yearn to see just one more red-hot political campaign. ] in which we can don an oilcloth cape and bear aloft a blazing tofeh. || M _WILL M. MACPIN._^jj B f LISTENING IN"j ' On the Nebraska Presa y \ George Wright of the Crete Vidette [says a democratic friend recently claimed In his hearing that Charley Brvan had made the best governor Nebraska ever had. Then George ad mits he didn’t say a word. "How I could anyone with half a heart take: the joy out of one life by saying any thing? ' he plaintively inquires. • • • The Fremont Tribune claims to know w hy New York w,«ted the demo cratic convention. Madison Square Garden is to he torn down in the near future and the Tribune oplne« that the owners thought the assembled democrats might do the work. Han’: I-egcut of the Ord Qi:!r -e • 0Wi> e i\p a picnic to his offl * inr* and his country corresi*ondents. JeaJ rus contemporaries are hinting that Hank pulls this scheme every j car in order to get a free feed from the baskets of provender brought in. ^B • • • «j®i| The Silver Creek .“Sand declares that its town wap basely libeled when its ■ city marshal earn* down to Omaha and asserted Silver Creek had mor * ^B tifKi’h ggers in oportion to popula- ^B tion than any other town in Ne- ^B braska. ^B J. K Tesar«-k :« g ..'ding •’» desti- ^B niep , f -‘.p I,,,,,,., header, so long ^B guided by J'red V.icaes. ^B "1« goat s a satisfactory sub- ^B st:- ite f -ow « • iro ,.'-es the liens* header. Weil, hasn't it a bet- ^B ter butter f> jndation? ^B When in Omaha I Hotel ConantJ 250 Rooms—250 Baths—Rates $2 to S3 ~~i,i ':ZT i Artie Small say* that when ho look* into Mi*s Tawnry Apple's big:, blue eye* he feel* like nn' opticinn’.* chart. .Inke Rentley has *old hi* farm Bn’ has pone t’ th' demoeratir convention prepared to stay indefinitely. _(Copyright I*.4 ) NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Mgy, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,980 Sunday. 76,373 Ones not Ini luile rating*. left over*. *ample* o» papers spoiled tn printing and Include* no special *«|e* or free circulation of any kind V. A. BRIDGF., Car. Mgr. Subscribed and morn to before me thi* 9th day of June, 1924. ! 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